And wouldn't it be a fun game in itself to get as many cars out by linking connecting green signals? Programmable traffic signals: there is no point in a four-direction signal if the majority of the traffic will always flow in two directions.There should be ways to make mult-lane roads to ease the congestion and also to direct traffic more efficiently. Multi-lane roads: cities that start with narrow roads are doomed to fail in terms of traffic.I'm using this post to note down some ideas: In particular, it would be great to have an emulation of how cities and roads function currently. Additional challenges are provided in terms of rivers/lakes that can be crossed using a bridge, a motorway that directly connects two places, and a traffic light that somehow feels like it causes more congestion than reducing it.Īll in all, mini motorways is an interesting game - and certainly that I found exciting to play, but in the end felt quite disappointed at all the wasted potential. There are a limited number of road tiles (and city space) so choosing which paths to build is tricky. Roads can be built and removed at any point - but if there are cars using it the current road will continue to exist until all cars have vacated it. There are a few (busy) cities around the world provided - though only in name as it does not involve any specific attribute other than partial layouts such as sea or rivers. Eventually, if a warehouse does not get sufficient people, it will shut down the entire city (game over). This leads to a quickly devolving situation where the roads affect traffic (congestion) and warehouses get impatient to get their work done. The warehouses and houses are coloured and cars can only move between the same coloured buildings. Mini Motorways is all about building a city with roads that connect warehouses to homes so that people (in cars) can go and be productive (hello industrial dystopia!). I want to call this game a 'traffic simulator' - even though its own description doesn't say that (it should).

Traffic light mini motorways