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Sail Forth update 1.6 Before the Wind

A significant “Before the Wind” update came to Sail Forth this week, which is also version 1.6.

The update “contains a wide variety of features and improvements that are focused around both responding to community feedback and better integrating the recently added open world design with the rest of the game.” Highlights include a combined and improved map screen, a new spyglass item, persistent NPC ships which inhabit the world, and an expanded world map and new bosses for the Maelstrom DLC.

The full rundown is as follows:

Sail Forth Open Seas update 1.4.4

Sail Forth got a big “Open Seas” update on Switch this week, which is version 1.4.4.

The update is said to increase exploration and sailing aspects with a fully open world as there are no longer any boundaries between locations or loading screens. Additionally, world map generation has been redesigned to improve exploration. That’s along with other elements such as a new boat.

Here’s the full rundown:

Original (3/21): A new update has been announced for Sail Forth. Titled “The Fleet Update”, this aims to address community feedback on gaming progression and management, and includes a variety of changes and fixes to the gameplay mechanics and systems to allow for smoother and more flexible progression. Additional changes have also been put in place to support future content-focused updates. No release date for the updated has been announced, but the full patch notes can be found below:

Sail Forth update 1.2.3

The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild and David Evans Games have started distribution of a new version 1.2.3 update for Sail Forth on Switch. This also includes the previously-released version 1.2.0

Version 1.2.0 first introduced a number of improvements and fixes. Then with version 1.2.3, more issues were addressed with progression in the Leader Recruitment portion of the game plus other fixes and improvements.

The full patch notes for the Sail Forth version 1.2.3 update (which again includes version 1.2.0) are as follows:

Sail Forth gameplay

Sail Forth launched on Switch today, and we have a bunch of new gameplay. A new video has surfaced containing an hour of footage.

Information about the game can be found in the following overview:

Sail Forth launch

The wait for Sail Forth is over, as the game has just launched on Switch. This comes as part of a Holiday House of Indies Event from Nintendo with no prior release date announcement.

Sail Forth was technically delayed a couple of times. It was first planned for 2021, but was later bumped to Summer 2022. This summer came and went without any news, but the title at least made it out before the end of the year.

Sail Forth delayed

Publisher The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild and developer Festive Vector have provided an update on Sail Forth, confirming that the sailing adventure game has been delayed to Summer 2022. It was previously planned for this year.

Lots of work has gone into the game over the past year. The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild says it “has grown from a sailing simulation game to a full-blown oceanic adventure with tons of new content, quests, characters, and narrative.” The company further explained: “With the scope of the game growing beyond our original plan, we’ve had to push the release to next year to make sure Sail Forth is the epic adventure our players deserve.”

For those that need a refresher on Sail Forth, have a look at the following overview:

David Evans Games and The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild today issued a new gameplay trailer for Sail Forth, “an adorable sailing adventure”. Watch it below.

Sail Forth will release later in 2021 on Switch.


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