• BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Transport Tycoon itself is 30 this year (and Deluxe next year).

    OpenTTD is a great project - it’s kept one of the great games from the 90s alive and kicking.

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    8 months ago

    I never played TTD. Does OpenTTD have a tutorial? Couldn’t find out how to play last time I tried.

    • Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Play with the settings before you start, if I want a relaxed play around, I’ll set competitors to zero, breakdowns to never and stuff.

      Then I’ll find a nice area with a few towns close by and connect them with roads. Then I put bus stops in the centre of the towns, the ones you put on a road. Between the towns, I put a depot and buy a bus. Then you have to tell the bus to go to each bus stop, and send it on its way.

      Then I have a basic income, and I look for industry and resources to truck around. Later I play with trains and ships and airports and supply chains and stuff. But I keep the busses going.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        If you want early cash, the best way is to connect coal. It’s literally just an A-B train, and you rake in the cash. It’s much more lucrative per dollar spent, which let’s you focus on whatever else you want to do, like buses, planes, etc.

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      8 months ago

      Tutorial: or everything into airports and long-distance routes, you’ll make more money than you can spend. 🤷 At least, that’s how it was when I stopped playing it.