Chapter 120 Why is the Overlord Body so powerful?
Chen Ba has played many love-development games, both otome-oriented and male-oriented.
"Heartbeat Memories" was the first game of this kind that he played, but at that time he was playing pirated versions, and he played it in a black Internet cafe that cost 0.5 yuan per hour.
"Love and Producer" was a game that he deliberately played after he became interested in the game industry, mainly to experience the gameplay and analyze why the game became popular.
certainly!
It's not just these games. In fact, Chen Ba has played more or less popular games on the market.
No meat or vegetables are taboo, no matter the subject matter.
After playing a lot of games, he also discovered that this kind of love development or love simulation game mainly focuses on one character.
To put it a bit harshly...
It's hard to find a boy/girl as perfect as in the game in reality.
That's why there is a market for this type of game, and it attracts so many players to be obsessed with it, and even spend money on it for their beloved characters.
"When you read novels, have you noticed that the more popular urban romance novels actually feature characters?"
Chen Ba said with a smile: "The female character in it is as pure and perfect as the heroine in a fairy tale. She can be called the white moonlight in the hearts of countless people."
"It definitely feels that way."
Xiao Lu said thoughtfully: "Brother Ba, do you mean that it is because it is illusory and unreal that some people are so obsessed with it?"
"What if? If in reality, you can meet such perfect girls everywhere, do you think there is still a market for this kind of novels, or this kind of games?"
Chen Ba was speechless.
Isn’t this an obvious fact?
Precisely because they cannot meet such girls or boys in reality, some people seek spiritual comfort through novels, animations and games.
What is not available is the most precious!
If girls like Shen Youchu were everywhere in reality, they would appear less charming if they were too common.
"So the core of the character design in this type of game is the illusion of bubbles!"
Real, close to reality?
Chen Ba couldn't help but want to laugh.
If we really design a few realistic love-making characters in the game, then what exactly is love? Or are you looking for trouble for yourself?
Guys play games to relieve stress and seek spiritual solace. It's better to let guys go through the hardships of dating and love in real life again in the game, right?
"Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
It's true what Brother Ba said. This kind of characters really can't be realistic. The less realistic the better.
Otherwise, what would happen?
"Although there is a suspicion of generalization, I am not saying that everyone is like this."
Chen Ba coughed and said: "In reality, there are boys or girls who are exactly the same as in the game, with perfect personalities and qualities, and one of the best looks."
But again, it’s so rare!
So from this perspective, the fictional characters in the game do not have real prototypes at all.
But because the real-life prototypes of this type of character are so rare, 99% of people have never seen them with their own eyes, so they feel unreal and have a sense of illusion and bubble.
"No matter what the female characters are like in terms of personality, identity and appearance, one thing is certain, they are all the fictional Bai Yueguang, the other half that boys long for."
"The same goes for male characters. Although their personalities are different, at least they are the Prince Charming in girls' minds..."
Once you understand this, the rest becomes easier.
The male and female characters are randomly generated by the program, and the characters are also varied, but the core is what Chen Ba said: Bai Yueguang and Prince Charming type!
"The experience of developing "God's Grace Continent" can be used exactly in this place. However, this time the favorability system needs to be redone, and the old system cannot be used..."
Chen Ba couldn't help but sigh.
Everything about "God's Grace Continent" is good, but the favorability system is so rubbish that it causes frequent problems and makes a lot of jokes.
As an RPG adventure game, this kind of joke is okay, at least acceptable.
But in a love development game, if the favorability system makes a joke, then the problem is serious.
"Favorability……"
While Brother Dong, Xiao Lu and others were discussing the game framework, Chen Ba closed his eyes and looked at 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 yet been officially announced and is still in the discussion stage, so it is not surprising that the scores are all zeros.
But the overall score is actually ten points, which is very embarrassing.
"This is definitely a bug..."
Chen Ba dares to swear to God that there is definitely something wrong with the comprehensive score of the system. It is not serious anyway. Whoever believes it is the real Shabi.
But it's not a big problem.
Although the comprehensive score has some problems, at least the branch score is accurate. With this plug-in, he can clearly know the feedback of each decision.
"Good guy! Is this system made by Cairo Company?"
Chen Ba hadn't noticed it before, but now that he took a closer look, the system interface really looked like a pixel simulation game in Cairo.
It is a pity that the skills and attributes of each employee are not displayed, otherwise it would really become a Cairo game.
Think for a moment.
Chen Ba suddenly had an idea.
In the game "Love Staff", 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 a specific "value".
Change it another way!
Cancel the numerical value and the favorability becomes an unknown X.
Marriage and breakup are two straight lines that are parallel to each other and never intersect. X is the "curve" sandwiched between the two straight lines, which may undulate at any time.
When the curve X rises and touches the straight line of marriage, it means that the strategy is successful. When the curve X drops and touches the straight line of breakup, it means that the strategy has failed.
There is no fixed value.
The curve will continue to rise and fall as the two get along. What the player has to do is to make key decisions at every key node to make the curve gradually rise until the proposal is successful.
Chen Ba told Yang Dong this idea and wanted to hear his opinion.
"Isn't there a clear value?"
When Yang Dong first heard this idea, he thought it was incredible. How could there be a love development game without a clear setting of the favorability value?
But when he thought about it carefully, he felt that it was very good. Without numerical values, he could better simulate the feeling of falling in love.
"But with your design, will there be two situations? The first is that the player can easily conquer the character he likes without any effort?"
Yang Dong frowned and said: "There is another possibility that the player has been playing for a long time and the X curve has always been stable, and it has been dragging on like this without any results?"
"Both possibilities cannot be ruled out."
Chen Ba nodded and said: "The first situation is what we commonly call a flash marriage! The second situation is a very common long-distance love affair..."
Both scenarios are reasonable.
Whether it is a flash marriage or a long-distance love affair, 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 goodwill. How to seize every key opportunity depends entirely on the players.
It really doesn't work...
Isn’t there a dog-headed military advisor?
Ask other players for advice and combine their wisdom to find a way to break the situation. It should not be difficult.
"But we are a love development game! If the player gets married in a flash, wouldn't the clearance time not exceed the game refund time?"
Yang Dong was very confused.
If there really is a destiny child, or a love master, and it can be done in a few minutes, then what else can be played in this game later?
"So at this time, the online mode comes into play! If you become it yourself, you can also become a dog-headed military advisor and give advice to others..."
Chen Ba feels that after canceling the favorability value, if someone really clears the level quickly, it is indeed his ability, and there is no one to blame.
Anyway, the game is called "Love Staff". Even if the main game is cleared, you can still give advice to other players, so you don't have to worry about not having to play.
…
This winter, it snowed in Jiangning.
Snow in the north is not surprising, but snow in the south is much rarer. Even if it’s just a thin layer, it’s better than nothing!
Chen Ba was wrapped in a down jacket and received a large package at the high-speed rail station. Lao Chen came to Jiangning specially to celebrate the New Year with him.
"Dad! Why do you bring so many things? What's in it, it's so heavy..."
"I killed a 400-pound New Year pig this year, so I made some bacon and thought about bringing it to you to try."
Lao Chen also felt sorry for his son.
Although he knew that his son was making money now and had no shortage of food or clothing, he probably couldn't buy bacon.
Even if he could buy it, it probably wouldn't taste as good as the one he made himself. So before setting off, he specially brought dozens of kilograms of bacon and filled his suitcase.
Chen Ba was too embarrassed to refuse his old father's wishes. But with so much meat, he would definitely not be able to finish it by himself, so he planned to give some to Xiao Lu and others later.
After receiving Lao Chen, the Spring Festival was approaching.
Chen Ba led the people who stayed behind in the studio to create a live entertainment video, which should be regarded as a New Year's greeting to all the players.
The video is very interesting.
First, the old scalper in "Han Chuang Kudu Simulator" ate a fairy fruit in the wilderness, and then he soared on the spot and became a terrifying bull demon.
Then there is the aunt in "The Living Simulator". In her sleep, an immortal named "Chen" taught her the Dharma, and she followed the colorful fairy light and embarked on the road to becoming an immortal.
Then there is the Starry Sky Emperor. His vitality and blood are declining in his later years. He is worried that the Forbidden City Supreme will cause harm to the people after he is enthroned. He decides to fight for the road to immortality and look for opportunities to live a second life...
A few people and one cow came to the Road to Immortality, but they never expected to encounter a time and space vortex, which opened a passage to a strange world.
I thought it was a fairyland, but I never thought this was the Continent of Divine Grace!
The Demon King, who had been alone in Konggui for hundreds of thousands of years, could no longer bear the loneliness and decided to leave with the Starry Sky Emperor and his party...
"They reached the end of the road to becoming an immortal. They thought they could get a glimpse of the secret of becoming an immortal, but they never expected to be blocked by a stone wall."
"The stone walls are painted with various patterns."
Xiao Lu's eyebrows were filled with excitement and he said: "As an aunt from Earth, I immediately recognized that this is a popular Xiaoxiaole on Earth."
"After eliminating the designated blocks, 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 domineering Nian beast behind the door. The domineering body is the most powerful and the best in all the worlds. Only by defeating this domineering Nian beast can you stop it from causing harm to the world..."
"Is the overlord body so strong?"
Zhong Shengwei is also a person who reads novels. He said with a puzzled face: "How do I remember? It seems that they are all rookies with this kind of physique?"
"Those are fake hegemonic bodies!"
Xiao Lu waved his hand and said: "The horror of the True Tyrant Body is beyond your imagination. Just blow it and you can destroy the heavens."
At least the word "hegemon" is included!
It's hard to say whether the other physiques are strong or not. Anyway, here at Tianba Studio, the secret methods of physiques with the word "ba" are all powerful.
Don't ask, asking is a shady story.
At the end of the video, the Tyrant Nian Beast is too powerful and no one can match it. At the critical moment, my aunt stood up, fed the tiger with her body, and managed to seal the domineering body.
Did you think the video was over?
The Tyrant Nian Beast snorted coldly and returned to its original form. It turned out that he was Brother Ba, with a red envelope in his hand.
"Scan the QR code and listen to my revenge plan! Free elixirs and magic weapons will be given to those who can help me unblock them. There is also a 10,000-yuan grand prize waiting for you!"
Helping Brother Ba unblock him is actually similar to Pin Xixi's "cut with a knife" mechanism.
When players flock to the event page, they can see Brother Ba trapped in the lantern. As long as they light up the lantern and help Brother Ba unblock it, they can draw a grand prize of 10,000 yuan.
It’s a happy occasion!
There are very few 10,000 yuan red envelopes, only ten in total. But there are still a lot of thousand-yuan red envelopes, hundred-yuan red envelopes and ten-yuan red envelopes. If you are lucky, you can also get a fortune.
Chen Ba has prepared a prize pool of nearly 1 million for this event, of which 500,000 is a cash reward and the remaining 500,000 is various physical and virtual prizes.
For example, graphics cards, motherboards, memory sticks, figures, dolls, "Star Emperor" Source Stone gift packs, "God's Grace Continent" professional version Cdkey, "Junk Eliminator" redemption codes, etc.
"Is it so grand?"
Players were also surprised. They praised Brother Ba’s generosity on forums and social platforms.
It’s really atmospheric!
Tianba Studio itself is not large in scale and cannot compare with big companies such as Zhugoose. But Brother Ba knows how to give out red envelopes to players during the Chinese New Year. Did the big companies make so much money but did they give it out?
There is no harm without comparison.
Compared with Tianba Studio, other game companies are very picky, and they don’t know how to give back to old players during the Chinese New Year, which is really chilling.
"That's how reputation comes..."
Chen Ba said with a smile: "If you use these hundreds of thousands for advertising, do you think it will have such a good effect?"
"No."
Yang Dong shook his head.
When I heard Brother Ba say that he would give out hundreds of thousands of red envelopes to players during the New Year, he was still a little distressed and felt that it was unnecessary spending.
But looking at it now, you can get such good results with just a few hundred thousand, so it’s definitely worth it!
This is a bit like the son of a rich man who spread millions of dollars on Weibo after winning the championship. In terms of advertising effect and influence, it is definitely much stronger than simply advertising.
Putting aside everything else, spending hundreds of thousands to buy a hot search on the entire Internet doesn’t seem to be a loss. After all, the sales of old games have increased...