Scourge of the Seven Seas

Summary

Scourge of the Seven Seas is a third person naval combat game where you command a ship and fight off waves of enemies. The game is set in a semi-fictional world based on the West Indies during the golden age of piracy.

Story & Gameplay

While the pirate factions squabble amongst themselves over who should lead them all, the Crowns fleet and the deserters “Dead Sails” have started to fill the power void. As the former Pirate Leader’s heir apparent you could unify them again if you prove yourself a worthy leader.

Take command of a pirate ship and navigate through a map made up of beautiful islands. The goal is to destroy as many enemies as possible to score points. There are 10 waves of enemies in total, if you beat the last one, you beat the game. Enemy ships spawn at pre-determined locations, more enemies will spawn the longer the player survives. The combat consists of maneuvering  your ship in order to fire at enemy ships from both sides of the ship. Eventually the enemies will be sunk and points will be added based on what type of ship has been sunk. 

Development Process

Scourge of the Seven Seas started as a game project at the University of Skövde, the original concept included more RPG elements, as well as a linear story with interesting characters. Due to delays we had to cut a lot of content to make the deadline and we decided to focus more on the core gameplay of the game; ship battles. Though there's still some polish needed on that aspect, we feel that the combat is quite fun already. Some members of the team want to continue working on the project to improve it and possibly add a story mode separate from the current action arena gameplay.

Stay tuned for updates on Twitter and Instagram!

The Team:

Erik Hellström

Role: Project manager & Lead Designer

E-Mail: erikh99@gmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-h-951268138/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikh99

Katarina Nordenberg

Role: Designer & PR Manager

Sophia Stenbäck

Role: Narrative Designer

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alzzarla/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alzzarla

William Gullbrandson

Role: Assisstant Project Manager & Lead Programmer

Noah Silveira

Role: Programmer

Sandra Långström

Role: Programmer

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-långström-28b0a9167

Axel Larsson

Role: Art Director & 2D graphics

Lee

Role: Animation & 3D Graphics

Sara Linnér

Role: 3D Graphics

Anton Nordin

Role: Music & Sound Lead, Music Composer

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anton-nordin-143b841a5/

Niclas Hedlund

Role: Sound Engineer

How to play

Defeat all the enemy ships in a wave to move on to the next. The player ship is healed every time a new wave begins.

Controls:

More sail/increase speed - W 

Less sail/decrease speed - S 

Turn ship - A & D 

Fire cannons (left) - Left mouse button

Fire cannons (right) - Right mouse button