Too ambitious for its own good?

Me, I just want to play Where’s Wally.

That’s a slice from the game’s minutiae.

A snowy street in The Bustling World with cross-sections of people mingling indoors

“Bustling” is certainly the word.

“Bursting” might be more appropriate.

“Breaking” seems like a possibility.

Cover image for YouTube video

This is a cross-genre pudding of fearful, perhaps ill-advised scale.

The Bustling World -Steam page here- is the work of Chinese developers FireWo Games, with Lightning Games publishing.

It doesn’t appear to have a core storyline.

A fiery street festival in The Bustling World, with dozens of people standing around fire dancers and a blazing effigy of some kind

Or perhaps you’d rather be a diplomat.

Or a black market dealer with a grappling hook.

Or a wandering martial artist.

Or a general with their own chariot and a retinue of catapults.

Or a ravenous amalgamation of all these things.

That’s a lot of cause-and-effect to thread together.

The Bustling World does not have a release date yet.

I hope they’ve got resources and people to spare.

My favourites from the video are the kids - will they eventually grow into adults?

Ah, my sweet summer children.

You will have troubles aplenty when I found my empire of textile sweatshops.