Chapter 308: 198 is still too cheap!
"Wait a minute, wait a minute!"
Chen Ba couldn't handle the post posted by this Chengdu netizen.
He sorted out his thoughts for a while, then frowned and asked, "According to his logic, the game bug of "Abba's Story" is actually an algorithm error?"
"right!"
Xiao Lu thought about it and gave an affirmative answer: "From the results, it is indeed an error in the underlying algorithm of the game."
"So the process of getting stuck with this bug, which causes the game map and modeling to overlap and repeat abnormally, is actually using computer performance to calculate the number of the protagonist Abba through this algorithm?"
When Chen Ba said this, he was stunned. Why was this process so similar to the "mining" process of a certain virtual currency that was very popular in recent years?
He felt something was wrong.
So he called Xiao Lu, Liu Jinfu and others, turned on five computers with "different performances" and tested the game bug.
The results show.
This "result" is actually linked to the computer's performance level. To be more precise, it should be linked to the computing power of the GPU and CPU.
The stronger the computing power of the GPU and CPU, the more "Abbas" will be generated by this bug.
at the same time!
As the main producer of the game and the person who knows the underlying code of "Abba's True Story" best, Chen Ba also made an additional discovery.
According to the underlying code provided by the Tiehanhan system, the algorithm of this thing does have certain "cryptography" principles. If nothing unexpected happens, the number of "Aba" born through the bug will be constant.
In other words…
When all these "Abbas" are dug out, even if later generations try to find game bugs, no new Abbas will appear.
"There's one more question!"
"Why is there such a big difference between the Abba controlled by the player, that is, the Abba obtained when a new save is created, and the Abba generated by the game bug?"
Chen Ba realized that in the game "The Legend of Ababa", there are two identical "Abbas".
One is controlled by the player, that is, the Abba that comes with the game at the beginning, which has the "binding" feature.
However, those "Abbas" that appear randomly on the map due to game bugs do not have any binding features, and because the code is unique and non-repetitive, whoever masters the code is equivalent to obtaining the ownership of this "Abba".
If the Abba generated by the bug is controlled by the player, its coding will change.
This forms the basis of "tradability".
That is to say, after a Bug Ababa is transferred to someone else, that person only needs to control this Ababa, the original code will become invalid, and a new string of codes will be regenerated.
There is no possibility of multiple people reusing a string of codes.
"That's not the point, okay..."
Seeing that Brother Ba was still struggling with whether the so-called Aba could be transferred and traded, Xiao Lu couldn't help but point out: "Isn't the point that this Aba that appeared due to a bug can theoretically be separated from the game "Aba's Story" and exist independently?"
Oh yes!
Chen Ba suddenly woke up. If Xiao Lu hadn't reminded him, he would not have realized that these "Aba" that appeared due to game bugs could actually exist independently from the game itself.
This is so perverted!
Decentralized, right?
In this way, "Abba's Story" becomes a dedicated mining software. As for the mined minerals, that is, "Bug Abba", you can even store them directly on a hard drive isolated from the network.
"broken!"
After thinking this through, Chen Ba said with an extremely grim expression: "This time, I'm afraid that "The Story of Aba" will be pushed to the forefront."
This completely deviates from Chen Ba's original intention in designing the game "The Legend of Aba". It is different from what he thought.
He made this game with the intention of taking advantage of the subject matter and competing for the Oscars in the gaming industry in a year with few awards, and bringing home a heavyweight trophy for Tianba Studio.
As for whether the game is popular or has high sales, to be honest, these are not very important.
After all, "The Story of Abba" has not undergone any large-scale publicity and promotion since its release, which clearly shows that it was not made for the purpose of making money.
But now, because of the "wonderful discovery" of this Chengdu netizen, it may be difficult for "The True Story of Aba" to keep a low profile.
An ordinary charity game, perhaps no one would care about it, and apart from the core fans, not many people are willing to try it.
But what if this is not only a game, but also a "mining" software that can mine a new Internet virtual currency?
That's so interesting!
Although the "Abacoin" has just been born, it does not have an exact transaction value yet, and no one knows whether it is valuable.
But everyone has a gambling nature.
Regardless of whether there are dates on the tree, we should try it out first. Abacoin, which meets all the basic conditions, is inherently worth "speculating"! It is conceivable.
Once this news leaks out, "The Legend of Abba", which was originally mediocre, with extremely low popularity and less than 100,000 players, will become the most popular game on the entire Internet overnight, without a doubt.
League of Legends? Fantasy of Cultivation? Marbles? CF?
Stop joking! If, as Chen Ba expected, "Abba's Story" is proven to have mining value and can produce a new virtual currency, all games on the market will have to give way to "Abba's Story".
God knows how many crazy players will flock in at that time! No, those who flock in at that time may not be game players, but gold miners who come with the idea of "gold panning"! ...
It turns out.
Both Chen Ba and Xiao Lu underestimated the power of the post written by the Chengdu netizen, and also underestimated the influence of this post.
In just one day, this post spread all over the Internet, and almost everyone was discussing it.
At first, when netizens read the news about "Abba's Story", they were quite puzzled. What kind of game is this? Why haven't they heard of it?
Take another look at the game introduction, that’s it?
Netizens who had not originally planned to buy and play this game rolled their eyes and became stunned when they learned that this game actually allows "mining".
What the hell? Isn’t this a charity game where you play as a disabled person and experience the difficulties of disabled people in traveling and living from different perspectives?
How can you still mine? The price of 198 yuan in the Chinese region is quite expensive. After all, for a game with a special theme like "Abba's True Story", many players are not willing to pay for it.
But now that it was revealed that "Abba's Story" is not only a game but also a mining software, the game, which is priced at 198 yuan, sold 680,000 copies in just one day, as if it were given away for free.
And this number is still growing!
Chen Ba was almost going crazy. As of six o'clock in the afternoon, the sales of "Abba's True Story" on Nobug platform, Steam platform, Wegame and other platforms have exceeded one million copies.
This is simply unbelievable.
You know, "Abba's Story" has been on sale for almost five days, and in these five days, a total of 236,000 copies were sold in the first four days, and a full 700,000 copies were sold on the fifth day!
The price of the game is as high as 198 yuan!
1 million times 198 equals 198 million, a problem that even elementary school students can solve. After all, Chen Ba, who has attended college, can naturally solve it too.
After finishing the calculation, he was stunned.
The game "Abba's Story" was produced according to the "sub-AAA" standard. The so-called sub-AAA means that the overall quality is slightly inferior to AAA, but most of the content is comparable to AAA.
That is, I am invincible below 3A, and I can handle two moves above 3A! The total investment for a project of this level is not small. Considering the extremely miserable sales of the game before, Chen Ba is mentally prepared for a long payback period, or even no payback at all.
Who would have thought that within less than a week of going on sale, more than half of the cost had been recovered.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
No, are you guys really crazy?
Putting aside whether "Abba's Story" really has mining capabilities, even if the rumors are true and the so-called "Abba Coin" can be mined through this game, it faces a new problem.
I spent 198 on the game, electricity and internet fees, computer hardware wear and tear and depreciation... after adding up all the miscellaneous expenses, is the "Abacoin" you mined enough to make back the money? "It seems like it can!"
Huang Qing appeared out of nowhere, holding a glass of Snow King's lemonade and said, "Have you ever paid attention to some of the new products in Tianning Pavilion?"
Tianning Pavilion? Chen Ba was somewhat stunned. Isn't this the "official game trading platform" officially launched by Tianba?
What happened to this platform? Why did Huang Qing ask him if he had paid attention to the latest news and changes of this platform? Did something terrible happen? Wait a minute...
As if he had thought of something, Chen Ba said solemnly, "You're not going to tell me that someone is already trading Abacoin in Tianning Pavilion?"
“That’s right!”
Huang Qing admitted: "The first Abacoin transaction was completed a few hours ago, and then Tianning Pavilion put a large number of Abacoin products on the shelves."
"What's the price?"
Although Chen Ba was somewhat surprised by how fast everyone acted, he was more concerned about the transaction price.
Can Abacoin really be sold? Who is buying this thing? How much is it paid for? Is Abacoin really worth so much?
"There are very few transaction records. The current transaction price is about 200 yuan per coin! Any price lower than this will be sold out immediately. The prices of the Bug Abas currently on sale range from several thousand yuan to tens of thousands of yuan..."
After shaking his head, Huang Qing said, "This is a brand new thing. Because it is new, its market value is difficult to determine. The price changes every moment."
"As for who is buying Bug Aba, I guess it's the speculators who are crazy about buying it and want to get rich overnight."
Are all the speculators here?
The more Chen Ba listened, the more shocked he became. This thing had only been out for one day, but not only was there a transaction record and an initial transaction price, but there were even speculators who came in to stock up at low prices.
This is too abstract.
There are already signs of speculation on the first day. If it takes another two days, won’t the so-called “Abacoin” take off? “As long as someone joins the speculation, it will definitely take off.”
"But don't worry too much. At least for now, the output of Bug Abbas is very low. Someone used an 8090Ti graphics card to fix the bug and only produced four Abbas."
At this point, Huang Qing smiled and said: "Someone has also revealed that if you exploit this game bug to mine, your computer will run at a high frequency and high power consumption, and the hardware will also suffer considerable losses."
Only four 8090Ti were dug out? Chen Ba was a little surprised to hear this. If what Huang Qing said was true, then the output was indeed not very high, and Abacoin was unlikely to have much room for speculation in the short term.
After all, there are only a few Bug Abas available for circulation on the market, and the market is too small, so it is unlikely that any big dealer will come and hype this.
But think about it from another perspective.
As long as there are bugs in the game "Abba's True Story", there will be more and more "alien Abas" born because of the bugs.
When this amount reaches a certain limit, Chen Ba can conclude that Abacoin will definitely usher in a round of crazy speculation...
Now the question is!
As the developer of the game "Abba's Story", should Tianba Studio come forward to stop this chaos? "How to stop it?"
"This is a bug in the stand-alone story mode, and it's related to the game algorithm. If he insists on digging it, can you stop him?"
Chen Ba: “…”
That's true.
If this bug occurs in the online mode, their Tianba Studio can still stop it, and no one will even buy Aba coins.
After all, in the online mode, Tianba Studio is equivalent to the "mine owner". How much the mine produces, isn't it them who have the final say? But the trouble is that this bug appears in the stand-alone story mode, and it has independent algorithm support, which is equivalent to being unaffected by Tianba Studio.
What can they do? If you release an update patch and they don't update, they can still mine. Can you go to their house and uninstall the game for them? "But we can't just ignore it!"
Chen Ba knew very well that virtual currency, to put it bluntly, was a capital game of passing the parcel.
If they let it go and allow the so-called Aba Coin to grow wildly, and eventually cause trouble, Tianba Studio will probably be to blame.
"How about this, first prohibit Tianning Pavilion from trading Aba coins to stop some people from thinking about it."
"This is a stopgap measure!"
Huang Qing shook his head and said, "If you don't allow them to trade in Tianning Pavilion, can't they trade somewhere else?"
Don't forget! The alien Aba created by the game bug can exist independently from the game. Others can trade privately or trade in other places. Tianba Studio has no way to stop it.
"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. So what do you think we should do?"
Chen Ba is about to give up.
Of course he knew that this was difficult to deal with, mainly because the bug was too special.
How special is it? It is so special that Tianba Studio can only give up everything, remove the game "Abba's True Story" from all platforms, and prohibit downloading, dissemination and sharing through encryption, in order to prevent what happened next.
But is this possible?
The answer is no. You spent so much money to make this game, and you just give up on it and take it off the shelves? If the game is taken off the shelves, where can I get the TGA Game of the Year Award? (End of this chapter)