

You see, Poon Lim had been stranded at sea for 133 days, a record for a lone human.īorn in Hainan, China, the main island of a series of islands in the South China Sea, Poon Lim attended school, unlike many other kids his age, thanks to his brothers sending money from their factory jobs. Considering his ordeal, this was an amazing feat. Authorities were waiting for him as the man, unassisted, walked off the boat. After three days, they landed in Belem, Brazil, a town at the mouth of the Amazon River. As they set sail again, the man danced and ate whatever was given to him. Climbing aboard, he was overjoyed, hungry, and very grateful. Waving a shirt and jumping, the man was clearly in distress, so the Brazilian family turned their boat around and picked him up. On the morning of April 5, 1943, about ten miles off the coast of Brazil, a fishing family in their small boat spotted a Chinese man on a much smaller wooden raft bobbing up and down in the Atlantic Ocean. Farm and cook! Grow crops, catch and tend to animals, cook recipes and make tasty smoothies to keep your stomach happy.Poon Lim sitting on a reconstruction of his raft, built at the request of the U.S.Fight! Defend your raft from the dangers of the ocean and fight your way through perilous destinations.Dive! Drop anchor and explore the depths for more resources.Navigate! Sail your raft towards new destinations and overcome their challenges, uncover their story and find new items to help you on your journey!.Research! Learn new things to craft in the research table.Build! Expand your raft from a simple wreckage to a buoyant mansion.Craft! Build survival equipment, weapons, crop plots and more to help you stay alive!.

Hook! Use your hook to catch debris floating by.Multiplayer! Survive by yourself or with friends in online co-op!.Overcome the challenges therein, uncover the story of its previous inhabitants and find your way to the next destination! However, thirst and hunger is not the only danger in the ocean… watch out for the man-Įating shark determined to end your voyage!įind the last parts of civilization still above water. Resources are tough to come by at sea: Players will have to make sure to catch whatever debris floats by using their trusty hook and when possible, scavenge the reefs beneath the waves and the islands above. Objective to stay alive, gather resources and build yourself a floating home worthy of Raft throws you and your friends into an epic adventure out on the big open sea, with the Trapped on a small raft with nothing but a hook made of old plastic, players awake on a vast,īlue ocean totally alone and with no land in sight! With a dry throat and an empty stomach, About This Game By yourself or with friends, your mission is to survive an epic oceanic adventure acrossĪ perilous sea! Gather debris to survive, expand your raft and set sail towards forgotten and dangerous islands!
