Ahoy Shipwrights!
The town nearby is full of life and to make it much more fun for you to explore, we decided to introduce a system which will influence your career as a shipwright. Keeping an eye on how people see you may be just the key to successfully making yourself rich. So don’t bury yourself in perfecting your craft, see what the Town has to offer., choose your clientele carefully and make sure your ships go into worthy hands.

You will be sitting somewhere between fame and infamy, as you deal with different people on the Island. You can increase your fame by selling your creations to fancy and rich and maintaining good relationships with the inhabitants of the nearby Town. Helping local business owners and other people will raise your reputation and help you find clients of grand status more easily. A friendly relationship with everyone in the Town will influence the prices in the stores.

Shady deals with the local pirates may make people suspicious and they will trust you less, moving you closer to the infamy end of the spectrum. While there is no problem in sourcing things from them, constant dealings with them will make your clientele much more questionable as well. Pirates and privateers may become your main source of revenue.

While making every element from scratch is the ultimate goal of craftsmanship, after a while certain parts will be easier to purchase in bulk. So keep at least friendly relationships with the local stores, as they can supply you with both raw materials and ready products. Your reputation will influence the prices and people’s attitudes. You can change that by helping them with their everyday tasks or providing them with certain resources. The grocery store clerk may approach you about a broken part in their cart and if you have already learned how to make it, bring it and maybe the next time the store will have new food items or decreased prices. Even the local blacksmith may need your help with acquiring rare materials and you may get new recipes for iron casting. We made sure that even if you decide to live in infamy, the prices may be a bit higher, but you still can have a friendly relationship with store owners.

Sometimes rich dignitaries will be more stingy than pirate captains who see themselves as the kings of the sea. So no matter where you land on the scale, you will always have clients and it is up to you to choose which commissions you fulfill. So become a shipwright who works exclusively for the pirates hired by the crown or build stunning showcase ships, which will exist solely as flexes for royal families.
What kind of shipwright will you become? Let us know!
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Ahoy Shipwrights!

We have been tinkering away at many aspects of the game, changing and framing them in a larger context. This planning spree has led to expanding the scope of the game and its features. With this expansion comes an additional list of potential ships you will be able to construct in your ever-growing shipyard.

Rafts
Before you even think about assembling large ships in your shipyard, smaller vessels should be the centre of your attention. They will be key to the beginnings of your adventures.
Rafts are small and easy to manoeuvre in shallow and narrow bodies of water. Rafts will be useful in resource gathering and moving around before you build larger and more spacious boats and ships. Moving around swamps and rivers or the island will be much easier when you can hop onto this small vessel and paddle your way to resources.

Junks
Captains from all over the world will order new ships from you. This variety of clientele will allow you to learn techniques older than your family bloodline and use them to skyrocket it to glory by working on designs unheard of on your little island. Despite being ancient these traditional Chinese ships may become a crowning achievement of your shipyard. The wide range of uses as house and pleasure boats will be especially attractive to your rich clients who seek unique additions to their fleets.
These ships are sleek and often heavily decorated, which will help you unleash your artistic side.

Frigates
Not all your work will be used for pleasure and transporting goods. Warships such as frigates may just become your bread and butter, as larger fleets need many fast scouts. This is where your iron casting skills will shine, as you create cannons capable of pulverizing other ships. Their complex design will fill your hours, even after you prepare all the necessary materials. Their assembly is an art form on its own., but rest assured that once you’re done, your ships will put Napoleon’s fleet to shame!

Longships (Drakkar)
Specialised tactics require specialised builds. Drakkars are perfect for shallow waters with their shallow-draft hulls. These powerful ships could carry warriors without relying on the wind to more currents to carry them to their destination. Intricate carvings decorate the sides and front of this boat and it creates fear in crews of vessels who dare to oppose the might and speed of this ship. Your craft will be a part of some of the most terrifying tactics on the seven seas. So grab your tools and begin preparing materials and creating true sea monsters, which will wreak havoc.

We’re still looking for new ship types and ideas for gameplay mechanics. Each ship will have its unique customisation options making the experience of building them more fun. Let us know what would you like to see in the game. We’re waiting for your ideas in our Discord.