A few days ago, a simulated business indie game called "Most" was launched, and although it was only a demo version, it still attracted millions of downloads. In this game, you may have to move bricks at a construction site, go to a hotel as a cleaner, pour water for tea in a restaurant, or work as a car washer, welder, repairman, courier to carry large goods... In these ways, survive the game and complete the final mission.
Recently, the Beijing Youth Daily reporter interviewed one of the main creators of the game production team, "Weed". He said: "If everyone knows that it is not easy to know that blue-collar workers are not easy after playing, and they can understand them better in reality, I think this is also a beneficial aspect of the game." ”
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At the beginning of the game, the player's role is destitute, the father owes 10,000 yuan of usury and runs away from home, the mother is seriously ill, the sister is young, and the debt collection company requires the player to pay off the debt within a month. As a result, players must go to big cities to work, earn money to support their families, and pay back money.
However, the player's character has no education and skills, nor does he have work experience, and can only choose the type of work according to his own ability, most of which start from the simplest temporary work and daily work. Cleaning, security guards, waiters, repairmen, etc.
In the process of working, there will also be a lot of storylines, such as fraud, and then steal batteries in order to make money - of course, this is easy to get arrested and imprisoned, leading to the game "GAME OVER".
The environment of the whole game is very realistic, there are chess stalls on the side of the road, if you go to participate in the chess game can also win a little bonus, there are street stalls selling snacks, and the bulletin board next to the road may become a window for you to find a job opportunity.
After the game trial version was launched, it attracted a lot of white-collar players, and even some players shared their game experience on the Internet, some people specifically looked for the old man to play chess and won a lot of money, but some people tried to steal the battery several times and were caught by the police, resulting in the early end of the game, which led to the summary of "no matter how difficult it is not to steal the battery". There are also some netizens who watch the hilarity commented: "How much do you want to abuse yourself, and you have to continue to work in the game after work?" ”
For the setting of the game, some netizens also questioned it, believing that since it is a simulation of real society, it should be real, but some industries obviously have errors in settings. "My civil engineering friend said after playing that the various civil engineering placements in the game are absolutely illegal in reality."
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In response to netizens' evaluations, suggestions and questions about the game, Beijing Youth Daily interviewed "Weed", one of the main creators of the game production team. He said that stealing batteries and being caught by the police is a high probability event, because the game certainly cannot promote such illegal acts. He hopes to reflect the real side of society through the game: "If everyone plays it, it is not easy to know the blue-collar workers in these jobs, and they can understand them better in reality, I think it is also a beneficial side of the game." 」 ”
Beijing Youth Daily: Why do you want to make such a game?
Weed: My partner wanted to make an independent game, we began to set the theme, at that time selected a lot of themes, I felt that this theme was rarely done, including film and television and cultural works are relatively few, so it was set on this theme. This theme is not something we came up with in a flash, but was chosen after research. After choosing, we felt that we could achieve it technically, so we did it.
Beijing Youth Daily: What kind of social effect do you hope to produce in such a genre game?
Weed: In fact, this is just a game, if there is a social effect, we just want everyone to know more about the blue-collar groups in the city, close the relationship between them and the serviced, smooth out some rifts, and be able to understand more about the blue-collar groups. In addition, if the player plays the game, he may think about the actual life, even if it is a good effect.
Beijing Youth Daily: Where do many of the storylines in the game come from?
Weeds: On the one hand, from literature and news reports, we bring content from books or newspapers to games. On the other hand, I also have a lot of blue-collar friends around me. Because I like to play skateboarding and roller skating, many people in our circle come to the city to work after junior high school or high school, and then slowly established themselves in the city, and now they are about 30 years old, and they have also established a family, and their growth trajectory has become some of the themes in the game.
There are also stories from the experiences of our partners and creative teams, who have also worked at the grassroots level for a few years. In fact, you will find that blue-collar groups are all around us, not far away, and can be locally sourced.
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Beijing Youth Daily: Have you ever worked as a blue-collar worker?
Weeds: Yes, but not much. I used to work in college, hand out flyers, sell mobile phones under signs, and set up a stage to do promotions. It should be said that we can simulate the working and living environment of migrant workers, but we really can't simulate their mentality. Fortunately, this game is a simulation of business games, there is no excessive description of the mood of the characters, so it is more objective, avoiding us from guessing what people think.
Beijing Youth Daily: Can't show the psychological activities of the characters in the game?
Weeds: There are some, but fewer because mental states are more complex. Our games will also promote psychological changes according to the needs of growth, which is mainly reflected in some life needs. Some mentalities are not easy to describe in the game, but the needs of certain stages, we still hope to be able to express.
Beijing Youth Daily: Did the team have a life experience before the game was made?
Weeds: When we were short of materials, we also did some research, after all, many years have passed since the time we worked before, and the salary and treatment have changed a lot. There was an unloading point near the company, and I went to work for a few hours to find out what was going on.
Beijing Youth Daily: Some people say that this game is a kind of feeling that embodies the working people at the bottom.
Weeds: In fact, there is no emotion, and there is no concept of working people at the bottom. I also don't think blue-collar groups are the bottom group, because you see their wages are not low. A few days ago, a master came to our company to decorate, talked about his monthly salary is also about fifteen thousand yuan, I said that most of our company can not reach this number. Therefore, as long as the current society is trying to live, work hard, and try to change, there is still a way out. Our game also wants to perform in this way, and it must be positive.
Beijing Youth Daily: Some netizens believe that the current game lacks the introduction of female occupations.
Weed: We're aware of that, too. We have more female characters in the game, we have to design some jobs for her individually, and introduce some female professional jobs in the future, which has been determined, the script is available, but the current workload cannot be arranged.
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Beijing Youth Daily: At what stage is the game at present?
Weeds: The game is already finishing, and I wouldn't say it's that precise if it's a specific point in time, but it's definitely going to be done this year. It is estimated that it will be possible in July and August, but this dare not say dead, because there may be bugs in the middle that lead to delays.
Beijing Youth Daily: What is the feedback from the demo version of the game?
Weeds: We received a lot of feedback, 14,000 copies, the main feedback is still for the game line, of which the game operation experience score is the lowest, this we want to improve.
Beijing Youth Daily: How does the demo version compare to expectations?
Weed: Much taller, didn't expect, really. The player's attention level and recognition of the quality of the game are much higher than expected. Everyone's recognition of the game content and the recognition of the gameplay surprised us.
Beijing Youth Daily: What will be improved in the next step?
Weeds: First of all, the content is developed, and then some user experience, numerical things are changed. The third step is to expand some game lines, such as female character classes, and also to join the adult self-examination method, so that gamers can improve their chances of completing levels through learning.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily Reporter Zhang Ziyuan Intern Namu