Chapter 214 Ancestral Tree

The game was banned, and Dong Ge was undoubtedly the saddest person.

In addition, Hu Zhong was also very sad.

During the deleted file test, he was captivated by the power of the AI ​​agent and immediately called his relatives and friends to play together.

As a result, as soon as the deletion test ended, there was no follow-up to the game. Even searching for related information on major platforms did not yield many videos and reports.

If he didn't remember his experience during the deleted file test, he would have doubted whether he remembered it wrongly. There is no such game as "I am a Big Internet Celebrity" in the world? Tianba Community is the only place that saves video materials and game introductions, as well as player discussions.

“No version number?”

"It seems so, otherwise Brother Ba wouldn't even mention the specific date."

"How strange! Didn't they say the license shortage had ended? Why can't we get a license now?"

"What you call a shortage of game licenses refers to the suspension of license issuance. In fact, the number of game licenses issued normally is not large every year, and the demand exceeds the supply every year."

"Then "Space-Time Detection"..."

The community players are still very understanding. After all, there is nothing that can be done when encountering such a thing, unless there is a big shot in the community who can help Brother Ba solve the version number problem.

Are there such big shots in the community? As far as Chen Ba knows, there are indeed such big shots, but they only play "Don't Leave After School" and don't play other games. Moreover, he is not familiar with them, so he doesn't have the face to ask them to do things for him.

Besides.

The reasons why the game was rejected are very complicated, and cannot be explained simply by the version number. Even if the version number is solved, new problems will still arise.

So this matter was just some talk among netizens, Chen Ba never even thought about it.

But what he didn't expect was...

Such a high-ranking leader, he still plays games in person? He even topped up 150 yuan?

"Judging from the time spent online, I think it's him!"

Yang Dong, whose emotions gradually calmed down, said quietly: "If it was a child or someone else playing at home, their schedule wouldn't be so stable."

"This is nothing, there's something even more exciting! Look, who is this?"

As he was talking, Xiao Lu called up the player information of "Don't Leave After School: Marble Storm".

This player was very low-key and had an English name called Pony. He looked like a child from an ordinary family and there was nothing special about him.

However, the fact that Xiao Lu could retrieve the information alone showed that it was not simple.

Chen Ba curled his lips and said, "I know this. I found out the first day he registered his account."

Real-name information doesn't matter. People don't necessarily have to use their real names. The key is the mobile phone number. Chen Ba also has a copy of it in his phone. Wouldn't it be easy to guess who it is? "It really is... Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!"

Lao Luo, who just joined Tianba, has gained a lot of experience.

He probably never dreamed that in the game "Don't Leave After School", there are so many famous people from all walks of life active in it.

What are these people here for?

It can't be that he really plays games, right? I feel that this is unlikely. After all, I like playing games, but I am so busy at work, how can I have time to play marbles?

"Some of them come to learn about the unique server contracting operation model of "Don't Leave After School", and some are advertisers who plan to place ads in the game or have already placed ads, and come to understand whether the advertising money is worth spending."

As the general manager of the operations department, Yang Dong slowly explained: "The former is more common. For example, Mr. Ma was probably attracted by the unique operating model of "Don't Leave After School" and came to take a look at what was going on."

"Don't Leave After School" is very strange.

It is so weird that there is no second online game in the world that uses the same operating model.

The player praise rate of this game has always remained at a high level of over 99%. It can be said that everyone who has played it has given it a good review! The game's abandonment rate, that is, the number of players who register an account and stop playing after a period of time, is quite small.

Players may be busy in real life and put down the game temporarily, but they will pick it up and continue playing after a while.

There is no such thing as not playing for a while and then completely not playing...

By the way! Regarding the abandonment rate, which means that people stop playing for a while and never play again, several games in Xiaomi have a high abandonment rate.

The data is lower, but in League of Legends, it seems that the summoner is fighting against life, but in fact there are many people who will most likely "resurrect" once or twice during the holidays.

If one can fake a resurrection, it means that one has not completely let it go. If one cannot even fake a resurrection, then one is really doomed.

"Don't Leave After School" is not a remake. Players of this game will find time to play it, unless they are so busy that they can't even rest and fall asleep as soon as they get home.

Players are very enthusiastic about playing!

For such an alternative game, our competitors, as long as they are not stupid, will definitely come and study it to see if they can learn a thing or two.

Not just friendly companies.

Many people who have nothing to do with the gaming industry, or even computers, become curious and want to check it out after hearing about this game that has received almost 100% positive reviews.

"…What's more interesting is that some middle-aged male entrepreneurs, or successful uncles, were just casually investigating, but ended up getting too excited while playing around."

At this point, the entire conference room suddenly burst into laughter.

"Is it so outrageous?"

Xiao Lu asked curiously, "At this age, can you still get addicted to playing games?"

"So, why did games like ZT make so much money back then, and why did Tanwan Blue Moon never lack revenue?"

Chen Ba explained with a smile: "Don't underestimate the extent to which these middle-aged men are addicted to games!"

"That's still different..."

Yang Dong explained: "The reason they are so addicted is probably because the benefits of ascending to the throne in this game far outweigh the investment!"

So far, the average recharge flow of "Don't Leave After School" has completely stabilized.

Take the popular server as an example.

If you can become a game partner in a popular server for a month, the profit share from the turnover alone can be around 1.5 million a month.

Isn't this money good enough?

Working for two months is equivalent to winning the first prize in the lottery. Working for a year will make you financially free and you can go wherever you want.

Such a stable business will naturally attract attention.

The dark side of the game also emerges.

A player in Zone 2, because he knew the holder of the authority marbles in real life, came up with the idea of ​​kidnapping his friend and forcing him to hand over the authority marbles.

Fortunately, his plan was discovered as soon as it was implemented and did not cause too bad an impact.

However, this also serves as a warning to the majority of privileged marble holders, especially ordinary people who have no background or identity in reality.

The authority status granted by the authority marbles is only effective in the game. It is still possible that someone in reality has evil intentions.

After that, everyone paid more attention to privacy protection in the game and did not want to disclose any personal information to other players to avoid being targeted by bad guys.

This is not an exaggeration.

The importance of the permission marbles in "Don't Leave After School" and the interests they represent are enough to make many people take risks.

After all, some fatal cases were caused by only a few thousand or even tens of thousands of dollars.

The authority marbles are worth more than tens of thousands of yuan?

…

Arbor Day, on the outskirts of Jiangning.

In order to help the depressed Dong Ge relax, Chen Ba simply called everyone in the studio to go to the suburbs to plant trees together.

Planting trees is a means to make Dongge happier and to build a team at the same time.

However, during the tree planting process, a piece of foreign news told by Xiao Lu gave Chen Ba the idea of ​​a new game.

The news that Xiao Lu mentioned is actually a special tree-planting service provided by a foreign cemetery organization, which is to plant a tree after the deceased is buried.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Most of the nutrients for this tree's growth come from the decay of corpses...

This sounds pretty special.

Chen Ba was also the first to hear about this news. At that time, many netizens made jokes about it and made many interesting comments.

For example: "Mom, why is this apple so sweet?"

"Silly child, your uncle has diabetes, so of course this apple is sweet!"

At first, he treated this as an interesting anecdote like any other netizen, just listened to it casually and didn't take it too seriously.

But now that Xiao Lu brought it up again, and coupled with the fact that he was planting trees, Chen Ba suddenly had a wonderful idea.

What if we could make this into a game? "How?"

Although Xiao Lu was the one who inspired Brother Ba, he just told a foreign anecdote to liven up the atmosphere. How could he know what Brother Ba was thinking about? "You've heard of Yugong moving the mountains, right?"

“Descendants of our descendants will never be exhausted! With the efforts of one generation after another, even towering mountains can be moved.”

Chen Ba explained: "My idea is that the protagonist has a mission that must be completed, and this mission may take a lifetime, or even a hundred lives, to complete."

"Then he will die, die on the way to pursue his dream, and turn into a fruit tree full of rich fruits, waiting for those who come after him to pick them."

Adventure game!

The protagonist is not a single person. To be precise, every time he dies, his seniority will be lowered by one generation.

Similarly, every time the protagonist dies, a tree will grow at the place of death, and each tree has some special props or abilities that the protagonist had before his death.

"The levels are long and long, but you can't save the game in the middle... Do you understand what I mean?"

“I think I understand!”

Yang Dong said thoughtfully: "Although these trees left behind by our ancestors are not save points, they are better than save points."

Because these trees transformed from ancestors will provide their descendants with various props, abilities and other assistance they acquired during their lifetime, and can also restore blood and provide medical treatment, etc.

So in theory, an expert can complete this game with one life.

But in fact, most people pass the level by passing it down from generation to generation, and then planting countless "ancestor trees" on the road to the level to pass it.

That’s right, it’s an easy win!

What if a level is particularly difficult and frustrating? Just die! Die a few more times in this level, and when the map of this level is full of your "ancestors", then you can pass the level with your hands, right? So this game, because you can't save, sounds as scary as "Dig for the Top". If you're not careful, all your efforts will be wasted, and you'll fall from the clouds back to the starting point of your dream.

But in fact, because of the setting of "all ancestors turned into trees", this game becomes easier and easier as you play.

The map of this level is full of trees that grew after my ancestors died. I really don’t know how I can lose. I can pass the level with my eyes closed, right?

If this still doesn't work? No problem!

My son, my father has also turned into a tree. The difficulty of this level has been reduced. Inherit my will, remember the glory of your ancestors, and stride forward! "So the ending of this game is that a family sacrificed dozens of generations to realize their dreams, and only then did the last descendant reach the end?"

"Dozens of generations?"

Chen Ba thought about it, then shook his head and said, "Maybe more than that! According to my assumption, it normally takes hundreds of generations of efforts to reach the final destination."

Of course, experts are an exception! Experts are generally not considered, after all, they are not at the same level as ordinary players.

For experts playing this kind of game, they can basically pass the level after dying two or three times to understand the mechanics and key points of the level.

Ordinary players don’t have that kind of dexterity or reaction ability, so they need to die more often and plant more ancestral trees…

To sum it up in one sentence: If you want to be rich, plant more trees!

Death is not the end, but a new life! The previous deaths were not completely useless, but provided the next generation with a solid support and motivation to move forward.

“What the game wants to express is that all happiness and beauty are hard-won. While enjoying the present, we must not forget those predecessors who paved the way for us and eventually turned into ancestral trees.”

When Chen Ba said this, he had just finished planting the last sapling. He wiped his sweat and asked, "What do you think?"

"It's pretty good, but the difficulty of this level is hard to control..."

Xiao Lu expressed his opinion: "There is nothing wrong with the theme and gameplay of the game. It is a very traditional level-breaking adventure game. But because of the ancestor tree mechanism, the level difficulty is not easy to make!"

The difficulty is too high. Even with an ancestor tree, dying too many times will inevitably lead to a strong sense of frustration, which will cause a number of players to quit.

The difficulty is too low. The existence of the ancestor tree has already weakened some of the difficulty. As a result, the sense of accomplishment of reaching the end and completing the game will probably not be that high.

How to find the balance point of difficulty is the most difficult part of this game.

“That’s not all.”

Yang Dong also expressed his opinion: "You said that each ancestral tree has different effects, and they are the props and abilities that the ancestral tree carried with it during its lifetime. Does that mean that this game has a rogue element?"

“A little bit!”

Chen Ba explained: "It's not a heavy pigeon, but a light pigeon. It only randomizes the items and abilities you get each time you clear a level. The maps and monsters remain the same."

"It might as well be completely random!"

Xiao Lu curled his lips and said, "The abilities of the props are all randomized, and the maps, monsters, traps, etc. are all randomized as well. Only the position and output of the ancestral tree remain unchanged."

Grandpa will give you acceleration shoes, but nothing else. Dad will give you shield enhancement, but nothing else.

In Xiao Lu's opinion, this level of random elements is what a roguelike game should have.

As for mild meat pigeon?

Rather than pigeons, it is more like a basic wheel lottery system...

(End of this chapter)