Train Conductor is coming to the USA!

Everybody has been waiting for us to add new cities, and we’re finally ready to announce which ones. Get ready for a big suprise, because we are definitely adding new cities, but they belong to a whole new continent!

In this latest sneak-peak video you can see footage of two fantastic locations.

Build bridges over the Grand Canyon

In the Grand Canyon players will have to build bridges to connect trains across the gap. This unique new gameplay will challenge your train management skills. You only get one opportunity to get each bridge right, so don’t mess it up!

The Grand Canyon

In the future we’ll be announcing details of the hotly awaited survival mode, as well as posting details of new cities and funky new gameplay!

If you have any suggestions for which US cities you’d like to see first, be sure to let us know. Leave a comment, or tweet about it!

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Some time last week we stumbled across AppRelief.  We thought it was such a great idea we decided to join up. We signed up for the period of our Australia Day Sale (Jan 20-26), donating 100% of our net profit during that time.

We’ve just received the daily figures from apple for the period, and after operating expenses, we will be contributing $1,697! We don’t pay ourselves (yet), so this represents quite a hefty commitment on our part.

Our most sincere thanks go to all the players of Train Conductor, in particular those in Australia, Italy, USA, Japan and Great Britain who represent the largest contributors.

Extra kudos goes to Japan and Italy, sales of Train Conductor jumped significantly in those regions during the donation period. (And thanks to AppViz for the PieGraph)

We’re still trying to decide between whether to donate to the RedCross or MSF or perhaps another worthy source. We won’t be receiving the cheque from Apple for the sales until the end of Feburary. If anyone can help suggest a worthy charity, please let us know before then by leaving a comment.

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Train Conductor is in review at Apple HQ.  To satisfy your train-spotting needs while the reviewers do their thing, we’ve posted these great screenshots for you.

Get started in Alice Springs, the first level of Train Conductor.

Sydney featuring Gold-rush trains.

Ghosts running amok in busy Melbourne

The Main Menu of Train Conductor

Welcome to Train Conductor!

The sunny beaches of Cairns

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Screenshot history. From early concepts to final release.

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Train Conductor is looking great and it’s thanks to the efforts of Logan Dowell, Derek Pritchard, Joe Gatling and Jarrod Andersen, our nationally distributed art team.

Logan Dowell and Derek Pritchard were selected to join the Agent ranks as part of the QANTM college internship program. together they developed the level backdrops of Sydney and Melbourne, created numerous train models, and designed the entire menu art style. They also collaborated together to produce the wonderful loading screens and game website, amongst many other things.  The pending release of Train Conductor marks their explosive debut into the games industry.

Joe Gatling, a long standing friend and fellow university graduate member of our sif90 roots, initially set the style of the game seen in the early teaser images, and they became the defacto style guide for the rest of the development process.

Jarrod Andersen connected with The Agents through a serendipitous reddit post in July 2009. Jarrod developed the Mr. Train Conductor character and set the initial train model style, as well as the scary Skull Train.

We are tremendously grateful for their assistance and the beauty of the final game is a tribute to their efforts.

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We are currently conducting playtesting sessions and getting some excellent feedback, thank you all. Our willing and anonymous playtest subject has agreed for us to share the video of her gameplay in Cairns, the second level.

Youtube: Train Conductor -- Cairns -- Level 2

Alice Springs - in the great Australian outback - level 1

Cairns - the gorgeous Queensland beaches - level 2

Sydney Harbour Bridge - level 3

The fourth level: Melbourne
…to be unveiled soon!

The graveyard shift!
Keep an eye out… details coming soon!

‘Train Conductor’ places you as the greatest Station Master of the Golden Age of Steam, where, working your way from small outback train yards to the bustling industrial lines in Australia’s capital cities, you must connect tracks to ensure each train reaches it’s proper destination, and avoid disastrous collisions!

Join the conversation at TouchArcade.com or submit a comment below.

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Check out the newly completed icon for Train Conductor on your iPhone. We think it will look mighty fine on your home screen – what do you think?!

Tell us what you think in the comments or on twitter #trainconductor.

Also – we are reviving the somewhat dying art of the desktop background! While we were making the icon, we thought we’d put these images up as well – they’re the wallpaper de rigueur for everyone in our office now

iPhone Wallpaper

Train Conductor iPhone & iPod Touch Wallpaper

Download link [320 x 480 pixels]

Desktop Wallpaper

Become the greatest Train Conductor of the Australian Outback

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Widescreen: [1280 x 800, 1440 x 900, 1680 x 1050, 1920 x 1200]
Standard: [1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024]

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Become the greatest Train Conductor in the Golden Age of Steam!

These are the settings of the first two levels.
We’re not showing the gameplay just yet, it’s top secret!

The great Australian Outback.

Enjoy the gorgeous beaches of Queensland.

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