HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to our baby SAIL and SACRIFICE!! Our longest game development journey so far of 2.5 years. In honor of our 1 year anniversary and Steam Summer SAIL, the game will be available today for just $5 = 75% off!
Sail and Sacrifice brings ye into an open world RPG of pirates, natives, and Spaniards! Explore 25 islands with yer crew and decide an end to the war for The Archipelago. We’re so proud of what we’ve achieved, though be aware of performance issues on some machines.
Our team of 2 has been hard at work on many games since then, and have grown so much in the past year. We are proud and excited to introduce the FREE alpha version of our latest project: SHERWOOD EXTREME! A high-speed, casual shooter where you save the kingdom as a hobby and challenge other players in beautiful low-poly environments.
Ahoy me maties! Tales of explosive adventure await those who play the latest update of "Sail and Sacrifice". Gunpowder has now been implemented in a variety of ways including the flintlock pistol, picking up explosive barrels, throwing them, and shooting them. Here's an overview of what we've done in the last patch:
Patch Notes
Explosive barrels can now be picked up, kicked around, thrown, and sniped in slow-motion.
Added Flintlock Pistol.
Added inventory and quests to journal menu
Beginning prison has improved tutorials.
Many bug fixes, frame-rate and loading time improvements
Forum Discussion
Please continue to provide us with feedback of what you love and what you’d like to see next - We are very active on our Discord and Steam forums and hope to meet you there!
Gabriel and Salaar, CAGE Studios
staff@cagestudios.net
Melee Combat 2.0 Patch 1.2 Released!
Patch 1.2 - Melee Combat 2.0
Ahoy landlubbers! Thar be boons in store for those who play the latest update of "Sail and Sacrifice," especially ye sword enthusiasts. Melee Combat 2.0 includes intuitive targeting, building tension through the "Riposte Meter" and executing your foes via a variety of ways. Here's an overview of what we've done since the last patch:
Patch Notes
Added the "gentleman's rule" where NPCs are only allowed to engage in 1 on 1 duels
Added target aiming system with slow motion to better select your enemy
Added the "Riposte" meter, which builds up through defensive combat gameplay and can be spent on heavy attack counters and disarming your opponents
Removed stamina costs from parrying and melee attacks
Added dense fog to underwater
Added a 3D treasure chime sound when the player is near a chest
Reduced the range of fish wildlife to account for underwater fog, increasing density
Redistributed probabilities of small fish versus larger ones
Made horizontal turning rate slower when facing an NPC
Adjusted minimum and maximum viewing angles on the player character camera
Many bug fixes, frame-rate and loading time improvements
Forum Discussion
Please continue to provide us with feedback of what you love and what you’d like to see next - We are very active on our Discord and Steam forums and hope to meet you there!
Gabriel and Salaar, CAGE Studios
staff@cagestudios.net
Character Customization Patch 1.1 Released!
Patch 1.1 - Character Customization
Ahoy pirates, Kalinago natives and Spaniards! We've been hard at work fixing bugs, implementing new features and polishing the overall quality of Sail and Sacrifice in our latest patch 1.1. Your feedback has been immensely valuable as we continue to grow and improve our game. Here's a sneak peak at our most requested feature - Character Customization:
Patch Notes
Added male and female character customization
Added manual save to pause menu
Added a repair option to “Improve my ship” menu
Ship health bar now shows by repair ship option in the "Improve my ship" menu
Added music volume control
Added neck rotation based on camera angle to the player
Added crew menu scrolling with the left joystick
Ships now spawn at least one loot chest
Allies should no longer be able to attack surrendered enemies
Fixed weapon trading and exchanging with NPCs
Boost on boats no longer requires forward (W or left joystick) to be held
Chests now only give wood or cotton as resources
Fixed game saving/loading
Fixed control remapping from WASD
Crew menu now populates correctly
Fixed many bugs with level design and NPCs
Forum Discussion
Please continue to provide us with feedback of what you love and what you’d like to see next - We are very active on our Discord and Steam forums and hope to meet you there!
Gabriel and Salaar, CAGE Studios
staff@cagestudios.net
Official Release Patch 1.0
Two and a half years into development, we are finally ready to transition Sail and Sacrifice from Early Access to Release!
Among the numerous changes include a major revamp to the prologue and naval combat system and fixes for many sources of crashes and gameplay issues. We plan to continue development of Sail and Sacrifice with weekly patches based on your feedback. Try out the latest release build and see where it takes you!
If you encounter any bugs or wish to provide us with feedback, feel free to send us an email at staff@cagestudios.net!
Early Access Patch 10
We've been hard at work for months developing tons of new content, rpg mechanics, fixing bugs and are excited to share some of what we've added to Sail and Sacrifice!
Main storyline including new starting quests to guide your adventure!
Photo mode - capture the action with custom camera settings and filters
Revamped combat system featuring enemy dodges, rolls, and parries
Boat purchase and upgrade menus for custom perks and appearances
Customize your glider’s flag and dye by visiting tailors across the world
Free prisoners from cages to have them join your crew
Loading screens added so game never appears frozen on load
Intuitive tutorial icons on the side of the screen
Dozens of bugfixes and animation improvements
Early Access Patch 8
Burgés' Palace: Complete with a new quest involving a party!
New locations: Burgés' Palace, Snake Isle, Shipwreck Isle, and others
New wildlife: seagulls, dolphins, sting rays, sharks, orcas, insects and more
Drink rum with pirates at taverns throughout the world
Visit chapels on islands inhabited by the Spanish
Hire crew members from pirate and Spanish mercenary camps
New mini-map helps you navigate unexplored islands
Discover lore journals about cultural and character backstories
Updated main menu screen
Dozens of bug-fixes and lots of new game-play content on islands
Early Access Patch 7
New waypoint features including discovery cameras to show key areas of each new island you explore and waypoint icons to nearby areas of interest
New islands with unique environments including: Volcano, Shipwreck Isle, Eye of Solwe and more!
Find and wear hats to change your standing with the natives and pirates
Dozens of bugfixes and performance improvements
Early Access Patch 6
We just changed the starting gameplay to a playable stormy naval battle! Press new game and experience Sail and Sacrifice with a new start.
The Archipelago is now rich with wildlife, from penguins and cassowaries to frogs and spiders, many of which you can interact with.
Our new crew management system allows you to change wages to choose your first mate and get new crew titles. Steal gold from your crew but risk them shunning you.
Other changes include pirate shanties while sailing, female characters with female names and voices, improved boat cameras and icons, loading screens, and hundreds more gameplay bugfixes.
Early Access Patch 5
This patch features our BEST performance improvement yet! If this version doesn't run on your computer, please let us know.
-Naval boarding system: reel in enemy ships with your harpoon gun, hop on board, and kill the enemy captain to steal the ship, its loot, and new crew members!
-Added chest counter for locations and ships
-Swap between day/night/sunset at campfires
-Improved progression and save functionality
-Fixed artifacts (Solwe's Light, etc)
-Hundreds of gameplay and audio bugfixes
