Chapter 217 Game Release

The development of "Ancestral Tree" did not use the latest third-generation Tianba engine.

It’s not that the Tianba engine is so bad that even Chen Ba himself is unwilling to use it, but the nature of the game "Zuzongshu" is not suitable for such a large engine.

Simply use a physics engine to simulate common phenomena such as jumping and collision.

Why does an adventure game need so many fancy features?

"The game process is still too short. If you don't make any mistakes throughout the whole process, you can complete it in about 30 minutes."

Chen Ba was very dissatisfied with this.

The current game framework is completely based on the standards of a post-meal digestion game, and the process is not too long.

This is not good news!

Because this can only meet the needs of light game enthusiasts. For some heavy game enthusiasts, the game process of "Ancestral Tree" is too short.

It would be more reasonable to extend it to one hour.

This one hour refers to the time it takes to complete the game without making any mistakes. If you make mistakes, the normal completion time should be around 40-60 hours.

“Will this be too long?”

Lao Luo frowned and asked, "Our game doesn't have a save function. Once you die, you can only start over. The game is quite frustrating. It takes 40 to 50 hours to complete the game. Will it discourage some players from playing?"

"Just persuade them to quit..."

Chen Ba said indifferently: "This kind of game is very picky about players. If your brain waves match, you will be very addicted to the game. If your brain waves don't match, it's normal to be persuaded to quit."

Don't force yourself to play games.

When players choose their favorite games, the games are also choosing suitable players.

There are no thresholds and no specific players. Anyone can easily get started. There are also games that anyone can play, such as the classic Happy Farm web game, which is an example of a national carnival.

There is also King of Glory, which is actually not very picky about players. Anyone can play it anyway...

Unfortunately, Ancestral Tree is not that type of game.

It was decided at the beginning of the planning that this game would be very picky about players and might not be suitable for some players with fragile hearts or who are easily discouraged.

After all, there is no save game, so you have to start over again every time you die. The sense of frustration is no less than swinging a pickaxe in "Dig for Life". This kind of game really messes with your mentality.

The good news is!

Compared to the inhumane movement method, forward trajectory and operation logic of "Dig for Ascension", "Ancestral Tree" is at least simpler in operation.

“Overcome obstacles and traps, fight monsters to get better equipment and weapons, as well as a lot of gold coins. You will also meet weapons merchants and mysterious merchants along the way.”

Let’s not even mention the arms dealers.

As the name suggests, this kind of merchant is definitely a merchant who sells all kinds of powerful weapons and equipment, shuttling around in various corners of the map, with an uncertain whereabouts.

The mysterious merchant is worth mentioning! If the weapon merchant adheres to the principle of "you get what you pay for", and the more gold coins you spend, the greater the improvement you get, but the mysterious merchant does not have this rule.

Whether it is props, medicines, or even weapons and equipment that he sells, they are all mysterious items in the form of blind boxes.

It is possible to accomplish great things with little money, or it is possible to spend a lot of money and end up being labeled a "sucker".

However, Chen Ba estimated that when the game is released, the most popular player will still be this mysterious businessman. After all, it is well known that players who love to play games are gamblers.

The next Teamfight Tactics will be full of low-cost gambler lineups, and the Mysterious Merchant's mechanism of one thought to heaven or hell is perfect for them.

“Many Roguelike games have this mechanism!”

Yang Dong explained: "This is also one of the more attractive aspects of this type of game, that is, absolute randomness."

It is useless to just go find an arms dealer and spend money to improve your own strength.

A real man should open the music app, play "Let It Go", take a deep breath, find the mysterious businessman and take on a roller coaster-like "unbreakable defense challenge".

"Okay, okay, let's play it this way, huh?"

Listening to everyone's discussion about the weapons dealer and the mysterious dealer, Xiao Lu said speechlessly: "Then why do we still keep the weapons dealer?"

"Not everyone can gamble! What if someone wants to be safe and down-to-earth? Weapons dealers are a way out for them..."

Chen Ba said with a smile.

In the game "Ancestor Tree", there are not only weapon merchants and mysterious merchants that appear randomly, but also many special events generated according to the characteristics of the map.

For example, the fake ancestor tree!

Or it can be a random quiz. If you answer all the questions correctly, you will be rewarded. If you answer a question incorrectly, 20% of your current health will be deducted.

There are also certain traps that will give players different paths to choose from. If they choose the right one, they can survive, but if they choose the wrong one, they will die.

These are all to increase the fun and excitement of the game process...

In addition to the game content, during the game, background music will play to create an atmosphere.

This is done by an outsourced team.

Combined with the above content, the game's completion can reach an extremely high level, while giving players the best gaming experience.

“Best experience?”

Xiao Lu curled his lips and said, "It's scary to play this game in the middle of the night. You call this the best gaming experience?"

The music is inherently eerie.

Combined with the various strange shapes of ancestral trees drawn by Morris, it is even more weird. It is a complete horror movie style. I was scared to tears when I played this game as a child.

"What's so scary about it?"

"You are just too timid. Even things like this can scare you. I really can't imagine you playing those horror games, such as the Jiahui Paper Man. Will you be scared to pee your pants?" Chen Ba joked.

“So I don’t play those games!”

Xiao Lu said curiously, "To be honest, I still can't understand who is buying horror games? Why are the sales so high?"

"Haha! There are always people who love to seek excitement. This is inevitable..."

At this point, Chen Ba suddenly became interested, so he knocked on the table and asked, "Hey, you guys, do you think our Tianba Studio should also make a horror game?"

"Horror game?"

"Yes! It's a Chinese horror game similar to "Hong Kong Ghost Story" and "Paper Man"."

Chen Ba explained: "Because I found that these games are quite popular, and the sales are also good, and the production cost is not high."

Uh! Yang Dong thought about it and felt that this was indeed a good idea.

Horror games have a fixed audience and are very suitable for game anchors and game video bloggers to use for program effects, so they are extremely popular on the Internet.

As for sales, it’s actually OK! After all, the production cost of this kind of game is relatively not that outrageous, and it’s more about the “creativity” and “brain hole” of the production team.

As long as you have a suitable idea or creativity, the profit of making a horror game is quite good.

"It's settled then!"

Seeing that Brother Dong also agreed to this proposal, Chen Ba Le said happily: "After the release of "Ancestor Tree" is settled and officially put on sale, we will make a Chinese horror game."

"Sure!"

"But regarding 'Ancestral Tree', when do you plan to release it?"

"June, maybe!"

Chen Ba estimated that with the current development progress and size of the game, it would be ready for release in June or July.

Don't delay it for too long.

After all, Chen Ba is recognized as a quick shooter in the industry. He makes games faster than others, and "Ancestor Tree" is small in size, so this time is definitely enough.

…

Summer is here in the blink of an eye.

The weather in Qiongzhou in June is already very hot, and you will sweat just by basking in the sun outside.

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

Yao Mao simply couldn't imagine how the older generation survived the hot summer when there were no air conditioners or refrigerators.

It is impossible to go out in this weather. Only those stupid tourists from other places are not afraid of the heat and run around happily on the beach.

Yao Mao was very obedient. He hid in the air-conditioned room and didn't go anywhere, just playing games honestly.

"Tianba's new game "Ancestor Tree" is coming, and the first pre-order can enjoy 500 community points reward?"

Yao Mao was browsing the community and accidentally saw a promotional post for Tianba’s new game. He immediately became interested.

Don't get me wrong! He is not interested in this new game called "Ancestor Tree", but in the 500 Tianba community points given as a gift for the pre-order event.

Tianba Community recently underwent another round of revisions and launched the so-called points system.

You can earn points by posting, replying to posts, and signing in, but the amount of points earned is too small, usually only about one or two points.

To get more points, you can participate in official activities, such as this reservation event, where you can get 500 points just by making a reservation.

So generous!

Points can be exchanged for various physical or virtual prizes in the points mall. Five hundred points are already a lot, enough for him to sign in for a month or even longer.

For these 500 points, Yao Mao made a reservation for the new game "Ancestor Tree" without hesitation.

Then, he received a text message confirming that the reservation for the new game was successful, as well as a notification that the game would be released tomorrow.

"Tomorrow?"

Yao Mao, who had nothing to do during the summer vacation, learned that this game would be launched tomorrow and immediately decided to play it.

Since he was free anyway, he happened to take a look and found that the pre-sale price of "Ancestral Tree" on the Nobug platform was only 48 yuan, which was not expensive.

For the sake of Brother Ba and 500 points, I'll just play it reluctantly!

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Yao Mao turned on his computer, logged into the Nobug platform, and purchased and downloaded the newly released game "Ancestor Tree".

The Nobug platform also has a refund mechanism. If you don’t find it fun, you can simply initiate a refund. There is actually no loss.

With this thought in mind, Yao Mao opened the game client and entered the world of "Ancestral Tree"...

This is a magical world!

In this world, a tree grows on the body of every person after death. It is said that this tree is the embodiment of the will of the deceased, and each leaf represents a memory of him.

If the fruit on the tree is sweet when eaten, then you will see all the happy and beautiful scenes that the deceased experienced during his lifetime.

If it is bitter or sour, it means that you have suffered in your lifetime, full of sadness and grievances...

This tree is called the Ancestor Tree! The older and more experienced a person is, the taller the Ancestor Tree will be, and the more leaves and fruits it will have.

A poor life cannot grow a healthy ancestral tree, let alone produce rich fruits! The story of the game begins with a child looking up at the stars under a tree. He has no name, because he always stares at these ancestral trees in a daze, so he is also called "Tree Treasure".

The game UI is very simple.

After getting familiar with the operation, the game officially begins and Yao Mao can control the actions of the protagonist Shubao.

Similar to the horizontal version of the game! The first map is a forest, where players need to control the tree treasure and travel through this dangerous forest full of traps and monsters.

The traps are not that bad, probably because they are novice levels, so they won’t be too difficult for everyone, and you can pass them with a simple jump.

The monsters are also easy to deal with. They are just small monsters like wasps or poisonous snakes, which can be easily killed using a slingshot.

But Yao Mao was still careless! The novice level is indeed simple, mainly to give everyone a chance to get familiar with the operation keys, so that it won't be difficult right from the start. But the monsters in this level are all "poisonous".

So, he sent it poisoned.

This was the first life he had given away since he started playing the game.

When he was resurrected and came to the place where he had just died, he saw a small sapling.

“Can trees really grow?”

Yao Mao, who found this mechanism very interesting, couldn't help but complain: "Does this count as planting trees in the game and making a contribution to low-carbon living?"

Ants planting trees?

Isn't this more interesting than ants planting trees? The only bad thing is that the fertilizer for this tree is actually itself? Tsk tsk, it's quite creepy to think about it! Because I died too hastily and carelessly the first time, and my experience was not rich enough, so I only grew a sapling, and nothing else.

Forget it, next level! Dying at the novice level was a shame for Yao Mao. He didn't even bother to look at the ancestral tree. He quickly solved the novice level and entered the second swamp map.

Starting from this level, the map changes randomly, and the difficulty level increases by more than ten times.

As expected, Yao Mao was in trouble again.

He had just defeated a lizard and a dagger dropped. He thought the second level would be easy as well, but the next second he fell into a spike trap and was pierced like a hornet's nest.

The second ancestral tree appeared! Compared with the first ancestral tree, the second one looked much better. Although it was still a sapling, it had something on it.

"Fuck, my dagger?"

After seeing his death, the dagger that had just exploded was also hanging on the tree, and Yao Mao felt very distressed.

If the map is not random, he can take the dagger directly next time, but the map will change randomly. He doesn't know when he will get the swamp map next time!

This also means that perhaps the next time he comes across this map, he will no longer need the so-called dagger.

So infuriating!

The setting of this game that all items disappear and skills are forgotten and erased when you die is really speechless.

The key is, there is no save point...

It is impossible to go back to the previous state, so you can only accept this special fate of being reset to zero after dying once! (End of this chapter)