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I'm wondering if the game requires you to know all the sail names. That could be a big impediment to doing things in it! It certainly adds some difficulty in ev

by davidw 4y ago

I'm wondering if the game requires you to know all the sail names. That could be a big impediment to doing things in it! It certainly adds some difficulty in even reading those books.

ripley12 4y ago
I'm reading the Aubrey-Maturin books and found this sail diagram quite helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/AubreyMaturinSeries/comments/j3vn05/as_a_total_lubber_i_found_this_a_very_useful_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AubreyMaturinSeries/comments/j3vn05...
- 9935c101ab17a66 4y ago
  I’m on book three and this is incredibly useful. The level of detail in the books is insane. I also reallllly liked the Russell Crowe movie, and wish they had made more. It wasn’t perfect, but it was fun as hell, and the napoleonic wars provide so much material for sequels.
  - tmcinerney4 4y ago
    they are making another one!
- nosianu 4y ago
  For reading this 21 book series it's worth investing into one more book with background information. I can recommend Patrick O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World (Hardcover) Lots of valuable information, lots of illustrations and schematics and photos. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/24519 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/24519
  - woolcap 4y ago
    Also recommend A Sea of Words, which is a lexicon of the nautical terminology from the books.
philipkglass 4y ago
This is the series that first showed me that the Kindle's built-in dictionary simply omits obscure words. I wonder why. It can't take that much storage space even for a very comprehensive dictionary.
Lefuz 4y ago
It does! But having the simulation right there helps you learn them. I had two main questions to answer when making this. First, how does ship physics work anyway; second, what is an appropriate UI that feels like being an officer ordering a couple of hundred people around? I previously worked on a flight sim, where it's appropriate to move a joystick, or a mouse, and have the plane respond straight away. I think that would feel wrong here - it would make the ship feel like a toy. A benefit of the technical language is that it helps convey the idea that the ship is a big, complicated machine, with all the parts worked by people. It's also fun to see the strange words. So I decided to lean in to technical language and verbal commands. I was starting to work with git, and thought about using a command-line UI for the game; but I went with something inspired by the menus and hotkeys of old roguelikes.

by davidw 4y ago

I'm wondering if the game requires you to know all the sail names. That could be a big impediment to doing things in it! It certainly adds some difficulty in even reading those books.

ripley12 4y ago

I'm reading the Aubrey-Maturin books and found this sail diagram quite helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/AubreyMaturinSeries/comments/j3vn05/as_a_total_lubber_i_found_this_a_very_useful_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AubreyMaturinSeries/comments/j3vn05...

9935c101ab17a66 4y ago
I’m on book three and this is incredibly useful. The level of detail in the books is insane. I also reallllly liked the Russell Crowe movie, and wish they had made more. It wasn’t perfect, but it was fun as hell, and the napoleonic wars provide so much material for sequels.
- tmcinerney4 4y ago
  they are making another one!
nosianu 4y ago
For reading this 21 book series it's worth investing into one more book with background information. I can recommend Patrick O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World (Hardcover) Lots of valuable information, lots of illustrations and schematics and photos. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/24519 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/24519
- woolcap 4y ago
  Also recommend A Sea of Words, which is a lexicon of the nautical terminology from the books.

philipkglass 4y ago

This is the series that first showed me that the Kindle's built-in dictionary simply omits obscure words. I wonder why. It can't take that much storage space even for a very comprehensive dictionary.

Lefuz 4y ago

It does! But having the simulation right there helps you learn them. I had two main questions to answer when making this. First, how does ship physics work anyway; second, what is an appropriate UI that feels like being an officer ordering a couple of hundred people around? I previously worked on a flight sim, where it's appropriate to move a joystick, or a mouse, and have the plane respond straight away. I think that would feel wrong here - it would make the ship feel like a toy. A benefit of the technical language is that it helps convey the idea that the ship is a big, complicated machine, with all the parts worked by people. It's also fun to see the strange words. So I decided to lean in to technical language and verbal commands. I was starting to work with git, and thought about using a command-line UI for the game; but I went with something inspired by the menus and hotkeys of old roguelikes.