diff --git a/content/news/044/boat-journey-screenshot.png b/content/news/044/boat-journey-screenshot.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3745845d1 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/news/044/boat-journey-screenshot.png differ diff --git a/content/news/044/index.md b/content/news/044/index.md index ca656256b..fe3f75266 100644 --- a/content/news/044/index.md +++ b/content/news/044/index.md @@ -272,6 +272,31 @@ Recent updates: [wor-mason-remaley]: https://twitter.com/masonremaley [wor-puzzle-fest]: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/upcoming_events/themed_sales/puzzle_2023 +### [Boat Journey][boat-journey-itch] + +[![Screenshot from the game Boat Journey showing ASCII art of a boat and some islands](boat-journey-screenshot.png) +_Carry your passengers safely to the ocean in Boat Journey._][boat-journey-itch] + +[Boat Journey][boat-journey-itch] ([Github][boat-journey-github]) is a turn-based game where you drive a boat through a +procedurally-generated landscape on a voyage along a river destined for the +ocean. Accept passengers to have them help you on your journey. Fight monsters, +collect junk, trade the junk for fuel, use the fuel to travel to the ocean. + +Features: + +- Large procedurally-generated world +- Turn the boat at 45 degree increments +- Text-only graphics. You can play it in a terminal if you like! +- Hand-drawn ansi-art character portraits +- You can take on a ghost as a passenger and then become a ghost yourself. + +Boat Journey was made for the [7 Day Roguelike 2023][7drl-itch] game jam. The devlog is [here][boat-journey-devlog]. + +[boat-journey-itch]: https://gridbugs.itch.io/boat-journey +[boat-journey-github]: https://github.com/gridbugs/boat-journey +[7drl-itch]: https://itch.io/jam/7drl-challenge-2023 +[boat-journey-devlog]: https://www.gridbugs.org/7drl2023-day1/ + ## Engine Updates ### hotline