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  1. Armada

    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    Merry Christmas from Skyward Digital! :xmas :cheers To celebrate the twelve days of Christmas, we've prepared twelve short videos that will be released over the coming days, starting with this one: As a bonus, we are giving away a 4K desktop background each day to members of PA! and our...
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    I think we can safely say it will release in 2020, given the limited scope we've set ourselves. As much as I'd love to keep adding features and content until it rivals New Horizons, I think we would slowly go insane if we were still developing this game in two or three years' time. :shock
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    The release date is... I wish I could be more specific, but there are so many variables that make it impossible to give an estimate. Once we "finish" the game, it could take a month or more before it passes the store submission process on each platform. We'll let you know when the game...
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    Aye, new guns it is. :onya We've added carronade models which can replace cannons entirely for captains who prefer to trade range for higher damage. We'll have a proper video showing them off soon.
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    It's something on the ship... :pirate41: :pirate41: Here's an image of the same ship's deck for comparison (though with a different paint scheme): I was beginning to think no-one would notice. :xmas
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    Windows 7>10 Installation?

    I did a quick search for that error code and found a couple of support threads that might help: 'We Couldn't install Windows 10' Error - 0x80070005 - 0x2000A 0x80070057-0x2000A windows 10 installation error A couple of them recommend performing a "clean boot" before upgrading; instructions for...
  7. Armada

    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    It's something to do with the ship. :pirate41:
  8. Armada

    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    There's no new video this week, but we've got something special planned for Christmas, so watch this space...:xmas In the meantime, here's a new screenshot: :bird: There's also a teaser in that image for a new feature we haven't shown off yet (besides the parrot). Any guesses...?
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    Perhaps it was for structural reasons (less space between decks) or to keep a lower centre of gravity, or both. :shrug
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    Just humbly making adjustments where needed. Clearly the original designers didn't consider that very tall people wearing strange goggles on their heads would need to be able to fit inside virtual versions of their cabins 300 years after the ships were built. Bit of an oversight, if you ask me...
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    As promised, here's a look at the unique cabin models for each of our ships: They're inspired by real designs and are pretty much 1:1 scale, though we did have to increase the amount of headroom so that very tall players won't be clipping through the deck in VR mode. And yes, you can access...
  12. Armada

    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    Skip to 0:39 in the latest video and look closely at the map table... ;)
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    In our case, it's actually more of a logistical problem than a game design problem. Because each playable ship has so many components and systems to set up, we can only produce a limited number of unique models in a reasonable time frame, so naturally we had to be very selective. For context...
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    If you're wondering why we have such optimised graphics settings, here's a quick demo of the game running on an Oculus Go VR headset - powered by a mobile processor from a few years ago. (Note that we recorded the footage on a PC running the same graphics settings with a wide-angle camera, but...
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    New Models!

    To me, they just looked like penguins. Now they look like humans with hats, which is a big improvement. :onya
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    We have no plans to include merchant ships as playable vessels at this time. What we do plan to experiment with is having merchants or trade routes on the world map that you can interact with, but without launching a full ship battle. For example, if you chose to attack a merchant convoy, you...
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    You'll probably like the Light and Heavy Frigates then. The former is a good all-rounder against other frigates and sloops, while the latter's 48 guns make it strong enough to hold its own against a two-decker. :pirate41:
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    Training manual by a Royal Navy officer from 1812

    A fascinating read, thanks for sharing! TL;DR: :read -> :duel:
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    This week we're comparing each ship's broadside strength. :pirate41: We've balanced the progression so that you gain roughly the same percentage of firepower each time you get a larger ship, though it does vary slightly. For example, going from a Light Sloop (18 guns) to a Heavy Sloop (24...
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    Buccaneers! Screenshots and Videos

    Thanks for your kind words, as always. :cheers I'll see what I can do. We do have black/dark grey ships and sails, so a similar cabin would complete the set. There will be a main quest line to follow; not with a very deep narrative, but there will be some mystery involved. ;) The quest might...
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