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I just started work on this (having had a couple of days learning Love/Lua and still making it up as I go along). It's about exploration, trading, fighting the elements (and maybe other ships) - I'm shooting for a simple coffee-break game with (softcore) roguelike tendencies

So far I've got randomly generated world maps with a nice spread of ports - you have to find 'em though - and basic ship controls. I plan to add weather (well wind at least), maybe even currents, encounters with stuff and ships at sea, trading, recruiting and repairing in ports, a simple morale system and perhaps land travel.

Sorry about the place-holder font, graphics and general crapness but you get the gist.

Great!

I think "Sid Meier's Pirates!" is one of the greatest games of all time and we definitely need more of that kind.
Hope you keep at it!

There are a ton of space games that seem to have been gaining in popularity lately, perhaps you can get some inspiration or ideas from them.

Looks very cool btw.

Well I'm definitely keen to see where this goes. Keep at it!