Changelog

• Improved collision detection for boats, obstacles, and buoys

• Contextual first-time player hints — subtle tips appear at the right moment
• Global lifetime loot counter on death screen — tracks all bounty earned by all captains
• Smooth loot crate push animation — crates glide instead of jumping between positions
• Barrel steam wisps — visible smoke from overheated barrels

• AI head-on collision avoidance — boats strafe instead of ramming each other
• Stronger AI separation — boats keep more distance from each other

• Changelog page accessible from version badge
• Mobile detection screen — prompts desktop for best experience
• Cosmetic unlock button updated for beta (no ad required)
• Clean death screen — game HUD hidden while wrecked

• Deployed to boatgame.io
• Umami analytics integration
• Auto-reconnect on server restart

• Blunderbuss now uses heat system — rapid burst fire with overheat punishment
• Default gun available in shop ($400) — switch back from any weapon
• Loot decay on death — respawn fast to keep more bounty
• Must click RESPAWN on death screen (no more auto-respawn)
• Buoy explosions with debris particles
• Sinking wreck animation uses destroyed boat's color
• Global lifetime loot counter on death screen

• AI head-on collision avoidance — boats no longer ram each other to death
• Obstacles and shipwrecks no longer overlap on spawn
• Fish swarms now flee from nearby boats correctly

• Redesigned start screen with interactive controls diagram
• New customize screen with full-screen layout
• Weapon reload gauges now sync with actual server cooldowns
• Rapid Cycling trait correctly shortens reload gauge
• $ prefix on all bounty displays
• Leaderboard text no longer selectable
• Smoother boat interpolation (fixed slim serialization precision)

• Player reconnection on network drops (30s grace period)
• Graceful shutdown persistence (survive server restarts)
• Anti-cheat: turret aim speed cap, rate limiting
• Telemetry logging for kills, purchases, rank-ups
• Analytics via Umami
• Deployed to boatgame.io with HTTPS

• Initial multiplayer release
• 10 weapons with heat/cooldown systems
• 28-rank progression system
• 12 traits across 6 brackets
• 3-layer shield system
• Weather system (fog, rain, storms)
• Maelstrom hazards
• Loot crate patches with tiered rewards
• 60 boats per room (humans + AI)
• Spatial audio system