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Camshaft Software is an indie start-up based in Melbourne built around a small core team of games professionals and car enthusiasts, collaborating with a variety of talent from Melbourne’s vibrant games development scene. Camshaft Software is currently working on their first title, Automation – The Car Company Tycoon Game

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Automation B1414 is now Live!

Automation B1414 is now Live!

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

Automation B1414 is now out, bringing an all new UI, more car design features, car design scenarios, and lots of other small improvements

Update B1362 Released – Detailed Car Stats and Test Track Sim

Update B1362 Released – Detailed Car Stats and Test Track Sim

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Our latest major update is out, bringing lots more detail to car design and a pretty sweet test track feature.

Lots of Dev Update Videos – Test Track Simulation and Car Designer Stuff

Lots of Dev Update Videos – Test Track Simulation and Car Designer Stuff

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We've been hard at work on the Car Designer, lots of new stat calculation work including a test track simulator

Automation Soundtrack Released on iTunes/Bandcamp

Automation Soundtrack Released on iTunes/Bandcamp

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

The Automation Soundtrack has been Released on iTunes/Bandcamp and is coming soon for Forced Induction Preorders

Handling, Braking, Aerodynamics, Economy and Happy New Year

Handling, Braking, Aerodynamics, Economy and Happy New Year

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Updates on Vehicle Dynamics/Stats simulation, and various other bits of excitement! :)

Greenlit! Plus what we've been up to lately

Greenlit! Plus what we've been up to lately

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

We've been Greenlit! Multiplayer engine design is out now. Plus a general update on bits and pieces we've been up to.

Automation - Cosmetic Car Design Demo Release

Automation - Cosmetic Car Design Demo Release

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We’ll be releasing a demo of just the cosmetic side of the car designer(no suspension/engine installation etc.) If you Preorder Automation (or have...

Some Let's Play Videos and starting on the Car Designer

Some Let's Play Videos and starting on the Car Designer

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

Some Let's Play Videos and starting work on the Car Designer.

Turbos will be released on the 20th of March!

Turbos will be released on the 20th of March!

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

Turbos will be released on the 20th of March! (Yes, its not early March anymore, but hopefully it’ll be worth the wait)

Update News: Turbos and Diagnostics

Update News: Turbos and Diagnostics

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

More of an update on where we're at with Turbos and a preview of a snazzy new engine diagnostic tool.

Automation - December Development Update

Automation - December Development Update

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

I6s and Engine Designer Overhaul released, Work started on Turbocharging. Greenlight love still needed.

Automation - Development Update

Automation - Development Update

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

The latest news about Automation. V8s released, Greenlight project launched. Won "Best Technical Innovation" Award at Freeplay 2012

New Video: Building a Car from Start to Finish and an exciting announcement

New Video: Building a Car from Start to Finish and an exciting announcement

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

We've uploaded a new video of what the full proccess of building a car currently looks like, plus watch to the end for an exciting announcement!

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game - Scenarios

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game - Scenarios

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We've added some scenarios for the engine designer demo, and done a lot of prettying up of the UI/main menu

Video - More Engine Designer Update

Video - More Engine Designer Update

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

Another update on the progress of the engine designer

Livestreaming, Media Previews of Engine Designer and Other Things!

Livestreaming, Media Previews of Engine Designer and Other Things!

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

We're running a developer livestream, plus looking for media to preview our upcoming demo

New Engine Sounds and Tweaked Power Figures

New Engine Sounds and Tweaked Power Figures

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

We've been working on some better engine sounds, and tweaking the statistics of the engine designer further

Automation: Car Company Game - Trailer & Preorders

Automation: Car Company Game - Trailer & Preorders

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

Camshaft Software have released a trailer to give a taste of what Automation is all about

Automation Preorders On RocketHub

Automation Preorders On RocketHub

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The Car Company Tycoon Game - Automation has started preorders on RocketHub. Not only to you get the warm fuzzy feeling of supporting us to get Automation...

Automation - Car Designer Demo 2

Automation - Car Designer Demo 2

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A video showing off the Car Body Designer within Automation. It will eventually allow you to create almost any kind of car you can imagine. Enjoy!

Suspension Demostration

Suspension Demostration

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

Here is a quick video showing one of the many front suspension options of Automation.

Interview with Camshaft Software by MMGN

Interview with Camshaft Software by MMGN

Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game

We've been interviewed by MMGN.com's Leena Van Deventer