A pirate quartermaster
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Did you think you'd win with a snap of your fingers? Did you think you'd see a crew as a number? Did you think you'd gorge without fear of judgements?
But, sir, you're not in the Royal Navy. The pirate's life is a life of dreams. And it's precisely because we have a shitty life that we have dreams.
Come and discover the real life of a pirate, a man who has left the tyrannical but honest world of kings and emperors in order to sail in equality and freedom.
Put yourself in the shoes of a quartermaster, the first mate of a pirate ship.
You will have to manage the ambition of your captain, because you guess that his interests will not always be in line with those of the crew. Thus, you will have to confront him in order to defend your sailors’ rights.
Enforcing the law will be part of your job, and avoiding injustice is essential on a ship with so few hierarchies.
But who knows? Perhaps you will prefer to defend your captain's wishes?
Handle a sailboat or a steamship to get you where you need to go! Steer, rig, heat, fish, clean, maintain, heal...
You will experience the phases of ship management in a turn based system, punctuated by the sound of the watch bell. The time unit on a boat is not the day, but the watch, because an unattended ship is a ship on the ocean floor that shelters sharks and octopuses.
Your everyday enemies will be hunger and thirst, for sure. But a sailor's worst enemy is disease. Know how to defend yourself against it.
You will have at your disposal tools that will enable you to manage the proper conduct of the ship and the possibility of modifying her compartments as you wish.
![](https://img.itch.zone/aW1nLzQ2Nzg2OTIuanBn/original/PKkxfW.jpg)
At each new game, the map will be generated procedurally. The wealth and characteristics of peoples will be redistributed randomly.
You will have to transmit the captain's orders during the gunning phases using a rather special game mechanic, as you will have to type the orders on the keyboard (possibility to click with the mouse if you have a hook instead of fingers).
You will also have to fight fiercely in hand-to-hand combat during boarding.
Initially, you will understand that life on a ship is slow, because all travels are long, otherwise, during battles, life suddenly intensifies and the pace changes.
Remember that there may be women on the ship, you may even be one of them. You would operate in the shadows, because a woman is not accepted on a ship. She brings bad luck. But don't forget: if there is a deck where a woman can end up being accepted, end up imposing herself, it's the deck of a pirate ship!
Treasure maps, artifacts, monkey business and discoveries will also spice up your daily life in the ocean.
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Author | Iniour |
Genre | Simulation, Adventure, Role Playing, Strategy, Survival |
Tags | Difficult, Open World, Perma Death, Pirates, Procedural Generation, Singleplayer |
Average session | A few hours |
Languages | English, French |
Links | Steam |
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $17.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Update - 08/08/2023Aug 08, 2023
- Update - 08/01/2023Aug 01, 2023
- Update - 06/08/2023Jun 08, 2023
- Update - 02/21/2023Feb 21, 2023
- Update - 10/24/2022Oct 24, 2022
- Update - 10/18/2022Oct 18, 2022
- Update - 09/06/2022Sep 06, 2022
- Update - 06/02/2022Jun 02, 2022
Comments
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hey! ive bought the steam ver :3
my pc runs it now yay! but theres a issue, apparently when i tried to get in the blac town the game simply stopped working, like nothing was loading properly not even my ship
Hi Casper!
Ah?
Can you send me your save at apiratequartermaster@hotmail.com?
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1112580/discussions/0/2968393780773191676/
There is in this page the information how to find your save.
basically the game works back to normal once i re open it
besides im being unlucky on my run cuz i forgot the controls and most of my crew is sick, withoud food or water and they have low morale, 3 captains died already lmao
ive made a review on steam, not sure if its out yet
Yes! I just saw it!
Thank you for your nice review. :)
Don't hesitate if you have a problem
alrightyyy :)
is the steam ver also getting updates?
Yes, of course!
amazing
Hello! i'm back again,ill try buy this game via steam now since i got a new laptop :D
Great news!
But if you bought it on itch.io, why not play with this version?
I Had gotten a refund since it didnt worked,also its incredibly expensive the itch io version since its in dollar,and the steam ver translates it to BRL (brazilian real)
it would be cool if it had a mobile version,like for playstore etc
Hi,
It would take a lot of work to adapt it to the mobile format.
I'm not going to say I'll never do it, but it's not in my plans right now.
nice
i just bought the full ver,once i try to play it simply freezes the loading to the actual game,it also shuts down when i wait and then the unity thing appear
Um... I'm sorry to read that.
The demo was working properly but not the full version?
Try to delete the files related to the game.
I'll check everything on my side.
What computer configuration do you have?
like,it worked till i had to choose a role like if i would be a slave son or the others,then once id pick the game would just crash
Have you tried to restart a game with other characters?
And tried deleting save files, language etc?
the game just crashes
What is your PC's configuration?
well,i tried to send a thing to the itch io refund thing and yet they didnt responded,so i guess ill just keep this once when i get a better pc,i loved the demo and i wish there was more pirate games like that,again thank you iniour.
i just wish the paid ver i had worked,like the game could have a performance thing you know? like to put the graphics down so it can load more easily
Hi Casper, I'll try to help you. The game crash immediately after selecting a character or does it take a while?
The game crashes immediatly once i pick how i was born,but before that it takes a while
wait another question,can u send another vid like opening the folder explorer so i can do like step by step
wait i think i get it holdon
ok so i deleted the UNIV1 thing that was there then i installed the one u sent and added there
i'm re extracting the file,now im gonna see if it works
ok so,basically it crashed again,do i need to like do the thing again but the file needs to be extracted right? cause first i did what u said but i tried it withoud the file being extracted
(by the way sorry if im looking too dumb i'm very bad at english)
The file doesn't need and can't be extracted. You just have to put it in the folder I shown you.
![](https://img.itch.zone/aW1nLzc2NTM2MDEuanBn/original/YWBmYa.jpg)
After, when you launch the game, you'll see this game created:
If it doesn't launch it when you press on it, I think it's because your computer is not adapted.
Revising the whole game would be too much work, I didn't plan it to adapt it to several configurations.
ok let me check again,also how did u do like u deleted the file then replaced it? like how
ok so i was able to do everything u said,sadly it crashed anyway the game :( thanks for the help,ur a good dev,imma try see if i can get a refund on the game or something
Sorry I couldn't help you more.
Hopefully one day you will have the configuration for it! :)
I hope! =D
in 2 years or so i'll have my own pc and it will probably work,since it will be a new pc and not a 12 year old laptop that i got heh!
does it have a 32 bits version sir
Hi,
What operating system are you talking about?
I just updated the Linux version, the link seemed to be dead (it was at 0 bytes)
Windows 84x
I think you mean Windows x86?
It is already compiled for this architecture, and therefore in 32 bits.
You can't run it?
nono,im asking cause last 2 games i bought from ppl didnt had 32x/84x bits,anyway thanks imma try it
You have a free demo if you want to try it and see if it works well for you. Don't hesitate!