The main issue with this game is that the objective, making videos, isn't fun or engaging. Even looking at basic ♥♥♥♥ like Super Mario Bros, running, jumping and getting through levels is challenging, and tests a player's skill. The feeling of success after conquering a challenge like that, or the hilarity of failure, is where the joy comes from. Even then, games like the Stanley Parable proves that games don't have to be a challenge to be fun, that fun can come from witty dialogue or the beauty of superficial elements such as sound.
This game has none of these qualities. The main gameplay loop of creating videos can be described as clicking a button, typing something mildly funny to yourself, then clicking another button, waiting an arbitrary amount of time, and finally getting money from your videos. Games like Paper's Please proves that such a gameplay loop can be engaging with the right amount of challenge and pressure, and arguably this game does have that with the constant need for cashflow to refill your meters. However, the meters drain so slowly that refilling them is more a chore than pressure, in addition with practically no story making any investment in the task dead in the water. Again, contrast this with Paper's Please: You constantly need more cash for you and your family, so that you all do not die, but within the unavoidable story due to the nature of you needing to pay incredible amounts of attention to dialogue and text, you are presented with the choice of making a correct moral decision or making more money. This invokes a sense of fear for the consequences of your actions as the practically unpredictable story unfolds. This game has neither story, nor proper amounts of pressure to engage one even if there was a story. The gameplay is simply waiting in order to increase a number. The visuals are bland and basic. There is absolutely 0 reason why this game should be £10, as I wouldn't play this even if I was getting paid to. Fortunately, I was gifted this by a friend who used a random key, so I avoided contributing money directly, but the idea that people have is depressing
This game has the hallmarks of a game, playable controls, number increasing, button pressing, but just a quick peak below the surface reveals nothing but a shallow experience devoid of any joy, and which I only hope the developer was dispassionate about, as I would look in shame at releasing such a product for money. Do better, Brouillard.
