SM1701 Research Blog Post 7: Jason Rohrer OR Simon Denny

Topic: Jason Rohrer 's Playable work

Student Name : CHIN Ho

Student No : 59380938

(image sources : https://onehouronelife.com/)

Jason Rohrer is an American game developer who makes special games to make people think about life, love , family, and death. His work includes Cordial Minuet , Diamond Trust of London, and Sleep Is Death 's video games.

From this week, my research blog I focus on one of his playable works. "One Hour One Life" is created by Jason Rohrer, which is a multiplayer survival game that feels like living a whole human life and be part of human history in just one hour. This game is about we will born as a baby to become a player, and in the game, 1 minute equals to 1 year of life of the game character it will grow up in 60 minutes. In this game, we only have one hour to control the character to learn , work, and teach other non-playable characters. Therefore, you can survive in your village in this game. Moreover, this playable work"One Hour One Life" is telling us very simple mirror that shows what real human life feels like.

To sum up, Jason Rohrer create "One Hour One Life" is not a normal video game. it is makes us our feeling and think. It proves that simple rules and tiny pixels can create some of the deepest feelings in the art during in this game.Also, Jason is letting us to understand what a life is really for.