Hello truckers!

We've been hard at work, reading your reports, listening to what you've got to say, and working on Alaskan Road Truckers to fix bugs and patch issues.

The first major patch has just launched - Patch #1 addresses a number of issues, here's what's new:

• Numerous optimization fixes
  
• Small changes to tutorial links with guide
  
• Fix for missing Skins for Trucks and added Ranch Bumper to Mother Truckers Edition DLC
  
• Warnings when player id trying to lock/unlock trailer
  
• Minor translation fixes
  
• Fixes for customizable parts in Eagle One truck
  
• Rest slider focus fix
  
• Mirrors render fix
  
• Hospital collision fix
  
• HQ flickering fix
  
• Tire Workshop door access fix
  
• Fixed many bugs on the map, including several "bumps"
  
• Truck lights optimization
  
• Eagle One hood animations fix
  
• Truck chains interaction tweak
  
• Trees tweak
  
• Biker Jacket set
  
• Chains should now properly load
  
• Fixed the problem with task refresh on UI
  
• Removed save load cheats from distribution builds
  
• Chains interaction size tweak
  
• Some trailers and trucks tweaks
  
• Massive fixes for parking spots
  
• Changed Max Speed for Conveyor C-87-C
  
• Fixed infinite loading when savegame was made from inside of the truck
  
• Added scalebox to rim part of the tire workshop menu
  
• Tweaked Fuel Consumption for all the Trucks

Of course, our work continues. If you encounter issues, bugs, technical issues, or crashes - please let us know. You can do so either on our Discord or on our Steam Discussion Forum. We'll be continuing to update the game post-launch, and will be working on issues as they arise.

Don't forget if you haven't grabbed it yet, you can get Alaskan Road Truckers with a 10% discount during the launch week - go go go!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/849100/Alaskan_Road_Truckers/

Thank you for playing Alaskan Road Truckers - we'll see you on the road!
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Hello truckers!

It’s finally here. The day, the moment, everything’s been building up to this point.

Just like trucking in Alaska, our journey has been long and has had a few bumps in the road - but we’ve made it to the PC launch of the game. You can now buy and download the game - and for the first week you can grab 10% off!

We’ll also be doing a live stream to celebrate the launch, you can tune in over on our Steam Page. Come join the chat and hang out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/849100/Alaskan_Road_Truckers/

We’ve also released a cosmetic pack for the game. If you want to help support the game, and want to look more badass when hitting the wild roads of Alaska, pick up the Mother Truckers Edition DLC for some exclusive truck cosmetics and a brand new character:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2600800/Alaskan_Road_Truckers_Mother_Truckers/

Now the game’s out, it’s time to start your journey towards becoming a trucking legend. Survive, drive, and thrive in one of the harshest environments in the world. We can’t wait for you to hit the roads with us - see you in Alaska!

Launching Alaskan Road Truckers doesn’t mean we’re ending our work on the game. We know there’ll be bugs, issues, and stuff to fix - we’ll be continually patching the game over the coming days, weeks, and months to ensure the game experience is everything we intend it to be.

Patching the game is only the start of our support, if you haven’t already - check out our roadmap announcement where you can get a sneak peek at some of the stuff we’ll be adding to the PC version over the next few months:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/849100/view/5779865497754063927

We’re also going to be working on getting the console version out for release. Console fans - stay tuned, we’ll have news for you very soon.


We aren’t making this game alone - your input, feedback, and support has helped us get here. Our community is frankly, amazing, and through playtests and the long wait in getting the game ready for release we’ve been stunned at the support we’ve received.

Now the game is out, there’s a few things you can do to help us make sure that Alaskan Road Truckers is a success.
After playing the game for a few hours, why not leave us a Steam review? Every review helps us gain visibility which in turn helps the game get in front of more people.

If you love the game, let us know. If you don’t love the game, please also let us know - negative feedback is just as important as positive, and maybe we’ll be able to fix or work on any issues affecting your enjoyment of the game.

But please - do leave a Steam review, we’d love to hear what you think.
If you encounter any issues in the game, first please check our support FAQ document - this is a work in progress support article that we’ll be adding to, making sure you have the info you need in order to enjoy Alaska.

If your issue isn’t there, or it isn’t fixed by the steps listed there, please let us know. You can do so either here on Steam or in our Discord. Please let us know as much information as possible, everything helps us to help you.
Tell a friend! Tell two friends! Hire a plane to do skywriting!

OK, maybe not that last one.

But word of mouth is the most important way to support Alaskan Road Truckers. If you have a friend who’d enjoy the game, let them know about it. If you have social media, why not do a post. We’re incredibly grateful to all the fans who’ve supported us so far - and we’re grateful for everyone who continues to support us.
Finally, buying the game helps us make sure we can continue to support it, adding content and fixing issues into the future. If you cannot do that now - or don’t want to - please add us to your Steam wishlist, it all helps.

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Hello truckers!

Tomorrow will see Alaskan Road Truckers launch onto PC. After years of waiting and hard work, we’re ready to send our Alaskan baby out into the world for the very first time. We can’t wait to hear what you think about our game - but before we launch, we’ve got some news for you.

We want you to all know that when you pick up Alaskan Road Truckers, you’re taking a journey with us. That journey doesn’t end on the 18th of October; it’s just beginning, for us, for the game, and for you!

We plan to keep updating Alaskan Road Truckers after it launches, both in terms of patches and bug fixes, but also with new content and stuff to see and do.

Here’s what we’ve currently got planned - it’s time to check out…


That’s right, we’ve got big plans for Alaskan Road Truckers after it launches, and we want to give you a sneak-peek of what new stuff we’re going to be working on.

So here’s a look at the first few months of Alaskan Road Truckers and what we will be bringing to the PC version!

Please note this roadmap only details updates for the PC version of Alaskan Road Truckers. Console fans - we'll have an announcement for you soon.

• Steam PC launch
  
• Mother Truckers Edition DLC
  
• New badass truck

October is all about launching Alaskan Road Truckers but you’ll also be able to get your hands on the Mother Truckers Edition DLC, giving you exclusive skins and ornaments for your truck as well as a badass new character to play as. The Mother Truckers Edition DLC will only be available for a limited time only, so grab it fast!

We’ll be adding a brand new truck later in the month to celebrate the launch - something a little…different. More info coming soon!

• Trucking Legend Mode
  
• Skin & Decal Pack

We know you can’t wait to get stuck into the snow so we’ll be adding a brand new game mode where you’ll start in Winter, with few resources, ready to survive in the harsh Alaskan cold. For truckers looking for more of a challenge - this is the one for you.

We’ll also have new skins and decals for your truck, so you can show off more of your style on the wild Alaskan roads.

• Ice Road Expansion
  
• Christmas Update

The first major update for Alaskan Road Truckers will be hitting in December, with the release of our Ice Road Expansion. This will add entirely new routes, roads, and missions for you to conquer - all featuring treacherous icy roads that’ll test your trucking skills to the limit.

We’ll also be adding some holiday cheer to celebrate Christmas, watch out for a round guy in red!

• Expanded Country Roads Network
  
• Internal Cab Customization

In the New Year you can expect to get your hands on our brand new update where we’ll increase the amount of small dirt track roads you can drive on. Existing towns will be interconnected with smaller country roads, so you’ll be able to head off the beaten path and forge your own route through the wilderness.

As well as that, we’ll be releasing the Internal Cab Customization update. You’ll already have access to skins, wraps, and decals for the exterior of your truck, but what about the interior? Make your cab your home away from home with unique customization options.

• New Side Quests
  
• The Trucker Life Update

February will see us launch our New Side Quests update, where new mission types will be added to the game ensuring that you’ve got more to do, see, and haul.

We’ll also be adding to the survival experience, with new status effects for your trucker like getting ill, diseases, and much more. Surviving as a trucker will be a more robust experience with deeper systems, coming February 2024.


Of course, our plans don’t stop in February but that’s all we can share for now. We’re planning on adding to our game map, extending existing systems, adding mod support, and providing more for you to experience in Alaska. We can’t confirm anything for now - but stay tuned, we’ll announce everything right here as soon as we can!

The best way to help us in supporting Alaskan Road Truckers into the future is to wishlist us over on our Steam Store page - or if you’re reading this after the 18th of October, why not pick up a copy and join us in Alaska!

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Hello truckers!

We’re fast approaching our PC launch date of October 18 and we’ve been working nonstop to take on board all the feedback we received during our playtests and make sure Alaskan Road Truckers is ready to hit the road.

With a couple of days to go - here’s what’s currently happening with Alaskan Road Truckers!


The feedback, bug reports, and other ideas we’ve received from our community has been amazing. We’ve made tons of updates following our recent playtests, here’s some changes our community has requested that we’ve been able to implement already:

Snow markers in the North of the map - The real Dalton Highway has snow markers to make sure you’re driving on the road when things get a little cold. We enjoyed not being able to see the road when it’s snowing but we decided, after getting some feedback, that this wasn’t enjoyable for everyone. So snow markers are in - you’ll know exactly where the road is, no matter the weather.

Mouse won’t interrupt steering wheel - During playtests when you nudged your mouse, it would interrupt inputs from steering wheels. This wasn’t actually a bug, in fact it was a setting that was togglable in the options. However, after reports that this was bothering players, we decided to remove the option and make it so that when you’re using a steering wheel, you won’t find it disconnected by mouse movements anymore.

Camera centering - Some players didn’t enjoy having the camera center itself automatically when driving. So we’ve made it a button instead! If you want to be looking straight ahead, just hit the assigned key and you’ll be staring straight ahead. If not - there’ll be no interruptions.

Where’s the snow? - The playtest started players near the beginning of Spring. While we don’t want to throw players in at the deep end, we do know that many of you are anxious to get stuck into the colder parts of the year. As a result of this feedback, players will now start a new game at the beginning of Summer, meaning Winter and all its hazards is that much closer.

Force feedback - One of the key bits of feedback we received was that force feedback was too strong. We don’t want to shake your desk to pieces, so we’ve made improvements to ensure different types of steering wheels have appropriate levels of force feedback.

In addition to those changes, we’ve made tons of fixes, updates, and tweaks to the game. And more will be coming! Our work on Alaskan Road Truckers isn’t finished at launch, we’re going to add to the game, fix bugs, and be working on it before, during, and after the game comes out. So keep your feedback coming - especially after launch. As Frasier Crane says: we’re listening.


Speaking of feedback, we have a request to make. After you’ve played the game for at least 2-3 hours please leave a Steam review. Steam reviews are critical to a game’s success; the more reviews we get, the more visibility we get, and the more people will see it. The more people see the game, the better we’ll do, and the better we do, the more we can support and expand our game.

Please note we’re not asking for you to leave a positive review. We want you to voice your honest opinion about the game. If you love it (and we hope you will), we want to hear that. If you don’t - then we want to hear that too.

So if you can, please leave us a Steam review once the game is out and you’ve played it for a few hours. You can always edit your opinion or expand upon it later, should you so wish.

To keep up to date with all the updates and news for Alaskan Road Truckers, head over to our Steam Store page to wishlist and follow Alaskan Road Truckers. Every wishlist helps us in making sure Alaskan Road Truckers is a success.

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Hello truckers!

There’s only a few days to wait until Alaskan Road Truckers launches on Steam .On the 18th of October, 2023, it’ll be time to hit the road and make your mark on Alaska.

You’ll drive, survive, and thrive in one of the harshest environments on the planet. But you can’t do any of that unless you buy the game, which is why today we’re announcing the…


That’s right! You’ve been asking how much Alaskan Road Truckers will cost and today we’ve got an answer for you.

You’ll be able to grab Alaskan Road Truckers on PC for $21.99 / €21.50 / £18.49.

But that’s not all - for the launch we’re able to offer a discount of 10%, meaning if you grab it quickly you’ll get a great deal.

There’s no pre-purchase for our game so you can’t buy it just yet, but now you should know what to expect on Wednesday the 18th of October.

But again, that’s not all! We’ve got something else for you:

Surviving as a trucker in Alaska isn’t a job for the faint of heart. If you’re rough enough, if you’re tough enough, you might have it in you to become a Mother Trucker.

Show off your badass style with the Mother Truckers Edition DLC for Alaskan Road Truckers. This limited-time DLC will unlock unique cosmetics in-game, here’s what you’ll get:


We’ve got a variety of characters for you to choose from in Alaskan Road Truckers but with the Mother Truckers Edition DLC you’ll get a brand new character to try out.

Introducing: Some Badass Dude with Tats

Yep, that’s right, your dream of being a badass dude with tats finally becomes a reality in Alaskan Road Truckers. If you’re already a badass dude with tats, then why not be a badass dude with tats in-game too?


Of course it’s not enough to be a badass in Alaskan Road Truckers, your truck needs to be as badass as you are.

That’s why in the Alaskan Road Truckers: Mother Truckers Edition DLC you’ll be able to hit the road like a flaming hammer with these unique customization options:

• Flaming Hot Truck Decals
  
• The Horniest Hood Ornaments in Alaska
  
• The Cattle-Killer 5000 Grill
  
• Climate Changer Exhaust
  
• The Ultra Deluxe Cab Light Set

Grab the Mothers Truckers Edition DLC for $2.99 / €2.99 / £2.49 and begin your trucking journey in style.


As we approach launch there’s only one thing left for you to do - wishlist us! Head over to our Steam page to add us to your wishlist, then you’ll be ready and set for your trucking adventure on the 18th.

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Hello truckers!

Our Open Playtest has now ended - meaning if you downloaded the playtest you will no longer be able to launch it.

We wanted to share our thanks to everyone who took part, streamed, gave feedback, and got involved in any way. This weekend has been incredible - seeing players get their hands on the game and begin hitting the roads in the rough and wild region of Alaska.


From a development standpoint, there is no way to overstate our useful this playtest has been for us. We are a small indie development team and while we've tested our game a lot, getting it out into the open with thousands of players has meant the game has been tested like never before.

Every bit of feedback you have sent in has been read and we're working on fixing the things that need fixing, sanding off the rough edges, and getting our game ready for release.

If you've played the playtest and wouldn't mind giving us a bit more information, we have two surveys we're asking players to fill out. Thank you in advance!

Playtest Feedback:https://forms.gle/ebah5svPkcsgta8i6


Steering Wheel Feedback:https://forms.gle/CvcshpMJMod3rrwU8


We aren't making Alaskan Road Truckers alone - you are part of our team and your comments, queries, and reports are making all the difference. So from everyone here at Road Studio, Movie Games, and Green Man Gaming Publishing - thank you.


If you'd like to keep up to date with everything happening in our game, including some secret announcements we've got coming soon, then add us to your wishlist on Steam and hit us up on our social channels!

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Whew! Saturday was something.
The first day of the open playtest brought us much-required feedback - and a lot of fixes. We've been fixing the game in real-time, reading and watching you on Discord and on your streams. This is becoming a tradition for us, isn't it?



Moreover, overnight we created a new build with even more fixes and improvements! So if you played at the start of our playtest, here's what has changed.

• Batteries are available at most gas stations and not only in stores
  
• Fixes to invisible bumps on some roads
  
• Fix for the camera prediction resetting itself to "off"
  
• Some traffic fixes (still WIP)
  
• Bugs fixes in Cantwell, Paxson, and Palmer
  
• Fixed the part of the road leading to Prudhoe Bay
  
• More items in stores from the clerks
  
• Invisible road bump fixes
  
• Fix for the crash when you eat certain items from inside the truck
  
• Improved gear 6 and 8 behavior
  
• Some landscape fixes
  
• Day-night lighting improvements
  
• Additional traffic improvements
  
• CB radio loan system fixes
  
• Removed requirement of the engine being off when (de)coupling a trailer
  
• Steering animation fix
  
• Reduction of sliding on some surfaces
  
• AMD GPUs graphic bug fix

We also know about many other issues that are in the works. These include:

• Battery depleting too quickly
  
• Newly bought trucks not working properly
  
• Wheel turning speed is too low (ultimately we think we'll go with an option with a slider, but we'll speed it up by default first)
  
• Remaining AI wonkiness
  
• Steering wheel detection problems for some models (try running the game in admin mode, it often helps)
  
• Force feedback being too strong (FFB options in the works!)

We might be able to include at least some of those before the playtest is over.

If you want to support us, wishlist Alaskan Road Truckers, follow us, and tell your friends about it.

Thank you all for testing with us and helping make the game better!

Michal from Road Studio

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This playtest has now finished - thank you to everyone who has taken part!

Hello truckers!

Alaskan Road Truckers is nearing launch, every day we’re getting closer to the 18th of October when we’ll be sending our trucker game out into the wild and you’ll be starting your diesel-fuelled adventure.

But you don’t have to wait until then to play Alaskan Road Truckers. We’ve been running closed playtests on our Discord channel and now we’re ready to invite everyone!


We’re running open playtests! Between 08:00 UTC / 09:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 04:00 EDT / 01:00 PDT / 16:00 CST on Saturday the 7th of October until 08:00 UTC / 09:00 BST / 10:00 CEST / 04:00 EDT / 01:00 PDT / 16:00 CST on Monday the 9th of October, you’ll be able to download and play the beta playtest version of Alaskan Road Truckers. You will be able to play for a maximum of three hours, but you can choose when you want to play during the above hours.

Signing up is incredibly simple:

• Go to our Alaskan Road Truckers Steam store page
  
• Press the green button to request access
  
• Open Steam to download the Alaskan Road Truckers playtest
  
• Once that’s finished - play!

Note: If you are outside of the playtest hours above, you will not be able to see the button to sign up for the playtest. Please wait until the playtest begins to sign up and download.

That’s all you need to do to get trucking. But as a playtester, we’d love to hear from you.

Remember that this is a beta playtest, we are still working on the game and will be right up to (and after) release. So if you encounter bugs, technical issues, gameplay issues, or just have suggestions and feedback for us - please let us know. We’re working round the clock to fix issues and make Alaskan Road Truckers ready for release, and your feedback is essential to that. As we mentioned in a previous devlog, we’re a small indie development team which means we need as much help as possible with testing, playing, and letting us know what you think!

Give us your feedback on our Steam Discussion Forum to make sure you get heard. We’ll be checking constantly throughout the playtest and your feedback will make all the difference in making our game a success.

Also - if you’re a streamer or content creator, please feel free to stream or record your experience. There are no embargos, NDAs, or anything else. Share our game with your communities - we’re looking forward to seeing what you create!

Thank you to everyone who takes part and who tells us what you think. Don’t forget to tell your friends to join in - we need as many people as possible trying our playtest to get as much essential feedback as possible.

We can’t wait to hear what you have to say and we’re incredibly excited to get you all behind the wheel.

If you want to help us make Alaskan Road Truckers a success, the best way you can help (other than playing the playtest, telling other people to play the playtest, and giving us your feedback) is to wishlist us on Steam - so head over to our store page and mash that wishlist button!

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Hello truckers!

Today marks TWO WEEKS until Alaskan Road Truckers launches on Steam!

In the buildup to launch, we've been running a few closed playtests for our Discord members. This has been incredibly useful to us, helping us to refine our focus, fix bugs, and make some changes that the community has asked for.


We've received a ton of feedback over the most recent playtest sessions. Here are some of the changes we've been able to implement in our playtest build, which all helps make the final game better than ever:

• Added dedicated quality settings for rear view mirrors
  
• Can now disable the first-person camera following the steering wheel
  
• Camera toggle speed is increased
  
• NPC cars now use taillights
  
• Truck and trailer stop lights, reverse lights and direction lights now work (still WIP)
  
• Wet road reflections have been improved
  
• Trucker perk tooltips don’t flicker anymore
  
• AI car improvements (still WIP)
  
• UI scaling fixes
  
• Concrete barrier collision fix
  
• Sky and light tweaks - night is darker, sun reflections are fixed, fog is tweaked
  
• Bird size and velocity tweaks
  
• Draw distance improvement in some places
  
• Subtle UI changes in facility and map menus

There are many more changes, these are just the headlines, but we wanted everyone to know - we're listening to your feedback very carefully. This won't stop here either, when we launch the game we want to continue hearing from you - you're an essential component in making Alaskan Road Truckers a success.

We've been able to let streamers and content creators get their hands on the latest playtest builds over the last few days and the response has blown us away. Here's a few for you to whet your appetite in anticipation of the full game launch.






...and there's many more out there!

If you'd like to be involved in future playtests we may have an opportunity coming up - stay tuned for a potential Steam announcement.

With only two weeks to go, the best way to stay in touch with everything Alaskan Road Truckers is to wishlist us - then you'll be all ready to start your trucking adventure on the 18th!

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Hello truckers!

There are less than three weeks to go until we launch on Steam. Three weeks! We can barely believe it. We are so excited to be able to release our game into the wild and have you all play it - we hope you’re as excited as we are.

Last week we talked about how Alaskan Road Truckers fits into the field of trucking games, this week we’re going to look at how it compares to simulation games. We’re going to answer the question - is Alaskan Road Truckers a simulation game?



It’s surprisingly hard to pin down what makes a simulation game a simulation game. It’s an incredibly broad category of gaming, containing games as diverse as Gas Station Simulator, The Sims, and Stardew Valley. Despite allowing players to experience things in a huge variety of ways, there is one thing that unites all simulation games - they simulate an experience.

That experience can be as large as designing, building, and managing your own city or as small as living the moment-to-moment experience of a singular person doing a job. Simulation games are all about putting you into a role and giving you the tools to experience it, most often with a degree of fidelity to real life.



So the question is: where does Alaskan Road Truckers fit into the simulation genre?

Do we simulate an experience? Yes. Alaskan Road Truckers is all about putting you in the shoes (and skin) of an Alaskan trucker. You’ll live, eat, drive, and exist as a trucker, and as a result, many things are simulated. Weather, driving conditions, hunger, energy, health - they’re all in the game, and they make the game step into the simulation space. So on the surface, Alaskan Road Truckers is a simulation game.

That said, we would hesitate to brand Alaskan Road Truckers as pure simulation. We’re focusing more on recreating the feel of being an Alaskan trucker rather than recreating every minute aspect of owning a truck or running a trucking business. We want you to feel like a rugged trucker, working through storms and against the odds to deliver your cargo, we don’t want you to feel like you have a never-ending spreadsheet of tasks to complete before you get to the fun stuff. This is a game inspired by real life, it isn’t a recreation of real life.

We spoke last week about how we’re not aiming to take the crown of trucking sims, and that’s still true. We are an indie team making an indie game and our ambitions are big but still modest. We’re making the best Alaskan trucker experience ever, we aren’t making the most high-fidelity simulation game ever made.

Every aspect of our game has been designed to put you in those trucking boots, and we think you’ll be pleased with the look, sound, feel, and level of simulation we’ve put into the game.


We’ve been running limited closed playtests with parts of our community, and we’ve got more planned! If you’d like to take part, the first step is to join our Discord, where you’ll find info on how to sign up:
http://”https://discord.gg/7nzKkAVgN4”

With less than three weeks to go until we launch on Steam, stay up to date with everything Alaskan Road Truckers by wishlisting us. We’ve also got a ton of social channels where you can stay in touch with us - come join us!

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