Howdy, long-haul truckers! Today we will be moving the game into Early Access ahead of the upcoming public release. We are still fixing bugs and adding things in preparation for release, but a lot of our core features still need more time in the oven. Multiplayer being a big one as well as the racing / betting. So instead of pushing the release date back another few months, we'd rather get the game out to more players so we can get more feedback and community direction. Speaking of community direction, other than the ton of super helpful bug reports, folks have been providing lots of cool features to add as well as some UI tweaks and usability ideas. Since the players are the ones playing the game, your input is really important to getting this all right. There are also a fair amount of extras we had planned like accessibility features, OSX, controller / Steam Deck support, and a few others. These take time and some may be after the version 1.0 release too. What changes, you say? Here is the change-log for the current beta branch version:
- Added: "waiting" button when it is not the local player's turn in multiplayer
- Added: new post-game summary scene that goes over winners and losers
- Added: icon for current leader (by space and deliveries)
- Added: new animation for dice roll
- Added: players can honk horn in multiplayer while waiting
- Changed: icon for score in HUD
- Changed: player mini-HUDs rearrange based on turn order
- Changed: 'nah' and 'yeah' buttons during character select
- Fixed: Just The Tip showing incorrect fine or turn loss
- Fixed: interface and turn icon sync for clients
- Fixed: possible condition where passing warehouse may count twice
- Fixed: issue where games with more than one lap may prevent player from delivering oats a second time
- Fixed: issue where Resource cards didn't let you use buttons or didn't show buttons
- Fixed: ESC button not unpausing game if paused
- Fixed: total number of deliviers doesn't show right in multiplayer HUD
- Fixed: skipping companion pick soft-locking game
- Fixed: curse or disease not affecting move roll
- Fixed: curse or move bonus decreasing on first turn after obtaining one
- Fixed: duplicate song in playlist
Haulin' Oats
CoaguCo Industries
CoaguCo Industries
Ready When Ready
Indie Strategy Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop
Game News Posts 28
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
6 user reviews
(6 reviews)
https://hauling.coaguco.com
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1254770 
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This is a game about truck driving, the US highways, and oatmeal. During your time as a truck driver for the Starkham Oatmeal company, you will be tasked with delivering crates of delicious oats to the local grocery store. The roads are fraught with dangers, as well as delights, so be sure to take along a trusty co-pilot and / or pet.
Arranged as a digital board game, you will encounter a wide variety of characters and obstacles ranging from drug cartels, bike gangs, random maniacs, pop stars, police, serial killers, and the few folk that aren't completely crazy. Make your way around the board and collect your wages every time you complete a delivery then return to the warehouse. Use it to buy spare parts for your truck, the favor of lot lizards, or sometimes bribe your way out of trouble.
When you start a game, each player will get to choose one of eight different drivers; with three locked by default. Each has two strengths and weaknesses, like bonuses to truck ramming checks or penalties to dealing with the law. Mix and match the different drivers with co-pilots and pets to get the upper hand against your opponents.
Just like the drivers, each co-pilot and pet has one different benefit and disadvantage. If you get a bad Incident card draw, you might just accidentally leave 'em at a truck stop somewhere for an opponent to scoop up. If none suit your play style, you can choose to play without one if you want.
Special guest characters (drivers, co-pilots, and pets) can be unlocked through different quests or by doing certain things a bunch.
Old friends from our previous games make an appearance as well. One cannot go through Starkham without seeing familiar faces like Bill Finnigan or Aloysius. They are sometimes found in Encounter or Incident decks. Depending on who you find, they may have a mission for you or an item to barter.
There are a lot of other characters as well. Scattered throughout the Incident, Encounter, and Resource decks various characters await you, either to rob you blind or give you mini-quests to complete. Heck, some might just need something as simple as a ride down the highway a bit or a wee bit of your money.
A quick and dirty list of features, for those of you who like bullet-lists:
- Music by Azucar (One Way To Die, Raise Your Own Clone) and El Castor
- All hand-drawn art
- 36 squares all filled with adventure
- 8 different drivers, 8 different co-pilots, and, of course, 8 different pets (including special guests)
- 75 different cards per Encounter, Incident, and Resources deck
- Play with others in online or LAN multiplayer
- The usual breakdown of statistics and leaderboards to measure yourself against
- Achievements that actually unlock stuff
Whether your driving record is spotless or you've played one of our games before, get some quicker in-game unlocks with the Mileage Club! For each of our previous games that you've owned or played (demo, family share, or free weekend), you will unlock guest characters or table accoutrements.
Haven't done so or don't got 'em? Don't worry, you can get all the same characters and bonuses by just playing the game. And with a little elbow grease.
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or higherMemory: 2 GB RAMGraphics: Any supporting OpenGL 2.1Storage: 1 GB available spaceSound Card: Only if you like sound
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any supporting OpenGL 2.1
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or higherMemory: 4 GB RAMGraphics: Any supporting OpenGL 3.3Network: Broadband Internet connectionStorage: 1 GB available spaceSound Card: Only if you like sound
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any supporting OpenGL 3.3Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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