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Until the large-scale use of quinine in the mid-1800s enabled the 'Scramble for Africa', well after the triangular-trade period, Europeans considered actually entering the African continent as essentially a death sentence. Slaves were purchased from rival tribes who captured one another in warfare, or from Arab merchants who themselves acquired them mainly from the same rival tribes. This is an important bit of history that is rapidly becoming a "little-known fact".
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It is an okay game but the prices of your wares drops drastically if you expand your plantations to much, the prices rises to slowly after you sold some wares. So just exapanding your plantion and building a big fleet is not the best move.
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I like the game. Would like autosell option and some more info on what upgrades actually do. Like how much extra space you get in warehouse. Maybe add research points you can earn, the higher lab the more points you generate? Upgrading soldiers can give better catch rating? Upgrade plantation so your slaves last longer, upgrade production> tobacco> cigarettes, woodcutting, mines (stone, coal, gold, silver) etc etc. i can go on. Its a good start. Hope you keep upgrading the game.
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Ok, buy soldier, send it to africa, capture slaves, send them to america, produce goods, send them to europe. Ok, no problem. You need to build something before you can access it, also no problem. The market doesn't become available for a while, which is very discouraging at the beginning when you have no more money and no way to sell your good. Also, overcrowding? When I have 5/5 or 8/10 or whatever, someone dies due to over crowding, if 5 or 10 is the limit, why are people dying? What is the actual limit?
I lowered the number of products to unlock the market, thanks for your feedback.
For the overcrowding, the soft limit is half the capacity. Over that, overcrowding start.
If it's a question, yes, I known. This is a game I started in a gamejam with the theme "You are the monster".
After four items produced and transported to Europe, the market unlock. I updated the game to unlock the game after only one item in Europe. I agree it was not really clear about what to do while waiting market.
edit: I saw you finished the game, so I may have misunderstood what you mean.