Not recommended for any player
Zhixing Games has released a new game.
The original plan was to call it "Echoes of Destiny," and we originally wanted to emphasize the music design, but unfortunately, Nanlinqing was also busy and we couldn't collaborate.
Then, after the design was completed, Jiang Chuan changed the name to "Sculpture".
At first glance, the name seems puzzling and quite unrelated to the game's content, but upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that it perfectly matches the core concept.
Looking back at President Jiang's past naming practices, every single one of them was a classic.
"The Way of the Corporate Slave," "The Way of Being Human," and "Out-of-Body Simulator"—these are just a few simple little names, yet they are rich in such profound meaning.
All I can say is, he truly lives up to his reputation as President Jiang.
The game was released on a weekday when no one would be interested, which was typical. It was released without much marketing, and it was only after the official platform provided some promotional resources that players noticed it.
In the end, word spread among players that the new game had been released, and that's how it happened...
Is your company really unwilling to spend any money on marketing?
It's because players are too indulgent.
Pigeon hasn't even finished making the Easter egg video yet, and he's already being urged to update the game gameplay again. Everyone else complains that Zhixing Games produces games too slowly, but Pigeon thinks it's too fast.
Where can you find material that forces creators to speed up their work?
This is also because other game companies produce relatively few high-quality games, unlike Zhixing Games, where every game is a masterpiece. Understanding high-quality games naturally requires more effort.
She was too lazy to make live videos anymore, so she simply started streaming.
Little did the pigeon know that her decision would make her deeply regretful once she actually played the game.
The price of "Sculpture" is not expensive, only 24 yuan.
The installation took a while.
It's hard to imagine that a game that costs 24 yuan could have such a large scale.
"Don't rush me, don't rush me. I'll definitely work overtime tomorrow to finish the Easter egg video, okay? Let's try out this new game today, it looks pretty interesting." Pigeon changed the subject.
After installation, click into the game, and as usual, you'll see the Zhixing Games dynamic logo.
And then the pigeon... was this the first time I'd ever seen a game with such a heartwarming game notification?
Such a prompt is more like a real-life amusement park, but it's a virtual game, and it's not a horror game, so why would it need a friendly reminder?
Why would you say that this game is not recommended for players with high blood pressure, irritability, or those who are in a bad or good mood?
What kind of trick is this? It's blatantly rejecting all players?
Pigeon didn't pay much attention, just taking it as some dark humor in the game's content.
She clicked into the game and was surprised to find that, as a simulation game, it was designed to allow players to freely move around the world.
She was successfully born.
A baby boy.
After a simple cutscene, Pigeon thought it was time to name itself, but its parents took the task away from it.
What do you think we should name our child?
"How about we name him Liu Teng? It means flying high and high, which is a great name."
So Pigeon Shamefully changed his name to Liu Teng.
This incident actually reveals that this game seems to be quite different from the typical simulation games that the public usually defines.
The pigeon hadn't quite grasped the situation yet. And rightly so, which of Zhixing Games' games ever done in a conventional way?
As a player, her task is to become a successful person in the eyes of everyone in order to win the game.
I thought that after I was born, I could start exploring the world, gain skill attribute points, choose different skills, allocate points, and follow the storyline – a traditional simulation game gameplay.
Even if it's Zhixing Games, it should only innovate on this basis.
Who would have thought that this wasn't the way it was supposed to be?
Instead, she had to do whatever her parents told her to do from the very beginning, because the character she was controlling was too young to have any freedom of action.
For example, learning to walk, early childhood education, feeding himself, etc., were all arranged by his parents. Liu Teng, who could not speak very well at that time, had no say in anything.
With nothing else to do, the pigeons could only follow along, hoping to boost their parents' favor in the process, in case it came in handy someday.
The family's setup was no different from any other ordinary Chinese family. It was clear that they were only moderately well-off.
You can give your child a wonderful childhood, but not many.
Due to special circumstances such as household registration and social security points during her schooling, Pigeon could only attend an ordinary primary school with poor teaching staff.
It was at this stage that the game fully revealed its malicious intent.
Every NPC around you is saying they've fallen behind others at the starting line. What should you do? They're either spreading anxiety or using the traditional "one step behind, and you'll fall behind at every step" mentality.
These are adult NPCs.
The underage NPCs are also very strange among their peers. Some of them are complete layabouts, and they just play wildly when they go to school. Because they go out to play and sunbathe every day, they get quite tanned and look silly.
Those who were born with a high chance of getting sick wore glasses early on, because they spent their days studying in classrooms and didn't go out much to get sunlight, which made their skin appear fairer.
His body was also weaker than the group of people who went out to play.
They were all as thin as bamboo poles.
The character designs are also very stereotypical, even resembling stereotypes.
Pigeons, of course, prefer to go out and play.
Children are naturally playful.
The pigeon did try to study hard, but suppressing its nature resulted in low mood, making it inefficient and ineffective in everything it did.
Moreover, Liu Teng's character is designed to be carefree and easygoing.
Then the result was that her grades plummeted. She found it strange. She just went out to play when she was supposed to play and studied hard when she was supposed to study. Why were her grades so bad?
Is there something wrong with the numerical settings in this game?
After returning home, his parents did not beat or scold him for his grades; however, they inexplicably started arguing frequently.
According to the pigeon's eavesdropping, both sides blamed each other for their failure in educating their children, thus casting a shadow over their families.
The voice-over in this part is incredibly realistic.
It's the kind of realism that makes people who have had similar experiences instantly recall their past circumstances.
This caused the character controlled by the pigeon to feel guilty at a young age.
From then on, even when the pigeons urged him to go outside and exercise, this character remained glued to his desk, studying with his clumsy tongue.
"No, you call this a simulation game?"
The pigeon's typing became louder: "Move! Isn't this me? Why can't I control myself?!"
"This game designer is a bit outrageous!"
What she didn't know was that something even more outrageous was yet to come.
Since the character has decided to study hard, Pigeon can only accompany him. It's not that he's unwilling to study, but the learning system in this game is too bizarre.
In other simulation games, you can learn any subject simply by clicking on it when scheduling classes or arranging your schedule.
However, in this game—if you create a Chinese language class schedule, then you actually need to do Chinese reading comprehension exercises while you're doing it.
Mathematics is simply doing math problems.
Although the character is taking a test, the player only needs to answer one or two questions.
However, this also greatly reduces players' desire to play the game.
The entrance exam for junior high school is indeed an exam, and it's timed.
The pigeon was truly speechless.
Goodness, Zhixing Games, you've pushed me so hard so I won't forget what I learned in school. I really thank you and your family.
What's going on in the head of the project?!
Pigeon was playing for the first time and never imagined that the entrance exam for junior high school would be so outrageous. He failed to answer the questions within the time limit and thus failed the entrance exam.
The result was that he went from an ordinary primary school to an ordinary junior high school...
After three years of middle school entrance exams, I finally got into a decent high school.
By this time, Pigeon had gained a better understanding of the game mechanics. In short, the game was relentlessly pursuing ways to annoy players.
Unlike "The Road to Corporate Life," this game has a strange kind of disgust that's hard to describe in words.
He often seems to give players choices, but in reality, they have no freedom of choice at all.
For example, the character controlled by the pigeons, did he really want to live in the world this way? If he had known that he would be born into this kind of life.
Furthermore, does he really like this name? It reflects his parents' unhealthy expectations of a "successful person."
The concept of being cultivated is so deeply ingrained in people's minds.
In this game, pigeons do not acquire skill attribute points through their own abilities and then allocate those points to themselves.
It was given to you by someone else.
Just like wanting to gain extra points in learning ability, you have to use many, many perfect test papers to win the teacher's praise.
The character's self-confidence was actually built up by the praise of others.
This led to Liu Teng's personality traits becoming increasingly pronounced, and he repeatedly disobeyed the pigeons' control.
I'm completely numb from playing this pigeon-like character. This is the first time I've ever played such an unruly main character. Oh my god.
Other examples abound as well.
If you want to develop emotional intelligence, you must be considerate of the feelings of everyone around you. However, by trying to take care of them, you may find yourself trapped in a web of unspoken rules in the game, which can be exploited by game AI.
This doesn't mean that you'll definitely get it just by doing it; skill attribute points are extremely difficult to obtain in this game.
Getting a skill attribute point requires a lot of effort from the pigeon (a game mechanic), let alone free skill attribute points, which you might only see once at birth.
Then my parents assigned me a job.
Many people may only ever be ordinary people in their entire lives.
Perhaps to make up for some of the regrets of their own college entrance examination, Pigeon, along with Liu Teng and his parents, really did their best during the three years of high school preparing for the exam.
Finally, the college entrance exam results came out, and I got into a regular first-tier university. To be fair, the result is definitely not bad, and I'm quite happy. My hard work has finally paid off.
Logically, this should be considered a stage victory in the game, and the designers should give players some positive feedback.
What appeared next to the pigeon was:
For the children of wealthy families, going abroad to study without taking the college entrance exam is just a formality; for those who easily get into top universities with little preparation for the exam.
There were also students who came to take the college entrance examination, or even just went through the motions of being recommended for admission; some took the college entrance examination but only got into a private university and chose electrical engineering as their major, even though Liu Teng knew that their family had connections related to electrical engineering.
Suddenly, the pride she felt for getting into a good university vanished completely, leaving Pigeon very annoyed.
Can this game developer even make a game?
How can anyone be so disgusting to players?
Although no NPCs spoke, and the entire cutscene had no dialogue, consisting only of flashbacks, it successfully shattered the pigeon mentality.
She yelled, "Are you crazy?!" and then ended the broadcast.
I almost smashed the keyboard.
Her persistence as a hardcore gamer allowed her to successfully survive the refund deadline, but now she can't get her money back even after 24 hours, and it has only added to her disgust.
No wonder the game's warning message advises against playing it.
The game "Sculpting" took an unconventional approach, which immediately drew various complaints from players and resulted in a barrage of criticism.
What does "being raised in a game" mean? (Leans back tactically)
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