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Google Features 3583 Bytes and the Story Behind Train Sim

We’re excited to share that 3583 Bytes has been featured by Google for Publishers in a story highlighting the journey behind Train Sim and the work that has gone into building the game over the past decade.

The article looks at how Train Sim first began as a small Unity project created by the company’s founder for his son, and how that simple idea eventually grew into a long-running mobile train simulator played by millions of people around the world.

Being featured by Google is a meaningful milestone for us. Train Sim has been developed and updated for more than ten years, and during that time the goal has always been the same: create a train simulator that is accessible, enjoyable, and easy for players to jump into while still offering plenty of freedom to explore different trains and environments.

The story also highlights the approach we have taken to supporting the game. Advertising through Google AdMob has helped us keep Train Sim free and accessible to a wide audience while continuing to invest in updates, improvements, and new features.

What started as a small personal project has grown into something much larger thanks to the players who have supported the game over the years. Seeing Train Sim recognized by Google is both exciting and a reminder of how far the game has come since its first release.

If you’re interested in the full story behind the game and how it grew over the years, you can read Google’s article here:

https://www.google.com/ads/publisher/stories/3583_bytes/

Thank you to everyone who has played Train Sim and helped make the journey possible.

40 Trains 50MB

The next update of Train Sim will feature a new 2-6-0 Mogul type steam locomotive.  This will bring the number of playable  Locomotives to 40.  This is a significant milestone for Train Sim and a bit of a technical achievement as all these trains fit in a 50MB download just under the limit imposed by Google Play.  On top of the highly detailed 3D Train Models and their 3D cabins the game also contains 23 Car models, 8 scenes and over 100 environment models and textures that make the scenes look real.  At this point there are no other mobile train simulators that can even approach the number of Trains available in Train Sim.

Train Sim Mogul

Why is this important? At some point in the future I will have to make a decision about going over the 50MB download size and splitting the download into 2 parts.  This means Google Play users will first have to get a smaller 20-30MB download and then get prompted for the additional download portion that will contain the remainder of the game.  This is not a great user experience and I am hoping to avoid this.  I hope that at some point in the near future Google will expand their single download maximum size to 100MB solving this issue.  However if that does not happen and I want to add more trains and scenes I will have to move to an “additional download” model.

For now Train Sim still fits under 50MB so enjoy the new version Coming Soon to Android (iOS and Windows platforms to follow)