- Ridiculous Space Battles is coming soon - 20 July 2025
If you enjoyed Production Line: Car Factory simulation, you may well be interested in our upcoming game: RIDICULOUS SPACE BATTLES.15 years ago, Positech Games released 'Gratuitous Space Battles', the first ever auto-battler game. Now 15 years later comes a spiritual successor, designed for modern PCs and modern GPUs. Behold the absolutely over the top craziness of the most ridiculous space battles imaginable.Coming to steam soon. Wishlist it now!
- Democracy 4 is now in Early Access! - 7 October 2020
Yes its true! after all these years, Democracy has finally returned to steam! Democracy 4 is now in Early Access, and your people are eagerly awaiting (or dreading!) your leadership! So far the game supports English-language only on PC (but more languages are coming soon), and we have the following coutrnies in need of governing: The USA! The UK! France! Germany! Canada! Democracy 4 already has steam achievements and steam workshop support, and a full modding guide is available. If you have ever found yourself getting angry in online debates about what the government should do, now is your chance to prove conclusively that you could do a better job. Its actually way harder than it sounds, especially if you think you will be able to stick to your principles AND win re-election over multiple terms... What will people think when you legalize LSD? when you double alcohol tax? when you give…
- Democracy 4 is just ONE WEEK away from Early Access - 29 September 2020
Exciting times! Not only does today mark the first Presidential election debate in the US, its just a week away from the launch into early access of our political strategy game Democracy 4. If you want to try your hand at implementing Universal Basic Income, or maybe you want to ban teaching evolution in schools, perhaps build a border wall, or legalize heroin, or go crazy with the money printer with some helicopter money or quantitative easing... these are all options available to you in Democracy 4. Currently the game features the USA, UK, Germany and France, and we expect to add Canada before Early Access starts, with a list of other countries coming after that as we continue to work on the game in response to player feedback. Here is the official trailer: https://youtu.be/kuJGiYC4cyg I also just added a new steam guide that explains how people can create mods for the game, which we…
- Democracy 4 is coming soon. Add to your wishlist :D - 3 September 2020
Great news fellow citizens! The latest installment in the geeky-but-popular political strategy game 'Democracy' series is coming to steam very soon, in a US election year no less. Just imagine how calm and peaceful our forums will be :D Its been 7, yes SEVEN years since the release of Democracy 3, and global politics has changed a lot. Democracy 4 takes the series into the modern age with new features like coalition governments, media reports, Quantitative Easing & Helicopter money, Fake news and Social Media. Here is the trailer: https://youtu.be/kuJGiYC4cyg Democracy 4 will be released soon on steam, so please check out the store page and add it to your wishlist to keep up to date with developments. We will be coming to early access, so will have plenty of opportunity to get feedback from players on how to best balance the game, and what cool new policies to add. Before you start typi…
- Production Line: Design Variety pack released! - 23 October 2019
At last! our DLC containing varieties of car models is now on sale. The design variety pack contains a new car design for each of the existing cat categories in the base game (Sedan, Compact, SUV, Sports, Offroad, Pickup and Small Van). You can now select the car variant for each design once you have unlocked them using the design studio. These are cosmetic changes only, they do not affect what vehicle a customer will buy, but you may want to use them to make it easier to visually distinguish between the different car ranges within a style (such as expensive SUV versus budget SUV). Hope ya like em! Check out how the new designs look in this trailer: https://youtu.be/LkRcorWhNcc And the DLC itself can be grabbed here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1174730/Production_Line__Design_Variety_Pack/ Thanks for all your support during the development of the game, its a real labour of love!…
- Updated to build 1.81, bug fixes and resource import flow UI - 20 October 2019
Full changelist for this update: 1) Fixed rare case where some cars would have missing components at specific zoom levels (only painted components drawn) also affected cars drawn in conveyor-placement mode. 2) Fixed bug where you could get the demolish tool 'stuck' because it didnt cancel when right clicking. 3) Fixed bug where backspace key removed 2 characters instead of 1. 4) Added new 'import flow analysis' feature to slots. New arrows on the import tab for the slot window lets you toggle a feature to show the import source for any selected resource. example: 5) New hotkey: 'P' (remappable) moves the currently selected slot (instead of having to click the move icon at the top right). Hope you like these changes. TBH 95% of players will not notice, but if you are playing large late-game maps, those bugs may have affected you and you might find the import flow analysis thing helpful f…
- Coming soon: Design Variety Expansion pack for Production Line 🚗🚗🚗 - 15 October 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32939922%2Fee93ec8950cf0c1bae3a9fdb67c5606b6b250e1c.png Hi there! We are releasing our second expansion to Production Line: Car Factory simulation on the 23rd October! This expansion is a cosmetic-only change to double (yes DOUBLE) the variety of car design styles in the game! You can now pick from 2 different looks for every car design in the base game (Sedan,SUV,Sports,Compact,Offroad,Pickup & Small van). Mini trailer showing the new designs: https://youtu.be/LkRcorWhNcc Here is the store page so you can add the DLC to your wishlist :D https://store.steampowered.com/app/1174730/Production_Line__Design_Variety_Pack/ Plus if you have not checked out the game for a while, please do as we have released a whole bunch of updates over the last few months that massively improve the playability, performance and stability of the g…
- Updated to build 1.80, Performance boosts, better tutorial, bug fixes etc - 3 October 2019
1) Fixed bug where graphics on RHS of screen corrupted when viewing maintenance overlay on a screen wider than 4096 pixels. 2) Search bars on R&D and task picker now create a drop down of items to click on as well as zooming to the first item. 3) There is a new button on the showroom screen that allows you to toggle between the normal and (new) summary view. 4) Fixed wrong display of points-per-minute on the R&D screen for designs. (purely a visual problem). 5) Battery indicator now shows supply values over 100%. 6) Fixed bug where if you changed a floor tile using the factory decoration several times, then removed a slot, only the first change is remembered. 7) Mods can now include scenarios in the \modname\data\scenarios folder and they will be recognized. (still only 1 per map for now). 8) Fixed some bugs relating to manufacture of powertrains (upgrades were not mutually exclusive) a…
- Updated to 1.79. Better lights, more marketing options, GUI & Balance improvements - 16 August 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F8135e274c71152fc0233c887b431ce01a8c37d48.png Hi all! Here is a relatively big update to the game with lots of cool stuff... https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fb1142b9dee03c335cc783faaa2d9b0b868bdb9bf.jpg 1) Fixed timing bug that affected the speed that some slots operated in certain combinations of upgrade. 2) You can now scroll on the marketing screen using the mouse wheel. 3) Fixed crash bug on certain fixed hour boundaries if a debugger was detected. 4) Fixed crash bug when placing supply stockpiles rapidly after one another when frame rate was low or number of slots really high. 5) Sort order and direction now remembered for the vehicle design screen, the expenses list and the component (efficiency) list. 6) Income screen now has sortable columns. https://steamcdn-a.a…
- Updated to 1.78. GUI Improvements, searchable tech tree. New upgrades. Drag n drop tech queue... - 17 July 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F8135e274c71152fc0233c887b431ce01a8c37d48.png Hi all! Here is the latest update to the game! Full changelist: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fb1142b9dee03c335cc783faaa2d9b0b868bdb9bf.jpg 1) Fixed bad formatting of car sales values over $2billion. 2) Added new researchable upgrade for the visual inspection slot which makes the checks take much longer but very high chance to spot defects. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fec075ada8d5d0fd60b19462e1f35c2419f8236c4.png 3) Added new researchable slot to manufacture hybrid powertrains. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F357b9c6501a0e240fd441756d75c632629100d8c.png 4) Improved a number of tooltips and requirements on the research screen to hide p…
- Updated to 1.77. Bug fixes and UI improvements. - 25 June 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F8135e274c71152fc0233c887b431ce01a8c37d48.png Lots of UI improvements in this one. Here is the complete list https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fb1142b9dee03c335cc783faaa2d9b0b868bdb9bf.jpg 1) Fixed crash bug when deleting a smart junction with an open config window for that junction, then adjusting its settings. 2) Fixed misleading yellow warning for sunroof on some designs where panoramic sunroof was unlocked and common but not valid on that body style. 3) Fixed missing import config options on the fit seats slot for nappa, red and white leather seats. 4) Finance screen tabs now autosize where possible to save taking up too much space. 5) Expenses tab on finance screen now sortable up/down on each column. Pie charts now sorted by cost. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/stea…
- Updated to 1.76. Bug fixes, UI tweaks. Editor improvements. Faster on big maps - 5 June 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F8135e274c71152fc0233c887b431ce01a8c37d48.png Hi everyone! A bunch of cool new improvements covering all areas of the game, here is the complete list: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fb1142b9dee03c335cc783faaa2d9b0b868bdb9bf.jpg 1) Fixed crash bug when using B hotkey twice with task picker closed. 2) Improved component tab on efficiency screen shows more stats, in more sortable columns, with only one column now. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fc20bd579587688661f99630badbf184a248a337e.png 3) Improved pie charts on expenses chart now highlight the top few component costs as different shades of red. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F599f9c5f1226c6872189926ec3906055a6361124.png 4) Fixed mis…
- Updated to 1.75 Lots of GUI improvements and bug fixes. - 18 May 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F8135e274c71152fc0233c887b431ce01a8c37d48.png OK...wow...so much change... https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fb1142b9dee03c335cc783faaa2d9b0b868bdb9bf.jpg 1) Some manufacturing slot research now requires the base fit slots to be researched and unlocked first now. 2) The 'copy from slot' feature on supply stockpiles now takes into account that batteries are needed for fit fuel tanks if electric or hybrid cars are researched. 3) The post-research screen now takes powertrain into account when suggesting which cars get a feature. 4) There are now small up/down buttons on the vehicle design screen to adjust the price, which do the same job as the mousewheel. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F943f4ddcd6202cf9cd045689e98f8d6a323a7f1e.png%25E2%2580%25A6
- Updated to 1.74. Balance changes, Bug fixes & price slider improvements. - 29 April 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F8135e274c71152fc0233c887b431ce01a8c37d48.png Hi. This patch is a relatively small one, but there are some good changes ( i think ) in the balance tweaks that improve the late game and also make smart junctions a more viable option earlier on. We also have 3 (rare) crash fixes. Also i fiddled with the car price slider, which should be a lot more usable now. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fb1142b9dee03c335cc783faaa2d9b0b868bdb9bf.jpg 1) Fixed rare crash involving placing a blueprint for a slot on top of a starting-slot (like chassis assemble), then buying the blueprint. 2) Fixed crash when loading a game with vehicles at any very extreme edge tiles. 3) Improved usability of scroll wheel on car design price slider. 4) New car designs get a sensible starting price when cre…
- Updated to 1.73. A HUGE number of changes and improvements to the game - 17 April 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F8135e274c71152fc0233c887b431ce01a8c37d48.png Right...we have not had a list of changes this big for a while. Some good ones in here, I'm excited about changes to the price slider. I know its not perfect, but I think its way better. Plus the rapid shipping thing is cool. And yet more performance improvements (I'm determined to have it running silky smooth for you people with insane-size factories). https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fb1142b9dee03c335cc783faaa2d9b0b868bdb9bf.jpg 1) The choose company logo window is now larger if space allows. 2) Fixed some locations where numbers greater than 2 billion were still displayed wrongly. 3) Fixed resource bug whereby with 'prefer local' setting, a slot could ignore nearby supply stockpiles and use importers instead if there was no…
- Updated to 1.72. Big performance increase, GUI improvements, crash fixes. - 1 April 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F8135e274c71152fc0233c887b431ce01a8c37d48.png Hey all! Any update with any crash fixes is getting prioritised for release, so here is another update. We have made a big performance increase that you wwill really notice if you have big maps or a very low spec PC. We also fixed some obscure crashes, and there are some nice UI tweaks too (I'm especially happy to finally get that click-production-schedule notice thing in there!). Hope you like the changes :D https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fb1142b9dee03c335cc783faaa2d9b0b868bdb9bf.jpg 1) Fixed crash when a supply stockpile window is open, and linked to a specific slot while research completes for an upgrade that would add new resources to that slot. 2) Sped up calculation of maintenance effect overlay which *might* fix a cra…
- Updated to 1.71. Crash fixes,Huge money numbers fix, camera/autosave sliders - 22 March 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F8135e274c71152fc0233c887b431ce01a8c37d48.png Hey everyone. This is mostly a bug fix update, but we also added in much requested sliders for both autosave frequency and camera panning speed to the options menu. Here is a complete changelist: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fb1142b9dee03c335cc783faaa2d9b0b868bdb9bf.jpg 1) Added sliders in options screen to adjust camera panning speed and autosave interval. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F1b6d8c49e207fb52c5fe9711e44f7828fc97bc50.png 2) Fixed some issues that allowed nonsensical combinations of some features such as pollen filters without aircon, or large batteries with a hybrid powertrain. 3) Fixed crash bug when clicking on the notification message that a world event has recentl…
- Updated to 1.70 Better discount tooltips, In-production stats and bug fixes. - 13 March 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2F8135e274c71152fc0233c887b431ce01a8c37d48.png Quite a small patch this time, just to address some items that came up now we have a larger playerbase hammering the game. Here are the changes. 1) Word-wrapping works on the blueprint slot names now. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28683684%2Fd0176d1a6b0d1534130362d90a24a89472bcdde4.png 2) Fixed bug where it was possible in some circumstances to skip specific slots on the line. 3) Tweaked the animation for polishing paintwork so its scales nicely with the progress of the slot. 4) Fixed crash bug when trying to toggle off the upgrade for the maintenance facilities. 5) You can now type non english (supported characterset) characters into text edit boxes like company/vehicle name. 6) Added an explicit fullscreen button to the resolution…
- Production Line rolls out of early access - 7 March 2019
If a total walloper like Ian Tesla can run a car company, I’m sure we’ll all do just fine in Production Line , which left early access today. The latest from Positech Games will has us designing cars, researching advancements, and meticulously designing and optimising factory layouts to churn out cars and turn a profit. It’s very much the fine-tuning sort of manage-o-tycoon ’em up, a game for people who’ll agonise over which type of brakes to put in their new coup as much as a bottleneck meaning frames wait an extra seven seconds to have doors put on. Fun bonus: there are no legal consequences to posting tosh on Twitter while playing Production Line. (more…)
- Now Available on Steam - Production Line : Car factory simulation - 7 March 2019
Production Line : Car factory simulation is Now Available on Steam! Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
