💬│windrose-chat

[light vine]

I can send a screenshot when I get home, but basically as soon as I got my ketch, the third island that I had already visited and established a bonfire on became part of the "restricted zone"

[crude thorn]

post a pic of the map its happening on so we can see if its bugged out

[granite oxide]

no He tried to get to another island that's background - there's 3 islands he can get to 🙂

[light vine]

No, it's def one that I should be able to access

[abstract aspen]

we'll know for sure once they get to send the screenshot

[granite oxide]

Well share when you can becasue if it is we can pass it to the dev team to look at with logs. Otherwise I'm assuming you got to it somehow and its actually in restricted area, and probably one you haven't gotten to is still out there - but will wait and see what you post.

[light vine]

Will update when I can, I'll take video as well

[abstract aspen]

was about to say the same thing haha. And don't worry about any questions regarding the game, we like to help wherever we can.

[urban karma]

i need this to release so I have something to play

[tight violet]

No worries, at the next investor meeting just voice that concern when going over the next quarters comprehensive assets planning.

[still rose]

Ive gotta say, just finished the demo and I am wanting so much more... any news on a release date?

[spiral swallow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1466460594860327098/1476348383395446835/Soon.gif

[granite oxide]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explorable area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced in the #news when it is time. See the latest post here#│announcements message with some QoL improvements requested from feedback by the community 😉
As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info. Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds – See Dev comment here #💬│windrose-chat message. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

Also can see latest on upcoming Triple-i Initiative #│announcements message

Also, check out the link here for sneak peaks from the Dev's #💬│windrose-chat message

[still rose]

Ok. I can accept that. As long as the sea Shantys are staying, so am I. lol

ty

[light vine]

Not only are Shanties staying, according to their steam post they're actually adding in rougher voices so it feels more like pirates singing

[granite oxide]

*Shanties feel. While we absolutely love the work Sean Dagher did, we’re adding a couple of coarser, less melodic voices into the backing vocals so that the shanties feel a bit more pirate-y. * As noted in one the link I mentioned above 🙂

[spiral swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/wellerman-jared-halley-sea-shanty-gif-20305960

[still rose]

Im loving what it is now tbh, but I trust the process.

[spring nova]

Before GTA VI

[rancid sierra]

Before Elder Scrolls VI.

[near zodiac]

Would be funny if HL3 were to come before GTA6

[vernal basin]

i read something about that being off the table from something mentioned by todd howard in some interview like "announced way too soon" and "wont be released in the near future"
need to look that one up tho cannt recall 100%

[fast orchid]

You sir need to read my status

[spiral swallow]

Hey now leave my knee caps alone

[fast orchid]

No

[spiral swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/hidetherum-gif-9783592

Fine then I'm hiding the rum from you 😄

[fast orchid]

Oh well, I'll just steal it from Tiddles

[bronze girder]

oyee captain When this Early Access comin any news

[spiral swallow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1466460594860327098/1476348383395446835/Soon.gif

[fast orchid]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1466460594860327098/1476348383395446835/Soon.gif

[bronze girder]

my Tub is leaking

[vernal basin]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-second-child-there-are-two-of-them-getting-out-of-hand-gif-16342964

[spiral swallow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/816583702041329685/1484178130225860870/Soon.gif

[spring nova]

Maybe

[spring nova]

Before GTA VI

[clear copper]

Before Half-Life 3

[spring nova]

Before Elder Scrolls VI

[clear copper]

Before BioShock 4

[spring nova]

Before Titanfall 3

[clear copper]

Before The Wolf Among Us 2

[ancient charm]

before Project Zomboid Build 42 stable release.

[clear copper]

Before System Shock 3

[red cradle]

I put four musket rounds at the helmsman when they were just making harassment passes, since my camp and pier is so far offshore. Later the ship crashed into my pier. I could kill sailors with musket or melee but they would just respawn when I died. I relogged and the ship had despawned, with my ammo for musket depleted.

[raven dagger]

Before Valheim 1.0 😏

[abstract aspen]

if you don't board the enemy ship with your own, the enemies will respawn infinitely

[clear copper]

https://tenor.com/view/ok-well-played-congratulations-congrats-you-win-this-time-gif-22916807

[light vine]

chaotic farming intensifies

[clear copper]

Takes notes for future pirate farm

[granite oxide]

@rancid sierra please share that in #🎭│offtopic

[near zodiac]

does jumping onboard early at least distract the ship if you kill the one steering it or aggro?

Never saw what it did when I did that with a friend

[last quail]

whats the big dicovery like jungle threat or smthn

what does it mean and can we do it in the demo

[granite oxide]

A boss and no it is not in the demo, but yes bosses are in Early Access 🙂

[last quail]

ooo sick that will be fun

[abstract aspen]

nope..sadly the ship just keeps going, nobody on the wheel to begin with :/ one of the first things i tried but was a little sad seeing the wheel magically spin haha.

[near zodiac]

didn't get to it before I died, turns out there's no time to use bandages when surrounded

It was very well planned first ship encounter

[abstract aspen]

i could be wrong but i think bandages also stop healing when you take damage, never really used em

[granite oxide]

Can always jump back on ship if you can to heal then return

[near zodiac]

They do, mostly a non problem though. Bandages are cheap as hell though

[near zodiac]

can't do that if you're a madman jumping from friend's ship to the enemy's while our ship is about to sink lol

we didn't bring a single repair kit

[granite oxide]

LOL

[abstract aspen]

definitely stay close to the railing too..the crew likes to bodyblock (friendly and enemy!) and the railing is usually a safe spot u can stand on and heal

[near zodiac]

Our thought process was: We just finished fully kitting out ship with basic stuff, there is an enemy ship right there... therefore yolo

[granite oxide]

Did you also have a ship?

[near zodiac]

I did, but it only had cannons... and we didn't really think we'd need to 2v1 to win lol

[granite oxide]

You could have pulled your ship out right there and given you guys some extra time lol

[near zodiac]

but turns out my friend controlling his ship has never played one of these pirate games before...

[abstract aspen]

oh boi haha

[granite oxide]

You guys going to have some great fun once Early Access hits 🙂

[last quail]

recomend making simple ones and just keeping them on the ships 4 use slots as they stay even after sinking

[last quail]

ooohhhh yeahh

[true grove]

Don't doubt your sanity.
Was white for me as well until yesterday or the day before.
Also didn't show in the list of Moderators on the right side. So not just a profile-update-whatever.

@surreal sierra concerning the technical problems of your potato 😉 have you ever tried capping the fps in general or in WR specific?
Might be a strange case of graphics card going nuts and trying to do way too much fps and in the process overwhelming your psu...

[last quail]

what are the limited recoreses in the demo

[granite oxide]

Ores respawn every 2 hours, trees do not respawn. You can however make other servers and go with your gear, inventory and ships and farm another server , then bring it back to yours.

Some people make several ships and load them up with various resources and then return to build using ships as overflowing storage.

[last quail]

ahh ok i was wondering about ores bcs i didnt know if i could use much

[last quail]

might try that if i need more

[granite oxide]

On the 3 islands you have , there is at least one very deep Cave with a number of ore spots.

Just gotta break through the walls 🙂

[clear copper]

there is also sulfur rocks dotted around, needs an iron pickaxe which isn't available, so only way to "mine" it is via ship cannon. and even then it's useless.

[last quail]

oh cool

what do they look like

[true grove]

Just like the other white stones

[last quail]

oh ok thanks

also can we craft gunpowder

[true grove]

Not in demo.
But you can farm it from pirates

And you could start a new world and loot that first cellar with the undead in it, again and again

[last quail]

how much does that give?

[granite oxide]

like 10 ish if you just do the first spot where the celar is on first island if its there.

The chest or bales in pirate camps with gunpowder do respawn

[last quail]

oh ok noted

how often

[spark terrace]

I never question my sanity.

[true grove]

not sure but I think also ~2h

[last quail]

alr

where is the unique chest for the travelers camp i cant find it whatsoever

@granite oxide any idea?

[true grove]

is that the one with the note and the tree with the red cloth?

[last quail]

yes

[true grove]

read the note very carefully 🙂

[last quail]

ok

oh

well

[granite oxide]

Find it? you'll need a shovel

[last quail]

yeah i did though its not exactly beneath it

[granite oxide]

🙂

[last quail]

thanks guys

[worldly saffron]

This construction took a long time to complete 🥴

[true grove]

#💬│windrose-chat message

[fast orchid]

Should put that in #1349751664843685990 not here

[fervent lotus]

Does anyone know the price for when the game comes out

[true grove]

I'm sure the devs know, but they won't tell us - yet 😉

[abstract aspen]

nope.. nothing known yet. will most likely follow the early access release date

[fervent lotus]

Thats fair enough

Wish I knew though

[true grove]

Chances are it will be like most EA games, and not full price... but that guess is as good as any
(EA = early access)

[fervent lotus]

Yeah

[fast orchid]

$420.69

[fervent lotus]

Perfect pricing

[iron robin]

https://tenor.com/view/shut-up-and-take-my-money-money-futurama-gif-6882124657810317443

[fallow pebble]

Thought this was looking for party ngl I have zero memory what I typed

😭

[granite oxide]

#1349751664843685990 <-- lol

[iron robin]

release date confirmed?

[granite oxide]

Yes, Soon, sometime in 2026.

[iron robin]

4/20 - 6:09pm

https://tenor.com/view/johnny-laugh-four-gif-7446278225827837893

[last quail]

will the EA progress carry over to full

[granite oxide]

Early Access might, not yet fully confirmed. But the Demo will definitely not.

[last quail]

ok cool thx

[granite oxide]

I'm assuming they probably will not unless it is a major issue. Would not be a reason otherwise.

[unborn jetty]

Hi does someone know the trick for hiding the hud? Tried using / but that just triggers the item in the hotbar

[abstract aspen]

works only with us keyboard, sadly

but you can add that in your windows language settings and switch to us keyboard for screenshots

[near zodiac]

4th of 20th month? that's a long time

[viral coral]

Hey Devs, do a suprise launch tonight =] lol

[fast orchid]

The 4th year of the 20th decade

[near zodiac]

oh noe

[unborn jetty]

Strange but using the us keyboard did the trick, thank you!

[spark terrace]

That was a long time ago...

[near zodiac]

decade

could mean 2204

[spark terrace]

4th year of the 20th decade of the current count of years would be 194...

[near zodiac]

oh right forgot that english is kinda stupid when it comes to numbers...

[fast orchid]

Did I say decade, I meant millennium

[near zodiac]

14th floor isn't 14th and 20th decade isn't 20th

[spark terrace]

So 19004?

[near zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/meonly-gif-19710542

[spark terrace]

The decades are correct, but the floors aren't but only because they superstitiously skip the number 13.

[near zodiac]

pretty sure either US or UK english does it incorrectly

(floors)

[spark terrace]

What you're thinking of is the mismatch between the century number and the lead digits of the year. The first century was 1-99, so the 20th century was 1900-1999.

[near zodiac]

ah right... we never word it like that in our language

[spark terrace]

Mildly confusing, but it's really just a matter of using irritating parlance.

[spark terrace]

What language?

[near zodiac]

Finnish. We do 80s and 90s, but the way we word is kind of like 19th century, but for decades and the number matches the actual year like it does with 80s and 90s in English. We don't do that with centuries or millenia I'm pretty sure... at least don't recall anybody doing it

[spark terrace]

All languages have their idiosyncrasies.

[light creek]

I ask as I haven't seen it but... is there an alpha or beta release date of any kind?

[spark terrace]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1466460594860327098/1476348383395446835/Soon.gif

[near zodiac]

there was a closed alpha before the demo from what I've herd, now we wait for EA release

[light creek]

Ah

[near zodiac]

we might hear something in 6 days when iii comes

they hyped it up and said there's something good

[light creek]

When did the demo release?

[spark terrace]

February, IIRC.

[granite oxide]

Early Access will be the Beta Essentially. Has been a couple Alpha test before.

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of what will be in Early Access. Explorable area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced in the #news when it is time. See the latest post here#│announcements message with some QoL improvements requested from feedback by the community 😉
As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info. Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds – See Dev comment here #💬│windrose-chat message. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

Also can see latest on upcoming Triple-i Initiative #│announcements message

Also, check out the link here for sneak peaks from the Dev's #💬│windrose-chat message

[light creek]

Okay. thank you for being so helpful NGL that makes me wanna buy the game more. I've had peeps in games just ignore or make sarcastic remarks. when i ask stuff like this

[near zodiac]

just feels weird to call it closed alpha when from the description sounds far more complete than a lot of EA releases

[spark terrace]

Because the Windrose team seems to actually be doing things right. It's a refreshing change.

[normal wing]

spoken like a true salesmen ?

less unicorn farts, more facts?

[granite oxide]

Lot of data in one spot to answer a lot of questions 🙂

[near zodiac]

salesman? No... just offering salvation to those poor souls that might miss out on the game 😂

I tried to pitch the game to a friend but he's "not into pirate stuff and quit AC black flag pretty early"

[fleet horizon]

nevermind what I said before. The dodos are fine. These guys need to be stopped.

[regal bloom]

When will it come out?

Realse date

[normal wing]

2.5 Y

[near zodiac]

this game shows historically accurately why dodos went excinct

[granite oxide]

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

Also can see latest on upcoming Triple-i Initiative #│announcements message

Also, check out the link here for sneak peaks from the Dev's #💬│windrose-chat message

[umbral bobcat]

i've been waiting for a proper pirate game for... my whole life xD

i'm so sosososo hyped

[rigid oxide]

Palworld released a windrose trailer 🤣

[near zodiac]

Black flag and sly 3 pirate section were good... been waiting for the next one ever since

[regal bloom]

So no month or date

[granite oxide]

Pocketpair is handling the Japan launch and info.

[near zodiac]

Quite interesting arrangement

They probably reached out due to liking what they saw?

[stone igloo]

pretty odd combo but i mean

at least they are in generally the same type of playstyle

[normal wing]

😒

[simple pollen]

Based on the quality of the demo/EA footage/news etc., I think this game is starting to catch some attention. I have no doubt the devs are cooking, and it’ll be quite the meal.

[granite oxide]

Wise Dev Teams have partners to strengthen a stand, rather than standing alone.

[normal wing]

the only statement that rings true so far. less selling somthing you dont know and telling what you do! congrats! ❤️

[surreal sierra]

Oh yeah, you guys are gonna be eatin good

[granite oxide]

Have not said anything we did not know yet - and be kind to the mods.

[near zodiac]

Wonder if pirate yakuza has anything to do with this? If its popular in Japan could see why there would be more interest for another pirate themed game

[stone igloo]

im not doubting it, it just seems odd that pocketpair of all people is partnering up i guess

[spark terrace]

There's something in it for them or they wouldn't do it.

[granite oxide]

It's a good partnering and they know the Japan market well.

[simple pollen]

Probably true, but this team hasn’t given me any reason to doubt their vision.

[stone igloo]

i guess its more confusing because i wasnt aware that other markets was even a thing being thought about since its just going onto steam anyway

[near zodiac]

Dont doubt that, but trying to figure out why they believe it would be succesful in Japan to the point of doing publishing there separately

[stone igloo]

just seems like it would be more important to focus on early access and fleshing the game out rather than catering to markets

[granite oxide]

this should clarify it #💬│windrose-chat message

[stone igloo]

thats my point tho, like why region specific publishing

i cant read the language and twitter barely works for me anyway

[near zodiac]

If it doesn't cost them anything extra and pocket pair gets part of the japan sales or something that would work for both parties?

[simple pollen]

Just my opinion: the demo thus far has been nothing short of incredible. The little bits we’ve gotten from EA and the devs seem to track with the quality of what we’ve put our hands on. I think we all get a little antsy when studios start chasing the dollar, but again, they’ve not given any reason to not trust them. At this point, the more successful the studio is, the more they can do. So far, they’ve done nothing but good. 😊

[stone igloo]

i mean thats good for pocketpair, but what exactly does windrose get out of it that wouldnt be gained from japan market just accessing steam?

[granite oxide]

Doesn't matter, all that is important is it benefits Windrose and Pocketpair in a partnership.

[stone igloo]

like i guess its a way to establish good faith between the two, i just fail to see what windrose is benefitting with here

[near zodiac]

Doubt the game would sell well in japan without somebody else publishing

Its very different market

[stone igloo]

i dunno the market there obviously, it just feels like an odd situation to me is all, especially without any word it seems other than that one twitter post

[spark terrace]

I won't pretend to understand that but the team seems to.

[stone igloo]

if it works then cool, im not the one with game dev and marketing experience here

im just thinking with my smol "is the game fun and finished" brain, i always value that over trying to get the game out to more people

[simple pollen]

Tbf Palworld was a hit (never played it; not my style)

[near zodiac]

My guess is that pocket pair knows or believes there would be interest in Japan for this kind of game... maybe for building mechanics that have some similarities with palworld

[stone igloo]

i wouldnt really say it has that much similarity past the face value of survival crafting

palworld plays more like ark survival

[umbral bobcat]

palworld brought me here

[surreal sierra]

So, the devs have said in terms of content itll be like the alpha but WAY more packed and polished. And having played the alpha that can only mean EA is going to be fire

[near zodiac]

Went to check article and saw them praising the building system and even calling it the best one (pocketpair). Not too sure about that though. I would need to get my hands on EA to see if it might surpass Valheim's. For sure looks better, but the sheer freedom and convenience Valheim offers is unbeliavable

[somber wigeon]

the demo has the building system (its free and on steam rn)

[near zodiac]

Doesnt mean its complete tho

[abstract aspen]

imo valheim building system is more limited compared to windrose. but you can try it yourself in the demo. lots of creative freedom and you're not tied to a small workbench area! :)

sadly we don't have a free build mode though, so naturally one needs to collect the mats for building.

[near zodiac]

You can do extremely compkex stuff in valheim due to rotating, ease of use of auto placement and freedom of manual placement

[surreal sierra]

The demo is not complete no. However it showcases the barest minimum that EA will look like, so even if its not yet done, itll be massively improved on.

And regards to the building freedom and convenience, the demo only has a couple of build sets. EA will have MANY MANY more parts, pieces and decorations. In addition I think NPC workers will return so your camp/base wont feel empty all the time.

Will have to wait and see whats truly in store once EA drops

[surreal sierra]

Oh demo already has that. 15, 30 45 and 90 degree rotation, snap placement and manual

[near zodiac]

Ah missed tge manual placement

[surreal sierra]

Ive not played Valheim so cant accuratly say WR will surpass it, but the demo alone has a VERY intuitive building system

[near zodiac]

Hate typing on phone keep missclicking

[surreal sierra]

phone discord does suck

[abstract aspen]

and the thing i love the most it the freedom to place stuff inside each other, opens up lots of opportunities. something that i kinda wish 7D2D could get :(

[near zodiac]

Just an example, but in valheim you can make a proper fence with mix of manual and auto placement of support beams

[somber wigeon]

that is possible in WR

[normal wing]

i was very impressed at the fact that i could open place items in any storage as long as its within camp fire distance will be accounted into the camp Stalk

[granite oxide]

Can do that in Windrose too for sure.

[near zodiac]

Nice... should have checked more but friend ended up rage quitting after first naval battle 😂

[somber wigeon]

you can make undulating latuces and spheres too if you want

[normal wing]

but this depicts Windrows ❤️

in full 360 o :/

[abstract aspen]

you can check out the #1476333974740664543 and #🎨│creative for what people made so far. all just with the limited pieces we got!

[near zodiac]

Only thing missing for me personally to decide if its better in WR would seeing what building blocks we getting in EA

[surreal sierra]

Theres a few pieces showcased in some trailers, but I'm pretty sure itll be far more expansive than that

the amount of stuff we got in the alpha alone put the demo building sets to shame

[abstract aspen]

the latest trailer shows some pretty neat stuff

[near zodiac]

Certainly love that we dont have to carry stuff in inventory while building, but more of focusing on what can be done in general

[granite oxide]

In the last alpha, we had a lot of building sets. However, from what we understand more has been added to those building sets that we did not have then. Demo is intentional to not reveal more than just the basics.

For example the cool new windows they gave a peak at here

[near zodiac]

Nice

[granite oxide]

More peaks or other items are in pinned messages top 📌

[abstract aspen]

I'd definitely say to give it a try and just play around a bit with what the demo itself has to offer. it is free after all and will stay up until ea!

[somber wigeon]

the features speak for themselves regardless of the limited blocks available in the demo

[near zodiac]

Oh right almost forgot... me and my friend noticed that option to fully build small stuff automatically from pre made blueprint. We talked about how much potential there would be to allow saving small scale blueprints for quicker building

[somber wigeon]

fr, i love the blueprint feature

building sections at a time instead of block by block for repetitive structures is amazing

[near zodiac]

Like maybe if we make something small but very complex would be a life saver to be able to replicate it

[versed spindle]

So... quick question... are caves different on different maps?

[surreal sierra]

do you mean different cave layouts?

[versed spindle]

yeah

I found two small ones and one... that's INSANE. Wondering if this one is a bug or meant to be like this lol

[surreal sierra]

I dont think so. From what Ive seen the caves all have the same layout. SOME caves are different and have differetn stuff in them, but overall in terms of how they are in the map and their purpose all have the same layouts map to map

So the cave on the starter island will have the same layout, the jungle cave with the drowned and loot inside will have the same layout

but their placement on the map will vary]

[versed spindle]

I've been in this cave for (spoiler potential) ||three hours and still haven't finished it. ||

[abstract aspen]

it's like there's a set amount of POIs and caves and theyre the same each time but placed differently. A little like a puzzle where all pieces can be placed however you want

[granite oxide]

In Alpha we had different cave types, some similarities, but some caves had a lot of depth, many tunnels possibility of encountering mobs, and some had hidden areas.

[versed spindle]

Ok, if ya'll think so... just the other caves seemed reasonable. This one...||. Has about 20 chambers so far and i'm still mining it working on my 4th full copper chest 26 slot||

[granite oxide]

Some of them were very extensive.

Sounds about right 🙂

[versed spindle]

lol alright, just making sure 🙂

[abstract aspen]

Love how Seaweaver got lost in the first one and i had to lead him to the exit

[empty heart]

so when alpha comıng?

ı dıdnt see any ınfo

[small parrot]

nobody knows, but there's some sort of showcase or something on the 9th that we're hoping will have a mention of EA release

[empty heart]

thank u ❤️

[surreal sierra]

Already had the alpha a year ago. Next version will be Early Access but we don’t know when exactly yet

[fallow pebble]

Will the demo be updated

[wintry skiff]

How can I craft a wharf to get access to my bigger boat inventory and equip items…. I made a pier to dock at but not sure what I am missing?

[shell monolith]

The wharf is a special peice that you build and attach to your pier.

[wintry skiff]

I’m at the point in game to build cannons it is saying…. Will it allow me to make a wharf after I craft them

[granite oxide]

Updated for backend yes if needed. Content wise no. it stands as is until Early Access.

[granite oxide]

Follow the quest and build what is needed and you'll see it pop up.

[wintry skiff]

Tyty

[fallow pebble]

Ahhh I see got it

[timid crescent]

If anyone here enjoys pirate themed TV shows, I highly recommend Sandokan on Netflix! Just finished the first season and it was really good.

[uneven path]

I just binge watched both seasons of One Piece live action.

It was especially good after beating the Windrose demo.

[granite oxide]

🙂

[uneven path]

Definitely on a pirate kick right now... Will check that out!

[pliant anchor]

Black Sails was a pretty good pirate series as well

[real sedge]

did they extend the demo at all?

[real sedge]

it was amazing till it turned out the big shocker about it all...|| captain was gay || nothing against that but like for a pirate series the era makes it kinda nice drama but there was so many other options.

[surreal sierra]

Nope, the demo will remain as is until EA releases

[real sedge]

Thats fair

[surreal sierra]

Right now ther devs are full bore and into developing the Early Access build

[real sedge]

Thats good. It was a fun demo

[crystal schooner]

i hope 9 april EA announcement

[surreal sierra]

I think we all hope it has a release date too

[viscid veldt]

even the devs hope it too /lh

[acoustic flume]

https://tenor.com/view/apr-9-april-9-9-april-9-apr-april-nine-gif-4680682869051523173

[tulip estuary]

https://giphy.com/gifs/goofball-6767-676767-XMMUWcz4XtDTNgZj22

[somber radish]

I know you know, what the devs know, but I just can't prove it

https://giphy.com/gifs/dexter-suspicious-aniflicks-21VTFJTEr1x9ortvO3

[surreal sierra]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kat-kitty-kitten-evil-gif-10545349572153573100

[somber radish]

https://giphy.com/gifs/james-doakes-iuu3hRoxlr2ETPucZW

[surreal sierra]

To quote a certain cat, "M'aiq knows much, tells some. M'aiq knows many things others do not".

[tight violet]

...1200 byte update packets 🤓

Ok, bedtime. See you later on with coffee.

[pallid yoke]

Any news on planned early release date from Demo?

[surreal sierra]

Nope not yet. We have a trailer with the Triple I initiative on the 9th that will have a special announcement but we dont know what it is yet

[keen dove]

50k members yay!!!

[surreal sierra]

We hit 50k members! 🎊

[keen dove]

I hope the core gameplay is the same as the demo

[surreal sierra]

It will be.

dw we're not gonna doa 100% pivot and suddenly its Pirate Elden Ring

[keen dove]

True

My plan when the EA releases is to play normal difficulty with strength based weapons, a hard difficulty with sabers and a 500% difficulty with sabers

Unless some other weapons show up later on that are better and can parry too

[surreal sierra]

'better' is entirely dependant on how you want to play

[keen dove]

Hopefully we get something in 6 days, we will see

[fallow wyvern]

500%, absolute mad lad

[keen dove]

Hell yeah, I know how the game works and the attack patterns of the starting mobs, I can do this

[fallow wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/snoop-dogg-yes-yes-yes-oh-fo-sho-for-sure-nods-gif-12018369

[viscid veldt]

Pirate Elden Ring would go hard though

[regal gust]

Crimson Seas?

[green yew]

So who thinks we may get release date on the 9th April?

[fallow wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/that's-not-what-i-want-morgan-nobody-wants-this-i-don't-want-that-i-hate-that-gif-15573419880935925820

[last quail]

what is a unique ocean location

[hot plover]

I just sank 5 hours into this game on first playthrough. I could have kept going and like... the game is calling back to me like the frithin' green goblin mask.

Thank you devs for making Skull and Bones but not dropping the ball like ubisoft did.

[near zodiac]

Elden Ship, the most powerful ship to rule the 7 seas

[olive marten]

any way to donate money

[near zodiac]

Dont think so. Pretty sure the best way would be buying extra copies when possible?

That results in both more money and hopefully spread word of mouth

[surreal sierra]

Not right now no. Monetisation models and support will probably be announced alongside the EA release date

[rugged vapor]

Well, HURRY UP!!

I wanna be a bad lil pirate

[olive marten]

ok

[regal gust]

hmm, do we know anything about plans for OST?

[spiral swallow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1466460594860327098/1476348383395446835/Soon.gif

[regal gust]

(and not the Scandinavian type which means cheese)

[spiral swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/eat-all-of-the-cheese-eat-all-the-food-skyrim-alexa-keegan-michael-key-gif-24122721

[queen basin]

Hey, in the demo u can go as far as getting a whole ship or not?

I feel like I complited everything on the island

[regal gust]

yup you can get a ship to sail the very last mission is to ||board another ship ||

[queen basin]

Thank you

[olive marten]

sheesh i love this game

is the map gonna be bigger ?

[regal gust]

yes its gonna be "ALOT" bigger

30 something islands. should be avaible in EA.

[olive marten]

oof ea tho

[regal gust]

huh?

[olive marten]

nvm lol

[random dragon]

Is the map in Windrose hand crafted (identical for each player) or is it random generated?

[spiral swallow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1466460594860327098/1476348383395446835/Soon.gif

[olive marten]

https://tenor.com/view/ahaha-no-haha-selfie-funny-gif-13893890

[abstract aspen]

see it as the island shapes being different and pois being the same but in different locations. Like a puzzle Where every piece can be placed however you want

[raven dagger]

its a little random procedural and theyre working on making it moreso

[random dragon]

So the islands are different for every player (at least a little bit).
Thank you!

On the first island I have Doc Galen.
On the second island I have now my main base and here I found a possible ship and freed one prisoner.
Where is the prisoner now? It is not on any of my bases and also no longer in the cage).
How do I bring/transfer the Doc to my main base?

[abstract aspen]

galen is tied to bonfires. you can interact with any bonfire and settle him! don't forget to talk to galen from time to time as he's tied to progress as well

[raven dagger]

and free health pots, took me forever to figure that out as i skip skip skip dialogue whenever possible lol

[random dragon]

Did not know that, thank you!

[random dragon]

Also this was new for me, thanks, this is very helpful!

And what about the prisoner, that I freed from a wooden cage?
Where is he and how can I add him to my crew?

[abstract aspen]

he will be on your ship once you progress. they don't have an animation for leaving the cages or being in your camp. See it as him being in your pocket for now haha

[worldly saffron]

almost 200 hours 🤯

[red cradle]

@abstract aspen Lesson learned, Thank You!

[clear copper]

232 hours here, my favourite things to do are base building and sailing my boat either being a pirate or just to listen to the music

[near zodiac]

I will endure. I know I would enjoy the game more if I dont play too much right now when there is far less content

5 hours was enough to get good feel for melee combat and basic idea about the game loop

I am thinking of plans for what I'm going to build in EA tho

Planning to turn a relatively small island into a proper base, a harbor area for ship stuff and a storage for quick deposit, close to coast farms and in the center the proper base, along with decorative buildings and stuff all around

[regal gust]

the only two thing i needed to perpually play was
healing herb seeds (they dropped only from a world boss type mob)
and the bosses.
with those two and i could still be playing.
as the healing herb bush used the lavender bush as a model, it was perfect for bring plant life into the city.

[near zodiac]

Growing herbs would make a lot of sense.

[idle zealot]

When early access comes out will it wipe the data of the demo?

[spiral swallow]

yes

[idle zealot]

Ah

Thanks

[dawn depot]

https://klipy.com/gifs/michael-scott-creasing-forehead

[hexed sundial]

is this it till release? or do i just gota sail around to find the other islands?

[slow pumice]

Thats it till EA

[spiral swallow]

Thats the 3 islands for the demo yes

[hexed sundial]

😭 i was hoping for a lil bit more 🤏 😅 foothills, cursed swamps n Ashland's sorta felt likt it suggested there was more to explore till release

ahwell, loved it 🫶 , 4ish days to go 🍻 🎉

[short sun]

I’ve played the beta gosh the game is laggy asf

[hexed sundial]

fingers crossed they jumped onto that issue for release day

[short sun]

Can you build my own ship gallions frigates sloops

[hexed sundial]

just the ketch from what i can tell

[spark terrace]

There'll be more ships in ea.

[abstract aspen]

In the demo you just have the boat and ketch. We do get more in ea though!

always keep in mind that the demo is an older build as well as just a very small part, so I'm sure improvements have definitely been made.

[raven dagger]

well 4 days til an announcement

[light vine]

okay

Here's my map. That third island at the bottom I was originally able to access with my small boat but my Ketch yells at me

Here's it zoomed in a little more

[olive canyon]

oof, seems like an unlucky world seed

for the Demo, your 3 islands are all supposed to be within the "clear to sail" area

[light vine]

Welp

[surreal sierra]

Bad seed lol. Your probably better off making a new one and moving all your stuff over

[sly sky]

Finished the demo today, was fun.
Guess the local threat is not available since its demo

[hexed sundial]

4 days to go BRING IT ON 😁

is there a good place to see some spolier/teaser drops ?/

[spiral swallow]

https://discord.com/events/1260209458924224542/1483858691261333720

[abstract aspen]

#💬│windrose-chat message could be some things you might not have seen yet

[spiral swallow]

@abstract aspen hide your rum from Seaweaver. He say he is gonna steal it from you since I'm hiding the rum from him.

[grim cedar]

nthere is only 3 islands in demo

[spark terrace]

Only 5 days and 50 minutes to go... Assuming that's even the time that Windrose goes on, rather than the event start.

[light vine]

Bruh, I've got quite some luck with seeds

[regal gust]

its most likely just a drop of the date and not the release itself.

[spark terrace]

Of course.

[regal gust]

but the discord channel here will crash if is the drop

[spark terrace]

My expectation is a repeat of this: #│announcements message

[near zodiac]

Has been a whole 1 and half month since then when iii comes. Still very possible to get a release date

[spark terrace]

Sure. I'm just not getting my hopes up.

[near zodiac]

all I know is that they hyped up the event and it's not just another trailer. It could be "just" a trailer still, but better in some way... or there's something else too

[regal gust]

eh they only burned me once, and otherise delivered at every other point. so they get another chance from me. i still expect the release for EA to be at the earliest in june

but for them to drop a date should be possible, as from what you could gather it looks more like they are implementing the feedback and trying to figure out the last of the connection issues.

wait when did modmail join?

no news on modmail in https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1479631907833512098 so did it just happen now?

[surreal sierra]

Oh you guys dont know yet? The special announcement on the 9th will be a remaster of everyones favourite cat statue Goeff.

[near zodiac]

instead of a statue would gladly trade it for a real cat

[mint ice]

I'd this thing on the 9th going to be the EA announcement? Do we know?
I don't want to get my hopes up just for it to be something else.

[last quail]

guys does progress not transver across pcs

[near zodiac]

we don't know what will be revealed yet, but presumably at least a new trailer of some kind... but there's more 🤔

[granite oxide]

We've had Modmail for awhile, menu's got moved around a bit.

[regal gust]

your 3 days late with that joke.

[regal gust]

we know nothing about what it will be.

[last quail]

anyone??

[regal gust]

no it wont

[last quail]

will it in the main game

[regal gust]

from ea to full?
we can't possible say now.
they might add new world generation where we need ot regenerate the entire map.

[near zodiac]

should. these days it is VERY rare to find a game that doesn't have steam cloud saving

[last quail]

ok phew

[regal gust]

they will properly do anything thay can to avoid it (so progress is preserved between updates in EA) but nothing is gaurenteed

yeah they do have cloud save in EA

but just because you have the save files from an older version doesn't mean it will work on the newer one.

[near zodiac]

Oh yea... there could be incompativity issues between versions, but character progression should be safe

[regal gust]

oh across pc's lol i missread the first question

you can move them manually though

STEAMAPPFOLDER\Common\Windrose Demo\R5
Copy the folder named "saved"

[near zodiac]

At least in Valheim the guideline is do not go to the work in progress biomes and your world is fine when you update it

[regal gust]

but again demo saves will NOT work on EA release.

[near zodiac]

^

Would not do any progress now that I wouldn't be willing to lose... mostly for building stuff. But I already know that I would be building my main base elsewhere anyway

[granite oxide]

#│announcements message

The Triple-I Initiative is a collaborative effort among indie game developers to showcase new games and hype up fan-favorites and established indie classics. It aims to provide a platform for independent studios to announce new games and highlight their work. The initiative is backed by strong independent studios and promises to pack game announcements and reveals into a roughly one-hour livestream. The event is free from ads and hosts, focusing solely on games.

The initiative's name, "Triple-I," is a play on words, suggesting a middle ground between the big studios and the smaller indie developers. It aims to provide a space for indie games to gain visibility and recognition in the gaming industry.

We do not know what is going to be revealed at this time.

[near zodiac]

Just that they hyped it up, so it should be something good

regardless of what it is

[surreal sierra]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1050078382018265178/1454397083413909630/ezgif-395a166e2e34663d.gif

[granite oxide]

still after that ear wax I see

[spiral swallow]

Looks more he is after a better brain

[near zodiac]

Installing a 2nd braincell

[clear copper]

https://tenor.com/view/littlenicky-littlenicki-nicky-nicki-adamsandler-gif-20562782

[regal gust]

https://klipy.com/gifs/the-simpsons-treehouse-of-horror

[light vine]

This might be a stupid question: Is there a dive button while swimming?

[spiral swallow]

no swimming

[abstract aspen]

they're both orange so there's no brain to get, just the single braincell bouncing back and forth. But that one is shared across all the orange cats

[spiral swallow]

I'm colorblind. Was sure Cap'n JeeZee was blue and not orange 🤣

[light vine]

You can literally swim tho

[spiral swallow]

No diving and nothing to do in the sea other then sail the ship

[abstract aspen]

wdym? jeezee and me are both orange, clearly!

[granite oxide]

A Roadmap will be posted after Early Access launch. Many things hang on just getting to Early Access. I'm certain people will flood us with more suggestions and feedback once they get a good chance to play Early Access 🙂

The feedback does help shape the direction of the game.

[light vine]

While this wasn't originally intended as feedback, I do suppose having a dive button could be helpful I'll put it in the feedback section

[granite oxide]

A number of people have given feedback on swimming and water activities. Will have to wait and see if it's something they plan on or not. At that point would then be a good time to address future feedback. But no harm in adding it now. May want to see if there is other feedback on it at this time and add to it.

[clear copper]

swimming attracts sea beasties, so no swimming 🤣

[spiral swallow]

Give me a sub and shipwrecks to explore. And let me tame seacreature to ride. 🤣 Wait wrong game. I don't want any off that in Windrose.

[granite oxide]

I'd like underwater caves to dive into for treasure and other discoveries, things to dive underwater to get, but that's just me.

[light vine]

As someone who has played Sea of Thieves, this hits a little too close to home LOL

[spiral swallow]

Same here. But please no sub or taming of seacreatures as in Atlas.

[granite oxide]

Having played so many games with diving in them, it hits close to home to me. And no worries, this is definitely not Atlas lol

[clear copper]

and maybe like a diving skill or something too, so the higher the level the longer you can hold your breath underwater

[spiral swallow]

idea on Atlas was good all the way up to they started with industrial stuff on it. And way too big map. Could had less grids with more islands in them.

[sterile badge]

Hello hello

Oh great Imhotep what does Ankhesenamun say about the release

[spiral swallow]

ssssh don't tell her 😄

[eternal bear]

So it may have been mentioned before by others abd I am sure i mentioned it ages ago when I finished the demo..but my desired play style will be sword and pistol. Now rapier and pistol key off the same skill sets and attribute but saber/pistol is mentioned several times as a Playstyle by devs and in promo material and posts ect but in the demo the saber is an agility weapon and the piston is precision. Do we know if there are any intentions to be able to mod weapons to use a different ability score? Or perhaps if there will be one handed fire arms that do key off of agility? Or am I doomed to sub optimal purgatory XD

[wanton juniper]

on a offline server how can i skip the night >?

[velvet beacon]

a friend just downloaded the demo and can`t get online do they need to make a server themselves first?

[sterile badge]

you create a character and then create world

if they want to host, after creating the world, back out, pick host option pick the world, get the code, share the code go in

[sterile badge]

Not that I am aware of

[surreal sierra]

https://giphy.com/gifs/titanic-FoH28ucxZFJZu

FINALLY got one

I've killed 11 thousand crabs on average

[spiral swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/benjammins-ggw-gg-well-play-gg-well-wellplayed-gif-3408829696275427281

[sterile badge]

I was going to ask - I take the crab shells are not in the demo?

[surreal sierra]

They are

but the RNG sucks so it takes forever

[sterile badge]

how do you get them

ahh ok

[surreal sierra]

gather MANY crab

[spiral swallow]

the small crabs

https://tenor.com/view/black-pearl-gif-21388835

[wanton juniper]

where can i find Clay to make furnaces

[granite oxide]

Along the beaches - lok between sand and grass

Clay

[wanton juniper]

thanks!!

found it

[severe salmon]

anyone need another person?

[surreal sierra]

#1349751664843685990 is your best place to ask

[near zodiac]

Maybe crab farming in EA? Maybe? Possible? Mayhaps? 🤔

[clear copper]

I hate crabs, but not as much as those damn boars
https://tenor.com/view/jack-sparrow-captain-shoo-pirates-of-the-caribbean-funny-gif-12116369

[spiral swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/aoa-advent-of-ascension-charger-advent-gif-13353207

[strange lagoon]

what can you do with them?

[spiral swallow]

make a trophy for your wall

[granite oxide]

helps with comfort level in camp.

[sharp kiln]

Hi People, can i change the control setting B ??

[strange lagoon]

thanks!

[sharp kiln]

or how can i set this ? 😄

[toxic escarp]

think windrose is still leaving EA this year?

[abstract aspen]

we don't know yet, depends on how ea goes I'd say. My guess is that it might be a little tight but I'm always in the mindset of "you can't rush art" haha

[toxic escarp]

we'll see

i hope april 9th is a release

[spiral swallow]

it's just a announcement on that day.

[toxic escarp]

and i hope the announcement is "we're releasing today" :(

[abstract aspen]

haha one can dream. Fingers crossed for sure!

[toxic escarp]

i assume it's at least a release date, if not the game releasing

[severe salmon]

game crashed 30 minutes into playing.. lol

[granite oxide]

No clue, can only wait and see what it has in store for us 🙂 Less than 5 days to go for Triple-i Initiative

[toxic escarp]

hell yeah

[strange lagoon]

they can take as much time as they want and need as far as i'm concerned. I want it to be really good once it releases.

[dawn depot]

https://klipy.com/gifs/curly-4

[acoustic flume]

https://tenor.com/view/post-this-cat-9th-of-every-month-cat-idiot-cat-funny-cat-gif-gif-17672358900944351866

[sterile badge]

hopefully release date for EA, not the 1.0 though I would assume

[toxic escarp]

yeah

[near zodiac]

kitty isn't dumb... just rehydrating brain to use brain more effectively!

[regal gust]

its just water cooling its processor.

[narrow sentinel]

[spiral swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-michael-scott-thank-you-bow-steve-carell-gif-5009516783019270794

[true grove]

Fixed your rig?

[surreal sierra]

I think so. I did a complete reinstall of windows, disabled updates and replaced drive partitions. It was an absolute ballache to do and took me all night but SO FAR Windrose is running and have only had a couple of minor game freezes

IM not tempting fate yet but its looking ok so far

[true grove]

Well then some congratz is due!
Hope it stays so 😊

[surreal sierra]

Just confirms to me that the windows update back at the end of Jan was what broke everything.

[clear copper]

I recently had to do a new windows reinstall, my old system got screwed via a typical windows update... I hate those things so now I've disabled updates but kept security fixes.

[near zodiac]

isn't it lovely when not so clanky clankers are doing the coding for operating systems of billions?

[surreal sierra]

Aye, when I read a while ago that Microsoft was having AI write some of their update code I was extremely sceptical and now confirmed to me that AI doing anything with real consequences is a horrible horrible idea

[near zodiac]

Those can do some pretty complex calculations very competently... but just like me they can mess up the most basic math too

[clear copper]

It's cheaper to run it via ai rather than having an actual human doing it.

[near zodiac]

but far more expensive to clean up their mess

Doesn't matter if it's cheaper if they don't do it right

[clear copper]

Yea that's what happens 🤭

[near zodiac]

if a human makes a mistake, at least somebody has an idea about where to look for it...

when AI makes one you first have to figure out wtf did they even do

[clear copper]

Today at Microsoft HQ.... Let's vibe code a windows update 🤭

[near zodiac]

funny idea, let AI rewrite windows and call it 12

[rancid sierra]

Microsoft has it's own official Discord server.
And has banned the word MicroSlop in it.

[true grove]

Mhm, can‘t be sure of that.
Might be so, might be coincidence.
I cannot recommend leaving updates off forever.
I‘d install everything and see if that problem comes back. Chances are it will not.

Have you installed latest drivers from mainboard manufacturer, starting with chipset?
Also, bios/uefi update?

[surreal sierra]

It works right now Im not gonna poke the lion/tempt fate

[near zodiac]

chances are one of those updates could brick the computer entirely

[surreal sierra]

Exactly, I aint risking it

[near zodiac]

already happened to some...

[rancid sierra]

Motherboard BIOS update is like staring down the barrel of a gun each time.
One power hiccup, one slight brownout, one oopsie, and your motherboard is a brick.

[near zodiac]

the biggest risk with not updating would be viruses, but so long as you don't do anything stupid it's not an issue

[true grove]

What? No windows update „bricks“ a computer entirely in the sense that it’s broken for good afterwards…

[near zodiac]

you sure about that? 1 mistake and it can fry parts literally

[true grove]

That might be true a decade back. Nowadays mainboards have dual bios and roll back in case of update failure.

[near zodiac]

computer parts and high temperatures do not mix

I had a laptop that was barely 3 months is use and the damn motherboard got destroyed physically and had to be replaced because some kind of weird error

[true grove]

As sure as doing it as a profession and not having one conpletely bricked pc or server due to windows updates in 19 years

[near zodiac]

yea because you sure are checking billions computers and not only seeing tiny fraction of them...

not to mention the ones that aren't even brought to anybody for checking because it's cheaper to just give up on it

just because there are plane pilots that have never had their plane crash doesn't mean it doesn't happen

[true grove]

Of course I‘m not checking billions. No need for getting rude.

I‘m just saying that usually windows updates don’t „brick“ a computer in the sense of total and terminal hardware failure

[near zodiac]

only pointed out facts

[wanton juniper]

i made a offline game how can i use thius save and invite my friend ? will host work

[abstract aspen]

you SHOULD be able to host the same world you made in solo. just click on host and go from there :) sadly not home rn to check the game menu myself and refresh my memory but it should work

[true grove]

Definitely works like that, in both ways. Can also play a world offline which was created and hosted as coop.

[wanton juniper]

thanks man to bad theirs no hide hud

can i inviter him like to an ingame Guild or we automatically share everything haha

[karmic grail]

sa

[true grove]

There is a hide hud though 😊

[abstract aspen]

you can hide the hud with the / key. Us keyboard only for now sadly. but if you don't have that you can add one in your language settings on windows itself and just switch and turn the hud off for pictures and switch back after you're done.

[abstract aspen]

everyone already shares/ has access to all chests and such. currently there's no setting for private chests or groups.

[true grove]

You as the host will see an invite code which your friend has to enter to join.
No guild/clan/etc feature

[wanton juniper]

the only thing i noticed its that it takes quite a lot of time to level up

[spark terrace]

Exp comes from POI exploration and completing quests, not from fighting or gathering.

[slender bison]

Hi everyone. I'm having a problem, can you help me? After the initial ship, it doesn't teleport me to the island. How can I fix this?

[karmic grail]

I have the same problem and haven't found a solution.

[abstract aspen]

can you explain it further? like what exactly are you doing and such?

[karmic grail]

When the ship finishes its mission, it doesn't teleport me to the island; I stay on the ship, then it throws me back to the main menu.

[abstract aspen]

you mean the tutorial fight on the ship in the beginning?

[slender bison]

Yes

[karmic grail]

yes

[abstract aspen]

Oof haven't heard that one yet. Are you two playing together?

[karmic grail]

no We complete the mission, but it doesn't teleport us back to the island.

[abstract aspen]

If you're on the same server together, try and let the host finish the mission first before joining and then the second person does the tutorial afterwards. It could be that you're doing the tutorial at the same time and there's some issues with that.

what you could also try is each of you start a solo (singleplayer) world and just do the tutorial first before then joining each other's worlds

[karmic grail]

Lo hace cuando juego como equipo local, pero no lo hace cuando juego solo.

[karmic grail]

ok experiencia gracias

[abstract aspen]

hoping it works out for you :)

[ionic prawn]

Hi, someone knows where i found clay?

[slow pumice]

Its in small patched right off beach into woods area

Is you scroll up a mod posted a pic of what it looks like

[karmic grail]

It's stuck on the loading screen now, then it throws me back to the menu. 😄

[wanton juniper]

no button to hide HUD right

[white locust]

/ on us keyboards to hide hud

[ionic prawn]

thanks

[abstract aspen]

you can try to "verify integrity of game files" through steam, maybe that helps. Other than that I'm sadly out of ideas :/

[wanton juniper]

do copper caves get full again?

[wanton juniper]

thanks!

[granite oxide]

yes, respawns every 2 hours

[wanton juniper]

probably should have read the FAQ but i assume this wont be passed to the full release right?

[white locust]

correct, nothing from the demo carries over

[feral portal]

hey swabien got a question for ya

[fallow pebble]

Can I ask the incorrect food when ya eat is that a big or not

Like I eat dodo broth a bowl an it shows a chicken wing, same thing with the crab legs which Ik a crab leg isn’t a chicken wing 😂

[feral portal]

its probobly just put into catagories it should give you different effects though

[regal bloom]

How do u get stuff in this game?

[fallow pebble]

It does give diff effects

[fallow pebble]

Wdym ? Like more advanced or new technology ? Wdym by stuff building materials? Weapons ? Smuggler stuff ?

Fun fact the charging boar hates you and thinks your a soccer ball 😂 🤣

[abstract aspen]

I love getting smacked across the entire island by it haha

[slow pumice]

I look at it as a fast travel to make myself feel better

[abstract aspen]

most likely just placeholders. haven't played in a while to check myself but lots of stuff is bound to change i guess

[regal bloom]

Yeah all the stuff

[abstract aspen]

Different ways, exploration, quests, gathering, combat :) basically just playing the game

[fallow pebble]

Okay well weapons can be forged though armory or found sometimes just in chests and “dungeons” or by digging treasure up(idk if they’ll be random treasure just spawning but rn I suggest head to a tre with a flag first island 😏

[rancid sierra]

Since it's just a demo, and not the actual game, you simply can't do certain things to get certain stuff.
Can't buy things on the black market, can't grow crops, can't get stuck in the mandatory fishing minigame that all games are legally required to have now.

[fallow pebble]

Gathering materials will allow you to unlock certain recipes and new advancements on certain islands that combined with other items make new ones. On top of this many of the stuff for building is found through exploration of buildings and ruins, giving you technologies like stairs and decorations, used for home/ base buffs but all of this can change in the real game but for now this is what we’ve got

I love fishing ngl I can’t wait to spend endless hours fishing

Wait please tell me we will have black flag like whaling and other stuff like this !!!

Or if we will have random of animal encounters I wanna dig up turtle eggs and sell on black market or even make a raft f turtles of jack sparrow 😂

Even a Megladon or kraken or the big angry whaleeee

[wanton juniper]

i have no idea what this means

[still rose]

You need a wharf to manage your ship

[wanton juniper]

ahh lol

thanks

[still rose]

Np

[granite oxide]

Make sure ship is also summoned near by and not some where else on map to manage at wharf

[tulip estuary]

how do i finish the seafarer quest?

[void hollow]

A wharf is a new building that you build on a pier.

[wanton juniper]

i tried to board and died hahah now i cant find my ship

[void hollow]

Need to go to the wharf and pay 20 wood to get it back.

[wanton juniper]

AHHH thanks!!

[odd coyote]

is there a creative mode?

[granite oxide]

no

[odd coyote]

dang

[mortal wasp]

Can't wait for the game release so I can make bulk gunpowder in the millstone...... Let me go boom boom!!!!!!!!

[rancid sierra]

You can, technically, cruise your ketch close to the shore and bombard boars into salsa with infinite cannon fire. ...and mine sulfur that you can't use. Or commit deforestation.
It's... difficult to hit a small moving target with a broadside, but it is hilarious.

That blue crab had it coming.

[fallow wyvern]

Achievement suggestion: Hit a red crab with your cannons

[meager field]

ummmmmmmmm. Just downloaded demo and 1 hr in. Take my money NOW. I need the full game like immediately. thx.

https://giphy.com/gifs/funny-lol-random-yAYZnhvY3fflS

[fallow wyvern]

Request denied.

They don't want our money 😄 (yet)

[meager field]

Well I'll be more than happy to pay w.e they ask upon release

lmao

[fallow wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/ill-h-ave-to-charge-you-full-price-disney-fullprice-chargeyou-kronk-gif-11018679

[fallow wyvern]

I've done it.

[fallow pebble]

What’s up

[fallow wyvern]

The usual, deforesting an entire island for wood.

[somber radish]

they should add anchoring ropes, y'know when they haul in the ship to bring it closer to the pier/docks? Bollards, working Bollards for our ships

[fallow wyvern]

I always thought "bollards" was a profanity

[normal wing]

instead of constant smashing against the port you built?

and dropping your ships integrity by 1 % for every crash you hear

[fallow pebble]

Jump off wheel before hit island no damage for me 😂

[fallow wyvern]

That? Oh that's just the ship being hungry, you have to feed it

[normal wing]

erm per smash I not only dropped my ships integrity but also damaged the port block it hit against? :/

watching from afar, drinking my usual of fermented bananas and coconut milk

[foggy depot]

Gm

[obtuse hawk]

Ahoy matey!

[sterile badge]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-tired-sleepy-coffee-coffee-cup-gif-16510344054637063999

Happy easter

[normal wing]

https://klipy.com/gifs/pirate-pirates-6

[sterile badge]

https://tenor.com/view/are-we-there-yet-deadpool-gif-5676800

[somber radish]

that too, but its more of a way so your ship dosen't slowly drift off of shore

[normal wing]

Point taken. this was a bigger issue starting off without stamina to swim, but once I built up some energy I was able to swim longer

Then again after playing with the mechanics a little I beleave the intent is to use the boat from shore to ship and vice versa, however skill level negates the use of the boat by simple swimming

[sterile badge]

Bank world, do eeeet, create one

[near zodiac]

Why make one when there are plenty of ones already made by others?

https://tenor.com/view/yer-yer-a-pirate-harry-harry-pirate-hagrid-gif-24465178

Imagine the disrespect! Just randomly show up to a server, cut down all the trees from the island and leave 😂

[obtuse hawk]

Ouch wouldn’t be happy

[spiral swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/forest-trees-nature-gif-3844369

[spiral swallow]

Same here. I would hunt them all down.

[normal wing]

I should expect you would create your own bank and or resources farming world, keep it offline and join other worlds for exploration and or PvE PvE

[solemn pulsar]

Im only new to the game but when do I get a big boat on the storyline?

[austere night]

Almost at the end of the current demo 😄

[solemn pulsar]

dam it

[surreal sierra]

Follow the quests and do the seafarer. You get the Ketch towards the end of the demo

[solemn pulsar]

ok thanks

[austere night]

Its worth it, not only for the cannons, but you will be sailing twice as fast compared to the boat

[solemn pulsar]

ok

[hot plover]

I just built a pier for my boat..

[fallow wyvern]

I don't think it matters since it's just a demo

[austere night]

Yeah, but nothing better to do

Or wait for resources respawn to farm them over again if you are not in a hurry

[sterile badge]

Colony must grow

[spiral swallow]

Trees will not regrow

[austere night]

Thats why theres plenty of them

[fallow wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/give-it-time-itll-grow-on-you-kyle-stan-south-park-gif-20334234

[austere night]

Chopped of 1/3 of the biggest island in my seed and that gave me about 6k wood

Well, left the coco palms 😄

[fallow wyvern]

Best not to go too "nuts"

[peak ferry]

Played for 4 hours and so far loving it.. but dayum it takes forever to level and Boars and Drowned are hard to kill.

[fallow wyvern]

It gets easier when you have better gear

[obtuse hawk]

Especially those charging ones! Once you get some good gear those and learn to party better it becomes easier.

To help at the start dodging is your best friend until you get used to parrying and upgrade your gear.

[proven minnow]

space clouds o.o

[fallow wyvern]

Aliens confirmed?

[sterile osprey]

Where in the world do I find the gunpowder recipe?😩

[surreal sierra]

Not in the demo matey

The recipe was causing a bunch of technical problems so it was disabled for the demo

[sterile osprey]

OK, so I’m not going crazy

[fallow wyvern]

If you wanna mess around with gunpowder you're probably crazy

[tight violet]

I was just about to type that (high five)

[fallow wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/high-five-fail-missed-high-five-high-five-fail-dumb-and-dumber-gif-1387319524678409638

[stuck swift]

For a simple hack, build a small set of walls around you about one high. Most monsters will be unable to attack you. Just be aware that pirates and the tough boars can bash through anything overtime, so use rock to make it last long enough to poke them through the wall before they get you

[solemn pulsar]

can anyone tell me how to get clay?

[fallow wyvern]

Look on the ground near the beach

[vernal basin]

check brown patches between grass and sand

[fossil mauve]

hello guys , we have release date?

[fallow wyvern]

No

[spiral swallow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1466460594860327098/1476348383395446835/Soon.gif

[clear copper]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/816583702041329685/1484178130225860870/Soon.gif

[abstract aspen]

the next event will drop info. We don't know what kind information were going to get though.

https://discord.gg/SGuentyvN?event=1483858691261333720

[fallow pebble]

Woho !!

[fast orchid]

I gotchu

[edgy saddle]

🍻

[grave reef]

fun fact, that whole scene was improv after he fell. that part wasnt scripted hence everyones reaction lol

[warm sparrow]

Is it possible to play more than just the demo version?

[slow pumice]

Not at this time the demo is all we have

[spiral swallow]

yes when ea is out. Then the demo is gone.

[warm sparrow]

Do you know when it will be released?

[spiral swallow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1466460594860327098/1476348383395446835/Soon.gif

[slow pumice]

we do not....everyone is hoping for a announcement on the 9th

[dawn depot]

https://tenor.com/view/any-news-knocking-gif-10837298

[obtuse hawk]

Hoping for some time this year but there’s no date set in stone yet.

[obtuse hawk]

Currently just the demo, which is 4-6 hours but it’s easy to spend longer if you like exploring or base building.

[fallow pebble]

Give us fishing in demo !!! And farming! 😭

[spiral swallow]

No more content is coming for the demo. Need to wait for ea

[scenic steppe]

Anyone know how to get the abilitiy to craft gunpowder?

[fallow wyvern]

Not available in the demo

[fallow wyvern]

You can find packages with gunpowder in blackbeard camps and sailors drop them.

[scenic steppe]

thats so unfair! lol

thanks for the help lol

[fallow wyvern]

Unfair? There's only 2 enemies that have any kind of ranged attack. It's a major advantage 😄

[abstract aspen]

seems like you havent seen the dodo with the minigun yet

[fast orchid]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1466460594860327098/1489014567127486484/SAOAbridgedGif.gif

Hehehehe

Still happy with how this one turned out

[abstract aspen]

already did that :P

[fallow wyvern]

I haven't no 😲

[fast orchid]

You did the one that's too big, had to send the right version

[abstract aspen]

yours is also too big. needs to be the size of the release date one tbh. think u can do that? love the mini ones so much lol

[fast orchid]

Oh I can, just takes a bit of trial and error, the new release date funny will be the right size tho

[fallow wyvern]

Tiny everything!

[scenic steppe]

Oh im happy with the demo too lol just saying its unfair cause ive been searching everywhere to try and make gun powder. Lol do we at least get to have fun with the big ship in the demo?

[fallow wyvern]

Big ship yes

[scenic steppe]

Sweet! Im on that quest now

[cyan blade]

You can't make gunpowder in the demo, but you can keep going back to the pirate camps and farm them for GP as the pirates respawn.

[clear copper]

wow I never knew this fact! doest make sence of their recations to his fall lol

you learn something new everyday hehe

[clear copper]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/816583702041329685/1484275791788380241/Soon_2.gif

[clear copper]

https://tenor.com/view/easter-bunny-happy-day-eastersunday-gif-20922063

[dawn depot]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-easter-creepy-easter-chocolate-bunny-eating-chocolate-gif-17434330165991240960

[fallow pebble]

Charging boar ? Define fair when ur body gets flung into the damn ocean and ya drown 😭

[abstract aspen]

could be worse, imagine it having a gun that shoots charging boars

[wanton juniper]

after you kill that ship theirs not much more to do right?

[fallow wyvern]

Well... fair-ish 😄

[fallow pebble]

I got a good idea! Mounted Indian or indigenous tribesmen with guns riding a charging boar take notes devs fr fr

[spark terrace]

There's no more quests, but you can sail around a bit and build.

[abstract aspen]

[surreal sierra]

Its only a teeny tiny demo. The real meat of the game comes in EA

[fallow wyvern]

Bad news for vegetarians

[spiral swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/yellowstone-summer-higgins-what-is-this-mystery-meat-mystery-meat-piper-perabo-gif-9548152801134387592

[vernal basin]

https://tenor.com/view/evil-laugh-gif-22378372

[fossil rover]

When is this trailer or announcement or whatever were getting today

[spiral swallow]

We are not getting anything today

[spiral swallow]

https://discord.com/events/1260209458924224542/1483858691261333720

[stone igloo]

just a few more days

[fossil rover]

Why did I think it was the 5th, man I hate being stupid

[brittle sapphire]

is their a blue pistol in the game or am I missing it?

[naive hinge]

hey guys , do you know where is the early access ?

[spiral swallow]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1466460594860327098/1476348383395446835/Soon.gif

[still delta]

I'll say just this, out of all the games coming out soon and the tests/demos i've tried. I had a lot of fun with this one, even when a charging boar sent me to space.

[proud pond]

I love this edit

[spiral swallow]

You can thank @fast orchid for making it

[proud pond]

@fast orchid it's really good

[fast orchid]

Thanks, I pride myself on making scuff look funny

[ancient charm]

wish this game would release already so i can plan my buys of other games

need the price of windrose

[meager field]

I feel like it might be around 25-40 $ range.

[wild schooner]

multiplayer in demo?

[shell sluice]

hello all! Just discovered this game after exhausting the fun in our valheim server and looking for something similar

does multiplayer work consistently? I haven't been able to join my husband's world reliably, but I can play solo just fine...

[brave agate]

Yes

[shell sluice]

any tips for being able to join another world? I keep loading and then getting popped directly back to the main menu

[fallow pebble]

Honestly may be WiFi me and my gf have been able to Co op for hours without any issues

[hot pumice]

the only issues i have had with joining another server is if mods are being used

[sly storm]

is there a place to find open servers or do i just need to know someone?

[austere night]

No servers, you can host or your friends can. You can also shout in #1349751664843685990

[versed spoke]

Pve or PVPVE

[spiral swallow]

PvE and coop

[versed spoke]

@spiral swallow sweet thanks.. base building fun or limited?

[spiral swallow]

Base building is fun even with not have full sets in the demo

Look in #🎨│creative creative to see what ppl have made in the demo

[meager field]

I can leave my little boat anywhere by the shore right? It wont float away?

[proud pond]

you can summon it if it moves

[meager field]

ahh yes, thanks 🙂

[fallow pebble]

He didn’t say not in the future ! See that

[spiral swallow]

I know

[fallow pebble]

Here’s to hoping 🫡

[raven dagger]

There's been multiple comments the last few months that give the impression its a super low priority if at all in full release so I doubt it will ever be pvevp but maybe pve with pvp elements

[spiral swallow]

Too many are hoping Windrose will take over for SoT, Atlas and SnB

[raven dagger]

Which is fair enough, one can hope and look for alternatives but it won't be windrose

[spiral swallow]

Excactly. I have not got around to play SnB yet.

[raven dagger]

Don't lol

Though it might be a little better, some like it I guess but most think its pretty bad and im in that camp

[spiral swallow]

I got it on sale on Steam at some point. So it's sitting there

[raven dagger]

Well can't hurt to try it out then 👍 make your own call 🙂

[spiral swallow]

yep. And ppl do play differently and have different taste.

[fallow pebble]

I loved sot but the community and the bugs hackers and hit reg made it unplayable

Now I’m okay if they fall part (faster) most milsims have given up, USN and RBN are like the two big milsims standing

Theirs small groups and bigger for privateering but not sure how activity is now since season 19 was a canceled season with 1 thing. Updates that needed to roll out years ago for HG

[raven dagger]

Whats milsim USN and RBN?

[subtle blade]

Will there be silver bullets for ghouls and ghost? 🤔

[neon haven]

i got it on sale for $8

it's really not worth more than $8

it's not a bad game but it is when you're trying to claim its a AAAA game and worth like $40+ dollars or whatever it's being sold for now

not a whole lot of content tbh. its better than it was a year ago but i don't think it has much more than it did a year ago

[meager field]

there are ghouls and ghosts?! oh god

[subtle blade]

Well. I would consider the drowned to be ghouls. And one of the bosses in the trailer was also undead.

[fallow pebble]

United States Navy of sea of theives, Royal British navy of sea of thieves

[hot pumice]

the first ghoul has a nice underground place you can take over for yourself

[fallow pebble]

Big groups, I’ve been through a lot of them like ETC, BRN, etc but finally sot has lost all interest for me personally just isn’t it. This game has potential! And has me excited

[ocean current]

HERY

coop dosen t work ?

[granite oxide]

co-op works with up to 4 people at the moment - more on Early Access.

If you having issues can check here for things to try #💬│windrose-chat message

[raven dagger]

Ah alliance servers 🤢

[near zodiac]

think the most they're going to do is put an option to do friendly fire, but no actual pvp. Like sure you can have your silly duels, but not for any actual stakes

[meager field]

nice! I'm personally more of a PvE than PvP player, could care less for pvp tbh. But it would be cool to see what they decide to do.

[near zodiac]

funny thing is that it was originally going to be more mmo/online focused game, but at some point they decided to go from live service to coop/solo focus... which I think was very good idea all things considered

[deft blade]

sooo where's early access

[fierce flame]

Be nice if they do build a pvp server

[rancid sierra]

Supposedly they're going to talk about the game on the 9th at the Triple I thingbobber. But no release date as of yet. "Before the end of the year" is the best we've been told.

[meager field]

sigh :/

[shrewd kraken]

October 37th is really November 6th... I see you

[granite oxide]

On PVP #💬│windrose-chat message and here #💬│windrose-chat message

[peak ferry]

You can get only 10 gunpowder from one of the 2 chests in the Smugglers den the south most ruin in beginner area.

[granite oxide]

Early Access is soon, how soon or how far is still to be announced. May or may not hear something on it in 4 days at the Triple-i Initiative, but it is definitely sometime in 2026 🙂

[meager field]

I'm assuming we will start fresh? none of this demo stuff will carry over?

[spark terrace]

Correct

[slim rivet]

Well, I think I'm pretty much done with my Demo base. I've recorded what I can to preserve some ideas, but I'm torn about losing it permanently after the early release.

[meager field]

same.. I'm kinda sad that it will all be wiped, especially all the building and grinding thus far. It's okay tho, It's understandable 🙂

[slim rivet]

I'd love to share it, if you want to take a look!

[granite oxide]

You won't really loose anything, being you going to have so many building sets and new pieces you've never seen that were added since last Alpha. Going to be so much fun 🙂 You'll have 95% more of the content to explore that you don't currently have.

[meager field]

Very true! i'm super excited 😄

[granite oxide]

Lot to look forward too, more info on some other things in pinned messages from Dev's 📌

[meager field]

https://giphy.com/gifs/gottalentglobal-americas-got-talent-auditions-Tk8FFxJrEZHt8JK3lQ

oh my... godd

[rancid sierra]

But I'll be losing my boxes of loot, and legen (wait for it) dary insignia. 🙁

[granite oxide]

You don't have anything to do with it now anyways but you will in Early Access 🙂

[fierce flame]

finally got me some sulphur

[granite oxide]

It will be useful in Early Access 🙂

[fallow pebble]

Nope if you knew what we were talking about wouldn’t be saying that 😜

[fierce flame]

dont get much sulfur out them big rocks, thats crazy

[fallow pebble]

We do convoys yes, we do not like alliance servers. In fact we tell our guys to hunt the juicy fleets for loot. Though we have ROE which is rules if engagement

[meager field]

no sulfur at all I think they temporarily removed it. I hate not being able to use my guns

[spark terrace]

You can't craft gunpowder in the demo but you can farm it from pirates. You can also make more worlds to farm the chests.

[fierce flame]

i just screen shotted me getting some sulfur

[granite oxide]

You can use your guns, just can't make gun powder in demo. But you can farm it from Pirates and pirate camps.

[fierce flame]

i got it out of a big white rock

[rancid sierra]

There's no Demo recipie for gunpowder. So you ... yeah.
You can harvest sulfur using the ship cannons.

[meager field]

gasp

[rancid sierra]

It has to be.... reasonably close to shore, then you have to hit the stupid thing a few times.

[spark terrace]

It can be done, for sure, but there's little point. You can't do anything with it. None of the demo recipes use sulphur.

[rancid sierra]

There's only like.... 5 or 10 iron bullets per world too. Can't mine iron to make it. So you have to use copper or pearls. And yes, I do find it kinda funny to blast someone with a pearl.

[granite oxide]

Sharing your Treasure is Caring lol Everyone loves pearls

[slim rivet]

Swabien, if you want, i put my base up in looking-for-party and joined discord "Coastal Jungle". I would like some thoughts opinions from someone who has played a lot.

[granite oxide]

sure

[rancid sierra]

I am very thankful that the ship has infinite gunpowder.
Imagine having to hand craft your ship's ammo and powder.
Imagine running out mid-sea battle.
Instead I can use it to teach the mudcrabs the error of their ways.

[meager field]

what a creative community, the media-sharing tab is riddled with insane builds. I'm so inspired ❤️

[umbral bobcat]

same ❤️

[raven dagger]

obviously, literally why i asked but not sure countries armed forces have affiliations with games, so since you just explained the acronyms and not what the acronyms represent i assumed the next logical thing

[fallow pebble]

Why ? Just cause it says America don’t mean we all American 😂 shi we got every timezone their

[drifting ravine]

very excited for the game

currently trying to write a pirate novel

and this game is giving me inspiration ^^

[raven dagger]

nevermind i just googled what they meant

should try holdfast maybe

[slow pumice]

Have you watched a show called black sails? Its based in Tortuga when it first starts up....Im watching it again because of this game lol

[drifting ravine]

oooo no I have not! that sounds cool! ^w^

[olive canyon]

Black Sails is peak cinema

[drifting ravine]

A PREQUIl to tresure island?!?! wiki

that is cool!

[fallow pebble]

Been thinking abt holdfast

[distant marlin]

Has nothing to do with any of this but... Treasure Planet was one of the best Disney movies ever made.

[drifting ravine]

100% great movie, very sad the sequel never happen. also aparently it did have a videogame!

assasin creed black flag, got me into pirate alot ^w^, as well as pirate of the caribian and mupets pirate.

[distant marlin]

Yeah never played the game was pretty young when it came out but I always hoped they'd reboot the IP, Black Flag was such a great experience. Really holds up if you go back n play it too.

[drifting ravine]

indeed ^w^

I would love replaying blackflag again but not a fan of uplay. there is talk about them remastering the game, but I am not holding my breath on that

[drifting ravine]

still my fav bug

[edgy saddle]

jump!

[drifting ravine]

hehehehe

[cold totem]

Just found this game tonight, very cool!

Just saying hi, love everything so far ❤️

[raven dagger]

Looks interesting

[granite oxide]

Welcome, be sure to check out the Announcements - #│announcements message Has some things on the Steam page there already going into EA from feedback, as well as here for some sneak peaks 🙂 #💬│windrose-chat message

[lucid forum]

Group and I just finished the Demo quests. Pretty fun for what we get. Looking forward to full version when it comes out.

[granite oxide]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of content that will be in Early Access. Explorable area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced in the #news when it is time. See the latest post here#│announcements message with some QoL improvements requested from feedback by the community 😉
As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info. Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds – See Dev comment here #💬│windrose-chat message. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

Also can see latest on upcoming Triple-i Initiative #│announcements message

Also, check out the link here for sneak peaks from the Dev's #💬│windrose-chat message

[brazen briar]

https://tenor.com/view/familyguy-iwantitnow-petergriffin-tantrums-angry-gif-5498750

[granite oxide]

We all do lol

[flat furnace]

is there a way to get in eraly access for this or is it just the demo thats playable atm, ive been following this for years now and played the demo when it first released, is it a new version of the demo or the same one as prior ?

[fierce flame]

finally made me a couple different types of grog, time to have fun on the sea

[granite oxide]

We had a couple Alphas before Demo. Early Access will be the Beta launch basically. No test recruiting up at this time. We are all waiting on Early Access announcements.

[granite oxide]

Demo will run until Early Access and demo is ruffly only about 5% of content that will be in Early Access. Explorable area of Archipelago in demo is only about 2.5% of what will be in Early Access. Early Access will be announced in the #news when it is time. See the latest post here#│announcements message with some QoL improvements requested from feedback by the community 😉
As far as price and packages, that will most likely follow Early Access Release info. Also, characters, items and buildings will not transfer to the Early Access, it is part of the demo – different client, different game builds – See Dev comment here #💬│windrose-chat message. So enjoy playing the demo for now until that time

So short answer on Early Access. Early access is Soon to be sometime in 2026 🙂

Also can see latest on upcoming Triple-i Initiative #│announcements message

Also, check out the link here for sneak peaks from the Dev's #💬│windrose-chat message

[obtuse hawk]

Glad you’re enjoying it and welcome to the discord matey!

[surreal sierra]

Exactly, everyone should share their treasure with me. Immediately, I was gonna take it anyway arrr 🏴‍☠️

[fallow pebble]

Love black flag fr so goated

[fierce flame]

and then they failed on skull and bones emnarrasing

[fallow pebble]

Skull and bones ? Never heard of it 🤣

[fallow pebble]

Mob farms when 😂

[meager field]

ew lol... that trainwreck

[fallow pebble]

Broken dreams and money drain

[fierce flame]

doesnt make sense how good black flag sailing was just for them to turn around and bomb on skull and bones

that and doing away with pvp which is what everyone was waiting for was bad idea

[surreal sierra]

Worse still, Goobersoft said theyre going to reuse naval assests from Skull and Bones in the Black Flag remake

[peak ferry]

Not everyone waits for PvP

And unbalanced PvP kills games faster than interesting PvE does.

[fallow pebble]

No… please tell me this a joke please !! NOO

[peak ferry]

It's been fun honestly. I've played for like 6 hours, still Lvl 1, just started sailing to find the shipwrecks cuz been building, exploring, hunting, mining, etc.. lol

[rancid sierra]

Yup. XP and leveling comes from doing the quests / Points of interest. So you can kill a billion boars and still be level one.

[peak ferry]

Done lots of quests, just taking my time and having a ball!

[surreal sierra]

Unfotunatly this isnt a gaslight,

The game isnt even made and Goobersoft has already fumbled the bag

[fallow pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cute-cat-screaming-crying-no-gif-11037260769437999806

[peak ferry]

I honestly can't comment on Skull and Bones. To be fair, most Pirate games, up till this promising one, I've avoided because they seemed just.. sooo medicore.

[stone igloo]

I mean the assets in skull and bones aren't necessarily bad, the game itself just wasn't fun

[surreal sierra]

Sid Meier's was peak for its time. It still is tbf

[narrow sentinel]

I personally think the ship designs are terrible, visually the games okay but I can't stand how some of the ships look

[stone igloo]

id much rather the assets be reused and maybe touched up a little rather than be a complete waste

[peak ferry]

Character creation could be a bit more refined. BUT this game does model after 1700's and pirate history isn't pretty. 😆

I wanna get Scurvy if you dont eat right. LOL

[narrow sentinel]

S&B's frigate in 2017 compared to last year 🥀

[distant marsh]

looks like a ship lol

[stone igloo]

I just hate seeing assets being left to be forgotten

[peak ferry]

I think that's very well done

[narrow sentinel]

I model ships in my freetime I may be a bit picky

[surreal sierra]

SaB just kinda sucked in general. Gameplay was so arcadey and not what was promised and as mace says the ship designs were terrible. Youre telling me that THIS is what the British ships look like? The Royal Navy, famous for using the Nelson Chequer, uses BRIGHT FLUE AND RED?

so so disappointing

[narrow sentinel]

The current one has no curve to it and the beakhead/stern gallery are really weirdly proportioned

[stone igloo]

I mean eh, from a gameplay perspective they probably just wanted the factions to be able to be very distinguishable from a distance

probably a better way that could be done but

[surreal sierra]

Flags

Navy's flew big giant massive battle ensigns on their sterns

[stone igloo]

just trying to come up with a reason

[raven dagger]

The ship mechanics were a joke, looked like jetskis or a mobile game so pvp with that would've been horrible, makes sense they'd reuse stuff as they spent so much money (no idea how with the final product)

[narrow sentinel]

You could also easily differentiate a ships nation in ac4 by their colors

[surreal sierra]

perfect example of a battle ensign

[stone igloo]

again my point is I don't want to see entire realistically rendered (but perhaps not perfectly historical) assets just be forgotten forever

[surreal sierra]

I get that, but personally I'd rather see SaB gone and forgotten

[stone igloo]

which is why I support model ripping, especially for AAA titles, I see it as a form of preservation

[narrow sentinel]

All nations used pretty different color schemes too, dutch usually stuck with dark brown/green with red gunports, british were the classic bumblebee scheme and the spanish were red white and black. Not sure what the french did it seems pretty different throughout history

[peak ferry]

Got to remember, Water/Sailing mechanics in games is really really excruciating to do even this day and age Still.

[stone igloo]

at least in a way that feels both somewhat realistic and fun at the same time

[surreal sierra]

French during the more important eras used similar to british but a much more muted yellow with blue highlights

[stone igloo]

even this game doesnt have it perfectly right lol

[rancid sierra]

Yeah. There's no sailing in this game. All the boats have a motor rigged up under em.

[stone igloo]

but I'm sure they will improve it over time

[narrow sentinel]

Windrose ships are a really good mix of realistic/stylized imo

[raven dagger]

I just want good mechanics, could care less if the ships look "right" or had accurate colours, aesthetics dont really affect gameplay

[stone igloo]

I much prefer a stylized approach anyway because it always stands the test of time better

[peak ferry]

Based in 1700s or not, this game is not going to 100% historically accurate.

[narrow sentinel]

I woudlnt want it to be, naval gameplay would be even slower than Naval action

[stone igloo]

a sea of thieves ship is definitely not perfectly realistic in terms of setup but it will always look good compared to some super duper realistic shader ship

because eventually that realism won't be charming or as realistic anymore

[rancid sierra]

It's all fun and games until the canoes full of pirates sneak up on your backside to board. :p

[peak ferry]

Indeed, I like a little fantasy element to my games. Sparks the imagination, and makes it feel, well, like a GAME.

[narrow sentinel]

Me who 3d models realistic ship designs as a hobby

[stone igloo]

I mean better than what I do, I just make collage style artworks lol