Chapter 97 Two key issues in construction games (please subscribe, please vote!)
Gu Fan actually took all the blame, which is 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 by saying: "So, there are a total of eight critical bugs, of which I am responsible for two. There is still half of these two bugs, which I took the initiative to take on for you out of moral integrity.< br>
“Actually, in addition to these BUGs, there are other incentives for creating BUGs. For example, the high walls of the Kingdom of God are filled with heavenly guards, but it is precisely because of these guards that trigger the relationship with the lost heart. The integration mechanism caused the player to cross the final distance and successfully fly to the city wall, successfully escaping for the first time.
“These heaven guards... were also released at your special request.”
Lilith was dissatisfied: "But the original intention of me placing these heaven guards is to prevent players from escaping from prison!"
Gu Fan nodded: "Yes, I understand, but in fact... 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. The method of 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 players' hatred of Heaven!"
Lilith was completely discouraged. She lay on the massage chair, her whole body It's like it's going to slide down like mud.
This game is different from the previous games. There is not one particularly conspicuous and clear BUG, but more like many innocuous small BUGs that happened to come together to create some kind of wonderful chemistry. reaction.
So, even if Lilith is very unconvinced, she can only admit that it makes no sense to let the programmer Gu Fan 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, where is the root of the problem..." Lilith was puzzled.
Gu Fan coughed twice: "Well... In hindsight, I think the mechanism of this game is too complicated?
"Look, this game has There are adventures, survival, and construction. The mechanism is too complex, and the probability of bugs naturally increases significantly.
“With this kind of complex system, if you want to completely avoid bugs, you can only do it yourself.
“How about... Mr. Li, you choose a game next time, Or should we choose a mechanism that is as simple as possible? ”
Lilith glanced at him weakly: "You mean, I chose the topic wrong from the beginning?"
Gu Fan coughed twice: "I can't say so absolutely, but ...This topic selection does greatly increase the probability of BUG...
"What did you say before? The more it is related to luck, 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 said calmly: "No problem!"
Lilith said coldly: "Hmph, you'd better pray that I can't find any clues, otherwise you will Dead!"
After that, she disappeared angrily.
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The next morning, Gu Fan came to the company on time.
Obviously we don’t go to 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" suddenly reversed, but why did it reverse?
Many details are still completely unclear.
Especially because they have personally participated in the development of the game and have vague impressions of many functions. 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 to them in detail.
Zhou Yang was very excited: "So, there are at least ten BUGs in this game! Which number did I just talk about? Oh, yes, the seventh one. After players who choose the imitator profession quit the game, what will happen to them? Junior high school produces "disheartened people with imitation skills", and these lost people will imitate the behavior of hardworking people who are frustrated! Verified, it does work!
"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, with the comedians speeding up 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 frustrated people formed a long queue, several meters apart from each other, all carrying various materials on their backs. Transported to the destination.
At the destination, players can directly access these materials for construction.
You can build official buildings, and you can also 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 surround the gods Some countries build another high wall just to create some spectacle; others want to reproduce some classic buildings in the game.
Zhou Yang said quite excitedly: "Although our game has many bugs, in my opinion, this BUG of the frustrated person is definitely the highlight!
"With this bug , it suddenly solved two major problems in other construction games: one is the problem of an empty world and lack of people, and the other is the problem of moving too many bricks and needing to do it 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!”
The two major issues mentioned by Zhou Yang have always been Two pain points for 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 losers in the game "Fire Thief", which means that players can customize NPCs according to their own preferences!
Put 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 to let them act as residents in the room, 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 pinching their faces, such as deliberately wearing eye patches, or wearing hats, helmets, or different clothes.
And as long as you don’t look closely, 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 whatever they want without having to be responsible for those boring repetitive labors!
These have turned out to be the unique advantages of "The Fire Thief"!
(End of this chapter)