The Brew Barons News

We have had reports of a softlock in the Brewery section of the tutorial, though we cannot reproduce this on our machines we have written something that we hope will fix it.

Also a fix for a softlock if you suffer a fatal crash after completing the Tour Plane and restart and the tour landing zone.

Our apologies if you experienced these bugs, we are continuing to work on other bug reports as they come in.

The Brew Barons is a game built on an idea that is simultaneously very odd and so perfectly aimed at my specific interests that as soon as I saw the first trailer, I had to know more. It's a mashup of old-timey Crimson Skies-style aeroplanes and beer, and as weird as that sounds, it actually comes together pretty well...
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Perhaps there's some truth to that. So all the more thanks to the supporters along the way and to those joining us going forward! It's been over 4 years of hard work by a two man dev team and one music composer, but the game is finally here!

Feedback is welcomed! We've tried to supply a variety of play styles throughout the game. We're interested in expanding upon features that work well or improve those that don't. Feel free to chat with us on our Discord, Steam forum or leave a Steam Review. We read them all.

So what happens next? We're interested in further optimizing the game for you Steam Deck users. Depending on the success, maybe build more content for the game (ie: more parts, more customization, advanced AI enemies, to name a few). We're also interested in localizing the game to a few languages and possibly a console release should the game do well enough. Fingers crossed!

Thanks again! Now let's take to the skies!

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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