See Brewmaster in Simfest Hobby Edition
Simfest is a joint Steam & Auroch Digital event. It is a Steam festival celebrating simulation games, giving the genre opportunity to showcase all it has to offer. As there are so many games within the sim genre, the first Simfest will be the “Hobby Sim Edition”. A Hobby Sim is a simulation game that authentically simulates a hobby or job (or both!).
At Auroch Digital we've lined up a range of excellent streams and panels from games and studios doing interesting things in the simulation game space.
We are also sharing our own experience of making a hobby simulation game with Brewmaster, check out the panels and streams we are taking part in below. Each stream and panel is being looped multiple times during a 24 hour period in order to cater to different time zones. Make sure to check the schedule to find exact showing times.
👩🍳Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator - IRL vs Digital homebrewing plus a trip to Moor Beer Brewery 🍺
- Date 1st - 2nd April between 6pm - 6pm UK time
- Jack and Jemima from Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator are joined by Justin Hawke, Head Brewer and owner of Moor Beer Company, to talk about all things brewing. Learn how Moor Beer make their award-winning beer, what it's like to work at an industrial brewery, and how brewing on this scale differs from homebrewing. You can also get some great tips for your own home brewing! Jack talks about the chemistry simulation behind Brewmaster and talks about what the team decided to simulate when creating this homebrewing game and why. You'll also see loads of awesome footage of our visit to Moor Beer Brewery!
🚚 Panel: Can hobby sims teach you to do a real life Job?🚚
- Date 2nd - 3rd April between 6pm - 6pm UK time
- Hobby sims are more popular than every with games that allow you to do everything from running a farm, to running a zoo, to driving a truck. The teams behind popular simulation games discuss the appeal and importance of this rising genre. But can these games actually teach you how to do their respective activity outside of the game? Or is there more value to be found in providing a digital recreation of a hobby or job to people who may not be able to do it otherwise? And how did the teams faithfully recreate the job or hobby in their titles?
🏗 Panel: What is a hobby Sim and why do people play them? 🏗
- Date 3rd - 4th April between 6pm - 6pm UK time
- From the teams working on popular hobby and job simulation games to find out how they made the games, find out how they capture that hobby or job. Where does realism belong in this genre of games? Is it more important to simulate a hobby or job accurately, or does an idealised version suit gaming better? Find out where the line between realism and idealisation is drawn in some of your favourite hobby and job sims!