![]() ![]() It begins as a small, one-square, green pit. It is the poop and corpses that make Goblin Camp something more than a clone of world management games. I’m just some person who flies around and says “Hey, you, it might be nice if you started making better food for yourself! Also, go put your poop over there!” Goblin Camp fills that desire–it turns me into a kind of global suggestion wizard. I like to tell the people I am ruling over what to do, and I like them to accomplish those tasks quickly but at their own pace. If we’re getting down to the most honest level of honesty, I am most comfortable with a Dungeon Keeper level of management. As much as I want to be that guy, I have never been able to pull off being a hardcore min/maxer or manager of minutiae. Or that is what I think before I begin playing–most of the time I get overwhelmed. If a game is the interaction of a player with a system of rules, then I want to be the player who interacts the most and the best. I want to be able to tell every little creature what they are supposed to be doing at any given time. These tiny characters were doing what I wanted them to do. The first time that my goblins started running around and doing shit on their own I felt like a king. It is easy to get started, and more importantly, it feels rewarding to play it. Goblin Camp shortcuts through all of that. The sheer number of tasks that are possible, combined with a lack of usability, makes my mind shut down almost immediately. In the spirit of total disclosure: I have never been able to play Dwarf Fortress for more than two minutes, max. Goblin Camp is a Dwarf Fortress-like game that is built on having a usable, clear UI that allows you to manage lots and lots of small guys who do a number of menial tasks for your visual pleasure. Or that might just be the way that Goblin Camp thinks goblins work. It is in their very goblin blood–a desire to construct small buildings, plant seeds, harvest plants, weave baskets, and generally create a civilization based on raising children by putting all of the poop and corpses you can find in one place. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Goblins like to camp. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. ![]()
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