Game Journalism Day 1 - Basics

Start Screen

The game 'raft' is about surviving the open ocean and expanding your raft to get supplies and making a raft that is big enough to live on and that cannot be destroyed. There are lots of challenges such as the shark attempting to eat the raft. You also have to manage hunger and thirst.

To collect items and interact with everything use the 'E' key.

The other way to pick up items is with the ever useful 'plastic hook'

These are the building materials floating around the ocean. Plastic, Wood planks, Palm leaves.

Here is the shark attacking my raft.

There are also islands sitting in the middle of the water. the islands are rich in resources varying from sand and clay to different colored flowers and mangoes.

Here is my raft.

Game Journalism Play 1

The game that we are playing is called RAFT, it is a survival game on the open ocean. It is hard to pick up at first because there is no tutorial, but it is easy enough to learn.

1. I built a water purifier and added to my raft when the shark took pieces off. I explored a little, and found out that it was very bad to let your raft float away.
2. Upon my first play I learned the crucial key is "E" to pick up items and "I" to build structures. I started by building a water purifier and all the tools necessary for survival. I learned that 'plastic hooks' are amazing tools.
3. This time I'm going to try killing the shark ASAP and then obtaining better resources to expand my raft.

   

   My Raft