TLDR:
What is this game? Well its a Tinytown building game like the title says. The objective is to fill the X by X grid with infrastructure and try to get the highest score by the end of it, the tricky part about it is that its what you get to lay down is randomly given to you, this is both a good and bad thing about the game.
Its a short and simple game with each run lasting between 35-50min. On my first play-through I was able to get all the achievements in the game without even knowing what they where. There's much to be desired and i'd recommend putting on your own relaxing music as you play but for the low price tag I'd say fine. You are able to plan things out to a point and go for better scores each time you play.
My review:
Music:
There's only two tracks and the main one you listen to while building your city is honestly just bad in my opinion, its supposed to be relaxing but its not and it doesn't sound good, if anything the title screen music would have fit better. I actually just muted it and put on my own music which worked better.
Gameplay:
The main game play loop involves you trying to plan ahead of where you want to put what and managing your score as it can be used as a re-roll if you get a object to place that you don't want, the higher your score is the steeper the price to re-roll will be which is a interesting mechanic that I like (I can't think of another game where you can use your score as a resource). The main things you get to play are houses, factory's, energy places,population places I.E parks and lastly streets which most of the building require you to build next to, they are the most important infrastructure. Different types of infrastructures also give you different points or extra points if placed near other building which goes to fill four separate meters (population, energy, industry, society) which when filled gives you a choice between 3 types of building that you would usually not be given. This all goes to make the game more strategic and makes you have to plan what you want to put down where.
Issues:
The problem with the game is the very thing that makes it strategic, the randomness. Most of the building you receive require you to build it next to a street, the problem is that it doesn't give you enough streets to put down, you have the re-roll option but you are not guaranteed to get a street, most times you'll just get something else that requires a street, so you'll have to bite the bullet and ruin your neat set up and put it somewhere unpleasant or just keep taking points from your score to re-roll. The random generation doesn't give you enough infrastructure that doesn't require a street and by the end of it most of your town will just be houses and factories.
Some things I would change or add to the game includes:
-A list (categorized) of all the building you can get or make by upgrading or putting next to each other. Even if the list blurs them out until you use/make them, it would go to make you plan more knowing what you can potentially put down and it would make the game longer by trying to fill out the log of different buildings.
-Adding more ways to use your point score such as a shop, or a way to destroy or move buildings. All three of them could be available at all times or they could still be something given to you at random just like the buildings are, except they could cost some of your score to use. It is a puzzle/strategic game so this will give the player more options to think about without just giving them a free way fix mistakes, this could balance out the randomness and make it more fair. I think these option are especially important for if a placer accidentally places something down where they didn't mean to.
-Some other things I would include are a leader board with at least 5 slots and an option to put a name on it, I think this could be a nice game for family or friends to play and try to out-due there scores. I would had more camera control I.E. being able to spin it 360, its a bit hard to see everything as you fill up the grid. I would add a few more tracks to pick from (Though this is a game id put my own music on when playing).
Overall:
Its a just game for its price and i'd play it every once in a while to beat my score.
(Don't know why I went so hard reviewing this game, its my first steam game review so maybe that's why)
