Don't Starve

Umdlalwa wevidiyo owaziwa ngokuthi i-Don't Starve, owakhiwa yizinkampani i-Klei Entertainment ne-Alternative Games, futhi washicilelwa ngabakwa-Klei Entertainment, uwumdlalo wokulwela impilo ogwadule ongenaluwalo owethulwa ngokusemthethweni ngonyaka ka-2013. Lo mdlalo uphonsa abadlali emhlabeni omnyama kodwa ohehayo, owakhiwa ngohlelo lwekhompyutha lapho ukusinda kudinga ukuthi uhlale uqaphile, uqoqa izinsiza, futhi uzivumelanise nezimo ezinzima zemvelo. Ngokuhlanganisa izici zomdlalo wohlobo lwe-roguelike nesitayela sobuciko esidwetshwe ngesandla esathonywa kakhulu imisebenzi yomenzi wamafilimu u-Tim Burton, lo mdlalo wazakhela igama njengomdlalo ohlukile emkhakheni wemidlalo yokusinda. Ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Don't Starve kwaqhutshwa isifiso sika-Klei Entertainment sokuzakhela indlela entsha embonini ngaphandle kokuthembela kubashicileli bendabuko. Isitudiyo sase-Canada, esasungulwa ngu-Jamie Cheng ngonyaka ka-2005, sase sazizakhele igama ngemidlalo yesenzo efana ne-Shank kanye ne-Mark of the Ninja. Umqondo we-Don't Starve wazalwa ngoZibandlela ka-2010 ngesikhathi somncintiswano wangaphakathi wokudala imidlalo, lapho onjiniyela u-Kevin Forbes no-Ju-Lian Kwan bakha khona uhlaka lokuqala olwalunezici eziyisisekelo ezifana nesilinganiso sempilo kanye nomjikelezo wosuku nobusuku. Nakuba umqondo wawubizwa ngokuthi "Project Not Sidescrolling," wagcinwa eceleni kwaze kwaba yilapho isitudiyo siqeda eminye imisebenzi. Ukuthuthukiswa okuphelele kwaqala ngo-2012, kuthonywe izici zokusinda ze-Minecraft, okwakuhola imboni ekufakeni abadlali ezindaweni ezinzima ngaphandle kwemiyalelo eminingi. Emnyombweni wawo, i-Don't Starve icela abadlali ukuthi basinde isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka endaweni enobutha neyomlingo eyaziwa ngokuthi i-"The Constant". Umdlalo ugxile ekuphathweni ngokucophelela kwezinto ezintathu eziyinhloko: Impilo, Indlala, kanye nengqondo. Indlala iyancipha njalo ngamaphuzu angama-75 ngosuku, okudinga ukuthi abadlali bahlale befuna amajikijolo, betshala imbewu, bezingela izilwane, noma besebenzisa izimbiza zokupheka ukwenza ukudla okuyinkimbinkimbi. Isilinganiso sengqondo sisebenza njengendlela yokuzivikela ngokwengqondo, sehlile uma umdlali esemnyameni, edla ukudla okuluhlaza noma okonakele, noma elwa nezilo. Uma ingqondo yehla ngaphansi kwamaphesenti ayishumi nanhlanu, umhlaba uyashintsha futhi izithunzi ezithusayo ziyavela ukuze zihlasele umdlali. Ukuphathwa kwesikhathi nakho kubalulekile, njengoba iwashi lomdlalo lishintsha phakathi kosuku, ukushona kwelanga, nobusuku. Ebusuku, umdlali uphoqeleka ukuba ahlale ekukhanyeni komlilo; ukuhlala emnyameni ophelele kuholela ekuhlaselweni okusheshayo ngesidalwa esibulalayo esaziwa ngokuthi u-Charlie. Indaba ye-Don't Starve iyimfihlakalo kodwa icebile, igxile eqenjini labalingiswa abahlukahlukene abayimizuliswano abahudulelwa kule Constant. Umlingiswa oyinhloko u-Wilson Percival Higgsbury, usosayensi oziphethe kahle kodwa oziqhenyayo. Ngemva kokuhluleka kwezivivinyo zakhe elebhu, u-Wilson uthintwa ngomsakazo wakhe yizwi elingaqondakali elinikela ngolwazi oluyimfihlo. Leli zwi elika-Maxwell, isitha somdlalo, owake waba ngumlingisi wemilingo waseBrithani u-William Carter. Ngokuthola umlingo omnyama ngento eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Codex Umbra, u-Maxwell wabhajwa esihlalweni sobukhosi esithunzini ngaphakathi kwe-Constant, lapho manje adonsela khona abanye abasindile kuleli zwe njengengxenye yesijeziso. Abadlali bangavula abalingiswa abengeziwe njengoba bethola ulwazi, ngamunye enezici ezikhethekile. Ukuze aqhubeke nokuthuthukisa le ndawo yasendle engenaluwalo, u-Klei wakhipha izinhlelo ezintathu ezinkulu zokwandisa umdlalo ezashintsha ngokuyisisekelo ukuzizwisa kokusinda. I-"Reign of Giants", ekhishwe ngo-2014, yethula izinkathi ezimbili ezintsha, Ikwindla nentwasahlobo, kanye nezindawo ezintsha eziyingozi. Ngo-2015, i-"Shipwrecked" yayisa abadlali esiqhingini esiyingozi sasezindaweni ezishisayo, yethula ukwakhiwa kwezikebhe, ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, nezikhukhula. I-"Hamlet", eyethulwa ngo-2018, yaletha indlela ehluke ngokuphelele ngokubeka abadlali ehlathini lapho kukhona umphakathi wezingulube ezicebile. Ekugcineni, ngenxa yesicelo esikhulu somphakathi, abathuthukisi bakhipha i-"Don't Starve Together", inguqulo yabadlali abaningi ehlukile yomdlalo, evumela abadlali abafika kwayisithupha ukuthi babambisane ekwakheni izisekelo nasekuvikeleneni ezinsongweni zezinkathi zonyaka. Ngezindlela zawo eziyinkimbinkimbi, ubuhle obumnyama, nobunzima obungapheli, i-Don't Starve ishiye uphawu olungasoze lwasulwa emkhakheni wemidlalo ezimele.