Ogre storms towards its release, revealing more about Dark Future, and a secret

Since we last spoke, we’ve had a bit of a whirlwind of interest in our Ogre project with Steve Jackson Games. The Ogre community has been wonderfully supportive of the game ahead of its launch on Steam, and the reaction from the game at Gen Con 2017 was also overwhelming.

We’ve generated a bunch of press too, here’s a small sample of the outlets that have covered us so far;

• Polygon
• PC Gamer
• Rock Paper Shotgun
• Rambler.RU
• 4Players.de
• PCGamesN
• Comingsoon.it
• Eurogamer.it
• Games.CZ
• Wargamer
• Worth Playing
• The Dice Tower
• Gameosity
• TGN
• BoardGameGeekTV

As an independent developer, we’re always very grateful for the coverage we receive from the press, and we’re equally thrilled when we see streamers and YouTubers playing our games too, such as this first play of the preview version of the game from Nitebytes.

Our friends at Unity also seem to like what they see, as they championed the game on the front page of their Made with Unity site, which was a huge honour.

Ogre is out on October 5th, so there’s not long left until it launches on Steam, and we can’t wait to see the reaction from fans.

Prototyping... pic.twitter.com/AWenanQlVs

— Auroch Digital (@AurochDigital) September 13, 2017

On other projects, things are equally exciting. Above you see perhaps the earliest piece of marketing material we’ve ever made! It’s a photo from one of our designers of a rough physical prototype he’s been working on of an unannounced digital title we’re working on. We won’t be announcing this one for a while yet, but we’d love to hear theories on what people think it might be...

Plus the Producer of Dark Future: Blood Red States took part in an impromptu AMA on Reddit recently. There’s all sorts of questions in there about how we create video games based on tabletop IPs, so take a look if you’ve ever wondered about how we work.

Ogre is coming soon to Steam, from Auroch Digital and Steve Jackson Games

We’ve been busy at work on our latest video game and its launch is almost here!

Ogre comes to Steam on October 5th, brought to you by Auroch and the legendary team at Steve Jackson Games. It’s a faithful digital adaptation of the award-winning Ogre tabletop game, which has captivated wargamers since the first edition back in 1977.

For more information about the game, and to add it to your Wishlist, head over to the Ogre Steam Store Page.

You can also watch the first trailer below;

Auroch nominated for "best place to work in tech" at The SPARKies Awards 2017

We’re thrilled to announce that we were nominated at the 2017 SPARKies Awards, in the category of “best place to work in tech”.

The SPARKies Awards brings together 300 of the South West’s brightest and boldest from the tech and digital community, for a night of championing the success stories from the region. Nominations are public, with just 15 awards up for grabs, of which our studio was nominated for the “best place to work in tech” category.

This award highlights the companies that have made their company culture a beacon for others to follow, so we were obviously over-the-moon to make the shortlist.

On the night we were pipped to the post for the top spot by Edo - a huge congratulations to our fellow Bristolians! - but just to be nominated for the awards is a huge honour, so a massive thank you to those who nominated us.

If being part of a studio recognised for its work environment sounds good to you, why not take a peek at our vacancies?

Rock Paper Shotgun talks to us (and loads of other great developers) about recent Steam user review changes

Steam's recent change to its policies regarding user reviews has been a hot button topic as of late.

We spoke with Rock Paper Shotgun – along with a whole host of other fantastic studios - about how the changes have affected some of our games on Steam, which you can read all about here.

A huge thanks to Adam Smith for putting together such a well-rounded collection of opinions on the subject, it was fascinating to read how other developers have responded to these changes.

Auroch Digital's Peter Willington featured in Develop Magazine!

Auroch Digital's very own dynamo, Peter Willington, has this month been featured in Develop Magazine's August Edition!

Discussing the role of Producer within the games industry, Peter offers his extensive knowledge on what it takes to keep everyone working at their very best.

For his feature, click here.

Ever modest, Peter's expertise continues to help Auroch Digital grow and operate as efficiently as possible. 

You can also read the whole August edition here. 

For more from the man himself, you can find him on Twitter - @xeroxeroxero

We're adapting classic boardgame 'Ogre' in collaboration with Steve Jackson Games!

Ogre, the classic game of future tank warfare, will come to PC via Steam next year in a hex/turn-based digital adaptation! We're incredibly excited and proud to be working with Steve Jackson Games. 

Originally announced on Kickstarter, the project raised nearly a million dollars for its giant Designer’s Edition, and one of the stretch-goal promises was “We will do a computer game.” We are thrilled to announce that Auroch Digital will be creating this adaptation, as massive fans of the original game.

 Work on the project will begin immediately, and the game should be released in late 2017.

ABOUT THE PUBLISHERS
Auroch Digital Ltd. is the acclaimed and multiple award-nominated Bristol-based indie games studio, founded by veteran game designer Dr. Tomas Rawlings.

Steve Jackson Games publishes Ogre, Munchkin, Zombie Dice, Chez Geek, and a lot of other board and card games. Its big upcoming project is Car Wars on Kickstarter.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Auroch Digital: Follow on Twitter & Facebook or see Presskit.

Steve Jackson Games: www.sjgames.com/ogre. Rhea Friesen, rhea@sjgames.com.

Come and Play with Auroch Digital!

We'll be playing Chainsaw Warrior and Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night, trying to beat the highest scores and best times, as well as hardcore runs with no weapons and other such silliness. These will be happening on Friday afternoons, 16:00 GMT / 08:00 PDT / 11.00 EDT / 17:00 CEST.

Our latest title, Last Days of Old Earth, has a Multiplayer mode which our Community Manager, Jake, will be playing at the scheduled times below;

Thurs 30th June - 17:30 GMT / 09:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 18:30 CEST

Mon 4th July - 17:00 GMT / 09:00 PDT / 12:00 EDT / 18:00 CEST

Tues 12th July - 17:30 GMT / 09:30 PDT / 12:30 EDT / 18:30 CEST

If you would like to organise a game in advance, or you are not available at these times but would still like to play the game, drop me an email and we can look at when is best for you and us :)

Our reason for doing this is we want to open up a more collaborative and involved feedback process, so if users love our games, or have things they'd like improved, they can get involved and let us know. We will be active on the Steam forums for each game, or you can drop Jake an email with any feedback.

All 3 games are included in Steam's Summer Sale. Last Days of Old Earth has been discounted by 20%, while both Chainsaw Warrior and Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night are 50% off individually. If you're yet to pick up either CW game, both are included in the Total Darkness Edition, which is also 50% off.

So get involved! We'd love to hear from you, play games and have some fun! :)

Chainsaw Warrior Images

Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night Images

Last Days of Old Earth Images