Hey, gang! Been a super-quiet year with a ton of things going on in the background and a lot of radio silence on our end. However, this fancy end-of-year post should give you an idea of what was happening and what is coming. Feast your eyes...

Most of the time was taken up by life things and non-game projects with a lot of planning and setup for the final updates for each of the current games. Reviving our old Tenth&Hess Games studio to handle these last updates and start work on a new project too. Since we're here for the games (right?) let's get on with it!

Almost ten years old now! This game has had a ton of updates and will see the final one very soon. As we saw in the Fall Update, the game's main loop was totally rebuilt to make it somewhat less reading and more like an actual game.

The story chunks have been condensed and re-written but are still as ridiculous as before. Conversion is about 90% finished at this point and will be out sometime after the new year. Probably January. Seriously!

I personally loved this game but it totally bombed. That said we are about to release the game's 1.0 version on its anniversary in March. Most of the additional stuff was scraped but this last update will bring it out of Early Access and provide all the best, core things we wanted to do with it.

Like what, you ask? Local co-op, all the bug fixes, some re-worked rules, and more polish. There is a controller support and Steam Deck patch slated for after the release patch so fear not!

Speaking of fear, the list of cool things that got axed from this final update gives it to me.. but the list of bug fixes restores hope.

The Fatal Dose update will come in May for the nine year anniversary! Holy shit, nine years of slanging dope and broken updates?! Yes. Mostly just fixes and minor feature additions like controller support finally and Steam Deck support. Some of the more ambitious things like multiplayer were dropped so this update will actually ship!

Also, the sequel has been canceled to work on new projects like one we can't talk about just yet. At least not until all these updates get out the door!

This game was basically finished with The Last Drop update but we are scheming on putting in a controller support and Steam Deck update out sometime near the end of 2025. But don't hold your alcohol-laced breath on that.

And a game I think we all hated will finally get an update we all deserved initially. Plagued by so many issues, this game was a nightmare to work on and completely missed the mark on what it was supposed to be. Bunch of assholes, I say.

However, it is being completely rebuilt from scratch into what a later design meant to do with and with more competent people now. It will be re-released in August to commemorate our favorite clone... The Flash himself. Yeah, he was the model.

We are doing some collaborations this coming year on some new projects but focusing on putting these old ones to their graves first. Announcements on new stuff will come in the summer of 2025 so don't worry.

We'll talk soon. Thank you all so much for all the support over the years. Miss and love you, bitch!

Hey there! The new year has come and we have an update for where things are and what is going on! Since some of them are still a little ways off, we'll try to keep this short. These final updates will be listed in the order they will be released.

The Dope Game
We kind of blew the Xmas window, obviously. But that is OK because there was a lot more getting packed into this final update than expected; which is also being broken into two updates.

The first one is coming this month, most likely. It will contain a ton of fixes, new features, a new area, new character, and the framework for multiplayer.

The second half will contain, probably, bug fixes for the first patch but, more importantly, the multiplayer version of the game. More of a competition really than player-vs-player in Starkham. The original plan failed terribly but would have been cool; so this is a good test and compromise on that. Hopefully you folks will enjoy it.

Haulin' Oats
Finally bringing this baby out of Early Access after a very long delay. Most of the future plans for the game have been scrapped but couch co-op, controller support, and some rules changes will be included with version 1.0. The game will also appear on GameNite sometime after April too!

One Way To Die
The overhaul is almost upon us! This free and over ten-year-old game will finally get a last update. It is a somewhat nod to the masses who never read text and those who want multiplayer to be less of a pain.

Raise Your Own Clone
A game we can all hate is getting a complete rebuild from the ground up. Instead of creating a whole new game ID for it, I figured it was best to reward those who had purchased the game with some much better. The old version can obviously still be played but, let's be real, no one is doing that.

Into Oblivion
Last but not least by any means, Into Oblivion already got its final update. However, there will be one more patch to provide controller support and Steam Deck support.

Developer Change
All games listed will be moving to the old but new again Tenth&Hess Games for their final releases; not that you'd really notice. The original studio that actually started these projects long before they ever came to Steam will be taking back over. Granted there is no real personnel change, it just seemed fitting that everything ends where it began..

The Future?
Most of this year will be spent designing some new, possible projects. Two of which will need character models but we'll deal with that when and if the time comes!

Stay tuned!

Hey, gang! Long time, no see! We have been tracking issues in our user forums, working on assets, busy with non-game projects, and prepping a slew of updates in the space of time since the last post. Now we will get into what to expect in the near future!

Haulin' Oats
There were no expectations for Haulin' Oats but it still underperformed. That being said, there will be one large patch to bring it out of Early Access and then smaller QoL update after that. The plans to expand the game with some additional features have been scrapped, sadly. However, all the updates we had planned like Steam Deck support, controller support, score mode, extra animations, etc. are all in this massive, upcoming patch which is almost done. I really loved how this game looked and played but it was pretty niche and drowned in the tidal wave of indie games.

The Dope Game
The beloved Dope Game will be getting a final patch soon. It contains all the fixes from bugs we've received since the remaster update. It will also put the nail in the coffin for some features we planned like multiplayer and character customization. Multiplayer... just didn't work and that's OK. Resources will be moved to a new game project instead but we'll give this beast the ending it deserves.

Into Oblivion
Well, this game received its last patch with The Last Drop update and has been laid to rest. I do miss those characters and hope to bring them back at some point somewhere else. Some vague representation of the ideas for the canceled Brewmaster expansion were worked into a recent game jam game called TasteMaker. Good times!

One Way To Die
The final update for One Way To Die is almost, almost ready. We've talked about it before so I won't go into lots of details here. However, for a free game that wasn't super popular, it has received a lot of love over the years. I'm really looking forward to this final update, I think it's neat.

Raise Your Own Clone
For a game I hated worked on and it seems other people hated to, it is getting a full revamp with something I wanted to try. It will be the last to get updated but it is a really big overhaul. More on that when it gets closer but maybe the people of Turkey will stop buying so many copies.

The Great Beyond!
For the future, CoaguCo will probably release two more games then call it quits. Game development can be fun but making commercial games sucks: both time and money. It has been fun seeing folks enjoying these games and hilarious seeing people hate them. We will keep you posted as we go but at least there is light at the end of this tunnel!

Have a safe and, hopefully, not too hot rest of your summer!

Hey, long-haul truckers! Today we are pushing out a patch that makes some prep work for controller / Steam Deck support but also finally brings OSX into the fold!

First up, welcome OSX users! You can now play the game on your chosen platform. Please let us know if you have any issues. While Ventura was not tested it may play well on that too.

Second, there has been some groundwork laid for controllers and Steam Deck. You may notice that the menu stuff is now controller friendly but the actual game is not. These are merely tests for the upcoming v0.4 patch that will bring the game full controller support as well as local couch co-op.

There were also a few small fixes and changes tossed in; mostly because they were present when this patch was created.

Here is the small change-log for those curious:

• Added: OSX platform
  
• Added: more rich presence stuff
  
• Added: some extra small animations
  
• Changed: text on Financial Burden achievement
  
• Changed: layout of stats, leaderboards, options, play section
  
• Changed: prep for controller / Steam Deck functionality
  
• Changed: prep for couch / local play
  
• Fixed: achievements not syncing from Steam

More coming soon!

Hey, long-haul truckers! A day or two later than expected but we're wheeling out a big patch for version 0.3.2 that fixes a bunch of bugs and adds in a few new features too.

A big thanks to everyone submitting bug reports through the various channels and also a big thanks to those of you submitting improvement ideas. Our issues list is shrinking pretty rapidly as is our to-do list; chugging right along towards release v1.0.

In case you were a wee bit curious, here is the change-log:

• Added: in-game chat system for multiplayer
  
• Added: text overlay for each space as player moves
  
• Added: new sound effects (sorry)
  
• Added: credit section for SFX
  
• Changed: traffic jam clear is now a D8 to prevent player from getting permanently stuck
  
• Changed: modified display settings to work better on Steam Deck
  
• Changed: keep_width to stretch to display on non-fullscreen
  
• Changed: various colors and fonts of menu subsections
  
• Changed: moved location of song bubble to above radio
  
• Changed: piece speed and bot turn timer text to be more clear
  
• Changed: code for move roll button to prevent weird glitches
  
• Fixed: soft-lock during Truck Stop when activity is skipped
  
• Fixed: piece speed in pause menu not working right
  
• Fixed: winning second place on ranked mode loops game-over
  
• Fixed: issue where oats weren't delivered if there was a trap, hitchhiker, etc. on Delivery square
  
• Fixed: soft-lock during Stopped after getting ass kicked at Truck Stop
  
• Fixed: turn icon under pieces are bugged on client, everyone has one after three turns
  
• Fixed: check ramming not showing the dice when it is the local player
  
• Fixed: condition where multiplayer clients would see wrong button during game over interface
  
• Fixed: glitch where missing "waiting" button would crash game during Ramming event
  
• Fixed: HUD not showing correctly during game-over summary
  
• Fixed: (probably) move roll button appearing randomly or not hiding after clicking
  
• Fixed: Tip interface target choice not hiding correctly
  
• Fixed: chat timer not triggering correctly
  
• Fixed: marker shows wrong co-pilot to pick up
  
• Fixed: missing text for Sober Up interface's contraband drop-off

More coming soon!

Howdy, long-haul truckers! So today we are issuing a quick hot-fix for soft-locks in the way of the Roster/Kill-switch. Powerful and dangerous, the kill-switch will let you bypass any player's turn if they get stuck. Well, even if they don't.

While this does not actually fix any soft-locks, which we strongly urge you to still report, it will prevent your game from completely locking and stopping any progress. The kill-switch will be removed once we hit release v1.0, by the way.

We are also pushing out some other small fixes and a few tiny additions. For those curious, here is the change-log:

• Added: roster / kill-switch to bypass bot soft-locks or...
  
• Added: clarification to move speed slider in options and pause menu
  
• Changed: players HUD space icon now updates as they move
  
• Changed: Y-sort-ed markers and traps
  
• Fixed: some minor spelling / grammar mistakes in localization file
  
• Fixed: soft-lock on target selection in multiplayer
  
• Fixed: some music tracks loop
  
• Fixed: possible crash when player tries to ram themself
  
• Fixed: pause menu's bot decision making stuff
  
• Fixed: graphical glitch in pause menu
  
• Fixed: issue where game thought pause menu was open already
  
• Fixed: bot turn in singleplayer set up not resetting default correctly

More to come!

Hey, long-haul truckers! The time has finally come and we cautiously are releasing Haulin' Oats into Early Access on Steam. So far we've had great feedback and bug reports from the community; thank you so much to all who have chipped in thus far. Hopefully the wider net of the general public will go the same way.

If you are curious about purchasing the game in the Early Access state, we highly suggest you check out our Known Issues thread before hitting that buy button. This game is still a work-in-progress and it has some quirks yet.

That being said, most of everything is in the game now: singleplayer, multiplayer, horn honking, all cards, all the music, and more. We have a healthy list of features to add yet and those will be rapidly built then shipped along with bug patches.

We hope folks new to the game will make some more great suggestions to improve the game!
For those with the hunger and curiosity, here is the change-log:

• Added: camera shake on ramming, wrecks, and other related things
  
• Added: piece movement to options so players can set it
  
• Added: Gameplay section to Options to toggle various game features
  
• Added: pressing player's HUD space icon moves camera to their current position
  
• Added: delivered icon to status after delivering oats, removed when back at warehouse
  
• Added: player hands on board rearranged based on local player's position
  
• Added: full player's hand is shown when clicking board cards or avatar icons
  
• Added: game saves stats when quitting from pause menu
  
• Added: confirmation for save delete and achievement reset
  
• Added: more gameplay options to pause menu
  
• Added: each player has their own honk, for later customization
  
• Fixed: bug with player position swap in Incident card 30
  
• Fixed: horn honking not showing for right player who honked
  
• Fixed: incorrect save message during game summary in single-player
  
• Fixed: issue where game crashes when no player is assigned camera focus
  
• Fixed: API not saving data for leaderboards
  
• Fixed: target selection still sometimes shows a player twice
  
• Fixed: weird bug where dice stayed in cup

More bug fixes and new features coming very soon! Please report any bugs you find or suggestions you have here!

Howdy, long-haul truckers! So after a few delays and much gnashing of teeth, we are finally releasing Haulin' Oats into Early Access on Itch.io in the form of version 0.2.3!

Itch.io purchasers will get access to the full game but are limited to singleplayer as all the multiplayer features rely on Steamworks. However, Itch.io folks also get Steam keys which can be activated but won't unlock the game on Steam until March 9th.

Speaking of, the game will finally release into Early Access on Steam on March 9th. If that wasn't clear already.

Users on each platform can keep up to date on what we are fixing and adding as we go. We are also taking lots of user submissions for ideas on improvement through this Early Access period. You can see a list of all the cool stuff that will be added in through our community forums.

The change-log for those of you curious enough:

• Added: non-Steam platforms for singleplayer
  
• Added: Steam stats for achievements on Steam platform
  
• Added: trips meter now has tooltip
  
• Changed: most runs leaderboard changed to most unnecessary waits
  
• Changed: pieces move faster they longer they are moving
  
• Changed: some animations
  
• Fixed: issue where save/load file may crash game
  
• Fixed: minor problems with API
  
• Fixed: various issues with target selection during card draws
  
• Fixed: incorrect text file ID for Incident card 18
  
• Fixed: graphical mistake on Encounter card 47
  
• Fixed: cost on Encounter card 40
  
• Fixed: weird sub-title placement on Incident cards
  
• Fixed: player getting double-charged if they roll a 7 on Motel outcome
  
• Fixed: various small issues with Hitchhiker system
  
• Fixed: weird double-roll issue on Motel adn Curse squares
  
• Fixed: missing Tow bot logic on Road Killed square
  
• Fixed: player not discarding Incident card 41 when delivery blocked
  
• Fixed: dice result card alignment and spacing for all card draw squares
  
• Fixed: some minor text in localization file / game
  
• Fixed: text on Incident card 20 is missing
  
• Fixed: possible soft-lock during Encounter result card
  
• Fixed: stats associated with wins / game-over
  
• Removed: sync data option, using Steam Cloud instead

More coming very soon!

Hey, long-haul truckers! So originally we had planned to release the game into Early Access today but it seems Valve is pretty behind on approving the build or giving us instructions on what needs fixed to approve the build. Partially our fault for turning that in on the 16th!

Nonetheless, we are pushing the Early Access release on Steam back until March 9th which will hopefully give enough time to get through this process. However, for folks who love Itch.io, we will be releasing the Early Access version over there on March 2nd instead. You will still get a Steam key along with a non-Steam version, naturally. Though the Itch version will be missing some key features due to Steamworks integration; most importantly, no multiplayer.

We are also updating the game to version 0.2.2 today. This will being our updates to the default/release branch on Steam with the beta branch being used for bleeding edge tests.

Here are a list of the changes made for this version:

• Added: four new tracks by Joseph Couden aka Scary Ghost
  
• Added: current player's HUD element scales up a bit, with animation, during their turn
  
• Added: better checks for player's visual position
  
• Added: gameplay options to pause menu
  
• Added: radio text bubble to show song and artist currently playing
  
• Added: summary of player buffs/debuffs in HUD element drop-down
  
• Added: square/space icon in player HUD element to show the space they are on, and color
  
• Added: animated marker under current player's piece
  
• Changed: complete overhaul of piece movement system, should fix various cosmetic bugs
  
• Changed: movement speed increases when player moves backwards over long distances
  
• Changed: minor layout for HUD element items
  
• Changed: updated all dice graphics, dice rolling layout, and code
  
• Changed: dice stay on the table until the related roll stuff is done
  
• Fixed: possible bug where game may confuse one player's space for another
  
• Fixed: player skipping companions selection in singleplayer locking game
  
• Fixed: double-render of choices during setup which causes odd button responsiveness
  
• Fixed: issue where a rammed player could be repeatedly rammed
  
• Fixed: issue where bot would repeatedly roll dice over and over unless paused
  
• Fixed: issue with remote players not having turn graphics synced
  
• Fixed: bots sometimes rolling twice (sneaky bastards)
  
• Fixed: various issue with the hitchhiker system
  
• Fixed: issue where having incident card 40 on an active hobo nest used the card
  
• Removed: pistol item and code reference as Encounter card 20 is the only way to acquire one

More coming soon! As tradition dictates.