Smartphone Animal Crossing was hell

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Hi, I'm Ryo Morita (34) from ASCII Home Appliances. I am a beginner father who has a baby born in February this year and is doing childcare serialization. My body and mind, exhausted from housework, childcare and work, wander around the internet day and night in search of somewhere other than here.

 As one of my wandering destinations, I also tried the smartphone game "Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp" (Pokemori) distributed by Nintendo on November 21st, but after a week, it became more and more difficult. rice field. If you think about it, the essence of Pokemori is work. Most of the day will be spent on sales activities, and you will feel like you are working between jobs. Before long, I felt like I was in the hell of my life.

 The main character of Poké Forest = the player is a self-employed person, a municipality where animals that speak language gather = a sole proprietor who manages and operates a campsite in the forest. I don't have a house and live in a small camper. Campers and campsites are almost unfurnished. There is almost no money (local currency = Bel) to invest in equipment. In short, I came out on my own. I don't know the details, but something must have happened. By the way, the conservative poor living in the American South are called rednecks, but the stereotype is that they live in mobile homes.

Smartphone Animal Crossing was hell

 Mr. Shizue, a government office employee, recommends economic activities to the main character who has no money.

 Principles are purchasing and sales. Fruits, seafood, insects, etc. can be harvested and collected freely in the forest. It seems that the municipality grants visitors rights similar to Finland's "Enjoyment of Nature" (the right that anyone can freely enter public forests and harvest fruits and mushrooms). The main character purchases resources as Shizue says, runs a business with animals, and procure money and materials for making campground equipment.

 Purchasing and sales may sound difficult, but it's actually very easy and fun.

 Purchases are like activities, such as fishing in the river, catching butterflies with a butterfly net, and picking up apples dropped from trees. Sales are just handing over the items that the animals ask for as "requests". It feels like you are working while you are playing. They may even give you money or materials just for chatting. Sometimes they use the items I handed to them and invite me to robata-yaki freshwater fish, or they invite me to make accessories with seashells. It's such a fun time.

 When you have enough money and materials, you can order equipment and facilities from the municipality's only furniture craftsman, or ask a car refurbishment company to refurbish your camper. It's a necessary investment to make animals customers. When the main character gains credibility by repeating sales, the animals will come to tell us their requests, ``I would go if there was this at the campsite.'' After investing in equipment, the animals will happily stay if you invite them to come and visit them because they have a nice campsite.

 The animals are basically kind to the main character when they meet for the first time, and they interact with each other in a pleasant way. You can make your own furniture with the extra money and materials. As you progress through the game, your "camper level" will increase, and the number of furniture you can make will increase. In the forest, you will meet people (other game players) who are in the same position as the main character, and there is also the joy of having people like the campsite on SNS. Many players introduce their campsites on Twitter, and there is also the pleasure of creating a campsite that looks good on SNS. You can live a fulfilling life that makes you wonder if it's okay to just have fun like this. It makes me feel like I'm playing part-time at a resort.

 But that was only the beginning.