Nantucket - seafaring strategy/RPG based on Moby Dick

[LESS T_T]

Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.

Set sail and explore the seas
Set sail around the world, visit cities, and increase your prestige by hunting whales, landing jobs, and searching for new adventures.

Be the captain you want to be
Develop your character in true RPG fashion, by increasing your stats, choosing your reactions, and developing your seafaring skills.

Manage your ship and crew
Hire and manage your crew, give them tasks on your ship, and improve your ship with new compartments, expanding your ship's capabilities.

Experience the Golden Age of whaling
Experience more than a thousand unique events tailored around your choices—and face the results of your actions.

Hunt whales and fight pirates
Discover new whaling areas, hunt whales for blubber, and protect your ship from pirates using a turn-based combat system.

Chase after Moby Dick
Follow an original story line and complete quests to unveil the secrets behind Moby Dick and dissolve Ahab’s curse.

And of course it has sea shanties:

 

[sser]

Follow an original story line ...

Chase after Moby Dick

 

[laclongquan]

This might drive the lefts into frenzy: "whale hunting"

 

[catfood]

This actually looks cool and I love ships. I also really liked the novel; I don't understand why people think it's boring. They'll probably fuck up the game somehow, but I'll keep an eye on it regardless until then.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Well it does look like dick so I guess they stayed true to their inspiration.

 

[Dickie]

I was checking out a Let's Play and saw this. Looks like the perfect game.

 

[LESS T_T]

So it's out:



Also on GOG: https://af.gog.com/game/nantucket?as=1649904300

 

[Jimmious]

 

[Destroid]

 

[Burning Bridges]

I was checking out a Let's Play and saw this. Looks like the perfect game.

So this is the game about contracting syphilis?

 

[agris]

Anyone play this yet? Looks like a whaling Star Traders: Frontiers.

 

[Stavrophore]

Game looks interesting, but its still in early access?

 

[SerratedBiz]

From reading the reviews, it seems that there are people concerned with the violence contained in whale hunting, and how its portrayal through dice rolls and card shuffling may hurt the sensibilities of some.

 

[Fedora Master]

My first thought when I saw this on Steam was "Great, yet another indie turn-based """strategy""" RNG card based game."

 

[Stavrophore]

My first thought when I saw this on Steam was "Great, yet another indie turn-based """strategy""" RNG card based game."

>Tips fedora

 

[Burning Bridges]

Seems to be a fun little game, though too much reliant on RNG for my taste.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Having said that, "little game" means once you understand the formula there is not much of a game. You take the best crew members, buy water/food/grog/wood, sail to the designated points, roll your dice until the whales are dead and return to get your bounty. I see some potential in the late game when you can have more crew members and larger ships, but judging from the beginning it will get you bored long before you get that far.

 

[cvv]

Yeah I'm concerned about replayability and late game. The problem with many indies - the game runs out of content long before you get sick of it.

But everything else looks...great actually.

 

[Burning Bridges]

They try. The problem is that many indies end up just simulating a game, not making one, and this seems to be the problem here: You feel like you are playing a game about whale hunting until you realize you are just shuffling a very limited set of cards. [considering that they apparently had no experience they did a good first job though]

 

[cvv]

There are images of late game where whales have 60+ HP. I guess scientists and craftsmen will be vital in those stages. But yeah, the early fights are just about those quick one-hit kills.

 

[Bocian]

 

[Burning Bridges]

Me and Hunter Nathan always shared a special bond, our bodies burn with desire for each other.

(I would love if he could turn into a carpenter with caboose skill so that I could finally buy the Schooner)

 

[Burning Bridges]

There are images of late game where whales have 60+ HP. I guess scientists and craftsmen will be vital in those stages. But yeah, the early fights are just about those quick one-hit kills.

Scaling can be pretty annoying, I had a situation where the whale's hitpoints was always +1 of my hunters strike (which means 2 strikes intead of 1).

Though, since I have 2 hunters and 1 scientist it works pretty well - the scientist prevents bleeding for the entire boat, which was kind of a game breaker.

Doing pretty well money wise with a Bermuda Sloop and following the hunting periods closely, it becomes a game of managing a strict schedule more than anything.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Looks pretty good.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Finally a schooner .. let's see how the whales scale, probably they'll tear me a new one.

there was a pretty simple solution for my caboose problem ..

Spoiler

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