It’s pretty clear that something about Captain Forever resonated with you, the Bytejacker fan, because 46% of you voted for it when it was in the running for Free Indie Of the Week last month. And it’s easy to see why: it’s an great game, with an excellent atmosphere and an intuitive, fun Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts-style ship-building system. But someone enjoyed Captain Forever far more than we (or any other mere mortal) dared to. And that someone is…a Bytejacker reader’s friend’s brother.

David Shuff sent us the following email about his innocent suggestion of Captain Forever to a friend and the tale of terrifying addiction that he accidentally began.

heartbreaker

So I turned my friend and his brother onto Captain Forever, knowing they would like it, and his brother… jesus christ, the man was born to play that game. He’s thrown days into it and has been sending me ever more amazing ships (all with the free version!). This latest one is a dreadnought that’s just beyond the pale:

[click here to use the ship!]

His brilliant innovation here is the dual scoop brigs in the front; meant to hold the hearts of two weak ships captive to trick the game into only making you engage a single active ship at a time. (see attached image). They’re locked in by the two engines and the ship can still reverse. Amazing.

I’ve offered to buy him the supporter membership just to see what he makes, but he says he needs to quit and go on with his life. :)

The best part has to be that because Captain Forever will never throw more than three ships at you at a time, the anonymous craftsman built it so that, if you so choose, there are two half-dead enemy ships inside your colossus the entire time you play. You read that right: one of the actual features of this juggernaut is that it gently breaks the game. Phenomenal.