Meet the Queensland bloke who quit his full-time job to make a hugely successful, fair dinkum, Aussie-themed video game.
The game is called Dinkum and sees players start a new life on a fictional Australian island, start a farm, head deep into the mines, build a town and make new friends.
Populating the island are various types of Aussie animals, but not as you know them.
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Kangaroos are hopping around with antlers, the Tasmanian devils can breathe fire, and the wombats are five times bigger than average.
It’s all from the mind of one man, James Bendon.
Born and raised in country Queensland, Bendon never thought he’d be making video games for a living.
Before Dinkum, Bendon studied graphic design and illustration, as well as worked in retail.
A few years ago he quit his job and put everything on the line to create his own Aussie adventure, and Bendon isn’t looking back.
“I have no game development background, this has just been a hobby – I taught myself how to code, I taught myself how to 3D model, I taught myself Unity, and I ‘ve just always loved doing it.” he said.
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Unlike most people, Bendon wasn’t jumping into a TV streaming binge-fest each night, he says he’d get home from work, sit at his computer and do this as a hobby.
“Now it’s finally my job! I’m pretty happy about that,” he said.
So how many people are playing Dinkum? Bendon couldn’t reveal the true sales number, but says the reception has exceeded all expectations.
“I was expecting to sell around 60,000 In my first year and, you know, there are 10,000 people playing it nearly every hour of the day. So it’s completely blown me away,” he said.
Struth! For a game made by one man alone – that’s impressive.
Bendon began work on Dinkum in November 2017, drawing inspiration from games like Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon.
While Dinkum is yet to fully release, it’s been available in early access since July this year and players are been expressing their love for the title.
“I’ve sold more than I can even imagine, more than I expected in the whole lifetime… So it’s been overwhelming,” he said.
“It’s still in early access. But I thought there were enough features there, you know, I contemplated doing a full release – but I like how the community can get involved with the development,” said Bendon, explaining that he’ll likely continue work on the game for at least another year.
“I’m really enjoying hearing all the suggestions and the feedback,” he said.
Bendon says he just wants everyone to have fun playing the game.
“I just want them to know that it’s fun for all ages, it’s co-op, so you can play it with your kids – I can’t wait to play it with my daughter,” he said.
Online reviews are “overwhelmingly positive”, with thousands of people happy to share their thoughts about this Aussie adventure.
Dinkum has also been bread and butter for Aussie videogame streamers, many seeing a huge bump in viewers since sharing the game to their audience.
Aussie streamer Matt Jurd, known online as Jurdman, says he’s seen an enormous bump in viewers since playing the game over the streaming platform Twitch.
“My viewership has quadrupled,” Jurd said.
“I’ve had viewers in to visit and look at my island, I’ve visited their islands on tours to check out what they’ve done – everyone’s worlds are so different.”
Jurdman says Dinkum combines all the best bits from all the games in the “social farm” genre perfectly.
“It’s one of the most polished early access games I’ve ever played, which is a marvel considering it’s made by a solo developer,” he said.
“If you like Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, My Time at Portia, Sandrock, Story of Seasons, Harvest Moon, then this game should be on your radar.”
I had to see what all the fuss was about, and for under thirty dollarydoos on Steam, you can’t go wrong.
I blinked and I’m now 10 hours into the game, I now have my own island home, an island store and even a museum. Bloody ripper!
Dinkum can be played now on PC via Steam early access, it’s official release date is to come. Bendon says he has plans to port it to consoles sometime in the future.
Source: 9NEWS
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