Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 618 - 601: Master Resigned

Chapter 618: Chapter 601: Master Resigned

Lilith nodded, "Okay, prepare thoroughly before we confront Gan Di and see how he can argue his way out then!"

Saying this, she gazed seriously at the computer screen in front of Gu Fan, ready to overclock her brain.

Just as Gu Fan was about to speak, Lilith seemed to think of something and said, "Wait!"

Gu Fan got inexplicably nervous, "What’s wrong, President Li?"

Lilith suggested, "How about this: let’s do a rehearsal. Suppose you are Gan Di now, and I am in charge of questioning.

"You think of ways to argue, and by the time you’re speechless, I should be ready.

"When the time comes to question Gan Di, we will definitely make him convinced!"

Gu Fan raised an eyebrow, "Isn’t this inappropriate, President Li? I’ve never been a traitor; I’m not experienced in making excuses."

Lilith’s face darkened, "Enough with your nonsense! I told you to argue, just argue. Why ramble so much?"

Gu Fan nodded, "Okay, but let me state beforehand, I’m just imagining how Gan Di might respond, it has nothing to do with my own thoughts."

Lilith impatiently waved her hand, "Got it, got it.

"Okay, first question!

"You could totally skip adding this former hero’s special skill mechanism into the plot, why did you add it?"

Gu Fan flipped through the design manuscript, "President Li, this was your request.

"You thought ’dismantling the rich system of the previous work into a simple elemental reaction system’ could very well gather the players’ negative emotions, and during testing, this idea was indeed verified.

"So, to prevent players from forgetting this after some time, you decided to let players revisit the rich system of the previous work in the middle and later parts of the plot. After they enjoy it briefly, you planned to disable it, which would additionally reap a wave of negative emotions.

"From the results, your plan was very successful."

Lilith fumed, "But my requirement was that this ability must be retrieved after the plot is over! Why wasn’t it retrieved??"

Gu Fan explained, "Because the retrieval mechanism was originally determined by the third stage of the cutscene.

"Players used a special technique to inflict overflow damage and one-shot the boss in the first stage, causing the game mechanism to skip the second and third stages, and thus the retrieval mechanism did not function properly.

"It ended up like it is now."

Lilith got angrier, "But you clearly had many ways to avoid this stupid bug!

"For example, you could separate the boss’s health into three stages! Or lock the health immediately after taking a certain amount of damage!

"And the simplest way, don’t use the resolution of the third stage as the node to disable this feature, just disable it as soon as the character leaves the plot scene!

"Wouldn’t all of these solve the problem well?"

Gu Fan, who’s role-playing as Gan Di, was silent for a moment, "Uh...yes.

"I didn’t think of it at the time."

Lilith exploded, "Don’t treat me like an idiot! That excuse is so clumsy!"

Gu Fan shrugged, "President Li, I’m role-playing as Gan Di, and in this situation, I really can’t think of a way to explain it."

Lilith slightly calmed down, "Okay, let me ask you again.

"Why do the lava rocks on the ground deal excessive damage to the Emperor? And why can players pick up these rocks? Moreover, why does the process take several seconds when the bosses switch?

"If these two boss transitions were instant, wouldn’t this issue be resolved?"

Gu Fan lightly coughed and forced an explanation, "According to the way we write the program, the lava rocks on the ground have a strong fire effect, which would react with the ice rain in the scene to cause a melting reaction.

"In this way, these rocks, when they’re not collectable, become traps. Players stepping on them would lose health at lightning speed, increasing the battle difficulty and also favoring the collection of players’ negative emotions.

"But...strong fire state rocks and non-fire state rocks are essentially two different items.

"And the functions of ’no selectable prompt’ and ’not selectable at the bottom’ were coincidentally done by different programmers, obviously, the latter was ommited during planning, so the programmer didn’t code it.

"And during testing, it just happened to be overlooked as well.

"As for the time needed for boss switching...isn’t it for better visual representation?

"When the Emperor appears, the surrounding environment gradually changes from scorching to extreme cold. The sky begins to snow ice, and the Emperor’s body gradually manifests in the ice...

"This process needs a few seconds to demonstrate; otherwise, wouldn’t it be strange if it just refreshed like a regular mob with a ’snap’?"

Lilith’s mouth twitched slightly; she was already in a highly irate state.

"But you could make the boss invincible for those few seconds during its appearance!"

Gu Fan was speechless for a moment, "This...indeed.

"But, locking the health seemed a bit too forced and not smooth enough.

"Moreover, the boss’s health was set very high from the beginning, making it impossible for players to one-shot it, so such a restriction was not thought of."

Lilith’s face darkened, "Again, you just ’didn’t think of it’!

"Every time it’s just barely missing something here and there, and then all of it piles up, causing such a serious bug!

"Players don’t even think this is a bug; they think it’s intentional!

"Tell me! What else can you argue about?"

Gu Fan had nothing left to say and could only spread his hands like a bear, "What can I say, not thinking of it is simply not thinking of it."

Lilith snorted coldly, "Good, no more words just fine.

"In any case, I have a hunch in my heart, Gan Di absolutely has an issue, definitely ten out of ten or nine out of nine!"

Gu Fan could only nod, "President Li is wise!"

He really couldn’t find a good way to exonerate, and even if he thought of one, it was not appropriate to use it now.

He could only go along with Lilith, and what happens afterward will depend on whether Gan Di has thought of other excuses beforehand.

Instantly, Lilith was battle-ready, "Let’s go, Gu Fan! Let’s go find Gan Di and demand justice!"

For a long time before, Lilith was listless, barely even showing up.

The reason was simple. "Endless Fantasy Legend 2" kept encountering disasters, the collection of negative emotions kept decreasing, and each time delivered a fresh blow to Lilith.

Yet there were no bugs at all.

This was quite frustrating.

In Lilith’s view, each disaster of "Endless Fantasy Legend 2" was basically unrelated to the programmers and entirely related to her initial design.

Whether it was the gacha, the plot, or other messy things, the root was because her initial design was headstrong but irresponsible.

She couldn’t throw off this burden and could only bear it in silence.

How could she not be downcast?

Originally, Lilith was desperate, thinking "Endless Fantasy Legend 2" would become the first totally bug-free but ultimately failed game.

This led her to completely doubt herself.

Fortunately, now, the bug finally appeared, and it was so obvious, so dumb, and her resentful feelings instantly found an outlet.

She could openly go find Gan Di and demand justice!

Lilith, dragging Gu Fan along, burst into Gan Di’s villa in a hurry.

Upon entering the villa, they found Gan Di leisurely watching TV in the large living room.

"Gan Di!"

At Lilith’s call, Gan Di quickly stood up, "President Li, what brings you here? Please have a seat."

"I’m not sitting down! I’ve come to ask you what exactly is going on with that latest bug in ’Endless Fantasy Legend 2’!

"Players can bring the hero mode from the last game into the open world. How did such a serious bug arise!"

Lilith glared at Gan Di with an imposing manner.

At this moment, she was mentally rifling through the ’reconciliation’ with Gu Fan. No matter what excuse Gan Di uses, she was confident she could find a corresponding perfect solution to completely dismantle Gan Di’s defense.

Gan Di sighed, "Alas, President Li, it’s my fault.

"I didn’t think of it."

Lilith was stunned; how did it jump straight to the "I didn’t think of it" stage?

Normally, shouldn’t it be analyzing the bottom-level code first, then finding design loopholes, playing some word games, and finally, when there’s really no other reason, using "I didn’t think of it" as an excuse?

What’s with you!

Were all those previous steps skipped?

This made Lilith’s brain short-circuit momentarily, but she quickly got angry again, "You didn’t think of such a simple thing, do you think I’m stupid? Do you think I’ll believe it?"

Gan Di spread his hands, "President Li, if you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do.

"I’m an outsider, not a professional game designer!

"As a passerby forced onto the stage, is it so strange for me to make some basic mistakes and oversights during game production?

"Wouldn’t it be abnormal if I didn’t?

"Back when your company invited me, I declined repeatedly, saying I was not competent enough to be the main planner. What did your company say?

"Told me to let loose and be bold, even if any problem arises, it wouldn’t be the responsibility of a rookie like me.

"I took that seriously!"

Lilith was momentarily speechless, "You...but, lack of ability and intentional sabotage, those are fundamentally different!"

Gan Di was very frank, "I didn’t intentionally sabotage. From the result, didn’t the appearance of this bug improve the players’ gaming experience? How can that be called sabotage?"

Lilith’s mouth twitched slightly, at this moment, Gan Di’s face seemed to say, "I did it on purpose, so what?" with those exact words, it was almost too arrogant.

However, just as she wanted to continue her outburst, she saw Gan Di casually grab a document from under the coffee table, "Sigh, of course, I also know that the appearance of a bug in the game, as the chief planner, I can’t shirk the responsibility.

"So yesterday, I completed the resignation procedures. In any case, I am no longer the chief planner for Nitiandang Games now."

Lilith froze, "Who approved it?"

Gan Di lightly coughed, "President Li, I need to enlighten you on some legal knowledge. An employee does not need approval to resign. They only need to notify the employer in writing 30 days in advance to dissolve the labor contract.

"So your company’s HR department knew it was useless to forcibly retain me. After confirming my firm attitude, they cooperated with me in completing the resignation process.

"In conclusion, I now have no connection with Nitiandang Games anymore."

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