The Brew Barons News

Information for those who are interested in running the game on the Steam Deck, Steam will do their own evaluation in due course but we want to provide our own notes so players can make a decision.

The game is fully playable on the Steam Deck with complete controller support for all menus, gameplay, and text entry. However the performance in key areas of the game is not all that good, at around 35fps.

Therefore for players who were thinking of playing mostly on the Steam Deck we would not advise getting the game until we have had time to do some optimization after launch. For players who want to play mostly on PC and occasionally continue their cloud save game on the Deck it might be ok.

If you do wish to play on the Steam Deck we recommend going into the game settings and choosing the Lowest quality, you can also improve the framerate a little by setting resolution to 640x400 and using the FSR scaling option in the Steam Deck performance settings.

The Brew Barons unfolds in a horrifying world where most agricultural tasks and outdoor mechanical activities are carried out using the medium of heavily armed seaplanes. Need apples for cider? Fly through the trees, cannons ablazing. Need to gather wheat? Fly the plane through the field using its propeller as a scythe, with hardier types of wheat requiring tougher propeller blades. Need to haul up scavenge from the ocean floor? Use the plane's sea anchor as a rudimentary fishing claw. Need to open a box you found on the beach? The plane's the thing, etcetera.

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Beta Patch:
📜 Patch (0.990)

• 6 additional missions with over 400 new voiced lines added.
  
• 12 new unlockable pilot traits added
  
• Brewery upgrades now accompanied with art visuals.
  
• Foggy and Overcast weather chance added.
  
• Mission prerequisite flight time now visible on HUD when appropriate pilots are paired.
  
• Fixed the sudden pirate gunship slowdown that would occur after being defeated.
  
• Minor balance applied to the end game sequence.
  
• Fixed several pilot and pirate voice lines that weren't playing their audio.
  
• World map depicting outside of playable area added.
  
• Tumble frame takes slightly longer to flip and Gamblers Frame earns a more appropriate amount of money per boss hit.
  
• Boost targets upgrade added, if you want to see what it is like to go at 1500kts+
  
• Tour plane minigame added
  
• fix Big Picture mode steam keyboard would not appear if closed and reopened
  
• fix Brewery tutorial softlock if steam keyboard opened and closed in bottle phase
  
• fix Brewery clicking finish button quickly could create duplicate inventory items
  
• fix Time Trial sometimes teleports plane to LZ when results panel showing
  
• Pirate encounters will now return in open play after final battle has been completed, just cos there isn't much to do otherwise...
  
• fix salvage minigame awards duplicate recipes
  
• fix newspaper incorrect or placeholder text
  
• fix incorrect player position on map when in interiors
  
• inventory sliders now have acceleration if activated by controller button hold
  
• collecting spoiled ingredients now triggers the smog screen effect
  
• fix Ena negative trait speech playing incorrectly
  
• fix Nigel negative trait speech lines not playing
  
• fix Irena negative trait audio persists when entering bar
  

Our release is coming up at the end of the week! A big thanks to all those that helped with their bugs with their bug reports in this latest patch or prior ones!

LINKS

• Twitter
• Discord
• YouTube

Our first Backer Beta patch is here!

Beta Patch:
📜 Patch (0.897)

• Added 6 pilot missions with over 200 new voiced lines.
  
• Added 3 new minigames.
  
• 1 new unlockable trait for each pilot.
  
• Distance between islands slightly reduced.
  
• All brews of level 4 & 5 quality have a unique thumbnail visual.
  
• New UI screen particles placed throughout several areas of the game.
  
• The "compact frame" fuselage converted into a bi-plane.
  
• Fixed a few tutorial sections that had missing voice lines.
  
• A handful of portraits slightly polished.
  
• Bombing ring is more visible.
  
• Fixed several unwanted underwater salvaging sound effects.
  
• Fixed missing voice lines for submarine boss.
  
• Made water bombs a bit less likely to fill your screen with particles.
  
• Steam cloud saves enabled
  
• Multiple input devices supported
  

To access the missions there is a small gameplay requirement, hopefully it will be clear what that is, if not then let us know, we might need to signpost it a bit better.
For those interested in using HOTAS and pedals, multiple inputs are now supported, we don't actually have any pedals so it was tested using HOTAS + joypad, so if anyone does have pedals please let us know if it works for you.
All bugs and feedback are welcome, preferably on Discord or through the bug reporter.

LINKS

• Twitter
• Discord
• YouTube

Our first Backer Beta patch is here!

Beta Patch:
📜 Patch (0.880)

• fixed terrain that was snagging ship boss
  
• increased cycle rate of the brewery ingredient wheel
  
• art fixes for Irenas night trait
  
• fixed bugged refueling planes
  
• torpedo damage radius increased and fixed description
  
• prevent photomode being using in interiors
  
• removed duplicate recicpe
  
• corrected a mis-voiced bar owner line
  
• speculative fix for cocoa bean missing material
  
• reduced vacuum distortion
  
• engine dimmer quicker to update
  
• speculative fix for over bright interiors
  
• speculative fix for lingering underwater sfx
  
• voice volume slider added
  
• fixed broken UI in market
  
• fixed text UI scale in recipe book
  
• dandiewheat spawners release less
  
• end content balance adjustment
  
• fixed stacking ambient shipyard sfx
  
• fixed a bad tooltip in the hangar explaining yeast
  
• Spinning stars at night fixed
  
• info gathering and potential fix for plane sinking bug (probably not fixed but so rare I need more info)
  
• explosive buoyancy or game freeze long pause fix
  
• floating grass fix
  
• unable to collect higher tier wheat after purchasing upgrade fix
  
• front end improved validation to prevent invalid game names from being entered
  
• fix water plants showing incorrect icon when equipment warning is displayed
  
• fix farm plants not displaying icon for equipment warning
  
• fix plane inventory saved when new plane is loaded causing double counting when plane is reloaded
  
• additional check to prevent crash restart on islands that have pirates present
  
• pause menu sometimes unable to reopen after being opened once fix
  
• materials that are transferred from drop off were lost if game was saved and reloaded fix
  
• remove red faced portrait for bar patron
  
• skipping recruit conversation skipping would not stop audio line fix
  

Feel free to join us on our discord to discuss these and ongoing work.
LINKS

• Kickstarter
• Twitter
• Discord
• YouTube