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Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie

Don't Sink

Duke of Defense Is Now Available!
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 into this game. Even after we finished the game we sat and began work on additional post-game content.

We would love to hear your feedback and find out how you feel about the new direction we've taken.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/882210/Duke_of_Defense/

Don't Sink is now on the Nintendo Switch!



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!
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!
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



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!
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!
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 (Thirteen)
Twitter

Audio / Web / Programmer
Chris Anselmo (Topher)
Twitter

Official Website
Trello Page
Discord Server
Reddit
Development live stream

Kickstarter for Duke of Defense is live!
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



Improvements & Resolution Fixes (Update 1.1.6.0)
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)
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 (Topher)
Twitter

Official Website
Trello Page
Discord Server
Reddit
Development live stream

New quests, treasure islands, and more! (Update 1.1.0.0)
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.

Console releases


We are hard at work to bring Don't Sink to consoles and most of effort is going torwards that right now. Hopefully we'll have more news on that front soon!

New content & features

  • Quest, Lost Necklace
  • Quest, Fresh Water
  • Quest, Ship Wrecked
  • Treasure islands implemented
  • Treasure island random event implemented
  • Three new famous captains
  • Pirate Cove island
  • Sandy Humps island
  • Loner Island (island)


Bug fixes and performance improvements

  • Fixed issue where storage cache upgrade could not be built
  • Quest arrows disappear during interactions
  • Putting a space before or after your name would cause save files to corrupt before being written properly
  • The yes and no buttons were backwards if using the mouse to click buttons for random event prompts


Balance changes

  • Boarding combat balance changes
  • Ship cannon counts have been balanced


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
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