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The PiratesAhoy! Community, makers of the popular mods Pirates of the Caribbean: New Horizons and Age of Pirates 2: Gentlemen of Fortune, presents...
Hearts of Oak: Conquest of the Seas is an indie PC game being developed on the Unreal Engine, and is to become the historical seafaring game to end them all!
Fun, realistic gameplay on land and at sea, set during the Age of Sail, will provide extensive free play, exciting scripted storylines and intense multiplayer scenarios.
Our goal is to allow anyone interested in the era to be able to live their dream!
Hearts of Oak: Conquest of the Seas is an indie PC game being developed on the Unreal Engine, and is to become the historical seafaring game to end them all!
Fun, realistic gameplay on land and at sea, set during the Age of Sail, will provide extensive free play, exciting scripted storylines and intense multiplayer scenarios.
Our goal is to allow anyone interested in the era to be able to live their dream!
The gameplay will be similar in style to Akella's Storm Engine-based games that we are known for modifying, but we intend to take it further and offer more freedom, immersion and authenticity. The player will assume the role of a captain and have full command of their crew, being able to delegate tasks and give orders in the heat of battle. Dynamic hand-to-hand combat will make boarding enemy ships and capturing forts a fast paced, hectic experience. Whether you want to enlist in a navy, lead an honest merchant life, or resort to piracy, Hearts of Oak will offer many hours of gameplay.
Using the power of the Unreal Development Kit, and the knowledge and talent of our artists, the game will deliver stunning visuals worthy of today's PC hardware. You'll be able to explore a vast open world filled with highly detailed locations, ships and characters.
We are a team of volunteers, and due to the scale of this project, the game will take many months to develop. We will be releasing tech demos, alpha and beta versions over the coming months, but please be patient and have faith in our dev team. This is our dream game concept, and we are determined to make it a reality!
Programmers Wanted!
At this time, we have many talented artists, story writers and members contributing ideas, but we don't have enough programmers! We need more people with experience in writing UnrealScript to help us prototype the early game systems and to give us the foundations to work from. Without this support, progress will be very slow, so we need your help!
If you're interested in joining our team, please visit our recruitment forum and introduce yourself: Piratesahoy.net
If you are not a programmer, you can still help by spreading the word! If you know anyone with the skills we need, please do point them in our direction.
We are also accepting more 3D and 2D artists, and anyone with ideas they wish to contribute.
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17 comments by Armada_ on Apr 23rd, 2013
Have your say; New logo; Programmers wanted
Ahoy everyone!
Here is a quick summary of recent events and the situation as it stands, with regards to the PiratesAhoy! community's ambitious indie project, Hearts of Oak: Conquest of the Seas.
We want your input!
Recently, our team has had differing opinions over what kind of content we should include, and how it should be presented in normal gameplay and storylines or quests. So, we decided to publish a short survey for you, our fans, to voice your opinions regarding a few key points of discussion.We would also like to take this opportunity to find out what kind of hardware you have (or will have), to give us an idea of the boundaries we should keep in mind while developing the game.
So, please take a moment to fill out the survey below. Your responses will be much appreciated!
New logo design
After much debating about the art style we want to aim for, we have settled on a new logo which represents a minimalist, contemporary design philosophy. This was first shown off in part by the interface concept art we posted, and has continued to show in our latest concept work. Here's the full logo as it now looks:
Programmers wanted! UDK experience preferable!
At present, only one of our active programmers has experience in writing UnrealScript, and unfortunately he is bogged down with other work, so progress on prototyping various game systems is extremely slow. Therefore, we're stepping up recruitment to ask for more programmers to join our efforts.
We're looking for the following qualities:
We're looking for the following qualities:
- Extensive programming knowledge; experience with UnrealScript preferable
- Able to collaborate with other programmers
- A fair amount of free time to dedicate to the project
- Interest in the Age of Sail preferable
- Able to collaborate with other programmers
- A fair amount of free time to dedicate to the project
- Interest in the Age of Sail preferable
Please remember we can only accept VOLUNTEERS; we cannot offer payment at this time.
If you wish to apply to join the team, please visit our recruitment forum and introduce yourself.
If you're not a programmer, you can still help by spreading the word! If you know someone who might be interested in the project, please do point them in our direction.
It should be noted that we have several talented 3D and 2D artists that are hard at work producing the game's assets; you can see some of our renders and concept art showing off recent work.
We are still recruiting for these posts, so if you have experience with 3D modelling, 2D texture work or user interface design, head on over to our recruitment forum and let us know!
For more information about Hearts of Oak: Conquest of the Seas, and to join our discussions, please visit our forums: Piratesahoy.net
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Keep this up, this'll be the best game ever...
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It's hard to give an estimate at the moment, but I would say another couple of months at least before the first playable demo.
really, couple of months? and you just announced this project around last year? wow, how can you guys work that fast? :)) since it's a completely new game, i was expecting around 3 years before release, but you guys are really good.
Keep in mind that that won't be the full version at all- just something fun and playable.
I've played both AoP games and there are lot of things i didn't like in them,like stupid ship animations,poor combat system,poor storyline etc i hope you'll make things right :)
P.S.Can you add more(and better)quests to the game?Those from AoP suck.
We're aiming to improve on all those things. Eventually, there should be a good variety of decent quests as well.
Awesome :D
stupid question, but will there be ships from the PoTC movies in this game too?
Not in the initial release, but we might make them available in an optional add-on pack at a later date, for those that want them.