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A Painted Ocean

A Painted Ocean

A downloadable game for Windows

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Command a Napoleonic-era man-of-war.  Sail the oceans of the world.  

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Featuring

  * Square-rig sailing physics
  * The whole world to sail in, with a year of real winds and weather
  * Frigate vs frigate battles

Your ship is HMS Alpha, a 38-gun 18-pounder frigate (rather like this
one) of around 1600 tons displacement, with a 150-foot hull and a
crew of 300. 

Rock Paper Shotgun says:

    "A Painted Ocean is an amazing free prototype tall ship sim
    boasting mesmerising sail management, globe-girdling oceans, and
    a surprising amount of nautical atmosphere. For a creation
    without gull mews, creaking rigging, or audible crews, it does an
    incredible job of evoking the world of Horatio Hornblower, Jack
    Aubrey, and Thomas Cochrane."

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This is a release of an unfinished project 

What is done is the simulation of the ship, the control system, the
world, basic weather and combat. There are unlikely to be any major
new features added, but see the devlog for plans for the future.

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How to play

There are three options at the main menu screen.

 1. Harbour.  This is a mostly-enclosed space  in which to try out
    maneuvering with sails. Open the tutorial window (from a button
    at the bottom left of the screen) to get started.
 2. Battle.  Two frigates, broadside to broadside. You can control
    both ships - press tab to switch between them.
 3. The World.  This starts you at the Canary islands, well-placed to
    sail to the Americas or towards the Indian ocean. Or you can open
    the map and ctrl+click to teleport anywhere. The buttons at the
    bottom right control your rate through and position in time.
    There is accurate seasonal weather.

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Known issues

  * Expect to see some placeholder graphics and UI elements, debug
    menus etc. 
  * The physics can be glitchy, especially for falling spars
  * The sea occasionally disappears in  rough weather
  * Teleport sometimes doesn't go quite where you click
  * Hold down shift as you start the game to open a menu to change
    resolution

The ship handling is tuned as well as I can to match historical data.
I'm happy to hear suggestions on how to improve it.

More information

Updated      26 days ago
Status       On hold
Platforms    Windows
Rating       Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
             (10 total ratings)
Author       Neil Thapen
Genre        Simulation
Made with    Unity, Wings3D, Audacity, GIMP
Tags         Historical, ocean, Physics, realistic, Sailing, sea,
             ship, slow, weather
Average      About a half-hour
session

Download

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painted.zip 130 MB

Development log

  * Version 0.6
    26 days ago
  * Version 0.5b
    Jan 31, 2022
  * Sailing test version
    Dec 29, 2021
  * Version 0.5a released
    Dec 19, 2019
  * Historical data
    Nov 22, 2019
  * Release and plans
    Sep 22, 2019

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A race! Newport to Bermuda with square rig
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Ship types, gun targeting, and more dynamic crew
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Options in game
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