TikTok is getting excited about 30 Days on Ship, but should it be?
Of all the games people on TikTok could get excited about, they've decided it's one about shipping containers - one about surviving at sea on a pile of shipping containers for 30 days. It's called 30 Days on Ship, appropriately and somewhat bluntly, and it isn't out yet, but there's a trailer being shared that shows a character opening a never ending string of containers to find fridges, drones, motorbikes, chainsaws, televisions, quad bikes - all manner of goods that might be shipped overseas. Quite why you'd need a quad bike on a teetering pile of shipping containers, though, I don't know.The rest of the trailer shows a bit of base building - my favourite part being where on-screen text reads "the only mission: survive!", while we watch a player place a flat screen TV near some sofas - as well as a bit of underwater exploration where you'll find whales and sharks. Or at least I think they're sharks - it's hard to tell. It doesn't really matter though. What matters is that the whole
Of all the games people on TikTok could get excited about, they've decided it's one about shipping containers - one about surviving at sea on a pile of shipping containers for 30 days. It's called 30 Days on Ship, appropriately and somewhat bluntly, and it isn't out yet, but there's a trailer being shared that shows a character opening a never ending string of containers to find fridges, drones, motorbikes, chainsaws, televisions, quad bikes - all manner of goods that might be shipped overseas. Quite why you'd need a quad bike on a teetering pile of shipping containers, though, I don't know.
The rest of the trailer shows a bit of base building - my favourite part being where on-screen text reads "the only mission: survive!", while we watch a player place a flat screen TV near some sofas - as well as a bit of underwater exploration where you'll find whales and sharks. Or at least I think they're sharks - it's hard to tell. It doesn't really matter though. What matters is that the whole thing is ridiculous. I don't think anyone's ever thought of setting a survival crafting game on a sinking ship laden with containers, and that's why everyone's getting excited about it now.
There's some inherent excitement in shipping containers, too, isn't there? What's inside, we wonder. There's a whole show on TV about it called Container Wars, which you must have watched at some point - it's been knocking around for years. The idea is that shipping containers are suddenly opened to reveal all kinds of as yet unverified treasures within, then people there have moments to decide what's worth their money and then bid on it. What will they find? It's alarmingly compelling - as is this collective excitement on TikTok.
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