Glaze Games

Run your own tiny movie theatre!

Genre
Simulation469 games
Orientation
flexible

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About Tiny Cinema

Tiny Cinema is a 3D idle management game with low-poly art, published by Playgama. You are the owner and, at first, the only employee of a small movie theatre. The loop is short and clear: take popcorn from the machine to the snack counter, serve the queue, then let the audience find their seats. Guests pay once at the counter and again for their ticket, and when the film ends you clear up the mess they leave behind.

Money is spent by standing on pads around the building. These add seats, a second popcorn machine, a soda fountain and a manager office with upgrades. You can also take on helpers to handle cleaning, serving and restocking. Hall 2 brings a bigger screen and higher ticket prices. Completing the cinema opens the Drive-In, a separate venue where cars park in front of a giant screen and you bring hot dogs, sodas and popcorn to their windows. There you can hire carhops and an attendant and widen the lot. Each venue you finish raises your fame, which lifts income everywhere.

The whole game is played with one finger, and it works in portrait or landscape. It suits players who want something calm with constant small rewards, and it is easy to play in short visits because the cinema earns while you are away.

via Playgama

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HTML5 browser game
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Orientation
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How to play Tiny Cinema

Run a small movie theatre by serving snacks, seating guests and cleaning up, then grow it into two halls and a drive-in.

  1. Drag anywhere on the screen to walk. Everything else happens automatically when you walk over it.

  2. Pick up popcorn at the machine, carry it to the snack counter and serve the guests in line.

  3. Let guests take their seats. Each one pays a second time, for a ticket, when they sit down.

  4. Tidy messy seats between films so the queue keeps moving.

  5. Stand on a pad to spend earnings on seats, machines, upgrades and helpers, and work toward Hall 2 and the Drive-In.

Tips and strategy

  • Dirty seats slow the queue, and a slow queue means fewer ticket sales. Clean before you restock if both need doing.
  • Each guest pays for snacks and for a ticket, so more seats raise income from every customer.
  • Hire a helper for cleaning or restocking early. Those are the chores that pull you away from the counter.
  • Carry size and speed upgrades cut the number of trips you make, which helps most at the Drive-In where you deliver to car windows.
  • Collect the daily bonus and the earnings made while you were away before you start spending.

Frequently asked questions

How do you play Tiny Cinema?

Drag anywhere to walk your character. Picking up popcorn, serving, cleaning and buying upgrades all happen when you walk over the right spot.

What is the Drive-In in Tiny Cinema?

It is a second venue that opens when you finish the cinema. Cars park in front of a giant screen, and you deliver hot dogs, sodas and popcorn to each car window.

Why do guests pay twice?

There are two separate sales. Snacks are paid for at the counter, and the ticket is paid for at the moment the guest sits down.

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