Demo: Sail with Friends Update

Ahoy, captains.

The Leeway demo just got its biggest update yet: you can now play it with your friends.

Sail with friends

Host a private sea, share your crew code, and your friends can join you, even after you've already cast off. Everyone plays as a merchant: buy cargo where it's cheap, carry it where it's wanted, and keep an eye on each other when a raider comes over the horizon. Crews are private, so it's only ever the people you invite.

• Lost your connection? Your ship waits for you. Rejoin within two minutes and you're back aboard where you left her, with your cargo and coin.
• If you and a friend can't connect directly, the game now finds another route automatically.
• On Calm, your first minutes at sea are peaceful, so a crew can get its bearings before anyone gets chased.

A new market counter

Buying and selling is clearer: one ledger of goods with one price each, and one button that says exactly what you're doing ("Buy 2 Rum for 66"). With the Mariner's Almanac, the counter now shows the three best harbours to sell each good, the profit per unit, and a week of prices.

The harbour office has a new Transport Board : ready-made runs with the cargo, the destination, the pay and the deadline, and one button to take the job.

Steadier and tidier

• Fixed a crash some players saw while the game was loading.
• Fixed a stutter at sea when sailing away from an island.
• Harbour dressing sits on the ground, drying racks stand whole, and town halls are set into their hills properly.
• Cleaner text across all 40 languages.

The demo is available until November 16 , the day before Leeway launches. If you enjoy it, a wishlist helps more than you'd think.

If something feels off, the Tell us what you think button on the title screen comes straight to us.

Fair winds.