Model Train Simulation App

[Johnny_B]

I'm not sure if this is the best forum to post this in, but I don't see a software forum. I've been working on a model train simulation app, and I'd like to get some feedback from people that know model trains. I've opened the beta test to the public. If you have a device that runs iPadOS, iOS, or macOS (or visionOS), and you'd like to take look at my app, here is the link:

Join the TrainSet 3D Pro beta

Available on iOS

testflight.apple.com

Here's the app description:

TrainSet 3D Pro is a complete and realistic model train simulation. Design your layout, build it, and run your train in it. A large library of pieces is available to fill your scene. Choose from 25 different track and road pieces, and hundreds of different scenery pieces; sets include rural, urban, suburban, old west, trees/hedges/shrubberies, and trailer park. Also included are four complete trains, with over 30 different cars that you can mix and match in any combination.

Here are some screenshots:

I look forward to your feedback. Thanks in advance.

 

[TheXModelRailroader]

Hello john.
This looks cool! The fact that your making a gam like this shows great effort. I like the fact that you have real life locomotives. That's a big one for a lot of us (needs to be prototypical).
I can not actually give you a review, as I don't have a i Phone. But keep up the good work.

Regards, X Model Railroader.

 

[Johnny_B]

I like the fact that you have real life locomotives.

Thanks. Actually, many of the cars are based on the Lionel model train set I inherited from my father MANY years ago. I have LOTS of cars dating back to the 50s and 60s. We had a layout set up in the basement, and every Xmas, my father would set up a small track running around the base of the tree.

I'm still thinking of adding the 2-car pair - one floated a balloon above it, and the other had a missile that could be shot at the balloon. Pretty cool when I was a kid, maybe not so much now.

If you don't have an iPhone or iPad, perhaps a young(er) person you know does. They make the best app testers.

 

[TheXModelRailroader]

If you don't have an iPhone or iPad, perhaps a young(er) person you know does. They make the best app testers.

Yeah...I'm only 20. I just meant I have a android and not a apple device.

 

[TheXModelRailroader]

Thanks. Actually, many of the cars are based on the Lionel model train set I inherited from my father MANY years ago. I have LOTS of cars dating back to the 50s and 60s. We had a layout set up in the basement, and every Xmas, my father would set up a small track running around the base of the tree.

I'm still thinking of adding the 2-car pair - one floated a balloon above it, and the other had a missile that could be shot at the balloon. Pretty cool when I was a kid, maybe not so much now.

If you don't have an iPhone or iPad, perhaps a young(er) person you know does. They make the best app testers.

Your other ideas sound great.

 

[santafewillie]

If you don't have an iPhone or iPad, perhaps a young(er) person you know does. They make the best app testers.

I'm in the category of "the damn screen's too small" person, so I need any software to work on my desktop with 19" screen.

 

[Johnny_B]

I'm in the category of "the damn screen's too small" person, so I need any software to work on my desktop with 19" screen.

Me too. Small screens suck! That's why I designed this app for the iPad, which has a screen big enough to get the best experience. Also runs on Mac.

 

[TheXModelRailroader]

I'm in the category of "the damn screen's too small" person, so I need any software to work on my desktop with 19" screen.

Yeah, and if you were actually interested you might be able to run a emulator on your pc?

 

[Johnny_B]

Wake the kids and phone the neighbors, Trainset 3D Pro is now available for sale in the App Store. If you buy it, please leave a review. Thanks!

‎TrainSet 3D Pro

‎TrainSet 3D Pro is a complete and realistic model-train simulation. Design your layout, build it, and run your train in it. A large library of pieces is available to fill your scene. Choose from 25 different track and road pieces, and hundreds of different scenery pieces; sets include rural...

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