#adventure sim

[elitheaceofalltrades]

Sailing Era - Demo Review

Hello Hello!

I finally got around to playing the Sailing Era demo I downloaded ages ago! It was a pretty random find but I ended up enjoying it! Sailing Era is an adventure simulator RPG set during the 15th - 17th century. There are four navigators, you can choose from at the beginning of the game. They each have their own backgrounds, stories and goals that change how you sail through the world.

Setting up a game

In the demo, two of the characters are available and I think half is a fair amount for a demo. The options were:

Andrew from Portugal. He's a cheerful explorer who goes on a voyage to establish routes, trades and fight enemies

Yun Mu from the Ming Empire. She's a scholar who interprets books, explores lands, searches for new discoveries and travels around the world.

I chose Yun Mu because I'm a bit of a bookworm and also I was curious how they were going to handle a scholar as the main character. Usually when you think sailing adventure RPG, the main characters are adventurers, warriors, pirates, etc. so I was very curious about how they were going to talk a chill character like a scholar and keep the excitement.

The demo also had two play modes.

Novice - for completely new players. More helpful info provided

Normal - for people who have played before. Help pop-up disabled but can be enabled in settings anytime

I chose Novice since I never played before but I like that even if you choose Normal you can enable the help pop-ups. I feel like that would be especially great if you put down the game for a while and need to refamiliarise yourself with the game when you pick it back up.

The Game

First of all, the art was absolutely beautiful. My laptop has a pretty average graphics cards and I can only imagine it'd be even more stunning with a better GPU. The characters were pretty fun.

The controls were pretty easy to navigate though when it came to sailing, I did have problems navigating the map. Additionally, I found that when you go on expeditions I had to switch to mouse as it was hard to select the correct tile with a controller. It doesn't have a selector, i.e. pressing a button to confirm that's the place you want to move, it's purely joycon movement so if you mean to go up-right but accidently only flick up, then too bad, you're moving up now.

Outside of that, I genuninely loved this game and I will definitely buy it sometime (on sale!).

The demo is still available for free on steam currently so if you want to try it out I would recommend! The full version is, as of 19/10/2023, currently $24.99(US), £20.99(UK), €24,50(EU), $32.50(CAD) and $36.50(AUS).

Final Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[itsdefinitely]

feeling silly

[reunitedinterlude]

choose your own adventure

[blacktabbygames]

We're thrilled to announce that we've wrapped principal development work on Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut. We'll be releasing it this Fall (date TBD) so we can simultaneous ship the update with both the game's console release (surprise!) as well as official subtitling support for 11 new languages, all with the help of our wonderful new partners at Serenity Forge (who you might know from their publishing work on Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!)

There's a lot for us to share about The Pristine Cut, but before we get into the details, please check out our new trailer!

Here's what we've got coming for you: Content

For those of you who are just now hearing about The Pristine Cut, it's an entirely free director's cut of the game that adds about 35% more content on top of the initial release.

This includes massive expansions to The Den, The Apotheosis, and The Fury routes, each of which is over three times bigger than their release versions, with tons of variations to discover across multiple playthroughs.

On top of this, we're adding three brand new chapter three routes that will add even more depth to your stories with The Damsel, The Prisoner, and The Spectre.

And we're adding a new ending.

All in all, these additions come to over 2,500 new voice lines, over 1,200 new hand-drawn illustrations, and over 15 new tracks of music.

We're also adding an extensive CG gallery with over 400 unlocks to help all you completionists track your progress, complete with cryptic hints to help you discover some of the game's more obscure and buried interactions.

Languages

And all of this is coming with a giant wave of localization support, covering the following languages: Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Russian, Spanish (Latin American), Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, and Polish. These localizations are just going to cover subtitles, so we can be as thorough as possible about maintaining the quality of Jonny and Nichole's performances.

Consoles, Physical Release and New Merch

With the help of Serenity Forge, we’re bringing Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut to every major current console — Nintendo Switch, PS4 + 5, and Xbox.

And these won’t just be available as digital downloads. You’ll also be able to pick up a physical edition for the Switch and PS5, with an exclusive sticker sheet and a download code for the game’s soundtrack.

And if that’s not enough we’re also doing a Collector’s Edition, complete with a 7 inch statue of the Princess, a mirror with a lenticular lens, an acrylic standee, and more.

And finally (for now), we’re launching the first wave of new line of sticker sheets, featuring chibi art of the Princesses as seen in The Pristine Cut’s new gallery. Pre-order them now at Topatoco!

Alongside these developments, we've also launched a new website for the game: check out slaytheprincess.com where you can order the physical editions, check out merch, and more!

Thank you so much for your patience while we've worked to make The Pristine Cut the definitive version of Slay the Princess. We can't wait to share all of the game's new stories with you this Fall.

Until then, we're back to working full-time on the next Episode of Scarlet Hollow (and have been for about a few weeks now!)

Best, Abby and Tony

[larkingame]

🩸LARKIN EPISODE ONE CHARACTER PROMOS🤠

[willalraand]

decided to combine my two favourite pieces of media

[aashwarr]

lauren craft, the jungle explorer. 🌿

[alfheimr]

i drew this way over a year ago but i think i just forgot to post it here. ingo adventure dx

[pocketsizedcrab]

after years of careful observations i have made one (1) connection

[can-of-w0rmz]

Everyone needs their emotional support tortured academics

[masao-micchi]

OK SO MAYBE I HAVE A TYPE?????

literally old men but also pathetic sopping wet cat babygirl miserable boy failures?????

[itsdefinitely]

Please do more tma fionna and cake/adventure time 🙏 🙏🙏🙏

Somewhere else.

[pixelddump]

saturday extracurriculars + social bunny update

[softerpixels]

an aspiring horror novelist on her way to ravenwood once i finally update my game

[larkingame]

hello friends! the first version of larkins demo is up and ready to play!

features:

create your character

chase vampires through the city of saint laurent

interrogate guild hunters after you

meet wyatt and a vampire character that really bites <3

a note: this is the last version of the game that has me as the sole person working on it (as is a good chunk of this has been edited by the lovely @gwaha) i really hope you enjoy :)

[forestgloss]

what is it about tortured academic/scholarly "men" with nice hair that makes people like us mentally ill