A video game created by a 16-year-old in just a few days will crush records and humiliate professional games designed on mega budgets
Will it serve as a cold escape from the onslaught of the real world, or simply a way to beat the slump of vacations? Roblox The game about gardening became a surprise hit in the summer.
In just a few days, he cultivated a garden created by the age of 16, beating video games that cost millions of dollars in history, shattering the record for the most parallel players in history.
And no one will film, fight or race. If your last attempt at growing vegetables was Farmville in 2010, don’t worry. Even if your tomatoes don’t have any water, they will grow.
Cultivating a garden is as easy as its name suggests. Players can fill plots of land with plants and animals, and steal harvesting and selling, trade and stealing. The game is less stressful, so it has a soundtrack of Minecraft-like aesthetics and soothing classical songs that Mozart’s Rondo Alla Turca plays in the background. Its popularity further solidified the place of Roblox, not just in the gaming world but also in popular culture.
“The word I’ve heard, which has been used many times to describe this particular game, is that it’s cold, and this is a very great alternative. I then get a lot of the atmosphere that crosses that animal. As you know, you can check the garden, you can get some new species, you can plant them, you can plant them, you can plant them, you can plant them, you can plant them, “I have an 11-year-old son (playing it) and he says that the big difference to him is that he has a big huge goal you have to do, but to grow a garden, you can just hang out and do what you want.”
Whether by coincidence or not, Take-Two Interactive has announced that it will delay the release of the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 until next year, growing its garden. According to Roblox, the gardening game recorded 21.6 million simultaneous players in late June, surpassing Fortnite’s previous 15.2 million records. Analysts who follow Roblox’s stock say Grow a Garden will boost the company’s revenue and drive quarterly revenue numbers that exceed Wall Street’s expectations.
It’s not clear whether GTA viewers flocked to this simple gardening game and spent time up until then, but the timing rekindled old debates about who the gamers are and which titles are taken seriously by the establishment of video games. It happened in candy crashes, puzzle games, animal crossings. Are people who play cozy games real gamers? Or is the title reserved for people who are willing to shoot enemies in Call of Duty or cause mayhem in GTA?
“There are a large number of gamers who play Roblox, and the real industry sees it like this densely immature, weird gameplay habit,” said Janzen Madsen, New Zealand-based CEO and founder of Splitting Point Studios, which acquired the game from teenage creators. “Well, I think this is actually what players expect in five years, and because you’re not accepting that.
You will need a Roblox account to start growing your garden. The game starts you with empty plots and some money, looting – and starter seeds. From there, you can plant seeds, harvest and sell crops, and buy more seeds, animals and tools for your garden. It’s possible to play the game without spending real-world money, but it takes time. If you sell enough crops, you will earn money to buy more expensive seeds beyond basic carrots and blueberries.
“For me, I just want to get all the rare things. I’m a perfectionist, so I want everything. That’s what makes me so much fun.” Leah AshA YouTuber who grows gardens and other popular games with a 5.3 million viewers. “It’s really cool because you can come together because seed shops are global. So everyone’s stores are exactly the same. So you’re working with other people and they say, ‘Oh, the sugar apples are in stock. Let’s get online!” Seed shops update every five minutes so there’s always something that’s coming back to the game. ”
In the case of Roblox, it faces repulsion Not enough to protect your child In gaming services, Grow A Garden is acting as a grace period, along with new safety measures such as chat restrictions and privacy tools.
New players will send gifts from more established peers and let them know when rare species become available in seed shops.
“If you have the right supervision and guidance,” Bozdech said, Roblox is a positive experience for children, allowing them to create their own designs and practice coding, for example.
“It’s a great opportunity for parents and children to play together, especially those growing a garden,” she said.
And perhaps the slow cultivation of the magical garden can benefit parents as well.
“That’s a nerve, right?” Bozdech said. “People need to escape from the world. I think we all do that.”