Chapter 83 Special Invitation
Why limit the number of backtrackings?
Zhou Yizhou listened to Lu Ming's question and thought seriously.
This must be limited. According to this mechanism, if a player dies once,
These NPCs who have experienced the event will have an extra copy of their memories.
Then, as the NPCs accumulated more and more scene experience,
Wouldn't the player then just become a tool for the NPC to gain experience points?
How do players in the later stages play?
The enemies have become big bosses, can we still pass this?
"According to your design logic, the more players die, the more outrageous the battlefield situation should change."
Lu Ming's eyes were deep.
"Instead of simply giving you ten chances to review, like the scratch paper given out by the school for an exam, once you use it, it's gone."
Zhou Yizhou opened his mouth slightly, still listening to Lu Ming's advice.
"Infinite backtracking is reasonable." Lu Ming said calmly.
Lu Ming's idea is very direct.
He had died once before, so the enemy sniper could predict his position.
If he dies a few more times in front of the enemy, the sniper will become a sniper god!
He has practiced it out!
There is no limit on the number of times you can go back, which obviously increases the difficulty for players to play the game!
When encountering this kind of game mechanism, the players with clumsy hands will go crazy.
After all, no matter where you are, the clumsy party is definitely the majority!
Zhou Yizhou was completely stunned when he heard Lu Ming's thoughts.
Unlimited backtracking allows NPCs to continuously accumulate experience
Isn't this just giving NPCs a deep learning cheat?
He tried to organize his words and tried to refute:
"Mr. Lu, this, this is too difficult. If the player dies too many times, the NPC will become stronger and stronger. Then in the later stages, won't it be impossible to defeat them?"
Lu Ming raised his eyebrows: "So?"
Zhou Yizhou was stunned: "...That's why we have to limit the number of times you can rewind. Otherwise, the game will be completely unplayable when all the players encounter big bosses in the later stages!"
Lu Ming sneered, his tone calm but with a hint of chilling meaning.
"Who stipulates that players must be able to beat it?"
"Ah" Zhou Yizhou widened his eyes and didn't react for a moment.
Lu Ming stood up slowly.
"Don't you understand? The essence of this game isn't about making players stronger. Isn't it enough to just experience the feeling of war?"
Zhou Yizhou: “…”
He felt a buzzing in his head.
Lu Ming continued,
"Your current setting, rewinding ten times, is equivalent to giving players ten chances to start over. What if they still can't defeat the opponent after ten chances?"
Zhou Yizhou subconsciously continued, "We can only restart the save file..."
"Save the file."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Do you think that player who died ten times and still couldn't win is really willing to start over again?"
"Do you think everyone is a masochist?"
“…”
"They definitely won't. They'll think this game is too torturous and just switch games and run away."
Zhou Yizhou swallowed his saliva. He had indeed thought about this question.
Souls-like games are difficult, but most of the time they allow players to become stronger by honing their skills rather than trapping them in an endless cycle of abuse.
But what Mr. Lu meant... seemed to not care whether the players would be abused to the point of collapse.
Is this Mr. Lu's soul-based game?
After pondering for a while, Zhou Yizhou's brows slowly relaxed.
Yes, Mr. Lu is right.
The core of the Souls-like games is not simply about difficulty, but about allowing players to find a way to survive through constant trial and error and truly immerse themselves in that world.
If we simply limit the number of backtracking times and force players to restart after running out of opportunities,
Then the essence of the game becomes "memorizing" and "trial and error", and the original sense of immersion is lost.
It may even cause many players to leave!
This is indeed a big mistake!
Zhou Yizhou's expression changed slightly, and a few beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Mr. Lu, what you said makes sense!"
"I'll go back and fix this problem right away!"
Lu Ming glanced at him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised,
This game is too kind!
It has to be more hardcore! More immersive! More mind-blowing!
"Your design direction is correct, but you need to be more ruthless."
"At the same time, you must pay attention to the entire development time cycle. If you are short on manpower, I will ask Qiliang and the others to cooperate with you!"
Zhou Yizhou nodded vigorously, his mind already rapidly thinking of the possibilities of the new mechanism.
Lu Ming nodded with satisfaction and stretched.
"Okay, that's all for my trial. Please go back and make some corrections."
Zhou Yizhou's face flushed with excitement, and he nodded vigorously:
"Understood! Don't worry, Mr. Lu, we will definitely make the changes this time!"
Zhou Yizhou could no longer sit still, clenched his fists, and rushed out of the office with high morale.
After Zhou Yizhou left, Lu Ming leaned back in his chair and sighed softly.
Very good, very good. I hope that after you make the changes, the players' complaints will be even louder than in the early stages of "氪命修仙"!
…
Time quickly advanced to the end of September, and the Deep Blue Game Platform's independent game competition had entered its final stage.
As the person in charge of the event, Chen Hao has begun organizing the final jury.
"We have invited several well-known game developers and several influential streamers in the industry to join the jury this time."
Chen Hao flipped through the list and said to Zhao Qiliang next to him,
"By the way, Brother Liang, you are also on the list."
Zhao Qiliang raised his eyebrows: "Let me review the game"
"Of course, you are one of the producers of 'Kryptonian Cultivation', and you are highly regarded in the industry."
Chen Hao smiled.
"Besides, you also want to see what kind of games we can come up with this time!"
Zhao Qiliang smiled faintly and did not deny it.
On the other side, Lin Xiaoxiao was busy preparing for the final award ceremony and prize matters.
"Sister Lin, please take a look at this list of winners."
A crisp voice sounded in the conference room. Lin Xiaoxiao looked up at the girl standing in front of her desk.
This is her assistant Zhou Tong, her junior in college, who just recently joined the DeepBlue platform for an internship.
After all, there is too much work now. Under Lu Ming's instruction, Lin Xiaoxiao also became an assistant.
At first, Lin Xiaoxiao was a little uncomfortable, after all, she had just finished her internship.
Moreover, with so many people in the company, Mr. Lu still hasn't assigned an assistant.
She used it first! Isn't this going against Tian Gang?
However, it was hard to disobey the boss's order. After Zhou Tong had been on the job for a few days,
Lin Xiaoxiao finally realized how great it was to have an assistant!
Zhou Tong wore a pair of thin-framed glasses, his eyes were bright, and he held a stack of documents in his hand, his expression showing a hint of seriousness and nervousness.
"Well, let me take a look."
Lin Xiaoxiao took the list, glanced through it quickly, and nodded after confirming that there was no problem.
"Yes, the list is very clearly organized," she praised.
"However, there are still a few studios that need to be supplemented in terms of invitation letters."
"Which ones?" Zhou Tong immediately took out his notebook and prepared to record them.
Lin Xiaoxiao tapped the table lightly, her eyes filled with thought:
"First, there are the several independent game teams we discussed before. In addition... Mr. Lu specifically instructed us on something."
"What's up"
"Send an invitation to the Camera Obscura Studio as well."
Zhou Tong was stunned for a moment, then blinked, obviously she had never heard of this name.
This studio doesn't seem to be at the top of the Deep Blue voting rankings!
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