Chapter 120 Why is Ba Ti so powerful?
Chen Ba has played many dating games, both for girls and men.
"Tokimeki Memorial" was the first game of this type he played, but it was a pirated version at that time, and he played it in a black Internet cafe where the fee was 0.5 yuan per hour.
"Love and Producer" is a game he deliberately played after he became interested in the gaming industry, mainly to experience the gameplay and analyze why the game became so popular.
certainly!
Not only these games, in fact, Chen Ba has played all the popular games on the market to a greater or lesser extent.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s vegetarian or not, and the subject matter is not restricted.
After playing the game many times, he also discovered that the main focus of this type of love-development or love simulation games is actually a character setting.
To put it bluntly...
It's hard to find a boy/girl as perfect as in the game in real life.
That’s why this type of game has a market and attracts so many players who are fascinated by it and even spend money to pursue their beloved characters.
"When you read novels, have you ever noticed that the more popular urban romance novels actually focus on character settings?"
Chen Ba smiled and said, "The female characters in it are as pure and perfect as the heroines in fairy tales. They can be called the white moonlight in the hearts of countless people."
“It certainly feels that way.”
Xiao Lu said thoughtfully: "Brother Ba, what you mean is that it is because it is unreal and unreal that some people are so obsessed with it?"
"What if there is no such thing? If you can meet such perfect girls everywhere in real life, do you think there is still a market for this kind of novel, or this kind of game?"
Chen Ba was speechless.
Isn't this an obvious fact?
It is precisely because it is difficult to meet such girls or boys in real life that some people seek spiritual comfort through novels, animation and games.
What you can’t get is the most precious!
If girls like Shen Youchu were everywhere in real life, they would become less attractive if they were too common.
"So the core of the character design of this kind of game is the sense of bubble and illusion!"
Real, close to reality? Chen Ba couldn't help but want to laugh.
If we really design a few realistic love-development characters in the game, is it really about dating? Or is it just asking for trouble?
My buddy plays games to relieve stress and seek spiritual comfort, but you want to make my buddy go through the same pain in real life as in dating and love, right? "Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
It's really true what Brother Ba said, this kind of character really can't be realistic, the more unrealistic the better.
What else would it be like? "Although I may be generalizing, I am not saying that everyone is like this."
Chen Ba coughed and said, "In real life, there are boys or girls who are exactly like in the game, with perfect personalities and qualities, and are also among the best in appearance."
But again, it's too rare! So from this perspective, the fictional characters in the game are not completely without real prototypes.
But because the real prototypes of these characters are too rare, 99% of people have never seen them in person, so they feel unreal and have a sense of illusion.
"No matter what the female characters' personalities, identities, and looks are, one thing is certain: they are the other half that boys long for, the fictional white moonlight."
"The same goes for male characters. Although their personalities are different, they are at least the prince charming in the girls' minds..."
Once you have this figured out, the rest will be easy.
The male and female characters are randomly generated by the program, and the personalities are also varied, but the core is what Chen Ba said: the white moonlight and the prince charming type! "The experience of developing "Shennong Continent" is just right for this purpose. However, this time the favorability system needs to be redone, and the old system cannot be used..."
Chen Ba couldn't help but sigh.
"Divine Grace Continent" is good in every way except that the favorability system is too rubbish, which leads to frequent problems and a lot of jokes.
As an RPG adventure game, this kind of joke is okay, at least acceptable.
But if the favorability system of a love-development game becomes a joke, then that would be a serious problem.
"Favorability..."
While Dong Ge, Xiao Lu and others were discussing the game framework, Chen Ba closed his eyes and checked the system page.
[Game Name: Love Staff]
[Planning: 0 (can be improved)]
[Program: 0 (can be upgraded)]
[Art: 0 (can be improved)]
【…Comprehensive score: 10】
The game has not been officially launched and is still in the discussion stage, so it is not surprising that the scores are all zero.
But the comprehensive score is actually ten, which is very difficult to understand.
“This is definitely a bug…”
Chen Ba dares to swear to heaven that there is definitely something wrong with the system's comprehensive score. In any case, it is not serious. Whoever believes it is a real idiot.
But it's not a big problem.
Although the comprehensive score has problems of one kind or another, at least the branch score is accurate. With this plug-in, he can clearly know the feedback of each decision.
"Wow! Was this system made by Cairo Company?"
Chen Ba hadn't noticed it before, but now that he looks closely, he realizes that the system interface really does look like Cairo's pixel simulation game.
It’s a pity that the skill attributes of each employee are not displayed, otherwise it would really become a Cairo game.
Ponder for a moment.
Chen Ba suddenly had an idea.
In the game "Love Advisers", because it simulates the process of young men and women getting to know each other and falling in love, the degree of favorability cannot be quantified with specific "numbers".
Another way! Cancel the value, and the favorability becomes an unknown X.
Marriage and breakup are two parallel straight lines that never intersect. X is the "curve" sandwiched between the two straight lines, which may fluctuate at any time.
When the curve X rises and touches the straight line of marriage, it means the strategy is successful. When the curve X falls and touches the straight line of breakup, it means the strategy fails.
There is no fixed value.
The curve will rise and fall as the two people get along with each other. What the player has to do is to make key decisions at each key node to make the curve gradually rise until the proposal is successful.
Chen Ba told Yang Dong about this idea and wanted to hear his opinion.
“Is there no clear value?”
When Yang Dong first heard this idea, he also found it incredible. How could there be a love-development game that doesn't have a clear setting for favorability values?
But when he thought about it carefully, he felt it was a good idea. Without numbers, it would be better to simulate the feeling of being in love.
"But with your design, will there be two situations? The first is that the player can easily capture the character they like without any effort?"
Yang Dong frowned and said, "Another possibility is that the player has been playing for a long time, and the X curve has always been stable, and it has been dragging on without any results?"
“Both possibilities cannot be ruled out.”
Chen Ba nodded and said, "The first case is what we commonly call a flash marriage! The second case is a very common long-term relationship..."
Both scenarios are plausible.
Whether it is a flash marriage or a long-term relationship, it is all determined by the choices made by the players. They have no right and no reason to interfere.
Anyway, there is no specific value for favorability, so it all depends on the players to grasp every key opportunity.
It really doesn't work...
Isn’t there a dog-headed military advisor here?
Ask other players for advice, and combining everyone's wisdom, it should not be difficult to find a way out.
"But this is a dating game! If the player gets married quickly, then wouldn't the time it takes to clear the game exceed the game's refund period?"
Yang Dong was very conflicted.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
If a destined child or a love guru really comes along and can settle the relationship in a few minutes, what else can you play in the future? "So at this time, the online mode comes into play! If you become successful, you can also become a military strategist and give advice to others..."
Chen Ba felt that after canceling the favorability value, if someone really cleared the level quickly, it was indeed his ability and no one else could be blamed.
Anyway, the game is called "Love Staff", so even if you have completed the main game, you can still give advice to other players, so you don't have to worry about having nothing to play.
…
It snowed in Jiangning this winter.
Snow in the north is not surprising, but it is much rarer in the south. Even if it is a thin layer, it is better than no snow! Chen Ba, wrapped in a down jacket, received a lot of bags at the high-speed railway station from Old Chen, who came to Jiangning to spend the New Year with him.
"Dad! Why do you bring so many things? What's in them? They're so heavy..."
"This year we slaughtered a 400-jin pig, so I made some bacon and thought I'd bring it to you to try."
Old Chen also feels sorry for his son.
Although he knew that his son was earning money now and had enough food and clothing, he probably wouldn't be able to buy bacon.
Even if he could buy it, it probably wouldn't taste as good as what he made himself. So before leaving, he specially brought dozens of kilograms of bacon and filled his suitcase.
Chen Ba was embarrassed to refuse his father's kindness. However, he could not finish all the meat by himself, so he planned to share some with Xiao Lu and others.
After I met Lao Chen, the Spring Festival was approaching.
Chen Ba, together with everyone who stayed in the studio, made a fun and entertaining video, which he regarded as a New Year's greeting to all the players.
The video is very interesting.
First, the old ox in the "Study Simulator" ate an immortal fruit in the wilderness, and then ascended to heaven on the spot and became a terrifying bull monster.
Then there is the aunt in "Living Under Someone Else's Roof Simulator", who received teachings from an immortal named "Chen" in her dream, and followed the colorful fairy light on the road to becoming an immortal.
Then there was the Star Emperor. His energy and blood were declining in his old age. He was worried that the Forbidden Zone Supreme would bring disaster to the people after his death, so he decided to fight for the immortal path and find a chance to live a second life...
A few people and a cow came to the road to becoming immortals, but they never expected to encounter a vortex of time and space, which opened a passage to a strange world.
I thought it was the fairyland, but I never thought it was the land of God's Grace! The demon king, who had been alone in his empty room for hundreds of thousands of years, could no longer bear the loneliness and decided to leave with the Star Emperor and his group...
"They reached the end of the road to immortality and thought they could get a glimpse of the secrets of immortality, but they never expected to be blocked by a stone wall."
“There are various designs painted on the stone walls.”
Xiao Lu said with great joy: "As an aunt from Earth, I can tell at a glance that this is the popular Candy Crush game on Earth."
"After the designated blocks were eliminated, the stone wall also dissipated. A bronze door appeared in front of everyone, and an old man walked out from behind the door."
"The old man told everyone that there is a tyrant beast behind the door. It has the strongest physique in the universe. Only by defeating this tyrant beast can you stop it from wreaking havoc on the world..."
"Is Tyrant Body so strong?"
Zhong Shengwei is also a novel reader, and he asked with a puzzled look on his face: "How come I remember that people with this kind of physique seem to be noobs?"
"Those are fake Tyrants!"
Xiao Lu waved his hand and said, "The horror of a true tyrant is beyond your imagination. It can destroy the heavens with just a breath."
At least it has the word "霸" in it!
It’s hard to say whether other physical constitutions are strong or not, but here in Tianba Studio, all the physical constitution secrets with the word “Ba” in their names are powerful.
Don’t ask, if you ask, it’s all about the shady dealings.
At the end of the video, the Tyrant Nian Beast was too strong and everyone was no match for it. At the critical moment, it was the aunt who stood up and fed the tiger with her own body, barely sealing the Tyrant.
You thought the video was over?
The Tyrannical Nian Beast snorted coldly and returned to his original form. It turned out that he was Brother Ba, holding a red envelope in his hand.
“Scan the QR code and listen to my revenge plan! I will give you free elixirs and magical weapons. If you help me unblock the system, there will be a 10,000 yuan prize waiting for you!”
Helping Brother Ba to unblock his account is actually similar to Pinxixi’s “cut one knife” mechanism.
When players flock to the event page, they can see Brother Ba trapped in a lantern. As long as they light up the lantern and help Brother Ba to unblock him, they can draw a prize of 10,000 yuan.
It's for the sake of celebration! There are very few red envelopes worth 10,000 yuan, and there are only ten in total. But there are still many red envelopes worth 1,000 yuan, 100 yuan, and 10 yuan, and you can get some if you are lucky.
Chen Ba has prepared a prize pool of nearly 1 million for this event, of which 500,000 are cash rewards and the remaining 500,000 are various physical and virtual prizes.
For example, graphics cards, motherboards, memory sticks, figures, dolls, "Star Emperor" Originium gift pack, "God's Grace Continent" professional version Cdkey, "Garbage Elimination" redemption code, etc.
"So generous?"
The players were also surprised and praised Brother Ba’s generosity on forums and social platforms.
It is really generous! Tianba Studio itself is not large in scale, and cannot be compared with big companies like Zhue, but Brother Ba knows to give out red envelopes to players during the Chinese New Year. Big companies make so much money, but do they give out red envelopes?
There is no harm without comparison.
Compared with Tianba Studio, other game companies are extremely stingy. They don’t even know how to give back to old players during the Chinese New Year, which is really disheartening.
“That’s how word of mouth came about…”
Chen Ba smiled and said, "If we use these hundreds of thousands of dollars for advertising, do you think it will have such a good effect?"
"No."
Yang Dong shook his head.
When he heard Brother Ba say that he gave out hundreds of thousands of red envelopes to players during the Chinese New Year, he felt a little distressed, thinking that it was an unnecessary waste of money.
But now it seems that it is definitely worth it to get such good results with just a few hundred thousand!
This is a bit like the son of a certain richest man giving away millions of dollars on Weibo after winning the championship. In terms of advertising effect and influence, it is definitely much stronger than simply running an advertisement.
Putting aside other things, it seems that it is not a loss to spend hundreds of thousands to buy a hot search on the entire network. After all, the sales of old games have increased...
(End of this chapter)