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Studio 346, Inc.
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Indie game studio, currently developing our flagship game Century of Steam
Check us out at http://patreon.com/Studio346 for early news & extra content!

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Another Studio 346 Flag Stop video is now available for patrons! Tom and Brett talk about the process of making a 1913 Ford Model T Inspection Car for our upcoming train game Century of Steam, & the quirks of what it's like to scoot in this doot. You can view this post early at patreon.com/studio346
A render of a 1913 Ford Model T inspection car with flanged railroad wheels from the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, for upcoming multiplayer train game Century of Steam. The Ford Branding has been changed to Faux to avoid copyright issues. A render of a 1913 Ford Model T inspection car with flanged railroad wheels from the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, for upcoming multiplayer train game Century of Steam. The underside of the inspection car features a lot of detailing for the transmission, driveshaft, and suspension. A render of a 1913 Ford Model T inspection car with flanged railroad wheels from the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, for upcoming multiplayer train game Century of Steam. The dashboard has a lot of clutter, including railroad passes, playing cards with the game's goat and deer mascot characters Rio and Dolores on them, and an instruction booklet for Model T owners.
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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A new Century of Steam flag stop video featuring the Russel skeleton log cars is now available for our patrons! Fellow team member Alec shares the history and work done to replicate these ubiquitous items found on many narrow gauge logging railroads. You can view it now at patreon.com/Studio346
Top Half: Century of Steam's cartoon goat mascot Rico is standing next to an old steam locomotive; they are holding an oil can and admiring the ornate engine. To the right, a red flag with the text "Studio 346 Flag Stop" is waving. Lower Half: A grayscale image of the railroad log car model featured in the video with the text "Russel Skeleton Log Cars, Available now at Patreon.com/Studio346"
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Studio 346 would like to wish you all a very Happy Spoopy Day! May you all strike it rich at the candy mines tonight!
A Halloween Post from Studio 346, featuring an in-game screenshot of the upcoming railroad game Century of Steam. Green text reads: "Happy Halloween from Century of Scream!" A ghostly 1910s automobile on rails looms over an autumn graveyard scene. Rico and Doloroes, the game's cartoon goat and deer mascots, respectively, are posed in the scene. Dolores is wearing a pointy witch hat and flying through the air on a coal scoop as if it were a broom, and Rico is hanging on for dear life.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Right on schedule, we are once again slightly off of schedule🥴. This month we'll be showing industry interaction in Century of Steam in more depth though, so we'll keep you posted as we get our progress wrapped up and ready for patrons!
A User Interface Element from upcoming train game Century of Steam, with the game's cartoony goat mascot, Rico, wearing a fancy tophat and smoking a cigar like some goddamn smug ass robber baron tycoon. They are telling the player: "You've already upgraded this industry to its maximum size! Go buy something else with your hard-earned cash, like a newfangled runabout, or a politician." A Screenshot from upcoming train game Century of Steam, showing the Sierra Talc Company mill. The mill is industrial in appearance and has a small footprint, with a diesel locomotive switching out cars on the industry property. A Screenshot from upcoming train game Century of Steam, showing the Sierra Talc Company mill. The mill is industrial in appearance and has a much larger footprint than previously shown, with a diesel locomotive switching out cars on the industry property.
October 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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A new mini-vlog for Century of Steam is up early for Patrons! We've got torpedoes for emergency signalling, refinements to poling, VRAM optimization, and some new town and track items in the works! www.patreon.com/Studio346
A screenshot from the upcoming narrow gauge railroad game Century of Steam, showcasing a Nevada-California-Oregon 4-6-0 and a Railway Torpedo, a small explosive device wrapped in red paper which is placed on the rails to warn train crews of upcoming hazards.
September 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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July will be one of our in-between mini-vlogs between larger features again, and although it'll be brief, it certainly won't be boring 🚃🥖🚂
A screenshot from the upcoming video game "Century of Steam", featuring a Baldwin 10-26D Drawing 42 steam locomotive on a warm desert morning. The locomotive is shoving a caboose on the adjacent track with a large oak pole suspended between them. This move is called "poling" and Justin of Well There's Your Problem Podcast has asked us to show this again. Hi Justin.
July 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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A whole lot has happened in the last couple of weeks. The Boss of the company is now a dad, and The Co-Boss is back from more work in the field, so we'll be getting the last bits ready for our summer dev vlog, coming to Patreon on July 4th. We'll see you all in Independence, CA on Independence Day!
A screenshot of the work in progress for upcoming video game Century of Steam: Two Southern Pacific steam locomotives, numbered 9 and 18, meet at a water tower for a cool drink in the dry and dusty expanse of the Owens Valley. The Sierra Talc Company's milling facility is visible in the distance, and the Inyo mountains loom above the scene.
July 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Happy Pride from Studio 346!

A lot of our team is LGBTQ+ and allies who support them, and Century of Steam wouldn't be possible without their dedication. Railroading is our passion & we want to provide an informative, welcoming environment for all to enjoy it.

Be safe, be loved, and be you.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Rico and Dolores, the cartoon goat and deer mascots of Century of Steam, holding a banner that says "Happy Pride from Studio 346" in 8-stripe rainbow lettering above a Nevada-California-Oregon steam locomotive in a desert landscape. Rico has nonbinary flag colors on their bandana, and Dolores, a doe with antlers, has trans flag colors on hers.
June 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Checking in with y'all again: Work continues for the next progress video, though due to a mix of bereavement for lost love ones and paternity leave, some of our team members have needed additional time to recover before returning, so May's content will be postponed & merged with June's update video.
June 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Hello all, this weekend the team met to discuss deliverables & determined they'd benefit from a bit more time to get May's dev vlog ready, there's a lot of new stuff going in so we'll be posting that to the Patreon about a week or so into June. In the meantime, here's what we were working on today!
May 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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BREAKING: White smoke has been spotted at the vatican chimney, meaning the conclave has selected a new pope.
Congratulations on the papacy, Rico!
Rico, the cartoon goat mascot of upcoming railroad game "Century of Steam," wearing a pope hat and carrying a holy staff, having just been selected by vatican cardinals as the new pope. Dolores, their deer partner, is receiving the news live on her phone as we speak. She is as bewildered as we are.
May 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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And of course, the original Nevada-California-Oregon variants will be included, too, so you can experience the full history of these locomotives in the game!
A test render of the Nevada California Oregon 4-6-0 #8 in as-built configuration.
May 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Those who are fans of the more obscure variants of these locomotives are also in for a treat, as we've included Pacific Coast Railway 110 and 111 as customization options as well!
A test render of Century of Steam's NCO 4-6-0, detailed as Pacific Coast Railway #110.
May 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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April's Dev Vlog is now available for patrons! Bit of a shorter upload since Mark was in Australia this month and others were sick, but we have some fun things in progress to show, including the SP / Nevada-California-Oregon tenwheelers & another surprise diesel in the works! patreon.com/Studio346
A test render of three Southern Pacific narrow gauge 4-6-0 locomotives, numbered 8, 9, and 18 from left to right. These 3 locomotives are just a few of the variants available for this engine in the upcoming video game Century of Steam.
May 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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We've had a couple members out sick this month which has shifted things a bit, but February's Dev Vlog should be going public today and we are putting the finishing work in for March. In the meantime, here's a little peek of what's to come for March's video, it's shaping up to be our biggest yet!
A preview of the March Dev Vlog for Century of Steam, depicting an early morning scene at the Keystone yard. The summer Appalachian air is thick and humid as a Baldwin 10-24E idles at the ready, a long and (hopefully) profitable day on the railroad awaits it!
April 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Welcome to Inyo, the fourth locale represented in Century of Steam! Set in the picturesque Owens Valley on the California-Nevada border, this beautiful high desert behind the Sierras is our love letter to desert railroading, and we've brought it right up to date for our new ALCo diesels, too!
February 1, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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DIESELS? In Century of STEAM?! It's more likely than you'd think! January's dev vlog is now up for patrons! The titular century covers American 3' narrow gauge from the transcontinental railroad to the moon landing, & that includes the White Pass & Yukon's ALCo DL535E diesels!

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February 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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November's Century of Steam Dev Vlog is now up for patrons! New goodies include a modular roundhouse system, turntables redesigned with ease of use in mind, plus several Quality of Life additions including a new HUD mode & colorblind accessibility options! patreon.com/Studio346
A picture of two railroad roundhouses from the upcoming videogame Century of Steam, one with only two stalls and the other with seven, demonstrating the game's dynamic engine facilities. Below them is the written description: "A humble home or a steam cathedral! Modular roundhouses made fully expandable with loads of options to suit all of your maintenance needs! Paired with our upgraded turntables that eliminate the hassle and guesswork of track selection: two clicks and you're lined in!"
December 13, 2024 at 3:46 AM
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And some stills captured from the NNGC Century of Steam demo:
November 11, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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Hello all, and good news for all twitter expats looking for a better experience: we have arrived at the land of greener pastures and bluer skies! Now you can enjoy all Century of Steam updates here, and as always patrons get development videos one month early at patreon.com/studio346

All aboard!
Rico, Studio 346's anthropomorphic train engineer goat mascot, running a steam locomotive, while Rico's deer companion Dolores prepares to shovel a coal lump with the twitter logo into the locomotive's scorching hot firebox where it belongs.
November 10, 2024 at 9:15 PM