You can now preorder automation at Automationgame.com
There are 2 versions, the Naturally Aspirated Version and the Forced Induction version.
For all of those who supported us on RocketHub, you will also get the additional items within the Forced Induction edition.
We decided to make all of the RocketHub ranks exclusive to those who gave their support early on.As we try to be as open about our plans and development as possible because we believe in being honest to our community is the moral thing to do, here is target :Our lofty goal is to get 4000-5000 pre orders. This will allow us to quit our jobs completely and work full time on automation.
Which will provide a big boost to our productivity and sanity.
Of course we will finish the game either way, just without those pre orders it will take longer.
We know a lot of you are keen to get your hands on something playable, so here is an update on where we're at with releasing an Open Beta.
We want to get something playable out for you ASAP, and as the car designer isn't really ready for release yet and still needs a lot of polishing and tweaking this could take a while.As such, we've decided we will go back to our original plan of releasing the engine designer first, as its very close to being complete.
Currently, we just need to finish tweaking some stats, impliment a few tutorial features, do a bit of general polishing work, and get a few licencing things sorted out and then the engine designer is ready to play.Once all this is sorted out we will release the engine designer.
Those of you who preordered through rockethub will be the first to receive it, and once everything is working well for them, we'll release it as an open beta for all to play.
Those of you who have preordered will also be able to build V8s (which should be in the beta a few weeks after we release it) whereas the open beta users will only have inline 4 engines to build.
This will be followed by a release of the car designer open beta, but this still requires quite a lot of work before it's ready to release.
Thanks for your patience as we work towards getting Automation finished!
