Dark Future: Blood Red States News

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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.

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Here 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)

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.

Hello 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!

Hi there!


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.
  

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!




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.



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.