Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 312 - 321 This is a New and Valuable Attempt

Chapter 312: Chapter 321 This is a New and Valuable Attempt

Soon, Instructor Ding was immersed in the brand-new world of the level 70 patch of "Shadow World", and half an hour flew by in the blink of an eye.

He was still left wanting more.

"Ah, time is too short, I haven’t even done a few quests yet, and I haven’t seen what the level 70 five-man dungeons look like!"

The content of this trial play could only be considered standard; players were merely fighting map monsters on a low-level new map, clearing a few quests, and casually glanced through the new patch’s storyline.

Overall, the standard was still on par, but there weren’t any particularly exciting innovative features.

Instructor Ding stood up, somewhat reluctantly planning to queue again to take a look at Nitiandang’s new game "Legend of Infinity Fantasy".

However, at that moment, he saw a young man wandering around inside Nitiandang’s booth, also giving a few instructions to the staff.

"Hmm? Isn’t that a staff member from Nitiandang?"

Instructor Ding moved closer and, sure enough, heard the staff address him as "President Gu".

"You are President Gu, the technical director of Nitiandang?" Instructor Ding was ecstatic. He had thought before that internal members from Nitiandang might be attending the exhibition, but he never expected to catch such a big fish.

Gu Fan nodded with a smile: "Yes, that’s me."

"Then, may I conduct a brief interview with you?" Instructor Ding became instantly excited.

"Of course." Gu Fan led him inside the booth to a small staff rest area.

It was obvious, not only was Instructor Ding very excited, but the viewers in his live streaming room were also thrilled.

What an unexpected gain! This trip to the exhibition was truly worth it!

Finally, they had caught an official from Nitiandang!

Previously, everyone had a belly full of gripes but no opportunity to express them, because Nitiandang officially excelled at playing dead; they ignored all player feedback posted online.

Despite having many games, they never made any modifications.

Granted, these games were not bad in terms of quality, and they were quite fun to play, weren’t they? But there were still some minor flaws that made them uncomfortable to play.

This time, Instructor Ding didn’t have high demands; he just set a small goal for himself: at least have the officials copy the all-skill and all-talent learning panel from "World of Star Spirits" in the new patch!

"President Gu, I am also a loyal player of the Nitiandang games, as you should know, right? So, about the new patch of ’Shadow World’, I have a few minor questions and some small suggestions."

After all, he was speaking to someone who had fed him in the past, so Instructor Ding was quite polite.

Gu Fan nodded generously: "No problem, go ahead and speak."

This attitude encouraged Instructor Ding. Maybe there was hope for changing the game?

He hurriedly said: "First of all, I strongly suggest that the new patch of ’Shadow World’ must include an all-skill and all-talent learning page!

"Simply put, this page would have tabs for various professions so you can see all skills and talents for that profession at a glance, avoiding the need to go to the Profession Trainer to learn them.

"I think this is one of the few sensible designs from ’World of Star Spirits’, and there’s no reason ’Shadow World’ shouldn’t borrow it.

"Or do you, President Gu, have some sort of emotional cleanliness? Unwilling to borrow such things?"

Gu Fan chuckled slightly: "Oh, it’s not like that. But whether or not we will implement this feature in the new patch is ultimately for our investors to decide. We are still carefully considering these specific changes.

"As you saw during your trial play: what you experienced is just the test version, the graphics and gameplay do not represent the final version.

"Even the bug allowing players to choose all skills and talents is something we are internally discussing whether or not to fix, and we do not completely rule out fixing it in the new version."

These words made Instructor Ding’s CPU smoke.

"Ah?

"Ah??

"What are you saying, President Gu? Did I hear you right?

"All skills and talents selection is a bug? And there’s a possibility of fixing it in the version 70 patch?

"No, President Gu, even if it’s a bug, this game is practically living off this bug!"

Instructor Ding nearly fainted on the spot; Gu Fan’s latter words were so outrageous that he subconsciously ignored the equally outrageous first part.

Why ask about adding a skill learning panel?

The freedom to learn skills and talents might even be taken away!

Gu Fan looked at Instructor Ding with a calm face: "You heard right, everything I said is true. But I’ll repeat, whether or not we will implement these changes still depends mainly on our investors; after all, I am only the technical director and cannot interfere with the game’s specific design in most cases."

Instructor Ding paused for a long while, then laughed in relief: "I get it, President Gu, this must be Nitiandang’s peculiar sense of humor, right!

"Just like you have always claimed that those special mechanisms are bugs, yet you never fix them!"

Gu Fan spread his hands: "If you think it’s a sense of humor, then so be it."

Instructor Ding quickly changed the subject: "All right, President Gu, let’s not talk about the new patch of ’Shadow World’ anymore, and please stop joking like that!

"I’ll ask about the new game that everyone is concerned about instead.

"This new game is called ’Legend of Infinity Fantasy’. President Gu, what was the mindset behind creating such a game? I haven’t tried it yet, but from the current publicity, it seems to have many innovative features, including special mechanisms like Earth, Water, Fire, Wind."

Gu Fan said earnestly: "The initial design intention of this game is to bring players a unique experience of smooth gameplay in the early stage and a constipated-like experience in the later stage.

"We want to use this game for a new trial, but it’s unclear whether players will accept it."

Instructor Ding was stunned: "Ah? An early experience that is smooth and a later experience like constipation?

"President Gu, so far, Nitiandang has never had any game like that, right?

"I mean, almost no game company in the world aims to optimize a game with that in mind!!"

Gu Fan nodded: "Yes, so far Nitiandang has only achieved an early experience akin to constipation, but a later experience that is smooth.

"For example, ’Shadow World’ is like this. Our previous games are more or less the same.

"Therefore, we believe that Nitiandang should aim to break through itself and bring new experiences to players.

"This will be a very valuable attempt."

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