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4 years since the development started!

In the end of October, 2016, 4 years ago, we started the development of our most ambitious project at the time - Bus Driver Simulator. We developed games before, but they were a lot smaller. We even had doubts that we're able to do that, but the game successfully got to Early Access, eventually to its release and became our most successful product.
But in the very beginning, only one programmer and a freelance modeler were working on the game. Gradually, our team became larger, and now we can do a lot of things much faster. We were quite naive by thinking that we can make some tasks quicker than we really could. But everything works according to the common rules and, if a bigger team with more budget could make a new map in a year, we can't make it quicker. Nowadays, our experience allows us to assess our possibilities more accurately, but we're still setting ourselves ambitious tasks, and this is what gives us possibilities for further growth.
This is how main menu looked in different versions of Bus Driver Simulator.





Update 5.14 is available!

[h2]What's new:[/h2]
  • Fixed critical problem with tutorial text for Polish, Hungarian, Romanian, Turkish, Italian, Korean and Chinese.
  • Fixed a bug with camera when switched to 1st person camera, causing it to jump to the side.



  • Adjusted initial camera position in buses.
  • Increased handbrake sound volume in buses Modern City Bus DLC.
  • Adjusted text on tablet for all buses.



  • Added a link to our Discord server to the game. By the way, join us: https://discord.com/invite/9eHyYap
  • Changed probabilities of pedestrians presence in Main Menu.



  • Slight adjustments in localisations.

More Murom Suburbs screenshots

And some more screenshots from Murom Suburbs map. We're not showing the urban part and villages now, but level-designing is almost done. However, we'll need some time to finish our work on traffic and pedestrians, to place bus stops, garages and gas stations and routes.





More Murom Suburbs screenshots

Here are some more new screenshots of "Murom Suburbs" map. While the bigger part is done, there are some places to be finished, and some buildings and signs to be installed.





Update 5.13 - Rebranding and more fixes!

We made a decision to remove "2019" from the name of Bus Driver Simulator. The reason is quite simple: we continue to develop the game, and this number no longer represents relevance of the project.

While the new map is in development, we're continuing to polish the game and prepare it for the big update. So, we're happy to tell you that update 5.13 is out!



What's new:
  • Unity Engine updated to 2020.1.2.
  • Fixed a serious bug when you could call the tow truck from pause menu, sometimes leading to softlock.
  • Fixed a problem causing passengers not to board the bus in the first Cologne scenario.
  • Made a lot of adjustments to English, Russian, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Polish localizations.
  • Added several people to the main menu. They do various things and appear randomly.
  • Fixed a bug with front door of one of the buses.
  • Fixed another bug with the rear door of the same bus.
  • Changed the logo in UI accordingly to the changed name.



  • Replaced billboards in both cities.



  • Corrected icons for input method selection (F1).
  • Slightly adjusted text position on the tablet.
  • Changed FPS counter color.
  • Long names are now hyphenated to the next line instead of being cut in route editor.
  • Other minor fixes.


By the way, we have slightly adjusted our trailer in accordance with these changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8keXAR9NAY4