We, however, are letting you have a lot more control over the design process. Where we are spending particular focus is on the designing of cars, in the few games that have attempted this genre before, designing cars has been a very simple affair with little excitement to offer the car enthusiast.
It was an old Suzuki RG250, can’t put down a good 2-smoker.ĪutoDebut: Can you describe Automation for those that may be unfamiliar with the project?Īndrew: Fundamentally it’s a company management game based around the car industry, it’ll have all the business mechanics associated with the car industry, so you’ll be managing your factories and research, building cars to suit different buyer wants, building the prestige of your brand and dealing with the unique tastes and regulations of different parts of the world. I got a motorcycle as soon as I could afford to do so.
Although I drifted towards computers and programming I always kept an interest in the automotive world. My older brother was building various vehicles as I was growing up which always captured my interest.
We both thought about this for a bit and realized, “Hey, we have the skills to do this, and if nobody else is going to do it, maybe we should!” and so we started work on Automation.Ĭaswal: What’s wrong with a Cappuccino? Anyway I have always had an interest in cars and motorbikes. Basically how it came about was at one point when we had nothing good to play, I was lamenting the fact that there had never been a car company game. We had played a lot of games like Railroad Tycoon and enjoyed the strategic sort of gameplay and also enjoyed tuning cars in Forza Motorsport. Me and Caswal are both car enthusiasts from way back, (I’ve got a rather angry 1 st Gen MX5/Miata, and he’s just bought a Suzuki Cappuccino of all things!) but we’re both particularly interested in the technical and engineering side of cars. I studied 3d Art at the same school where Caswal and Jaye were programming students, and whilst we had known each other for ages we hadn’t really collaborated on anything until Automation. So, if there’s a little Enzo Ferrari in you, be sure to click through to read our entire interview with the development team.ĪutoDebut: Tell us a little bit about your team, this is a huge project you’re embarking on so there must be some passionate auto enthusiast on-board.Īndrew: We are basically a 3 person team consisting of myself (Artist), Caswal (Programmer) and Jaye (Game Engine Programmer), we’ve also got a few other talented folks doing some contract work for other aspects like sound recording and user interface art. It’s currently under development, but we had to know more about it and thankfully they were kind enough to answer a handful of our questions regarding their forthcoming title.
#CAR AUTOMATION GAME SOFTWARE#
If that sounds like fun, then you’re in luck because the guys at Camshaft Software are working on such a game and it’s called Automation. But, what about us car guys? How cool would it be to have a game that places you in charge of your own car manufacture? Including designing your own vehicles, to managing logistics, sales, and marketing. There are all sorts of “Tycoon” games out there that give players the ability to develop and manage their own creations ranging from theme parks to rail road companies. 3 Comments Automation Game – Puts You in Control of Your Own Car Company
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