It is editing time, which means we are rewriting one sentence 7 times. Argh. Must brain better.
We finished a small bonus bit for the trade paperback, our editor read it and pronounced it good, so full speed ahead. As always, the bonus scene is a true bonus, so you don’t have to buy, but I would recommend reading it. It dovetails into Homecoming, which is Solentine’s short story.
The vacation is not in the cards this year, unless we escape after the edits in September, so I have to settle for a computer vacation instead.
Behold, scurvy dogs, Captain Miradora, the scourge of the Seven Seas. Well, actually, just Caribbean, but in theory the Seven Seas.
Windrose is a new survival game currently in early access on Steam and Epic Games, and it is a pirate adventure. Blackbeard somehow got a hold of some artifact, and now the islands are plagues by the undead pirates. You are the only force standing in his way, yeah!
You hunt feral pigs, you explore ruins, you fight pirates, you build your base, and you scour the sea on your awesome ship sinking Blackbeard’s ships. There are factions, quests, and lots of exploring. It is kind of like Conan Exiles but improved. There are actual quests and NPCs. And sailing! All the cool sailing!
My workshop. All the workbenches. The crafting in this game is very intuitive.
My base.
My glorious ship.
Of course, my husband, who clearly is a pirate at heart, is also playing and he is a lot further along than I am.
Here is Captain Nogusta, named after a character in Winter Warriors by David Gemmel.
As you can probably tell, we are having way too much fun with this. There is not too much there right now, only three zones, but we both really like running around and killing things so we can get resources and build just the right type of railing.
And now it’s your turn – what are you playing this summer?
Sounds cool ! I’m going to have to check it out.
As to what I am playing, I’m alternating between Civ 6 (NOT 7 !) and Icarus
I have been playing slot machines to get out of my head but I think maybe something like this would be cheaper. lol Can you start gaming at 52? It looks very piratey-compelling!
That looks really fun!
I’m playing Clash of Clan(as Mechcat, clan is Celtic Heroes, if anyone is looking, just mention the Horde in the req to join). We r currently engaged in epic daily battles against other clans in the monthly Clan League War week. And they’re doing a card thing this month. I’m also many years into the campaign to get permission for my nephew to join. He’s eager, so I’m sure to win that one eventually.
Having finished Baldur’s Gate 3 (multiple times), my husband and I started a previous game, Divinity. We haven’t gotten very far yet, but have both obtained buckets to use as helmets. Also, apparently elves = cannibals, yuck. However, there is a cat I can get to follow me around, so I’m on the lookout for her.
And we’re also well into Split Fiction, but have found it is slow going. Some levels leave us feeling jangled. It is nice to play a game designed for 2 ppl.
Oh, and we also play D&D (over zoom) weekly, one of which is currently ShadowDark. Anyone that hasn’t tried D&D should give it a try. With an experienced DM you’re sure to have fun. Even listening to my husband DM with some friends is endlessly entertaining-they once hilariously spent an entire hour trying to break into a temple to get the ‘good’ holy water. (There is no such thing as ‘good’ holy water. It’s either holy or it’s not.) They started standing by a fountain of holy water… I about died laughing.
Oh that looks cool!! The UI also looks polished and neat! I wonder how well that plays. Gives me some black flag vibes.
First reply to a post (scary), but since this is a game post I felt like I should build up the courage. I work in Game dev myself as a UI developer so UI is always the first thing I look at – and can be a deal breaker if it’s off (why did they do this?? couldn’t they have just xyz) 😅
Last game I played was Floodland – which is a survival, city base builder (kind of in the same category as Frostpunk & Ixion – which are both awesome if you like that sort of thing – I was very obsessed at the time and would continue playing in my dreams haha). The Floodland gameplay was fun and good but the art & atmosphere of the game was where it really shines. The soundtrack was great (and at some point the literal song – I wished that would repeat more).
https://youtu.be/5Sqjo3Ja1JE?list=RD5Sqjo3Ja1JE&t=2770 – only YT link I found to the song (so good, imagine this while you’re setting up their camps trying to survive pfff)
Anyway – Windrose looks fun, I’ll give that a shot and see if my partner would like to play together 🥰