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Posted by tinywind 5 hours ago

TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed)(tinywind.io)
361 points | 76 commentspage 3
embwbam 4 hours ago|
This brings back some memories! I used to play the Ancient Art of War at Sea on my dad's Mac Plus as a kid. Having never sailed, it was fun to learn about tacking while trying to broadside spanish galleons. Years later, I lied about my experience to convince a resort to let me check out a tiny catamaran. I made it back to shore!

One recommendation: make the boats not turn quite so fast. It allows you to outmaneuver other vessels by planning ahead or gaining speed ahead of time.

I still don't know much about sailing, but I have a lot of kitesurfing experience. Do boats really travel that slowly downwind? I assume that crosswind is faster, but downwind should still move at the speed of the wind.

tinywind 4 hours ago|
I need to check out that game, I’ve sunk countless hours into the 2004 Sid Meiers games. Also lying to sail a catamaran successfully back to shore is such a pirate thing to do :) you’re ready for TinyWind

Noted on the ship turn speeds, I’ve been playing around with larger ships having slower turn radii but I do want the naval combat to have more of a planning element (setup upwind, strafe run and fire, etc)

Let me look into the boat speeds in different wind conditions. I know beam reach/crosswind is faster than parachuting downwind but maybe my downwind speed is too slow now

poppingtonic 3 hours ago||
Some zig zag motions are required to maintain velocity and the combat is fun. I like it!
everyone 2 hours ago||
Nice!

Feedback..

1. show keyboard mapping on the touch controls (for desktop / laptop users ideally)

2. Make wind indicator much bigger and centrally located

3. Make cannon cooldown much bigger and centrally located

precompute 2 hours ago||
Impressive. It loads so quickly! What was this made with?
juleiie 2 hours ago||
Should be multiplayer like worms io of old

Seriously it would be something sea worthy. Huge success viral probably

rsvidal 4 hours ago||
This is lovely. Well done.
hyperionultra 4 hours ago||
Noice. What’s the stack?
fallinditch 4 hours ago|
Looks great! it's nice that you can immediately try it out
simon145 3 hours ago||
Totally agree!! It's great to be able to get engaged in the game instantly and not have to sign up right away.
tinywind 4 hours ago||
Ty so much! Dropping new captains directly on the waters was some very useful early feedback I received
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