- 9 Years Sailing the Caribbean - 19 September 2026
Here be some tales fer Talk Like a Pirate Day!Ye lads have been the lifeblood of this voyage fer nine years and we're celebrating by sharing yer stories!Thank ye to David "Draco" Polson fer lending his vocal talent to this endeavor.Very Limited OfferI've been hearin' some caterwauler about the "Death of physical media" and this Captain would just like to say; Not while I've still got spare copies of The Caribbean Sail physical edition knockin' about me hold!Now when I say limited, I mean I've got 3. Aye, only 3. One is Physical edition #100. A truly rare, last of its kind and fully complete special edition copy of The Caribbean Sail which will go to the first lad or lass who orders it.The other two be made from the remaining CD's and digipaks I planned as backups if'n there were mailing issues during the original campaign.These game CD's are fully self supported- they are NOT licenses t…
- The Deck of Sailors - Now Available! - 19 September 2025
8 Years Before the Mast.When The Caribbean Sail was first released 8 years ago, I knew she would be a hit deserving her very own card deck and here we are!Available at last! A DELUXE DECK - 90 cards. Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, Jokers, bonuses and more!Custom Suits - Coins, skulls, hearts, swordsMajor Arcana - 22 unique poker size tarot cards labeled by roman numeralBonus Cards - Game QR card, The Black Spot, The Whale, Jokers, Red Aces, and more!300 Decks are now available for 25% off until October 1st! - Claim yours from Victorian Clambake!The keen eyed among you may have noticed a version jump in a silent patch recently. I'll let ye lads in on a little secret. Legend says there's a new secret in the game you won't be able to find without a Deck of Sailors.Card Games!?!?Ye can also find 6 card games playable with the deck!ScallywagA single-player roguelike dungeon crawler.Can you surv…
- The Deck of Sailors - Setting Sail! - 1 February 2025
Ahoy there! Since Nintendo wouldn't take my game for the Switch, I've brought The Caribbean Sail to paper instead! "Just a card deck?" I hear you mutter with a twinge of curiosity tainted by a drop of waning disappointment. Nay! Banish those doubts and behold the infomercial! There we are. Now that I've got your attention, here's what you can find in the box! Deluxe Deck - 90 cards in total. Major and Minor Arcana, Jokers, and bonus cards. Minor Arcana - Coins, skulls, hearts, and swords. Major Arcana - 22 unique poker size tarot cards labeled by roman numeral. Bonuses - 2 game cards, 4 mysterious red aces, a tarot reference card, and more! If that doesn't have you reaching for your wallet, how about a tarot cloth for divination... or just making it easier to pick up cards off of hard surfaces like your heart? Made from the finest sail cloth I could sink my hooks into. While supplies la…
- The Deck of Sailors - 5 October 2024
Happy Seventh Anniversary to The Caribbean Sail! After years of being restrained to only the darkest corners of taverns, those tarot cards are coming to the real world along with a full deck of playing cards styled in the black and white pixels of The Caribbean Sail! You could read fortunes... or you could play a game of gin rummy, poker, bull***t, scopa, or The Hunt for Davy Jones! -and by Neptune, why stop there? Invent your own card games with the custom suits! Coins Swords Hearts Skulls You've never seen a card deck like this and you likely never will again. These won't be none of your cabin boys flat sticky flimsy paper cards neither, nay, I'm having them printed on the air cushioned M32* linen stock that dreams are made from which cardistry experts and magicians would be proud to wield. Get notified when the Kickstarter goes live here! Seven years. Wow. Talk like a pirate day 2017…
- Semper Sargasso - V1.8.2 - 1 July 2024
SARGASSO SPOTTED! A new ocean event in Fantasy and Purist mode has reared its algae bedraggled head to look in your direction like an obnoxious in-law at your Christmas dinner. A gentle slimy hug from the ocean When sailing the waters of the Atlantic, there is now a small chance to cross a Sargasso belt. These floaty green pools of seaweed, algae, and sargassum will slow your ship by 30% while offering a new fishing opportunity; EELS! Ever ate an eel? Me neither but these ones won't give you electric feels. Throw em to the crew and they'll slurp them down like spaghetti. Patch Logbook New Feature + Atlantic Sargasso Sea event + Eel fish type + Net eels Bug Fixes - Launch logo centered on all screen sizes - Inventory deletion / duplication bug resolved This update would not have happened without Kofi supporters. Join the crew if you'd like to see another feature update someday. Fair wind…
- Achievement Fix - 26 March 2024
The achievements have been fixed.
- Windows 11 improved support / Mac losing support - 10 February 2024
This post will be dryer than your mouth after three days at sea without water. Due to recent Windows 11 incompatibilities, I ran The Caribbean Sail through GameMaker 2 and exported it. This was a painfully difficult process that involved resolving over 48,000 errors. Changes + Version number is now 1.8 + Exported with GM2 If you were experiencing crashes on Windows 11 before and this resolved them, please let me know. If you are experiencing any crashes now that you weren't before, please let me know also. I will not sell defective products. Regarding Mac The game was unfortunately never ported to Mac 64-bit and unfortunately I cannot afford a Mac at this time to export with and as Steam is fully discontinuing support for 32-bit Mac applications, I will not be supporting Mac users for now. If you would like to help potentially bring back Mac support then donations on my Ko-Fi will go to…
- New Playable Character - Steamboat Willie! - 1 January 2024
Well hey there boys and girls! Have you ever wanted to be a cartoon mouse pirate? Then have I got news for YOU! After 95 years since first stepping onto the world stage, Steamboat Willie is now a playable character in the Caribbean Sail! Watch the original animation Unlock Instructions 1) Start a new profile 2) Enable Fantasy mode 3) Name your Captain "Steamboat Willie" * 4) Scroll two occupations left 5) Select the ol' mouse himself 6) Get to pirating! *Alternatively, earn 20000XP Update Log + New occupation: Steamboat Willie + Unique ring smoke puffs for Steamships when playing as Steamboat Willie + New shanty when playing as Steamboat Willie + New artworks for plank walking, dying, hanging, and flogging + A new little Blacksword Easter Egg + Governor starts with £5,000 + Particle effects Happy Tooting!
- [ENDED] New Merch Store! - 24 November 2023
You know what every good pirate needs? Cannons. Unfortunately those are hard to make, ship, or sell online so I've created the next best thing: A limited time merch store! Hosted by shopify and printed by printful (not painstakingly handcrafted as usual) all high enough quality for this Captain's standards! The desk pad is my personal favorite. There's no branding which makes it versatile! Use it as a giant mouse pad, a game mat to make cards easier to pick up (Try my card game on it), make your coworkers jealous, organize your crew rations on it, make it into a rum coaster for your table, roll it up and smack away seagulls, wrap yourself in it for warmth as the cruel winds blow down from the north- the possibilities are endless! My second favorite piece is the Joyless Roger stealth shirt! Black printed on black is obviously the coolest possible cooler combination and it doesn't come co…
- Indie Plunder Bundle Launch! - 22 August 2023
Pirates on the horizon! Victorian Clambake has parlayed with Fireblade Studios, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, and Vitali Kirpu to bring you the Indie Plunder Bundle! Four piratical indie games for a 20% discount when purchased together or completing the set! The Caribbean Sail An 8-bit adventure fraught with misfortune, monsters, management, marauders, and misery! Pixel Piracy A classic rags-to-riches pirate fantasy brought to life with humor and heart with new features still being added! Sail Forth A recent release of sailing simulation paired with ship customization, combat, exploration and relaxing voyages! Abandon Ship A gorgeous game of strategically outwitting your foes in naval skirmishes! Hundreds of hours worth of piracy packed into this swashbuckling package of pixels and polygons! Take your trick at the helm: INDIE PLUNDER BUNDLE!
- Captain Blacksword - Demo Coming Soon! - 4 April 2023
Wishlist Captain Blacksword on Steam! Feast your eyes on the trailer for my devlog series in preparation for the demo! It can be tricky to make a game and video series about development simultaneously but both are well underway and if you would like to be one of the first lads to go on a Blacksword stabaganza then join the Clambake Crew on Ko-fi! You'll gain access to the Captain Blacksword demo in the coming months, you can post pictures on the Victorian Clambake Discord, you can try my unreleased games, and you'll get to learn about secret games in the development dockyard! Most importantly, you'll be helping to keep this ship afloat during the doldrums between releases. Fair winds to you all! - The Captain
- Another voyage begins - Captain Blacksword! - 25 January 2023
Wishlist today on Steam! The past five years of Caribbean sailing have been fun but it's time to sail new waters. It's time for this crew of one to hit the deck of a keyboard and start making digital canvas to catch the winds of fame for my next title. CAPTAIN BLACKSWORD Wishlist today on Steam! Captain Blacksword is a secret filled combat platformer that was cut from the veins of an NES classic which you may have broken a controller over twenty some years ago. Explore and unlock new abilities as you ravage the islands in any order you desire. You'll learn an array of skills from boarding axe jumps to digging up buried treasure in a quest for infamy. So what happened to that development video series? Since my last Steam post there have been many days fraught with doldrums and this voyage is admittedly well behind schedule but before you start throwing your first born into the ocean to a…
- The Caribbean Sail - Fifth Anniversary! - 29 September 2022
Five years ago on September 19th, The Caribbean Sail was released. Since that day, The Caribbean Sail has seen numerous updates, two major expansion packs released for free, a shanty off contest, a soundtrack release, a successful Kickstarter campaign which enabled the release of 100 physical copies, and over 14,000 sales globally. Only one physical copy remains, package #69, and it's on the auction block: https://www.ebay.com/itm/354301415126 The production papers are also exclusively available here on Itch.io if you'd like to see behind the curtain a little and support my work further! Victorian Clambake Since creating this whimsical name and sprinting naked into the wilderness with a blindfold on, Victorian Clambake has achieved two game releases on Steam, two game jam releases, and organizing a community of like-minded nautical nerds on Discord. All I can say is... God, what a waste…
- The voyage is over. - 6 June 2022
Ahoy there lads! 'Tis a fine day. I've shipped every backer reward* and only 17 packages remain for purchase on Victorian Clambake! *Look, Louis, I'd really like for you to fill out your survey so I can finally ship your package, savvy? For more information see todays Kickstarter post! The next five orders will include an acrylic keychain! I'll be going on shore leave and living a typical landlubber life for a time but if you have any questions I'll still check in on the forums, Discord, and support email. Fair winds to you all! - Your Captain, Evan
- Sailing Handbook now in your library! - 25 April 2022
Now you can read words instead of playing games! The manual for The Caribbean Sail is now digital and in your Steam library! Navigate to the library tab and try not to get lost along the way. Select "The Caribbean Sail" and under the "Additional Content" section you should see the Sailing Handbook! If you'd like to get the real thing there's still 25 available! https://victorianclambake.com/gold Fair winds to you all! - Evan, Captain of Victorian Clambake
- Physical Edition Available! - 17 April 2022
Are you a true Caribbean Sailor? Only 28 copies currently available! In case you were too hungover to notice the initial post, too hungover to catch the Kickstarter, and too hungover to see the email, you should probably get help. After you take care of that then take notice of this alert to claim your COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF THE CARIBBEAN SAIL! Find out more and learn how to get one here: https://victorianclambake.com/gold or dig $60 out of your buried chest and send an email to: [email protected] Thank you for coming along for this voyage, this is a sendoff to be proud of! Fair winds to you all! - Evan, Captain of Victorian Clambake
- V1.7.1.5 - Final Patch - 23 January 2022
All things must come to an end. It's been a long time coming but sunk cost fallacy can't make this ship float. I've enjoyed working on these last two patches and admittedly don't want to move on from The Caribbean Sail yet. There are piles of cut content that could be restored and years worth of updates and ideas that could be implemented, but, no amount of new content is going to increase the broader appeal of this game. It's time for me to finish the physical edition and move on to new waters and new voyages. Your comments, reviews, upvotes, and genuine support of me and my work made it hard to let this simply be a bugfix patch and nothing more... so... Without further adieu, the final features. + Added the pie + Added moonshine opportunity + Mystery content + One more particle effect - Fixed Portuguese flag crashing in update log - Main Menu badges now copy the links instead of openi…
- Fifth Year Anniversary - Final Updates - 12 January 2022
Ahoy there to all the new lads and laddies! If you're enjoying your new found life as a sailor then be sure to leave a review! This week marks the fifth year since The Caribbean Sail began development. It's hard to even find the words to describe how I feel... maybe I shouldn't have fired my thesaurus out of a cannon. Tasty new features! This update is late but after contracting and recovering from multiple sicknesses, the worst storm of last year, breaking my elbow and temporarily losing function in my right hand- here's what I've got for you! + Slightly better controller support + New bottle messages + New tavern conversationalists + The Portuguese Navy + Dimmer in settings to stop burning your delicate little eyes at night + Steamship furnace now accepts less than 25kg of food + Trade tax event when excessive amounts of luxuries are sold + Steamships that are dead in the water will h…
- [Funded] The Caribbean Sail - Physical Edition final day! - 29 September 2021
Claim your copy! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victorianclambake/the-caribbean-sail-physical-release The day has nearly come and only half my hairs are gray so that has to count for something! With your help the campaign has been fully funded and only a day remains before I begin rolling in piles of doubloons while laughing maniacally and plotting out the production timeline before turning those meaningless paper slips into something far more egotistically satisfying; The Caribbean Sail - Physical Edition. Nearly an entire year has passed since I first pitched my vision to you all like a fist full of bait to an overfilled koi pond. The final stretch is ahead and I'll work to deliver something above and beyond your grandest piratical dreams. If your region isn't available for shipping, let me know immediately! We still have 24 hours to calculate the UPS shipping costs and add it a…
- The Physical Release Campaign is live on Kickstarter! - 15 September 2021
The largest Victorian Clambake project yet has begun! The samples are made, the costs calculated, the logistics sorted, the roadmap planned, the page written, the trailer edited, Jenkins flogged, and the campaign is LIVE after months of preparation! Pledge to the Kickstarter before October 1st to secure your boxed copy of The Caribbean Sail! Heaping piles of gold aren't the only way to contribute and this festival of a fourth year anniversary would be nothing without every hand on deck helping to have brought this voyage so far. Every goal achieved will bring this voyage one step closer to its destination and bring rewards! 6 - Commemorative bronze metal pin 12 - Commemorative metal pin upgraded to silver 18 - Commemorative metal pin upgraded to gold 24 - The never before seen idea list for The Caribbean Sail will be revealed in its enormous entirety and the community will choose a sing…
