Original Jan's original job in the original assignment is more original than you think

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Each pseudochlon in Change Defined by their shared names with Jan and their job title: Jan Technician, Jan Scientist, and so on. This is not to suggest that these Jans be defined by their job titles, but rather that they act as the primary way to completely separate them. However, OG Jan Dolski also had a specific job title for the original assignment plan before he crashed on the planet. It is dismissed quickly, even by Jan himself, but he and others on earth will refer to him as a “builder” all the time Change.

At first glance, “Builder” may be a nothing title indicating that this Jan Dolski is something of an everyman -Tope. That would tune up with the branches and life after the post described in ChangeAnd it works when players ask the inevitable: what does he build? Jan Worker is for the workshop and constructs various tools and tools needed in and outside the base. It can be for the game's base building, with the original Jan who is tasked with constructing the best possible base layouts ChangeBut it also seems very doubtful that such an employee at a low level would have access to the command center. The most likely scenario is that he was responsible for building and distributing pylons (and the like) for the mines over the planet's surface, as it becomes such an important part of the game, which seems to reinforce the understanding that Jan Dolski is an everyman -Tope. However, two important details completely deconstruct that possibility.

It is worth noting that there is a certain irony in the fact that “Jan Dolski” corresponds to “John Smith” as usual first name and last name. This also contributes to Everyman interpretations, but that is what makes its deconstruction so much fun.

Deconstruct Jan Builder

Why Jan Builder can't be an Allman

Everyman -tropen, when applied to life's issues presented by Changewould be an effective way for the player to go in and imagine these answers for themselves. But that is not the conclusion Change comes to. Jan Builder is not an Allman; He can't be. Everyman heads are “ordinary people” who are related and unusual, which are then forced into incredible scenarios. Everyman is easy to identify with, is average overall and lacks special abilities and skills. Jan can be related. Jan Builder may seem average, but he is not common and does not lack special abilities.

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Over 75% of Alter's reviews completely skip an important detail

The changes are in and describe a unique, emotional and narrative driven survival experience, but many of them ignore an important name.

First and foremost, an Allman is average and records the idea that someone can be anyone. Jan has a series of clones showing the different roads he could walk, which limits his growth to a handful of life paths. At some level, of course, this is a gaming restriction. It is not enough to claim that Jan Builder cannot be everyman because the game limits what he can be, except the game says he cannot be every man. A conversation with Jan Scientist, under the space before Change'Act 3, reveals that Jan Captain is not one thing. None of their paths would lead them to become the captain, says the researcher, who binds to several themes Change. But it also means that Jan cannot be the captain and overall cannot be someone who may be anyone.

In addition, the idea of ”captain” is explored in Jan Miner's Storyline. There are clear thematic ties between Alters and Moby Dick, as well as what it means to be the captain of one's ship.

On its own, it is a weak deconstruction of the Everyman troop. But in combination with the actions of the quantum computer, it becomes much stronger. Players learn in the same joining the truth behind Jan Dolski's crash landing. In the prologue, players will discover the original captain's crashed pod where Jan comments on the fact that they died before they crashed. It is later learned that this is because a barrier surrounds the planet and that there was not enough oxygen to save every crew member. The quantum computer, in cold calculations, decided that Jan (of all) was the only one who could perform the original assignment: Rapidium back to earth. This is not just a fun game on the “selected” trop, but it muddies the Everyman water.

It is not impossible for a “chosen” to also be an “Allman”, but it is not common and it is difficult to achieve. After all, the chosen focuses on special abilities and fate, which is contradictory to the usual characterization of everyman. However, this struggle in narrative design is intentional because it forces the same fight on Jan Dolski. He finally gets somewhere more in the middle, unique even though he was just a “builder.” But all this, combined with his job title, forces the question: Why did the quantum computer Jan choose?

Building Jan Builder

Instead of dismissing his builder as an ordinary, everyman characteristic, the story forces players to question why they were saved, and it seems that his job title may be the answer. Of course, Jan has questioned his survival since he arrived at the base alone, but the quantum computer could have chosen someone. It did not choose the captain who would have ruled the ship, it did not choose other survivors who would question ethics in ChangeAnd it did not choose others with better Rapidium skills. This chose Jan Builder because he built something. Think about how the story combines job titles with characterizations:

Jan Technician is supposed to fix things when he, tells, breaks them in Alters Act 2.
Jan Scientist puts his intelligence first before he, tells, realizes how little he knows.
Jan Miner's Metal-Mining Abilities are intended to provide a strong basis for everyone when he, narrative, does not have a strong foundation.
Jan Botanist is supposed to provide nutrition for everyone when he storytelling only cares about his own emotional nutrition (Lena).
Jan Guard is supposed to be reliable and protective when he storytelling is a conman.
Jan Doctor is supposed to heal others when he is struggling to heal himself.
Jan Shrink is supposed to help everyone with his life when he tells him to tell us about his own life first.
Jan Refine is supposed to do things new and better (refine them) when he storytelling feels he aggravates everyone around him.
Jan Worker is supposed to be an ally for the cause when he narratively lost the same belief in himself as he claims they did.
Even Tabula Rosa, who should not have meaning, finds narrative meaning in the joy of life.

As such, it is obvious that Jan's job title also correlates with his characterization. Jan is a builder in a figurative sense, no matter what the literal feeling means. Jan Builder is someone who has fallen from great heights, literally in the crash landing and figuratively in his relationship with Lena and must build back. This building upward projecting of his life is projected not only by the tree of life for the various changes, but at the end of the game, where he has to manifest, climb and conquer the integral tree.

Interal is an anagram for on its own, which suggests that Jan internally changes himself.

Jan can build a system where he completed the assignment, which is predicted by the quantum computer, but he can also build bridges between the sometimes polar opposite Jan Dolskis. This narrative theme is symbolized by lessons and Change Performance in learning everyone: Jan Complete. He can build a connection to them, because he also builds an understanding for himself, alone and in relation to them. Jan Dolski is a builder in the sense that he can build something out of nothing, build a sense of himself on his own and build all the important connections that further define who he is. His ability to build is the most logical conclusion for why the quantum computer chose him, to know that His ability to build these connections, inside and outside himself, was also the only way to complete the assignment.

Jan Builder: Think about?

One of the most important issues in Change Is “what if we chose a different path?” Such a question would be left open to interpretation for an Allman or defined by Destiny for a selected, as a captain and his ship. Jan is a builder, and the answer that changes put forward is quite direct, applicable only to him and those like him, and somewhere in the middle:

Sometimes it's not an open question. Sometimes it is not about destiny or fate. Sometimes what you get, builds around it, builds bridges with others and builds a better life out of everything. Jan Dolski finds this answer by cloning himself, but the great moment is when he meets his subconscious and builds this connection to himself. Not everyone can be Jan Dolski, and Jan Dolski is also not a humble captain hero, but someone who expands their place in the middle.