Last Catch

Inspired by OpenFront.io and WarFront.io, but at sea, and with a twist: the ocean itself can die.

Maritime nations share one warming ocean. Send trawlers to rich fishing grounds, found ports on distant islands, and steer frigates through storms and fog. Race rivals to shipwreck gold, lay hidden mines, sign trade deals or declare war. Calm a kraken with your wardens and it becomes your deadliest warship.

Goal

Be the first nation to hold 10 ports. There's no time limit; after 20 minutes the target drops to 9. Found ports on empty coasts, or capture your rivals' ports with warships.

But every catch warms the sea. Warmer water regrows fish more slowly, bleaches the reefs, stirs up storms and wakes krakens. Let ocean health fall below 20% and the game ends for everyone. Nobody wins on a dead sea.

Features

• 10 real-world seas drawn from real coastlines: Caribbean, Aegean, British Isles & North Sea, Baltic, Mediterranean, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Indonesian Archipelago, Grand Banks and Pacific Northwest. Or play on invented islands.
• 2 to 16 nations, with bots from Weak to Ruthless, each with a personality: Industrial, Raiders, Stewards or Traders
• A living ocean: 72 fishing grounds with their own fish stocks, plus a climate that reacts to how hard everyone fishes
• Ships you steer directly: trawlers, frigates, wardens, sweepers and tamed krakens
• Hidden mines only you can see, and sweepers to find them
• Siege and capture: a capture ring shows how close each port is to falling
• Diplomacy: peace, trade deals and war, and AI nations gang up on whoever is about to win
• Shipwrecks and rich shoals to race for from the very first second
• Original sea-march soundtrack (fiddle, squeezebox, marching drums, surf and gulls) that turns martial when you're at war, plus sound effects for every action

Controls

• Move the map: WASD / arrow keys or drag. Zoom: scroll, pinch or +/-
• Command: tap a ship to select it, tap water to sail, tap an enemy to attack
• Build: 1 trawler · 2 frigate · 3 warden · 4 found port · 5 sweeper · 6 lay mine
• Select groups: T trawlers · F warships · E wardens
• G fish map · M music · N sounds · Space pause

Plays in the browser on desktop and mobile. Online multiplayer is coming next.