Windrose might get wind

As a survival game, Windrose is an extremely forgiving one. Your weapons and gear never degrade. If your pirate ship sinks you can rebuild it with a mere 20 pieces of wood. You can't die of hunger or thirst, and your NPC pirate crew, well… they can't die at all.

It's such a streamlined survival experience that when you're sailing your ship across the sea, you can go in any direction you want at top speed at all times. That's because despite the title of the game, there is no actual wind in Windrose.

That might change in the future, says Kraken Express. In a devlog posted today, the studio outlined the first major update to the early access pirate survival game that includes a new biome, new pirate ship classes, more of the main story and sidequests, and yep, wind. Maybe.

First, the studio gave players a look at the next biome, the Ashlands, a region that "suffered from volcanic eruptions long ago, leaving its mark on the settlers who lived here, and on those who came after." There, players can expect "a variety of new islands with new enemies, items, resources, recipes, point...