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!
Community Updates
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.
Review us on Steam
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.
Stay in Touch!
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.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/849100/Alaskan_Road_Truckers/
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