Chapter 75 Emotional Gap is a Weapon
In mid-August, the promotional video was completed.
Lu Ming opened the advertising platform and set up a batch of targeted ads:
A number of short video advertisements were precisely delivered to players of "Souls", "Hardcore Games", "Exciting Wars", etc.
Then he skillfully found Zhou Kewen. The part-time job group for college students came in handy again!
Lu Ming also prepared some copywriting for the other party to use as a reference.
He disguised himself as a senior game player and began to leak some information about the game in the forum.
"This game has no save files. If you die, you have to start all over again."
"Suffering, soul-based, gospel of hardcore players, or hell"
"After playing this game, I fully understand the soldiers of World War I. They didn't want to die, but living was more tiring than death."
In the next few days, the promotional video of "Time Journey" quickly began to dominate the screens of major platforms.
The barrage exploded, the comment section exploded, it was recommended on the homepage, and it was on the hot search list.
The titles are all very consistent:
"The reincarnation of souls amidst the hail of bullets! The trailer for this year's masterpiece, "Time Journey," is now online!"
"If it is completely restored, I would call this game the highest hymn of comradery."
“The romance of a passionate man depends entirely on this game!”
Lu Ming sat in the office, watching the popularity curve of the keyword "Time Journey" soaring in the background.
"Good, the fish has taken the bait."
What's even more exaggerated is that in the discussion area of the Deep Blue game platform,
Many players have begun to spontaneously organize the "Bitter Journey Special Forces Tactical Exchange Group"
These people are all old shooting game enthusiasts.
Some people also posted a post analyzing the prototypes of the tactical actions used in the trailer.
There are even military fans who analyze the firearms used by the characters through pictures!
A carnival for military fans!
Even some professional media outlets have written articles:
"The trailer for "Time Journey" is released, and it's a shocking surprise. Has the dark horse war game appeared?"
Various keyword search indexes skyrocketed, and the keyword index soared to a high level.
Lu Mingzao had anticipated all of this.
"Deep friendship between comrades, hail of bullets, special operations, passionate reversal, saving comrades"
The power of these keywords is really too great.
With just a few tags, players can imagine half of Battlefield 3 in their own minds.
…
Kyoto, in Lao Pi's studio,
Lao Pi stared at the timeline in the editing software, repeatedly playing the shot of the precise shooting in the rain of bullets. The more he watched, the more excited he felt.
"This... is so exciting."
He simply cut a section, added a passionate background music, made the tone darker and more tragic, and then posted it with the text:
This is a man's romance! I'm willing to pay for "Time Journey"!
Less than three minutes after the video was posted, the comments section and comments section exploded:
"Fuck, this aura is simply full of soul!"
"Brothers can die, but I must live!"
"Brothers, tactical teaming! Give each of you one magazine after you go online, and I'll take care of the rest!"
"Laopi, you're not cultivating immortality anymore, why are you switching to gunfights?"
"Aren't you afraid that Jingyue will stab you in the back again? You haven't learned enough from the lesson of "氪命修仙" yet."
Lao Pi was amused by this comment. He tapped his fingers on the table twice and shook his head with a smile.
"Brother, this is a single-player game!"
"How else can I spend money on single-player games?"
"Just wait and see! Remember to watch my live broadcast when the time comes!"
…
At the same time, old players of Whale Leap Game were also attracted.
At first they were confused.
"Fuck, this is a whale-leaping game"
"No, didn't your family make escape simulators and pay-to-win turn-based games before? How did it suddenly become a special forces training base?"
"Is it such a big deal to suddenly start a hardcore war now?"
"Is this Jingyue? Did I enter a fake Jingyue official account?"
"Jingyue's publicity has always been online, from running away to krypton life, I think their publicity level is very good!"
"I've already started practicing my hand speed, fearing I won't be able to defeat the NPCs once I go online!"
"I just hope, Lao Lu, you won't cheat on my feelings this time!"
"Is that the name of the boss, Old Lu Jingyue?"
"That's right, he introduced me last time we blocked the door!"
"Fuck, bro, you even went to Whale Leap to block the door, veteran player, tell me more!"
…
On the other hand, Zhou Yizhou, who was trapped in the hell of development,
After writing a section of path logic in the early morning,
I habitually open forums for work groups and gaming circles.
The latest group announcement I saw was a video link forwarded by Lu Ming:
[Official trailer for "Time Journey" released, the war game of the year is coming]
Zhou Yizhou: ""
He was stunned for three seconds, then stood up suddenly, almost bumping into the standing fan behind him.
"The promotional video is so fast"
He quickly clicked on it and watched the entire two-minute video.
The shocking gunfight at the beginning, the life-and-death dependence between comrades,
The last part of the narration "Can you walk out alive?"
Combined with the figure walking alone in the sunset, it hits the soul directly.
Even though he knew that the game he made did not have such content, Zhou Yizhou almost got teary-eyed.
This promotional video is awesome!
He sighed as he replayed the video.
"With this momentum, I would also make an appointment if I were in your place."
But then he calmed down.
"Wait... our game hasn't finished optimizing the NPC logic yet, and the map resources for Chapter 1 are still being updated with textures. Whose game is this promotional video for?"
“This is completely different from the style we produced!”
"Is Mr. Lu off track?"
"Although Mr. Lu was very quick in filming the promotional video, it has nothing to do with our actual game content!"
But the next second, he suddenly understood Lu Ming's intention.
The boss spent a lot of money to shoot such a promotional video,
He was given three months of development time. Although everyone in the company was fully committed to the new game,
However, time is still very tight, so this promotional video by Mr. Lu must have a deeper meaning!
The trailer is a pie in the sky, but it also gives a direction.
After thinking about it carefully, Zhou Yizhou actually felt an inexplicable...sense of being motivated.
"It's understandable... Mr. Lu filmed this trailer to warm us up in advance."
"Our game isn't just cruel and inhumane... In a sense, the very concept of reincarnation carries with it a sense of fate and bond."
He stood up and began to pace back and forth, muttering to himself as he thought.
"If I create a branch in the game, the player can encounter a certain NPC in every round."
"He'll remember you, remember what you did in the past... Then players will be able to experience that sense of comradery."
His eyes gradually lit up.
Although the trailer deviates from their current game style,
But it inspired him to understand the possibility of the entire project from another perspective.
“Emotional gap is a powerful weapon.”
He murmured,
“But the premise of the gap is to make them feel genuinely.”
He suddenly sat back in front of the computer, the creative desire that could only be ignited during college life was back!
He even began to consider rearranging a few branches.
Let the players really go through round after round of reincarnation.
Watching the comrades I experienced firsthand, eventually turned into enemies, judges, traitors, and scapegoats...
For the next three days, Zhou Yizhou entered an almost manic creative state.
He added many high-intensity emotional story branches,
He even created a new set of residual memory parameters.
Used to measure the NPC's trust in the player's behavior in different reincarnations.
If the player is too selfish or cold,
NPCs may choose not to cooperate in a future round, or even initiate a plot reversal.
And these reversals are all the fruits of your own actions.
"Go ahead, this will be the third time you've killed me!"
"You said you wouldn't let me die."
"But you have to choose to live."
…
Zhou Yizhou's eyes turned red when he wrote these lines.
He knew that this was what the promotional video really gave him.
It’s not the content, it’s not the style, it’s not the passionate gun battle scenes, but rather: emotional bait.
"very good."
Zhou Yizhou stretched himself lazily.
He picked up the cold takeout lunch and chuckled softly.
"The first chapter of "A Bitter Journey Through Time," Battle One: Ravines and Poison Gas, is officially complete!"
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