The German Twitch is transforming into a drug lab due to a hyped game on Steam. The streamers are all playing together, and the dialogues between them sound like something out of an episode of Breaking Bad.
What kind of game is it? It is Schedule I, a single-player and co-op game that revolves around selling drugs. Players produce the goods by growing drugs, which are then packaged into bags and dealt on the streets.
In doing so, they not only have to watch out for the police but also from other criminal gangs. They are not pleased about suddenly having competition.
On Steam, the indie game is skyrocketing. It is a great way to bridge the wait until GTA 6 and has already attracted 400,000 players.
Here you can watch the trailer for Schedule I:
“When will you be done with your meth stuff?”
Why does Twitch sound like an episode of Breaking Bad? Since the game is about drugs and their production as well as dealing, the dialogue of the playing Twitch streamers is accordingly. Jesse and Heisenberg manufacture meth in the drug lab in the series Breaking Bad; the Twitch streamers can also do that in Schedule I after some gameplay time.
The Twitch streamers Papaplatte and Reeze, for example, have already had several dialogues that could be taken from the series. In one Twitch clip, they discuss that they need to hire more dealers, and Papaplatte asks Reeze: “When will you be done with the meth stuff?”.
Also, the Twitch experience and the dialogues that Twitch streamer NiklasWilson had with streamers Rohat and Jussef look quite similar. Niklas tells his Twitch colleague Jussef: “I’m going to the gas station. You need to pack up.” and later says, “Does anyone have green crack?”.
Schedule I creates hype on Twitch: In the last 7 days, several Twitch streamers have enjoyed Schedule I. The game has been watched over 860,000 hours on German Twitch (via sullygnome) and the most viewed German Twitch streamer was Papaplatte with a peak audience of 46,813 (via sullygnome).
The game thrives on the synergies of the Twitch streamers coming together through the game. The possibilities of the game and the type of streamers create an entertaining mix.
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