Chapter 302: Update in disguise?
Chapter 302 Update in disguise?
Obviously, Lilith was quite shocked.
Gu Fan had said so much, which gave her a feeling of enlightenment. As long as we follow the Shengjing Group's method, wouldn't we be able to harvest a lot of negative emotions?
It's hard to imagine how awesome "World of Protoss" would be if it was developed by Nitiantian Games!
But what Gu Fan said next poured cold water on her head, making her realize that this method didn't seem to work.
After all, Nitiantian's games cannot be modified after they are released, and there is no way to do something similar to Shengjing Group's "cutting popular BDs into obsolescence", which is really a pity.
But Lilith obviously didn't give up. Although she wilted, she still took a few steps back and forth in the living room, seeming to be thinking about something.
"Gu Fan, I remember you once said that as a programmer, there is no function that cannot be completed. The only problem is how to use twists and turns to complete the function in disguise, and how much you are willing to pay to complete this function. duration and time, right?”
Gu Fan was stunned for a moment, with a vague feeling in his heart.
Why does Lilith seem to have become smarter? When she asked this question, she seemed to have thought of some solution?
But Gu Fan could only nod and said: "Yes."
Lilith’s words were indeed said by Gu Fan, and from a procedural perspective, it was indeed true.
For programmers, there is no unfinishable program in the world, as long as you are willing to invest a lot of time and manpower, and at the same time make hundreds of millions of adjustments to those unrealistic requirements.
“Mr. Li, in theory, it is certainly possible to do this. However, there are several issues that must be carefully considered.”
There was a smile on Lilith's face, and her twin ponytails seemed to be straightening again: "So, the method I just mentioned is not completely impossible, right?
“Although we can no longer make any modifications to the game after it is officially launched, what if we bury these modifications in the game in advance and make them part of the game’s functions?
“For example, we add a limit to the game. When the game is launched for more than a month, the program will automatically adjust certain values, causing the player’s specific skill damage to plummet...
Gu Fan coughed twice and explained: "The first question is that when we collect negative emotions, we also need to pay attention to methods.
“Which way do you think collects more negative emotions?”
Lilith thought for a moment: "Of course it's the first one!"
And the method Lilith mentioned is indeed effective. In general, these updates and changes are inserted into the game program from the beginning so that they can be triggered automatically.
Gu Fan couldn't help but be surprised, my dear, Lilith has changed!
In such a long gaming career, she has actually learned some programming skills, and she is not as easy to fool as before!
In this way, it is not considered an official modification of the game, but is part of the game content itself.
“Suppose there are two ways of collecting negative emotions:
“The first type makes players confused. They feel that the game has become uncomfortable, but they can’t figure out what exactly makes them uncomfortable;
“This is totally doable!”
Seeing that Lilith looked like she was about to put her ambition into practice, Gu Fan hurriedly spoke.
Lilith narrowed her eyes slightly: "Oh, what's the problem?"
Most of the functional requirements in the world can be achieved through roundabout ways, which is also a necessary quality of a good programmer.
“The second way is to let players see at a glance that this is official intention.
This is actually easy to understand. Just like when netizens are debating with others online, when is the most defensive moment?
If you know that the other party is a pure NC, or a troll who takes money to do things, it is actually not that difficult to break the defense. After all, he is already like this, why not obey him? It's more funny than angry.
On the contrary, if the other party starts to argue with you seriously, and you even have doubts about your own theory, you feel that the other party seems to have a certain point. If it continues to be entangled like this, it will inevitably break the defense even more. The same goes for games.
If a game company does something particularly stupid, which is immediately retarded, and all the players are scolding it, then even if the players have some negative emotions, it will not last long, and they may even turn into a fun-loving mentality.
On the contrary, the game company did something very controversial. Players became two distinct groups, refusing to give in to each other and constantly arguing. Only at this time can negative emotions be maximized.
Seeing that Lilith recognized his point of view, Gu Fan hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and continued: "So, Mr. Li, although your method is theoretically feasible, it requires rigorous demonstration to be put into practice.
“An overly simple and crude approach will not work.
"For example, after we set up the program, one month after the game was launched, by default the damage of all players was reduced to one-tenth of the original, so that they could not defeat the monsters that they could have defeated, and they could not defeat the monsters that could have passed the level. The copy cannot be cleared either.
“This can certainly get some negative emotions, but it’s not really cost-effective.
“On the one hand, because this change is too outrageous, players will quickly react. Not only will they not be angry, but they will want to laugh, and they will be unable to continue to generate negative emotions;
“On the other hand, our motives are too obvious and no one will play the next game no matter what it is made.
“All things considered, it’s actually not cost-effective.”
Lilith frowned slightly: "Then you mean that this method is completely unworkable? So you don't even need to try it?"
Gu Fan shook his head: "Of course not, I think it can still be tried, but we should proceed step by step and verify it bit by bit.
“But as Mr. Li thinks, it is definitely impossible to copy Shengjing Group’s answer.
“For example, if we cut a specific BD, if the program is preset in advance, this can indeed be done.
“But the problem is that we can’t predict what the players’ favorite and most powerful BD will be. If we can’t hit the target, it won’t have the desired effect.
“So, instead of blindly focusing on the topic, it is better to think about some specific functions.”
Lilith's face brightened slightly, Gu Fan's words were still very confusing.
The emergence of all-professional gameplay in "Shadow World" is a bug in itself. Lilith doesn't even know that players will play this way, so how can she judge what popular BD is?
Even though Shengjing Group was aiming for a full-professional gameplay from the beginning, there were still bugs such as "Infinite Starlight Milk" and "Dark Chain" that were completely unexpected by them.
If it were really possible to predict the future, then Shengjing Group would have fixed these two bugs at the beginning, and would not have had to rush to fix them later.
Since you can't predict the future, there is no point in focusing on a certain skill or BD.
Gu Fan said that it is better to focus on some specific functions, which makes some sense.
Lilith asked: "Then as you said, think about specific functions and make some attempts to pave the way for better collection of negative emotions in the future.
“Which basic function are you focusing on specifically?”
Gu Fan was silent for a moment and said, "How is the equipment system?"
(End of this chapter)