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Game devs share impressions of their time with Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
You've had some time with Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Certainly enough rounds with the game to know how you feel about it. Some of you are still plugging away at your camp, while others have pushed the game aside. You've taken to social media to share your thoughts on the title, and discussed the game with others. Now it's time for game devs to do the same!
Gamasutra rounded up a number of game devs to see what they think of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. You can see one blurb below, but make sure to hit up the link to read a lot more.
Yoko Taro (Nier: Automata)
I played the 3DS DobuMori (Animal Crossing), and you know the raccoon who makes you get a mortgage without agreeing to it? It was like the Lehman Shock (The Bankruptcy Of Lehman Brothers), so I wanted to get revenge on him in the mobile version.
I was kind of sad because there are fewer things you can do in the mobile app, compared to the 3DS version. The fact that you have less freedom, makes the Ditch-Forest seem even darker.
Let's take, for example, what the "monsters" eat. The rabbit seems to be of the normal herbivorous variety, but can be seen, in this game, grilling and eating fish. Also, in this game, pigs and cows enjoy barbecue (but you can't see what they're grilling). What is going on in this ecosystem? When you run out of things to eat, do you resort to cannibalism? Is there so much difference in the intelligence of birds and fish? If you walk on two legs and talk, does that mean you won't be hunted? Is the value of your life determined by your intelligence? There are so many interesting themes hidden in this game.
Also, I want to say something about the unreasonable shopping. You need to predict what those monsters want like an esper (human who possesses ESP), and give those things to them to get your big reward. What is this a metaphor for? Why do you have to collect things that are right next to the monsters to make them happy, like a slave? I guess this represents the divisions between people in class society.
I haven't put any furniture or anything in my camp except a kerosene tank. I started this game to get revenge on that raccoon, Tanukichi, but now I have a different purpose.
I'll enjoy playing this game until I burn that dark forest down.