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WAP-7 Preview

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WEP-7 Indian RailwaysMy graphic artist send me an in progress preview of the WAP-7 Indian Railways Engine for an upcoming release of Train Sim.  There is still allot of work he has to do on the interior of the Train, but as you can see its looking great already.

Indian trains are frequently requested by Train Sim users, often with a daily reminder.  I am happy o be able to add this train to Train Sim in the near futureWEP-7 Indian Railways

At this point I am guessing I am about 4 weeks a
way from having this train published as I
am also working on a new game (more information coming soon) so please don’t email me every day asking when its ready 🙂

Train Sim Updated iOS, Amazon, Windows Store

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CTA 5000The reason that I always publish to Google Play/Android first, is that the updates are almost instant and always available the same day.   All the other platforms take longer, between 1-7 days.  Even longer if the update gets rejected for something silly.

This last update to Train Sim was especially important because of the major improvement to sound effects, so I wanted to publish these changes ASAP.  I am happy to announce that this new version of Train Sim with improved sounds is now available for iOS, Amazon Store & Windows Store.  The only remaining platform I still have to update is Windows Phone.  However Windows Phone affects a very small % of the player base so at this point over 99% of Train Sim fans have access to the newest version.

 

Train Sim Android with new Sounds!

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Train SimulatorSounds Sounds Sounds!  

After weeks of work I am finally ready to release the new version of Train Sim.  This is a huge update addressing one of the most common requests for Train Sim; Better Sounds.

Each train engine now has its own custom sounds for its engine, horn, bell and breaks.  When uncompressed there are over 85MB of new sound data.  I think the end result is quite impressive, giving the simulation a much higher level of realism.  As a bonus I also added a rain sound that turns on during the Rain weather setting.

In this update I also fixed some smaller bugs and made some minor improvements to the Country Loop Scene train stations.

 

3 Jeweled 2 Million Downloads

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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

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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

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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!