Chapter 97 Two key issues in construction games (please subscribe, please vote!)
??Gu Fan actually took all the blame, which was really a sign of justice. Strictly speaking, this should be half the work of design and programming. After all, Lilith only wrote in the design draft that the Overwatch was very powerful, but did not specifically state that it would not die!
??Gu Fan concluded his speech: "So, there are a total of eight critical bugs, of which I am responsible for two. There is still half of these two pots, which I took the initiative to take on for you out of morality.
"In fact, in addition to these BUGs, there are other causes of BUGs. For example, the high walls of the Kingdom of God are filled with heavenly guards, but it is precisely because these guards trigger the integration mechanism with the heartless people that the players After crossing the last distance, he successfully flew to the city wall and successfully escaped from prison for the first time.
“These heaven guards... were also released at your special request.”
Lilith was dissatisfied: "But my original intention of placing these heaven guards is to prevent players from escaping from prison!"
??Gu Fan nodded: "Yes, I understand, but actually... if we use the simplest method, just add more air walls to the wall."
Lilith’s eyes widened and she said in disbelief: “Then why didn’t you tell me!”
??Gu Fan spread his hands: "But adding an air wall is actually very inelegant and seems a bit too forceful.
“Your design is more natural and more in line with the world view of the game.
“Besides, I thought you were deliberately trying to use this method to further increase the players’ hatred towards Paradise!”
?Lilith was completely discouraged. She lay on the massage chair, her whole body seemed to be sliding down like mud.
?This game is different from the previous games. There is no particularly conspicuous and clear BUG, ??but more like many innocuous small BUGs that happened to come together to create some kind of wonderful chemical reaction.
?So, even if Lilith was very unconvinced, she could only admit that it made no sense to let Gu Fan, the programmer, take the main responsibility!
Looking at the words "Reduced Negative Emotions" that kept popping up in front of her eyes, Lilith felt like crying.
"So, what is the root of the problem..." Lilith was puzzled.
??Gu Fan coughed twice: "Well... With the benefit of hindsight, I think the game''s mechanism is too complicated?
“Look, this game has adventure, survival, and construction. The mechanism is too complex, and the probability of bugs naturally increases significantly.
“With such a complex system, if you want to completely avoid bugs, you can only have God himself take action.
“How about...Mr. Li, next time you choose a game, you should choose one with a simpler mechanism as much as possible?”
Lilith glanced at him weakly: "You mean, I chose the wrong topic from the beginning?"
??Gu Fan coughed twice: "I can''t say so absolutely, but... this topic selection does greatly increase the probability of bugs...
“What did you say before? The more luck-related things are, the easier it is for angels to manipulate. So, could it be Michael..."
Lilith was speechless for a moment: "Then why didn''t you tell me earlier!"
??Gu Fan asked back: "I told you earlier, can you listen?"
“Damn it! How could this be all my problem!
“My designs are all good, but no matter how you think about it, there are deviations in the execution!”
?Lilith angrily grabbed her twin ponytails and entered a state of incompetent rage.
Then, she stared at Gu Fan: "Tomorrow night, I will go to the company to inspect again!
“Ask all employees to work overtime from 6pm to 9pm. I want to inquire about the development details of the game one by one!”
??Gu Fan was shocked, but he still said calmly: "No problem!"
Lilith said coldly: "Humph, you''d better pray that I can''t find any clues, otherwise you will be dead!"
After saying that, she disappeared angrily.
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The next morning, Gu Fan came to the company on time.
Obviously you don’t start work until 9 o’clock, but many people have already arrived at early 8 o’clock. By the time Gu Fan arrived, the second floor of the cafe had become quite busy.
?Zhou Yang stood on a chair and was vividly telling everyone about the various hidden mechanisms of the game "Fire Thief", which are also commonly known as...BUGs.????? Like a storyteller in a teahouse.
Obviously, Feng Hui, Zhao Haiquan, Guo Hongyu and others were still confused at this time. They knew that the reputation of "The Fire Thief" had suddenly reversed, but why did it reverse?
Many details are still completely unclear.
?Especially since they have personally participated in the development of the game, they have vague impressions of many functions, and they also know how crazy the restrictions this game places on players, so they have even more doubts.
So it’s up to Zhou Yang, a game designer, to explain it in detail for them.
Zhou Yang was very excited: "So, this game has at least ten BUGs! Which number did I just talk about? Oh, yes, the seventh one. After players who choose the imitator profession quit the game, there will be "imitation skills" in the Kingdom of God. Those who lose heart in skills", and these losers will imitate the behavior of those who lose heart in hard work!
“After Lecturer Ding and the others put forward this conjecture yesterday, many players have already verified it, and it is indeed feasible!
“So they created a large number of lost souls with imitation skills in the kingdom of God and then captured them, and let them form a transportation assembly line, and there were also comedians who accelerated the lost souls!
“Look, it’s like this.”
Zhou Yang jumped down from his chair and turned on the video.
?In the video, dozens of people who lost their minds formed a long queue, several meters apart from each other, all carrying various materials on their backs and transporting them to their destination.
At the destination, players can directly access these materials for construction.
You can build official buildings, or you can play freely around official buildings.
??There are already many big players who like to play construction games and are gearing up to plan various projects!
Some want to build a Great Wall to connect all the buildings; some want to build a small town filled with Chinese-style or Western-style buildings; some want to build another high wall around the Kingdom of God. , just to create some spectacle; others want to reproduce some classic buildings in the game.
? Zhou Yang said excitedly: “Although our game has many bugs, in my opinion, this BUG of the frustrated person is definitely the highlight!
“With this BUG, ??two major problems in other construction games are solved at once: one is the problem of an empty world and lack of people, and the other is the problem of too many bricks and the need to move them by yourself!
“After solving these two problems, even if we use the same construction game template as other games, it is enough to stand out!
“What’s more, we also added adventure gameplay.
“Now, many players have realized the fun of exploring the Kingdom of God, and the popularity of our game is rising!”
??These two major issues mentioned by Zhou Yang have always been two pain points in survival and construction games.
The first is the lack of people, and the second is the need to move bricks!
Most survival and construction games are relatively empty. Even if players build beautiful villages, there are not enough NPCs to fill them, so it still feels a bit like a dead city.
After all, in the later stages of this kind of game, it all relies on building houses to retain players, and villagers are also an important part of the house.
But there are people who have lost their minds in the game "Fire Thief", which means that players can customize NPCs according to their own preferences!
Pinch out a specific face, then make it into a lost person, and then go to the Kingdom of God to catch it.
?These lost souls can be used as hard laborers to carry bricks, or they can be placed in the built villages and towns, letting them act as residents in the rooms, or stand guard in specific areas, or use the imitator skill to let them patrol.
?This is equivalent to providing players with an NPC customization system in disguise. Even if players create a grand town, it will not be empty!
?Of course, the heartless person itself has some ugly elements, such as his eyes being closed, and there are traces of being burned by the holy light.
But players can improve this problem by tweaking their faces, such as deliberately wearing eye patches, or wearing hats, helmets, or different clothes.
And as long as you don’t look carefully, you can’t see these details.
?In addition, most survival and construction games will intentionally control the output of materials in order to extend the player''s game time.
?If players want to build a complex enough building, they must collect enough materials and process them step by step. Especially some rare materials often take a lot of time.
But the material output of "Fire Thief" comes from the Kingdom of God, and you can obtain a large amount of materials in one adventure. The transportation can be left to the frustrated, freeing the players.
In other words, the hard workers who stay outside God are completely free to build as they please without having to be responsible for boring repetitive labor!
?These have turned out to be the unique advantages of "The Fire Thief"!
(End of this chapter)