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Today we are looking at a version of Oregon Trail, which I'm sure many of you have played in the past, either on a computer or on your iPhone. This one is called Pioneer Trail, but it's Oregon Trail in all but name. It's exactly the same, and it's really, really good. Alexa, open Pioneer Trail.
Welcome to Pioneer Trail. Yes or no, would you like to hear the introduction? Yes. It's long, sorry.
Molly presents the Pioneer Trail. The year is 1847. Gold has yet to be discovered in California. The telegraph has just been invented, and the Transcontinental Railroad is over 20 years away.
Much of what will become the United States is still vast, unorganized territory stretching from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. Native peoples inhabit and defend their ancestral lands, some of them friendly. Some of them not. The great cities of the Northeast are starting to boom with the Industrial Revolution, and vast fortunes are being made.
But not by you. With your meager income as a sharecropper, your wife's income as a seamstress, and two kids working in the mill, your family's still barely making ends meet. And now you've got a fifth mouth to feed. With your last $900 saved up, you and your wife have decided to strike out with other pioneers for Oregon.
640 acres of free land have been promised to every married couple arriving in Oregon Territory before December 1st, 1850. Go west, young Americans, and grow up with the country. Horace Greeley, 1833. You have to choose what to spend your $900 on, so that you'll work with the journey.
It's March 1847. You and your family join a wagon train with other settler families. You have just $700 left. You need to reach Oregon before January 1st, or you'll die in a blizzard.
The more you spend on Oxum, the faster you can travel. You can spend $200 to $700 on your Oxum team. How much do you want to spend on your Oxum team? 300.
You have purchased three Oxum. You can hunt for food or buy more food at forts along your journey. You can spend $0 to $400 on food. How much do you want to spend on food?
200. You pack 200 pounds of food into your wagon. You'll need ammo to hunt for food and defend your family. Each dollar will buy you 50 bullets.
You can spend $0 to $200 on ammo. How much do you want to spend on ammo? 150. You now have 7,500 bullets.
Use them wisely. Your family will need clothing for the mountains and cold weather. You can spend $0 to $50 on clothing. How much do you want to spend on clothing?
50. I'm not keeping count here. You now have 50 pieces of clothing. Let's hope they last into winter.
I'm sorry, you have no money to spend. Let's get back on the road. After all your purchases, you now have $0 left to spend at forts along your journey. Uh-oh.
Good luck. Just say stats at any time to hear how much you are carrying. So basically you just do journey after journey, day after day, and terrible things happen. March 29th.
The wagon train is off to a slow start. You have 1,991 miles to go. You have 200 pounds of food, 7,500 bullets, and $0 left. There's a fort in the distance.
But you don't have enough money to buy supplies. Ooh, I wasn't paying you. You decide to ignore the forts from now on. Do you want to go hunting or continue?
Go hunting. Oh, no, I didn't need to do that. I've got loads of food. You missed, and your dinner got away.
You lost 24 miles while hunting. The better your family eats, the less likely they are to get sick. Will you be eating crackers, stew, or six? Stop.
So long, partner. Okay. You get the idea, guys. I'm not very good at these games.
I mean, I didn't even budget at the beginning. I wasn't even adding them up. And from playing it earlier, I know that I missed out on the last item to buy, which was first aid. That would be quite important.
And I've got no money to buy stuff on the road, things that might break or whatever. And you can get attacked by Indians and wildlife and going across flooded rivers and stuff like that. Honestly, it's a very good game. Really, really well done.
Audio, production-wise. And give it a go. Brilliant stuff. I was going to say Oregon Trail.
Pioneer Trail. Thanks, guys. Speak again tomorrow. Feedback, comments, demos.
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