Unfortunately Covid19 is making it impossible for the entire family to get together in real life and celebrate Bie's birthday milestone, but thanks to technology we can at least do it virtually.
If you ask Bie about that meeting, it is difficult for her to fully grasp how the times have changed. Who could blame her? From growing up in the Brukel farmhouse without even electricity, to hanging out with the entire family online; the times have changed in ways that she could never have foreseen back then.
However, perhaps the biggest surprise of them all is the existence of this game. Who would have imagined that people in 2020 would be able to go back to her childhood home and experience her memories again? Certainly not Bie. She always felt her life to be rather "mundane and uninteresting", as she has told us many times. She always wanted to be a teacher, but she never had the chance to get an education. There was always work to be done at the farm; clothes to be washed, mouths to be fed.
That is why Brukel is so important to me as her grandson and the designer of the game. While Bie might not have gotten in front of a classroom herself, she is able to teach virtually every time someone plays Brukel. I am therefore incredibly grateful to everyone who supports this game and joins "Bie's classroom" by doing so. I would like to thank you all through this online birthday event:
- If you already own the game, you can find a special easter egg (as long as you computer's date is set to 11-29) in the Stories From The Front chapter. (It will be there every year on this day.)
- If you don't own the game, you can pick it up at a discounted rate as the game is on sale. (I wish I could have made it -95% but unfortunately -90% is the maximum Steam allowed for.)
Finally, if you'd like to wish Bie a happy birthday, please leave her a message on Twitter or Instagram at @brukelgame. I will deliver all messages to her.
Thank you all!
Bob
