Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 359 - 368: Creative Workshop?

Chapter 359: Chapter 368: Creative Workshop?

Seeing President Li nod, Zhou Yang finally let down his guard.

President Gu specifically reminded that wanting the game to have fun bugs is one thing, but preparing the right soil for them in advance is another matter.

Clearly, the suggestions Zhou Yang made were his idea of the "right soil."

If President Li could agree to them, it could be said that the game was half a success already.

Of course, whether a game could be successful involved many factors, and all Zhou Yang had done so far was to prepare the soil for the bugs, ensuring that even when bugs appeared in the future, they wouldn’t seem particularly jarring or strange. But what kind of bugs would actually emerge? And whether the players would accept them?

That was hard to say.

They could only play it by ear.

Just as Lilith was about to stand up and leave, Zhou Yang stopped her again.

"President Li, please wait, there’s another matter I need to discuss with you.

"A couple of days ago, we received an official notification, and it’s good news."

Lilith raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Good news?"

Obviously, these three words sounded somewhat strange to her ears.

Zhou Yang nodded, "Yes, President Li, it’s indeed good news.

"The officials have informed us that we can enable ’Creative Workshop’ access for all our games!

"Actually, by the normal standards, our company qualified half a year ago. If we had applied, there was a high chance of getting approved.

"But our company never made the application, so after the officials noticed this, they decided to take the initiative to help us enable it.

"Now, if you just give the nod, President Li, we can leave the rest to the staff at the official platform to handle ..."

However, before Zhou Yang could finish speaking, he saw Lilith’s face turn dark in an instant, "Don’t enable it!"

Zhou Yang was taken aback, "Huh? Why not?"

Lilith was somewhat speechless, did he really need to ask why?

Enabling the Creative Workshop was obviously all harm and no benefit for collecting negative emotions!

The so-called Creative Workshop could be simply understood as an official mod integration platform.

After enabling the Creative Workshop, all players could freely upload or download mods or resources related to the current game on the platform.

From minor model replacements, sound changes, to major gameplay alterations, generally, the more popular the game, the more diverse the mods and gameplay.

But overall, whether it’s the official mods or those created by players out of love, they all have one thing in common: They make the game more liberating and more fun to play.

Even if individual players make some annoying mods for the sake of pranks, they still account for only a minority in the Creative Workshop.

Although Lilith couldn’t predict what kinds of mods might appear after enabling the Creative Workshop, it was obvious to her that it wouldn’t be conducive to harvesting negative emotions.

"Ahem!

"Because these mods will definitely drastically lower the difficulty of our games, reducing the challenge.

"Thus, affecting the meticulously crafted content of our games.

"The experience that our Heavenly Games offers players is unique and must not be compromised!"

Lilith spoke with great conviction.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Yang said, "President Li, I actually think quite the opposite.

"Mods aren’t something we can discard if we don’t want them. Even without the Creative Workshop, players will still go to other websites to download all kinds of mods, and the result will be the same.

"On the contrary, if we set up an official Creative Workshop, we can decide the popularity of each mod ourselves, pushing certain mods to the players.

"Compared to other websites, this is somewhat more controllable."

Lilith was stunned for a moment, then her frown gradually smoothed out.

Huh? That actually makes a lot of sense!

Currently, there are many mod websites on the internet. For instance, the largest mod community, "NEXTMOD," also known as N-Station, has sections for nearly all games. Players can upload mods, and the website ranks and categorizes these mods based on clicks, downloads, likes, and other data, making it easier for players to search.

Heavenly Games’ games, of course, have many mods as well.

For example, Gan Di once made mods like "Points Optimization" and "Save and AI Management," nearly causing Lilith to faint from frustration.

And she was powerless against these mods.

Even without opening the Creative Workshop, these mods were already flying around everywhere, and players could simply download the mod files after browsing a few forums for a minute or two and copy them to the root directory of the game to complete the installation.

In this case, isn’t refusing to open the Creative Workshop just fooling ourselves?

But with the Creative Workshop enabled, there would actually be some advantages.

Because Heavenly Games would have the highest management authority for the Creative Workshop, which mods could be featured on the front page, which could have the hot tag, which should be prioritized for player recommendation, or even which could be pre-installed in the game...

All of these could be adjusted in the background.

Not all player-made mods are ones that please them, such as invincible characters, doubled health, or 10 times attack power—there are also some terrifying mods, such as ultra-difficult enemies or monsters all turned into bosses.

Normally, these pleasing mods would spread widely, while the painful ones would be ignored.

But after setting up the Creative Workshop, Lilith could endorse all those player-torturing mods right on the front page and even make them auto-download as soon as the player installs the Creative Workshop.

Upon reflection... this arrangement seems indeed more beneficial than not having a Creative Workshop at all, doesn’t it?

After thinking it over, Lilith felt this might be a good idea.

"You’ve made a good point. It seems that the Creative Workshop is quite important in enhancing our Heavenly Games players’ experience.

"Very well, since we always put our players’ interests first, let’s tell the officials to go ahead and open it up!"

Zhou Yang nodded, "Okay, no problem."

Lilith thought for a moment, then stopped him again, "Wait a minute!

"Since we’re opening the Creative Workshop, why don’t we ask the players to publicly submit some mods we want."

Zhou Yang hesitated for a moment, "The mods we want, you mean..."

Lilith waved her hand dismissively, "Never mind, I’ll write the requirements for this mod collection event myself! I’ll give it to you tomorrow.

"You go on with your work."

With that, a look of anticipation crossed Lilith’s face, as if she could already see a boundless bright future, envisioning players tormented into outrage by all sorts of preposterous mods.

Zhou Yang didn’t say anything more, but just nodded, "Sure, President Li, I’ll let the officials know to get the Creative Workshop up and running. Once you finish the requirements document for the mod collection event, I’ll post it up right away."

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