EXPL-ARRR-ATION

UPDATE:

I'm turning this game into a real game! I'll be streaming the process live starting in a few weeks. This will be part of  a series of "Jam Revivals" I'll be making this year.

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Welcome aboard, matey!

We're about to set sail on the high seas, to find vast amounts of treasure and, hopefully, lots of grog!

Huh? Why grog? Well, without grog (the yellow bar at the bottom), your fellow pirates will mutiny and throw you overboard!

To control the ship, just point in the direction you want to go! (With your mouse, or with a joystick, the darkr arrow will show you which direction you're turning toward)

What do you mean we're not moving, of course not, you haven't unfurled the sails! Press the W key to unfurl the sails (increase speed) and the S key to, er,  furl them (decrease speed). The slower you move, the easier it is to line up, but the slower you turn! The faster you move, the harder it is to aim, but the quicker you turn!

Once you're under way, follow the compass (The silver/light arrow) to an unvisited destination. New harbors will give you a full hold of grog, but previously-visited ones will only fill you up to at most half your hold!

You can also control the ship with a  controller (Don't worry, we're above water, so that's not a terrible idea). Simply disable mouse control in the pause menu (Escape in-game) or in the options menu when you start the game!

The controls are roughly the same with a controller, just use your right stick to increase and decrease your speed.

Be on the lookout for treasure! You get 100 points for every harbor you visit, but 500 for every treasure you plunder!

Once you've figured out where everything is, try going for a quicker run!

If you're on Mastodon, share your scores and times with me! I'm https://hachyderm.io/@b4ux1t3!