Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 45: Abandoned by the Sugar Daddy

Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Abandoned by the Sugar Daddy

The testing for "Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon" had more testers this time, plus new programmers joined in, so naturally, there were more BUGs found.

During the two weeks of testing, about 50 big and small bugs were discovered, with each person finding roughly one or two bugs every day on average.

Given that the game had already been tested once with the "AI-debug" tool, this result was quite satisfying.

Gu Fan was also very happy and repeatedly emphasized to the testers that they must record every single BUG in great detail, and never neglect to record them just because they were small or could be easily fixed on the spot.

Of course, while the testing results were gratifying, during the test period everyone also encountered a few minor issues that were "no big deal".

That was, all the testers, including Su Tong and even Gu Fan himself, failed to complete the game!

That’s right, no matter what period they opted to start from or what specific strategies they employed each turn, no one was able to achieve the goal of "Aid the Han Dynasty".

The best outcome was just stubbornly holding on without dying until Zhuge Liang’s lifespan could no longer be saved by "Warding off the Star", triggering "Autumn Wind over Wuzhang Plains" in the end.

And the worst outcome?

Of course, it was being inexplicably offed before barely getting a chance to leave one’s sheltered life.

To this end, almost all departments in the Nitian Paradise Company, from planning and art to programming and testing, showed varying types and degrees of concern for this game.

Everyone had an expression that said, "We don’t really know how President Gu used to develop games, but we feel like this one might not really be up to par, maybe we should tweak it before releasing it?"

But, in the end, Gu Fan still overruled the objections and decided not to lower the difficulty of the game, allowing it to be submitted for review in its current state.

Just like that, "Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon" was ready to be released!

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June 30th, Sunday evening at 9 o’clock.

Instructor Ding’s live stream room.

"Brothers! The ’Five Consecutive Dragon Flapping Wings’ was a success again, brothers!

"Wuhu, lift off!"

With Instructor Ding’s excited shout, the live stream room also reached a small peak in popularity.

Today, just like usual, Instructor Ding started streaming at 8 p.m. During this one hour of live streaming, he was on fire, successfully breaking his personal best in "Sisyphus" to 29 minutes.

Getting under the 30-minute mark was an incredible number for Instructor Ding personally.

At this moment on the "Sisyphus" speedrunning leaderboard, the first place was held by the streamer Heilong with a time of 28 minutes and 13 seconds.

Instructor Ding’s current performance could only rank him second.

But for Instructor Ding, this was already a perfect achievement; he just couldn’t roll over the likes of Heilong and Lao Lu, those streamers who broadcast "Sisyphus" full-time.

These full-time streamers played "Sisyphus" every day from 1 p.m. until 1 a.m., wrapping up Instructor Ding thoroughly.

But it goes without saying, the game’s popularity was indeed well-maintained.

Initially, Instructor Ding said in his live stream room that he would switch games after completing ’Dragon Flap Wings’ five consecutive times, but after he did, viewers began to stir, encouraging him to go further and take the world’s first place, so Instructor Ding was coerced into intermittently running it for nearly two months.

Until today, when breaking into the sub-30 minutes to take the world’s second place was already at his limit.

Speedrunning is like being in prison, and for a major streamer like Instructor Ding, it was no easy feat to be in this "jail" until today when he finally decided to be "released".

So, he officially declared the Chapter of "Sisyphus" closed!

"Alright, brothers, seriously, don’t try to persuade me anymore, we’re done with this game, let’s not run it anymore, be good.

"It’s time to play some new games.

"Let me check if there are any new games on the market that are worth playing... What’s this, why are so many brothers in the chat mentioning Nitian Paradise’s new game? What new game? I didn’t even know about it?"

Instructor Ding looked at the chat where more and more people were talking about "Nitian Paradise’s new game" and "Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon", and was absolutely baffled.

"Are you guys joking with me here? How could I possibly not know about a new game from Nitian Paradise?

"What? ’Why do they need to inform you if they are making a new game?’"

"What a joke, guys, don’t you know my relationship with Nitian Paradise games? I’m like brothers with their boss, okay? I love to speak the truth!"

"We had such a pleasant cooperation before, how could they possibly not ask me to promote their new game?"

"There’s absolutely no reason for that! Don’t go stirring up trouble between me and Client Daddy!"

Instructor Ding didn’t believe it for a second.

The reason was simple: he felt that he had done too good a job with Client Daddy’s previous game promotions!

"Infernal Trajectory" had become popular because of his promotion, and the success of Sisyphus was also inseparable from his discovery of "Dragon Flap Wings".

Against Heaven Blocks was a participant in a small game contest, and it was normal for the official recommendation and Nitian Paradise not reaching out to him for promotion.

But for a new game, there was no reason not to continue the partnership!

With a face full of "you can’t fool me," Instructor Ding clicked on the Nitian Paradise game account on the official platform, only to find out that a new game had indeed been released.

Additionally, it had gone live at 8:00 tonight, with the very name that was flooding the chat: Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon!

Instructor Ding’s face turned dark in an instant, as if struck by lightning, he froze on the spot.

"Client Daddy... has abandoned me..."

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Seeing Instructor Ding’s ashen face, Lilith couldn’t help but feel in high spirits; her usually drooping face finally regained its smile.

After all, a smile doesn’t disappear; it just moves from one person’s face to another’s.

"Alright, change the channel!"

Lilith, satisfied, picked up the remote to surf other streamers’ channels.

The reason she watched Instructor Ding was purely out of curiosity to see what his reaction would be when he found out he wasn’t chosen for the game promotion this time.

The promotion budget for Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon was a whopping 3 million this time, and clearly, Lilith was planning to go big!

This promotion budget wasn’t intended for any streamer; instead, she opted to buy direct traffic from various gaming platforms.

The cost of recommended spots and traffic varied across these smaller platforms, but the overall cost of buying traffic in the industry was about 3 yuan per real user at that time.

This means that the 3 million budget could potentially bring about 1 million real users to Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon, meaning people who not only saw the game’s advertisements but also actually downloaded and tried playing it.

As for how many people would end up spending 49 yuan to buy the game? That was hard to say.

Conversion rates varied greatly from game to game. For those with high conversion rates, reaching a few hundred thousand sales wasn’t a problem; for those with low rates, a few thousand sales could mean a total loss.

Strictly speaking, buying traffic isn’t a great promotional method.

A more comprehensive promotional approach, combining bought traffic, streamer advertising, video promotion, and other channels, would definitely yield better results.

However, previous incidents with Instructor Ding causing trouble had given Lilith a sort of PTSD when it came to spending money on streamers for ads, so she dropped the idea.

Since the streamers weren’t paid, they probably wouldn’t force themselves to continue playing if they didn’t find the game fun, right?

That way, there might also be fewer instances of encountering inexplicable bugs.

Lilith browsed through various sections of the live streaming platform and finally settled on a streamer she hadn’t watched before.

This streamer, named Chen Tingquan, stood out from others due to his broad knowledge. He was a history doctoral student at Imperial Capital University, and he also dabbled in archaeology, divination, and Qimen Dunjia.

Consequently, Chen Tingquan’s live streaming content was diverse: telling historical tales, narrating storytelling, appraising treasures, selling books, gaming, and so on; all were part of his repertoire.

He was also an UP master with over two million followers, and his detailed expositions on historical content and literary classics were quite popular among his audience.

But Chen Tingquan had another attribute: "old driver."

When telling historical stories, he liked to incorporate secret histories and risqué jokes; during appraisal sessions with female participants, he always found ways to get them to place their items on their laps for examination; even during gaming sessions, he preferred to play exclusively with his female fans.

He treated male and female fans with completely different attitudes, showing a particular fondness for international friends, under the guise of "liking to learn foreign languages."

It had to be said that the genre of Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon suited his tastes perfectly.

At that moment, Chen Tingquan, recommended by his live chat, had downloaded Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon and was about to start his experience.

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