Steam news1 Oct 2022Halloween is here on Mars!Hey, Racers! Spooky month is here which means it is time to decorate, dress up, and eat some candy! We take the celebration of Halloween a million miles away from Earth and incorporate it into Desert Child! Load up Desert Child in October to see the spooky decorations that the residences have put up! Make sure to keep your eyes on the road when driving your hoverbike and good luck on your next…
Check out Buddy & Chris go head to head on Remote Play! Grab the game right now at 60% off here! In Desert Child you are broke, but talented, hoverbike racer who needs to find a way off Earth to get to Mars to compete in the Grand Prix, the greatest race in the universe. Explore a vibrant pixel-art solar system in this stylized racing adventure flavored with colorful sidequests, fierce hoverbik…
Hey Racers! We hope you've been enjoying those quality of life updates. We're very happy to announce that trading cards are now available! You can unlock exclusive emoticons and backgrounds by completing sets. If you haven't had the chance to revisit New Olympia since the patch update, this is yet another reason to come race & chill.
Hey Racers, Happy Halloween month! We hope you've been enjoying the new updates to the game (see 1.1.0 Patch Notes). New Olympia is feeling festive this month only, so you should come see before it disappears like a ghost at the end of the month! Bug Fixes · The background no longer tears in certain maps · All Halloween elements during races have been integrated Happy Halloween from New Olympia!
Hey Racers, long time! Have you been cravin' a race or a little ramen? Big Changes · Added Gun Shop - You can now purchase new guns at any point while in New Olympia · 3 New Podcast Episodes added to the Record Shop · Halloween Update - Starting on October 1st, this update adds Halloween decorations around the city of New Olympia, and transforms all the enemies in the game to ghoulish monsters…
We're excited to announce that Desert Child has been nominated for the NAVGTR Awards in the categories of: • Game, Original Racing • Song Collection • Song, Original or Adapted (Mega Ran and Bag of Tricks Cat - Love is Here) We're so proud of this and hopefully Oscar can bring home the hardware on March 13th! More info:
Hey Racers, a few more bugs were found and fixed after the 1.0.2 patch! Thanks to user jabberwok for discovering a few of these. Patch Notes: · Balanced Bounty Hunting job for shotgun · Fixed issue in tutorial when starting a new game after recently completing special jobs like Bounty Hunting and Kangaroo Herding · Fixed issue where bike would appear to "repair itself" when transitioning screen…
Hi Racers! Happy 2019! We have been gathering feedback since Desert Child has launched and we have a patch with new features and a few fixes. Patch Notes: · Increased difficulty for New Game + · Added 1 second delay between shots for Shotgun · Created controller configuration for Steam Controller · Added confirmation for when player selects New Game in Pause Menu · Fixed issue with monitors wit…
Hello! We're currently experiencing an issue where users with high refresh monitors will run some races insanely fast, 2-4 times the intended speed. This results in the racer crossing the finish line very quickly, and ends with a glitchy graphics, upside down world that lasts ~10 seconds or so. Essentially the game is running at very high FPS, instead of the intended 60 FPS. We hope to address…
Rev your hoverbikes! The highly anticipated hoverbike racing shooter, Desert Child, by Australian indie developer Oscar Brittain and publisher Akupara Games is now available! In Desert Child you are broke, but talented, hoverbike racer who needs to find a way off Earth to get to Mars to compete in the Grand Prix, the greatest race in the universe. Explore a vibrant pixel-art solar system in thi…
We are excited to announce the launch date of the hoverbike racing adventure, Desert Child, coming on December 11, 2018 for $11.99. In Desert Child you are broke, but talented, hoverbike racer who needs to find a way off Earth to get to Mars to compete in the Grand Prix, the greatest race in the universe. Explore a vibrant pixel-art solar system in this stylized racing adventure flavored with c…
We had been keeping this a secret for a while and E3 was our debut party! Some of you may have already seen it at E3, but if you missed it, here’s more information about all the love that went into creating a custom arcade cabinet for Desert Child. With the help of our good friend, Quan Nguyen from Arcadeworks, we took an existing Virtua Tennis arcade cabinet that we purchased at an auction, st…
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