Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 315 - 324: The Success Experience of Shengjing Group

Chapter 315: Chapter 324: The Success Experience of Shengjing Group

Instructor Ding left reluctantly.

Yet more players queued up, eager to enter Nitiandang’s game booth for an experience and tour.

By 6 p.m., Lilith finally arrived.

She struggled through the crowd and made her way to the inside of the booth at great lengths.

"Why are there so many people at our booth!! Damn it!!"

Lilith seemed very unhappy.

Because the more popular the booth was, the more it meant there were fans of the Nitiandang game, and the more players there were, the more her plan to gather negative emotions was failing.

However, Gu Fan was quite calm, "Oh, President Li, these are all players who were angered by our game and have come to complain.

"Today, Instructor Ding came over and made a whole bunch of suggestions to me.

"Like, suggesting that we add a skills and talents learning page in the new version of Shadow World."

Lilith’s eyebrows raised slightly, "Oh? And what did you say?"

Gu Fan spread his hands and said quite frankly, "Oh, I told him straight that it needed your approval, President Li. Also, the current version 70 of Shadow World is still a test version, not only might the skills and talents learning page not be added, but even the bug that allows free learning of skills and talents across all professions might be fixed."

At this, Lilith couldn’t help but feel regret.

"Ah! It’s a shame I wasn’t there at the time, or I could have seen Instructor Ding’s wonderful expression!

"Well said, Gu Fan. Let’s do it this way.

"In version 70, let’s just fix the bug in Shadow World that allows learning all profession skills and talents at will. By then, we will definitely harvest a large amount of negative emotions, hehehehe..."

Gu Fan hesitated to speak.

Lilith noticed the change in his expression and asked, "What’s the matter, President Gu? Do you have an opinion?"

Gu Fan cleared his throat twice, "No, there’s nothing wrong with your plan, President Li. However... I don’t think it’s the best route to collect negative emotions."

"Hm? Really?" Lilith was taken aback for a moment. "What is the best route, then?"

Gu Fan was somewhat speechless, "President Li, have you forgotten Shengjing Group’s standard answer?

"Fixing the bug that allows learning skills from any profession is just one option. We would only do it if there’s no better way.

"Our optimum choice is definitely to first come up with a few powerful Builds, then use a program to automatically fix them later, in order to collect the players’ negative emotions.

"Such a method is better than directly fixing the cross-profession gameplay.

"After all, we must bait the wolf if we’re not willing to lose the sheep.

"This is also a great opportunity to indirectly test it through Legend of Infinity Fantasy."

Lilith suddenly realized, "Oh, right, that makes some sense."

Could version 70 directly fix cross-profession gameplay? Of course, it was technically no problem at all.

After all, the ability for players to learn skills from other professions was a bug in the first place, and if the Nitiandang project team wanted to fix it, then the new version could definitely close this loophole completely.

But Gu Fan’s well-reasoned analysis made Lilith realize that things probably weren’t that simple.

If the version 70 really fixed this bug, then indeed some negative emotions could be collected in the early stages, but this news would also spread at an incredibly fast speed, and it would dissuade all the players who hadn’t switched to the new version yet!

The best way to collect negative emotions is definitely to lure the dogs in before killing them.

If a trap is obvious at first glance, then obviously no one will enter!

And from Shengjing Group’s successful experience, it’s best to first introduce two very exciting playstyles, let the players go crazy over them for a while, and then cut them off with one strike, maximizing the collection of negative emotions.

Moreover, don’t cut everything, it’s best to cut some and leave some.

Because if everything is cut, the players will quickly unite, unable to start quarreling with each other. With them united against a common enemy, the negative emotions produced are limited.

On the contrary, if you cut some and leave some, just like how Shengjing Group cut Starlight Healers, the players will be clearly divided into two camps, quarreling endlessly online, and even attacking each other.

In such a situation, the players will generate more negative emotions, and they will last longer.

One can only say that Shengjing Group inadvertently stumbled upon the best route to collecting negative emotions, and Lilith has no reason not to follow by feeling the stones to cross the river.

She paced a few steps, "So, you’re saying, not only should we not eliminate the all-profession gameplay, we should further promote it? Even intentionally create a few very powerful, simple and brutally fun builds for the players to enjoy first?"

"Then we would use the game’s built-in automatic update program to nerf these builds.

"In doing so, like Shengjing Group, we can make the players fight amongst themselves, argue, and maximize the production of negative emotions, right?"

Gu Fan gave a thumbs up, "President Li is truly wise, you get it in one! At least from Shengjing Group’s successful experience, this is a not bad path to success."

Lilith nodded, "Good, then let’s do that! Later on, you... oh no, have Zhou Yang work out a detailed plan, and I will oversee it."

Currently, the development of Shadow World version 70 is mainly focused on basic content, including new skills for all professions, new maps, and new team instances.

There hasn’t been too much change to the all-profession gameplay.

Clearly, it’s time to do some planning.

Lilith glanced over at the demo area for Legend of Infinity Fantasy, "How’s Legend of Infinity Fantasy doing?"

Because the game has not been officially released, which doesn’t count as signing a contract, Lilith can’t see the specific numbers of negative emotions generated by this trial demo.

Gu Fan smiled slightly, "Currently, the general feedback from the players is very good; they find this time’s Light Element mechanics interesting to play and with a high degree of freedom!

"They are all looking forward to the official release of the game."

Lilith revealed a sinister smile, "Is that so? Heh heh, then you all just wait and see! We’ll definitely give you a big surprise!"

Both of them let out a villainous laugh.

Just then, Xiao Mingyu approached.

"President Gu, President Li, it’s almost time for the interview segment. The staff from the organizer are already in place, you should also head over to prepare,"

Gu Fan checked the time, "Okay, got it."

In the center of the exhibition, there’s a big screen with events scheduled for different time slots.

Sometimes they show promo videos for new games, sometimes there are meet-and-greets with YouTubers, and also interviews with game producers.

And for this exhibition, the officials had also arranged a special interview for Gu Fan and Lilith, clearly, too many players were filled with curiosity about the mysterious Nitiandang games, and they couldn’t wait to learn more of the inside story.