All posts by Adam Berent

3 Jeweled 2 Million Downloads

3 Jeweled Puzzle Game

Today 3 Jeweled was downloaded for the 2,000,000 time.  I would like to thank all the people who have enjoyed 3 Jeweled over the last 2 years.  I also would like to thank everyone for all the positive reviews and comments you have left me.  I read them often and take all of your feedback seriously.  Currently the most asked for feature is a mute button so people can listen to their own music while playing.  I am planning to add this in the next update.

Happy Playing!

Sounds Sounds Sounds

Train Sim Southern EnglandOne of the constant complaints I get about Train Sim is that the locomotive sounds need improvement.  In the past I have been hampered by the 50 MB file limit in the Google Play store (audio files take space).  I have also had a hard time finding a sound engineer that was able to come up with these realistic locomotive sounds.

Fortunately both of these challenges are now solved.  So my focus for the next Train Sim release is to add realistic and unique audio for each of the 41 Trains in Train Sim.  I have already implemented several of the new audio effects and they sound great.

Stay tuned for more info.

 

New Scene in Progress

Train Sim English SceneThis is still early but I wanted to share with you my progress on making a new scene for Train Sim that is Britain/Europe themed.  Expect to see lots of old buildings, wind mills, castles and bridges.   I think I am making good progress but its a long track so it will be weeks before I am ready for release.  I want to make sure there are lots of interesting things to see and that performance is good on all devices.  Stay Tuned!

Buy It, Flip It Become a Realestate Tycoon

Flip That PropertyFlip That Property allows you to become a Realestate Tycoon. Buy Properties & sell them at a profit as the market prices fluctuate. Get rich in a House Flipping Career mode, or just see how far you get go in a never ending simulation mode.

Flip that Property is a perfect mix of action & simulation game play that will leave you wanting more. House Flipping has never been this much fun!

 

Train Sim 3.4.5 Released

CTA 5000Train Sim 3.4.5 for Android is now live.  This new update features a new Chicago “L” CTA 5000 subway train with a realistic 3D driver cabin as well as a passenger 3D interior.

Also in this update are much requested
longer trains.  I managed to increase each train by at least 1 additional coach CTA 5000 Inside(without killing performance) and in some cases by 2-4 to match the exact historical configuration.  Opposite Trains also received a length increase.   Also in this update the Dash 9 Interior cabin has been significantly improved, eliminating one of the weaker 3D cabins in Train Sim.  I am currently working on releasing this update for iOS and Windows Store/Phone.

 

 

 

 

What’s New in Train Sim

Train SimulatorIt has been a while since I updated Train Sim so I wanted to write a post about what I have been working on.  The main theme for the next update will be longer trains.  This means I will try to increase the number of cars for as many trains as possible.

The reason the trains were originally kept short was to make sure Train Sim performs well on slower devices.  The idea behind this tactic is that if the train is shorter the number of cars the GPU/CPU had to draw and move each frame would be reduced.

However longer trains is the feature that is the most requested by users (other then indian trains) so I decided to address this issue.  I am hoping that over the last year the number of slow/low memory devices have declined and the newer phones on the market will be able to handle these longer trains.  In order to make sure this is true I will probably only update the most popular trains, such as the Pendolino, Amtrak, TGV etc.  However if this update proves correct I will also increase car numbers for other trains as well.

Stay tuned for more news.