A transit trading game for real-world routes
Route Wars
Pick a route, ride from stop to stop, trade commuter goods, and try to finish with a bigger bankroll before the inspector catches up.
About
A game about buses, trains, timing, and terrible decisions.
Route Wars is inspired by classic buy-low, sell-high market games, rebuilt around public transport routes. The game app runs at play.rtwrs.com.
The public site keeps the evergreen bits here: what Route Wars is, how data is handled, how city requests work, and how to get in touch.
About Route WarsTransport data
Provider keys belong server-side unless a provider says otherwise.
Public transport data should be imported or cached by Route Wars infrastructure and served through Route Wars endpoints. Provider API keys must not be placed in client-visible files unless the provider explicitly supports that use.
Player location is for finding nearby routes and checking stop arrival, not for building public tracking profiles.
Supported cities
Real route networks become playable city maps.
Route Wars currently bundles route-pattern data for Helsinki, Hobart, Ngāmotu / New Plymouth, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, and Wellington. City pages explain the local flavour without replacing official journey planners or live transport information.
Ideas behind it
Public transport is already a board full of choices.
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