Pirate Code 1.5.1 Released!

This is a minor update to respond to user feedback at the beginning of the game. Most of the changes are geared toward keeping you on track in the first chapter. Here's the list:

• Tightened the ship turn radius on world map for easier controls. The ship will turn much faster, but an instant U turn is still not possible.

• Decreased cost of map locations for Haven Cove, Snake's Den and Hope island. The tutorial now forces you to purchase the first two of these to get you started.

• Increased the tutorial to cover the Map Shop, the Inventory, missions, bounties, and ship ring colors.

• Challenges are now hidden until the first mission is complete.

• The mouse can be used to advance the dialog

• Fixed the display of cost information when selling a single item.

• Fixed a bug with the fishing contest on Haven that would allow ships to start on land.

• Added a "Helpful Hint" that will give advice to players in the first chapter to keep them from getting stuck. The hint appears when arriving at an island and only appears if the game thinks you might need a little direction.

Hopefully these changes will keep players from getting lost at the starting line. If you already finished the tutorial but had trouble it might be a good idea to start a second game just to listen to the sage advice of Swanson.