Hong Shing

Introduction
Hong Shing is a fictional city currently under development inspired by Hong Kong. This map will include the neighbouring city of Mendoza, imitiating Shenzhen neighbouring Hong Kong in real life. Hong Shing will be a large city with 50+ bus routes that will operate around the city and in Mendoza.

The city will be based in a somewhat hilly area and it is currently unknown if any other features will be added. The map is planned to be similar to Cherryland, a fictional map in The Omnibus Simulator (OMSI) which is popular among bus enthusiasts in Hong Kong.

Currently the game is in beta and will be released to the public in the future.

Game Development
This bus simulator was started by mrbubu11 (BubbaTea#1949 on Discord, BubbaGum on Fandom) on the 4th of January, 2021 alongside with 3 other game developers.

Development History
On January 4, 2021, Downtown Station was built. A roundabout was added near the station and this area would eventually become High Street. Over the course of the next few weeks, more buildings would be added as the centre of the city would evolve. With Zone 0, only High Street was the complete area.

On January 12-13, 2021, the central area is being finished while route 4/4M is being built; the latter runs along the mountain while the former will extend towards the Hong Shing Port along the main highway, which runs past the Chicken Bay Tunnel. The port was completed as of late January 2021, along with its counterpart on the Mendoza side of the border.

As of February 2021, the first complete routes are 4/4M, which serve the towns of Tin Wan Shan and Lei Mun Po respectively. Some border services have also been added in; these temporarily terminate at the Mendoza side of the Hong Shing port until the border is complete. In addition, Red Bus services, intended to provide a link between local routes and Hong Shing Port were added in March 2021.

As of May 2021, the map has been completely redesigned due to lag issues and the game disconnecting players randomly. Although there have been major changes to local routes, cross border routes remain the same. However, the new central area is considerably less laggy and work has been done to reduce lag in the game (reduction of parts). By August 2021, the Hong Shing Port area was rendered complete and adds a second route option, being route 515P/route 517P. On August 13, 2021, route 908 between Tai Hang and the border port (outside the secure area) had been completed. Route 4/4M was also added as a local bus route for Hong Shing Bus services.

In late 2021, with Bubba Workshop focusing solely on Tanki islands development, Hong Shing was put on hold. The game has been shelved as of April 2022, with the group citing it to be overambitious. Most of the operators also lost their registration in the game with this change.

Bus Operators
The list of bus operators is subject to change; the current operator list stems from the game's main developers.

List of Patented Bus Companies:

 * Hong Shing Bus
 * Ever Green Transit (TBD if service will resume)
 * Hars Transport
 * Maiko Bus
 * Metlink HS
 * Cera Bus (Swan Transit)- operating services from Tanki Islands and border port express service

List of Non-Patented Bus Companies

 * North Wood Bus
 * Redbus Co.