- Burly Men at Sea 10th Anniversary - 29 September 2026
An update and sale today, in celebration of that burliest of adventures, of creatures of legend and also chickens, and of Beards Hasty, Steady, and Brave!Long have you voyaged with mouse alone, but today, brave adventures, today you become more. Today you are gifted also the keys of destiny: the WASD.In other words, we heard you: you can now also navigate with keyboard! If you really really don’t want to be awed by the metaphorical spin of our ship’s wheel cursor, you now have another path.Well met,⚓️ Brain&BrainP.S. Check out the demo of our latest game next week with LudoNarraCon: The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler!
- Burly Men at Sea 1.5.0 - Tenth Anniversary! - 29 September 2026
Added keyboard controls for viewport movement! WASD and arrow keys Refreshed our company logo Updated to latest engine to maintain best performance and compatibility
- Introducing: The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler! - 24 October 2025
We're excited to announce that you can now wishlist our latest game: time-looping puzzle ballad The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler!Unravel the tale of a (somewhat) legendary weather-making rooster, told in verse.💧 Navigate a story-based time puzzle💧 Gain the assistance of a traveling conman salesman💧 Orchestrate a shindig and other such mattersWishlist Now!
- Burly Men at Sea 1.4.5 - 8 October 2024
This is a minor, but nonetheless important, release to keep the game running smoothly into the future. We've corrected some minor localization issues (thanks to the fan community for these!), eliminated a few small bugs, and updated the engine and Steamworks integration. Questions, comments, high-fives? Email us at [email protected].
- Three new languages! - 21 November 2019
Our bearded brothers have picked up a few new languages in their travels, mastering Korean, Turkish, and Polish to bring the total number of languages supported to 13! The Turkish and Polish localizations were made possible by the fan community. Special thanks to the students at Istanbul University, and Mateusz Wcisło! It's exciting to be able to bring our seafaring adventure to more people. If you'd like to support Brain&Brain even without masterful translation skills, you can become a patron on Patreon! We post every 1–2 weeks, giving you exclusive behind-the-scenes content on our latest project, Wooden Nickel.
- The best game soundtracks you can listen to for free right now - 24 September 2019
Another month, another big video game publisher puts a great big dollop of video game music online for zero pennies. This time, it’s Bandai Namco, who have just uploaded every single Tekken soundtrack onto Spotify because, well, apparently everyone loves Tekken. I’ve never partaken in a Tekken, but with track names like “Massive Stunner” and “Lonesome City Jazz Party 1st”, I’m already 100% convinced the music must be great. However, given my rather lacking expertise in all things Tekken-related, I thought that instead of doing a big Tekken musical breakdown like I did for Capcom and all the Final Fantasy games , I’d take this opportunity to celebrate some of the other great gaming soundtracks you can currently listen to for free right now, because boy howdy are there loads of ’em. So bang on those headphones and turn up the volume, f…
- Have You Played Burly Men at Sea? - 6 June 2019
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time… You’ve got to admire the courage of Brain&Brain ‘s three burly men at sea. If I knew I was going to get swallowed whole by a massive whale every time I set sail for adventure, I think I’d stay at home. But that’s not what being burly is about. Instead, these bearded brothers are willing to throw themselves down the gullet of adventure time and time again in a Groundhog Day-style time loop just to see where the wind will take them next. And it’s really quite delightful. (more…)
- Version 1.3 Released! - 21 September 2017
We’ve fixed bugs, refined scenes, created additional animations, and even added some underwater interactivity. Nothing especially obvious, just details to polish your experience a bit. If you have questions, worries, or high fives, send ‘em our way! [email protected] - David & Brooke
- Version 1.3 Released! - 21 September 2017
We’ve fixed bugs, refined scenes, created additional animations, and even added some underwater interactivity. Nothing especially obvious, just details to polish your experience a bit. If you have questions, worries, or high fives, send ‘em our way! [email protected] - David & Brooke
- Burly Men at Sea head for bookshelves - 14 March 2017
Burly Men At Sea ‘s was one of my Games Of The Year for 2016 . The developers, Brain&Brain bill it as a quiet adventure and I tend to describe it as an interactive storybook. You’re in charge of the voyages of the Brothers Beard and your choices and interactions guide them through tiny adventures at sea. But now you can have one of those adventures made into a hardback book if you want something for your actual bookshelf. …
- Achievements! Italian! SALE?! - 13 February 2017
Ever since our beardy fellas received that honorable mention for IGF's Excellence in Narrative award, they've been clamoring for some way to keep track of their achievements. And something about a quit button. Fine. Today's update adds the following: Achievements Italian localization Steam Controller config Steam Cloud support Quit button Bug fixes and polish AND for the first time, Burly Men at Sea is 30% off! *chaos of celebration*
- Achievements! Italian! SALE?! - 13 February 2017
Ever since our beardy fellas received that honorable mention for IGF's Excellence in Narrative award, they've been clamoring for some way to keep track of their achievements. And something about a quit button. Fine. Today's update adds the following: Achievements Italian localization Steam Controller config Steam Cloud support Quit button Bug fixes and polish AND for the first time, Burly Men at Sea is 30% off! *chaos of celebration*
- Burly Men at Sea available now! - 30 September 2016
“It’s a tiny-but-then-not-tiny, lovely thing with so much character and a wonderful sense of adventure," says Rock, Paper, Shotgun. "5/5," proclaims TIME, for its "artful interplay of visual minimalism, waggish writing and hilarious but also haunting sound effects generated by gorgeous a cappella voices." "It’s a calming, lovely game," adds Kotaku. "It left me with a little smile on my face." "Aye!" grin the Brothers Beard as they set sail.
- Burly Men at Sea available now! - 30 September 2016
“It’s a tiny-but-then-not-tiny, lovely thing with so much character and a wonderful sense of adventure," says Rock, Paper, Shotgun. "5/5," proclaims TIME, for its "artful interplay of visual minimalism, waggish writing and hilarious but also haunting sound effects generated by gorgeous a cappella voices." "It’s a calming, lovely game," adds Kotaku. "It left me with a little smile on my face." "Aye!" grin the Brothers Beard as they set sail.
