Using a Clever Strategy to Manage a Busy Train Network in Mini Metro 

2021 is the year of the minimalist strategy game. First landlord, then SNKRX, and soon to be Mini Motorways. Can't wait to play that when it comes out!

So… I’ve had this game for awhile and thought I did ok. But finding out you can pause the game and then rearrange the lines is probably an important game mechanic i definitely should have been abusing

Love Mini Metro! Loops can be quite effective. My head cannon has always been that squares are urban business centers, triangles are shopping, circles are residential, and the weird symbols are various unique attractions. 😊

Oh gosh, we're iconic? 😳 Thanks so much for streaming, we had a blast watching!

tyler not realizing that he could have saved 2 tunnels with that yellow line is killing me lmao

When you want to delete a line, rather than removing one station at a time, you can click the corresponding color on the bottom bar and click the X that appears on the top right of it to clear the entire thing at once. Also, there's a strategy that I've seen referred to as a "jump line" where you hold on to one line & train (and maybe a bridge or 2) and use that to get yourself out of a pinch when stations start getting crowded by connecting the overcrowded station directly to whichever station the majority of passengers want to go to

Interesting, I've always been solving this game by looking at it through drop-off locations, while Tyler seems to be solving it through pickup and train efficiency. (also, tracks that cross it terrible, like the Olympic rings 9:17 parallel is fine, but when they intersect like that, the trains slow down dramatically when they cross.)

Wow, I used to play Mini Metro all the time. Just a little tip - connect almost all of your lines to squares. That way it won't get messy that quickly. I found out the best way to 'stay alive' is to have at least one circle, one square and one triangle on each of your lines. Or maybe that's just me. Also, you can delete your lines quicker by hitting on those little coloured buttons on the UI (bottom of the screen).

Loops are great because it means that all stations are visited consistently and the train balances pickup and dropoff well. If you have a line you have a long time going out with mostly dropoff and a long time going back in with mostly pickup before the train makes it out to the other end. You also want to avoid sharp turns at stations, and that way the train will go straight through if it isn't planning to make a dropoff or pickup

I remember playing this game in class

I literally just started playing this game again yesterday out of the blue as I was bored in the airport. o-O Very fun game, but I'm still not too good at it lol. Excited to see Tyler try to work out some strats!

Just a few tips: it is better to have unique stations in as most lines as possible. Also, having a few of the same shape at the end of a line is to be avoided (the passengers will only get in the train while it is going directly in the direction of the station they want to go)

The shapes aren’t towns, they’re just stations within a city lol

Ah, I’ve played this game. It’s pretty good.

I'm still waiting for the cleaver strategy

What I really like about minimetro is, that the placement of the stations seems random, while it is not. Everytime you play a level it gets the same. 😁

circles/loops are extremely efficient track formations. I suggest using more of them in the future

i absolutely adore mini metro, this fills me with happiness, and I'm excited to play their new game as well

I would LOVE to see more of this game, And as always amazing editing!

I loved this game, and have it on both my tablet, my computer, and phone. It's great to see you playing it!

OH MY GOD YOU'RE PLAYING A GAME I WAS IN LOVE WITH FOR A LONG TIME

Can u do more of the alchemist game?

The train doesn't pick up the angry passengers because they're waiting to go in the other direction. Look at their shapes. You don't have any stops of that shape in the direction the train is going. It's SUPER useful to build your lines to hit a variety of shapes and -when you have the odd shape here and there - make sure that either multiple lines intersect them or that you have an almost dedicated shuttle line because the passengers will collect and collect and your poor one-car train making a loop through 5 shapes won't have capacity to pick up all the leftover pluses from the three feeder lines

This looks like such a lovely game. I'm glad this popped up in my recommended.

I really like loops, when I get two trains on one loop I place the going in opposite directions, that is really helpful. I try to get every line to touch at least one triangle circle and square. I try not to hit too many circle (or triangles) in a row, tho sometimes you have to be pretty inventive with routing to avoid 3 circles in a row like his light blue region. I like to get one train line to connect all the train lines. So if I have 3 loops arranged like so: 000 in my city, I might strategically connect stations from each loop with one line, cutting thru the city, it might look like _|\_ to hit the rare stations, but it should decrease the number of trains needed to get from the start to the destination.

_has a nice line set up that covers all three basic shape so it doesn't dump passengers on other lines_ "I think we'll just shorten this..."

Excellent work after a year away. I'm impressed. Mostly your ability to break down lines you had and completely redraw them. I wish you would have gone further with that effort. Higher scores are certainly achievable in London with a bit more management. My high score on that map is 3677. Great job, and consider playing a few more cities. I'll be watching.

I can’t believe I’ve been playing this game instead of doing my homework for years and I’m just now learning that the shapes of the people relate to which station they want to go to.

I'm a huge fan of the underground map design so this is a very fascinating game for me 😅 I was like "yeah that's certainly London because that is the Thames"

What a simple but fun game, hope Tyler will keep playing more!

Great game! Loved playing this on my phone when I was younger lol

You should really consider the "weird shapes" something like tourist hotspots and connect them with multiple line and interchanges.

Once again you bring a game to my attention and I buy it. Game developers, take note, this man moves product.

Always always always always make sure every line has a station of every basic shape, otherwise that line will be dumping passengers onto other lines. See it as completely essential. Also, if at all possible, make every effort to share clusters of the same station type between different lines

Tyler, I love the video, I just finished playing The Spectrum Retreat which is a 3d puzzle game with a very interesting story attached to it. It is on steam and I would really recommend checking it out. I think it should only take you no more than 3 videos depending on how you structure it to complete the game. I am excited if you are up to it to see you play it...and I hope you enjoy it. P.S. - It is a bit scary but I get scared pretty easily so be warned.

What great showcase of that game!

God I've played this game for years now and it's always so gooood!!

YOOOOOO i remember playing this game had no idea there was gonna be a sequel tho, that's pretty cool

8:17 oh hey thats my people!

Seems like an interesting idea.

man i loved this game as a kid. it was the only game i had on my moms phone and i would ask to play it all the time.

We need more of this game

This looks pretty cool.

I love this game, I play it all the time. nice.

This game is so old, glad to see it still holds up

I bought this right after watching, looks fun. Hope you get some ad money from this or future games

You should try Wilmot’s Warehouse if you havent already! Feels like your style. Stick with it through the slightly boring first few shifts. It gets really hectic and fun.

I’ve been playing mini motorways on steam as a beta tester, and it really work well on pc!

Graph theory is so much fun to watch in games like this

On the first try you needed to take the red line because it wasn’t struggling and extend it to where the yellow and light blue cross to completely relieve stress on both lines trying to hit that one spot

More please! I enjoyed

Wow, this used to be one of my favorite games a few years ago, and I totally forgot about this game until now

In my time playing this I’ve come to realize that if you have a loop. You need a train going in each direction so the people don’t have to ride the whole line if they need to go one station back for like the special symbols. The light blue line at 16:44 is a good example. You can only get to the plus by riding the whole line.

2:42 I never thought of it as them causing a riot. That is kind of funny actually.

I’ve played this before and it’s so much fun

I am very confused but….I like it!

me before watching: wow cool, Aliensrock is playing one of my favorite games! me midway through: WHYY DID YOU HOOK IT IN THERE JFSLKDFJSKLDFJSLKDFJSL THATS SO UNOPTIMAL WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I discovered this game a few years ago, really fun. Glad it wasn’t made with flash so it can live on

This reminds me of that one episode of Curious George, where he messes up the times of trains.

finally, tyler playing a game that i have also played so i don't have to feel like a complete idiot while watching his big brain moves

At 12:32 that blue line looks very happy 😁

I really didn’t like Landlord, but SNKRX and this are both really cool and I like that we’re getting content I enjoy now.

I remember watching xisumavoid play this game years ago, i miss his old content

Honey it’s 12 am, time for Aliensrock

One of my old faves

I love mini metro!

OH MY GOD i remember playing this game a couple years ago on coolmath in school

This game is super fun. There is a car one exactly like this and I thought it was same developers but I can’t remember

Dam the melodie of this game with sound effects

Hey Aliensrock, I'm not entirely sure if you'd enjoy it but I'd love to see you play Openttd, keep up the good work mate

These types if puzzles are the type that's one of my main weaknesses

I hope u do Paris in the future, it is a really unique city with the river going through

if you are looking forward to mini motorways you should play freeways. it's a puzzle game kinda like mini metro and can be found on steam.

Omg hes playing mini metro! :D

I've played this game and Mini Motorways, and I can't wait to see you play mini motorways cause I find it A lot more fun. Don't know what you mean by the game coming out this month though cause I've played it months ago

9:22 nice clutch

Also, as a future tip, you can, I think, right click on the lines down at your "taskbar" and delete them all.

My friend played this in Discord it’s so cool

Please make more of this !!!

This being a favorite game of mine, this is really cool seeing another person play it.

Oh, and btw, trains slow down on sharp curves, that’s why making loops is such a good strat

I loved Mini Metro and was excited about Mini Motorways when you mentioned it, but sadly it was an Apple Arcade exclusive on mobile, no wonder I haven't heard about it even though it's been out for a while now. I enjoyed playing this Mini Metro on mobile to pass the time while traveling but sadly that's no possible for Mini Motorways.

I've played this game it a lot of fun

Of course. If my bus isnt coming i am also starting a riot xD

oh my god i remember this game i should play it again

I wait for the video to come out every night!

This was fun! Please try there new game when it's out!

Hey one doubt. Is it possible to intersect the same color line while drawing? Like for example drawing an 8 or Infinity symbol where the center of the eight and infinity symbol is a station which the train makes a stop twice the number of times compared to other stations on the 8 symbol?

oh shit minimetro lets goooo

No way I was just thinking about mentioning this game in a comment so you could try it lol

A good trick to deal with the angry stations is to have more than one train go to a lot more stations, specially the distant circles and unique shapes. Also, you can end your lines with triangles and squares so that empty trains will pick up everything they can from any angry station (also try to have them end at or close to where other lines meet it

Hi Tyler idk if you’ll see this but the Cairo map on this is actually pretty hard and was curious to see u have a go at the new updates w endless mode and what not with this game, even if not a video it could be a cool short casual patreon episode

The circle is the main villain of the game.

10:09 maybe thinking about it as "crowded" rather than "angry" might help? It's not about how long they were waiting, it's about how many pips there are. :-B

Oh my god I used to play this all the time

The game we all played in middle school

Ahh Tyler a mini minimalist living in a mini metro

Good ass game, maybe more content in the future?

I remember playing this like 6 years ago or something

holy shit he finally played it