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Pushing an update on a Tuesday... ah...

I'm glad to see you lads enjoying the trading cards. I haven't seen any potatoes yet so which one of you has been hoarding them all?

It's been a while since I pushed an update on a Tuesday... brings back scary sleep deprived memories from last week... or was that last night? It's hard to tell when you don't sleep most of the time. The point I'm eventually going to make is that I'm wrapping up the marketing and taking a break from the heavy development push I've been on until I can get more hours of sleep than you have living crew members after defeating the Baochuan. (Inconsistently 1-5)

On to the patch notes!


The pirates got their ship together- their Junk ship that is. You'll now encounter Junk ships of the piratical variety near Shanghai. Corsairs have become more common in the Indian Ocean but getting back to the patch notes; there's a higher chance you'll find Corsair ships while sailing around Cape Town or Calicut because they all want a piece of that booty pirate treasure.

Oh, and about those ships- they now all scale HP a little with your cannon upgrades to make the upgrades less like tactical airstrikes and more like cannonballs again. All of the boss ships also saw some tweaking, but they're recovering quickly.

The pirate captains all simultaneously found their dice and cups so they can play Liar's Dice with you now.

Finally, apart from all the bugs that keep boarding my game despite being thrown overboard every couple weeks having been thrown overboard again; there's a new sound effect that plays when something is out of your price range- which won't help the deaf very much but they usually have more money since they don't blow it all on shanties.

I'll be up to my nautical shenanigans again soon enough.

Fair winds to you all!
~-.-~*~-.-~*~-.-~ːTCS_Tophatː
- Your Captain, Evan

Trading Cards Approved! - [H] Luxuries [N] Harpoons

What's that Polly? Players can now turn their hard earned doubloons into virtual collectibles that have no real world value? That doesn't sound like a scam at all!

That's right lads!

Valve recently approved The Caribbean Sail for Trading Cards and there are now 10 ships with 99% historically accurate descriptions that you can collect!

You can throw all those cards into your inventory crockpot to cook up a badge, background, and emoticon!

The real question is; Whom among us will be the one to sell their cards to allow the collecting?

I expect to find you all on deck fighting over the highly coveted potato emote by morning.
- Your Captain, Evan

A little patch poem.

As usual, if my update isn't massive then it must be a limerick.

This update is really quite small,
but it's important so I couldn't stall.
Narwhal art for amusement,
and a frame rate improvement.
You won't notice much change at all.

The Route Planning Expansion COMPLETE! - I'm not dead yet.



The massive Route Planning expansion is finally complete and has been added for FREE


After four months of blood, sweat, soylent, and sleep deprived tears; I've completed the first free expansion for The Caribbean Sail.



Feature Log

In all that time I was able to add more particle effects! ...and nine new locations, seven new player ships, four new professions, nine new achievements, twenty two new shanties*, two emergent storylines, new items, new fishes, new weather effects, new enemy types, new events, ship upgrades, a skill tree, profiles, preaching, resting, careening, barnacles, narwhals, the drydock, the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker**, mexican standoff style mutinies- AND THE QUEEN HERSELF!!!

* See the Shanty Off.
** The candlestick maker died of dysentery.



Location Overview

The world is now open for exploration. Each new location features a unique song, new artwork, trade values, locals to converse with, and surprises along the voyage to them! Travel the globe and visit them all!

  • London, Britain
  • Ponta Delgada, Azores
  • Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Lisbon, Portugal
  • Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
  • Cape Town, South Africa
  • Long Island, New York
  • Belém, South America
  • Kozhikode, India
  • Shanghai, China
  • Nassau, Bahamas
Emergent Storylines

Survive a voyage to Nassau and become a Pirate that does as he pleases or become a Privateer for the Royal Navy and receive a letter of marque to hunt those filthy pirate scallywags. Both offer the freedom to go where you want and do as you please but give larger overall goals to work towards that reward you!



Conclusion

Nautical Oregon Trail free roam- what was I thinking? I still don't entirely know, but I hope you enjoy it as much as I love sharing the rich history, fantasy, and culture of all things nautical. There's so much new content that you'll just have to dive in to find it all. Happy Voyages!

- Captain and Developer, Evan


The Shanty Off Results!



The Shanty Off has come to an end, the entries have been judged, the results are here!

My thanks to all who participated! It was a glorious assortment of gems mixed with bilge water and after sorting through the 49 submissions received, we have our winners! I also thank beepbox.co for making an amazing free music tool and this fantastic community for making it possible to host this contest at all!

For the dramatic winner reveal followed by all of the submissions, watch the compilation!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWlsLUnlzOc

The Winners!


Third place: Rolling Down to Old Maui - arranged by Aidan Tramontana Second Place: Randy Dandy O - arranged by Jazz-U The Winner: Whistle Daughter Whistle - arranged by Atiq Ahsan

Congratulations!

Here are the other submissions that will be added to the game!
    These will be added to the new locations
  • Iceland - Rolling Down to Old Maui, arranged by Aidan Tramontana
  • New York - Fiddlers Green, arranged by Cactus Boy
  • Portugal - Reilys Reel, arranged by Moon Lantern
  • Azores - Cooleys Reel, arranged by Moon Lantern
  • Shanghai - The Cruel Carpenter, arranged by Taxtengo
  • Belem - Santianna, arranged by Jazz-U
  • Calicut - The Banks of Newfoundland, arranged by Cory Hughart
  • Cape Town - The Sailors Grace, arranged by James Blick
    These will be available as Shanties from the shops
  • Randy Dandy O - arranged by Jazz-U
  • Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her - arranged by Slonn
  • Red Haired Boy - arranged by Nick Mundinger
  • Hullabaloo Belay - arranged by Cole Spears
  • On the Ocean - arranged by Taxtengo
  • Fish in the Sea - arranged by Oddbrew7
    I also might have a special use for
  • Hornpipe from Water Music - arranged by Taxtengo
  • Drunken Sailor - Oddbrew7


Short missive on the Route Planning expansion

These wonderful works of art will be added along with the expansion that I know you're all patiently waiting for. My estimate fell off as life events delayed me. The Beta is still expected to open this month but there's enough problems I'm aware of to make the delay worth the time it will save. Why find and report bugs I'm already working on fixing? The update will most likely be pushed to everyone in early June.

Until then, goodnight and joy be with you all!
- The Captain, Evan.