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.
I never played TTD. Does OpenTTD have a tutorial? Couldn’t find out how to play last time I tried.
This is a decent 25min tutorial video (youtube) for getting started with OpenTTD.
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.
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.
OpenTTD rocks
Easily one of my favorite games ever. It’s such a good way to relax.
Slashdot! Still have an active three digit UID
