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+# Age of Sail Devlog
+
+## TODO
+
+## Log
+
+### 10/20/23 @ 4:33
+I might actually be interested in making this project something real, so let's actually start a devlog. In the past, projects in which I made a log were my most successful, so here we are.
+
+So what is this? Well initially I got excited when I watched a video about EVE Online and started coding up a space sim. Then I got bored and thought pirates were more fun and that brings us to today.
+
+So far we have a very in-depth calculation of how downwind sails and the wind itself interact and... Well that's about it. Hmm, not much of a sim. I envision a fleet of AI controlled ships, and you
+can try to join in and make money shipping or you can attack them and make money on the black market. The ships will use a socket system which you can fill with sails, cannons, loot etc. Not sure
+exactly how navigation will work yet, or if you are going to have to fine-control your ship vs take a more managerial role over a fleet of ships. I'm definitely thinking a more abstract interface.
+Maybe something "Stellaris"-like? That seems appropriate for the scale I am going for.
+
+I think priority #1 is _some_ sort of interface. Right now it's just starting parameters and looking some stuff up in a Swing window.