Escape Dreams
Title screen of Trapped at Sea: the gold title over storm clouds, a small fishing trawler with lit windows on rough navy waves, and a lighthouse beam on the right.

Trapped at Sea

A storm. A shipwreck. An island that isn't as empty as it seems.

  • Point-and-click escape
  • Chapters 1–3 of 6
  • PC
  • In development
Coming soon to Steam

In development, ahead of its Steam release. Six chapters planned, with Chapters 1–3 playable so far.

The story (no spoilers)

A storm came out of nowhere.

You're a sailor with a dry sense of humor and a small fishing trawler. Then the storm hits. You fix the navigation, fight the wheel, and lose. When you wake up, “the storm is gone like it was never here. My ship wasn't so lucky.”

On the island you find an old castaway's journal, a cave painting nobody can explain, and signs that someone else lives deeper in the jungle. If there are people here, they must have a way off this rock. And whatever is behind that wall has been waiting a long time.

Chapters

From a storm-tossed boat to whatever lies past the wall

Six chapters are planned, with Chapters 1–3 playable so far. The game is in development, ahead of its Steam release. Over 45 rooms to explore already.

  1. The trawler’s wooden bridge, rain streaking the windows.

    Chapter 1

    The Storm & Shipwrecked

    “This storm came out of nowhere! I'd better get to the bridge.” Four rooms aboard a boat that's coming apart, then seven on an island that doesn't want you to leave: beaches, a cave, the jungle, and a cabin in the woods.

  2. A fork in the jungle dirt paths with a small red-roofed building in the distance.

    Chapter 2

    Welcome to the Jungle

    Locked out of the cabin, there's no way to go but forward. Explore an old groundskeeper's grounds across seventeen rooms, get past the jaguar guarding the path, and strike a deal with a monkey who knows a fair trade when he sees one.

  3. A vine-covered concrete wall with a barred gate.

    Chapter 3

    The Menagerie

    Eighteen rooms on the other side of the wall. We're not saying any more than that. You'll have to see for yourself.

  4. Next

    To be continued...

    Chapters 4 to 6 are on the way.

Scenes from the game

Rooms from Chapters 1 and 2, captured in the game just as you'll first find them. Select one to see it larger.

Comic cutscenes

KRA-KOOM! CRUNCH! SLAM!

Four-panel comics with lettered sound effects carry you between chapters.

Storm comic: lightning outside the bridge windows, rocks dead ahead, the wheel straining, and the trawler crunching into the rocks.
“Rocks! Dead ahead!”
Jungle comic: a cabin door creaks open onto endless jungle, slams shut, and rattles uselessly. “It’s locked... I’m trapped!” Glowing eyes watch from the bushes.
“It's locked... I'm trapped!”

Features

What you'll be doing

  • Combination locks, sliding-block puzzles, power routing, signal calibration, a stealth sequence, mechanical and logic puzzles, and more
  • Combine items to build the tools you need
  • A journal that collects every page you find, from more than one writer. Missed one? A torn-out stub marks the gap, so you can replay that chapter to find it
  • Stuck? The ? button gives hints one step at a time, and can help with or skip a puzzle
  • Autosaves as you play, so you can pick up with Continue or replay any chapter from Chapter Select

A taste of the puzzles

Aboard ship
A four-letter locker combination, screws and fuses, and a signal you tune by ear.
On the island
A shell box, a symbol-wheel lockbox, and a door code you'll only crack by paying attention.
In the jungle
Gather planks for a ladder, build a bow to cross a collapsed bridge, and slip past a jaguar.

Overheard on the island

Lines from the game

  • “Rocks! Dead ahead!”

  • “I'm practically a lumberyard.”

  • “Got him. Sweet dreams, big cat.”

  • “He grabs the bananas and drops the key. Fair trade.”

How to play

Click, look, pick up, escape

Where
On PC, through Steam. It's in development now, ahead of release.
Controls
Mouse. Click to interact and pick up items. Select an item in your inventory, then click where you want to use it. Esc closes close-up views.
Saving
The game autosaves as you play. Pick up with Continue, or replay any chapter from Chapter Select.
Hints
Stuck? The ? button gives hints one step at a time, and can help with or skip a puzzle.

Credits

Story & Design
Jason & Brianna Coggeshall
Art Direction
Brianna Coggeshall
Programming
Jason Coggeshall
QA
Trenton, Clint & Tessa Coggeshall

Made with Godot. Fonts: DejaVu, Caveat (SIL OFL).

Sounds from Freesound (CC BY 4.0): “Shulffing paper and book. Foley Sound” by ALLANZ10D · “Room-tone rain-drips” by klankbeeld via freesound.org · “Drawer opening and closing” by dersuperanton · “Mechanical Plastic Click 02” by SmallConfusion · “Filling up a gas tank (simulated)” by pfranzen · “graou” by Raymond31 (CC BY-NC 4.0). Plus CC0 sounds from CapsLok, Thomas Bruderer, presidentevil4zombie, rsellick, rj13, jimbo_nutron, AudioPapkin, TRP, Emulius, Sadiquecat and eZZin.

No way to go but forward now.

Trapped at Sea is coming soon to Steam.

Coming soon to Steam