This is not a BUG, this is a game feature - #299 - Chapter 298 The imaginative test session

Chen Ba is not a big star. At most, he is just a little famous in the gaming circle. It is impossible for him to be a hot search topic, and the probability of him being out of the circle is low.

Because of this, he did not delete this post in the end.

If you want to discuss it, just discuss it. The person involved has no objections, and he himself has an indifferent attitude, so there is no need to delete the post.

But he ignored one thing.

That’s when this rumor reached the ears of “good friends” Lao Chen and Lao Wang, the situation immediately changed.

Lao Chen was fine. He could only ask sideways to find out whether it was true or not. After all, he was urging marriage, and he was very cautious about matters related to his son’s life and would not draw conclusions easily.

Comrade Lao Wang is outrageous.

He was still pretending to be ill in the hospital ICU. After learning the news, he stopped pretending to be ill and went directly to the headquarters of Tianba Studio to arrest Chen Ba offline.

By the way, he carries his household registration book with him when he goes out…

“No, who is a good person who would carry his household registration book with him?”

Chen Ba was stunned. He took the household registration book handed over by Lao Wang and said with a confused face: “It’s okay to carry it with you. What do you mean by handing it to me directly? No more pretending, let’s show off your cards?”

“You two are in a relationship, so why should I pretend?”

“Hurry, hurry up and get the certificate! I have already chosen the wedding day. It will be done in two days. I will go and talk to your father. Don’t worry, I won’t ask your family for a penny in betrothal gifts…”

Is this about the bride price?

Chen Ba always felt that there was something wrong with Lao Wang, and no matter how optimistic he was about Chen Ba, he would not be so unfaithful!

Could it be… there’s a conspiracy?

The more Lao Wang behaves like this, the more worried Chen Ba becomes. After all, he has never seen such a battle in his entire life. The more Lao Wang pressed, the less anxious he became, and instead advised Lao Wang to continue playing his “cancer patient”.

As for the reason, it comes naturally.

The rumors on the Internet are false, and Chen Ba is currently busy making a brand new game. He is very busy at work and has no time to think about these things.

What he said was true, and he was not afraid that Lao Wang would not believe it.

Having said that, there was nothing Lao Wang could do. He also knew the principle of “enough is enough”, so he proposed to wait until Chen Ba finished the “Abba” game first.

“Then I’ll go back to the hospital and continue to pretend to be sick! Don’t let me go, I can’t pretend for too long…”

The excuse Lao Wang made was that he had cancer, and it was at an advanced stage and incurable.

To be honest, the fact that he could pretend not to be discovered for so long is enough to prove how superb his acting skills are and how cooperative the hospital is with his performance.

But paper can’t cover up the fire after all, and he can’t keep pretending.

Therefore, his biggest wish is to quickly acquire Chen Ba, a good son-in-law, before his disguise is seen through, and not to give other coquettish bitches any chance to take advantage of him.

Of course, he also asked Chen Ba to keep this secret and not to tell Wang Ya that he was pretending to be ill.

“You told me to keep it a secret?”

Chen Ba is not that obedient, not to mention that Lao Wang is not even willing to pay hush money and always invites Lao Chen to plot against him. How can he be angry like this?

So after sending the old queen away, he directly sent the whole story to Wang Ya on the other end via WeChat.

“Okay, I know.”

I thought Wang Ya would be shocked and angry when she learned the truth, but her attitude was unexpectedly calm, as if she had known it for a long time.

What kind of drama are you singing?

Chen Ba was also confused by the father and daughter’s manipulations and couldn’t figure out who was acting.

If he can’t figure it out, he won’t think about it. Anyway, it has nothing to do with him. The most important thing right now is the testing work and publicity arrangements for “Abba”.

…

As we all know, the testing of a game often takes an extremely long time.

Especially games that require an Internet connection!

But Tianba Studio is obviously the exception. So far, no game testing has lasted for more than half a year.

This is also one of the sources of Tianba Studio’s reputation as a “fast shooter”.

Why is it so fast?

The answer seems to be very simple, because in the testing stage, many things cannot be tested, or there is no chance to test.

Take “Abba” as an example.

Most of the code in the game uses resource modules from the Tianba game engine and Tianba code library.

To put it bluntly, old wine in new bottles!

Don’t think this is strange. In fact, this is the real reason why Tianba Studio is known as the “Quick Shooter” and is also the main contributor to the rapid production progress.

Why does the development progress of a game like “Black Myth Wukong” often take two to three years or even four to five years? And “Global Evolution”, which is similar in size, took less than a year?

This is because, for a game like “Black Myth Wukong”, everything is started from scratch, and there are not many existing resources to call on or even draw on.

Although “Global Evolution” has many original things, most of the functions and game modules have been used in other games and can be used by simply copying and modifying them.

for example.

Because the game “God’s Grace Continent” has a special NPC generation mechanism, Tianba Studio has since developed new games. Regarding NPCs, just call this program to copy NPCs in batches.

This is a bit like the League of Legends team deciding to create a new hero Seraphine. Q is damage, W is shield, and E is deceleration control. Passive will strengthen small skills, and the ultimate move is group control…

Damn it, Qinnu Plus?

Players have this view entirely because Seraphine and Qin are highly similar in skill mechanism and team positioning.

In fact, this statement is not wrong, because from a code level, Seraphine’s skill module may be the Qinnu code called.

If designers want to create a hero with a special mechanism, they will find it extremely difficult and prone to game bugs.

For example, Foego and Silas.

But if we approach the old hero in terms of mechanics and make a “stitch monster”, it will be much simpler. We can just call the code of the old hero and change the model and values.

The workload is completely divided into one day and one place. The former takes a lot more time than the latter.

The same goes for making games. Launching a new game based on many excellent games will definitely save time than starting from scratch.

The funniest thing is that because of the use of the Tianba game engine, even the “art resources” can be directly used in old games without the need to re-create them.

This is one of the reasons why the development progress of “Abba” is so fast and even the testing work is so short.

Can it be faster?

The map is based on “Rush”, the art design and functional modules are based on “Global Evolution”, and part of the gameplay and interactions are based on “Home Simulator”…

It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a “stitch monster” game, and it is even very appropriate.

Chen Ba also admitted that there is not much original content in “Abba”, and most of it is stitching and repairing of old games.

But this is not a big problem.

There are many games like this in the gaming industry, and he is not the only one doing this, so why should he be nervous or shy?

Moreover……

Whether a game is fun or not has nothing to do with whether it is Stitch Monster.

What happened to Stitch Monster?

A well-sewn game can still attract a large number of players. Among the popular games that have become popular in recent years, who has never been a stitch monster?

“As long as the game is fun, you will like it even if it’s a Stitch Monster” serialized by Dangtang! !

“Abba” is divided into two game modes: online and stand-alone, and the testing steps are also different.

The focus is on online mode.

After all, judging from the information Chen Ba has obtained, if there is a problem with this game, there is a high probability that it will be due to the online mode.

On the contrary, it is a stand-alone mode, and it is unlikely that there will be any problems, or more serious game bugs.

“You’re stereotyping!”

“Ah, right, right, what’s wrong with my stereotype? Why don’t you tell me, which of the first few games of our studio is not a bug in the online mode?”

Chen Bayi said righteously: “Can’t you say it? Let me tell you, in all games with online functions, game bugs come from the online mode, without exception!”

This is a rule of thumb.

In his short career as a game producer, Chen Ba didn’t experience anything else, but he was extremely impressed by the online mode.

There is no way, who said that as long as the games under Tianba Studio have online functions, there will always be problems in the online area?

As the saying goes, a long illness makes a good doctor.

With more experience, he has a better understanding of the Tiehanhan system. Judging from his experience, the vicious game bugs in “Abba” are 100% caused by the online mode!

He was full of confidence in his judgment, so this time, he directly concentrated his forces and conducted an extreme test of “ordering fried rice at the bar” around the online mode.

He didn’t believe it.

After being deceived so many times, he has grasped the rules this time. Can’t he check out possible bugs before the game is officially released?

“Spread your thoughts!”

Chen Ba taught earnestly: “During the test, open your mind as wide as possible. Don’t think of yourself as a serious player. You will come up with evil ways…”

In a serious test, nothing would be detected. Chen Ba had already been prepared for this.

Based on past experience, it can be known that the triggering method of vicious bugs in the game must be an extremely evil and unexpected gameplay.

So, use your imagination!

The testing work of “Abba”, under his leadership, went in a very extreme, very evil direction, which made people say they couldn’t understand it.

Xiao Lu controls the “lame” character he created in the online mode and is trying to catch up with the 300km/h high-speed train…

Li was actually in the online mode, planning to attack another colleague who was accompanying him in the test. He was too weak to be too hard, and his behavior was extremely weird…

Liu Jinfu tried to be an “outlaw gangster” in the game. He would not do any tasks, and he would do whatever he wanted…

Luo Ji took an eccentric approach and used Abba as a travel simulator. He was trying to climb Mount Everest in a wheelchair…

Everyone has their own ideas and brainstorming, and they have all tested it in the game, trying to find what Brother Ba calls “hidden dangers.”

However, everything is in vain.

The powerful physics engine and simulation system prevented the lame Xiao Lu from catching up with the high-speed train. Instead, he fell hard and ended up in the hospital.

The content that is not allowed by laws and regulations cannot be realized in “Abba”, and Li Qizhen failed to discover the “Brother, you smell so good” side.

The difference is that thanks to the game’s ultra-high degree of freedom, Liu Jinfu’s dream of being an outlaw can be realized.

But unfortunately…

Deaf-mute Liu Jinfu, who vowed to turn “Abba” into “Abba the Thief”, was caught when he turned around after robbing the canteen.

The fate of Wheelchair Man Luo Ji is slightly better. Although in the game, the physical strength and energy of the character have an upper limit, but…the wheelchair is a perpetual motion machine that does not consume energy…

So, he developed a new gameplay: the wheelchair drives automatically, and the character sits on it and sleeps to restore physical strength and energy, so that he can travel around the world!

Unfortunately, before he could drive all the way to Mount Everest in a wheelchair, the wheelchair drove into a small river and the character drowned while sleeping…

“Great, keep it up!”

Although the first round of testing did not find the problem, Chen Ba believed that this direction was correct, and he had to go in a wrong way to test the game.

Besides, this is only the first day.

As long as you keep this idea and continue to explore the game’s evil gameplay in online mode in the next few days, it will only be a matter of time before you find out the “hidden dangers”.

Thinking of this, he immediately felt relieved.

Luo Ji and Xiao Lu were watching the testing work, and he could take time to discuss with Brother Dong about how to promote the game “The Legend of Abba”.

If a game wants to sell well, quality is one aspect, and publicity is also a very important part!

It is undeniable that the game industry has never been short of games that rely on word-of-mouth fermentation and then sales take off step by step. There are even many games.

But to be honest, if it can be achieved in one step, who would want to slowly wait for word-of-mouth to ferment and rely on word-of-mouth and tap water from players to increase sales?

Isn’t time cost a cost?

Because of its unique subject matter, “Abba” needs to be carefully publicized, at least to avoid being misinterpreted or even misunderstood as much as possible.

“It’s best not to publicize…”

Yang Dong expressed his opinion: “If it is promoted on a large scale, it will inevitably be suspected of taking advantage of other people’s misfortunes to make money, and players will probably be very disgusted.”

“Small-scale publicity is of little significance. After all, we are already of this size. Is there any difference between small-scale publicity and no publicity?”

“So I suggest not to carry out any publicity, release it in a low-key manner, and rely entirely on word of mouth from players to help us promote the game…”

That’s okay too!

Chen Ba thought for a while and found that what Brother Dong said was indeed reasonable. With the size of “Abba”, small-scale publicity is better than no publicity at all.

If it is promoted on a large scale, it will be easy to be criticized. After all, this subject matter is indeed a bit too “special”.

Then there will be no publicity, just like Penguin playing the game “Meeting”. Those who know will naturally know, and those who don’t will forget it.

At the same time, the game can also make a supplementary explanation, indicating that all the revenue related to the game will be used to establish a special “foundation” to provide targeted assistance to people with disabilities.

Then this is a public welfare game. Players can help promote it and will not offend passers-by and netizens…