Yukonomist: Gaming the Klondike – Yukon News

Within five minutes, an indigenous friend named Dull Echo wearing a parka in the summer was giving me tips and I had chopped down my first tree.

The image of the Klondike the game projects is a weird combination of Call of the Wild, the wild west and Indiana Jones.

Actually, in an impressive display of globalization in action, the companies behind the game include Plarium in Israel and Plinga in Berlin.

You can add this to the list of ice cream bars, boots and 4×4 vehicles using the Klondike or Yukon brand without Yukoners getting any benefit.

Instead of needing an army of coders to create your virtual world like in the old days, there are platforms such as Unreal Engine or Amazon Lumberyard.

The possibilities are endless.

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