About This Game

Nautikins

The Nautikins have evolved from a species similar to dolphins to inherit the planet after untold eons. They swim in a vast ocean and explore unique islands. Hire crews of Nautikins to operate your boats, planes, helicopters, submarines, and more!

Building

There is an elaborate vessel building interface that allows you to build sea or air vessels in an open world drydock or runway respectively. Configure your boats, planes, jets, helicopters, submarines, airships, or anything in between with over 100 unique parts! With very few restrictions you can build almost anything you want. You can also deploy build areas anywhere in the map to build bases.

Physics and damage

This game packs some pretty crazy custom physics for everything from buoyancy to airfoils! Your boats and planes will float on the surface of the water and interact with it, they can even land on it. Tackle center of mass in your designs and learn about what designs work best for your goals. You can also just crash a jet into the water in a spectacular explosion! Tied in with the physics system is a deformation / damage system for all vessels. If your vessel is damaged you may need to repair it to prevent sinking or fires!

Activities

Once you have built a sea worthy vessel, there are various activities you can do like deliveries, rescues, treasure hunts, and more. There are also combat related activities which allow you to battle AI enemies.

Exploration

A massive open world / ocean map filled with islands awaits you! Be warned though! If you go to far out to sea (currently ~100km), the sea monsters may think you are lunch. This ocean comes with complete underwater environments around the islands covered in seaweed, fish, sharks and more!

Game modes

There are 2 game modes, sandbox and campaign. Sandbox is the default mode and allows you to build with every resource available! This mode is best for those still learning to play the game or just looking for quick fun. Campaign is meant for those who desire a greater challenge and are well versed in the game mechanics. You will have to unlock all the parts and earn shells in order to reach your goals. Achievements can only be earned in campaign.

Multiplayer

Multiplayer supports every feature that is supported in single player for up to 16 players. You can build boats and deploy them and your friends will see them and be able to crew or captain them. Some functionality may be authorized only by the owner of the server depending on the effect.

AI

One of the more unique activities in the game is fighting pirates. Pirates will shoot at your vessels, operate frigates, tankers, jets, and more! They can be a serious threat. You can also configure your own bot crew members to operate vessel mounted weapons like deck cannons or missile launchers. They can even operate your boat for you!

Weather

Physical weather systems (Rain, Storms, Fog, Wind, etc.) move around the map and can be monitored for your vessels safety on a journey. The further away from the protection of the islands the more intense the affect the weather will have on your vessel and the ocean waves around you. Be prepared for severe weather such as "tidal" force waves and whirlpools.

Chat

The game includes a very basic low profile text based chat to allow for communication during multiplayer. It is intended primarily as a quick message relay and to aid players in connecting on Discord or Steam chat.

Tutorials

The game includes interactive tutorials that go over basic gameplay like the user-interface, controlling Nautikins, building a boat, building a plane and other basic how to play tutorials. The tutorials cover most of the basics, but it is still recommended that your read the Guides because they contain a wealth of information about the game. Always be sure to consult the controls in game.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

During development, AI can be used to generate concept art that may end up in the game in some derivative form. An example of this would be the turtle, while the model itself is not AI generated, nor the textures, it contains graphical elements that were derived from AI generated content. This applies only to a small subset of content. The majority of content in the game does not involve AI generated content.