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It is about time I post in the showcase about the game I’ve been working on at Silverlode Interactive for about 9 months. It is called Captains of DarkTide, and is a web-based MMORPG. You control a ship, which you add cannons and hire crew. This is not a pirate game, it is a fantasy ship game based on our flagship title, SAGA!
Our game is currently in Closed Beta, and will soon launch Open Beta. If you want to get into the Closed Beta now, use “unity” as your referral code and your account will be activated automatically! Or just click the link below.
And here’s what the Marketing Director has to say:
"Captains of DarkTide is not a pirate game. An Orc does not set out on the high seas seeking adventure, fame or glory. A Dwarf does not set out at all if he can help it. Since the cataclysm, life at sea has become a necessity and while booty (for all its meanings), still draws many a captain, for the majority of the SAGA faction’s domination and conquest are more of a motivation.
We hope you enjoy our take on naval battles and the possibilities that become available when the entire fantasy universe is available for content.
Don’t forget to friend Captains of DarkTide on Facebook to be the first to see new screen shots and models as they are released."
That is odd that it doesn’t do anything, it works perfectly for me in Chrome in XP. What browser and OS are you using?
My previous post has the link Also the original post does too. Your account is supposed to be activated, that’s what I was told would happen. Try the above link, if it doesn’t let you in then let me know.
I’ve activated everyone’s account up to this point.
Thanks for your interest in our game, we’ve worked very hard on it. Also, a lot of it wouldn’t be possible without the community. Specifically the flag waving shader (which I’m still waiting on a response for since the normals don’t get recalculated), but also all those who answer all our support questions.
i only had 5 minutes to test this game because i’m at work, but it looked pretty nice and i’m sure it will be alot of fun. though, i also got a connection lost error, which would be pretty annoying if it keeps happening every 5 minutes.
edit: i forgot to ask: are you planning to release a downloadable client or is it gonna be web-player only?
I’ve played for more than 5 minutes (mayde 30 minutes or so) and the game was really good. I really enjoyed playing it but I’ve some things to criticise:
*Water is too reflective, this prevents perception of water depth.
*GUI is exactly the same as WOW (I know they have a really good GUI but seeing an exact replica just disturbed me, eventhough you implemented it really good)
*Quest system is also same as WOW but missing some parts like progress indication(1 out of 3 meats for example) and the written part(I have to guess where to go all the time)
*The ship doesn’t stop when I click on shop(it would be better if we had to stop to click or ship stops when we click)
I hope you don’t get my suggestions the bad way, I made them because I see your game as something I can pay to play not a normal indie game.
@dbp
I do not get these connection errors. We stay logged into the game pretty much all day during work hours so we can know when it goes down. Troubleshooting connections is a little bit out of my league, but I will ask around…
@Speed
I’ve tried messing with the fresnel, but I’m not an artist. The fact is we plan to hire someone to make us a nice shader with specular and that’s just better water overall.
2.Yeah, some things are similar to WoW (for good reason), but I wouldn’t say exactly.
You can see progress by hovering your cursor over the text.
We are working on “quest” text.
You should post it (and all others) on our suggestions forum and see what other players think!
Thanks for your input!
** I have also activated more accounts created up to this point.
In short…fantastic. Congrats to your team. This game is a lot of fun.
There are a few things in common with WoW, but I think it’s more in common with MMOs in general. I don’t mind at all the similarity to the quest log or quick bar. It makes it very easy to pick up and play. I really enjoy the starboard/port division on the ship, both for health and for attack.
I’m having a few connection problems, but today I played for about 15 minutes uninterrupted.
My only issue is the right-clicking. I have to go fullscreen on my mac for right-clicking to work. If there could be an alternative for this, like CMD-click, or CTRL-click, that could be great.
I like the sunny atmosphere.