It’s Auroch Digital’s 13th birthday! 🎂 It’s been a wild and wonderful 13 years, we grown loads in that time, learned a lot, and released a load of great games. Check out our recent Birthday Blog Post[www.aurochdigital.com] to learn more about the history of our studio and what we’ve been up to over the years. 🎉
To celebrate the fact that our studio is now old enough to have it’s own Steam account, we are doing a giveaway to our loyal Aurochnauts. Enter our giveaway and you could win a digital bundle of a bunch of Auroch Digital games from over the years.

The Auroch Digital Birthday Bundle prize includes:

• Mars Horizon (Steam Key)
  
• Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator (Steam Key)
  
• Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (Steam or PlayStation or Xbox key)
  
• Megaquarium: Console Edition[www.aurochdigital.com] (PlayStation or Xbox key)
  
• The Colonists: Console edition[www.aurochdigital.com] (PlayStation or Xbox key)
  
• Ogre (Steam Key)
  
• Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics (Steam Key)
  
• Dark Future: Blood Red States (Steam Key)

But how do you enter this awesome Auroch Digital birthday giveaway? 🥳 All you need to do is sign up to our official Auroch Digital newsletter[aurochdigital.us7.list-manage.com]. We will be randomly selecting one lucky person, who is signed up to receive our monthly Auroch Digital newsletter, to win the Auroch Digital Birthday Bundle prize as a thank you for supporting us.

• > > > SIGN UP TO THE NEWSLETTER AND ENTER THE GIVEAWAY HERE 📝 < < <

[aurochdigital.us7.list-manage.com]The Auroch Digital Newsletter comes out around the end of each month and is full of all the latest news about our studio including new game announcements, launches, beta and alpha invites, giveaways, jobs at the studio, as well as loads more exciting news. So by signing up you’ll get to stay up to date with all of our great goings, as well as be in with a chance to win the Auroch Digital Birthday Bundle prize.
The giveaway closes on 26th October at Midnight so make sure to sign up before then to be in with a chance to win. Please see here the giveaway terms and conditions[docs.google.com]. You can see the Auroch Digital Privacy Policy here for more info: Auroch Digital Privacy Policy[www.aurochdigital.com]

We are in the Fireshine Games Publisher sale alongside a host of other awesome indie games!

If you love indie games, check out Fireshine’s Steam page for loads of great discounts across their portfolio of titles - including Brewmaster at 34% off. From strategy games to co-op adventures, there’s a whole bunch to choose from. There are also a host of great upcoming indie titles that you can show your support for by wishlisting them now!

The publisher sale kicked off at 6pm BST today and can be found here

From today through the 24th of July, 10am PDT 2023, you can save 34% off Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator. In addition to that, you will also be able to experience some of the latest and greatest simulation titles and see what the future holds for the simulation genre with coming soon games. From simulators which cover hobbies you would love to experience to job simulators which revolve around your dream career (even out of this world ones), Simfest will feature a wide variety of titles in the genre.

Simfest is a Steam festival co-hosted by Auroch Digital[www.aurochdigital.com] and Stray Fawn Studio[strayfawnstudio.com]. This year’s event will be the second Simfest, after Simfest: Hobby Edition took place in 2022.


https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/1569200/Brewmaster_Beer_Brewing_Simulator/

We're so excited to let you all know that Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator is a finalist in the 2023 James Paul GEE Award[www.geeawards.com] in the Informal Learning category. People learn in all different ways and for many people games can be a brilliant tool for learning and understanding. This was a key focus for us when making the game, we worked hard to make it authentic and accessible.

Under the hood of Brewmaster is a real simulation of chemistry; so accurate and lifelike that it is possible to take recipes from a book on the subject and replicate them in the game to return the correct result.
We wanted to help more people understand and appreciate the amazing world of brewing beer, and maybe inspire them to have a go at brewing themselves, if its something they've not done before. We are also very proud of our Brewpedia which has loads more info on all areas of the craft.
 
The GEE awards also includes the People's Choice awards and we'd love it if you could vote for us!


Being nominated for a GEE award is absolutely amazing so we'd absolutely love it if you could two minutes out of your day to vote for Brewmaster!

We've got a special Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator let's play featured at Digital Tabletop Fest. In our let's play we have content producer Britt playing the game with Principle Designer Matt and Senior Designer Gabriel, who both worked on Brewmaster.

Matt and Gabriel will talk us through the steps of brewing a blood red beer, in honour of Digital Tabletop Fest: Blood and Dice. You'll also get to hear all about the making of Brewmaster and how both designers brought the complex art of brewing to the game.

📆 Date: Friday 24th March
⏰ Time: 5.45pm GMT, 7.15pm GMT, 8.45pm GMT

• 🩸🍺 Watch the team brew a blood themed beer on the Digital Tabletop Fest page 🩸🍺

Make sure to check out the rest of Digital Tabletop Fest: Blood and Dice - there's other great let's plays as well as some brilliant panels. Alongside this you can get great deals on a whole host of games.

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/1569200/Brewmaster_Beer_Brewing_Simulator/

Vampires have been an endless source of fascination for us; the thirst for blood, the supernatural powers, immortality yet paying the price of being outcast from humanity. Why are we so fascinated by them and why we want to play against them or indeed, as them?

• 📆 Date: Friday 24th March
  
• ⏰ Time: 5.00pm GMT, 6.30pm GMT, 8.00pm GMT

• Moderator: Brewmaster Lucy Cook, Auroch Digital Associate Producer, She/Her
  
• Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition Thomas Young, Marketing Executive at Nomad Games, He/Him
  
• V Rising Viktor Blomqvist, Concept Artist for V Rising, He/Him
  
• Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition [www.worldofdarkness.com] Kenneth Hite, Creator of the vampiric TTRPG ‘Night's Black Agents’ & Lead designer of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition, He/Him
  
• World Of Darkness [www.worldofdarkness.com]Martyna Zych, Brand Community Developer for World of Darkness, She/They

Important links:

• World of Darkness[www.worldofdarkness.com]
  
• World of Darkness, Vampire: The Masquerade[www.worldofdarkness.com]

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/1569200/Brewmaster_Beer_Brewing_Simulator/

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/958530/Fury_of_Dracula_Digital_Edition/

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/1604030/V_Rising/

• Volumes shown on beer bottle labels will now show in Imperial, if that is the selected measurement system
  
• Various audio SFX added
  
• Improvements to game performance
  
• Targeted improvements to time skip on late game saves

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue during the tutorial where input shortcuts in the Brewer’s Quarterly were not properly disabled
  
• Fixed an issue where the Recipe Creator could close without saving after editing certain fields
  
• Fixed an issue where keyword tooltip detection would not update properly when changing language
  
• Fixed an issue where the season could be advanced without opening the latest issue of Brewer’s Quarterly
  
• Fixed an issue where the bonus requirement for “The Joy of Brewing” job were not showing as completed when they should
  
• Fixed an issue where placing some furniture closely together could result in being unable to move the furniture afterwards
  
• Fixed an issue in the Recipe Creator where some values could not be entered manually
  
• Fixed an issue preventing interacting with a pump if you had an unstowed item in your hand
  
• Fixed camera framing in the tasting sequence for some of the larger glasses and bottles
  
• Fixed various issues with the label maker, such as some settings not working as they should
  
• Fixed an issue where the medium Cornelius Keg could have the wrong name and volume when reloading a save
  
• “Add to Cart” will now always show on the Pinned Recipe tab in the Catalogue
  
• Fixed an issue where the x-ray display could overlap with other HUD elements
  
• Fixed an issue where previously placed posters were difficult to select after loading a save game
  
• The tooltip delay setting will no longer sometimes result in multiple tooltips being displayed at once
  
• Fixed various localisation issues
  
• Bags of sugar and herbs & spices will now display the correct units of measurement when pouring
  
• Picnic cooler will now clean properly
  
• “Next: Partner” will no longer be shown as the next reputation level with a brewery when you’re already at max reputation
  
• Fixed issue where save game time stamps didn't correctly match the time zone
  
• The tops of electric kettles no longer fade out when setting temperature
  
• Fixed an issue where the colour of wort could be visually incorrect after loading a previous save
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur when repeatedly filling a brew pot with water from the sink tap
  
• Fixed issue where Catalogue shortcut could become disabled during the tutorial
  
• Fixed issue where connecting a pump to the sink tap could cause the tap to stop working
  
• Fixed an issue where the name of interactable items would not show.
  
• Fixed some issues with the display of inventory amounts on various screens
  
• Fixed an issue where rounding would cause apparent discrepancies in style matches
  
• Fixed a crash that could occur on the competition screen

As always, if you have any issues, let us know via the bug form [form.asana.com] which is now fixed finally

Make sure you are subscribed to our Brewers Club Newsletter[aurochdigital.us7.list-manage.com] to get these updates direct to your inbox.

First up, let's hear from the devs!

Hey Brewers!

First of all we’d like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who has played and enjoyed Brewmaster (and even if you didn’t, your thoughts help us make better games). We know it hasn’t been all smooth sailing, and we’re incredibly grateful for your patience whilst we fix those pesky bugs.

Our amazing community team has been showing us how you’ve all been interacting with the features of the game and it’s incredible to see our creations used in ways we didn’t think of, and in cases where it results in some buggy behaviour; chatting with the design and code team leads to get fixes pushed through asap.

But what else has been going on? Well, we released on consoles! And to celebrate that launch we added a whole host of game posters from our fellow indie developer friends to the game. We hope you enjoy showing off your favourites!

We’ve also been hard at work fixing all manner of bugs, and most importantly getting those fixes out to our console players as well. Another patch is on the horizon! We can’t say for sure when it will be live, but we’re working on it.

A short but sweet update this month Brewers, but hopefully as the team winds down and moves to other exciting projects you’ll continue to love Brewmaster and share your creations with us!

Thank you all for your support! 💝


In case you missed it, PC, Xbox[www.xbox.com], Nintendo[www.nintendo.co.uk] and PlayStation[store.playstation.com] brewers are now all able to meet Jeff and the rest of the team.

Thank you all so much to everyone who's followed our journey from announce and beyond, and a big welcome to our newest members of the community too!


We want to give another massive thank you to our PC players for reviewing the game on Steam, we really appreciate it! And the two of you who reviewed on Xbox - we see you! 👀

We have over 550 reviews, which is amazing! As a smaller game developer we can’t stress how much they mean to us and how important they are.

Click here to learn more[www.aurochdigital.com] about why reviews are important and to get more information on how to leave a review[www.aurochdigital.com].

For our console players who've been able to play Brewmaster for a month now, our blog post explains how to do it for Xbox, and PlayStation.

And if you've played Brewmaster on PC, spill your thoughts, we'd love to hear what you think about Brewmaster!

Make sure you are subscribed to our Brewers Club Newsletter[aurochdigital.us7.list-manage.com] to get these updates direct to your inbox.

First up, let's hear from the devs!


What's been wonderful is reading about what you like, and even what you don’t like, in the Steam forums. Having people tell us what they want to see improved is always useful feedback, just as much as being told what you’re really liking about, as it lets us fix up some areas, while leaning into others.

So as planned, this month has been (and will continue to be) about our team doing more polishing and bug fixing – hopefully you’ve already checked out our first couple of big patches! - as well as finishing up and releasing the console versions of the game.

When we’re not doing that we’ll likely be keeping an eye on the community pages here, as we’re absolutely loving all the great recipes and screenshots you’ve been sharing.

So thanks again for supporting us on our journey so far 😁


We're so over the moon that our PC, Xbox, Nintendo and PlayStation brewers are now all able to meet Jeff and the rest of the team.

Thank you all so much to everyone who's followed our journey from announce to now, and our newest members of the community too! And of course, a huge thanks to our console players who waited ever so patiently for the game to be just right before we released it.

💡 Don't forget: Brewmaster on Xbox, PlayStation*, and Switch has a 10% launch discount until November 3rd!
*PlayStation discount is for PlayStation PLUS users only

• Where to buy Brewmaster 💸[www.aurochdigital.com]

Last week, real life Brewmaster, Garrett Oliver, played our game over on the XboxOn Twitch channel[www.twitch.tv]. There were some really great moments including when Sam didn’t use the right malt for the task at hand, and even though Henry did in his run through, Garrett still preferred Sam’s beer overall!

Make sure you catch up with the stream here if you missed it! We loved seeing the XboxOn team try our real-life Auroch Digitale, brewed to life by our partners Moor Beer.

It was so great to hear all about Garrett’s history with brewing, from when he lived in the UK to what he’s up to now - did you know Garrett’s a Knight?!

• Catch up with the stream here! 🎥[www.twitch.tv]

Customise your brewing space with some of your favourite indie games!

We've been working with some of our peers in the industry to get posters of their game in Brewmaster, so you can represent some of your favourite indies in-game. Who can you spot in the picture above? Check out our blog for the full list[www.aurochdigital.com].

These cosmetics are available on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.

We want to give another massive thank you (we are really grateful for our community, can you tell?) to our PC players for reviewing the game on Steam, we really appreciate it!

We’ve already got over 400 reviews, which is amazing! As a smaller game developer we can’t stress how much they mean to us and how important they are.

Click here to learn more about why reviews are important and to get more information on how to leave a review.

If you've played Brewmaster on PC, spill your thoughts, we'd love to hear what you think about Brewmaster!

And for our console players please leave a review for us once you've played it, our blog post explains how to do it for Xbox, and PlayStation[www.aurochdigital.com].

• Leave a review on Steam! ⭐