Steam new sandbox DINKUM early access distribution started & good start. Australia's Nature Life, build a town in an unexplored land

James Bendon, a personal developer, has launched an early access distribution of the view-up sandbox Dinkum on July 14. The compatible platform is PC (Steam). This work is included in the charm of the craft game and slow life game. The user has a high reputation and seems to have earned many players as early as possible.

DINKUM is a view-looking sandbox game. The stage is an unexplored island with Australia as a motif. Players set up a tent, call on people to the island, and pioneer nature. Build a town and live through agriculture, hunting, fishing, mining, etc. In addition, this work also supports multiplayer for up to four online.

You can freely place furniture and decorate the building. You can increase the number of buildings, build a town, and settle visitors to the island. In addition to agriculture, players can also operate livestock. As an animal that can be bred, chicken, cows, sheep, and giant won vat will also appear. In addition, a wide variety of creatures live on the island. There are also collection elements that catch them and donate them to the museum. However, there are dangerous creatures on the island. Be careful of the emu that has been deprived of sharks, crocodile and eggs.

It is James Bendon, an individual developer. According to his blog on his official website, he announced the development of this work in 2018. He retired from work, which had been working for 10 years, and started developing this work in full time. Subsequent developments have been reported on the blog in detail. While various elements have been implemented, the concept of building a town on the island and calling for people seems to have been decided from the initial stage.

In addition, various gameplay elements of DINKUM will be familiar in craft/slow life games. In this work STEAM user review, there are voices that compare this work to the popular works of such genres. For example, in addition to the Ranch Story series, Minecraft and STARDEW VALLEY, the names such as Animal Craft series and Kimi no Machi Portia are similar works. It is probably because so many titles are referred to because this work incorporates a variety of familiar elements in the same genre.

Game play, which combines the charm of such a craft life game, seems to be well received by users. In Steam user reviews, 94 % of 184 were popular very popular status. Some of the users have been watching the development trends for many years, and they praise the high degree of freedom in this work. The number of simultaneous connected players is also large as indie works, exceeding 2,000 simultaneous number of simultaneous connections on the day of the release. It seems that the number of players of more than 1500 players was maintained the next day (Steamdb).

This work has a long-standing development effort, and it is a good start for personal development games. In June, he exhibited online showcases such as IGN Summer of Gaming and Future Games Show. In addition, Twitch's popular overseas distributors also play this work before and after early access distribution. It is thought that such steady acquisitions are linked to popularity.

DINKUM is being distributed early. Until July 22, it is on sale for 1845 yen, which is from 2050 yen to 10 % off.