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WDC World Oceans Day Charity Sale 🐬Jun 8, 2023 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43757573/2d214bc970c53cf8782c55c2ca70f2f527d8c607.png We are excited to announce that we are supporting WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation for World Oceans Day! The WDC World Oceans Day Sale starts today and runs until 15th June, 10am PDT 2023, and you can save a fin-tastic 50% off Mars Horizon 1 and 90% off Dark Future: Blood Red States. We will also donate 20% of our net profits to WDC to support their conservation work.* Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life is also included in this event as an upcoming title, make sure you wishlist and follow! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26301211/e16eb797ea21a8804a92921c56bbacb66269a1f9.jpg Photo credit: Shutterstock WDC, Whale and Dolphin conservation is the leading global charity dedicated to the protection and conservation of whales and dolphins. Their expert-led teams in the UK, Europe, the Americas, and Australasia work across the whole spectrum of threats, from climate breakdown to accidental entanglements in fishing gear. They bring together, and work hand-in-hand with, businesses, philanthropists, scientists, NGOs, governments and grassroots communities to find solutions to the problems faced by whales and dolphins. Their aim is to reverse the global decline in whale and dolphin populations by: Stopping cruelty from deliberate harms such as whaling and captivity. Creating safe seas, free from the threat of pollution, collisions with vessels and accidental entanglement in fishing gear. Winning recognition of whales and dolphins as sentient, socially complex beings, and our allies in the fight against climate and nature breakdown. Whales and dolphins are awe-inspiring. They are intelligent beings, vital for the health of the ocean and planet. They have suffered from terrible harm - deliberate and accidental - and their homes and populations are under threat. But it's not too late. Together we can still help them recover and flourish and they can help us reconnect with the wild, and repair the damage we have caused. If you want to read more about WDC, you can do so here: https://whales.org/ You can find many other amazing games in the sale here: https://bit.ly/OceansDaySteamSale23 Thank you for joining us and for supporting WDC! 🐳 *20% of our net developer revenue from this sale will support WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation. Whale and Dolphin Conservation is a UK registered charity (no. 1014705) https://store.steampowered.com/app/2281620/Mars_Horizon_2_The_Search_for_Life https://store.steampowered.com/app/765810/Mars_Horizon https://store.steampowered.com/app/370870/Dark_Future_Blood_Red_States/Warhammer Skulls Festival - Dark Future: Blood Red StatesMay 26, 2023 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26301211/c04688c29ddac02f6cbea7df8254046b63c438ea.jpg We're delighted to be part of the Warhammer Skulls Festival again this year! Dark Future: Blood Red Sates is our reboot of the cult Games Workshop 1988 game of car combat. Grab the game here or get the Developer Archive DLC - which has a folder full of normally developer-only builds and videos that gives you an unprecedented glimpse into the making of a video game, and also has PDFs of the original 1988 game rules/setting, the expansion rules of White Line Fever and the Golgotha Run PDF! Make sure to check out Warhammer Skulls Festival main page for loads of exciting announcements and discounts on great Games Workshop titles plus hear from their awesome host Rahul Kohli! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26301211/2a6cda4f566664b8f76a5d417aa620ca62d89c2e.gif Dark Future's is four years old 🍰 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26301211/f34b3b5c1efc05b012e767ca003709260a850479.jpg We recently celebrated Dark Future: Blood Red States fourth birthday! What better time to take a look back at the making of the game in our stream for Digital Tabletop Fest: You can also check out these links below to learn more and see what goes into making a game: - We wrote a big article about the ‘car combat’ genre in films, books - and our course - games. - We also did a whole bunch of podcast episodes about the game around release in 2016; Part 1 (history of car combat genre) Part 2 (about the board game) Part 3 (about the video game) Part 4 (meet some of the dev team of the video game) Part 5 (interview with Dark Future writer, James Swallow) - 40K Theories pondered the question of the setting of Dark Future💀Warhammer Skulls Festival 💀 Dark Future: Blood Red StatesJun 1, 2022 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26301211/f79f4c9642af0259207b4ff67620dd34eaf94c65.jpgAs part of the Warhammer Skulls Festival you can get the game and DLC for a massive 70% off! Dark Future: Blood Red States is our reboot of the cult Games Workshop 1988 game of car combat. Right now you can get the game for 70% off - but also you can get the Developer Archive DLC for 50% off too - which has a folder full of normally developer-only builds and videos that gives you an unprecedented glimpse into the making of a video game, and also has PDFs of the original 1988 game rules/setting, the expansion rules of White Line Fever and the Golgotha Run PDF! Make sure to check out Warhammer Skulls Festival main page for loads of exciting announcements and discounts on great Games Workshop titles {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26301211/2a6cda4f566664b8f76a5d417aa620ca62d89c2e.gif An alternative America. In another 2025. Here, the government is non-existent and society, struggling against pollution, stagnation, catastrophic climate change and gang warfare, is at the point of collapse. You are a highway warrior for hire, taking on contracts to keep the few laws that exist, in check. In the game you battle against roving gangs to control the dangerous roads and earn a living in these dangerous times. Tool up your vehicle with a range of weapons and upgrades in this game of both action and strategy that features a unique time-dilating command mode to help you make tactical decisions as metal crashes metal. Check out our stream of the game for Digital Tabletop Fest to get an insight into the making of: Want to know more about Dark Future and the game we made? Here’s a few links that will warp your reality; - We wrote a big article about the ‘car combat’ genre in films, books - and our course - games. - We also did a whole bunch of podcast episodes about the game around release in 2016; Part 1 (history of car combat genre) Part 2 (about the board game) Part 3 (about the video game) Part 4 (meet some of the dev team of the video game) Part 5 (interview with Dark Future writer, James Swallow) - 40K Theories pondered the question of the setting of Dark Future💀Skulls Sale 💀 Now is the time to drive into the Dark FutureJun 3, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsDark Future: Blood Red States is our reboot of the cult Games Workshop 1988 game of car combat. We launched our reboot on 18th May 2019, just over two years ago - that anniversary combined with the fact that the game is in the immense Skulls Sale 2021 means that, if you’ve not already got the game and the DLC for it, then today is a good day to drive into the darkest of futures! An alternative America. In another 2025. Here, the government is non-existent and society, struggling against pollution, stagnation, catastrophic climate change and gang warfare, is at the point of collapse. You are a highway warrior for hire, taking on contracts to keep the few laws that exist, in check. In the game you battle against roving gangs to control the dangerous roads and earn a living in these dangerous times. Tool up your vehicle with a range of weapons and upgrades in this game of both action and strategy that features a unique time-dilating command mode to help you make tactical decisions as metal crashes metal. Right now you can get the game for 50% off - but also you can get the Developer Archive DLC for 50% off too - which has a folder full of normally developer-only builds and videos that gives you an unprecedented glimpse into the making of a video game, and also has PDFs of the original 1988 game rules/setting, the expansion rules of White Line Fever and the Golgotha Run PDF! (As well as Dark Future, there’s a ton of amazing titles in the Skulls Sale 2021, so you’ll want to check it out too!) Want to know more about Dark Future and the game we made? Here’s a few links that will warp your reality; - We wrote a big article about the ‘car combat’ genre in films, books - and our course - games. - We also did a whole bunch of podcast episodes about the game around release in 2016; Part 1 (history of car combat genre) Part 2 (about the board game) Part 3 (about the video game) Part 4 (meet some of the dev team of the video game) Part 5 (interview with Dark Future writer, James Swallow) - 40K Theories pondered the question of the setting of Dark Future - Finally; we did a play through of the digital and physical games as part of 2020’s Digital Tabletop Fest where we also got to chat with Graeme Davis, one of the board game’s original developers! Dark Future: Blood Red States with Graeme DavisOct 16, 2020 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38511516/9d13f85c34e9306e9128ef356540a4b4d30f478f.jpg WATCH THE STREAM HERE A deep dive into Dark Future Blood Red States, the digital adaptation of the 1988 Games Workshop cult classic board game ‘Dark Future’ and also look into the subgenre of car combat games. The stream also includes a special guest, Graeme Davis, one of the developers on the original 1988 Games Workshop physical game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/370870/Auroch Digital Podcast episode - Non-Warhammer Games Workshop GamesJun 24, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsHere at Auroch Digital we are huge Games Workshop fans, especially our CEO Tomas Rawlings. This passion for Games Workshop titles has led us to adapt several of their games into video games. In this episode of our podcast Tomas joins Jem and Matt to talk about some of the games that Games Workshop made that were not Warhammer titles, and how we came to turn some of those into video games. Listen to the podcast episode here! We've also got podcast episodes on Dark Future: Blood Red States. Find all these episodes and more in our full podcast episode list here. Tomas's letter from Games Workshop (in 1989) https://i.imgur.com/DY2HNme.jpg Skulls for the Skull Throne 4 - New Vehicle SkinsMay 28, 2020 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/df265417c17ac63ccbe3b83cceeb82f6f3f42c9c.png As part of the festival of Warhammer gaming that is Skulls for the Skull Throne 4 we’ve put Dark Future on discount at 30% off, and we’ve added five new cosmetic skins for player vehicles; True Fan (Interceptor Light) Omega (Civilian Vehicle) Go Fasta (T-Bird Thunder) Blocked (Interceptor Light) Hexed (Interceptor Medium) If you plan on heading out onto the highways with these new additions, grab some screenshots with the built-in capture tool and send us your best ones via our Discord, or tag @AurochDigital if you share them on social media.Patch Notes: 28th May 2020, MytholmroydMay 28, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsHello all, This update adds new Player Vehicle Skins with which to look extra stylish while dealing death to your fellow road users. If you’ve unlocked a character that uses the corresponding vehicle then you can assign that skin regardless of whether you’ve completed their Season. If you missed some of our previous updates, click the links below to see what’s been added since launch; Duffield (20th May 2019) Mugginton (22nd May 2019) Coxbench (28th May 2019) Meenacladdy (7th June 2019) Ballyhillin (25th June 2019) Suckley (11th November 2019) Improvements - Added five new Player Vehicle Skins: True Fan (Interceptor Light), Omega (Civilian Vehicle), Go Fasta (T-Bird Thunder), Blocked (Interceptor Light), Hexed (Interceptor Medium). Bug Fixes - Fixed typo: rogue apostrophe on Tutorial. - Fixed typo: the Guided Rockets now fire in a “salvo”. Want to swap strategies or share road war stories? Fancy a peek at what the studio is up to next? Head on over to our Discord and official website. Happy hunting!Humble Choice begins today, replacing Humble MonthlyDec 6, 2019 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunGame subscription services are everywhere these days but Humble Bundle have been doing this for a while. Their former service Humble Monthly is being replaced with the fresh-faced Humble Choice which comes with the ability to choose the games you get, but a higher price tag as well. The service launches today under its new name. (more…) The Flare Path: Sidetracked by SteamNov 22, 2019 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunI’m not sure if it was a consequence of the redesign or simply a result of restlessness on my part, but last weekend I found myself doing something I rarely do – scrolling through the list of games Steam ‘thought’ I might enjoy. Three of the Learning Machine’s suggestions did indeed float my LCT, in fact they floated it to such an extent that I’ve decided to make the trio the subject of today’s column. None of the titles described below are traditional wargames or sims – none are exactly daisy fresh – but if you like your interactive entertainment historical, military, tactical and/or novel, I’d be surprised if you managed to gambol through all 24 paragraphs without feeling a single twinge of temptation. (more…) Our latest update is now live - plus competitions and podcasts!Nov 12, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHi there! Our latest update is now live! The Suckley update focuses on improving visibility for achievement progress, introduces the ability to swap between vehicle skins, and brings with it bug fixes and some other minor improvements to the overall package. Read the full patch notes here, or the quick improvements summary below. Improvements In-game achievements menu added. This handy update shows how close you are to reaching specific achievements. It’s accessible from the Main Menu and during combat when the game is paused. Added the ability to swap between Normal and Pro paint scheme for character vehicles, once that character is completed. Message box and Discord button added to Main Menu. Moved version info about game to Options. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26301211/63a37284a8fed7f49c6c7366022c9ded376c1105.gif Photo Competition Each month we run a photo competition using the in-game screenshot - you can find the latest one here. This month the theme is Machine Guns - enter your photos and you could win 2 games and a Dark Future novel! Find out about this month's competition! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26301211/6c363d7cc522edac43a889b6d6c4db90cdf557f8.gif Podcast Want to know more behind the scenes from Dark Future: Blood Red states? Listen to our podcast as we take you through the ins-and-outs of making a video game with episodes on the Dark Future board game, how we made Dark Future, an interview with James Swallow, and the History of Car Combat. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26301211/7430f3a9b2eed55cf17c83df17e4f538e90dc6fa.gif Thank you again for all your great reviews here on Steam and spreading the word about the game with your friends - as a small studio, we really appreciate your support! And as always if you have any questions do let us know here on Steam, or over on our Discord. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26301211/a7410ff6f9826a49f7af9f15e902c8772682c14a.pngGet 25% off Dark Future in the 2019 Board Game SaleAug 1, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/5ef4c62b32309d54bb3d630f65eee8fd9a546d3e.png Hi there! Dark Future: Blood Red States is now on sale in the 2019 Board Game Sale - you only have until 5th August to take advantage and get 25% off the game! So, if it has been sitting on your wishlist now is the time to get it and give it ago! Reviews If you have Dark Future already then we’d really appreciate a review. Reviews are really helpful to us as a developer and also to Steam. We wrote an article about it a while ago which you can read on our website. Photo Competition Each month we run a photo competition using the in-game screenshot - you can find more in the T&C post or have a look at the entries that have already been put in. Discord Final reminder but we have a Discord server with a #dark-future channel. Pop on over and say hello if you haven’t alreadySummer Sale and new contentJun 25, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHey there everyone, We're celebrating the launch of the Steam Summer Sale with an awesome 25% off Dark Future: Blood Red States. So, if you have it on your wishlist and have been waiting for a discount, now is the best time to get involved! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/17b3bc095acc8587ea1a0e6cb6854e40d2c92a32.png What's in this update? https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/7c93ca8d6fa509e80c5961b48b5e8492d778ef89.png A new gang has hit the big empty and they aren't what they first seem. Known more commonly as the Demon Engines, these vehicles are controlled by a sentient AI gone rogue. No one knows why they have turned up, and no one knows how they gained their powers, but everyone knows they are a danger on the road. See how you do against them in the latest update Ballyhillin (more details on our Discussions Page) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/638b4bb00d7c2c1d2b3b9b9d40a002d43f0e09f2.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/fa3e5845f8684df7a2d6fcb56ddc42a51c1871cc.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/74850437ec4a7a243e0a4335943ecbeab7cf4512.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/8bb47faab90c006ae5ee43ff6e802378edc9c709.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/17b3bc095acc8587ea1a0e6cb6854e40d2c92a32.pngWe're over on DiscordJun 10, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, Short and sweet update from us today. A few of you are already in but in case you missed it... we have a Discord server. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/a7410ff6f9826a49f7af9f15e902c8772682c14a.png Feel free to pop on over and have a natter about all things Dark Future and Auroch Digital!Photo competition: What is it and the T&CsMay 31, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/7feb3d7dc2ddca1ca0266f60cf58d883c782ca0b.jpg Hi everyone, Over these last few weeks we've been so impressed with all of your screenshots from the game that we thought... why not reward these excellent images! To that end, we've decided to host a Dark Future Photo Competition every month, with the winner taking home an awesome prize! Below are all the details and information you: Competition Rules Check out the theme for the month (posted on the News and Discussion Page) Get into the game and get those screenshots (Need help with the screenshots? Check out this handy guide!) Submit the photos to the screenshots page on Steam. Share the link by the closing date (date in the pinned post!) We'll pick the best one The winner gets that months Prize! Other bits No more than three submissions (and by that we mean three links) Auroch Digtial will manage and administer the competition and any questions should be sent through to AurochMatt on Steam in the first instance Capiche? So what are you waiting for? The first competition is live now and you can submit your photos on the theme of Explosions over on the Discussion PageDark Future Post Launch Round-UpMay 24, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone! Was it only last week that Dark Future: Blood Red States came out? We hope you guys have been having an awesome time with it and causing as much mayhem and chaos as you can! To do a mini-roundup of news for you: Podcast The latest episode of our podcast has gone live. This season has focused on Dark Future from its role in the car combat genre to the game you see before you. This weeks episode is a special one though as we speak with James Swallow, one of the original writers in the Dark Future novels. The New York Times bestselling authour tells us more about his role in the books and in the game itself. Take a listen now Updates We've implemented two updates already to the game. The first is called Duffield and includes the following changes: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/0dbf35157179558ed36e126be641ab94e8735388.png Full patch notes are available on the Discussions page Mugginton https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/c084198471fdd667ccbe5862d54da7e4307a2472.png Full patch notes are available on the Discussions page Developers Archive https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/1ed273a4513eec1996ed396dea25007547cefdb3.png Eagle-eyed fans might have spotted the Developers Archive that has appeared as DLC on the Dark Future page! This is a chance for you to see the many iterations the game went through since it was announced in 2014. If you are also a fan of the Dark Future board game it includes a free PDF of the original rules and expansion White Line Fever Take a look now Soundtrack https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/aade87a5c240e51b2e71778d87e5630841e8709c.png Want to rock out to the sounds of Dark Future? Well, you can get the whole soundtrack, composed and produced by the excellent Matthew Walker, now on Steam! Heads up We have a new update coming up soon that we wanted to give you an early heads up about! More details from game producer Peter on the Discussion page. Till next time! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/4c1c5244fd9ad31d3d37698fde7d979b85ad2580.gif Dark Future is Carmageddon gone strategicMay 18, 2019 - PC GamerGames Workshop used to publish plenty of games beyond their Warhammer brands back in the day, including board games like Talisman and Fury of Dracula. Dark Future was another, a game of car combat set in an alternate timeline where much of the USA becomes a desert called the Big Empty and road warriors in "gangcults" roam the highways. Auroch Digital have adapted it into Dark Future: Blood Red States, an unusual meld of racing game, strategy, and Carmaggedon. You control a car covered in guns from an exterior view, switching between it and a sidekick vehicle if you've hired one, either giving commands in real-time or dropping into a slow-motion command mode as much as you want. It turns white line fever into something thinky, so that when things get hectic you can take a moment—not forever, it's slow-mo rather than a pause button—to plan something clever. You might drop a road spike to deal with the enemy behind you, lock your turret onto a new target ahead, then program in a lane change to get behind them before opening up with your front guns. Cars can be kitted out with everything from mines to grenade launchers to shotguns, and there's always the option to just hit boost and drive into someone. Between missions there are upgrades to buy, balancing the weight of new armor and weapons with the effect on your top speed. Fuel's a concern too, and its price goes up the longer you play. Run out and it's game over. Getting blown up means permadeath too. Dark Future is divided into runs (called seasons) in which you play a specific character with their own storyline to unlock. After completing goals like earning a set amount of money or doing enough missions against a specific gangcult, more plot unlocks via journals and emails. Some of it's pretty funny stuff, dropping hints about this very strange timeline in which Nixon became president at the beginning of the 1960s instead of the end and the US went down a disastrously different path. (Though the original tabletop game predates Fallout by years, it's got some similar ideas.) The missions are procedurally generated and might involve running barricades, blowing up tankers, hacking vehicles by driving alongside them, or escort missions that are bound to be everyone's least favorite. Though mutators sometimes appear to add variety, perhaps increasing the strength of enemies or forcing you to play in real-time, they do begin to feel a bit samey after a while. You have to play a lot of missions to complete certain goals, too. Right now I'm stuck on one that requires buying a level three upgrade from the shop, but haven't seen anything higher than level two available. I could just knuckle down and keep going until the shop finally sells me what I need, but I'm finding Dark Future isn't the kind of game I can play non-stop for an entire week. It's more of a snack game I've enjoyed alternating w...Dark Future: Blood Red States hits the apocalyptic road todayMay 16, 2019 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunAnother day, another Games Workshop board game adapted to PC, but Dark Future: Blood Red States is a bit different from the Warhammer norm. Based on the 1988 (and obviously Mad Max-inspired) Dark Future for tabletop, it’s a tactical real-time car combat RPG. Rather than driving your vehicle directly, you’re effectively juggling its weapons systems, picking lanes and speeds and prioritising targets in slow-motion while the car itself handles navigation. It’s developed by Auroch Digital (OGRE, Chainsaw Warrior, Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics) and out now. See a trailer below. (more…) Dark Future: Blood Red States is in the Skull Sale!May 16, 2019 - Community Announcements]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/68c52bd28dc73a0080b7467cd04cc231d7c8eca9.jpg We are delighted to say that Dark Future: Blood Red States is a part of Games Workshops epic Skull for the Skull Throne 3 Sale. Join the festival of GW with all the great products on show, including our older products, Chainsaw Warrior and Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night As well as this you can get up to 80% off some of the other great titles in the Games Workshop Family! So what are you waiting for head over to the Skull Sale page for more information!DARK FUTURE IS NOW LIVEMay 16, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/1d057eca01d78eee1476d44fd680dd7e714df7a4.png It's finally here, Dark Future: Blood Red States is now live! We wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who has followed us since the beginning, those who are joining us new and for all those about to buy and play the game in the (Dark) future. A massive thank you from all of us here at Auroch Digital and we'll see you all in the big empty! https://store.steampowered.com/app/370870/Dark_Future_Blood_Red_States/ https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26301211/4c1c5244fd9ad31d3d37698fde7d979b85ad2580.gif
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