It is also incredibly relaxing as the game gives you more or less complete freedom on what to do next and how you would like to do it. Tim Ploeger: Yes, that feeling is already part of the answer! Creating your own routes, driving around the city picking up passengers, actually managing to be on time no matter if there’s a traffic jam or a road construction site and getting your monetary reward at the end of a successful drive is so, so very satisfying.
GameSpace: When making a game about simulating a Bus business, how on earth do you “find the fun” and make it a game that’s worth playing? Most people wouldn’t think of driving set routes as a fun activity, but well… I’ve played it, and it’s just SO ADDICTIVE.
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We also see players who are actually employed in the respective jobs that are being simulated like truck drivers or construction workers. Seniors mostly enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and unhurried pace that a simulation game has to offer. This is often the first step into a future career as well – quite a few modders from just a few years ago are now part of the games industry. Especially teenagers and young adults enjoy modding our games and adding their own content.
BUS SIMULATOR 18 DEV DRIVER
While not everyone goes on to become a professional bus driver of course, this very first spark of interest often stays with people and it is our games that give players the opportunity to experience interacting with those machines and vehicles at least in a virtual environment.Īs for who plays our games: More people than one would think! There are for example lots of parents who like to play together with their kids as our games offer a constructive gameplay experience that is both entertaining and educational.
The fascination for construction sites, trains, buses and farming equipment often begins at an early age (you just have to observe how children react to seeing an excavator, a tractor or a bus in real life) and continues into adulthood. Tim Ploeger: There are quite a few aspects which make simulation games an interesting genre for players of all ages. Everything from farming to Euro Trucking.
GameSpace: Simulation games are often big hits on Steam. Check out our chat with Tim Ploeger, Senior Producer at astragon entertainment, Alexander Grenus, Lead Game Designer for Bus Simulator 18 at stillalive studios, and Julian Mauthner, CEO stillalive studios. Who’d have thought the idea of driving other people around a city would be so addictive? We caught up with the folks behind the game to find out what makes it tick. Bus Simulator 18 is one of this summer’s biggest Steam indie hits.
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