Abandon Ship continues to look promising in new gameplay video

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Abandon Ship is a sort of Sid Meier's Pirates meets FTL, and it's a game I've had my eye on for some time. Now, the developers have released a new gameplay video that focuses on exploration - and it makes Abandon Ship look even more promising.
In the video we see how players navigate around the map, which is bordered by a picture frame inspired by the classic naval oil painting style the game's art is based upon.
You remove the fog of war on a canvas, find events and ports and move to new areas via locked gates that can be opened by completing a set number of events. Fireblade Software said procedural generation determines the placement and routes of exploration maps within a region, as well as the islands, ports, events and environmental modifiers. The main story encourages the player to certain locations, but you're free to explore.
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