14th April 2025 – Fika Productions and Team17 Digital have charted a course to the Alphy’s Project Update, coming for free to all owners on April 24th.
Fika’s evil April Fool’s plan to trick you into thinking there was no update was a lie! in fact, there is an update with 4 brand new fools, new options for your runs and new quality of life features! You’ve been bamboozled. You’re welcome.
Alphy’s project
Hold and behold Pelly and Alphy! The ultimate partners in crime (and construction)! These two have landed in the Archipelago with a grand mission: restoring every broken structure to its former glory!
Your job? Gather materials on your journey and bring them back to The Great Lighthouse Island so Alphy can unlock powerful new items and… well… Pelly?
Pelly, on the other hand, will be laying eggs—but not just any ordinary eggs! These eggs hold space-time-altering properties, adding an extra layer of foolishness to your adventure once incubating!
Each egg introduces a unique, togglable game modifier, because who doesn’t love absolute chaos? And here is the first one!
Pew Pew Mode
Pelly’s first-ever egg, the Pew Pew Egg, does something truly unhinged:
It replaces every. single. sound effect. in the game… With mouth-crafted masterpieces.
Yes, you heard that right. Over 400+ sound effects and 32 complete songs have been remade a cappella by our very own Ship of Fools dev team. What started as an April Fool’s joke in 2023 has now become a fully realized (and completely ridiculous) feature, thanks to the incredible talent of our composer, Philippe Grant, and the sheer foolishness of our team.
In case you’ve missed it back then, here was the original April Fools skit that started the idea for the pew pew mode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo_Dtbw6hRE&ab_channel=FikaProductions
Golden Bay Duo
On the same day, two new Fools packs are getting released as DLC! The first one is the Golden Bay Duo introducing Commodore Goldie and Hanah!
Both characters bring a new gameplay mechanic, allowing them to spend Sand Dollars to overcharge their reflect action, unleashing game-changing abilities!
Prepare to unleash shocking new strategies with The Thunder Tide Duo! This electrifying Pack of Fools introduces two eccentric new characters—mad scientists of high Aquademic renown who harness the power of static electricity to zap their foes into the bottomless abyss!
Both characters utilize a new gameplay mechanic that lets them roll to generate static charges. These charges build up and release into increasingly powerful electric effects!
Completely Foolish Edition
Alongside these new changes to the game, we’re introducing a new bundle that contains the base game, soundtrack and the 4 packs of fools for a grand total of 18 playable characters!
Ship of Fools key features include:
- Bombastic 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.
More information on Ship of Fools, including links to eStores, is now available; follow the Fools on their development journey on Instagram, Twitter and Discord.
For more information please contact:
Claire Sharkey – PR Lead – Team17 Digital
claire.sharkey@team17.com / +44 (0) 1924 267 776
Elise Ashwood – Junior PR Manager – Team17 Digital
Team17 Digital PR
pr@team17.com
About Fika Productions
Fika Productions is an indie game studio from Quebec City founded in 2018. With the vision of offering simple entertainment with the greatest of care, the team is developing its debut indie game, Ship of Fools, bringing to life a roguelite game built from the ground up for co-op play. Visit www.fikaproductions.com for more info.
About Team17 Digital
Founded in 1990, Team17 Digital is a leading developer, video games label, and creative partner for developers around the world. Part of Team17 Group plc, which floated on AIM in 2018, Team17 Digital has an extensive portfolio of over 120 titles, and fully encapsulates the spirit of independent games. Winner of the ‘Publishing Star’ award at the 2023 Develop: Star Awards, Team17 Digital has assembled a portfolio of multi-award-winning and award-nominated in-house brands include Hell Let Loose, Golf With Your Friends, The Escapists, and the iconic Worms franchise, alongside its games label partner titles, including the award-winning games Blasphemous, Greak: Memories of Azur, DREDGE, and the Overcooked! franchise. Visit www.team17.com for more info.
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