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Trainyard has the best user review scores on the entire App Store!
Category Price Seller Device
Games $0.99 Matt Rix iPhone, iPad, iPod

+ Innovative and challenging puzzle mechanic
+ Smooth difficulty curve
+ 100 main puzzles and over 50 bonus puzzles
+ Hundreds of ways to solve each puzzle
+ Puzzle editor: create your own puzzles
+ Retina display support
+ Easily share your unique solutions on Trainyard.ca
+ Looks GREAT on the iPad
+ Engineered for low battery usage
+ Colour-blind mode
+ Game Center support
+ A year in the making
+ Developed in my spare time (support indie games!)

[NOTE: there is a bug in iOS 8 where the game will freeze after a puzzle. To fix it, press Credits -> Rate It. You do not need to actually rate the game, just pressing that button will fix it. Sorry! ]

Stuck on a puzzle? Visit http://trainyard.ca/solutions where there are over *1.5 million* player-submitted solutions.

Trainyard is a puzzle solving game unlike any that you've ever played. It's easy to learn but very tough to master. Your job is simple: get each train to a goal station. Red trains go to red stations, blue trains go to blue stations, etc. You control the trains by drawing track for them to follow. There isn't a time limit or even a score; the only thing you need to do is figure out a solution for each puzzle.

The first few puzzles are almost too easy, but as the difficulty increases you'll be thankful that you were able to practice the fundamentals of drawing track. As the game progresses, you'll have to use colour theory to combine trains of different colours, use timing to merge and split trains, and use every inch of your brain in your quest to beat the game.

Find out more at http://www.trainyard.ca

Developed by Matt Rix ([email protected])

Proudly made in Canada.

Think you beat the whole game? Try to solve all the bonus puzzles! Done that? Try to match the track counts on http://trainyard.ca/solutions

Trainyard makes use of these excellent libraries:

+ Cocos2D-iPhone by Ricardo Quesada
+ XAuthTwitterEngine by Aral Balkan
+ Twitter+OAuth code by Ben Gottlieb
+ MGTwitterEngine by Matt Gemmell
+ ASIHTTPRequest by All-Seeing Interactive
+ SFHFKeychainUtils by Buzz Andersen
+ TouchXML by Jonathan Wight
+ FMDB by Flying Meat Inc.

Reviews

Simply Perfect
Farley2076

One of the best iOS puzzle games ever. Simple concept with some very challenging levels. Matt Rix has probably retired because he'll never have an idea this good again. Mic drop and he's gone


it's good
peebles mcgannahan

nice puzzles


Update
Drury007

Not updated for 6 years? Just remove it from the Apple store maybe?


Used to be Best App I've Ever Downloaded
Dardrv

An iOS 11 update was promised forever ago. I’ll put my five star rating back when it finally comes. I paid for this app and enjoyed it on and off for many years. This is the only app out of maybe 15 that were broken by the iOS 11 update that I’ve kept on my device hoping for an update. Please update this as promised, thank you. Other than my social network type apps this is my favorite, I use it everyday. Was quite fun and challenging took me forever to beat!!!


Update to ios 11
13 year old boy in Hawaii

I neeeeeeed to replay this game it was sooooo fun


Missing this wonderful application
DontTouchMyBlueSuedeShoes

We still are keeping an ancient iPad to play this outstanding logic game! My kids and I love it, we each take turns solving a level (multi-solution) then compare the best approach. Extra points for elegant simple solutions, least track pieces, maximum clever reuse, and unique solutions. Hope the developer can find some time to update/recompile for iOS 11/12! At any rate, thanks much for making such a useful and enjoyable tool/toy!


Update
LarkoIAm

I loved this game, and they need to update it to work on the new devices.


Please bring this back
nickolasShawn

I played this game so much on my iPhone 3G. Please update it for modern iOS version. Or give me the source and let me do it!


Nice puzzle game
alexblah

I played this way back on my iPod touch and can’t wait for the iOS 11 update to relive all the fun puzzles this game offers. Recommend it


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