Autonauts

Devlog

• Hooray for Autonauts!
  July 25, 2019 by Denki

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  FUN FACT! Autonauts is actually coming soon for reals now! You can Wishlist the full release HERE on Steam! #lightattheendofthetunnel... Continue reading

  
• What's Autonew?
  May 27, 2019 by Denki

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  Reminder: the version of Autonauts on itch.io is the Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha: a public prototype used to help prove the concept and help us build The Real Thing (which will be released via Steam later this... Continue reading
• Four New GIFs
  April 29, 2019 by Denki

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  Hi! Been a while. Trust all's well in your world? We're still making Autonauts (and, perhaps most importantly, still enjoying it). And it's still on course for a proper Steam release later this year... Continue reading
• + + + BIG NEWS! + + +
  February 18, 2019 by Denki

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  So! Our Big News! We did a deal with a publisher to help us sell Autonauts . Autonauts will now be officially released towards the end of this year, on PC first via Steam Early Access and growing ou... Continue reading

  
• Santautomation is Coming to Town
  December 19, 2018 by Denki

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  Meanwhile, in a secret workshop somewhere in the North Pole, Santa's not-so-little automated helpers are busy making, painting and wrapping model trains, ready for the big night ahead. THAT'S 2018 dra... Continue reading

  
• Iceberging
  November 10, 2018 by Denki

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  Penning Highland Cows in an enclosed space converts an idea for 'farm animal breeding station' into a barn blueprint! AHEM. EXCUSE the placeholder text in that screenshot :) A lot less to show this mo... Continue reading

  
• Arm-Wrestling Jellied Soapy Kittens
  October 09, 2018 by Denki

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  Placeholder ceremonies draw attention to your doing good things :) MAKING GAMES can sometimes feel like arm-wrestling an octopus or trying to nail jellies to the ceiling - or perhaps more like trying... Continue reading

  
• Autogroup Hug
  September 10, 2018 by Denki

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  Still no new public version, soz to say. But we have been busy sorting out the game and adding handy features along the way. Like being able to group Bots. Here you see the Crop Crew doing their thing... Continue reading

  
• Scripts Too Shall Pass
  August 29, 2018 by Denki

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  Our new update to the Bot scripting means that Bots can now give each other objects, which is top fun and jolly useful. You probably weren't aware that a while back we added a feature that allows you... Continue reading

  
• All the World's an Autostage
  August 23, 2018 by Denki

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  When automation goes bad... :) There’s no mistaking who ate all the pumpkin pies here. In the background, a passing highland cow’s stopped to take a look at this small but growing settlement. IT'S... Continue reading

  
• Autochievements
  August 08, 2018 by Denki

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  Earn badges by completing automation challenges (some unlock bonus features :) #autonauts #automation #indiegame #indiedev #gaming #robots #farming #simulator... Continue reading

  
• Woohoo!
  July 25, 2018 by Denki

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  Automated cause for celebration: UK Games Fund winner! https:// twitter.com/ukgamesfund/st atus/1022046815196274688 …... Continue reading

  
• What's Up, Bot?
  July 17, 2018 by Denki

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  How do. It’s been at least a month since we last got together to discuss progress and the status of Autonauts . What have we been up to since then? Short answer: the usual (essential): Firming up th... Continue reading

  
• Cow's About That?
  June 06, 2018 by Denki

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  Want to make your automated dairy farm more efficient to meet increasing demand from growing colonists? Then these new milking sheds should be moo-sic to your ears: each one holds up to three cows at... Continue reading

  
• Ploughing On
  May 23, 2018 by Denki

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  The fruits of focussed, automated research fuelled by the love from your well-tended Folk... A technological advancement suited to the farmer with more 'modern' tastes and larger fields: a crude cow-p... Continue reading

  
• Transportationauts
  May 17, 2018 by Denki

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  Transportation evolved, from handcarts to minecarts on wooden tracks (and ultimately trains on metal rails at some point). Now that storage is no longer magically linked like it was in Pre-Pre-Pre-Alp... Continue reading

  
• Can You Dig It? Why, Yes, You Can Now!
  May 11, 2018 by Denki

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  Hello! Gary here. Not been ignoring you. Just busy behind the scenes doing boring but necessary things that I could try to dress up to sound more... interesting, I guess, but 'interesting' was about t... Continue reading

  
• Check Out Cart
  April 18, 2018 by Denki

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  This week's work in progress sees the long-awaited debut of primitive transportation for goods. The combination of generic storage and the discovery of the wheel means you can make basic carts and tea... Continue reading

  
• What's Mined is Yours
  April 11, 2018 by Denki

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  So much beneath the surface of this simple sped-up GIF... No, Autonauts is not turning into a Minecraft clone, this is just to make the mining feel contrasting and more physical :) You might notice th... Continue reading

  
• Fowl Play
  April 03, 2018 by Denki

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  This week's work in progress sees us starting to domesticate chickens and automate egg production. The fowl roam wild but are more productive when they have a home to call their own... Continue reading

  
• Bees Please, Louise
  March 29, 2018 by Denki

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  In the immortal words of Nic Cage in The Wicker Man remake: "COOL! THE BEES!" Automate honey production starting by raiding tree-based nests then building your own hives and ultimately apiaries! If yo... Continue reading

  
• Selective Automation
  March 21, 2018 by Denki

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  Put two cows into the barn and - SCHWING! - as if by magic three come out! Yes, you can now breed livestock and the offspring inherit traits from the parents (like an average size in this example), wh... Continue reading

  
• Sing a Rainbot
  March 17, 2018 by Denki

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  The Bot reign begins in the rain. Lovely little loop leaked from latest Autonauts, courtesy of @koloxlo QA :D... Continue reading

  
• Right As Rain
  February 19, 2018 by Denki

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  The rain in Autonauts falls mainly where it... oughts (even at night). Rain makes Folk sad (at any time of day), so make sure you make (and maintain) adequate shelter for your growing community... Continue reading

  
• Wotta Lotta Botta
  February 13, 2018 by Denki

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  This is what happens when you mess around with the new Bot construction system to mix up the basic Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3 parts :)... Continue reading
• Planty McBot Zones
  February 05, 2018 by Denki

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  All soil types have been merged into one, which means you can grow anything alongside anything else. Better still, you can now also easily define operational zones for your Bots (the white strip in th... Continue reading

  
• Working 9-5-9-5...
  January 27, 2018 by Denki

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  Busy busy busy, working day and night and day and... New Bots built with Mk1 parts (and the new Bot-building system) and a new hand-cranked mechanical frame-saw and new crates (among other new things)... Continue reading

  
• WANTED!
  January 17, 2018 by Denki

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  By Best Gaz Hello! Now that Autonauts is shaping up as a game, we’d like to make it look better. We’d like it to feel more like Wind Waker , Ooblets , Animal Crossing , that sort of sweet style. B... Continue reading

  
• Merry Botmas!
  December 21, 2017 by Denki

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  That's us almost wrapped up for this year. Hopefully we weren't too Autonauty for Santabot's list :) Perhaps the biggest addition this week is Game Options, which let you choose between a more struc... Continue reading

  
• Autonauts Update, December 2017
  December 14, 2017 by Denki

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  Hello! How are you? It’s been a while. Yes, we have been rather quiet but only because we’ve been busy making more of a game out of Autonauts . Now you won’t be thrown in at the deep end with ev... Continue reading
• Autonauts Update!
  November 17, 2017 by Denki

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  Doing the Kickstarter campaign has been an education, that’s for sure. We knew it would be, but we didn’t realise just how much we’d learn. Bottom line: our story wasn’t strong enough and wasn... Continue reading
• Dress, Feed, Clean, Repeat
  November 13, 2017 by Denki

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  This Friday, start meeting folk needs: 1) dress them in clothes you made; 2) feed them when they're hungry (with food you made); 3) clean their dirty clothes; 4) clean dirty crockery (you made); 5) cl... Continue reading

  
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 20: Tidy!
  November 10, 2017 by Denki

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  This week: the beginnings of better buildings! :D... Continue reading

  
• Autonauts Autotalk #1
  October 31, 2017 by Denki

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  We know we really need to make a more uptodate playthrough video, but making the time to do that has been tricky - until this weekend, when we sat down with our old chum - yes, our Automate (sigh) - G... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!
  October 27, 2017 by Denki

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  Note: Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 17.1 is the most stable current version and still available for download if you don't want to take a chance with this update. Also, we have two possible downloads this... Continue reading
• Kickstart Us!
  October 25, 2017 by Denki

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  Aaron and I would keep making this game forever and for nothing - assuming we were immortal and could keep our families fed, housed and clothed for all that time, too. But we aren't and we can't and,... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 17! Sweet!
  October 20, 2017 by Denki

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  It's been a busy week behind the scenes for us trying to secure more secure funding to develop what we have now into a fuller game. Reactions to the possibility of us using crowdfunding have been mixe... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 16: Bricked!
  October 13, 2017 by Denki

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  Note: Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 15.1 is the most stable current version and still available for download if you don't want to take a chance with this update. This week's update has again been focussed... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 15: Strumbelievable!
  October 06, 2017 by Denki

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  You can make and play a guitar now (only a few chords, mind). The main focus this week has been on community feedback, which means a few long-standing issues are now no longer as issuey. Happy 'nautin... Continue reading
• Special Announcement
  September 30, 2017 by Denki

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  We LOVE making Autonauts . More than any other game we've worked on (and we've made quite a few), Autonauts is the first game we've made that feels like ‘us.’ We've worked on it now for five month... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 14 Smells!
  September 29, 2017 by Denki

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  Yes, it stinks of fish in Autonauts now that we can make fishing rods, teach Bots to catch fish and cook them up for the Folk (the fish not the Bots)... Continue reading

  
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 13 and Beyond!
  September 22, 2017 by Denki

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  The most common question we are asked - and it's not surprising because, despite our best intentions, we haven't shared our extensive considerations and design work to date - is where are we going wit... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 12 is Gert Lush!
  September 15, 2017 by Denki

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  Yay, Friday! Yay, another Autonauts update! Yay, bugs annihilated and sugs assimilated! Yay, newness! Yay, peace, love and automation!... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 11! Autonautical!
  September 08, 2017 by Denki

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  It's Friday. It's Update O'Clock. Autonauts Update 11 is out now. It's got two top new features (in the form of dugout canoes and Steambot) and some lovely bug fixes and improvements overall. It's als... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 10! Yus!
  September 01, 2017 by Denki

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  Note: Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 9.1 is the most stable current version and still available for download if you don't want to take a chance with this update. So here we are again, folks, now with our... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 9 is FINE!
  August 25, 2017 by Denki

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  Note: Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 8.1 is the most stable current version and still available for download if you don't want to take a chance with this update. Wait a minute... It's FRIDAY not Monday... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 8 is Fly!
  August 21, 2017 by Denki

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  Note: Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 7.1 is the most stable current version and still available for download if you don't want to take a chance with this update. Version 8's focus is a better Bot script... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 7 is Swell!
  August 14, 2017 by Denki

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  Note: Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 6.2 is the most stable current version and still available for download if you don't want to take a chance with this update. Most of the last week has been finding and... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 6.2 is the Newest Black!
  August 07, 2017 by Denki

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  (ARGH! There was an unexpected item in the bagging area with 6.1; more specifically, kicking the bucket in the incinerator could lead to save file corruption. That's now sorted, so get 6.2 instead.) (... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 5 is HOT!
  July 31, 2017 by Denki

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  It's Happy Monday again so it's time for another update and this time we've done a bit of new content. Highlights include * Hats! * Milk! * Straw! And lots more. Plus a load of community bugs got f... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 4 FTW!
  July 24, 2017 by Denki

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  Wowza! Another build already? I was away on holiday last week so this update is only a small one and is mostly bug fixes but we've thrown in a few new things to keep you going until next week. You can... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 3 is GO!
  July 17, 2017 by Denki

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  WOO! And OOT! Here's the second update of Autonauts . Still a long way to go but we like where it's going - and hope you do too. The main focus for this release has been improving the experience of te... Continue reading
• Autonauts Pre-Pre-Pre-Alpha Version 2 Now Available
  July 10, 2017 by Denki

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  The cows are jumping for joy over the release of our first Autonauts update. Join them by downloading it now. You can read through (and comment on) the Change Log here . + + + AUTOGARY OUT + + +... Continue reading