What an incredible couple of days it’s been, we've had such a good time engaging with everyone in this community around the release of Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor, and we hope you are all excited to get to explore the Island of Sodor like you've never seen it before!
We want to extend a thank you to everyone who has been involved across our spaces, shared feedback, captured incredible screenshots and to everyone who has jumped into the game so far. You've made the Launch extra special.
To celebrate the launch of Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor, we’ve put together a video for you: “The Sights and Sounds of Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor”! You can watch this below.
We’re working hard behind the scenes to address the issues / bugs you’ve been experiencing so far. We’ve taken note of all the feedback and are working with the development team to ensure these are ironed out quickly.
We've also seen many players jumping into Explore Mode and feeling stuck, or unable to drive the trains they’ve spawned, as passing signals results in the service ending. In order to allow for Explore Mode to work correctly, you'll need to first set a Destination using the map, find an area of the world you'd like to drive to (specifically clicking on the track), and choosing the 'Set Path' option. This will unlock the signals to allow you to drive onwards.
There is a brilliant guide from TheBritishAce that can talk you through the steps to set this up, which we highly recommend.
What's next for Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor?
We know many of you are very eager to know more about what the future holds, but we first want to make sure that your experiences on the Island of Sodor are the best they can be before we share any news here, which is why we're prioritising working through your feedback and our first patch for the game, coming to you soon.
We'll share more news on this, but in the meantime we'd welcome your continued discussions and feedback.
Grab James in the Deluxe Edition!
Don’t forget, the Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor Deluxe Edition includes James, the North Western Railway’s Number 5 red engine, with four extra adventures! James was also our most recent character video, check it out.
Meet the Characters
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been introducing the characters in Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor to you across the Dovetail Games YouTube channel. Within the videos we also highlight some of the core gameplay options and tell you a little bit about each of the characters. Make sure to check them out!
Our FAQs are also a great place to learn some more details around the game – including key information such as how we re-created the Island of Sodor, or the minimum requirements needed to play it on your PC.
Want to share your journey, chat with fellow fans, or hear directly from the team? Join our official Discord server, where we’ll be sharing updates and celebrating all things Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor. We can’t wait to hear about your adventures.
Need support whilst playing Thomas & Friends™: Wonders of Sodor? Feel free to check in via our player support options so that we’re able to assist you.
From all of us at Dovetail Games and Mattel, we hope you enjoy being Really Useful Engines in Thomas and his friends' latest adventures in Sodor; as much as we've all enjoyed making it. Full steam ahead!