Chapter 496 Dimensionality Attack
"…One day, a guest's cane was left in our apartment. It was an exquisite and heavy cane with a knob on the top and a wide silver hoop just below the top, about an inch wide. It
was engraved with the words 'Given to James Mortimer, Bachelor of the Royal College of Surgeons, from the friends of C.C.H.'. At the time, I thought it was just a sturdy and practical cane commonly used by old-fashioned private doctors."
"At least that was my conclusion at the time. But my friend Holmes had a different opinion of the owner of the cane. He did not think that the owner of the cane was a serious middle-aged doctor. Instead, from the details of the cane, he inferred that the owner of the cane was a young man under 30 years old, amiable, content with the status quo, and sloppy."
"I didn't believe it at the time, because unfortunately, neither of us had actually seen this guest..."
The game "Sherlock Holmes".
The next day.
There was new content at the beginning.
As long as players enter the game, they can see the performance of Watson writing a diary.
Moreover, the content written by Watson on the second day was different from that on the first day.
Players could choose to skip it and play the game, but they could also choose to finish it.
Because most players have basically finished the game, most of them are more interested in the newly added content and choose to read it.
Similarly, the new content added to the game on this day was also reposted on major game communities.
And the time came to the third day.
The content increased again...
"...Just when Holmes confidently said based on his own experience that in this world only those who are kind to others will receive souvenirs; only those who are not greedy for fame will give up their careers in London and run to the countryside; only careless people will wait in the house for an hour and not leave their business cards, but instead leave their walking sticks."
"The guest came to the door. Unexpectedly, this Dr. James Mortimer, who I had expected to be a typical country doctor, was a tall and thin man.
He wore clothes that this kind of people like to wear, but he was quite shabby, because his coat was dirty and his trousers were worn. Although he was still young, his long back was already bent, and he leaned his head forward when he walked, with a noble and kind demeanor."
"After a brief self-introduction, he read aloud in front of us in a high and hoarse voice a strange and ancient story, a legend about the Baskerville family..."
The demonstration animation at the beginning of the game, the content of the Watson code, and the recorded time node seemed to be after he and Holmes shared a house and had become completely familiar with each other.
As for whether it happened before or after the main plot of the game, the "serial murder case of a young girl", it is unknown.
But the players don't care.
They are more concerned about the story recorded in this performance and the purpose of Linmu Studio doing this.
Because at the same time.
"Detective Dee" was also exposed, and the game started, and content was added. A historian sat behind a long table, also recording the story that Di Renjie did not perform in the game...
Linmu Studio's two latest games, together with such a trick.
It's really eye-catching.
Soon.
With the arrival of the fourth day, the content at the beginning of the game increased again, and the new story gradually took shape.
The curiosity and enthusiasm of the players were once again aroused.
What is Linmu Studio trying to do?
How will the story of the Hound of the Baskervilles develop?
Will the newly added gold case of "Detective Dee" be related to Wu Zetian again?
Is Linmu Studio going to announce a new work?
Or does Linmu Studio just want to update some free content for players?
In short.
Players are obviously very fond of this trick by Linmu Studio.
Related discussions are endless.
The game is still the same game, and the number of players who have completed the game is increasing day by day. Logically, the popularity should drop rapidly.
But now, the popularity of the game has not only not dropped.
On the contrary, because of the fancy tricks of Linmu Studio... it has become even higher.
After following the updates on the forum a few days ago, players are no longer satisfied with watching others forward them. They open the game to see the new content and start following the updates.
Then this leads to... these two games that have passed their golden age have regained their second spring and rushed to the Vaporwave game platform's simultaneous online player rankings.
This directly silenced the game player and Frank, who had finally recovered.
At the same time, it also silenced Linmu Studio's domestic peers.
And the days passed like this.
In the opening performances of the two games "Di Renjie" and "Detective Sherlock Holmes".
The records of the historians and Watson's diary are getting longer and longer.
But as the story gradually deepened, players began to ignore factors such as sequels and were purely interested in the story.
They even began to dislike diary-style or record-style writing.
March 31st.
The opening performances of the two games have once again updated a wave of new content.
But this time, it is not the sequel to the story, but a summary.
Yes.
Linmu Studio revealed the answer to all these tricks on this day.
"I have finally finished writing about this bizarre experience. I don't know how this work will be evaluated. Although the publication of "A Study in Scarlet" that I recorded made Holmes famous and brought him many customers. Some people even commented that since I started recording Sherlock's cases, his name can be heard everywhere.
But my friend Holmes didn't seem to agree, and even said he didn't dare to flatter me. He also accused me of romanticizing the case in the story, just like mixing a love story into Euclid's fifth postulate. He always started from the perspective of writing a story, not from the perspective of scientific crime solving. "
But on the other hand, I have fully demonstrated my friend Holmes's outstanding talent in the records, right? So who cares? I just enthusiastically recorded his small achievements and everything he did, and I will leave the evaluation to the readers. "
"This time, I will include several case records that I have kept in my briefcase for a long time, and the latest Hound of the Baskervilles in the "Sherlock Holmes Collection". I hope that after publication, this will bring more customers to Holmes, who has been bored recently. "
- John H. Watson, MD. "
This time, in the performance at the beginning of the game.
Watson has an extra stack of manuscripts at hand.
He typed the above summary, then typed his name at the end of the page, then took out the latest preface from the coder and placed it on top of the manuscript.
Then, he held up the manuscript and sorted it out.
Finally, he picked up the yellowed paper next to it that looked like a bookmark or a ticket, stuffed it into the document, and covered the prepared cover on the top.
After everything was done.
Watson stood up from the chair.
The camera slowly moved and finally stopped at the top of the manuscript.
The background gradually blurred, and the title of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" slowly occupied the entire screen.
Then.
In the lower left corner, a line of small words slowly emerged.
Released in early April.
...
Players saw the latest content.
They were stunned.
On this day, players finally knew the purpose of Linmu Studio's tricks.
Novel!
It turned out to be a novel.
A game company publishes a novel?
When the final puzzle was revealed, most players were really confused.
But soon.
They reacted.
Cheers...
Because after the serialization of the past few days, players have shown great interest in the newly added cases in the two games, especially the case of the Hound of the Baskervilles in "Sherlock Holmes".
However, games are games after all. Although the cases are attractive, the method of recording the cases is a diary-like tone, lacking many details.
In fact, many players were not very satisfied with this method in the following days.
At the same time, they were somewhat dissatisfied with the mode of Linmu Studio updating a small section of the case content every day.
Now it's good.
Just publish a novel!
Although I don't know if the novel still uses a diary-like method to record the case.
But at least it's published, and I can finish reading the case at once, which is a good thing!
So.
The game company published a novel, which was originally a thing with some complaints.
It was made into a hit with Linmu Studio's fancy tricks...
"Fuck! It's actually a novel!! I was wondering why Linmu Studio did so many fancy tricks, it turns out this is the purpose!"
"Are they not going to make a sequel? Just publish a novel? Never mind, I'm quite interested anyway! I'll see after I read it!"
"The second creators can take a break, Linmu Studio has personally taken action... I really can't guess what they will do next, they are suddenly going to publish a novel."
"I have to say, the anticipation is directly raised... Linmu Studio really understands players too well..."
"It's better to say that they know how to market better. To be honest, Linmu Studio is really much better than other domestic game companies in this regard. They are not on the same level.
However, the quality of their works is also not on the same level as other domestic game companies. This is also the reason why they can do these fancy tricks. This can be regarded as... a dimensionality reduction attack."
"..."
The players are looking forward to it.
But the colleagues of Linmu Studio.
They were silenced again.
For example, Li Guangsheng...
Tianhu.
In Li Guangsheng's office.
He looked at the screen, watching Watson organize the manuscripts into books, and then the huge "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" took up the entire screen, and he was stunned.
After a long time,
he finally reacted, pointed at the screen, and said in disbelief: "Is this possible!?"
And next to him.
Mou Feng, who has already returned to Tianhu, shook his head slightly when his childhood friend heard this, and then sighed: "Don't be surprised, this is Linmu Studio! The marketing is first-class, and they can always raise the expectations of players in unexpected places... In fact, this is not the most terrifying thing about them. Similar methods can actually be used by everyone, but I can guarantee that if most of their peers imitate them, no one will care.
Because the basis for them to do these things is that their works themselves are very good and very attractive.
Compared with marketing, this is their most terrifying place. For example, for the game "Sherlock Holmes", if the cases in the game itself were not very attractive and the characters were not first-class, players would not pay attention to any novels.
It is precisely because their games themselves are good enough that players will look forward to novels and ignore the fact that game companies publish novels, which is full of slots."
Li Guangsheng: "..."
"So, the focus is still on the game."
Mou Feng gently patted his childhood friend on the shoulder and said, "This is the terrifying opponent we are facing, so work hard. If we talk about what Linmu Studio has taught us this time, it is probably that gameplay is not everything. Sometimes the plot of the game is equally important.
A good plot can leave a deep impression on players and spontaneously maintain the popularity of the game. It can also increase the value of unrelated real estate by five times, and even launch "peripherals" such as novels for the game.
In terms of game production, we are feeling our way across the river with Linmu Studio, but we cannot ignore the influence of the plot... Even for online games, the same is true. The terrible plot that cannot be skipped in "Shenge" is a vivid example."
"Don't nag, I understand."
Li Guangsheng smiled bitterly, then straightened his face: "Just say it directly, what do you want to do?"
"Continue to reform." Mou Feng expressed his thoughts, "Change the previous thinking and habits of revenue first, gameplay second, and casual plot."
"I understand."
Li Guangsheng finally glanced at the big words "The Detective Cases of Sherlock Holmes" on the screen and sighed: "Let's change it according to your idea, while we can still suppress the major shareholders and while MMORPG can still be played... Alas, our trump card type MMORPG has become more and more powerless recently, and the times feel like they are changing... I really envy Linmu Studio more and more."
"Who wouldn't envy it?"
Mou Feng crossed his arms and replied softly.
When
a game company that is active, produces frequent excellent works, and stirs up the market crazily appears in the market
, and begins to squeeze the living environment of all peers in the two fields of online games and stand-alone games at the same time,
it will activate the survival ability of peers, forcing them to take some measures to become active, invest in the market, and actively participate in the competition.
After all, if they don't work hard, they will really die...
For example, Tianhu has been actively seeking change recently.
And whether this is a good thing or not.
No one can tell now.
...
In early April,
Linmu Studio's novels
"Di Gong'an" and "The Detective Cases of Sherlock Holmes" were released.
The first batch was not large.
Because the time from preparation to release of the novel was not long,
after all, we had to catch up with the "Carnival".
In addition to factors such as tickets, the first batch of prints was indeed not much.
Even the first edition did not have an overseas version.
Because translation also takes time.
But the enthusiasm of the players is very high.
Although.
After Linmu Studio revealed the answer and confirmed that the novel would be published, after a brief joy, some players also expressed their concerns about the novel.
For example, who is the author of the novel? Will the quality of the story be regressed compared to the game? And, will the novel have an impact on the game?
These are all points that players are worried about.
After all, the first and deepest impression of players on Linmu Studio is a game company.
And it is common sense for most people that everyone has their own expertise. There are many examples of leaders in related fields launching works in fields they are not familiar with, and then the level is average.
Isn't it the case with Linmu Studio's "Shadow" movie?
Although, this movie has little to do with Linmu Studio, they just asked the motion capture studio to assist in the movie.
But the reason is the same. Players are also worried that this novel, like "Shadow", is just named after Linmu Studio, and in essence, it has nothing to do with Linmu Studio. It is just a derivative work.
After all... Linmu Studio doesn't seem to have time to write novels.
And this is also part of the reason why Lin Yao tightened IP authorization.
Because it will indeed have some negative effects.
However, it is indeed the first time that Linmu Studio has launched a novel. In addition, this time, unlike "Shadow", a third-party company did not promote it. Linmu Studio just mentioned it.
This time, Linmu Studio itself promoted it.
So even if there are some doubts.
But it does not affect the enthusiasm of players.
On the day when the two novels were released.
The bookstores designated by Linmu Studio for the first batch of sales, as well as the pre-order page on Linmu Studio's own homepage, were crowded with people.
The online batch was sold out in just a few minutes.
The designated offline bookstores were not much better. Although they sold out a little slower than the online pre-order,
those who went late basically didn't get it.
Seeing this situation, Lin Yao was glad that she didn't add the "Carnival" BUFF to the novels, and asked the operation department to explain that the first batch of books was just a trial sale and would be restocked and distributed soon.
But the players were indeed enthusiastic.
Scalpers still resold the books.
In particular, the first batch of people who got the books leaked pictures.
After the players knew the authors of the two novels, they became even more enthusiastic.
The names of the authors written on the covers of the two novels "Di Gong An" and "The Detective Collection of Sherlock Holmes" are the historian and John H. Watson, both of whom are characters in the stories.
However, next to these two names, there is another name.
Translator: Lin Yao.
Of course, the characters in the story can't really come out to write the story.
So when seeing this name, many players knew who wrote these two novels.
Lin Yao!
Lin Yao, who was originally thought to be the least likely!
The writer of the two game scripts!
Let's not talk about anything else. Anyway, it
is definitely different from the movie adapted from "Shadow"!
This is an orthodox work of the Linmu Studio!
So.
Players are so enthusiastic, and it is understandable that scalpers have a market for reselling.
In fact, many players were surprised to see Lin Yao's name on the cover after getting the book.
After all, this is the person who knows games best in the minds of many players!
She wrote it? Will it be written in the direction of the game script? Will it feel like a game? Without the game as a carrier, will the text alone be interesting?
These are the points of curiosity for players.
After all... games and text are two different things.
For example, Yi Wenwen was very curious.
He was very lucky because his home was very close to a designated bookstore, and he went there early, so he bought a copy of "The Detective Cases of Sherlock Holmes".
As for "Detective Dee"... he didn't get it.
When he got the book and saw the name on it, he was stunned.
Then he had a lot of thoughts.
After returning home, he couldn't wait to tear open the plastic film and open the first page of the novel.
He couldn't wait to know how Lin Yao, as a game developer, would write this novel.
Will it follow the pattern of the game script?
With such doubts, Yi Wenwen looked at the first page.
The first page.
It was a preface, exactly the same as in the game, Watson's self-narration.
The second page was the beginning of the story.
And the first story was a case that had never appeared in the game.
The title was - "A Study in Scarlet".
Yi Wenwen sat on the sofa, lowered his head, and began to read.
...
The sound of turning pages.
It kept echoing in the living room of the Yi family.
Yi Wenwen sat quietly, and he didn't know how long he sat there.
Until.
"What are you reading?"
Yi Jianjun, his father, pushed open the door and saw his son sitting on the sofa, concentrating and motionless, and asked curiously.
Yi Wenwen raised his head, as if waking up from a dream.
And the novel in his hand was already one-third turned.
He had already finished reading two cases, "A Study in Scarlet" and "The Copper Beech Case".
Now, he just saw the end of the third case, "The Red-Headed Society", and read the last sentence - 'People are insignificant - the book is everything. '
"Read novels."
Yi Wenwen looked at his father and replied, then lowered his head and looked at the novel in his hand again, raised his head again, and suddenly said: "How can there be such a person..."
"Huh?"
Yi Jianjun heard his son's self-talk and felt a little strange.
"How can there be such...powerful people."
Yi Wenwen breathed a sigh of relief, then lowered his head and looked at the novel in his hand again.
Yes.
He was amazed before he even saw the case of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" that the game emphasized.
It's not a script! It's not a diary!
It's a complete novel.
Excellent novel.
The first three cases alone completely convinced him.
"A Study in Scarlet" is closely linked and has an exquisite structure, which immediately immersed him in it.
And the two cases of "The Copper Beech Case" and "The Red-Headed Society", the rigorous plot and setting, and the exquisite reasoning and conception, opened his eyes.
When he read to the end, he had an orgasm in his head.
Is that so?
At a certain moment.
He even forgot that this was a novel released by a game company! Although many players don't say it, they still think that this is a novel similar to "peripheral"!
Because it's really... too awesome.
Lin Yao of Linmu Studio really didn't perfunctory at all!
To some extent, these three short stories are even more exciting than the "Girl Serial Murder Case" in the game!
This is really... too awesome!
She is really... too exaggerated!
Yi Wenwen closed the book, then glanced at the name on the cover, his face full of admiration.
On the other side, Yi Jianjun shook his head slightly, unable to empathize.
He just came to his son's side, picked up something like a bookmark from his feet, and handed it to him: "The thing is lost."
"...Huh?"
Yi Wenwen came back to his senses, subconsciously took the thing handed over by his father, and then was a little confused.
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