Ocean Bound is a shareware game for the Macintosh.
The Story…
For three days now the ship had been fighting a losing battle against a storm so ferocious three crewmen had already been lost. Just then a seaman runs up from the decks below shouting, “Captain, we’re taking on water!”. You mutter a curse and peer into the hold. Water is gushing through at an alarming rate despite the sailor’s efforts to bail it out. Just then the lookout screams, “ISLAND OFF THE STARBOARD BOW!”. You look up and through the howling rain you can just make out the dim outline of an island. This may be the miracle you were looking for. You set the stricken vessel on a collision course for the island hoping to beach the ship before it sinks.
Ocean Bound sees you shipwrecked with minimal supplies, what wood that was left of your ship, and the sailors who survived. Your mission is now to construct a new ship before starvation, attacks by wild animals and hostile natives kill yourself and your crew.
Features…
• 60 Islands to explore (8 in the unregistered version)
• Build houses, storage sheds and shipyards
• Plant and harvest crops
• Chop down trees
• Build roads and bridges
• Construct garrisons at villages
• Threats include wild animals and hostile natives
• Avoid Starvation
• Ambient Sounds
• Full Scrolling Map
Requirements…
Ocean Bound requires a 68020 Macintosh or higher (LCIII or higher recommended), 2.5 MB of free RAM, 2.5 MB of hard disk space and a minimum 13 inch 256 colour monitor. System 7 is also required.
Note: To maintain an acceptable scrolling speed for the main window only the portions needed to be redrawn are redrawn. If you have any floating windows (such as tool bars used to launch applications) which are always present, either switch them off or move them to the left of the screen. If you don’t the update regions underneath the floating window may not be redrawn.
Ocean Bound is shareware. All shareware details are given in the program under the apple menu. Ocean Bound has been fully tested, although I accept no responsibility for any problems or loss of data. Also, don’t modify the program or the attached files in any way. This program was developed using Think C v6.0
Contact Information…
Ocean Bound is distributed by Spiderweb Software. Any questions regarding registering, or any general problems then please contact Spiderweb Software. If you have Netscape Navigator, simply double click on the appropriate "Web Site" file to go to the web site.
E-mail address SpidWeb@spidweb.com
Web site http://www.spidweb.com/
Any comments or suggestions (and to look at other products and what is happening in the future) then contact me at the following address.
E-mail address whiterm@es.co.nz
Web site http://www.es.co.nz/~whiterm/home.html
Credits…
Developer : Richard White
Distributor : Spiderweb Software
Thanks also to the beta testers : Kevin Barry, Kelvin Chung, Brad Hutchens, Mariann Krizsan, Shinichi Maeda, Michaël Samyn, Kazuhito Suemitsu, Jason Walsh, Ryo Yamamoto, Yasuo Yoshikawa