The Golden Sails demo is now public to everyone! It's an incredibly early version of the game and uses a ton of placeholder elements, but I feel like it still captures the basic concepts of the sailing and battle elements pretty well. Will be adding a world map + Optional roguelite elements later on, as well as a ton of crewmate growth, customization, and interaction.

Here are the full patch notes from the private patreon demo: 

Golden Sails version v0.1 - Feb 16 2025

Core Game Changes:

-Gold and Rations added as the first items. You will gain gold from looting enemy ships and events, and later from trading. 
-You can now stop at Ports to spend gold on a variety of items.
-Buy Rations to keep your crew fed -Repair any damage your ship has taken
-Hire additional crewmates to join you -Install a 3rd row of cannons on the starting ship
-The demo's progression is now restructured and based on distance traveled instead of days, roughly 5 days up from 3.
-A special boss encounter has been added to end of the demo.
-You will now come across random events that will require you to make a choice as captain.
-You can now choose from 3 difficulty levels
Crewmate Changes:
-Crewmates can now Sing as a slow but reliable way to gain happiness
-Crewmates will now automatically eat when idle below 20% Energy
-All speeds of stations/tasks have been slightly re-balanced.