Petr Sobotka | Writing

How I became coach for youngest ones and how my training session look Photo by  Kylie Osullivan  on  Unsplash This article is also published on my Medium profile, to read it there  click here . As a kid, I embarked on my basketball journey with a local team, the sole representative in a vast area.  Whether it was due to the sport’s lower popularity or a scarcity of kids, our training sessions were considered successful if we managed to assemble ten players.  Fast forward about fivteen years, and I found myself back at the same team, this time with my own child. As I stayed consistently present during his training sessions, the coach eventually asked if I could assist him, a request to which I gladly agreed.  Over the course of a year, I gradually assumed more responsibilities, eventually becoming the lead coach of the team.

A game about building, transporting and economy. But also about secret police, propaganda and unstable loyalty of your citizens. Workers and Resources Key Art | Source: W&R  Press kit This article is also published on my Medium profile, to read it there  click here . Strategic, town-building games were my favorites of all the time. From the times of early SimCity or Transport Tycoon games, I liked to build my towns, road, or railroad networks, satisfy my citizens in all their needs and make a profit from all of these. In Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic you will try to build the whole republic for your inhabitants. Or maybe inmates. It all depends on how you will take the grasp of the leadership. You could try to fulfill all needs of your people but it will cost you so much. The most important in this game is to have your factories running. And for your factories, you need happy citizens. And for happy citizens, you need more “factories”. You see, it is a circle and you nee

There are not many games that could provide a similar gaming experience to this one.                          Screenshot from Kenshi game | Source: Kenshi Press Kit This article is also published on my Medium profile, to read it there  click here . Hard to start… Sand is blown by the wind to your eyes, you are almost naked, without a coin, without friends, without left hand… At the horizon you see some small caravan with several draft animals, probably heading to some forgotten town. You are hungry and thirsty, without a clue where you are and why you are there. From the nearby dune, you could hear some strange clicking noises, and the footsteps in the sand remind you that this could be the home of some giant insect-like animals, probably as hungry as you are. You start to follow that caravan, slowly heading to the sunset, with a little hope that this is not your last day. This could be one of the possible starts in the  Kenshi . Sandbox RPG game with a post-apocalyptic setting,  where

  Start a radio with volume up in the middle of the street, break some windows, let them see you. And then try run or hide. Project Zomboid Key Art| Source: Project Zomboid  Webpage This article is also published on my Medium profile, to read it there  click here . This is how you died Do you like  post-apocalyptic survival games ? Do you like to  master your game , accomplish your main goal — to survive — and than leave the game bored because you are god-like equipped and nothing can stop you anymore? Well, in this game you will not survive . You can try, you can try to prolong the inevitable, but that’s all you can do. The game even informs you upon starting a new character that this is how you died.  You simply cannot win . So what’s the fun about this game? Screenshot from Project Zomboid | Source: Project Zomboid Press Kit You cannot survive It’s the  fun of the surviving  itself. You can imagine that you play the last days of the character. The goal is not to survive, but to do y