亚马逊推出了一款画风清奇的“元宇宙”游戏 居然还挺上头

硅星人Published on 2022-03-22Last updated on 2022-03-22

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为了教大家用AWS,亚马逊的路子也越来越野了。

为了教大家用AWS,亚马逊的路子也越来越野了

之前被疯狂炒作的元宇宙最近大有一种要熄火的态势,而此前并没有跟着炒作吆喝的亚马逊,却在上周却“逆势”推出了一款带有元宇宙色彩的游戏。

乍看之下,这款名为AWS Cloud Quest的游戏似乎有些老套无聊——化身虚拟人物、在一个虚拟城市通过完成各种任务来获取奖励,而且初看这个游戏的低像素画风,嗯……一股要翻车的感觉扑面而来。

然而,当硅星人亲自去体验感受了一番后,不得不说难逃“真香”了。与其说这是一款游戏,不如说是一个亚马逊为AWS打造的一套大型开放性实践课程,让你在一边在虚拟世界里完成各项游戏任务,一边零基础入门和实践亚马逊云服务的各种知识和技能。亚马逊表示,玩完这个游戏之后,你甚至就可以出门右转顺便去考一个AWS云计算从业人员的认证证书了。

整个游戏没有复杂的故事线、也没有华丽的图形渲染,可以说是用最简单粗暴的画风做出了一款极硬核的学习型游戏。一些网友评论道,虽然这款游戏整体都散发着与亚马逊相匹配的浓浓“中年味”,但不知怎么的,就是让你玩起来有些上头。

寓教于乐,不走寻常元宇宙路

上周,这款游戏在亚马逊官网正式发布,由亚马逊AWS培训和认证团队开发,主要面向成人玩家,希望通过在线游戏的方式来帮助他们学习AWS的知识和积累实践经验。

他们创立了一座虚拟城市,你则化身为这个城市中的云技术人员,帮助这个城市的居民解决一个个与云相关的 IT 问题,完成任务后,你将获得积分和奖励,用来解锁新的人物角色风格、购买穿搭、获取宠物伙伴和装备、更换城市主题等。目前英文版本面对全球用户免费开放,下边是该游戏的官方介绍视频。

讲真,刚看到这个游戏的预告时,硅星人的内心其实是有些拒绝的,毕竟这粗糙的画风,加上云服务这种枯燥的技术,就很难让人提起兴趣。隔壁的Meta,虽然元宇宙里的游戏略显无聊,但VR带来的新奇感还是有的。

但本着负责任的态度,硅星人还是去体验了一番。

进入游戏后,系统会告诉你,你的角色是这个城市里的一个IT工作人员,并指派了一个名为Ade的粉衣粗眉小姐姐来做你的全程向导。

老实说,这美工,好像是动画设计初学者拿来练手的作品,真是让人不忍直视。

然后,你就可以创建你的虚拟分身了。在捏人这件事上,你拥有的选择非常少,提供的服装的颜色和款式搭配也是让人开始怀疑亚马逊设计们的审美……不过这些都不重要,因为之后的游戏也不看脸,城市里的其他人也基本都是这样的穿搭风格。

虚拟化身准备就绪,一座“人与动物和谐”相处的虚拟城市就展现在你眼前。除了零零星星的行人之外,大马路上还走着长颈鹿、大猩猩,天上飞着无人机。在向导的指引下,你会触发小剧情,接着路边的行人就会向你发出任务邀请。

每个任务都有特定的学习和操作主题,完成任务后你将给出解决方案注释并获得相应的奖励,包括积分、虚拟物品和新的评级等。比如,硅星人接到的第一个任务就是关于使用AWS 的S3建立一个静态网页。

整个游戏中,你需要在城市中解决10多个类似的任务,有些是帮忙解决市民遇到的云服务难题,有些则是通过云技术帮助城市的建设。任务难度也会随着你等级的上升而不断增加,通过一步步的学习和实践,你也将逐渐从“小白”进阶成云技术专家。

每一个任务完成的过程都要包括学习(Learn)、规划(Plan)、练习(Practice)、实践(DIY)四大步骤。学习板块比较老套,主要还是通过观看嵌入的教学视频;在规划和练习层面,亚马逊给出了明晰的操作步骤和任务列表,引导你一步步地完成;在实践部分,游戏则允许你在真实的AWS环境进行DIY操作,而不是在预先拟定好的开发环境中。

亚马逊认为,在这种互动和实践之中,能够帮助学习者将抽象的云计算概念转化为现实,让很多零基础入门的人能够更直观、清晰地了解到AWS的应用场景。

AWS Cloud Quest解决任务的四个步骤

对于零基础的用户来说,在完成这些学习和实践任务的过程中,对云相关知识的接收和消化可能会略显吃力。但相较于过去那种教学视频或者课件,把知识要点化、流程化的AWS Cloud Quest已经大幅降低了入门门槛,一些谜题式的设置和在虚拟城市中生动的应用案例也让学习过程更加有趣。

整个游戏中包含了12个学习任务,通过解决这些任务并在虚拟城市中进行应用,你将能够完整地学习到亚马逊云的基础概念、使用案例、定价模型、安全知识和商业影响等内容。

虽然相较于大部分的在线游戏,这款AWS Cloud Quest在画面制作上远称不上精良,作为一款“开放性”游戏,它目前的规模和开放程度也显然还称不上是一款真正的元宇宙游戏。但Cloud Quest在流程设计上非常流畅,学习和游戏之间的衔接也并不生硬。可以说,在如何将复杂的技术知识进行游戏化普及上,此次亚马逊做到了一次不错的创新。

AWS Cloud Quest涉及到的学习内容

当你逐渐适应了这种清奇的画风之后,甚至会有一种意外的清爽感,觉得踩着滑板在这个AWS的城市里到处晃晃也不错,可能就是玩游戏时还能学习知识所带来的快乐吧。

所以,如果你是一个对云技术感兴趣的朋友,那这个游戏你一定不能错过,可以登陆AWS Skillbuilder官网自行体验。

AWS的教育计划再次升级,面向更大的群体免费开放

除了推出这款AWS的教学游戏外,此次,亚马逊还一并推出了升级版的AWS Educate计划。

2015年,亚马逊首次推出了AWS Educate项目,主要面向大学生和教育工作者,跟很多大学开展了合作,为他们提供免费的云技术相关的课程、工具、实践资源。此前已经在全球范围内覆盖了超过100万的学习者,提供包括英语、中文、日语、韩语、法语、德语、葡萄牙语和西班牙语等各种版本的学习资源。

此次,亚马逊宣布取消此前AWS Educate的edu 后缀的电子邮件地址要求,将目标群体扩大至了更广泛的人群,并且最低学习年龄也大幅下降。如今,只要是年满 13 岁的用户,就可以使用件地址注册 AWS Educate,参与数百小时的免费、自定进度的培训,也可以使用免费资源和专为新手设计的实验室,访问多达50 门课程和10 个动手实验室。

AWS Educate平台,图片来自亚马逊

完成知识学习之后,参与该计划的学习者可以获得 AWS Educate 徽章,并可以参加 AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 的资格考试。AWS Educate 还面向18岁以上的学习者,专门开辟了一个工作板块动态更新有关云计算职位的招聘信息。

根据AWS的调查数据,在疫情后,全球85%技术从业人员都表示自己需要学习更多的技术知识以应对工作内容的变化,随着世界变得越来越数字化,人们学习技术的需求也。亚马逊表示,AWS 的目标是到 2025 年为 2900 万人提供免费的云计算技能培训,覆盖 200 多个国家。而此次的AWS Cloud Quest和 AWS Educate 都是亚马逊为实现该目标所投入的数亿美元的一部分。

不得不说,为了教大家用AWS,亚马逊的路子也越来越野了。

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