TINYTOPIA REVIEW PLUS

The process isn’t automated, so you’ll manually need to place a vehicle on a pre-built road, or activate a rescue-chopper if within the station’s catchment area. This can be fatal as citizens need to be rescued by the relevant services, and fires put out promptly extinguished. Tinytopia is a physics-based game, so stacking a building on a sloping structure, at the edge, or even a San Francisco hill will result in it toppling down. Source: Screen capture Look Mom, Gravity! Unfortunately, there aren’t shortcuts for building a high-end building instead, stacking them manually each time. Structures must follow these blueprints (accessible from the menu), and part of the game’s charm is unlocking them during levels or in the sandbox mode. Hovering over a building will project a ghost-like effect on what’s required to level up.

The tiers set Tinytopia gameplay apart from other titles as buildings are upgraded by stacking.

TINYTOPIA REVIEW PLUS

Side objectives vary, but they often relate to increasing residents and their happiness, plus developing several buildings to a set tier level. These are unlocked by increasing the size of your population and ensuring you make enough money from the taxes and profitable buildings. For the bulk of the game, the goal is to build a special structure or national landmark – the Eifel Tower, for example. These are just the basics, as each stage offers a primary objective and two optional ones. Besides satisfying your population with the above fundamentals, you’ll ideally need to place the three emergency services within proximity to keep their happiness levels up, perhaps even building them a skate park, football stadium – or even better: a statue of you, the mayor. That said, it doesn’t make any sacrifices on gameplay as it’s lots of fun and equally addictive. Tinytopia is a toy world, so in some ways, it’s a lite version of some of the more in-depth simulators. However, the game errs more on casual than the complexities of SimCity or real-life planning permissions. In addition, all buildings must be connected to a road and have a power supply – whether that be coal, nuclear, wind or solar energy. The key requirement for every home you build is access to suitable jobs otherwise, people won’t flock to your town/city. Taxes are automated based on the happiness of the inhabitants. Or they could even be the instigator of a catastrophe, inciting an earthquake, for example. An ideal candidate will keep their citizens safe, offer low taxes and build notorious landmarks based on the locale. You’re the mayor of each tiny Micro Machines-like town, reconstructed on the floor of a kitchen, a ruler or worktop. Disney Dreamlight Valley Early Access Previewīut each time I came back to Tinytopia – a game from MeNic Games and Mastiff, out today on Steam – I couldn’t help but get stuck in.

Tinytopia review