"Jinken Town" is actually not a new game. It was already logged into steam as early as 2022, and it had been developed for many years before.However, such a casual sandbox game with Tujia as the background is not very famous in China, and ultimately it is due to language problems.
Recently, the game has updated 14 language support, with the blessing of Simplified Chinese, so the game is naturally popular in China where countless players love farming.After a period of actual experience, I can finally be sure that "Jinken Town" is not popular because of language problems, because it has no problems in the quality of the game. It can even be said to be a good farming work in casual games. If you build it online with a good friend, you can be more happy.
Casual games where you have something to do every day
The casual gameplay of "Jinken Town" is easily reminded of Nintendo's "Animal Forest". When I first came into contact with the simulator version of "Animal Forest" ten years ago, the life of picking flowers, catching insects, fishing and picking fruits left a deep impression on me. Even just wandering around the island was enough to kill time. The leisure of the game is not only a way of playing, but also a life attitude, which left a deep impression on me when I was young, so I still remember the touching at that time.
So when I first saw "Jinken Town", I knew that the familiar feeling was coming back.On the island of Tuo O, players can explore and roam here, pick up various shells on the coast, cut down every tree, dig every ore, and capture various colors of butterflies, grasshoppers, ladybugs, cicadas and even flies that appear from time to time. Freedom is the only theme here.
When a player catches a butterfly and catches a big fish, he will hold the spoil in front of him. It is hard not to remind people of "Animal Crossing" when seeing this picture.In fact, "Jinken Town" should have a great inspiration from that classic Nintendo game. Its core gameplay is somewhat similar from the art style to casual. However, "Jinken Town" is not completely copied and transplanted, but has added many details to similar game types, forming many unique new things.
There is a concept of time in the game. NPC only operates a store during the day. Although players can be busy from morning to night, there will be fatigue punishment after the night is late, and the maximum endurance value drops to extremely low, forcing players to sleep.Sleeping can enter the checkout interface, count what players do today to gain experience in different behaviors, save and come to a new day.
As the date passes day by day, the seasons in the game will also change, and different animals appear in different seasons, resulting in different experiences in each season.Speaking of the difference between them and other similar casual games, it is that "Jinken Town" is not a simple casual game, but adds many sandbox gameplay and amazing brains.The plots in the game are similar to MC, using a block pattern.Players can use shovels to change the terrain, lower hills, fill in lakes and seas, shovel one square to another, and transform the world arbitrarily.
As for the various fantasies in the game, players are even more amazed.In addition to clearing land, laying roads and building bridges on the ground, building a crowded town, and using tractors, windmills and other tools to assist in agricultural and animal husbandry production, players can also fly helicopters to soar to the sky, sail to the sea on a steamer, or build a mine, take a lift to the underground maze mine to adventure to open treasure chests...
Unlock new props to help you develop deserted islands
The extremely high degree of freedom of "Jinken Town" will definitely not disappoint casual farming game enthusiasts. Think about the fact that when you first arrived, there was only an empty tent and a sleeping bag, and then you picked up many beautiful shells along the coast, and moved back some logs scattered in the forest, selling them all to the merchants who came here temporarily.
You got your first pot of gold, so you bought an axe and a pickaxe from the merchant, and logged and mined with your hard-working hands. It took two or three days to build a simple shop for the merchant, and he decided to live on this island to accompany you.
As NPCs grow, you start to think that you can't always line up their houses facing the sea.So you found a place to start building the road, plan the prototype of the town, and move all the shops, which you have moved from the tent to the spacious Great House.
You can paint your own house, place furniture according to your preferences, use screens as interior partitions, and design the room to your favorite. You can also build street lights, flower beds, waterfalls, pavilions, marble columns and other decorations on the roadside according to your aesthetics.
From then on, you are no longer a pioneer, but a planner.Farming, plant more fields, and use tractors to automatically cultivate, sow and harvest land, but don’t forget to migrate agricultural land to the outside of the town. After all, stepping out of the European-style garden and then stepping into the boundless wheat fields, which is obviously a bit inconsistent.
Use the barn to automatically feed the animals, sell crops and by-products to earn a lot of money, or process them into delicious foods - flour needs to be ground wheat, coffee needs to be dried before boiling, wine needs to be brewed first, ingredients need to be brewed into tea before fermenting...
Slow rhythm will not be tired
As I said before, "Jinken Town" brings players an Australian way of life.
Self-sufficient and coexist wildly with wild animals. At first, the exiles from the Commonwealth in the late 18th century relied on their hands to build this prison with an upside-down climate into a paradise in the southern hemisphere. At that time, the American continent fell into the war of independence due to anti-coloniality, Europe and Poland were divided by Russia and the Pakatan Harapan, and the anti-French alliance and Napoleon were about to fight to the death. How many Europeans who immigrated to the Australian colonies chose to come here for their last attempt due to life pressure?The same is true for the protagonist in the game. The southern city is cold in climate and life is in a difficult situation. He had to accept the commission to come to this uninhabited island, but he built his own town on his own.Some people may think that such a big project is not too tiring?Since I feel tired, why don’t I go back to my small tent to sleep, save a small stall, turn off the game and go to bed and lie down for a while and listen to music to brush my phone?
"Jinken Town" will not give you any goals that must be accomplished. The main line is to guide newbies who have nothing to do to hang out. The so-called task is just an extra reward.You can build this island, of course you can do nothing, just wander around, catch new bugs you have never seen before, lead kangaroos to the pile of wild dogs to watch them fight, and find out if there are any fresh scenery you have never seen on the other end of the island.
The leisure time is like an old man in the countryside, living your life at a slow pace, walking on the township roads he paved, greeting the NPCs who you entrust to make good impressions and let them stay, as if you really live here. I think this is why "Jinken Town" is the reason why people are attracted to you.
