I\'ve released version 1.1.3. All known bugs are fixed. The QA testing has been finished. I recorded a dev vlog but the audio didn\'t record so I had to throw it out.

That is about it. There have been a number of quality of life improvements. Too many bug fixes to write about. The game should be in a rather stable state now. If you find any bugs report them on the community hub and I will fix them. You can also email me if you want.

I\'ve upgraded the render pipeline to the HDRP one. I was using this early in the games development but I ran into problems with the camera windows. There would be too great of a drop in FPS while multiple cameras where open. I\'ve solved this by updating each camera one at a time per frame. This spreads the frame rate out across all the cameras and keeps the main games FPS stable.

The game looks much better now. I will be releasing a new trailer and screen shots soon.

I also did a number of bug fixes.

Welcome to version 1.1.0. I will be supporting this game for a long time.

Change of plans with my game. The CPU companies are not being included in the final game. I was planning them and may add them after full release. I plan on supporting this game long term. Due to budget problems I had to cut the scope of the game a tiny bit. Everything that was planned for the game is included and fully functional other then the computer opponents. Gen AI has been removed from the game and sent to the pits of hell where it belongs. I never planned on using it but last min budget plans made me think it was an idea. I was wrong and I have had it removed.

QA testing is almost finished. Just a few bug fixes and I should have the game in full release next week. If you find any bugs or have any thoughts about the game post in the community hub. I\'ll be sure to fix any bugs anyone finds. I will be supporting this game long term. Its been a lot of work.

Thank you all for the support. Thank you for playing. If you would be so kind please leave a review. It means so much.

Love Andrew Rowe.

Version 0.9.8 is now live. The QA testing is finished up for now. Bugs have been cleared. Quality of life improvements have been made. This should be the last update for at least a month. The next update may be the full release. Expecting that some time next month.

Please live a review for my game. That would help a whole lot.

Dev vlog below. I smoke a cigar and talk about the games features. Thank you very much.

No cigar today. I had to put the game into early access due to financial situation hitting unexpectedly. This is okay as the game is ready for early access. So this happened at the best possible time. All that is left is the AI companies and more QA testing. About half the QA testing is finished now. Full release should be in a month or two.

Please report bugs to the community hub and I will get right to fixing them. Leaving a positive review means a lot as my stress level right now is fear about those reviews. I\'m worried about bugs leading to bad reviews.

I would have held this game back for another month or two before doing full release but the game is far enough along now for early access.

If you don\'t want to play the game with the AI companies on. You want to play solo the game is feature compete at this point. Just some more bug fixing to do.

If you find any bugs please report them. I will get right on fixing them.

Also the translations should be updated to all human translation as soon as that is possible.

Thank you all for wish listing this game. It means a whole lot. Thank you my gamers.

Version 0.9.6 just released. Many bug fixes. Report any bugs you find in the community hub. Next up is a new trailer and the final marketing campaign. Then in a few days I start work on the AI companies. After that I just finish up the translations and I set the game to release two weeks after that point. So the game could be coming out next month.

Ships are in the game. Many other improvements have been made. The game is 95% finished now. Release is about 2 months away I expect. Final Marketing campaign is about to start.

Check out the demo. Thank you all for your support. It means a whole lot.

Dev Vlog for Epic Trains 4 version 0.9.2. Not a lot of new content. Mostly diagonal road and rail. Which was a lot of work. Such a simple thing takes so long. Next update is hopefully around the end of the month or early next month. That will include a lot of minor fixes, improvements and ships!

Almost finished now. Just a couple more months to go.

Are the translations in the demo good? I'm planning on releasing the game in a few months. It is very nearly done at this point.

Ask me questions about the game and leave feedback.

The demo is ready to play.

All bugs should be fixed now. If you find any point them out in the community hub.

I did another dev vlog. Another cigar.

New demo update. New locomotive in the demo. There are planes added to the full version as well. Those are not playable yet. Bug fixes and quality of life improvements. I got rather drunk in this video. I really drank too much too quickly. Oh well. At least the demo works.

Lots of quality of life improvements. The game is getting done. Hoping to have another update before the year is out. Or at the start of next year. I'm working on the game full time.

Demo will be coming out in about a couple weeks. Sep 16'th. I'm taking part in a next fest. It's almost all ready. Finishing touches are going in right now.

Sit and listen to me talk about game dev while I smoke a cigar. I drop it on the floor at some point.

I have limited time. I have a fair bit of work left to do. I have to get a demo ready for the next fest. That is the biggest chance my game has. This is the perfect game for that fest. "Planes, trains, and automobiles" fest. This game is the perfect match.

If my game is going to do well I have to get it ready for that fest. I got a bit of time but a fair bit left to do.

This is my 20'th game. I have a dead line. I hope it doesn't kill me.

Release will be about a month after the fest. If all goes well. This is my big chance.

Wish me luck guys. I got a whole lot of game dev and debugging to do over the next few months.

Almost all game systems are working for a demo.

Here is a train breaking down. Also I have steam for the steam locomotives. Tenders will be added in a few days. I have the 3d models.

Making games man. It never ends.

Just a little update. I'm adding steam to the steam locomotives and will soon be adding the tenders too. I haven't posted anything in quite a while so I thought I'd make a little post here.

Game is going full steam ahead. Planning on release later this year. There will be a demo in the coming months.

Right I have to fix some bugs and add some basic features. The good news is just about all the little things have been done. Just big things left for the most part. The little things are 90% of everything really.

Any feed back is welcome. Thank you all for giving the game a look.

Deep in the game dev as always. I uploaded a new trailer and screen shots for everyone to have a look at. If I am lucky I'll be in closed BETA next month, Feb 2024. Lots of work left to do. I'm nearing the end of it finally. I wish the trailer turned out better. I wanted to show off the planes more. Show what its like to have a hub airport with all 3 run ways in use.

The game will hopefully be sent off to the publisher in a few weeks. I got high hopes for this game. Thank you all for the wish lists. It means a whole lot.

The should be finished up later this year. There is a whole lot more to do. I'm hoping I'm nearing the end of bug fixing. I've had to go back and fix so many.

Thank you all for being in the community hub.

Tell me what you are looking forward to in the game.

Progress on the game is still moving along. I have the trains, trucks, small planes and large planes in the game now. There is still more work to be done before the game goes into closed BETA. I'm hoping on having the game in closed BETA and sent off to the publisher some time in January. Aiming for release some time in the new year.

New trailer and screen shots some time next month. There are 17 large planes in the game now. A good selection from all the decades. I may add more small planes and trains before release.

The tileset will be redone before release. There is a whole lot of polish left to do. I am hoping the game will be in a playable state in a months time. With save games and a passenger system.

Ships will be added after the BETA.

Trains, small planes, trucks and large planes are all just about finished up now. The trains where by far the most work.

Leave a comment if you have any questions. I'll try to respond to them all.

New trailer and screen shots are up. The Epic Trains series was always inspired by the Transport Tycoon series. This is the first game that is taking it into depth.

What are you looking for in this game? What features are a must?

I'm going for a fully functional transport game. I'm hoping to make the signals more simple for new players. Signals are really just busy work and a problem for new players to have to deal with. So this game will be streamlined a bit. Otherwise it should have the same depth.

Tell me what you think. I'd love to hear feedback. This is my 20'th published game. I've been at this for a long time.

Wrote some good code last night. The drag and drop trains and wagons code in Epic Trains 4 is better coded and has more functionality then what is in OpenTTD. This is going to be a great game.

What is on the store page now is very basic. The game is barely in a functional state at this point. I'm hoping to have the trains finished up in the next few days and move on to the automobiles and planes. If I can do it those will be done by the end of next month and there will be version 2 of the trailer up on the store page for everyone to have a look at.

This is my 20'th game. I know game dev.

Just giving a little update on how the game is going.