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About the game

In one sentence

Run a moonshine still with up to three friends, then haul the crates down dusty backroads before the law catches up.

The longer version

Prohibition made it illegal. Your crew made it a business.

Bootleg Buddies is a co-op moonshining game for 1-4 players. Grow the corn, load the mash tun by hand, fire up the still, and run the crates down dirt roads past the county patrol. Every crate that reaches the buyer is cash in your pocket. Every crate that doesn't is a story your crew will be telling for weeks.

A still needs a crew. Nothing here is done from a menu. You sow and water the rows yourself, pick the crop by hand, haul buckets up from the well, shake the sugar sack into the tun and stir the mash with the paddle. One buddy works the field, one keeps the firebox stocked, one is already warming up the truck. Playing alone? The whole operation runs solo too.

• Grow it: corn, wheat and potatoes, planted, watered and picked by hand. Neglect a row and it withers.
• Mash it: toss, shake, tip and stir your ingredients into the tun, then let it ferment.
• Distill it: feed the fire, run the still and fill the barrels. Different recipes make different moonshine, and better ingredients make better hooch.
• Haul it: check the letterbox for orders, load the truck bed and get it to the buyer before anyone asks questions.

The road is not your friend. Police patrol the backroads, and every wrong move pushes your heat meter higher. Watch your fuel gauge, respect the potholes and take that hairpin gently, because a hard landing sends cargo bouncing across the county. Passengers can ride along to keep lookout and shout directions nobody asked for.

From backwoods still to county empire. Whoever makes the delivery pockets the Cash; launder it through a front to fill the crew's shared Bank. Take over the gas station and the restaurant for passive income, soup up the truck with 4x4, suspension, brakes and engine upgrades, and level up the crew with shared XP and a 12-node skill tree across Farming, Distilling, Driving and Business.

Built for game night. Online co-op for 1-4 players, full single-player support, full gamepad support and three save slots.

Prohibition won't last forever. Might as well make it count.