Game Design: Is it possible? CaiGou

The excitement on the Internet comes in waves.

Some time ago, it was one against four on Taipingdao.

Now it has become one against four on Penguin Game Platform.

It's a pity...

During this period, no matter how much players enjoy watching the excitement, they still feel empty in their hearts.

Because neither Penguin Game Platform nor the four game companies Qingshan, Baihua, Wutong, and Fengqi released a new game during this period.

This means that the sales unit price of Ark: Survival Evolved's DLC has not decreased at all, and the cooling-off period between DLCs is still one month.

Players are very dissatisfied with this.

"Stop fighting, stop fighting! No one will die if you keep fighting like this!"

"Fuck! Are you just going to watch the fun? Why don't you do something? Where are the games? It's been so many days, and you really haven't released a single game?"

"I support Qingshan Game Company. He said he would lead the club to Tsim Sha Tsui."

"I support Wutong Game Company. He said he would lead the club to the moon."

"I don't want to hear about your dirty deeds at all. I beg you to release a game to refresh the sales cooling cycle of Ark: Survival Evolved DLC, okay?"

"Fuck, look at the official Weibo of Taipingdao. It's incredible. It's a big news!"

Originally, a large number of players were still watching the game online. Seeing that Taipingdao was making a move, they rushed to the official Weibo to check their Weibo.

[Taipingdao——]

[This Cyber ​​Arena Competition has ended. The sales pricing strategy of Ark: Survival Evolved is inappropriate. It is now changed as follows——]

[Cancel the original price reduction strategy and the original sales cooling cycle. 】

【Ark: Survival Evolved's 9 DLCs, originally priced at 37 yuan, are on sale at half price starting today. 】

【Any player who purchases the DLC "Distortion" at the original price can get the game "Cat Rio" produced by Taipingdao for free as compensation. 】

【From today until the Journey Cup competition, Taipingdao will make every effort to prepare for the competition and strive to get a better ranking. Thank you for your support! 】

Friends: "!!!"

Players: "!!!"

The price is directly halved?

No cooling period?

This is really great!

"Wow, if I had known I would not have bought [Distortion] first. I have obsessive-compulsive disorder. Giving me [Cat Rio] is like asking for death, isn't it?"

"Old thief, we gave up money to help you, why did you harm me?"

"Cat Rio: Hahaha, everyone, you didn't expect it, right? Are you surprised? Are you surprised?"

"Player: It's bad. In this wave of Penguin Game Platform's confrontation with the four companies, the first victim turned out to be us players. Who do you think we can go to for justice?"

"Hahaha, I was so good at foresight that I resisted buying [Distortion]!"

"Although the pricing strategy has changed, the DLC of Ark: Survival Evolved will not be reduced to 1 yuan, but all half-price has not had a cooling-off period, which is already very good. Old thief, thumbs up for you!"

In the reception room on the top floor of the Taipingdao headquarters building. Cai Gou sat on the sofa, drinking tea leisurely, and the emotion barrage above his head jumped wildly——

[Emotion Value +3]

[Emotion Value +3]

[Emotion Value +2]

Cai Gou saw the comments of the fans and commented under a barrage with a smile on his face:

"For free games, I will definitely choose Abstract. Cat Rio says hello to everyone."

As soon as this comment came out, netizens came out in droves and posted in the comment area. To sum it up in one sentence——

"Old thief, be a human being!"

[Emotion Value +5]

[B-level·Entry Treasure Box x1]

[Advanced·Material Treasure Box x1]

"No...wait?" Cai Gou's smile froze on his face, and he stood up suddenly: "Double yolk?!"

Two treasure boxes at once?

Is it so exciting?

Could it be that Cat Rio showed his power?

The players' emotions were too excited?

That led to two treasure boxes in a row?

Another advanced·Material treasure box and another B-level·Entry treasure box. Cai Gou can be said to have made a fortune.

With a playful smile on his lips, he whispered:

"This wave, this wave belongs to - the first bird vs. the penguin, Cat Rio shows his power!"

According to the old rules, Cai Gou came to the Cyber ​​Altar.

The Cyber ​​Bodhisattva statue hanging on the altar had long been smoked and burned. Three incense sticks were lit and inserted into the incense burner. Wisps of white smoke slowly rose and blended into the air.

Cai Gou no longer waited and chose to open the treasure chest immediately.

[Congratulations to the host for opening the Advanced Material Treasure Chest and obtaining -]

[D-level entry: Material x5]

Cai Gou: "!!!"

Fuck!

Wo! De! Fa--

Five consecutive material entries?

An unprecedented harvest!

You should know that Cai Gou's current personal level has reached level 5. To reach level 6, he only needs 15 entry experience points.

This advanced material treasure chest directly makes up for one-third of the experience bar, greatly improving the personal level experience progress.

"Although it is only the lowest-level material item, it can only be integrated into the personal level experience bar and cannot unlock any new types of games, but the substantial increase in experience alone, this high-level material treasure chest, is a great help."

I'm lucky today, so I'll continue to be lucky. Cai Gou locked his eyes on the B-level item treasure chest and chose to open it.

[Congratulations to the host for opening the B-level item treasure chest and obtaining——]

[B-level item: racing]

[D-level item: material]

"Racing entry?"

Cai Gou had a bad feeling in his heart. The overlap between this entry and the racing entry was too high. I'm afraid there won't be too many games unlocked in the game entry store.

With a little concern, Cai Gou called out the racing entry panel to check——

[Entry: Racing]

[Level: B-level]

[Note: Speed ​​and Furious]

Racing games are also a type of electronic games, which can be classified as the upper type of racing games. They are mainly the first or third characters participating in the speed competition.

Racing games can include racing games, as well as some unconventional flying racing games, science fiction racing games, and special racing games.

Among them, the most famous branch of racing games is the racing branch. Racing games are mainly carried out in competition scenes.

At present, racing games have enjoyed a certain reputation in the game industry. Players who love racing games enjoy experiencing the excitement in the competition.

The only real purpose of players is [fastest].

This type of game is extremely simple to operate and does not require much technical skills. In addition, it is highly sought after by gamers due to its unique racing equipment, high-quality and realistic racing images, and simulated sound effects.

As for other branches of the racing category, such as unconventional flight racing games, science fiction racing games, and special racing games, they are less popular and have less influence than racing games.

Naturally... there are not many corresponding games, so the number of games unlocked by racing entries in the game entry store can be said to be better than nothing.

Fortunately, no matter what, the B-level entry treasure chest provides two experience points for Cai Gou's personal level, which makes Cai Gou's personal level experience bar move forward firmly.

The two treasure chests did not play a big role in unlocking games in the game entry store, but played a big role in improving personal levels, almost directly pushing the personal level progress bar to 50%.

Cai Gou called out his personal panel for viewing.

[Name: Cai Gou]

[Personal level: Level 5 (7/15)]

[System module: Item weight lever]

[Technical module: Augmented reality technology]

[Level 6 unlock: Sleeping game cabin technology]

[Emotional value: 41022609]

[Item: Hardcore (S) Reality (S) Story (S) Stitching (S) Horror (S) Strategy (A) Abstract (A) Cultivation (A) Music (A) Management (B) Racing (B) Simulation (C) Puzzle (C) Racing (C)]

“Not bad, direct super double, sleeping game cabin, wait for me!”

When Cai Gou was immersed in the joy of the double yolk treasure chest, the fans were also collectively immersed in the joy of the release of the nine DLCs of Ark: Survival Evolved.

Originally, there were a lot of anchors who live broadcast Ark: Survival Evolved, and because of the player taste synchronization function of Jiegan No. 2, a large number of passers-by players had an opportunity to join the game.

This group of passers-by players started live broadcasting, resulting in more and more fierce competition in the live broadcast track of Ark: Survival Evolved.

Now that the nine DLCs of Ark: Survival Evolved have been released, it is like a river that has nine tributaries and a mainstream, with a total of ten subdivided tracks, which has reduced the competition among anchors in a short period of time.

This special DLC release situation has formed a rare live broadcast situation of Ark: Survival Evolved, where a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend.

The anchors live broadcast Ark: Survival Evolved day and night, experiencing the unique charm of different Arks.

Gradually, many players discovered that Ark: Survival Evolved, a survival and construction game, actually contains a wonderful story.

This discovery immediately alarmed the original members of the Truth Society of the Steamed Dumpling Cult, and they downloaded different DLCs of Ark: Survival Evolved, striving to present the story of Ark: Survival Evolved to the players one by one in the shortest time.

The story of the main body of Ark: Survival Evolved is relatively simple, while the story of the nine DLCs is much more complicated.

Because the story of the main body is highly related to the story of the other nine DLCs, they are of the same origin.

The game map of Ark: Survival Evolved is called Lonely Island. The protagonist is named Helena. She looks like a modern biologist, but she is actually a clone of this modern biologist.

During her exploration of the lonely island, Helena met Rockwell, a modern chemist, and the two discovered the connection between the artifact and the obelisk.

Helena used the artifact to activate the obelisk, but the spider boss was summoned, which pitted the friendly tribe.

After much hardship, the spider boss was killed and a key was dropped. Helena felt that the key matched the altar in a secret cave. The altar had three keyholes, and there were three obelisks on the island.

So she had a bold idea. Helena found the [Queen of the Beast] for help. The so-called [Queen of the Beast] was actually Li Meiying, a general of the Yellow Turbans in the late Han Dynasty.

The lonely island was not peaceful at that time. Nerva from ancient Rome dreamed of being an emperor and had a conflict with Li Meiying.

When Helena and Li Meiying teleported back after defeating the gorilla boss, Nerva suddenly attacked, killed all of Li Meiying's beasts, and captured Helena.

Helena had no choice but to reveal the secrets of the obelisk and the key, which made Rockwell, who was hiding in the Nerva army, dissatisfied. He thought Helena had betrayed him.

Nerva led his troops to defeat the fire-breathing dragon boss, collected three keys and went to the isolated island Tek Cave, and won a tragic victory in the battle with [Ark·Overseer].

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Meiying suddenly attacked and killed Nerva.

Although they cleared the isolated island Ark, the program to return to Earth was not started.

Because the corrupt consciousness aggregate on Earth has generated the extinction final boss Emperor Titan, the plan to return to Earth was postponed indefinitely.

There was no joy of clearing the level. In the chaos, Li Meiying and Nerva's bodies were teleported to the Ark of Deformation, and Helena and Rockwell were teleported to the Ark of Scorched Earth.

Thus, the plot of the Ark·Survival Evolved main body of the isolated island came to an end, and the plot of the Scorched Earth DLC was ushered in.

The Scorched Earth Ark plan did not run smoothly. The residents here lacked the spirit of exploration and resistance, but instead evolved a religion like the worship of obelisks.

Under the leadership of the priestess Leia, they lived in a state of contentment and worshiped obelisks and artifacts. This annoyed the Ark's monitors, who were determined to purge the clones again and restart the Ark.

Fortunately, before the crisis broke out completely, a warrior of an unknown race came to Leia's tribe. His name was Dakya.

Dakya taught Leia's tribe how to use firearms and defeated the invading mantis monsters and wyverns. Dakya was even seriously injured to save Leia and took the opportunity to win her back.

However, they could not reach an agreement on the issue of Ark worship. Leia did not give up her belief in God and did not move away from the obelisk.

Until the last moment, the light emitted by the obelisk destroyed the entire tribe, Dakya died, and Leia's faith collapsed. She hatched dragon eggs alone, transformed into a dragon warrior, and changed her name to Wall-e Al Oswald.

As for Rockwell, who came to the Scorched Earth Ark from the Lonely Island Ark, he relied on his superb medical skills to thrive in the Scorched Earth.

But he despised the religion and tribesmen here. Rockwell first stole the artifact of a tribe, then persuaded another tribe to fight the lion scorpion boss, and after getting the energy element plate, he murdered the entire tribe.

However, Rockwell's good luck ended there, because while he was running away with his baby, he met the [traitor] Helena, and Helena's new friend, the dragon knight Wally Al Oswald, who was Leia at that time.

Leia is now an old woman.

Leia told Rockwell and Helena that she had already cleared the Scorched Ark and could leave at any time, but she didn't want to.

Although Helena was reluctant to leave Leia, she had had enough of the environment of the Scorched Ark, so Helena and Rockwell teleported from the Scorched Ark to the Distorted Ark.

The other 8 DLCs each constructed a different ark, and naturally had different plot stories.

Although the plot story of Ark: Survival Evolved does not account for a high proportion of the game, whether it is the game itself or the nine DLCs, they all have their own characteristics.

To appreciate the complete story, players need to explore deeply, which is like the strategy that game designers will adopt when making soul games.

A game with a superficial story is usually not worth remembering.

On the contrary, the story that players have gone through untold hardships and dug out is more worth remembering.

When the art of leaving blank space in ink painting is applied to game design, the blank space of the game will also produce infinite charm.

Because the imagination of the players will give the game and the story wings to fly.

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