The Brew Barons News

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

We're pleased to announce we've been selected to present at the PAX rising showcase in Seattle! https://west.paxsite.com/en-us/features/pax-rising-showcase.html

Come by to play the demo, try out some new content and chat with the developers. We'll be presenting September 2nd-5th in the Seattle convention center. Hope to see you there!

This is potentially our last demo update as we ramp up full-time production.

Demo Patch:
📜 Patch (0.025)

• Pirates - will parachute money bags on defeat
  
• VFX - added close proximity water sparkles to slightly help judge your landings
  
• SFX - pontoon landing sound volume now tied to softness of landing
  
• UI - Cargo and fuel icons added to hud
  
• UI - money that is earned or lost will now briefly display next to your total funds
  
• VFX - fixed pontoon water vfx not triggering when exiting the hangar
  
• VFX - fixed boost effect not triggering on light frame fuselage
  
• Added UI and SFX to plane forward/reverse toggle
  
• Minor city buildings optimization
  
• Shoreline terrain gradients improved
  
• fix fuel consumption being zero for new planes
  
• fix tassel screen glitch on world translate
  
• removed kickstarter logo
  
• add no roll camera option
  
• manual cameras reworked to change position on water, descending from altitude, cruising
  
• camera distance sliders and in game inputs added
  
• manual mode autolevel bound to L, or left stick click
  
• manual mode yaw much more useable (uses new method of steering)
  
• manual mode default input bindings changed (throttle to should buttons, ability cycle to X, free camera to d-pad left)
  
• manual mode scale inputs at very high speeds to make plane more controllable when boosting
  
• timer removed
  

LINKS

• Twitter
• Discord
• YouTube

We're very happy (and relieved) to say that the Kickstarter is has passed 100% funding! We really want to thank everyone has supported us so far, it really means a lot to us and we will strive as much as we can to fulfill your expectations.

For anyone who has been considering becoming a backer there are still 3 days remaining so it is not too late, please check out the project page to see the cool rewards you could get: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lifetapstudios/the-brew-barons.

If anyone has any questions or concerns please get in touch and we will do our best to answer, we respond most quickly on our Discord channel so if you want you can join us there: Discord Link

Demo Patch:
📜 Patch (0.022)

• FOV slider added
  
• VFX - boost polish
  
• VFX - distant water sparkles
  
• SFX - brewery updated with several new sfx
  
• improved bottle weathering texture
  
• drag and rudder tuning to significantly reduce turn speed in water
  
• Detect attached controller and display info panel when starting the game
  
• More sensible default bindings for controller (for new players only unless all settings are deleted).
  

LINKS

• Kickstarter
• Twitter
• Discord
• YouTube