I really liked the visuals. The starting scene with the lighthouse is so cool. The fog effect was excellent. Even the supposedly crappy ship looked good. Sound effects were nice too as were the ambient sounds.
Recommendations:
- Let players move using WASD keys. Moving around the map was awkward with the mouse alone.
- It was difficult to land at ports as you would select them when trying to move there. Maybe make right click move the ship while left click only selects objects.
- Ship moves very slowly, I guess there are upgrades. But maybe make more events happen along the way.
- Background music was absent when I played.
It's a very bleak game, for me at least. I understand you went for a certain ambience and that is fine, but it can be a bit off putting for some of us.