Here's why Roadwarden is Edwin's game of the year, 2022
question the prominence of earning as a"play" activity and of economic transactions generally in videogame worlds
Some of those currencies have colourful world-building attached; others plug into pleasingly volatile market simulations. But they feel pretty interchangeable to me in hindsight, because the process of earning dosh in most games is so bland and inconsequential, making little overall impact on the world even in games that give you a choice of economic backgrounds.
While you can exchange many items for bones, the coins don't really dictate the value of your possessions, because Roadwarden's economy is based on barter. This creates intimacy with other characters: to trade with them you must get to know them. Some would rather be paid in fish and forest fruits. Others deal in information - names to feed in parser-style while roaming a village, for example.
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