Days of Sail 2: Venture

Hi everybody

These are some early pics of our new game, The Good Life - a Tropic Venture
(old title: Days of Sail 2: Venture).

It borrows simulation elements from Days of Sail: Wind over Waters (a 2006 game of ours) but there will be a huge advancement on the gameplay visuals this time around. It won’t just be a sailing simulator - it will also be a tycoon type of game.

The game will involve time management, selling/buying goods and, of course, sailing. The environment will be (evidently) tropical and we have graphically covered 25 square kilometres of original tropical land. There will be luxurious scenery (hotels beach resorts) blended with caves, sunken ships, etc...

Right now, we are two guys working on this project, one involved in programming (and story) and the other doing the 2D/3D work. We are coming close to finishing our first prototype.

UPDATE:

WebSite link.

UPDATE [10/04/2012]:

Teaser Trailer is up! link

OLD TITLE PICS:

 

Looks like a very nice start, good luck!

 

Very nice work! Keep us updated.

 

wow, this is amazing!

I love the water!

 

I love the water too...

So cool....I need it...Can you share it for me? PM me.. :wink: ...

 

That is awesome

 

Brilliant Stuff!! I want to get sailing now!

Regards,
Matt.

 

Good job on the texturing! Looks awesome

 

Very good


but


work on the anti-aliasing.


if you don't everyone will imagine you are a very weak game creator.

 

I want your water.

 

Looks awesome, and a pretty unique combination of genres. Looking forward to seeing more of it.

 

Very nice and clear; those pictures looks fantastic.

My congratulations!

 

Thanks a lot for all your comments. We plan to release more stuff (video + demo) really soon (when we get back from vacations).

The water is the famous ocean shader with several tweaks. However, we still can't get a boat wake right :?

 

sounds like a nice, peaceful concept, i like those types of games

i think there is no need for war in every single game to be a good game

 

This game involves time management and selling/buying goods as well as sailing. This means that the user, while in CAREER MODE, will start with a low budget and a basic sailboat but, eventually, he will be able to upgrade to larger, faster and nicer sailboats.

You can see below in-game shots from two of the available sailboats that will exist in the game:





More to come...

 

Wow, really nice work on the water! The models and rest of the atmosphere looks great as well. Kudos!

 

wow

 

I like the terrain
Bye

 

Woah, very impressive looking game! Love the boats.

 

Heya,

just to let you know that we've put up a website with a small preview of the game:

Website Link

The music is from Levan Iordanishvili @ vel9studios.

 

Please include a Diesel Duck. One day I hope to build one of these after I strike it rich with one of my brilliant game ideas haha

 

I like the sail with wind blowing. How did you to that ?

Best regards and keep up the good work.

 

Very cool. I enjoy seeing these titles that are trying to reach out to new groups of gamers.

The game looks good. Some suggestions:
- add water caustics using shaders or additive textures
- add more bounce light to the environment
- add more birds, fish, and ambient animations

 

hey, it's been a while, but you've given me a chance to resurrect this thread.

A small update:

The game is more likely to be called "The Good Life" - this title does more justice to this type of game, as it is far from a sail simulator anymore. It combines boat simulation, time management and tycoon-style of selling/buying goods. We've added several new boats, including powerboats and yachts, plus some "surprise" boats - someone mentioned a Diesel Duck? - and the idea is to explore a huge world in sandbox mode, earn enough money and buy as many boats and properties as you can. There are also a handfull of missions as bonus games which give a more arcade tone.

We are nearing the beta version. We are in talks with publishers but are still open to interesting new publishing deals. You can visit our website for the latest updates in screenshots/video/etc, although I admit we have also left it a bit behind.

We use the MeshMorpher script on the wiki to control the sails.

 

Teaser Trailer is up: website link

Feedback appreciated.

 

The Good Life, a Tropic Venture (working title) is like playing a monopoly game set in a fictitious tropical environment while moving around with an impressive array of luxurious vessels, managing tourist campaigns and completing missions on your way to become the area’s top tycoon!

Moddb link: http://www.moddb.com/games/the-good-life-a-tropic-venture

New screenshots:

Hung-out bar:


Ancient area:


The Modern city:




Gameplay:

 

Hi, here's a draft of the box artwork, would like to hear what you think (click on pic to enlarge):

 

Announcing our collaboration with Iceberg Interactive:


Iceberg going tropical!