In recent years, domestic independent games can be described as frequent masterpieces, and with the awakening of players' awareness of genuineness, high-quality domestic games can often allow game developers and production teams to obtain returns that are much higher than the cost of research and development, which has also greatly enhanced the enthusiasm of domestic game manufacturers for creating high-quality games. In 2021 alone, the "Dyson Ball Project" and the "Ghost Valley Eight Wilds" that brushed the screen game circle emerged, which can be called a year of domestic game blowout. In 2022, there is also a work that may become a domestic independent game dark horse, which is the simulated business RPG "Sand town time" developed by Pasia Technology.
When it comes to Pasia Technology and the game "Sandstone Town Time", then we have to mention its predecessor "Portia Time", even if you have not played the previous game, you can see the connection between the two just from the naming method. Since its launch, "Portia Time" has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide so far, and the success of such a niche game genre naturally makes the launch of the sequel a matter of course. Before the production team could celebrate the achievements of Portia Time, they were already preparing for a sequel.
In the worldview setting of the previous game, because a war that affected the whole world ushered in the end of human civilization, it directly led to a sharp decline in the global population, the earth became devastated, and the relics left by the previous civilization were scattered everywhere. Against this backdrop, the protagonist of the player's control will come to the small town of Portia, far from the center of the world, to inherit his father's old workshop, and to build and run his own workshop by exploring the relics of the former civilization to collect resources and run his own workshop. The idyllic field scenery brings players a novel experience, while the characteristics of high freedom and magnificent natural scenery make the game world unforgettable.
And "Sand Town Time" is in the same world view as the previous game, but this time the player will come to the yellow sand town, and the contrast with Portia's business is in the forefront, the sand town is filled with only wind and sand and dry grass at a glance, giving the player the first impression of "desolation". Such a game landscape makes people feel as if they are in an American Western with the impulse to incarnate a Western cowboy, of course, it is not excluded that the future production team will really arrange the costume or role of the Western cowboy for the player.
In such a harsh environment, players need to survive in such a town in the desert Gobi and run their own workshop. According to the news revealed by the production team, Sandstone Town and Portia are under the same time line of the same world view, which also means that old players who have played "Portia Time" will most likely set up Easter eggs associated with the previous game in Sandstone Town, and many old acquaintances in Portia may also have the opportunity to appear in the new work.
At the previous ChinaJoy exhibition, Deng Yongjin, vice president of Pasia Technology, revealed the progress of game development and answered many questions that players cared about in an interview, including mentioning that the production team would consider letting more NPCs in "Portia Time" come to Sandstone Town, in fact, this laid the groundwork in the previous game. If you've played Portia Time veterans, you must have been impressed by one of the tasks about fixing the road to Gravel Town, and it seems that the production team has long been ready for the sequel.
The interview also mentioned that the new game "Sand town time" will have a higher degree of freedom, due to the desolate environment of sand and gravel town, this time players can even personally change the geography of the game. The social system of the new work will also become more interesting, in addition to the relationship between strangers, friends, confidants, lovers and family, there will also be favorability values that affect the relationship changes of the characters in the game.
It is worth mentioning that as a game with the theme of "protecting the environment", in order to restore the real natural and geographical features, the production team of the game also went to Wuwei to collect the style, in order to restore the scene of the sand rulers governing the environment in reality. With such an attitude of excellence, the finished product is believed not to disappoint the long-awaited players.
Previously, the production team promised players that as long as the wish list of "Sand town time" exceeded 500,000, it would launch content that can be used by all age-appropriate characters, and the number of game wish lists has reached 45w, and reaching the goal can be said to be a nail in the coffin. The release date of the EA version of Sandstone Town Time is set for May 26, and for lovers of business simulation games, this masterpiece is not to be missed.
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