I like watersports, so that stuff will make it into the game, just not as prominently and probably not from day 1.
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An alpha will be coming to patrons soon. Before the end of the month if all goes well. It will be available to the public sometime in the future, probably not more than a month later.
You can follow development on my patreon, where I’ve been talking a lot about the game and posting info, art, and screenschots.