When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay

Lilith was obviously quite shocked.

Gu Fan had said so much that she felt enlightened. 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 Gu Fan's next words 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 off popular BDs at once" operation, 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."

Gu Fan did say what Lilith said, 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.

Most of the functional requirements in the world can be achieved through roundabout ways, which is also a necessary quality of a good programmer.

A smile appeared on Lilith's face, and her twin ponytails seemed to be stiffened again: "So, the method I just mentioned is not completely impossible, right?

“Although we can no longer make any modifications to the game after the game 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...

"This is totally feasible!"

Gu Fan couldn't help but be surprised, good guy, Lilith has changed!

In such a long gaming career, she actually understands some programming techniques, and she is not as easy to fool as before!

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.

In this way, it is not considered an official modification to the game, but is part of the game content itself.

Seeing Lilith looking like she was about to put her ambition into practice, Gu Fan hurriedly spoke.

"Mr. Li, in theory, it is certainly possible to do this. But there are several issues that must be carefully considered."

Lilith narrowed her eyes slightly: "Oh, what's the problem?"

Gu Fan coughed twice and explained: "The first question is that when we collect negative emotions, we also need to pay attention to methods.

“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;

“The second one is to let players see at a glance that this is official intention.

“Which method do you think collects more negative emotions?”

Lilith thought for a moment: "Of course it's the first one!"

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 gets paid to do things, you won't be so defensive. 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 that is particularly stupid and looks retarded at first glance, 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 happy-go-lucky mentality.

On the contrary, the game company did something very controversial, and the players became two distinct factions, refusing to give in to each other and quarreling all the time. Only at this time can negative emotions be generated to the maximum extent.

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, in order to actually put it into practice, strict demonstration is needed.

“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 value, 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.

“It’s certainly a way to get some negative emotions, but it’s not really cost-effective.

“On the one hand, because this change is too outrageous, players will react quickly. Not only will they not be angry anymore, but they will want to laugh, and they will not be able to continue to generate negative emotions;

“On the other hand, our motives are too obvious, and no matter what the next game is made, no one will play it.

"Taking all factors into consideration, it's not cost-effective."

Lilith frowned slightly: "So you mean, this method is completely unworkable? So don't even try it?"

Gu Fan shook his head: "Of course not, I think we can still try it, but we should proceed step by step and verify it bit by bit.

"But it is definitely impossible to copy the answer of Shengjing Group as you think, Mr. Li.

"For example, if we want to cut a specific BD, if we preset the program in advance, this can indeed be done.

"But the problem is that we can't predict the future and can't know what the players like most and what is the most powerful BD. If we don't cut it to the point, it won't have the desired effect.

"So, instead of blindly betting on the topic, it's better to think about some specific functions."

Lilith's face was slightly relieved, and Gu Fan's words were still very confusing.

"Shadow World" has a full-professional gameplay, which is a bug in itself. Lilith doesn't know that players will play like this, so how can she judge what is the popular BD?

Even though Shengjing Group aimed at all-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 was really possible to predict the future, Shengjing Group would have fixed these two bugs at the beginning, and would not have to rush to fix them later.

Since it is impossible to predict the future, it is meaningless to dwell on a certain skill or a certain BD.

Gu Fan said that it would be better to focus on some specific functions, which makes some sense.

Lilith asked: "Then do as you said, focus on specific functions, make some attempts, and pave the way for better collection of negative emotions in the future.

"Which basic function should we focus on?"

Gu Fan was silent for a moment and said: "Equipment system, how about it?"