Ship Simulator 2007 on its way

Ship Simulator 2007 on its way

Dutch “Serious Games” developer VSTEP announced today that they are working on a sequel to their revolutionary simulation game for PC, “Ship Simulator 2006”. The new instalment will be a through-development of the current simulator, but will graphically be even better and will include many much-desired new features.

Ship Simulator 2007 is set for a pre-summer 2007 release. Pjotr van Schothorst, Technical Director at VSTEP and producer of the game, adds: “We have
been tuning in to the growing Ship Simulator community since day one and have received many great ideas and suggestions to further enhance the simulation. We have been amazed by the dedication of the players and feel it is up to us to keep feeding them with upgrades and improvements. We are pleased to be able to reward them with many features in the 2007 edition.”

Ship Simulator 2007 builds on top of the success of the 2006 version and will include the following new features:

• Three brand new exciting sailing areas: San Francisco, Southampton/Solent incl. Cowes, and Marseille
• At least nine new vessels, under which several ferries, a hovercraft, a massive container ship, an offshore drilling rig, an oil tanker, a rescue boat and a jet-ski.
• Two cranes for container loading and unloading, which can be controlled by the player
• Ocean waves, with realistic ship motions
• Large-distances trips between harbours (open sea missions)
• Multiplayer
• Walkthrough options on all new ships
• Advanced day/night/weather system
• New navigation instruments, like a depth meter
• Mid-mission save function
• Visible damage on ships after a collision
• Advanced towing and mooring rope operations
• Complex and challenging missions, like chasing other ships, container loading, fire-fighting, rescue operations
You can follow the game’s progress on video at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?ShipSimAtVSTEP