Today I am celebrating the 1,000,000 download of Car Crashers. Thank you to everyone who has enjoyed playing this game over the last 15 months. I am happy that a game I made to stop my son from crashing toy cars in real life, turned into so much virtual crashing fun for him and so many other players. Stay tuned for future updates to Car Crashers, starting with an update to the Windows 10 version.
Last week I posted a new version of Train Sim for Android, and Amazon. This update features Double Engines which is one of the features most requested by Train Sim users I also took the opportunity to add Game Controller Support. This is not a popular request but it does open Train Sim to devices that support Game Controllers such as Amazon TV or Xbox One. Please let me know how the controller works on Android game controllers. Lastly I fixed the direction of steam when trains go backwards.
As always the iOS and Windows 10 update will come slightly after the Android releases.
Car Crashers Update is now live on Google Play Store. This new update features an new “Car Bowling” scene as well as an improved user interface.
Flight Sim for Android has been updated with 2 new airplanes and many improvements and bug fixes. This update brings the total number of airplanes to 16. My goal for this year is to bring the number of airplanes to 20 so I think I am right on track. As always these new airplanes are available for free and there are no in-app purchases in Flight Sim.
WHAT’S NEW
After months of work I am happy to release Dinosaur Sim for Android.
Dinosaur Sim allows you to play as one of the 12 popular Dinosaurs. Fight your way to the top of the food chain or play as a peaceful herbivore in a realistic 3D environment. Each Dinosaur is beatify animated and has realistic sounds. Dinosaur Sim is action packed but also has educational modes in a perfect mix to keep you playing and learning for hours
Dinosaur Sim also contains 3 additional game modes including;
– Dino Safari mode, learn about each of the Dinosaurs in the game,
– Dino Paint mode, colour your favourite Dinosaurs
– Dino Museum mode, learn about fossils and Dinosaur Bones
Features
– 12 Realistic Playable Dinosaurs
– 4 Game Modes
– Realistic 3D Graphics & Animations
– Educational
– No In Game Purchases
The 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.
As promised I updated 3 Jeweled with a mute button. You can now set the sound options in the menu to “Music Off” or “Mute All Sounds” This way people can listen to their own music as they play the game. I also prevented the device from sleeping during gameplay.
Sounds 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.
One 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.
Train 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 
(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.