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Pancake Sailor

Relaxing sailing experience. Discover Akalana Islands.

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MarineVerse
Publisher
MarineVerse
Release
April 1, 2020
6 years and 124 days ago
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Very Positive187 reviews84.0%

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About the Game

Relaxing sailing experience. Discover Akalana Islands.

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Explore Akalana Islands, an idyllic Caribbean location offering sunset sailing around bays and open seas. Learn the basics of sailing, including steering and speed management ( how to sail upwind and downwind ).

Beginners friendly! No prior experience required!

Features

  • Your own small interactive sailboat. Steer and control the sails with simple keyboard controls.
  • An idyllic Caribbean location to explore. Look around using your mouse or change camera position for a better view.
  • Immersive audio with sailing and ocean sounds.
  • Simple, but realistic sailing mechanics. To sail upwind, you need to zig-zag and tack, like in real life.
  • An optional voice-over instructor to give you some basic tips on how to sail.
  • Easy Race - Race and compare your score with the global community of players
  • Multiplayer - Sail with friends, including sailors sailing in VR Regatta!

Akalana Islands map


1. Half Moon Bay, 2. The Hei Tik Island, 3. Jade Island, 4. Iguana Rock, 5. Whale Island, 6. Shipwreck Atoll, 7. David's Shoals

Controls

STEERING - A, D SAILS - W, S

Game goal

There is no goal. Just explore and enjoy.

Team

MarineVerse is a team of creatives and advocates for sailing and emergent technology. Our mission is to inspire, train and connect sailors, and share the feeling of this amazing sport with a wide global audience.

VR support


If you have a VR headset, you can explore Akalana Islands in VR Regatta:
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