Chapter 73 Ideal Answers and Realistic Answers
Zhang Qifeng hurriedly wrote down his pen.
What he wants to do this time is a text interview. Although video interviews will be better in the new media era, text interviews also have advantages, that is, they are easier to be adopted by the authorities.
The official platform also has its own news station, and the current mainstream manuscripts are still text manuscripts. This time, Zhang Qifeng got some internal information from Shaowan Game Network, saying that the official platform may consider selecting a relatively good press release about the game Nitiantian from various game media and publishing it to the official news station superior.
Although this kind of manuscript has no actual benefits, it is a good opportunity for major game media to expand their influence. Editors like Zhang Qifeng and others often have corresponding indicators if they want to be promoted internally.
Therefore, he attached great importance to this interview.
After quickly memorizing it, Zhang Qifeng asked again: "What about the realistic answer?"
Gu Fan sighed softly: "The reality is, no matter what our company has done, What a design that defies nature and is anti-human, yet somehow it turns disaster into disaster and saves the day!"
Zhang Qifeng: "Ah?"< br>
This is really an unexpected answer. Is Mr. Gu admitting that Nitiantian Company has made many designs that are against nature and against humanity? And success depends entirely on luck?
Zhang Qifeng felt that his brain was a little smokey, and he hurriedly asked: "I was just about to ask this. Many players are very curious. Every game currently launched by Nitiantian has a very distinctive feature, that is, a game that can turn things around. Core gameplay.
"For example, players summarized it as "Bullet Turning", "Dragon Wings", "Rotation Elimination", "Wolong Ce Nesting" and so on.
"Then here comes the question...
"Is this a game mechanism or a BUG? "
Gu Fan took a sip of coffee silently: "It's the same question again. Do you want to hear the ideal answer or the realistic answer? ”
Zhang Qifeng was stunned for a moment, come again?
"An ideal answer?" He had no choice but to continue to cooperate.
Gu Fan said seriously: "Nowadays, many game companies like to bring semi-finished games directly to the table, euphemistically calling them 'early access', and many even run away midway. This is obviously a kind of chaos. Elephant!
"We at Nitiantian Games have always insisted on producing high-quality games, and have been working hard to achieve "not changing a single word of the design draft" and "not changing a single line of game code." Once the game is released, it will never be released. Any subsequent updates.
“I think this is a kind of confidence.”
Zhang Qifeng blinked, his expression a little confused.
Mr. Gu seemed to have given some hints, but seemed not to have given them.
Zhang Qifeng tried hard to taste the implication of this sentence: "Mr. Gu, do you mean that the design level and game development level of Nitiantian Game are very high? Once the game design is completed, no line will be changed. Design? You are even confident that there are no bugs in the game, so there is no need for any subsequent updates?
"That means those core mechanisms are indeed designed long ago? "
Gu Fan showed a meaningful smile: "How about you listen to a realistic answer again? ”
Zhang Qifeng nodded: "Okay."
Gu Fan sighed softly: "Those are indeed bugs!"
Zhang Qifeng: "Huh??"
Now he really can't be punished.
Actually, Zhang Qifeng asked Zhao Haiquan before, what are those game mechanics? Or a BUG?
And Zhao Haiquan's answer was: "I don't know."
In fact, Zhao Haiquan really wants to say that in his opinion, any mechanism that is not written into the design draft is a bug, but after all, he is just a background program and has not participated in the core program development of the game. For "Wolong" I don't know exactly how the code for "Cecution Nesting" is written, so I dare not draw any conclusions.
That’s why Zhang Qifeng planned to ask Gu Fan again.
As the boss of Nitiantian Games, Mr. Gu’s answer can always have the final say, right?
But when Mr. Gu said "This is a BUG" with a serious face, he was completely confused.
As if afraid that Zhang Qifeng wouldn't believe it, Gu Fan continued to explain.
“Yes, since my company’s first game “Hell Tracks”, we have been troubled by various inexplicable bugs. “Although we have formed a very strong testing team and worked hard to test the game Every line of code was tested and 99.99% of the bugs in the game were found.
“But it may be due to luck. These bugs are not malignant bugs, and they do not have a fatal impression on the game.
“So , we did not repair them. ”
Zhang Qifeng couldn't help but be stunned. He scratched his head: "Wait a minute, Mr. Gu, let me sort it out."
"If these are all bugs...
"Then I want to ask, 豼When we were designing "Hell Tracks", how did we plan to let players pass the level? "Heaven Cube" doesn't have rotation elimination, so what's the point of lowering the probability of bars appearing in "Destiny Wolong Legend" if it can't be used by other NPCs? If it’s a star, can this game still be played?”
Currently, players are divided into the “BUG faction” and the “Gameplay faction”, and these problems are also the ones that the BUG faction can’t explain the most. question.
If these are all BUGs, it means that the solutions to these problems were not thought of in the initial design. Then aren't these games pure garbage games?
Gu Fan spread his hands: "At that time, we felt that the handsome players were smart enough and would be able to think of a way to crack it.
"We chose to believe the players!
“I just didn’t expect that the solution that players found was a BUG.”
Zhang Qifeng scratched his head: “Then you mean to say that all the success that Nitiantian has achieved so far , are all based on BUG?
“Or, it depends entirely on the player’s intelligence and on-the-spot performance? Has it nothing to do with your design? ”
Gu Fan nodded confidently: "Yes, it can be understood that way."
"But it is not objective to say that the success of the game has nothing to do with our design.
“The success of the game is closely related to our design. The specific connection is... we conducted stress tests on players to stimulate their potential and find BUGs in the game.”
“Pfft!” Zhang Qifeng almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, “Isn’t that just a side effect of pure purity!”
Gu Fan nodded: “If you insist on understanding it this way, you can’t Wrong.”
...
Zhang Qifeng felt that the interview could not go on.
He actually prepared a lot of questions before, but these questions all have a premise, that is: "These bugs in the game are not bugs, but carefully designed core mechanisms!" 』
It must be designed before there is any need to continue asking?
But now, Gu Fan says that they are all bugs, so why ask?
You can't ask, "What was your mentality at the time when you designed such a BUG?" right? That's outrageous!
Zhang Qifeng never thought that one day he would be completely at a loss for words.
He racked his brains and finally came up with the last question.
"Then... Mr. Gu, can I ask a question that is not related to the content of the interview?"
Gu Fan nodded: "Of course, you can ask whatever you want."
Zhang Qifeng said curiously: "If you were interviewed by other media, would you answer like this??"
Gu Fan nodded: "Of course, no matter who asks, my answer will be the same. Also I hope you can report it truthfully."
Zhang Qifeng nodded silently: "Okay, I understand!"
After that, Zhang Qifeng asked a few more questions, trying to save some. No matter how he asked, Gu Fan insisted that these were BUGs!
In the end, Zhang Qifeng could only look at the contents in his shorthand notebook and said awkwardly: "Okay, that's it for today's interview. I would like to thank Mr. Gu for accepting this interview. I hope that the game Nitian will get better and better! ”
Gu Fan stood up with a smile and shook hands with him: "Then I'll lend you your kind words."
Just walking out of the cafe, Zhang Qifeng felt worried.
How to write this interview script!
(End of this chapter)