20 Minute Metropolis - The Action City Builder

In 54 minutes I got 100% of achievements and #5 on the leaderboard. I'm pretty sure I've seen all there is to see in the game. There's only one objective - build enough parks to get enough points for Grandmaster rank by the end of the round. There's no replayability - only one map, only one objective, only one way to achieve it. In addition, the controls are awful - you'll spend more time clicking through the horrible build menus than making strategic decisions. I don't understand why the game was sold for money like this. This is a minimum viable product. A single vertical slice. A prototype you take to a publisher so that you can ask for more money to make it into something greater. It feels like there's a lot of potential behind these gameplay mechanics, but they go completely unexplored.

A clever concept, but the game only has 1 map and the challenge gets easy/repetitive pretty quick. Once you work out the formula each play is roughly the same (score really only depends on how fast you can click) Some issues to note/be improved : - You cant drag roads, each tile has to be placed 1 by 1 - Scanline are enabled by default, not sure what this adds - The game needs a random map generator - There is no reason to build any park except the biggest one - It is unclear how far workers will travel to work - The UI is garbage, the game needs hotkeys/a better build menu - Please add some sort of data overlay/graph feature For the price its a good hour of fun, but without some updates/extra content it isn't a game you would play twice Hopefully in a few months and a few updates I can change this to a positive review!

I was plain gobsmacked to find out there's only ONE level... I am all for such cute little "coffee break" games but this one consists of 10 micro-tutorials (roughly 10 seconds each i guess?) and one map. Replayability is therefore near zero. Pity!!!

20分でできるだけ良い都市を建設しよう！というゲームです。 良い都市、というのが「人口」ではなく「得点」になっているので、ただ建物を建てまくればよいという感じではありません。 日本語がなくてもチュートリアルがゲーム内ムービーで「こう操作するとこうなりますよ」というしっかり説明をしていて、シム系のゲームをある程度やっていて手慣れている人なら英語がまったくわからなくても理解はできるようになります。 チュートリアルをしっかりクリアしてから20分都市開発をしていくとよいでしょう。 街づくりとしては、基本的にすべて道路で接続することが大原則。 そこで農場に接続すると食料が得られ、食料があれば住居から労働者が増える。 労働者が増えれば資源回収（木・石・金属・プラスチック）が捗る… しかし労働者が増える毎にゴミもでるからゴミ捨て場も用意しなきゃいけない。 そして効率良く資源回収するためには水辺で発電所をつくり、電力を必要な施設に届くように送電しなければならない。 そうして街を回しながら公園をできるだけ早く立ててスコアを稼ぐ（これが目的）…といった事をリアルタイムで考えながら建設していきます。 パズルのようにも見えますが、世界一位ハイスコアを目指すのでなければ、わりと自由に建設しても大した問題にはなりません。むしろあまりガチガチに考えると手が遅くなりその分スコアが落ちます。 なお、20分都市開発の最初に５つのボーナス（能力）のうち一つを獲得して進めるのでどれを選ぶかでも街づくりの方向性がかわっていくと思います。 この20分というのがあっという間に過ぎていくので街づくりゲームなのにさながらRTSのようにある程度の決断の速さと操作の速さが求められます。 しかし、道路を一気にまとめて敷設するような操作や建物のショートカットキー、はたまた表示したウィンドウの右クリック閉じといったものはありませんので踏まえて操作をしていく事になります。 マップは完全固定、でも値段を考えたら十分じゃないでしょうか。

The UI is awful and my main complaint. The gameplay is incredibly shallow. The idea is intriguing but the execution is poor.

This seemed great on the surface. Build a city, beat a high score, sadly that's also all it is. There's only 1 map so you're stuck playing the same level over and over. Unless you're massively into min-maxing you'll be done in 1 maybe 2 rounds. It's nice as an itch.io proof of concept maybe, but not something I'd expect on Steam. I requested a refund.

20분만에 완성하는 나만의 계획도시 20분이라는 짧은 시간 안에 도시를 건설하고 최대한 많은 점수를 쌓아야 하는 캐주얼 도시 건설 게임이다. 캐주얼한 게임이니만큼 자원과 건물의 종류도 적고 그만큼 룰도 굉장히 단순하다. 여기에 본격적인 게임에 들어가기 전 튜토리얼이 매우 친절하게 갖춰져 있어 가뜩이나 쉬운 게임을 더욱 쉽고 편하게 즐길 수 있다. 더불어 게임 제목이 액션 시티 빌더인데, 액션스럽게 도시를 건설한다기보단 그만큼 게임의 템포가 빠르게 진행된다고 받아들이면 좋을 듯하다. 주택 단지로 주민을 확보하고, 돌과 나무 등의 기초 자원을 채굴해 다양한 곳에 활용하며, 상위 티어의 건물로 효율을 끌어올린다. 그리고 마지막으로 공원을 지어 점수를 쌓는다. 도시 건설 게임의 전형적인 흐름을 잘 유지하면서 동시에 도시 건설이라는 장르로 스코어링을 시도한 모습이다. 마지막 등급인 그랜드마스터에는 250만점이 요구되는데, 게임의 기본 규칙과 흐름만 적당히 파악하면 금방 달성할 수 있는 점수니 너무 어렵게 생각할 필요는 없다. 다만 캐주얼한 게임이라곤 해도 단축키가 없다는 점이 좀 뼈아프게 다가온다. 우측 하단의 건물 버튼을 한 땀 한 땀 일일히 클릭해줘야 하는데 이게 은근히 번거롭다. 게임 시작 시 고르는 퍽의 밸런스도 다소 좋지 못한데, 여러 건물 중에 오직 공원만이 점수에 기여되기 때문에 고득점을 노리기 위해선 사실상 공원 반값 퍽이 강제되버린다. 그 밖에 맵이 단 한 가지로 고정돼있어 다시 플레이할 만한 가치도 다소 떨어진다. 20분 안에 도시를 만든다는 컨셉이 참신하긴 하다만, 결국은 딱 도시 건설 장르의 뼈대만 갖춰진 게임이다. 그래도 도시 건설 게임에 자신이 없는 이들이라면 이 게임으로 먼저 감을 잡아보는 것도 나쁘진 않을지도. https://blog.naver.com/kitpage/222082703060

Strips away all of the joy of a city builder and turns it into a single optimization problem. More of a puzzle game than a builder. The interface tries to get away with being charmingly bad, but instead achieves just bad. I like to root for little devs, but please don't tell me you've made a city builder when you've made a single city-themed puzzle.

-would give a neutral if i can. -the game playgame is too simple, so 20mins is a time limit to make you feel less repetitive -you are are interested in this, you should take a look at a very similar, but better( and more expensive) game like blockhood -for its price, its not too bad, but i just dont want to spend my second '20mins' in this game...

A really fun and surprisingly challenging city builder where you try to amass as many points as you can in 20 minutes. It's not super complex and there only seems to be one pre-set map but for under $3, this is well worth the price of admission. Hoping this gets the attention it deserves, and would love to see more maps and modes in the future!