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Mini Metro (video game)

Mini Metro
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Developer(s) Dinosaur Polo Club
Publisher(s) Dinosaur Polo Club
Distributor(s)
Designer(s)
  • Peter Curry
  • Robert Curry
  • Jamie Churchman
Programmer(s)
  • Peter Curry
  • Robert Curry
Artist(s) Jamie Churchman
Composer(s) Disasterpeace
Engine Unity
Platform(s) Browser, Linux, OS X, Windows, Android, iOS
Release
  • Windows, OS X, Linux
  • 6 November 2015
  • Android, iOS
  • 18 October 2016
Genre(s) Puzzle, strategy
Mode(s) Single-player
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
Metacritic 77/100 (PC)
86/100 (iOS)
Review scores
Publication Score
GamesTM 7/10
Gamezebo 5/5 stars
Kill Screen 83/100
Pocket Gamer 8/10

Mini Metro is a puzzle strategy video game developed by indie development team Dinosaur Polo Club. Players are tasked with constructing an efficient rail transit network for a rapidly growing city. Stations are represented different shaped nodes and players can build tracks to connect them by drawing lines. Levels are based on real cities and the appearance of stations and passengers is procedurally generated. The game's visual style makes use of bold colours and simple geometry to replicate the appearance of modern transit maps. The game uses a procedural audio system to generate sounds based on the player actions and transit network. The rhythms and sounds created took inspiration from works of minimal music.

Mini Metro was conceived in April 2013 for a video game development competition, with a prototype version being released freely for web browsers. During the game's conception phase, the developers imposed a set of constraints to limit its scope and ensure the project could reach a finished state. Production of the game continued following the event and an in-development version was released commercially on Linux, OS X, and Windows in August 2014. Mini Metro received its full release on PC platforms in November 2015, and on Android and iOS platforms in October 2016. The game received a positive reception from critics, with praise directed towards its intuitive interface, simple gameplay, and minimalist approach.

Mini Metro is puzzle strategy video game, in which players are tasked with building an efficient rail transit network for a rapidly growing city. Each level is a flat depiction of a real city and begins with three train stations. Train stations are represented by different shaped nodes. Players can construct routes to link stations by drawing lines between them; each route has a different colour. Passengers appear at stations, each denoted by a shape that identifies which station they want to travel to. Trains travel along routes taking passengers to their desired stations. Rivers, intersecting train lines and the appearance of more stations and passengers over time causes the transit network to become more complex and difficult to manage. Common-shaped stations can also change their node shape into rarer ones. The game's visual style is minimalist, employing straight lines and bold colours, similar to modern transit maps.


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