Island Sailing 2

Island Sailing 2 Free Game

Rated 3.08/5 (99) —  Free Android application by The GINI the M

About Island Sailing 2

*** This app replaces the previous version of "Island Sailing" ***

A simple sailing simulation. It allows the player to experience basic sailing boat navigation with different winds in various terrains. The gameplay is rather difficult, but quite realistic.
The game is the first app to use the "gEngine", my own openGL2.0 game library.
The app requires a state of the art smartphone or tablet.
Please note that the game and the engine are beta and might not run stable or at all on your device.

/** Version History (Island Sailing 2) **/
2.0.00: Implemented new setting to lock camera on boat direction.

/** Version History (Island Sailing) **/
1.1.04: Updates for compatibility with high-end devices
1.1.03: Introduce bump maps for water surface instead of normal maps.
1.1.02: Improved virgin island level.
1.1.01: Added trainer mode / autopilot; added pack ice level
1.1.0: Improved boat 3d model, save score and settings
1.09b: Zoomable maps & lake Lucerne level
1.09a: Introduction of the map feature.
1.08: Render quality settings can now be specified by the user.
1.07: Improved tangent space calculation, resized all textures to POT, changed some level designs.
1.06: Added clouds to some levels, improved Virgin Islands course.
1.05: Attempt to resolve Galaxy Nexus EGL Problems by setting stencil buffer bits to 0.
1.04: Fixes the mess I made with version 1.03
1.03: Improved the tutorial.
1.02: Font texture atlas was deleted at runtime.
1.01: Initial Version

/** Known Bugs **/
1. The camera lock causes updates in the view matrix, which can occur during rendering. This will cause flickers.
2. If the view orientation changes while text is displayed, then the text is lost.
3. Symbols are not cropped to the map.

/** Background information **/
About the developer: Based in Aarau, Switzerland, working on games in my free time. Feel free to drop your comments below or contact me via email: j.sailing@nope.tv
The game graphics: Uses openGL ES 2.0, without any native interfaces.
The game idea: It's basically a test run for the gEngine.
It's free because I didn't know whether the gEngine would work on a broad range of embedded devices and didn't want to take money for a product that mightn't work.

"Island Sailing" vs "Island Sailing 2" - a lesson learned about storage of private keys.
I have formatted the hard drive where I kept my private keystore file, without which it is impossible to issue updates for a previously released app. There still was some interest in the game and requests for further development, hence the 'necessity' to release this new version.
...and this time I made backup copies of the keystore file!

How to Download / Install

Download and install Island Sailing 2 version 2.0.00 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.gini.sailing2, download Island Sailing 2.apk

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Game History & Updates

What's Changed
- fixed a bug that caused flickering
- camera rotation now only triggered when user touches upper part of screen.
More downloads  Island Sailing 2 reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads  Island Sailing 2 reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
More downloads  Island Sailing 2 reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads

What are users saying about Island Sailing 2

J70%
by J####:

Not work.. just black screen when open.. note 4 edge..

K70%
by K####:

Good!

K70%
by K####:

Controls could be beter

C70%
by C####:

Bad control

C70%
by C####:

Sorry, have to give a poor rating, as it is not compatible with the Sony Z5, and gives a black screen. Really looked enjoyable!

C70%
by C####:

Stupid. It started up but didn't keep going.

C70%
by C####:

Doesn't work. Have to close the app and reopen several times to get it to do anything. Terrible

C70%
by C####:

It takes a long time to load

I70%
by I####:

Doesn't work

C70%
by C####:

I first person view would be great and also a custom boat or more boats need to be added otherwize the best game I ever played

C70%
by C####:

Black screen on three separate devices. Doesn't work at all.

C70%
by C####:

Good!

H70%
by H####:

Excellent game to develop you skills. like in real sailing your hard work is essential.

U70%
by U####:

Bad control

U70%
by U####:

Stupid. It started up but didn't keep going.

U70%
by U####:

Controls could be beter

U70%
by U####:

Played it for 5 minutes and uninstalled.

X70%
by X####:

I thought I had finally found a freeware RC yacht simulator! but the controls were counter intuitive and reacted poorly . To the dev - have a look at radio control MODE1 & MODE2 joystick layouts - these give you sail winch and tiller under two thumbs with two cross hairs also the wind arrow needs to be ever present - maybe in perspective at the top of the screen? if not , you need to be able to select a side camera. Also I think it was possible to wind the winch so that the Mainsail boom was upwind ???? Very odd!

K70%
by K####:

Every time you move the tiller, the view moves around. And since when can a boat not sail up wind? Such a load of s#&t!

H70%
by H####:

Nice, but main sail should work independently from the front sail and move to either side by the wind alone. Would be more realistic if the guy at the stick managed only the main sail by tightening or releasing its rope.

L70%
by L####:

Can you update for Samsung Gear VR PLZ

T70%
by T####:

this game still needs improvement firstly control of the main sheets and jib sheets needs to be brought to reality so that you cannot backwind the boom secondly make the tiller control area a low and wide dedidcated area so that i dont accidentally skew the camera. i am always moving the camera instead of turning the boat

T70%
by T####:

Bad control


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