Bus Driver Simulator News

KishMish Games wishes you happy New Year and Merry Christmas!
This year has been very interesting for us. There were lots of important updates, releases, conferences.
Here are the most important events in chronological order:


Alpha was finally released in Early Access, despise many technical issues (the main reason here is big map). We had some concerns as the genre is quite rare because there aren't so many Metro fans. We're grateful to our community for supporting us. We couldn't do it without you.
Unfortunately, the big update featuring AI-controlled trains, passenger mode and map expansion (8 more stations) is being delayed. We aren't ready to announce the exact release date, but it's almost ready. There aren't many people working on the game, but they love what they are doing. Now we have precisely recreated Metro line with all the slopes and turns. When we drove from Rasskazovka to Ramenki, it took us 20 minutes, the exact same time it should take in reality!




We've had this idea for a long time, but we had to get Bus Driver Simulator into good state.
The main difference is an idea to combine a bus simulator with difficult conditions such as disasters, off-road driving, breakdowns etc. There will be more scenarios with various conditions. But it doesn't mean that there will be no Free Mode.
We already have some experience in recreating real places, and now we're planning our biggest map - Chernobyl.
We are going to make more posts about Bus World in 2020.


Finally, after 3 years of development, Bus Driver Simulator 2019 was released!
This project has been very important for us. But we're still planning to support it after release. An update featuring winter mode was released recently. Also, an update which will allow you to create custom routes, is planned for the beginning of 2020.



This year has been very productive. We've done a lot of things, but there's even more to be done in the next year.

Finally, we want to thank you, our players for supporting us, proposing new ides, sharing your minds and expectations. We hope that this year will bring your best dreams to life.

Tourist DLC which adds a new tourist bus is coming in January!



We’re planning to add a lot of upgrades and paintings (you can see it on the screenshots below).



One of the paintings is dedicated to Moscow Olympic Games which took place in 1980.

Meet the new update featuring snowy version of Serpukhov! It's not only about visual difference - it will be much easier to spin out, so be careful!



For the first time, there's snow in the game! You will see it when weather is cloudy. You can turn winter mode on in Career City Selection menu.



Moreover, there are other changes:

• Fixed bug which sometimes caused passengers not to enter the bus.
  
• Previously, if you won't let passenger out on his stop, then he will disappear if you will let him out on the next stop. It's fixed now.
  
  
  
  
• Tried to fix problem causing two cars to drive improperly.
  
• Fixed but when it was difficult to use dashboard buttons while driving - hitbox was moving to the side.
  
  
  
  
• Fixed pedestrian traffic light texture in Cologne.
  
• Fixed wheels of European Minibus in traffic. Also, passengers' positions in it were adjusted.
  
• Passengers' dressing no longer goes through bus textures in tutorial.
  
  
  
  
• Removed points on corners in Route selection map.
  
• Improved Turkish and Romanian localization.
  
• Other minor changes.
  

We have fixed some small, but pretty important things:

• Fixed problem with passengers unable to enter one of the buses;
  
• Fixed passengers' position inside of modern Russian bus;
  
• Added Manual gearbox checkbox for Tutorial mode;
  
• Added possibility to create your own livery for big European bus;
  
• Fixed bus in 2nd Cologne Scenario, which made it impossible to finish this Scenario successfully.
  

We are working on new features even though Bus Driver Simulator 2019 has been released. And here is what will appear in the game this month.




Serpukhov map will be snowy because New Year is close. These changes will have an effect not only on appearance, but also on driving physics. For example, it will be much easier to lose control of your bus.




Finally it’s here! Soon you will be able to create your own routes by choosing bus stops.


A new soviet retro bus is coming! It will be available as a DLC. A lot of upgrades and liveries will also be there.




We will continue to fix bugs and make some changes. If you found a bug, tell us about it and we’ll do our beat to fix it as soon as possible.