Don't Sink — patch notes and updates
Stored observation / content update:
Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Duke of Defense Is Now Available! | 2019-04-12 | After Don't Sink I took a lot of time listening to feedback and did everything I could think of to improve on previous mistakes. Some of it was simple changes such as including custom controls and more story-based content. Overall what I learned was that I wanted to make a more tailored experience. One with memorable characters and humor. A lot of unique content instead of the rinse and repeat style of open-world game structure (not to say that is the case for every open world game). Duke of Defense is the first game I can say I am truly proud of. Topher (the musician/web developer behind Don't Sink) and I have poured every ounce of our being |
| Don't Sink is now on the Nintendo Switch! | 2019-01-08 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/efe0b777dfdcb222e7d2291349e69287c103a760.png It has taken nearly 6 months but we managed to finally get Don't Sink onto the Nintendo Switch! It's available now! https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/dont-sink-switch Thank you everyone for supporting us and helping us to get this far. We couldn't have done it without you. As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Visual design Daniel Marques (Thirteen) Twitter Audio / Web / Programmer Chris Anselmo (Topher) Twitter Official Website Discord Server Reddit |
| Update 1.1.6.2, fixes issues! | 2018-08-30 | Not much to say about this update. It fixes a lot of pretty minor issues that we felt affected the quality of life. We are preparing for additional console releases at the moment so we'll be quiet for a bit until then! As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Visual design Daniel Marques (Thirteen) Twitter Audio / Web / Programmer Chris Anselmo (Topher) Twitter Official Website Trello Page Discord Server Reddit Development live stream |
| Don't Sink is now available on Xbox One! | 2018-08-24 | After a few months of silence we're back with the official release of Don't Sink for the Xbox One! Xbox One Store Page https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/efe0b777dfdcb222e7d2291349e69287c103a760.png We want to thank everyone for all of their support over the past year and since release. We couldn't have done it with out you and we hope to continue pushing forward! |
| Don't Sink is on sale for $5 right now! | 2018-08-17 | Head over to chrono.gg and grab yourself a copy of Don't Sink for only $5 right now! We rarely dip our price this low so this is only a 24 hour sale. It ends tomorrow at 9am PST! |
| Official Release of Mac Support! | 2018-08-02 | We have officially launched a build for Mac! We are excited to finally make the game available to more people. Unfortunately, we couldn't make this possible without making a small sacrifice. In the Mac version of the game, the camera is not able to zoom due to engine limitations beyond our control. As a result, the camera can not smoothly transition in some scenarios. This does not impact the core gameplay in anyway however, so rest assured that there's nothing stopping Mac users from becoming great pirates! As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Visual design Daniel Marques (T |
| Kickstarter for Duke of Defense is live! | 2018-07-29 | Hey everyone! While we are working on the console releases for Don't Sink Topher and I have started another game titled "Duke of Defense". We are going to be releasing on a few platforms but really want to expand on the game so we've started a kickstarter with a playable demo! Check it out! Kickstarter Page https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/c945b2b7d8c72c3a224770a7524f39b2ab7e08ff.png |
| Improvements & Resolution Fixes (Update 1.1.6.0) | 2018-06-30 | We've made improvements to the way files are saved/loaded for our planned console releases which you get to benefit from as well. As of this update the game should officially support any resolution, ANY RESOLUTION. Thanks for all the support and keep being amazing. As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Visual design Daniel Marques (Thirteen) Twitter Audio / Web / Programmer Chris Anselmo (Topher) Twitter Official Website Trello Page Discord Server Reddit Development live stream |
| More content and features! (Build 1.1.2.0) | 2018-05-19 | We bring to you yet another update! The community has been very helpful and has provided plenty of great suggestions. This update is meant to act on these suggestions and bring more useful features/preferences to players. Thanks for being wonderful and we hope to bring you more updates in the near future! New content & features Jobo Island Grog Shores Coral Reefs Gamepad Dead Zone setting Hide Mouse setting 7 new pirate crews Statistics menu implemented As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Visual design Daniel Marques (Thirteen) Twitter Audio / Web / Programmer Chris Anselmo |
| New quests, treasure islands, and more! (Update 1.1.0.0) | 2018-05-18 | Hello ye salt lickers! I'm not sure what a salt licker is actually but I do hope this update finds you in good circumstances! We've added a BOAT LOAD (pun intended) of new content. Three new quests each with unique gameplay that includes quest specific islands, music, and DOLPHINS. That's right there are dolphins involved. You will find quests in Yaleshka, a treasure island, and Danier. We managed to fix a few game breaking issues too so there's that to look forward to if your game previously caught fire upon creating a new character. Lastly and one of the most significant changes is the balancing of ships which I won't go into detail about. |
| Lest we forget our furry friend! (Update 1.0.5.0) | 2018-05-04 | Captian Fur Butt told us we would meet again yet we never did. It has been many months since then... I have heard rumors of a bar keeper who was small, furry, and yet could speak the common tongue. Could it be? New content & features Captain Fur Butt can be found again in the tavern on Cramton Added v1.0 Spanish community translation (not an official translation) Minor changes Fur Butt quest improved, now shows portrait for Captain Furbutt Bug fixes and performance improvements Fixed issue where storage cache upgrade could not be built As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Vis |
| The Don't Sink soundtrack is now available! | 2018-04-18 | We just launched the release of the Don't Sink OST! You will get access to both OGG and WAV formats of the tracks. Who can resist playing the various town music tracks on repeat for 24 hours straight? http://store.steampowered.com/app/848850/Dont_Sink__OST As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Visual design Daniel Marques (Thirteen) Twitter Audio / Web / Programmer Chris Anselmo (Topher) Twitter Official Website Trello Page Discord Server |
| Quest menu available on map (Update 1.0.4.0) | 2018-04-18 | This is just a minor update. Someone brought up that having the quest menu available on the map would be a great quality of life change so here it is! As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Visual design Daniel Marques (Thirteen) Twitter Audio / Web / Programmer Chris Anselmo (Topher) Twitter Official Website Trello Page Discord Server Reddit Development live stream |
| Balancing and more! (Update 1.0.3.0) | 2018-04-16 | Hey pirates! We are still working hard to respond to everyone's feedback and make improvements. We appreciate every review, post, and video. Of course we aren't perfect but we assure you we are doing our very best! If you have any probeks or suggestions feel free to comment below! Minor changes Video settings now have tooltips to explain what each setting does Difficulty adjusted to be more challenging Enemy crews now fire more quickly but not as fast as famous captains Shipyard will now show green/red text to indicate whether a ship has better or worse stats Enemy crews are more likely to use bombs/grapeshot now Made balance changes to every |
| Permadeath gamemode and fixes! (Update 1.0.2.0) | 2018-04-15 | New content & features Gamemode Menu Permadeath gamemode (Dying will remove your save file) Minor changes Made small changes to the mountains in Cramton Bug fixes and performance improvements Minor optimizations made to world save file loading Fixed an issue with the achievement "A Friendly Pirate" Fixed save slots showing day/year data in empty slots Fixed an issue where storage caches couldn't be built if mining camps were already built As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Visual design Daniel Marques (Thirteen) Twitter Audio / Web / Programmer Chris Anselmo (Topher) Twitte |
| Storage caches and audio improvements! (Update 1.0.1.0) | 2018-04-14 | Responding to your feedback! A major issue with the late-game play of Don't Sink was the lack of storage (since we did the storage rebalance).To properly compensate for this (and to improve island building) we've added a new feature to the general store called a Storage Cache. This allows you to deposit/withdraw items from the store. Each store will have a unique cache meaning it isn't globally accessible. You can store 1000 bombs in Cramton and wood/cloth in Tsujima for example. Audio improvements One user pointed out to me that the boarding combat was lacking any sound effects. Turns out I completely forgot to program the sound effects for |
| Don't Sink official release! (Update 1.0) | 2018-04-13 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/b6331a4adf9e205dc44d7273068efe81d2f18fed.png Yaarrr! We've done it! After 4 months of extremely active development we've reached the big 1.0! It has been a fun and rewarding journey so far. Sometimes it felt as though the game would never be out of early access but here we are. Here's what we've done for the full release. A new trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8cyph4E_7s Gameplay/General Improvements The enemy AI can use different ammo types now! You might face a schooner with grapeshot. Once they finish off your crew they'll switch to cannonballs/bombs and s |
| New content and quests! (Update 0.9.4.0) | 2018-04-07 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/17454cf8f5eb3259a521c706f9d2a121755160d9.png Finally, new content! As we approach the big day (our transition out of early access) we have put more and more energy into game content. Three new quests means that the leaderboard percentages have been shifted and that there are new goals to reach for. There are about twenty new pirate crews and two new famous captains you may encounter. Who can forget good ole' Captain Babyhands? New quest locations You can find one on Gazpacho, one in Nikra, and the other in Mairyporan. However one of the quests is somewhat of a secret. |
| New content and quests! (Update 0.9.4.0) | 2018-04-07 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/17454cf8f5eb3259a521c706f9d2a121755160d9.png Finally, new content! As we approach the big day (our transition out of early access) we have put more and more energy into game content. Three new quests means that the leaderboard percentages have been shifted and that there are new goals to reach for. There are about twenty new pirate crews and two new famous captains you may encounter. Who can forget good ole' Captain Babyhands? New quest locations You can find one on Gazpacho, one in Nikra, and the other in Mairyporan. However one of the quests is somewhat of a secret. |
| Birds, dolphins, and pretty UI! (Update 0.8.7.0) | 2018-03-31 | Here's a quick update! It fixes some stuff. But it also adds dolphins and birds! New content & features Added facial hair back into the editor Famous captain, "Captain Baby Hands" Dolphins and birds added to scenery New "Quests Completed" Steam stat and leaderboard Minor changes Discover island screen, show prompt to continue New notification UI New dialogue UI New cutscene letterbox Improved point of interest system (quest arrows) to support unique IDs Travel system improved to allow custom modifiers to the battle occurrence chance Bug fixes and performance improvements Pausing during travel/battle screen would cause issues with the music (o |
| Birds, dolphins, and pretty UI! (Update 0.8.7.0) | 2018-03-31 | Here's a quick update! It fixes some stuff. But it also adds dolphins and birds! New content & features Added facial hair back into the editor Famous captain, "Captain Baby Hands" Dolphins and birds added to scenery New "Quests Completed" Steam stat and leaderboard Minor changes Discover island screen, show prompt to continue New notification UI New dialogue UI New cutscene letterbox Improved point of interest system (quest arrows) to support unique IDs Travel system improved to allow custom modifiers to the battle occurrence chance Bug fixes and performance improvements Pausing during travel/battle screen would cause issues with the music (o |
| The biggest update yet! (Update 0.8.5.0) | 2018-03-29 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/589c8163bbd7f71ced293130f78f425264fe0331.gif Coming up on full release! We are taking the final steps to reach full release and one of the biggest issues was the ugly main menu left over from the original release of the game. We've recreated pretty much everything at this point. We still have a number of improvements planned for the next update but this one is meant to be stable, and full of beautiful new artwork. Some of the most notable changes include the new loading screen and main menu. We've got a new leaderboard, quest menu, quick menu, build menu, govern menu. |
| The biggest update yet! (Update 0.8.5.0) | 2018-03-29 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/589c8163bbd7f71ced293130f78f425264fe0331.gif Coming up on full release! We are taking the final steps to reach full release and one of the biggest issues was the ugly main menu left over from the original release of the game. We've recreated pretty much everything at this point. We still have a number of improvements planned for the next update but this one is meant to be stable, and full of beautiful new artwork. Some of the most notable changes include the new loading screen and main menu. We've got a new leaderboard, quest menu, quick menu, build menu, govern menu. |
| More new UI coming soon! | 2018-03-22 | We have fixed a few bugs since the last update but more importantly, we've focused on taking the final steps to complete the new UI. The biggest changes were obviously the shops and travel section of the game. The next set of changes is easier but still will take some time. In the meantime enjoy these previews of the new less ugly UI! http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/041a5136e72acdd336999f83e1f7ce27e0c41a48.png http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/e090d13c75a47631499a533a8427f36dc3da9475.png http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/image |
| More new UI coming soon! | 2018-03-22 | We have fixed a few bugs since the last update but more importantly, we've focused on taking the final steps to complete the new UI. The biggest changes were obviously the shops and travel section of the game. The next set of changes is easier but still will take some time. In the meantime enjoy these previews of the new less ugly UI! http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/041a5136e72acdd336999f83e1f7ce27e0c41a48.png http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/e090d13c75a47631499a533a8427f36dc3da9475.png http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/image |
| New shops and improved gameplay! (Update 0.7.7.0) | 2018-03-13 | New GUI and functionality for shops At last we have finished the new GUI and oh boy is it easy on the eyes. There isn't a whole lot to say about it but you'll definitely enjoy it more than the old UI. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/3c5c1d0567f7a6d2ffca61965be188a45d98c5b8.png http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/52c70d78ee6739cbe1ea83bdde93fb4918dd270e.png Gameplay improvements The cargo capacity of ships has been reduced drastically which makes managing your items much more important. You'll find that the general store takes note of the weight of item |
| New shops and improved gameplay! (Update 0.7.7.0) | 2018-03-13 | New GUI and functionality for shops At last we have finished the new GUI and oh boy is it easy on the eyes. There isn't a whole lot to say about it but you'll definitely enjoy it more than the old UI. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/3c5c1d0567f7a6d2ffca61965be188a45d98c5b8.png http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31028843/52c70d78ee6739cbe1ea83bdde93fb4918dd270e.png Gameplay improvements The cargo capacity of ships has been reduced drastically which makes managing your items much more important. You'll find that the general store takes note of the weight of item |
| Hotfix 0.7.6.1, crashes fixed! | 2018-03-05 | We've seen numerous reports of an error that occurs when fighting quest-based captains and famous captains (sometimes). This issue has been resolved in the latest hotfix. Make sure you're up-to-date and have fun dominating the seas! We're also working on resolving a few sprite issues with the combat but that will likely have to wait until the next build is finished. Bug fixes and performance improvements Crash occurs when facing famous/quest-based pirates Tsujima/Nikra are backwards on the map As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Visual design Daniel Marques (Thirteen) Twitte |
| Hotfix 0.7.6.1, crashes fixed! | 2018-03-05 | We've seen numerous reports of an error that occurs when fighting quest-based captains and famous captains (sometimes). This issue has been resolved in the latest hotfix. Make sure you're up-to-date and have fun dominating the seas! We're also working on resolving a few sprite issues with the combat but that will likely have to wait until the next build is finished. Bug fixes and performance improvements Crash occurs when facing famous/quest-based pirates Tsujima/Nikra are backwards on the map As always... stay salty sea dogs! Team Lead / Lead programmer Sebastian Nigro (Seabass) Twitter Artist / Visual design Daniel Marques (Thirteen) Twitte |
| Don't Sink is 30% off for the next 24 hours! | 2018-03-05 | chrono.gg has provided a 24 hour sale of Don't Sink! That means you can pick up a copy for only $7 right now! Website: chrono.gg |