Universal Freeways (by Blinkbat Games)

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  1. jabbasoft

    jabbasoft Active Member
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    This is great, a mix of Flight Control and Mini Metro. Can't seem to delete a bad road and have to clear and start again but it's v satisfying. A little like designing efficient train track layouts in Transport Tycoon.
     
  2. slamraman

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    Yep, I'm 33 levels in and wondering when a wee game Centre leaderboard is going to come up. It can't be after 1,000 like Desert Golfing, can it?
     
  3. cplr

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    hey, thanks! hopefully it'll have some new life in the upcoming tempest 4000, which is essentially TxK remastered and is using most if not all of the same music...

    on the topic of freeways, I finally started playing and holy shit! what a masterpiece this is. for what this game is, it is absolutely perfect. i am also so very curious about how far this goes... is it endless?? just like desert golfing, I feel I will find myself popping into this now and again, until I die. except unlike DG, you can go back and fix previous "mistakes".

    also, vice has now written about it: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw3v7y/this-game-simulates-the-absurdity-of-designing-freeway-intersections
     
  4. Guise

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    Me: A new JS game?! This almost makes up for the latest iTunes and iOS nonsense!

    Me (10 seconds later): iPad only?! The universe truly is both hostile and indifferent.

    Me (5 seconds later): Oh yeah! I own an iPad Mini 1, which is more or less useless these days except now I can download and play this! The universe sucks a bit less now.
     
  5. slamraman

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    haha - and it's a cracker, Guise - seen some guy on twitter today looked like he'd got some kinda score - not too sure how many levels he did but alot more than me. great game though. Would love it on my phone too, mind.
     
  6. Guise

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    From one of the developer's responses on Twitter, I gather it is not endless. He wrote that, despite his best efforts, the game is not infinite. I don't think he specified how many levels there are, though.
     
  7. slamraman

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    That's me done 49 levels - on a 7x7 grid. I now get a World Efficiency score - there's another 32 levels. What a game!
     
  8. CraigG

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    Anyone finished this yet? I'm on a world efficiency score of 14567. Quite a few grey spots on my grid, which is now 9x9.
     
  9. slamraman

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    Not yet - 20 to go, with efficiency of c14,000 too. Top drawer quality.
     
  10. JohnnyJohstneft

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  11. slamraman

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    Wow - I'm at c16,000 with 11 to go. So even with an average of c200 per level I'm only going to get c18,200 for the 81 levels.

    Does Game Center kick in, by the way? I woke my son up all those years ago when I was about to hit in my 1,000th hole on Desert Golfing.

    What a game!
     
  12. orangecan

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    I'm really enjoying this but I'm struggling with the overpasses - I can place them easily but I'm really struggling to connect them to other roads - anyone got any tips please?
     
  13. JohnnyJohstneft

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    I don't think gamecenter ever does anything. I see it pop up when I log in to play but I've never seen any sort of leaderboard or achievement.
     
  14. slamraman

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    Yooniversal!

    \o/
     
  15. vonknut

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    Its pretty cool.

    But damn would i like a undo function
     
  16. MetaGonzo

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    Now that’s a beautiful thing. Now I can have a proper crack at it. (Poor old pad is a sorry soldier).
     
  17. Sexy Pirate

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    Only picked this up yesterday but boy I’m loving it so far. Best line drawing style game I’ve played in a while and I like the fact that all your maps are connected as one big map so you see everything driving around the whole network you’ve made.
     
  18. vonknut

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    Have 2 grey areas

    One without things to connect

    One with 2 entries/exits and a lot of volcanos
    -where it does not let me ‘try it’ after connecting everything

    -any ideas?
     

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