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! Main Site: https://www.studio346.net/

An illustration for Cosmoporium Games' newly-launched title "A Bumpy Ride," featuring a tiny, adorably-proportioned 1800s steam locomotive blitzing through a stylized red rock desert scene with two passenger cars; the engineer is a daring, cavalier dog in hickory stripe railroad attire. Behind him, the train is full of passengers in various states of absolute pandemonium: a bear too shitfaced to perceive the chaos of the moment, a mallard in hysterics, a golden retriever about upchuck his morning kibble, and a bluebird showing concern for the train's cat conductor, who is holding on for dear life on the rear platform of the last car in the train. "The Big Fella," a large, spherical ursine, has been jettisoned entirely and accepts his fate.

!!! CAUTION: !!! The image attached to this post can be classified as an infohazard. Perceiving this image, having this image described to you, or simply being made aware of its existence may cause irreparable psychic damage and a severe affliction of ghosts in the brain. Absolutely none of this is in the bible.

Top of Image:
Rico, our railroading yard goat mascot, stands next to an early steam engine with an oil can while a red flag is waved ahead of their train with the text "Studio 346 Flag Stop."

Bottom of Image:
A blender preview of East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company steam locomotives 14 and 15, with the text "Baldwin 12-32 1/4 E Drawing 5", denoting the builder's classification for the locomotives.

A screenshot from upcoming train game Century of Steam. A rebuilt steam motor sits idly beneath a logging spar pole crane at a logging camp in the forested hills of Ponderosa, as various steam donkeys sit idly in the background among piles of felled timber.

Alternate shot of the Shovel Noses but with Southern Pacific "Bloody Nose" paint.

Screenshot from upcoming train game Century of Steam which is stylized as a postcard, featuring our new General Electric shovel nose diesels trundling down a quaint street running scene, with the text "Greetings from Ponderosa" above in rustic letters.

A screenshot from the upcoming train game Century of Steam, with an Alco DL-535E switching out loaded freight cars at the Sierra Talc Company of Keeler, California.

A poem on a paper background, surrounded by several roughly-drawn doodles of Rico and Dolores, Century of Steam's cartoon goat and deer mascots, respectively. The two of them are shown making various doodles and drawings of their own. The poem, in defense of human artistry against a pervasive deluge of AI slop, reads as such:

Art's an exclusively human endeavor,
Which sits at the crossroad of person and craft,
A people without craft is weary to weather,
A craft without people is soulless and daft.

To put onto canvas a thing by our hands
Comes with it a tangible part of our own,
So others may gaze at our self as it stands,
To know us and smile on what we have shown.

So long as real hands and real minds can assure,
Incredible works can be crafted and born,
Even if some hands are covered in fur,
And some minds are guarded by antler and horn.

But say I had sought out a local town baker,
To bake a confection I vaguely describe,
If I had told everyone I was the maker,
We'd all see the baker's betrayed by the lie.

So anywhere art is not crafted with care,
But stolen and churned into some unknown slurry,
Remember this warning to heed and beware,
Or else we may find ourselves lost in a hurry.

Do what you love, and love what you do,
But do it yourself, or it's not really you.

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.

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"

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A test render of the Nevada California Oregon 4-6-0 #8 in as-built configuration.

A test render of Century of Steam's NCO 4-6-0, detailed as Pacific Coast Railway #110.

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.

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!

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!"