Welcome to Minami Lane! Make yourself a cozy little street where people hang out and enjoy their time. Add and customize buildings, manage your shops and watch life unfold in your tiny neighborhood.
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This is such a great cozy lane management simulator. There's a lot to compliment, but it's probably easier for me to just recommend the game and try it yourself.
While much shorter than I would have liked, this game is a cozy throwback to titles like roller coaster tycoon, as it asks the player to manage a small strip of land and keep it's customers happy.
The games has two modes of play, a mission mode that acts more like a tutorial than a story, and a sandbox mode where you can customize the rules and goals to your liking. To be honest, if this game didn't have the sandbox mode I doubt it would be worthwhile to play, as my wife and I were able to blaze through the missions in a couple of hours.
Aesthetically it looks cute and the music of the game helps with the quirky design they were going for... Even if it is only the one song. Regardless, of you have a couple dollars to spend and like simple management games you can't go wrong with this one.
The games has two modes of play, a mission mode that acts more like a tutorial than a story, and a sandbox mode where you can customize the rules and goals to your liking. To be honest, if this game didn't have the sandbox mode I doubt it would be worthwhile to play, as my wife and I were able to blaze through the missions in a couple of hours.
Aesthetically it looks cute and the music of the game helps with the quirky design they were going for... Even if it is only the one song. Regardless, of you have a couple dollars to spend and like simple management games you can't go wrong with this one.
A small, yet cute in all aspects, town management game that centers around a lane with a lot of Japanese influence. With its simplistic yet bubbly art style, positive messages, tranquil tracks as well as casual yet somewhat challenging missions it can make for a great way to get out of the hardships of everyday life for a couple of sessions.
Also, you can pet cats and get rewarded for doing so.
Also, you can pet cats and get rewarded for doing so.
3.75 ★
A cozy little customization game and absolutely adorable, especially considering the number of people who worked on it and that it only took 6 months!
( + + ) The assets are really pretty and you get quite a lot of customization options, I enjoy the whole pastel aestethic.
( + ) Clever coding: The way the Elderly / Young mechanic was coded was really smart, loved the overall concept a lot.
( + ) The game introduces you to more buildings with every level, aka slow and steady so you got enough time to learn it all.
( + ) Adorable dialogues + sandbox mode!
( + - ) New additions every level, but it still felt a little repetitive eventually! Maybe if the different levels had different cities / cultures / environments? The music also got on my nerves a little haha
( - - ) Was really sad that I wasn't able to save each of my levels and decide on each to restart or not. As soon as you started or replayed a new level, all other saves got deleted.
A cozy little customization game and absolutely adorable, especially considering the number of people who worked on it and that it only took 6 months!
( + + ) The assets are really pretty and you get quite a lot of customization options, I enjoy the whole pastel aestethic.
( + ) Clever coding: The way the Elderly / Young mechanic was coded was really smart, loved the overall concept a lot.
( + ) The game introduces you to more buildings with every level, aka slow and steady so you got enough time to learn it all.
( + ) Adorable dialogues + sandbox mode!
( + - ) New additions every level, but it still felt a little repetitive eventually! Maybe if the different levels had different cities / cultures / environments? The music also got on my nerves a little haha
( - - ) Was really sad that I wasn't able to save each of my levels and decide on each to restart or not. As soon as you started or replayed a new level, all other saves got deleted.
This game is very cute and fun. I love a good city builder but these days it is hard to find the time to learn and play them. So to take those ideas and boil them down into a simple, short and sweet game is exactly what I needed. After completing the 5 levels, I went back to get the rest of the achievements just because I didn't want to put it down.
Brilliant little game, can't wait to see what this team does next!
Brilliant little game, can't wait to see what this team does next!
It's a cute game that could've benefited from being longer and more customizable. It'd be nice if there was more color/palettes to choose from or the ability to decorate the streets, decorate the other side of the road, etc. Otherwise, I found the levels and overall aesthetics fun. Didn't run into any bugs.