SHIP OF FOOLS

THE END GAME COMES FOR THE SHIP OF FOOLS Restore The Great Lighthouse’s guiding lamp to its former… err, greatness, in the first content update for Fika Productions’ multi-award-winning debut game.

Team17 Digital and Fika Productions have launched the first content update for the Steam version of Ship of Fools, the zany, seafaring, cooperative roguelite, which first set sail in November 2022. Today’s update brings a haul of end game content that shines a light on The Great Lighthouse – the landmark right at the heart of the game’s hub – and sets the anthropomorphic Fools on a journey to restore the building’s lamp to its former glory. To celebrate the release of the update, Ship of Fools is also on sale with a 20% discount on Steam.

Alongside the new adventure, which on completion unlocks new items and cannon abilities, new encounters, and new quests, is the Deep Sea Duo, paid DLC that introduces two new Fools to the crew of the good ship Stormstrider who have bubbled up from the crushing depths below: Angus the angler fish and Jules the diver. Both Fools come with their own unique heirloom item that provides a passive ability to help at sea. Deep Sea Duo is available for £3.99/$4.99/€4.99. Further updates for Ship of Fools will be released in September this year, including The Great Lighthouse update for consoles.

Ship of Fools key features include:

• Bombastic nautical combat – Frantic ship-based combat against colossal leviathans and horrifying creatures from across the deep, dark waters of the Archipelago
• Frantic co-op experience – Designed from the keel up for co-op play, manage ship repairs in the heat of battle, reload and re-manoeuvre cannons, and use paddles to strike enemies as they board the Stormstrider
• Endless replayability – Upgrade your crew and unlock items and additional Fools to take on the ever-changing seas, with multiple runs needed to avert the Aquapocalypse
• A new end game adventure – Restore The Great Lighthouse’s lamp and unlock new items, abilities, and encounters! (Steam only, coming to consoles in September 2023)

 

In 2022, Ship of Fools scooped three MEGAMIGS awards in its home country of Canada, winning in the best audio and music, best art direction and artistic achievement, and best game design categories.