Furious Seas News

Ahoy, pirates!

August is coming to an end and we have a new patch for you!

We've been listening to the amazing feedback and suggestions you've left for us on our interactive roadmap: https://furiousseas.canny.io

While we can't make any promises just yet, we can say that we have been making some foundational changes to Furious Seas to prepare for some exciting prototyping tests. Why are we doing this? We want to add a lot more replay value and variety to the gameplay experience.

In the meantime, these are the visible changes we have for you in the latest patch:

• Higher resolution terrain.
  
• Optimizations to physics and animation improving low end framerate drops and duration of stalls.
  
• Ability to adjust swivel gun (command cannon) placement.
  
• Mixed Reality options in the settings menu for content creators hoping to hide the oval camera mask and the player's hands.
  

• Enemy boat crew members can now be seen from further away.
  
• Improvements to the save system in preparation for future updates.
  
• Improved swivel gun (command cannon) interactions by reducing the frequency of the bug causing players to lose their grip. Not 100% fixed, so if it still happens, try restarting the level.
  
• Tutorial flow improvements.
  

• Fix for water glitching when player floats down to their boat.
  
• Fix for incorrect render ordering for particles causing depth issues.
  
• Fix for shadows on the deck at the incorrect height.
  
• Fix for game hang if player dies after killing a boss.
  

• Demon Sisters death dialogue might not play properly.
  
• This patch improved performance on most of the machines we tested. However, one PC below minimum spec had an inconsistent chance of framerate dropping and not recovering. If you encounter this issue, please discuss your situation with us on the forums: https://steamcommunity.com/app/875760/discussions/2/
  

We've got a small update to fix some bugs and add a set of alternate controls for HTC Vive owners.

For Vive owners, we would love to hear your feedback on which control option you prefer more. Feel free to discuss in the forums!

• [Accessibility] Alternate control option for HTC Vive to avoid use of the Grip Button. Access through [Pause Menu]->[Settings]->[Controller].
  
• Sail damage added to boss boats.
  

• Fix for menu pointer not working properly.
  
• Fix for AI boats continuously moving sails up and down.
  
• Fix for jittering sails at high speeds.
  

For those of you who are eager to see what’ll be arriving in the coming
months for Furious Seas we’ve published our RoadMap on Canny.
- Check it out!

Looks for the following features in the coming months:

• Survival Mode
  
• The Conclusion of the Campaign Against the Crimson Bandits and Captain Ruin
  
• Improved Ship Destruction
  
• More Environment and Object Interactivity
  
• More Playable Ships
  
• Even More!
  

We’ve also been hard at work updating the game with the following fixes:

JULY 24th

New Additions
• Added steering wheel decoration to help identifying its center spoke (Xebec ship).
  
  Adjustments
• In game player hands better match real-world player hand position.
  
  Bug Fixes
• Fixed environmental water reflections.
  
• Fixed hang when canceling level load after grabbing Demon Sisters' poster.
  

JULY 21st

New Additions
• New difficulty selection option with additional Easy and Hard difficulty levels.
  
• Added a "Thanks for Playing" screen at the end of the Early Access Campaign.
  
• Tails now has dialogue the first time he uses naval mines.
  
• Cannon crew on the sloop will now announce when the player is low on health.
  
  Adjustments
• Pause menu background is now grey in color.
  
• Improvements to audio quality of cannon crew speech.
  
• Difficulty adjustments for the first part of the Demon Sisters chapter.
  
  Bug Fixes
• Fix for an issue where Demon Sisters could get stuck against an island.
  
• Fix for issue where player sails are lowered upon respawning.
  
• Fix for missing collision around island rocks in the game.
  
• Fixed slight steering issues that could result during height calibration.
  
• Fix for issue where player would warp backwards after respawning or when stopping their ship.
  
• Fixed auto-calibration player height adjustment.
  

If you haven't heard the big news yet, Furious Seas is now available for everyone to play in Early Access!

We're incredibly thankful to everyone who has been spreading word of Furious Seas and providing us with feedback. We can't make this Early Access game the best it can be without your support, and we truly hope you enjoy the big adventure ahead with us.

As we take our first steps as a tiny indie studio into the world of VR development, it's incredibly uplifting to see the wave of positive support surging in. We didn't know what to expect when we launched on Monday, but we can say for sure that its been worth it just to give the community a chance to experience the high seas in virtual reality.

We hope you like what you see so far, and we can't wait to have more of you join us for plundering and destruction on these furious seas!

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