Perfectly, simply, precisely designed game I have never gotten bored of. Nothing you don't need, a pleasing challenging puzzle game with just the right amount of urgency. This game is a masterclass in design restraint.

i see patterns in my noodles now

if you are, like me, someone who likes trying to get all achievements in the games they play, then i would recommend staying FAR FAR AWAY FROM THIS GAME!!!

every map has an added challenge you can complete to unlock the hard mode version of said map (which means not being able to reroute your already placed lines) as well as giving you an achievement for it. Cool idea on paper, but good lord i would not be surprised if not a single soul playtested any of them because they all randomly range from piss easy to unreasonably difficult. And if it was skill based difficulty i would be at least partially fine with that, but NO! you have very little control over anything that happens in the game. got a circle station which you cannot get to without either going slightly downwards below some water or spending a tunnel which is both expensive and often the subject of a challenge (cough cough, auckland) then tough luck bucko youve got to restart the level or otherwise get incredibly lucky with everything else in the game! Why are you not allowed to go a slightly indirect route to avoid making a tunnel or bridge? Why are the added challenges such visible afterthoughts?

If you do not care about any of this and just want a quick arcade experience then go ahead, the game is okay at doing that, although i would argue that mini motorways does a way better job at that. This game just falls apart when you need even the slightest bit of mechanical depth to solve a problem which i think makes it incredibly unfun and frustrating to play.