{"id":114,"date":"2025-05-03T10:25:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T10:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/?p=114"},"modified":"2025-05-03T10:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T10:25:55","slug":"map-size-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/map-size-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Map – Size Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello fellow sailors,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development of Open Sea Simulator is still sailing forward\u2014lately, I\u2019ve been focused on making the water-boat physics feel even smoother. I can\u2019t wait to share more about that soon. But today, I want to talk about something just as important: the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Open Sea Simulator is an open-world sailing game, the map design is at the heart of the gameplay experience. The game features a large, seamless 64 km\u00b2 map\u2014no limits, no restrictions (except in the demo version), and absolutely no loading screens (I really can’t stand those).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here it is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see, most of the map is open sea. Life in Open Sea Simulator revolves around the ocean\u2014both literally and metaphorically. But there\u2019s also a significant landmass to explore (and for me to finish designing!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the game’s key pillars is its variety of playstyles: maybe you\u2019ll start as a humble fisher in a quiet coastal town, selling your catch at the local market. Or perhaps you’ll run a small tourism company in a sunny Mediterranean port. You could even scale up to manage a full-blown shipping and logistics empire from an industrial harbor. These possibilities require a rich, diverse map\u2014different regions, biomes, and cities\u2014each tailored to its own style of gameplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll share more details about these regions soon. For now, here are some early screenshots of the game (keep in mind, everything is still a work in progress):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wishing you all smooth sailing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello fellow sailors, The development of Open Sea Simulator is still sailing forward\u2014lately, I\u2019ve been focused on making the water-boat physics feel even smoother. I can\u2019t wait to share more about that soon. But today, I want to talk about something just as important: the map. Since Open Sea Simulator is an open-world sailing game,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.openseasimulator.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}