- Patch 1.0.04 Released: Third-Person Sailing, VR Improvements and more! - 19 July 2022
Fellow swashbucklers, We’ve released another update for the free prologue which brings over new features and improvements from version 1.0.12 of the full game. Highlights include a new third-person sailing view, a streamlined system for issuing orders in ship battles, VR steering improvements and much more! Check out the list of notable changes below: Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy (Prologue) Version 1.0.04 New Features - Added a third-person view for non-VR sailing mode. You can freely switch between first-person and third-person at any time while sailing by pressing Tab (keyboard) or D-pad Up (controller). (Note that you always return to first-person when boarding.) - The game remembers which camera view you used last and will automatically switch to it whenever you enter sailing mode. Balancing - The encounter spawn rate is now lower while sailing through friendly regions. - Your…
- BUCCANEERS! is 33% off during Steam VR Fest! - 18 July 2022
Fellow swashbucklers, Buccaneers! is a part of Steam VR Fest! You can now get the game for 33% off! Don't miss this chance! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148560/Buccaneers/ The sale ends on July 25 at 10:00 AM PDT (GMT-7)
- Patch 1.0.03 Released: New Weapons and Combat Improvements! - 6 June 2022
Fellow swashbucklers, A new patch is now live for the free prologue which brings some big changes and improvements over from version 1.0.09 of the full game. This update focuses on melee and ranged combat, featuring new weapons, a parrying mechanic and more! Read on for a list of the most notable changes. Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy (Prologue) Version 1.0.03 New Features - Added a parrying mechanic to melee combat which allows you to temporarily stun enemies, increasing melee damage against them. To trigger a parry, perform the following action after an enemy starts swinging their weapon, but before their attack hits you: - > Non-VR mode: Press the “Block” button (holding the button before the attack starts results in a regular block). - > VR mode: Move your weapon forwards to intercept the enemy’s blade (holding it steady results in a regular block). - All melee weapons now have…
- Patch 1.0.02 Released: Major improvements from the full game! - 4 April 2022
Fellow swashbucklers, We’ve released a big update for the free prologue which brings a lot of fixes and improvements over from version 1.0.07 of the full game. There are too many changes to list here, so we’ll highlight some of the most notable ones. Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy (Prologue) Version 1.0.02 Changes - You can now change the default orders of each ship in your fleet via the Fleet Status page in the Captain’s Log. - Improved ship AI to make them better at boarding and ensuring their captured prizes have enough crew. - AI ships will now attempt to put out fires over time as long as they haven’t been hit recently. - Ship health bars now use colours for the name banner (blue for allies, red for enemies), and your allied ships show their current orders next to it. - The armour points on ships and forts are now displayed with a number on a single icon (instead of showing one…
- BUCCANEERS! Out Now!🏴☠️ - 7 March 2022
Fellow swashbucklers! The time has come - Buccaneers! is available now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148560/Buccaneers/ After four years of development by a team of three, we’re so excited to finally let you play the full game. It’s been a long and difficult journey, but we’re proud of what we’ve managed to create, and we hope you enjoy it! The prologue quest from the free demo is also included in the full game, but if you’ve already completed it, you can skip it when you start a new game. If not, we highly recommend keeping it enabled - the end of the prologue is an important moment that sets up the story for the rest of the game! In the main quest, you get to choose which faction to join after a brief intro sequence, and the game opens up after that. You can follow the events of the story or explore the open world and do as you please - the choice is yours! As always, we really…
- Patch 1.0.01 Released: Localisation Fixes and More! - 4 March 2022
Fellow swashbucklers, We just released the first patch for the prologue, including localisation improvements and a number of bug fixes based on early feedback. Here are the full details: Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy (Prologue) Version 1.0.01 Changes - Added missing Russian translations (the Chinese translations will also be updated soon). - Adjusted font weight, line spacing and scaling of Cyrillic and Chinese fonts for better readability. - Updated the music which plays at the end of the prologue. - Reduced the volume of the level-up jingle. - The game now displays the currently active OpenXR runtime in the Main Menu. You can change this in the settings of your VR application (e.g. SteamVR, Oculus, Vive Console, WMR). Fixes - Fixed the shipyard UI behaving unexpectedly. - Fixed ship battles persisting after loading a save. - Fixed a few cases where text was hard-coded instead of l…
- BUCCANEERS! THE NEW AGE OF PIRACY is Out Now! 🏴☠️ - 2 March 2022
Fellow swashbucklers! The free prologue for Buccaneers! is now available! You can download Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy right now to get a taste of what to expect in the full game. Command and customise your own ship, experience tense naval and land battles, and find out how your story as a renowned captain begins! If you enjoy this prologue, be sure to wishlist the full game and check it out when it launches on March 7th! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148560/Buccaneers/ Ask The Dev We’d love to hear what you think, so feel free to join our Discord if you have feedback or questions to share. Happy pirating! 🏴☠️
- Play The Demo! Watch the Stream! - 20 February 2022
Join us at the Steam Next Fest event and play the BUCCANEERS! Demo. About the game BUCCANEERS! is a classic pirate RPG. Command and customise a powerful warship on PC or in VR and take part in tense naval and land battles that will put your swashbuckling skills to the test. Ask The Dev You can ask anything about the game on our Discord server Wishlist and Follow Don't forget to add to your wishlist if you like the game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148560/Buccaneers/ The Prologue will be available soon! Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy is a prologue for the full game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631240/Buccaneers_The_New_Age_of_Piracy/
- Ask The Dev! Watch the live stream! Play The Demo! - 20 February 2022
Join us at the Steam Next Fest event and play the BUCCANEERS! Demo. About the game BUCCANEERS! is a classic pirate RPG. Command and customise a powerful warship on PC or in VR and take part in tense naval and land battles that will put your swashbuckling skills to the test. Ask The Dev You can ask anything about the game on our Discord server Wishlist and Follow Don't forget to add to your wishlist if you like the game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148560/Buccaneers/ The Prologue will be available soon! Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy is a prologue for the full game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631240/Buccaneers_The_New_Age_of_Piracy/
- Developer Update: Steam Next Fest, New Story Details and More! - 27 January 2022
Fellow Swashbucklers, We have some important news to share as well as new details about the game's story, so let's get right to it... Steam Next Fest and Release Plans We're pleased to announce the Buccaneers! prologue will be playable in the upcoming Steam Next Fest in February! The festival runs from 21st - 28th Feb and will feature the final version of the prologue, building upon all your feedback from previous demos. To avoid clashing with this event, we've pushed back the full game's release by 11 days (previously 24th Feb). The new release dates are: - Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy (Prologue): 2nd March - Buccaneers! (Full game): 7th March Development is still on schedule, and we're working hard to add the final touches to the game before release. Story Details We've kept the key details of the game's story under wraps for a long time, and while we're not going to dive into al…
- Developer Update: Rebindable Keys, Valve Index Support, and More! - 8 November 2021
Fellow swashbucklers, We’ve made great progress on Buccaneers! since we announced the delay over a month ago, so we thought we’d give you a glimpse of how this extra time has allowed us to improve the game so far. Improved VR Support with OpenXR When we started developing the game with VR support back in 2018, the headsets and development tools available were very different to those on the market today. As such, our VR integration was based on code that has long since been deprecated, which has made supporting newer devices like the Valve Index very difficult. Although the controllers technically “worked”, we couldn’t properly support their button layout or full feature set. Our solution was to migrate our code to OpenXR - the new cross-platform standard for targeting all VR devices, backed by all the major manufacturers. This required a substantial rework that simply wouldn’t have been…
- Buccaneers! Delayed to February - A Message from the Devs - 30 September 2021
Ahoy everyone, Unfortunately, there’s been a change of plan regarding our release schedule. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to delay both the full game and prologue to February 2022, and the prologue will no longer be part of the October Steam Next Fest. The new release dates are: - Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy (prologue): 17 February 2022 - Buccaneers! (full game): 24 February 2022 In recent weeks, we’ve lost a lot of development time for various reasons, which made us re-evaluate our previously-stated release date of October 14th. It was already going to be an extremely tight deadline, and we would need to put in a lot of extra hours just to finish the full game’s content - there would be no time left for polishing and very little for QA testing. The game was not going to be the finished product we envisioned, leading to poor sales and reviews, so it was clear that w…
- Buccaneers! Delayed to October, Prologue coming to Steam Next Fest - 28 August 2021
Fellow swashbucklers, There has been a slight change of plan regarding the release schedule of Buccaneers! and its free prologue, The New Age of Piracy. The games will now launch on the following dates: - Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy (prologue): 7 October - Buccaneers! (full game): 14 October The reason for this change is twofold: not only will we have more time to polish the game and address your feedback, but the prologue will also be able to participate in the upcoming Steam Next Fest, starting on 1 October. This will give everyone another chance to try the game and have their say while we make the finishing touches. As an added bonus, everyone who plays the prologue during the festival or after it launches will be eligible for free DLC for the full game! This will include exclusive paint schemes for your ship, cabin, sails and more! We're hard at work on this last leg of develo…
