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This week marks the fifth year since The Caribbean Sail began development.

It's hard to even find the words to describe how I feel... maybe I shouldn't have fired my thesaurus out of a cannon.

[h2]Tasty new features![/h2]
This update is late but after contracting and recovering from multiple sicknesses, the worst storm of last year, breaking my elbow and temporarily losing function in my right hand- here's what I've got for you!

+ Slightly better controller support
+ New bottle messages
+ New tavern conversationalists
+ The Portuguese Navy
+ Dimmer in settings to stop burning your delicate little eyes at night
+ Steamship furnace now accepts less than 25kg of food
+ Trade tax event when excessive amounts of luxuries are sold
+ Steamships that are dead in the water will have the option to "Wait" for a passing ship now
+ Should anyone make it to Shanghai on a raft as the missionary immediately after starting a new game, your efforts will be acknowledged.

- Game crashing bugs obliterated
- Repeat dialogue from conversationalists will be prevented
- Name duplication bug FINALLY fixed (You should no longer have the stowaway event)

/Probably more that I've forgotten to log

[h2]What next?![/h2]
The physical release Kickstarter was a success and a few copies will be available after all the backer rewards have shipped! Keep up with the bi-weekly progress reports here!

Development will soon end so do your best bug hunting and report anything you find so we can ensure that this game sails into the sunset proudly.

[h2]The Caribbean Sail went silver![/h2]
On the penultimate day of 2021 the 10,000th Caribbean sale was made!

I'll have to make myself an award to gloat with at all the people who never tour my studio.

The end of this voyage is in sight. I doubt I could ever make such a groundbreaking game again, but that doesn't mean I won't try. ːTCS_Tophatː

Fair winds to you all lads!
- Your Captain, Evan

Claim your copy! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victorianclambake/the-caribbean-sail-physical-release

The day has nearly come and only half my hairs are gray so that has to count for something!

With your help the campaign has been fully funded and only a day remains before I begin rolling in piles of doubloons while laughing maniacally and plotting out the production timeline before turning those meaningless paper slips into something far more egotistically satisfying; The Caribbean Sail - Physical Edition.



Nearly an entire year has passed since I first pitched my vision to you all like a fist full of bait to an overfilled koi pond. The final stretch is ahead and I'll work to deliver something above and beyond your grandest piratical dreams.

If your region isn't available for shipping, let me know immediately! We still have 24 hours to calculate the UPS shipping costs and add it as an option! Should be easier than shipping boxes via carrier pigeon.

Pledge today and help reach a milestone that will bring the Sea Dragon back!



If physical items aren't your cup of Kickstarted tea, climb aboard the Discord server and tell us your worst pirate jokes!

Time to send this thing off with a bang!
- The Captain

[h2]The largest Victorian Clambake project yet has begun![/h2]

The samples are made, the costs calculated, the logistics sorted, the roadmap planned, the page written, the trailer edited, Jenkins flogged, and the campaign is LIVE after months of preparation!

Pledge to the Kickstarter before October 1st to secure your boxed copy of The Caribbean Sail!

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Heaping piles of gold aren't the only way to contribute and this festival of a fourth year anniversary would be nothing without every hand on deck helping to have brought this voyage so far.



Every goal achieved will bring this voyage one step closer to its destination and bring rewards!

• 6 - Commemorative bronze metal pin
  
• 12 - Commemorative metal pin upgraded to silver
  
• 18 - Commemorative metal pin upgraded to gold
  
• 24 - The never before seen idea list for The Caribbean Sail will be revealed in its enormous entirety and the community will choose a single idea from it to be implemented.
  

Follow along and submit contributions via Twitter or Discord



By the powers of 3D resin printing and wood, I bring you; A real life Caribbean Sail Frigate model. A very limited number will be available for you to name and commandeer at the Legendary Edition tier and higher.

While I didn't set out to turn this two week project into the four year project it became, I'm proud of it and every lad who helped it come so far. I may honestly never be able to make a game quite like this again but I hope to continue creating games just as good in their own right.

The success of this campaign will play a huge role in what comes next after the physical edition has shipped. I hope you'll join me on those voyages too!

Fair winds to you all!
- Your Captain, Evan

Not sure what's going on? Read the previous post.



After many many months of work, the Kickstarter is nearly ready to begin! Be sure to set your account in order and queue up for the notification here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victorianclambake/the-caribbean-sail-physical-release

If all goes as intended (which it absolutely won't) then on the 15th you can open your wallets and dump their contents directly into funding the final development cycle and receive a glorious physical boxed copy of The Caribbean Sail!

In an immaterial age, why wouldn't you want one of your favorite games on a tangible medium?

There will be announcements, community goals that you can participate in achieving, and the goal of making possible my most ambitious project yet!

The time approaches!

The head count was taken, the support has been found, the logistics sorted, prototypes created, and today I have begun preparing the Kickstarter page.

[h2](／°_°)／ (／ ・.・)／ BEHOLD! ＼(・.・＼) ＼(°_°＼)[/h2]

See the sea on CD in 2D!

I've prepared everything that can be designed or decided well in advance of beginning the crew funding to make the wait time between taking pledges and shipping shorter than Benjamins life expectancy.

What lies before your creativity bereft eyes are the first samples of the main box, the game and soundtrack CD designs, sleeve designs, and the manual. Perfection at its finest and I'd bet your last doubloon that you won't be disappointed.

Imagine whipping this bad boi out for everyone to see.

For those of you who are brave enough to fly the black flag and declare war against the world, the Joyless Roger will be the second tier reward.

I've hinted a bit about the third tier reward. Feeling bold enough to hazard any guesses?

[h2]Your input is desired! ...by someone, for once, finally.[/h2]

There have been many ideas and suggestions for stretch goals and rather than leaving them to be prioritized by the bumbling hands of a hat holding nincompoop, I'd like you lads to rank some here!

Restoring cut content would undoubtably be the most requested feature. To pull out my cutlass and engage with the enemy that is whatever the devil I was thinking during development last year would likely begin coding battles that could last for months and I would be sure to have the new features playtested for a month before goldmastering the game to never be updated again. How patient are(n't) you?

I'll use your feedback to plot a timeline. The next time you hear from me I shall have a Kickstarter page for you!

[h2]One of the new hands aboard this ship?[/h2]

Welcome aboard! You can make yourself useful by etching an honest review onto the store page.

If you wish to have Caribbean Sail related information shoved down your ear canals every time it surfaces, join the verified Victorian Clambake Discord server: https://discord.gg/clambake

Fair winds to you all!
- Your Captain, Evan