All posts by Adam Berent

Google Play Can’t Download Game

June 11, 2015BlogAdam Berent

I sometimes get emails about people complaining that they can’t download my games from Google Play. What seems to happen is that the download starts but get’s interrupted with some kind of a bad data message.

Usually I am unable to help as the problem exists between the Google Play Store and the and user’s phone. My games are hosted by Google not me. Perhaps bad internet or some other Google caused error?

However recently I got an answer from a Flight Sim user (Evang) that figured out the issue. It seems that if you buy a new phone or tablet and you try to download games before you updated your Google Play Store App, you may get this issue. The issue can also occur if you let your Google Play Store App get to far behind the current version.

This makes sense as Google probably expects the user to keep its core apps up to date, especially because they involve the exchange of money and should be completely patched to prevent any security or performance issues.

So if you ever have issues downloading apps on your phone, update your Google Play Store App.

Train Sim 3.3.7 Released

May 25, 2015Blog, NewsAndroid, Train Sim, Train SimulatorAdam Berent

Train Sim Android 3.3.7 Released

-Added 3D Cabs for SD7 & TGM3
-Sky now gets cloudy during Rain
-Improved Night Mode
-Improved User Interface

This is part of the ongoing updates to improve all 28 trains in Train Sim so they have the same level of quality and 3D interiors. I am also going to try to implement Track Switching as I think I finally figured out how to do it.

Updates to Amazon, iOS and Windows platforms will follow.

Twitter Now

May 11, 2015Blog, NewsAdam Berent

We now have Twitter! Follow your favourite Indie Game developer as we share our observations, news and pains 140 characters at a time.

Website Down!

May 9, 2015Blog, NewsAdam Berent

Fail Looks like my website was down for a few days. The issue was related to a WordPress update that for some reason deleted my default theme. No error message no logs, just a blank page. Thanks WordPress, what a major waste of time and inconvenience.

Thanks to 3 hours with a very patient Microsoft Azure support staff named Zoher we figured it out and the site is now back up.

Also thanks to Finley for first reporting that the site was down via email.

Focus on Train Sim

April 15, 2015Blog, NewsAdam Berent

I have been really focusing on Train Sim recently. As promised my goal is to replace all 2D cabs with 3D interiors. This work is over 50% complete. On top of that I am improving many of the trains and cars that have been added when the game was originally created and did not receive the same attention to detail as the newer trains. Scheduled for improvement are Dash 9, GE70t, TGM3 and TEP70 trains, with more to come. Once I am happy with the quality of all the trains I want to focus on the Airport scene which is really small and needs a rework. In between all that I hope to fit in some additional trains or alternative paint schemes for existing trains (i.e. Santa Fe)

Keep sending me your feedback and thanks for your support.

Bus Sim Released

April 8, 2015Blog, NewsBus Sim, SimulatorAdam Berent

I am happy to announce that a new simulation game Bus Sim is now available for Android (iOS coming soon)

Take the controls and drive a realistic Bus through a detailed city full of pedestrians and cars. Control your bus in two game modes: missions (shifts) and free drive (where you can cause as

much damage as you like). Bus Sim features realistically modelled buses with interior cabins and moving components. This is a must for any simulator fans.

FEATURES Bus Sim

-2 Game Modes
-Detailed Realistic 3D Bus
-Realistic Crashes with Visual Damage
-Multiple Camera Views including driver seat.
-Multiple Missions
-Tilt Control
-No in game purchases
-Optimized for Intel x86 mobile devices

Google Play (Android) Store Listing

Train Sim 10 Million Downloads!

March 17, 2015Blog, News10 Million, Train SimAdam Berent

Train Simulator Train Sim has just reached the milestone of 10 Million Downloads on Google Play in just 27 months. I would like to say thank you to all the fans who have downloaded Train Sim and a special thanks to everyone who has been helping me make Train Sim even better over the last 2 years by sending me your bug reports and suggestions. To Celebrate more Trains and Updates coming soon!

Flight Sim 777

March 4, 2015Blog, NewsFlight SimAdam Berent

Flight Sim Boeing 777 Recently I updated Flight Sim with a key update that introduced a new Boeing 777 Airliner as well as a much needed Flap animations. As usual the Boeing 777 includes a full 3D cab and animated and retracting wheels. Flight Sim now has 3 scenes and 8 unique airplanes (all free), making it a serious contender for many of the other Flight Simulators featuring a buy to fly model.

Chess Pro

March 4, 2015Blog, NewsChessAdam Berent

Years ago I had this brilliant idea that I wanted to learn how computers play chess. What is the best way to learn, well of course you have to write your own chess engine.

I did just that and documented the process on a blog called ChessBin.com. The blog still exists along with the various downloads of the finished Chess Game. This project spawned an Online Chess site called GeeksWithChess.com. Financially speaking both were a flop, however many of my first lessons on running a “business” came from these two sites and they made “some” money that I then used to start 3583 Bytes.

Years later I still had this chess engine written in C#. So I decided to port it to Unity and create a 3D chess game based on my engine. I am happy to announce that this game is now available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone & Windows Store. To find out more visit the Chess Pro Information Page.

Train Sim – Subway Update

February 9, 2015Blog, NewsTrain Sim, UpdateAdam Berent

A new version of Train Sim is now available for Android and iOS, featuring a completely new and much larger Subway Scene. An updated Subway Scene has been requested by users for some time now, and I decided to not disappoint. The new Subway Scene features 15 Stations and 3 outside portions. Simply put, its huge!

This new version of Train Sim also contains another much requested feature, electrical poles! When running an electric train, the Metropolis and Port scenes will display electrical posts above the track. I have not yet added this to the other scenes because I am not sure how well the electrical poles will look in the Desert.

Train Sim Future: I am planning to add additional subway trains and expand some of the existing train to feature 3D cabs with the eventual goal of having 3D cabs in all Train Sim trains. Also electrical poles will for sure be added to the Airport Scene

One of the challenges I am currently facing is download size. Train Sim Android is currently just under 50MB, meaning it can be downloaded as a single file. Once I cross the 50MB file size I will be forced to split Train Sim into 2 downloads (main and additional content). This is something I really do not want to do. So I will have to spend some time modifying existing content to be stored more efficiently. This will hopefully postpone this issue by an extra year.