As part of Digital Tabletop Fest 4: Roll of the Dice, Tess and John from Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life are joined in an exclusive panel by Alexia Mallet, Modelling and Simulation Engineer, and Pantelis Poulakis, Mission Project Manager, from the European Space Agency (ESA).

Our guests will discuss a range of topics from the on-going mission to find life on Mars, and how real-life rocket science (and its challenges) play a part in the game design of Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life. Mark your calendars - this is one you don’t want to miss!

• 📆 Date: Sunday 10th March
  
• ⏰ Time: 7:00am PT | 10:00am PT | 1:00pm PT

Panelists

Moderators

• John O'Donnell - Lead Designer at Auroch Digital - He/Him
  
• Tess Cartwright - Producer at Auroch Digital - She/Her
  Both working on Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life

ESA Representatives

• Alexia Mallet - Modelling and Simulation Manager - She/Her
  
• Pantelis Poulakis - Mission Project Manager - He/Him

Important Links

https://www.esa.int/



https://store.steampowered.com/app/2281620/Mars_Horizon_2_The_Search_for_Life/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/765810/Mars_Horizon/

Morning Steam folks!

Steam playtest will go live Sat morning (time to be announced exactly) but we have already begun activating groups of testers.


1. First and foremost Exfil is a game meant to be played with a groups of gamers locally hosted. We do put up some community servers to bring everyone together for testing but ultimately Exfil is a sandbox Milsim in which players are going to write their own stories. This is Chapter 1

2. Exfil the game is made by two developers. We each wear about 40 different hats including our day to day jobs. Set your expectations accordingly! We do our best and improvements take time.

3. Exfil is a tactical shooter. It doesn't hold your hand or have flashing bells and lights to lead you to the next objective. To be properly prepared everyone should watch the following video made by our community members B-wild and his merry misfits



4. Exfil is alive and well today in our discord. We meet up there, play games together and even develop in unreal engine together. Anyone is welcome to the neighborhood, Don't be shy!

EXFIL DISCORD

5. Exfil is community driven. We are in constant daily contact with our community and actively close their bugs and make improvements based on feedback. We check in with our communities and engage them in regular feedback and playtest sessions. It takes a community to build an indie game!

Steam playtest is a chance for you to engage the product and the developers and tell us how you would like to see Exfil evolve.

And of course! Don't forget to wishlist Exfil if you like what you see in the playtest.

Much Appreciated, Exfil team

From today through the 11th of March, you can save 10% off Gods Against Machines. In addition to that, you will also be able to experience some of the latest and greatest digital tabletop-inspired titles and see what the future holds for the tabletop genre with coming soon games. The festival will feature deckbuilders, board games, and titles inspired by tabletop IPs.

Digital Tabletop Fest is a Steam festival hosted by Auroch Digital. This year’s festival will be the fourth iteration, after first taking place in 2020.

Join Gods Against Machines and many other incredible digital tabletop games in Digital Tabletop Fest 4: Roll of the Dice. We hope to see you there!

In this patch, our primary focus was on enhancing stability and performance. Several improvements and optimizations have been implemented to address crashes, although not all issues may be resolved. Still, the switching to DirectX11 remains a workaround in some cases. So, we continue to work on this.

Upon the first launch, the game will conduct an internal benchmark to automatically configure optimal graphics settings. We've tuned visuals for low-spec PCs to ensure a smoother experience.

Additional Fixes and Improvements:

• Corrected music interruptions during gameplay
  
• Restored the missing Exit button in photo mode
  
• Introduced a couple of new weekend events
  
• Resolved various animation issues
  
• Expanded zoom levels for better visibility
  
• Implemented several quality-of-life improvements

Thank you for your continued support as we work to refine and enhance your gaming experience.

We are thrilled to announce that AETHERIS will be part of Digital Tabletop Fest – the festival celebrating all things related to digital tabletop games.

To celebrate this event, from today through March 11th, we offer a sweet discount on AETHERIS Deluxe Edition for you to dive deeper into the mysteries of the Wilderness, go check it out https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tabletopfest

In addition to that, you will also be able to experience some of the latest and greatest digital tabletop-inspired titles and see what the future holds for the tabletop genre with “coming soon” games. The festival will feature deck builders, board games, and titles inspired by tabletop IPs.

Get your dice ready 🎲

➣Don't forget to join us on Discord and chat with us!

Catch you in the Wilderness soon!✌️

~WILD WITS Team

As part of Digital Tabletop Fest 4: Roll of the Dice, Tess and John from Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life are joined in an exclusive panel by Alexia Mallet, Modelling and Simulation Engineer, and Pantelis Poulakis, Mission Project Manager, from the European Space Agency (ESA).

Our guests will discuss a range of topics from the on-going mission to find life on Mars, and how real-life rocket science (and its challenges) play a part in the game design of Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life. Mark your calendars - this is one you don’t want to miss!

• 📆 Date: Sunday 10th March
  
• ⏰ Time: 7:00am PT | 10:00am PT | 1:00pm PT

Panelists

Moderators

• John O'Donnell - Lead Designer at Auroch Digital - He/Him
  
• Tess Cartwright - Producer at Auroch Digital - She/Her
  Both working on Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life

ESA Representatives

• Alexia Mallet - Modelling and Simulation Manager - She/Her
  
• Pantelis Poulakis - Mission Project Manager - He/Him

Important Links

https://www.esa.int/



https://store.steampowered.com/app/2281620/Mars_Horizon_2_The_Search_for_Life/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/765810/Mars_Horizon/

Hello everyone!

March is here and we would like to update you what's happening this month! ːsteamhappyː

1. The public demo launch day is tentatively scheduled for as early as March 15th and no later than March 25th.
   
2. If you're interested in helping us playtest and report bugs, please make sure to join our Discord!
   If we have any early playtest we'll make an announcement there!

• We've optimized the game's performance with a new scenario. (The last playtest was super laggy.)
  
• New Town Arrangement
  
• New Artwork in the Antique Shop and many more relics!

Unfortunately, we didn't have the demo ready in time, but make sure to check out the other amazing games at the event!




- Thank you, Robin Caspers, for the German localization ❤️
- Thank you, Elstan Evallyo, for the Russian localization ❤️

We are still in need of translations for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
If you are proficient in any of these languages and would like to contribute!
Please let us know by joining our Discord server.
(Any other languages that are not listed here and you would like to help out is cool as well!)

And, of course, thank you all for your incredible support! We hope you look forward to our demo!👍
The Northwind Team, Barking Kitten Interactive. 🐾

- We've deployed a MAJOR gameplay overhaul! Enjoy a tightly balanced game with more impactful cards and powerful mechanics.
- DRAFT MODE has been unlocked! Build a deck on the fly and compete for prizes in this fun new game mode.

More details will be posted soon.

Hi Ranchers! 🐴🌻 We’ve now reached the third milestone on The Ranch of Rivershine’s roadmap: The Rocky Mountain trail! This area opens up a ton of new content including new competitions, wild dapple horses, new tack colors, a flexibility training arena, and a new horse statue!

Additionally, The Ranch of Rivershine is currently on sale! It’s a perfect time to grab the game and head onto the mountain trails!

The Rocky Mountain trail features steep inclines, hanging bridges, and herds of wild goats! You’ll be able to ride around this new area and upgrade it with cross country obstacles, a wild horse pen, and a flexibility arena... And don't forget to look for the three hidden tack chests!


A new lively track will also be playing on this trail... Give it a listen here!


After opening the Rocky Mountain trail, you'll have access to four new cross country competitions. If you've already unlocked all the competitions, these will all become available instantly. If not, you'll unlock them as you progress through the questline!



I've also created two new obstacle sets to decorate these new courses!


The flexibility arena is finally here! Wave around a line of barrels to pass through the flexibility checkpoints and quickly train your horse.



Purchase this arena from River and upgrade it twice after that to use it multiple times per day.


The wild horses sighted in Rocky Mountain have interesting coat colors… It's dapples! After building the Rocky Mountain wild horse pen, you'll be able to catch these horses and add them to your stables.

Dapples are a new type of coat modifier and can be mixed with all coat colors and patterns. This results in a ton of new coat color combinations to discover! Dapples are available in five different strengths, from minimum to maximum.

Here’s an example of how the different dapples look on a black horse!


All the tack is available in new colors at the saddlery! The fabric tack has four new shades: pink, purple, teal and orange! The leather tack also has two additional shades: light brown and dark brown.

Here's a preview of the new fabric color range!


Since the horse interface was getting a bit too cluttered with all the equipment, I’ve also reworked it to make it easier to find the color you want!

• Reduced the cost of early upgrades and tack items.
  
• Changed all competition times to be a little easier.

For the next content update, I'll be tackling the foal training! This will allow you to interact with your foal in new ways and do more activities with them. Alongside that, I'll also implement horse personalities to make each of your horse more unique!

If you'd like to see more development news and participate in beta testing for upcoming updates, be sure to join the official The Ranch of Rivershine Discord!

Thank you for reading and happy trail riding everyone!
Éloïse

Small fixes and opening up of Southmir for early testing.