Chapter 302 Update in Disguise?

Obviously, Lilith was quite shocked.

Originally, Gu Fan had said so much, which made her feel like she had been enlightened. As long as she followed the method of Shengjing Group, wouldn't she be able to harvest a lot of negative emotions?

It's hard to imagine how good "Star Spirit World" would be if it was developed by Nitiantang Games!

But Gu Fan's next words poured cold water on her, making her realize that this method didn't seem to work.

After all, Nitiantang games can no longer be modified after they are released, and there is no way to make operations like Shengjing Group's "hot BD is cut off with one knife", which is really a bit regrettable.

But Lilith obviously didn't give up. Although she was depressed, she still walked back and forth in the living room for a few steps, as if thinking about something.

"Gu Fan, I remember you once said that as a programmer, there is no function that cannot be completed. The only two problems are how to use tortuous and roundabout methods to complete the function in disguise, and how much time and work period are you willing to pay to complete this function, right?"

Gu Fan was stunned for a moment, and there was a vague feeling in his heart that it was not good.

How come Lilith seems to have become smarter? She asked this question, as if she had thought of a solution?

But Gu Fan could only nod and say, "Yes."

Gu Fan did say this, and from a programming perspective, it was true.

For programmers, there is no program that cannot be completed in this world, as long as you are willing to invest a lot of time and manpower, and make adjustments to those unrealistic requirements.

Most of the functional requirements in this world can be achieved in a roundabout way, which is also a necessary quality of an excellent programmer.

Lilith smiled, and her ponytails seemed to stand up again: "So, the method I just mentioned is not completely impossible, right?

"Although we can no longer make any changes to the game after the game is officially launched, what if we bury these changes in the game in advance and make them part of the game function?

"For example, we add a restriction in the game. When the game is open for more than one month, the program will automatically adjust certain values ​​to make the player's specific skill damage plummet...

"This is completely feasible! "

Gu Fan was shocked. Wow, Lilith has changed!

After such a long gaming career, she actually learned some programming techniques and is not as easy to fool as before!

And the method Lilith said is indeed effective. In general, these updates and changes are inserted into the game program at the beginning and triggered automatically.

In this way, it is not considered that the official has modified the game, but it is part of the game content.

Seeing that Lilith was ambitious and was about to put it into practice, Gu Fan hurriedly spoke.

"Boss Li, theoretically, this is of course possible. But there are a few problems that must be carefully considered. "

Lilith narrowed her eyes slightly: "Oh, what is the problem?"

Gu Fan coughed twice and explained: "The first question is that we also need to pay attention to the methods and methods when collecting negative emotions.

"Suppose there are two ways to collect negative emotions:

"The first way confuses players. They feel that the game has become unpleasant, but they don't know exactly what is wrong;

"The second way allows players to see at a glance that this is intentional by the official.

"Which way do you think collects more negative emotions?"

Lilith thought for a moment: "Of course it's the first way! ”

This is actually easy to understand, just like when netizens debate with others online, when is the most vulnerable?

If you know that the other party is a pure NC, or a water army who is paid to do things, you will not be so vulnerable. After all, he has already done this, why not obey him? It is more funny than angry.

On the contrary, if the other party debates with you seriously, and you even doubt your own theory and think that the other party seems to have some truth. Then if you continue to entangle like this, you will definitely be more vulnerable.

The same is true for games.

If a game company does something particularly stupid, it is very stupid at first glance, and all the players are scolding, then even if the players have some negative emotions, they will often not last long, and may even turn into a mentality of people who have fun.

On the contrary, when the game company does something very controversial, the players become two distinct factions, refusing to give in to each other and arguing all the time, and only then can negative emotions be generated to the maximum extent.

Seeing that Lilith agreed with his point of view, Gu Fan hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and continued: "So, Mr. Li, although your method is feasible in theory, it still needs rigorous demonstration to really put it into practice.

"An overly simplistic and crude approach will not work.

"For example, we set up a program, and one month after the game is launched, the default damage of all players will be reduced to one-tenth of the original, so that they can no longer defeat monsters that they could have defeated before, and can no longer clear dungeons that they could have cleared before.

"This can certainly generate some negative emotions, but it is actually not cost-effective.

"On the one hand, because this change is too outrageous, players will react quickly, not only will they not be angry, but they will want to laugh, and will not be able to continue to generate negative emotions;

"On the other hand, our motives are too obvious, and no matter what the next game is, no one will come to play it.

“All things considered, it’s actually not cost-effective.”

Lilith frowned slightly: "Then you mean that this method is completely unworkable? So you don't even need to try it?"

Gu Fan shook his head: "Of course not, I think it's still possible to try, but we should proceed step by step and verify it bit by bit.

“But as Mr. Li thinks, it is definitely impossible to copy Shengjing Group’s answer.

“For example, if we cut a specific BD, if the program is preset in advance, this can indeed be done.

"But the problem is that we can't predict what the players' favorite and most powerful BD is. If we can't hit the target, it won't have the desired effect.

"So, instead of blindly focusing on the topic, it is better to think about some specific functions."

Lilith's face brightened slightly, Gu Fan's words were still very confusing.

The emergence of all-professional gameplay in "Shadow World" is a bug in itself. Lilith doesn't even know that players will play like this, so how can she judge what popular BDs are?

Even though Shengjing Group was aiming for a full-professional gameplay from the beginning, there were still bugs like "Infinite Starlight Milk" and "Dark Chain" that were completely unexpected by them.

If it were possible to predict the future, Shengjing Group would have fixed these two bugs from the beginning, and would not have had to rush to fix them later.

Since there is no way to predict the future, there is no point in focusing on a certain skill or BD.

Gu Fan said that it would be better to focus on some specific functions, which makes some sense.

Lilith asked further: "Then as you said, think about specific functions and make some attempts to pave the way for better collection of negative emotions in the future.

“Which basic function should we focus on specifically?”

Gu Fan was silent for a moment and said, "How is the equipment system?"