very fun concept! good art and narration. Could be a decent mobile game.

Cool vibes, but confusing controls. I can sail around and visit ports, but buying things doesn't seem to deduct money. And I can't sell them again later.

Edit: I figured out the trading.

• ports are named randomly on each play through (3 letter words)
• each tradeable good can only be sold at a particular port
• you buy a good with numbers from any port, then sell them at the port they are intended for with the letter keys
• you only get money when selling items, not buying. In effect, you are accepting a delivery contract rather than buying items.

Bugs:

• you can go into negative money when buying ships, so earning money isn't really necessary
• trade prices are refreshed each time you visit a port, so you can just move away a square and come back to see a new list of items
• there's no indication when you reach max ship upgrades (i spent way too much time grinding upgrades haha)

Nice little game :)

Nice art, and I'm curious about the story, when I bought something my money didn't go down

I liked the mechanics of moving goods from port to port, although I never really felt threatened by the obstacles that you put in (wind, sharks, etc.), so it felt like a straight shot between islands. Also I got the message that I'm finally free and that I can join my family but I don't know where they are, and it doesn't seem like there's a way to close out that message, so I'm gonna guess that's where you ended the game. Cool game, the trading gimmick is a good foundation, and it feels like this game is ripe to have more interactions built-in to what you've got here

I think it needs a bit more instructions. I was not quite sure what to do, sorry. I like that we both went for a boat game! Congrats on getting a game submitted!