Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 217 - 216: Bugs are all meticulously designed!

Chapter 217: Chapter 216: Bugs are all meticulously designed!

At 6 p.m., Lilith arrived at the experience store on time.

It was apparent that she was in a good mood, since both the Road Rage Simulator and the experience store seemed to have brought her a considerable amount of negative emotions for her account!

As for the micro handle steering wheel, the negative emotions accrued weren’t very direct, and some of the negativity was likely generated together with the Road Rage Simulator, making it difficult to distinguish precisely.

However, this product hadn’t caused much of a stir yet, and overall was still considered a bit "flashy but useless", so Lilith didn’t pay it much attention and continued to focus on the game and the experience store.

When Sui Tao saw Lilith come in, he thought another new customer had arrived and was about to greet her, but Gu Fan stopped him.

"President Li!"

Gu Fan approached her with great enthusiasm, making Sui Tao realize that she was not a customer.

Who was she then? A leader from Sky Against Heaven Games?

Sui Tao didn’t dare to ask; he wanted to follow Gu Fan and make a good impression on this leader, but to his surprise, Gu Fan directly told him, "Sui, there’s nothing for you here anymore, you can go home now."

Huh? Off work already?

Reflecting on his day’s work, Sui Tao was utterly confused. After all, it was the first day of business, but the customers that came could be counted on two hands, and basically, they were all quickly dissuaded.

Especially off-putting to Sui Tao was that these customers all seemed to encounter issues like not being able to plug into the USB port or entering the wrong password, which became a significant reason for their being turned away.

Not to mention the discouraging effect of the Road Rage Simulator and various other Sky Against Heaven games at the beginning.

Only about three or four people played for an extended time, over an hour, but they played games from before Sky Against Heaven, such as "Ascension" and Prometheus.

The revenue for the first day could only be described as dismal.

Sui Tao didn’t dare to calculate whether they could make back the rent, let alone the electricity bill, which might also be a struggle.

In such a situation, the store manager didn’t take his frustration out on him or make him work overtime; instead, he let him off work early.

Maybe the manager had something to discuss with this leader?

Without daring to ask more, Sui Tao simply greeted them and cheerfully went home.

Once Sui Tao left, Lilith asked with some surprise, "Eh, Gu Fan, how did you manage that? The experience store also generated quite a lot of negative emotions, huh?

"And I noticed a lot of the negative emotions weren’t generated by the games."

Gu Fan smiled slightly but didn’t directly answer and said instead, "President Li, if you experience it as a customer, you’ll probably understand."

"Oh, is that so?" Lilith was skeptical but said, "Fine, then I’ll experience it as a customer."

Gu Fan took a new USB key from the counter, "This is the key for logging in."

Lilith took the key, found a random device, and sat down to start her experience.

Indeed, she encountered the same problems as Hou Ji.

The USB port wouldn’t fit! The password was wrong!

Lilith was baffled, "Hmm? How could the password be wrong? I’m not like these foolish humans. I definitely wouldn’t remember it incorrectly!"

Gu Fan chuckled softly, "President Li, of course, you didn’t remember it wrong. The login system I designed defaults to this: the first time a password is entered, no matter what is submitted, it will show as incorrect."

Lilith was shocked, "Ah? What kind of genius design is this! Is the USB port issue deliberate too? But I don’t understand, the USB port is a physical entity, how can you make it that players always insert it incorrectly every time?"

Gu Fan chuckled again, "It’s quite simple, President Li, because this isn’t an ordinary USB port at all, it’s specially customized.

"Look here, President Li."

As he spoke, Gu Fan and Lilith bent down to look at the USB port next to the device where the key was inserted.

He pointed to a small round hole, "Do you see this, President Li? This is actually a smart micro camera with a simple facial recognition function, meaning when it detects a face appearing in the camera, it will trigger a special mechanism."

"The function of this mechanism is to lock the USB port, preventing it from changing."

Lilith’s eyes widened in surprise, "You mean to say... if no face is detected, the mechanism won’t lock the USB port, and then the port will keep changing?"

Gu Fan nodded, "Yes, but strictly speaking, the so-called ’port constantly changing’ isn’t some particularly complex feature, it’s just a small flap added to the port location.

"When players blindly try to insert their USB, they can’t get it in and will think they inserted it the wrong way, only to flip the USB over. But in reality, the port is sealed off.

"Only when the player looks down with confusion does the camera detect a face and the port opens up.

"Of course, the cover of this port is made to look exactly like the port itself, and unless you’re specifically looking for it, it’s very hard to distinguish. Plus, its response is incredibly fast, the flap opens before the player has time to get a clear look as soon as they bend down.

"Apart from that, the decorations and designs in the experience store are also there to make players feel it’s very unnatural at first glance, to subconsciously make them uncomfortable.

"And these designs would also subtly influence the players."

Lilith was shocked, "Gu Fan, you’re simply a genius!

"Choosing you to open this experience store was absolutely finding the right person for the job!!"

Now Lilith finally understood where all those negative emotions were coming from.

Clearly, they were emerging from these details!

Especially since these details are taken from reality, this was even more valuable for its strong ability to confuse!

In reality, ordinary people often encounter such "bug-worthy" experiences, like needing to try two times before successfully inserting a USB, or entering the wrong password when logging into an account, but being told "the new password cannot be the same as the old one" when changing it.

But in reality, these experiences only occasionally occur, and although they can be annoying, they don’t reliably generate negative emotions.

Yet Gu Fan managed to recreate these experiences reliably through specific designs!

Moreover, the mismatched furniture, clumped walls, un-antialiased lines, and illusion paintings in the store... also all contributed to creating a strange and uncomfortable feeling.

With many factors adding up, the customers in the experience store were already very irritable, and then, when a game from Sky Against Heaven comes into play, it naturally has the effect of the final hammer blow!

Although the number of negative emotions generated so far hasn’t been that much, after all, the number of customers has been small, it’s the stability that counts!

And stability is precisely what President Li is currently longing for.

As for the issue of the quantity of negative emotions, it could be addressed by opening more branches, and with President Li not lacking money, she didn’t need to consider cost-effectiveness.

Looking around again, President Li was very satisfied with the state of the experience store and even began to ponder when to open more branches.

But at that moment, Gu Fan noticed a familiar face appearing outside the store.

Isn’t this the very first customer who visited before?

Hou Ji hesitated a bit outside before entering the experience store again. Following beside him was another student, slightly plump, wearing round, black-framed glasses, and he looked like he could be his roommate or classmate.

"Is this the Sky Against Heaven game experience store you were talking about?" the chubby student with black-framed glasses asked.

He looked over the various equipment on the first floor of the store; eventually, his gaze settled on the controller fitted with a miniature steering wheel.

"Hey? That’s true! This brand-new joint-model controller just hit the market, and they’ve already got it stocked here!"

Hou Ji was somewhat speechless, "Zhuge Jun, is ’Sky Against Heaven’s game that fun? You’ve become a hardcore fan."

The chubby student nodded, "Of course, Sky Against Heaven’s games are the best in the world!"

This chubby student was indeed Hou Ji’s roommate at university, named Zhuge Jun. With a surname like his, he couldn’t be foolish. And indeed, that was the case; Zhuge Jun was the smartest one in their dorm, as well as a hardcore gamer, particularly fond of Sky Against Heaven’s games.

When he heard that a Sky Against Heaven Game Experience Store had opened near their school, Zhuge Jun couldn’t stay put and insisted Hou Ji take him for a visit.

Initially, Zhuge Jun didn’t hold out much hope; if it were truly an official experience store, why was there no promotion from the headquarters? It was too unreasonable!

Most likely it was a store riding the Sky Against Heaven name for clout, much like generic cell phone brand franchise stores.

But upon arriving, he found that things might not be so simple.

They indeed had a batch of the latest joint-model devices, right?

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