They always have a starting point and an end point – no hassle with on and off ramps.
In addition to regular roads, you can plant traffic lights on intersections to improve the traffic flow, or build roundabouts, tunnels and bridges. You pave the way for them with roads that you build on a grid of squares, much like in old «Sim City» variants. And they always head for a building that's the same colour as their car. The people in your city drive either red, blue, green, black or yellow cars. So you don't have to think about timetables and how individual and public transport work together. For the sake of simplicity, all residents of this city drive their own cars. What’s the game about? That's quickly explained: you're responsible for the traffic planning of a city. But it quickly becomes confusing on smaller screens. You can also play it on the iPad or iPhone. It's a good way to switch off during the lunch break or give you something completely different to do after work. The «puzzle strategy game», as it's classified on Wikipedia, offers just the right level of challenge. It's a few months old, but I only just found it in Apple's Arcade offer and enjoy playing it on the Mac Mini, so the desktop. If you find «Sim City» too tedious and «Candy Crush» too silly as a short game for in between, «Mini Motorways» might be for you.
