Beggar Simulator: Istanbul

Beggar Simulator: Istanbul is a first-person job simulation set on the streets of a contemporary Istanbul. The player controls a man who is not destitute but performs destitution for money, renting a costume and an act each morning and choosing where to work. A traffic junction, a covered bazaar, a mosque courtyard, a nightlife avenue and a metro concourse each draw a different crowd and reward a different approach. Begging is handled through a dialogue menu whose lines are weighed against the passer-by being read, while the act that was rented restricts which lines can be used without breaking character. Municipal enforcement officers, pickpockets and rival beggars press on the working…