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Show HN: I Made a Public Transit Optimization Puzzle Game(metromaneuver.com)
2 points by rjrozenbaum 2 days ago | 2 comments
hi everyone, as an avid public transportation enjoyer and mini motorways fan ive always had an itch to make a metro optimization game, so i made this daily puzzle

fun part for me: after a grad pl course i wasnt sure when id ever use a sat solver. turns out here. every daily map is solved exactly with or-tools cp-sat before it ships so theres always a proven best score to chase (hidden unless you turn on hints)

maps get tougher through the week. mon/tue easy, wed/thu medium, fri hard, sat/sun bigger bonus maps with extra features. you can replay old maps via play archives. no account no ads

ive only tested with friends and family who arent big puzzle players so id love feedback. im leaving out instructions on purpose to see how well the game teaches itself

let me know any and all thoughts!

[–] ugurkaya88 1 day ago
Seems interesting, but when I opened the game, it is very unintuitive to me, what the goal is, what the rules are, what those different colors mean. It might be helpful to have a small tutorial for the first-timers.
[–] rjrozenbaum 1 day ago
hi, yea, a small intro screen and link to tutorial is supposed to show up for first timers.

you can also access tutorial through the question mark button.

granted, something needs improvement if i need to tell you these things here! so thank you for the feedback!