Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 182: Henggang Middle School Simulation Officially Goes on Sale

Chapter 182: Chapter 182: Henggang Middle School Simulation Officially Goes on Sale

On video websites, in addition to "anchor suffering clips" and "comprehensive nanny-level guides," there were also videos that analyzed the plot of "Ascension."

Wang Dawei had already analyzed the storyline of this game and proposed many core concepts, such as "Life Navel has the ability to turn the fictitious into reality," and "Sky Swimming is the use of this ability to enter World Projection," and so on.

But at that time, he only mentioned them briefly during a live broadcast. Although the basic theory was solid and the overall framework was well constructed, his explanation was not detailed enough.

Soon, more video creators started collecting all sorts of clues in the game and continuously verified and enriched this theory.

As a result, even the simple bugs that had always existed in the game led to intense discussions.

What bugs? They were clearly game mechanics!

Through these wonderful bugs, players were able to better understand the inner world of Li Huanzhen and see the two worlds that were born together yet filled with madness.

Every moment, players suffered mental attacks from bugs, as well as visual and auditory hallucinations, but wasn’t Li Huanzhen suffering just the same?

Never before had there been a game that brought such a level of immersion and the feeling of breaking through dimension barriers to its players.

Many players also began to loudly defend the Myriad Editor, which had been criticized for a long time.

"Who says there’s a problem with the Myriad Editor? Facts have proven that there are no bad editors, only producers who don’t understand design!

"The game ’Ascension’ was created with the Myriad Editor, and it was truly a case of getting twice the result with half the effort! After all, if it had been made with another editor, there wouldn’t have been so many texture and model bugs, and then the production team would have had to manually write many bugs, which would be such a waste of time!

"I suggest the officials give a special commendation to Nitiandang Games for their outstanding contributions in promoting the Myriad Editor!"

Of course, many game media also published reviews of "Ascension," particularly praising its innovative gameplay in switching between the dual worlds.

As for whether the "Sky Swimming" and "BUG Sharira Sword" in the game are actually bugs?

The Bug Faction and Mechanism Faction started a new round of heated discussions.

Besides, there was another very important point: speedrunners began to get excited and eager to move!

Because, from the current situation, "Ascension" was simply the perfect game for speedrunning!

It was hot enough, with a large enough player base;

Its battles were difficult enough, creating a high threshold;

The game content was rich enough, with each boss allowing players to choose different martial techniques or items to counter, posing a significant challenge to players’ speedrun route planning.

And of course, the most important point was that there were many bugs and unorthodox play styles available!

Especially "Sky Swimming," which provided countless possibilities for speedrunners.

This was indeed very important for speedrunning.

In speedrunning, there are basically two main tracks: "Any%" and "No Major Glitches (NMG)" speedruns.

The former means that players can use any bugs or unorthodox rules to complete the game, while the latter restricts some of the major unorthodox rules, requiring players to complete the speedrun within the general rules of the game.

Depending on the goal, there are also many other speedrun categories, such as "Different Endings Speedrun" or "All Achievements Speedrun."

But among the many speedrun branches, "Any%" always had a higher popularity than "No Major Glitches" speedruns.

So much so that in the eyes of many speedrun players and viewers, the high success rate of using some specific unorthodox methods and bugs was a true reflection of a speedrunner’s hard skills.

Of course, if players had a choice, the main battleground for speedrunning "Ascension" would definitely be the "Any% Traitor’s End Speedrun," which is to turn traitor during the invasion. After all, this ending has the shortest process and is the easiest to achieve.

But speedrunners soon made the same discovery as Gan Di: that the gold trophy award conditions for "Ascension" were likely related to the "Sunrise Awakening" ending!

Thus, "Any% Sunrise Awakening Ending Speedrun" and "NMG Sunrise Awakening Ending Speedrun" became the two main tracks for speedrunning "Ascension."

The speedrun battle was about to ignite!

Wei Chengjie was also amazed.

He really hadn’t expected that the game designed by Gu Fan could achieve such immense success!

This was much harder than creating a pay-to-win mobile game!

It turns out Zhou Yang was right, the entire Nitiandang Games was indeed being carried by President Gu, and President Gu’s level of game design was truly unfathomable.

Wei Chengjie also reopened "Ascension" to experience it again with Zhou Yang.

Hurry up and learn!

...

At this moment, on the second floor of a nearby cafe in the villa district.

Gu Fan opened his phone’s map and checked, this place was approximately 1.5 kilometers away from the villa district in a straight line.

"This will do."

Gu Fan closed his eyes, and in the darkness of his vision, many points of light appeared, which gradually converged into a massive orb of light.

These were the Positive Emotion Value points Xiamiel had given him, neither more nor less, exactly one million!

In fact, Gu Fan wasn’t entirely sure how much effect one million points of Positive Emotion Value could have, but considering that Nitiandang had developed a game that made Lilith very happy just by earning her several hundred thousand negative emotion points, one million Positive Emotion Value points should also represent a considerable fortune.

As the popularity of "Ascension" gradually increased, more and more players began generating Positive Emotion Value points, and Xiamiel directly absorbed all these differences in value.

During this process, Gu Fan could also directly receive a 10% commission.

Gu Fan’s commission had already amounted to tens of thousands of points, but these Positive Emotion Value points were still relatively few, and he hadn’t yet decided how best to use them.

After all, those were his own Positive Emotion Value points, while the one million points belonged to Xiamiel, and he definitely planned to experiment with Xiamiel’s points first.

Gu Fan continuously reinforced a concept in his mind, spending these one million Positive Emotion Value points to enhance the Positive Emotion Value points earned by all players attempting to speedrun the game "Ascension."

Then, the points of light in his vision started depleting at a speed visible to the naked eye and eventually disappeared completely.

"Phew, hopefully, it will yield a decent harvest."

Gu Fan’s actions were akin to using one million Positive Emotion Value points as the price to amplify a certain type of behavior in a certain group of people with the ultimate aim of leveraging more Positive Emotion Value points.

This maneuver was similar to a business investment in reality, which could succeed or fail.

However, for Gu Fan, the chances of success in this matter were relatively high.

After completing these actions, Gu Fan ordered a cup of coffee, sat in the cafe for a while longer, and then leisurely walked back.

Even though Xiamiel had previously told him that using Positive Emotion Value points wouldn’t leave any trace, and Lilith would absolutely be unable to detect it, Gu Fan still chose not to use them directly in the villa, but rather to come to the nearby deserted cafe out of an abundance of caution.

An extra measure of caution was never a bad thing.

...

In the evening, Lilith appeared again.

Her mood was obviously not very good. The negative emotion generated by "Ascension" was decreasing rapidly, and she was well aware of this trend.

But she was not dwelling on the matter of "Ascension" anymore, as there was something even more important that was troubling her.

"Gu Fan, Azazel’s game has been officially released—today!"

"Huh, why do I smell something strange on you?"

Lilith leaned in and sniffed, "It smells a bit like the stench of an Angel."

Gu Fan was startled, the damn stench of an Angel, are your nostrils that sensitive?

He feigned confusion and asked, "An Angel? Could it be that an Angel has appeared nearby?"

Lilith didn’t pay it much mind, "It’s hard to say, those bird folks also often come down to the Human World. Although their methods of descending to the Human World are different from ours, usually requiring a suitable guise, such minor issues clearly don’t pose a problem to them.

"By the way, you need to be more careful lately and pay attention to any suspicious individuals around you. It’s possible we’ve already caught the attention of an Angel, so you must be extra cautious!"

Gu Fan quickly nodded, "Don’t worry, President Li, I will be careful!

"Let’s continue with the important matters.

"Azazel’s game... what’s it called again? Something like Henggang Middle School Simulator?"

Gu Fan opened the official platform and searched, quickly finding the game.

Actually, Lilith had already gathered intelligence previously so Gu Fan got a grasp on the general gameplay beforehand, and following his suggestion, she had also forced Azazel to keep the overall budget of the Henggang Middle School Simulator within one million.

Considering the game was selling for just six dollars, if its production cost exceeded one million, it would be very difficult for Gu Fan to use any loopholes to make the game profitable.

Gu Fan bought the game and clicked to enter.