[2023] Me and the boys chilling in the waters off our Colossal ship after getting 99 Sailing (Sailing tech demo on Monday Hype!)

Let's gooo! ⛵⛵ Very excited to hear what you all think following the Twitch stream, planned for Monday 15th.

We had a Discord Stage today to explain our approach to the navigational mechanics of the Sailing skill and it seemed to go down well. I'll try and get it uploaded to YouTube like last time.

Here's what we've got planned next week:

• Monday - Show you a Prototype Demo via Twitch (feat. members of our engine team)
  • (Purely tech and doesn't cover graphics or core gameplay)
• Tuesday (tenatively) - We hope to publish the navigation design blog, including more detail for you to leave feedback.
• Wednesday - It's likely this day will be focused on looking at initial community feedback and discussing it with the team. Not sure yet.
• Thursday/Friday - If possible, we will seek to update our plans swiftly following your feedback.
  

I know there has been a lot of questions and I genuinely want you all to feel as involved as possible throughout refinement, so if there's anything we can do make sure to @ me! I can't respond to everything but will try to keep players as informed as possible through all different types of socials, from our website to Discord to Reddit and Twitter, etc. :)

Yeah, Husky linked it in the Stage - pathing won't be discussed on Monday but will be in the blog.

The possibilities of Sailing are really endless.

A big benefit of creating a new skill is that it constantly grows and gets improved upon post-release, so an underwater expansion is definitely within the realm of possibility and fits thematically with Sailing. If it’s something players really want, of course.

At the moment all of the Sailing mechanics are going to be on the Ocean (not underwater), as it’s not “diving”, so I don’t think underwater mechanics would form part of the core navigational design of the skill, — but it’s very open ended, so it all depends on your feedback and what players tell us about how they want the skill shaped up to be. ☺️

I’m so happy to hear you’re excited about refinement, I am eagerly anticipating what people will say when they read the blog and see the prototype! ❤️

Thank you, it means a lot! I can’t wait to share our plans wider next week and hear what you all think!

Thank you so much! We just want players to be happy, so we will always strive for that as hard as we can! Your words are much appreciated!!