Changelog

Version 1.2 (Nov 10, 2006)

• There are now four difficulty levels with new pirates to battle
• Pause function added
• A settings menu may be invoked on the title screen by pressing enter
• Start positions can be randomized for less predictable games
• Minimap is available as an optional aid to navigation
• Music and sound effects can now be disabled
• Message speed can be chosen and messages should no longer be cut in half
• Added option to display which pirate controls which cities
• Enemy pirates now take over cities from each other
• Reduced the "blocking" area around enemies
• Emilia no longer turns into a ghost ship when sunk
• Repaired the broken animations
• Reversed enemy speeds so the toughest ships are the fastest
• Sinking a pirate is slightly more rewarding
• Added WASD/CTRL controls, moved "clear log" to TAB and assigned ESC to pause/exit
• Various wrap-related bugs, including the occasional pacifist city, are fixed
• Towns heal slower during battle
• Targeting AI is much improved
• Less noticable seam in the world wrap
• Completely revamped the pointless scoring system and added high scores
• Immediately opens a window on launch instead of waiting for all data to load
• Fixed the Kheria/Oriole cannon confusion
• Added a random component to the balls within a volley
• Improved the framework graphics loader
• Fixed a framework timer bug with the potential to lock up the game on start

Version 1.1.1 (Jul 23, 2006)

• Data files are now of type .dat
• Attempt to create the Settings folder if it is missing
• Informative error message if the data can't be located

Version 1.1 (May 1, 2006)

• fixed bug where the framework wouldn't locate files with too long pathnames
• dropped 16 bit colour support
• improved full screen support
• better error handling and recovery
• timing is no longer event driven
• female pirates are now female in messages too
• score overflow fixed
• ship can now be controlled with the arrow keys
• compressed the data (13 MB instead of 42 MB, decent enough improvement)
• restored the sound effects

Version 1.0b (Nov 8, 2005)

• safeguards around timing events to prevent the queue from clogging up
• messages remain on screen longer and ESC clears the log
• fixed the clipping issues
• crossing the border no longer corrupts graphics on ATI cards
• logo and story now alternate properly on the title screen
• removed the ghost ships (ehr, no I didn't)
• accidentally removed all sound effects

Version 1.0 (June 28, 2004)

• first release