Mini Motorways, the award-winning minimalist strategy traffic management sim with more than nine million players from Dinosaur Polo Club, puts the player in charge of Singapore’s traffic flow on Apple Arcade, PC and Mac via Steam, in addition to Nintendo Switch, in the free ‘Merlion’s Marina’ update launching today at 3:00 pm: PT.
Dinosaur Polo Club is a studio proud to be from Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Aotearoa, New Zealand. This update introduces New Zealand’s indigenous language, Te Reo Māori, to the game!
Chosen via a community vote in May, Mini Motorways now weaves through lush landscapes and glistening waterways in the cultural melting pot of Singapore.
Orchestrate elaborate urban road networks for 6.1 million residents as they travel through the sustainable city center, down Orchard Road through Pagoda Street, across the tranquil Singapore River, and into the famous Marina Bay, guarded by the beloved Merlion!
As a studio based in Aotearoa, New Zealand, Dinosaur Polo Club is honored to include te reo Māori, the indigenous language of New Zealand, in Mini Motorways. This update coincides with New Zealand’s annual celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, which calls for support of both the language and culture - te reo Māori and Te Ao Māori.
The studio worked closely with Accredited translator and interpretator, Kristin Smith from Kūwaha Ltd to bring this translation to the game. To celebrate the addition of te reo Māori to Mini Motorways, the studio engaged local artist Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho to help celebrate with a piece of artwork commemorating the translation.
Redesign Singapore’s roadways with new achievements, daily challenges, weekly challenges, city challenges, and construct to the fullest with zero stops in ‘Continue in Creative Mode’!
The ‘Merlion’s Marina’ update and te reo Māori Language support are available today for free across all current platforms, including Apple Arcade, PC and Mac via Steam, and Nintendo Switch.
Mini Motorways is available for $9.99/€8.57 on PC via Steam, free for Apple Arcade Subscribers, including language support for English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, Dutch, Vietnamese, Simplified, Traditional Chinese and, Te Reo Māori. Learn more about Mini Motorways by visiting Dinosaur Polo Club’s official website, Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram pages.
About Dinosaur Polo Club
Dinosaur Polo Club is an independent game development studio based in beautiful Wellington, New Zealand. Founded in 2013 by brothers Peter and Robert Curry, the studio first made waves with their award-winning and BAFTA-nominated debut Mini Metro. Created in collaboration with Disasterpeace and Jamie Churchman, Mini Metro explores relaxed and minimalist subway design. The second game developed by Dinosaur Polo Club introduces a brand new type of city management with colorful road-building and resource management found in Mini Motorways. Combined, Mini Metro and Mini Motorways make up two parts of an expanding Mini Collection.
With an inclusive and supportive culture that believes in giving back to its creative community, the studio has grown and is now home to nearly 35 dinos as it works on new titles with relatable simplicity.
Article by: Susan N.
