[geor9e]

In irons should be a slightly negative number, since the wind drags the boat backwards at that point. Plus it will force the player to tack back and forth, which is a fun part of sailing. I bet A.I. can tell you the angle the sail ought to render at too (unless non-moving sail was part of the cartoon aesthetic)

[tinywind]

I did that simply for arcadeyness and feel but I’m not married to it at all

Giving the ship a slight constant forward moment felt nice and forgiving when testing, and user still has to tack back and forth to get meaningful enough speed to strafe a ship. But I’m definitely open to sliding the realism scale here

[TylerE]

I would advise not putting "real wind physics" in the headline when that is not a promise you can deliver on.

There's nothing wrong with arcade, but when you advertise "real physics" people like me are going to expect, well, "real physics".

[tinywind]

Hi Tyler, realism and arcade-feel doesn’t have to be a binary thing.

My big effort has been finding tasteful compromises to keep a “real” feel but still simple enough to not be frustrating and put away the game. Hope this helps!

https://tinywind.io/wiki/sailing#point-of-sail

[geor9e]

"Hope this helps!" has to rank in the top 10 cortisol spiking phrases of all time.

[tinywind]

Good that was the point! I don’t engage with bad faith commenters seriously, especially when we have so many helpful comments in this thread, hope this helps!

[Dansvidania]

Realism and arcade are not exclusive but I also would say that the headline saying “real wind physics” is misleading. I was disappointed to see that real they are not.

[tinywind]

Totally heard, this game is still in early alpha and I’ve been updating the sailing dynamics week by week. This thread gave me a lot of valuable direction to push the realism more. Thanks for checking it out either way!

[TylerE]

When you can sail. Square rigger directly into the wind, that’s 100% arcade.

You are of course free to make your game however you want, but false advertising doesn’t help anyone.

[tinywind]

Actually thanks for the reminder! I’ll be adding “real wind physics” to my steam page, website header, and other marketing material. Thank you!

[TylerE]

Ok, now go you’re just being obnoxious. This is childish behavior and unbecoming.

I hope you enjoy the bad reviews from people who expect something and don’t get it.