The Caribbean Sail News

This patch is like the first version of the game. Though not feature rich, it’s still important.
You know what that means...

You're on the edge of your seat,
to see what's new and complete;
Some exploits were removed,
and the grammar improved.
Click the new JR cause it's sweet!

As we near the end of the year, I'm beginning to create a list of the most important and requested features and implement them before I start working on the Fantasy Toggle expansion.

If you thought naming your crew "The Food Supply" or "Nobody important" was funny, you're going to love naming your ship things like "The Dingy Dinghy" or "Your Spirits" or anything else you can think of!

Speaking of names, were your crew unfortunate enough to have the same name? They'll now be assigned some roman numerals to differentiate each other. This uncoincidentally also fixes the duplicate name invincibility bug.

A common request for keyboard shortcuts has been met. On the sailing screen you can press "F" to fish or "I" to quickly access the inventory or "enter" to leave the logbook. There are some more keyboard commands for port and sailing but the game still isn't fully keyboard navigable.

Finally, Iceland is now cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.

Make sure to wear your oilskins as winter approaches!

It's certainly been awhile since the last content patch but we're back on course.

The world no longer contains eleven identical pubs around the world because some interior decoraters came in and spruced up all the taverns.

Your logbook journal is also more than a single page to write on, now it's 99 pages to write on! You can keep record of your adventure, manually track your quests, create a lot of profane ASCII artwork or whatever else your heart desires.

I know this isn't a huge content update but my attention is divided. There are plenty of suggestions and requests that I'll go through and prioritize but the final feature to complete the original Route Planning checklist is varying the Liars Dice AI around the world.

After those patches I'll hopefully begin work on the free Fantasy Toggle expansion!

365 days ago this vessel set out from port with a heading for fortune and glory. 'Tis a proud moment that brings a tear to me cheek... no wait, I've only been impaled by a cyan tessera.

To celebrate this fine day I've decided for this week to only plunder half as many doubloons from those of you who want to get yer mits on the labor of love that is The Caribbean Sail!


What a pleasant coincidence that today happens to be Talk Like a Pirate Day... not at all contrived... no chance at all... YER DANG RIGHT I PLANNED THIS! IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF THE BLASTED YEAR!

Ye should keep the scurvy spirit alive by joinin' the community Discord!

Welp! Break's over, time fer me to get back to the helm of this adventure and take meself and me work further. If ye want to stay in touch with all the important updates ye can't beat the Victorian Clambake Twitter!


I have so many plans and lists that I could jam them into a whale's blow hole and make it explode from the pressure! ...visceral analogies aside- the next big moves will be towards announcing the store page of Jolly Riot! It will be a glorious spectacle fighter about pirates and cephalopods! I'm sure yer britches are already burstin' to take a stab and some squids but keep yer buttons tight and wait for more here on the Jolly Riot Twitter!

I'll share me next plans when I've decided on them. Until then, drink up and be proud to be apart of such a jovial crew of sailors! ːTCS_Tophatː

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The Caribbean Sail will be 25% off until the end of the week, so if you've been on the fence about trying it- now is a great time to come aboard!

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I'm always on the lookout for new nautical and pirate games to try.
So tell me; What are your favorite nautical and piratical indie games?