The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 207: Timid Dream Builder and Outrageous Player

The unlimited firepower mode of "Frost and Snow Project" has been completed long ago.

But experienced players know that if this kind of gameplay persists, it will significantly raise the player's threshold and thus affect the life of the game.

Therefore, this gameplay can only be a limited-time gameplay.

Originally, Xu Meng was going to use it to attack the new version of "The Divine Bird".

But then things changed too fast—

"Frost and Snow Project" has reached the top of the second-game field, which makes sniping unnecessary.

Up to now, the entire Konjac Games company has been dragged into the quagmire by "Mirror World Story", and the reputation and revenue of "Divine Bird" have also dropped significantly.

If we continue to do so at this time, it would be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

But if it is not used anymore, the players will probably get impatient to wait.

Now is the chance, so I might as well take them all out and test some things at the same time.

Players of "Project Frost and Snow" have been looking forward to this for a long time, and they were naturally cheering when they saw the announcement.

But at the same time, a voice that could not be ignored became louder and louder.

The first person who liked the comment section said:

"With such a strong production capacity, when will "Frost and Snow Project" be fully VR-enabled?"

What is the fundamental contradiction between dream builders and players today?
It is the contradiction between players’ growing demand for VR content and DreamWorks’ severely insufficient VR production capacity.

After the number of activations of the Fantasy Game Kit exceeded 600 million, "VRization" became a hot topic in Nikkei.

The continuous launch of VR interactive scenes, VR backyards, and VR characters has not only failed to alleviate the players' desire for VR content, but has made everyone even more impatient.

The content they want is also becoming more and more outrageous.

In the beginning, there were interactive scenes where we could see and touch the characters up close, and everyone was very satisfied.

Huo Huo's [Yoga Studio] caused a huge sensation as soon as it appeared.

To date, this interactive scene has sold more than 1300 million copies worldwide!
Many players who did not buy the motion synchronization service also purchased this scene without hesitation.

After that, the development team put a lot of effort into Qing Ling’s [Waiting Time].

Players can not only see Qing Ling leisurely sitting in front of the dressing table putting on makeup, but also hear Qing Ling humming softly.

——This is not singing on the stage.

Instead, she sang a cappella for the investigator alone backstage, which was a super VIP treatment.

For this aria, the development team spent a lot of effort looking for folk tunes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and hired a teacher to teach the CV how to sing. After repeated adjustments, they finally recorded it.

And until now, the development team is still recording more tunes, preparing to update them one by one to enrich Qing Ling's playlist.

In addition to these, there are three sets of clothes in Qing Ling's waiting room.

Investigators can also play a dress-up game with Qing Ling.

——These three sets of clothes are not as exquisite as formal fashions. If you wear them out for battle, they will be out of shape everywhere, which will cause problems.

But it's okay to change clothes temporarily in the waiting room and do some simple movements.

In terms of content volume and production cost alone, [Waiting Time] obviously exceeds that of [Yoga Classroom] by a large margin.

But in terms of specific sales, the VR version sold 700 million copies and the regular version sold 360 million copies, which together lost to [Yoga Classroom] by 240 million copies!

Of course, overall it is still a huge profit.

It was only from this time on that some outrageous demands began to emerge one after another.

The game planners of Dream Building, including Xu Meng, visit Mengjin every day to understand the most authentic opinions of players, and therefore see all kinds of strange demands.

[Waiting time] The most popular opinion is:
"Why don't you let me change Qing Ling's clothes?"

During [Waiting Time], players can only choose one outfit they like from the three outfits: [Black Deep V Evening Dress], [Small Blazer Hip Skirt with Suspender Stockings], and [Light Green Simplified Hanfu].

After making her choice, Qing Ling would draw the curtain and change into the clothes behind it.

During this process, mobile phone and computer players can only see animations.

Players of the Fantasy Game Suite will also find that the thin curtain cannot be lifted at all.

They were very dissatisfied with this.

The Erwuzai moderator even selected a brother's post as a featured post. In that featured post, every line of the brother's words was full of anger:
"Our affection is full! We've even given each other wedding rings! We're already an old married couple, and there's no one else in the waiting room."

"Then why do I need to use a curtain to cover my wife when she changes clothes?"

"Am I not worthy of watching?!"

"Development team, look at the style of that skirt! It's obviously hard for one person to wear it!"

"Shouldn't I be allowed to help my wife undress and put on clothes?"

"Do you know how to take care of your wife?"

"Are all the development team members single and straight men who have never touched a woman's clothes?"

……

When the single straight man Xu Meng saw the post, he almost deleted it.

I wanted to explain to this player: "This is an operation that must be done."

Because Qing Ling was not wearing any underwear.

The slit of her cheongsam extended from her calves to her shoulders, and her waist was locked with a white jade pendant to prevent the clothes from falling apart.

With this design idea, if you add underwear ties at the waist and armpits, it will break the overall design aesthetic.

The artists simply couldn’t accept it!
So from the beginning there was no room for bra lacing.

This isn't just Qing Ling's problem.

When the character design of "Frost and Snow Project" just started to change, Xu Meng and the artists were very careful and designed underwear for all the characters. Even characters like He Yin who could not actually show their underwear were honestly modeled.

But after a few months, everyone has become a veteran.

Lingerie is no longer an element that hinders creation.

It is there when you need it and gone when you don’t need it. Everything is based on beauty.

But in this way, although it looks good, it is impossible to take off and change clothes like a real person.

After all, once you take it off, you're naked.

The game will instantly change from the [18+] set by Zhumeng to the real [18+].

But in Xia Country, the real [18+] games are not "restricted" but "illegal"!
The game will be removed from the shelves on the spot, and Xu Meng will also be sued.

It is impossible for Zhumeng to let such a thing happen.

But Xu Meng thought about it and felt that this explanation actually made no sense.

Players don’t consider the aesthetics of the design, they just ask: “Can’t you add underwear?”

Or even more outrageous -

“Are there any mysterious patches?”

“Have you considered opening a mod interface?”

“Will you put Vapour on the shelves?”

“Would you consider Band-Aid underwear?”

……

Anyway, players will never give up their pursuit of sex.

Xu Meng finally gave up explaining, deleted the post and pretended he didn't see it.
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Then, on October 10st, the Houzhai gameplay was launched.

All "Frost and Snow Project" players celebrated the Chinese New Year together, and even set a new record for the number of real-time online players on the first day of the server launch.

Tens of millions of players around the world can't wait to log in and enter the back house.

——Even without the Fantasy game platform, the same applies to players who play games on mobile phones, computers and consoles.

The only difference is that the backyard they entered was not a VR version, but a regular 3D scene.

The development team was originally worried that this would lower the players' evaluation of Hou Zhai.

But the reality is just the opposite -

Players who use 3D scenes are more satisfied.

As for the players who used the Fantasy Game Kit, after a few days of excitement, they immediately started to take advantage of the situation:

"Where is there anyone! At home! Taking a shower! And wearing a swimsuit?!!"

"Respect Mr. Bathtub's feelings and take it off now!"

"Who goes to bed without changing into pajamas?"

"Who wears clothes when sleeping?!"

"They are all my wives, why can't they live here together? You only let one in at a time, are you trying to sow discord between us?"

"Why can't I go to the backyard online? What's wrong with entertaining friends at home with my wife!?"

"Can't I play poker with my wife?"

"Can't I go fishing with my wife?"

……

All kinds of outrageous demands emerge one after another.

Most of them cannot be met at the current stage of dream building.

For example, the one about “entertaining friends with your virtual wife”.

It looks innocent, technically easy, and seems completely satisfying.

But if you follow the poster's ID [小花椒] and check her post history, you will see a series of outrageous posts:
[Aaaaaaah, why don’t I have a penis!!!]
[700 yuan to find a little wolf girl to replace the deer! ]
[You may not believe it, but I fell in love online]
[My boyfriend and I tried the DreamSensing Sync Suit and we had a great time together]
[Sharing Post丨Development of Special Usage Techniques for Long-Distance Relationship Somatosensory Synchronous Service]
[Why can’t I enter the interactive scene with my boyfriend? I have a lot of interesting ways to play that I want to try!]
[Backyard Connection丨One is my wife, the other is my boyfriend, why can’t they both come in?]
Just looking at the historical posts, you can be 100% sure——

This girl wants the online function in the back house, not just for the purpose of simply "entertaining friends".

She definitely has ulterior motives!
This is what she said in the post.

Is there anyone who has more outrageous ideas but keeps them to himself?
Absolutely!
In this situation, if we really let it go, it might turn from anecdotes from the gaming world into social news!

Xu Mengke doesn't intend to gamble.

At least not at this stage.

Therefore, VR Backyard has always given players a feeling: it has unlimited potential, but because of the timidity of dream building, the content is always given in a stingy way, which makes people feel unsatisfied.

Because of this dissatisfaction, everyone has to keep urging DreamBuild day after day to come up with more new content.

"Frost and Snow Project", which is fully VR-based, is one of them.

But they obviously haven't considered the scale of the project it would take to turn all the characters with ultra-high precision modeling and highly rich personalities into VR.

I also never thought that controlling different characters through VR would mean transforming into that character.

It’s not that bad for female investigators, it’s just a matter of changing their body shape and clothes.

At most the clothes are bolder, but I can always adapt to them.

But male investigators...

But you have to change your sex directly!

　I'm back, and I'll continue to ask for monthly tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)