Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 253 - 262 Aren’t We a Game Company Ourselves?

Chapter 253: Chapter 262 Aren’t We a Game Company Ourselves?

July 17th, Thursday, 6:50 PM.

Although it was already time to leave work, a few core members had not left.

President Gu had already given a heads-up that President Li would be coming today with an extremely important announcement to make.

Zhou Yang and Wei Chengjie were currently without work on their hands, and they were leisurely sipping their coffee at their respective stations, browsing the web.

So far, the initial hype for "Road Rage Simulator" had passed, but the game still had a strong follow-up.

There were still new players joining continuously, and a group of veteran players were diligently practicing defensive driving techniques in the game.

The sales of the micro-controller steering wheels were unexpectedly good, with the first batch of inventory sold out, and the factory was now rushing to increase production capacity. Particularly because this controller was also favored by many racing game players for use in various other racing games.

Even for those fairly realistic rally racing games, it played very well. Of course, to achieve this, a little bit of practice was necessary.

At the Sky Against Heaven Game Experience Store, there has been a noticeable increase in foot traffic recently, with local Nitiandang gamers flocking to the store. Although most of them had already played Nitiandang’s games, playing in the experience store with other like-minded fans seemed to offer a better atmosphere.

As for that somewhat nonsensical QR code placard, the players who received it have gone from disdain to pride, proudly affixing it to their cars.

Those without cars attached it to their electric scooters.

There were even some who put it on shared bicycles, taking it off each time they switched rides.

These somewhat absurd contrasting images were photographed by netizens, bringing another wave of popularity to "Road Rage Simulator".

Even "Hell Racing" started to catch on?

Initially, when Wei Chengjie first played this game, he thought it was beyond hope, wondering who would play such a strange racing game!

Although everyone knew that Hell Frontline had received investment from Nitiandang, their games were forever beyond understanding.

If it had been up to Wei Chengjie to make the decision, he would have given up on the game a long time ago.

But, at this crucial juncture, the blue guy appeared!

President Gu returned like a hero, leading everyone on a charge, and actually discovered a special hidden mechanism within the game that ignited its popularity!

Wei Chengjie couldn’t help feeling impressed, realizing that coming to Nitiandang was the right move!

Not to mention the generous bonuses here, just being able to learn top-tier game design techniques from President Gu was worth working for free!

What? Some people think President Gu’s game design skills are mediocre? That many designs aren’t even his?

Nonono, that’s too superficial a thought!

As a game designer, Wei Chengjie surely knows the true value of President Gu.

If a game designer can design a very good game, then he can only be called "an excellent designer". Only by turning a terrible game around and making an incredible comeback can one be called "a top-tier, godlike designer"!

And President Gu is just that.

It’s like with programmers, if one writes code with very few bugs, people might not think he’s that impressive. But if a programmer can take over a legacy codebase that’s a complete mess and manage to optimize it without introducing new bugs, that’s truly incredible!

Those who really work in this field can understand the difference.

Upon reflection, Wei Chengjie thinks that he couldn’t have handled any of the messes President Gu took over, and it’s precisely for this reason that he holds President Gu in such high esteem.

Anticipating, anticipating, President Gu had not arrived, but President Li came first.

Lilith walked in, looked around at everyone: "Hmm, we’re all here, good. But it seems President Gu hasn’t arrived yet? Let’s wait for him for a little while," she said.

After that, she turned to Wei Chengjie, "Old Wei, I have something to ask you, come with me for a moment."

Wei Chengjie pointed to himself somewhat surprised, "Me?"

Lilith nodded, "Yes, you."

Wei Chengjie followed Lilith, confused, to a small conference room that had been set up in the villa.

Since joining Nitiandang gaming, Wei Chengjie had always just focused on his own duties, and he didn’t have much interaction with the investor whom most people didn’t really like.

Wei Chengjie himself never took her seriously. At first glance, she looked like a princess from some wealthy family who had descended to experience life among ordinary people. Oftentimes, she would come up with some inexplicable ideas. If it weren’t for President Gu, the god-level programmer supporting her, this company would have gone under long ago.

Regarding such people, Wei Chengjie has always had a bad impression, so he kept his distance with respect.

However, he never expected that today this investor actually wanted to have a pointed conversation with him, which surprised Wei Chengjie quite a bit.

They both took their seats.

Lilith got straight to the point and asked, "Old Wei, the question I’m about to ask you is extremely important, and you must answer it seriously."

Wei Chengjie nodded, not understanding what she was getting at.

Lilith narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Old Wei, you were also involved in the whole ’Hell Racing’ situation. President Gu found a special hidden mechanism in the game and then made it popular, right?"

Wei Chengjie nodded, "Right, I’ve also been analyzing it these past few days, trying to learn some lessons from it, but the result of the analysis is that such manipulation is too difficult. It’s simply not learnable!

"But don’t worry, President Li, I’ll keep at it and strive to catch up with President Gu’s footsteps as soon as possible!"

Lilith gestured slightly with her hand, "That’s not my focus.

"What I want you to analyze from a professional design perspective is, suppose, I mean just suppose, that Gu Fan had the ability to find a hidden bug or mechanism in the game that would make the game popular and bring a lot of joy to the players. Then... is it possible that he could intentionally hide a bug or mechanism in the game and later discover it himself to make the game popular?"

Wei Chengjie couldn’t help but be startled, at a loss for what Lilith was thinking.

After careful consideration, however, he thought about the rules in the urban legends of Sky Against Heaven and still gave his answer.

"President Li, I think that’s almost impossible.

"President Li, you must understand, finding a hidden mechanism in the game as a breakthrough to make the game popular is entirely different from intentionally planting a hidden mechanism to make the game popular in terms of difficulty!

"Because searching for an existing mechanism, although difficult, is still traceable within the complex code. Plus, looking for such a mechanism can be attempted repeatedly. If it doesn’t work once, try twice, if not twice, then three times.

"President Gu didn’t say as well that the plans he did for Hell Frontline had a large element of luck to them and were inherently unreplicable?

"But if someone is meant to preemptively plant a hidden mechanism in an existing game, while it’s theoretically possible, there are too many distracting factors involved!

"Whether it’s the game’s original design, problems encountered during game development, or changes in the market environment after the game’s release... all these are interconnected.

"If someone can bring a lousy game to popularity under so many variables...

"Then I think they deserve to be crowned as a god of game design and I’d be willing to put their portrait in my home to pray to them three times a day."

Lilith lowered her head in thought, "Hmm, is that so...

"Did I really misjudge him?

"Never mind, if there’s nothing else, President Gu should also be here by now, let’s continue the meeting!"

Lilith didn’t say anything more, just left the meeting room with Wei Chengjie.

Gu Fan had indeed arrived, having just taken a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator nearby, ready for the meeting.

Lilith greeted him cheerfully, "Gu Fan, you’re here? You’re late today!"

Gu Fan checked the time on his phone, "Didn’t we agree on 7 o’clock? You’re the one who came early, President Li."

Lilith laughed, "Oh, is that so? Then it’s me who didn’t pay attention to the time. Let’s all start the meeting, we need to talk about the new game."

Everyone took their seats.

Gu Fan saw Wei Chengjie; he already knew what kind of game Lilith was playing. But he didn’t call it out, just sat at the meeting table as if he hadn’t noticed anything.

Lilith looked around at everyone and then announced a piece of news that shocked everyone in an instant.

"I have bought a game!"

The others nearly thought they had heard wrong.

What? Bought a game?

Wait, aren’t we a game company ourselves?

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