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3	''Century of Steam'' is an upcoming railroad simulator from Studio 346. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAlFom1GQxg&t=9s Announced on July 28, 2023]]. The development team Studio 346, is lead by president [=YouTuber=] Mark "{{Creator/Hyce}}" Huber, along with several other noted rail simulator creators, artists and researchers.
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5	The game is developed in [[Creator/EpicGames Unreal Engine 5]]. Visual and musical aesthetics of the game have been noted to take influence from the ''VideoGame/RailroadTycoon'' series.
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7	No release date has been set for the game yet, but updates are posted to the team's [[https://www.youtube.com/@_Studio346 YouTube]], [[https://patreon.com/Studio346 Patreon page]] and [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2517940/Century_of_Steam/ Steam store front]]. A public pre-Alpha demo at the National Narrow Gauge Convention in Denver, Colorado was conducted in late August 2023.
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11	!! ''Century of Steam'' contains the following tropes:
12	* {{Bluegrass}}: The announcement trailer suggests the return of a Bluegrass and FolkMusic style soundtrack from Hyce and Wings & Strings.
13	* CoolTrain: A given with the game's subject, but the final shot of the reveal trailer with multiple steam engines at a roundhouse alongside a diesel locomotive especially is this.
14	* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The easter eggs in the reveal trailer from a locomotive with the number "[[LOL69 69]]" pulling car "420" from the "East Salida & Denver" railroad (standing in for the memetic "Eat Shit & Die" railroad from {{Creator/Hyce}}).
15	* PunnyName: Yard goats are railroad slang for switch locomotives. Appropriately mascot character Rico is a literal yard goat.
16	* RailEnthusiast: The obvious target audience and the background of the developer team.
17	* SeriesMascot: The goat character Rico from the game's loading screens.
18	* SignificantReferenceDate: The game's century spanning setting covering railroad progression from 1869 to 1969 is bookended by the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad and [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace the Apollo landings]].
19	* ShownTheirWork: A development vlog launched on the project's Patreon in July showcases a new mathematical based whistle sound simulation system that replicates the train whistles based on steam pressure and how a player pulls the cord to replace the typical pre-recorded audio samples in most train video games. The work to simulate a whistle in-engine was robust enough the development team applied for a ''patent'' on the process.

Context VideoGame / CenturyOfSteam