This game attempts to capture the wonder and curiosity that Dredge sparks in you. It certainly emulates its artstyle and setting. I think that, despite the somewhat slow speed of your pirate ship, it does a great job at capturing it. I certainly had fun.
It took me a hot second to realize the book in the top-left corner would show me the message bottles I've collected, hot enough that I had pretty much collected every one by wandering randomly before I read any of them, so I was probably more lost than intended. I don't know why I didn't realize sooner, but oh well.