Our Mission

Archipelago Sim is an OPEN WORLD for “virtual sailors”. Can’t go sailing today? Don’t have a sailboat? Hey! You can practice your skills and have fun with Archipelago! My mission is to provide a fun and safe environment and entertainment for you.

History

Have you ever wondered how fancy 3D CGI programs and movies are made? Have you seen the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator? WOW! How cool is it to know how that is done? I marvel about it …but I DO know one thing: IT IS REALLY HARD; I really admire all those CGI 3D artists and programmers! They are AWESOME!

This project started as a “retirement” hobby. I have a passion for computer programming/ Math & Physics and Engineering (BTW: I am an Electrical Engineer but did a lot of programming as a professional in my job.

I also love sailing but I do not have a boat! and cannot afford it 😦 But… at least for me, what a better way to spend free time in retirement than doing what I love while still developing my skills and keep the neurons firing into very old age?

I try, or at least I strive to make Archipelago Sim as physically realistic as possible. I know it is not there yet … but I’ll keep trying!

Some might ask: what is the purpose of this game? I wanna shoot something! Well… this is not really a “game” in that sense and perhaps you can call it a game but it is more like a “simulator”. Just like Microsoft Flight Simulator is NOT a game. _{Of course this is not even close to the same “category” as MSFS but hey… I am still a beginner in this art and I am just ONE developer 😉}

On the other hand, about being a simulator, if you go sailing in real life, most of the time you just want to do that: sail! Just for fun. I hope that I am doing some justice to approach that same sailing feeling when using this program and I also hope you have fun trying it!

Please send me your suggestions for improvement? Hey…don’t hesitate to contact me!

Click here to see some more detail where this project came from