Gjøa

Single-player real-time sailing simulation  prototype based on the first expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage on the sloop Gjøa

You sail and explore the uncharted icy waters of the Northwest Passage. Decide your course, when to use your sails and when to use your engine (consuming your limited fuel) avoiding to be trapped by the moving ice. Find your way in the passage without a map.

The story of the Gjoa and captain Amundsen can be very inspiring for an indie developer. The small sloop and crew succeeded where the mighty Royal Navy had failed previously with a bigger expedition of HMS Terror and HMS Erebus (see TV Series "The Terror"). A parallel can be seen with indie developers succeeding where big AAA studios fail ;)

Still in prototype phase with simple UI & graphics, need to decide the graphical approach. Currently also a test-bench for tools and algorithms before using them in my long-term project "The Weather Gage" (see The Weather Gage by Aidedecamp (itch.io))