I just want players to save money, but I was made the richest man

Since it was President Ke's opinion, Gou Chehua couldn't say much.

Although in my opinion, this plan is a bit too exaggerated.

Everyone's acceptance of horror is not high. If Mr. Ji does this again, wouldn't it be a rift...

But when I think about it, every decision I made before President Ke seemed outrageous at first.

But every time, I actually made a lot of money in the end.

Either it makes my hands cramp from counting money, or it has an explosive reputation and hot reviews from players.

It can be seen that the general moral conduct is much higher than that of us small employees.

Now those who still question Mr. Ke’s decision-making are pure new employees.

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away. According to the size of this game, it can be completed in about half a month." Putting away the plan, Gou Chehua nodded, and then strode out of the office.

Previously, "Stardew Valley" had so many elements and complicated mechanics that everyone could finish it within seven days.

The size of this game is not even comparable to Stardew Valley, but it took a full 15 days to complete.

More than enough!

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More than ten days passed by in a flash.

News that Ready Player One is about to launch a new horror game has also disappeared.

This time it did not attract the attention of many major manufacturers in the industry.

I know everything about horror games.

Everyone is just watching the excitement, and the sales volume will not be too high even if it reaches the sky.

On the contrary, there are several small companies that focus on making horror games, and their attitude towards the launch of horror games by Ready Player One is somewhat subtle.

Say you are happy, be happy too.

Although Number One Player can only be considered below average in terms of size, in terms of performance, its gorgeous record achieved through more than a year of development is almost second only to those major manufacturers above the S level, and unrivaled below the S level.

Regardless of word-of-mouth or popularity, it dwarfs many medium-sized companies.

Being able to make horror games will undoubtedly bring this niche genre to the public.

Once the designer comes, there will be traffic.

But on the other hand, everyone is also slightly worried.

“I don’t know what kind of nature Ready Player One’s horror game will be this time.”

In an online meeting, senior executives from four leading domestic companies in the field of terror gathered together.

The main topic of discussion is about the new game of Ready Player One.

The one who spoke just now was Lin Xiang, the game director from [Deep Forest Game].

And soon, another general manager from [Jinghai Games] also spoke.

"Their game project has been launched and is currently in internal testing. According to the information I have inquired about, I heard that the main theme is jump scare."

"That's it..." After hearing this, the other two company bosses showed some disappointment in their eyes.

"It seems that after so many years of development in the field of horror games, we still can't break through the upper limit."

"There is no way. In terms of horror, the text must be more effective, because everyone can imagine the most terrifying and indescribable creature he thinks. However, once the picture is finalized in a horror game, the upper limit of fear will be locked. ”

"This is just one of them. Another problem is that ghosts naturally have more movements, more details, and more detailed pictures, and the scarier they are, but this also means high cost. With the current market acceptance, everyone here Who dares to try high-cost production?”

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

No one's money comes from the strong wind. The zombies in Europe and America next door often burn tens of millions to produce masterpieces, thanks to the fact that their player base tends to be brave and unrestrained.

However, in the current gaming environment in China, no horror game company dares to make a huge bet on the future of the entire company.

If you want to attract investment, people don't like horror-themed IP at all, so they won't succumb to it.

"Alas, we can only place our hope on Number One Player. I hope they can set an example and let this category reach a higher audience. If we can earn more, we can try to increase the upper limit."

"If it's still a jump scare, I guess it will be quite difficult... don't put too much hope in it."

"Anyway, let's take a look first when it's on the shelves."

The online meeting, which was not considered a formal one in the first place, ended with everyone looking somewhat solemn and unable to see their hope for the future.

But time did not stop and continued to stride forward.

So, the day came when "Dark Deception" was officially released for sale!

The release time was specially chosen at eight o'clock in the evening.

This is already the maximum tolerance Ke Jin can tolerate.

If you don't want to complete routine tasks, you need some heat.

He even wanted to choose one that would be put on the shelves early in the morning.

At midnight, the horror game is online! Definitely enough for the underworld!

Since tonight was the first day the new work was released, the employees all tacitly agreed to stay and instead flocked to the conference room.

I want to see the reactions of the anchors on the first day of the trial broadcast and the popularity of the live broadcast room.

Although these indicators are not absolute, they can also reflect a certain degree of player acceptance from the side.

On a whim, Ke Jin found a chair in the conference room and sat down to watch.

Today I will sit in for a consultation in person, and I want to see if you can find any way to beat my game?

Soon, the projection screen in the conference room was connected to the screen of the Shark Live Platform.

Gou Chehua took the remote control and chose between several major anchors who were all preparing to broadcast "Dark Deception".

In the end, under the highest voice of the employees, Yinzi’s live broadcast room was chosen to be locked.

Choosing Yinzi is also very simple.

The main reason is that he is bragging in high spirits right now.

"...I'm not bragging to you, horror games are really just a piece of cake for me."

"In the early years, probably more than 20 years ago, I had a physics teacher in middle school. You know, he was very annoying. My grades were very poor at that time, and his attitude towards me was also very bad. It's over, he just He stood on the podium every day and told us that we should believe in science. In order to tease him, I would go to the bookstore every day after school to look for those random supernatural stories and thriller comics. I would read them randomly and then learn from the books. He did some crooked tricks, and when he said on stage that he should believe in science, I tried to scare him. I forgot exactly what happened, but I remember one time very clearly. That day I made a paper man and made a funny face on it. The thread was hanging, and as soon as he turned around from the blackboard, the paper man was dangling in front of him, making him tremble. The whole class was laughing, and I was completely amused at that time."

"Then he was so angry that he wanted to invite my parents. After that, my dad came. After he came, every teacher had to meet with him. Then he went to the physics teacher. I was in the corridor, and I listened to his whole speech. The voice that could be heard from the first floor yelled, 'I won't accept Dong An's parents! I will accept whoever wants to receive them! Is this still a student? Can he still go to school?'"

A past experience caused everyone in the barrage to burst into laughter.

"Pfft hahahaha!"

"The boss is imitating something. I can seem to hear the angry voice of the physics teacher."

"Boss, were you so tough back then? You're a pretty awesome guy for drawing paper for the teacher."

"Don't expect Brother Yin to be happy now. Ten years from now he won't be happy anymore. Then he will say, 'I won't accept Yiyi's parents!'"

After some emotional support, Yinzi watched the live broadcast room and the popularity was almost gone.

So I coughed twice, put on my headphones, and while clicking on the official website of the number one player, I said seriously: "I have said all this just to prove to everyone that I am not trying to be awesome. I have loved reading ghost stories since I was a child! Yes! There are terror antibodies in the body.”

"If you still don't believe it, then I will turn off the lights and broadcast the whole thing live."

While talking, Yinzi ran to turn off the light in the room.

Suddenly, the entire live broadcast room was dark, and the outline of Yinzi's face was outlined in darkness by the light from the computer screen.

The barrages were all unhappy.

"Fuck! Stop it, you're not afraid of us!"

"Please, please turn on the light, to feel a little safer."

"Mom, I'm most afraid of horror games... If I didn't like watching the boss live broadcast, I really wouldn't watch it. Why don't you turn off the lights now..."

Yinzi glanced at the barrage and suddenly raised the corner of his mouth.

Side dish!

I just turned off the light, I haven't done anything yet.

Does this scare you so much?

And soon, the game was downloaded and installed.

Yinzi just clicked on the game interface.

"Dang!"

There was a muffled sound like a drum beat, and along with an unsettling rustling noise, a close-up of a gaping bloody mouth suddenly appeared on the right side of the UI interface.

The sudden impact of the picture made Yinzi lean back slightly.

Soon, the four characters "Dark Deception" slowly appeared with a strange twist. Even if the mouse crossed several optional buttons, the sound effect would be like the sound of sharp nails scratching glass.

"Gudong..." Yinzi swallowed, hesitated and stood up again: "The room is too dark, you'd better turn on the light, otherwise you can't see anything clearly."

The barrage suddenly became happy.

"No, you're afraid of us, aren't you?"

"Please, turn off the lights, it's too bright to play a scary game!"

"Brother Yin, don't panic, there are so many brothers accompanying you in the live broadcast room!"

"Is there a possibility, I mean what if, there is no one alive in the boss's live broadcast room, including me."

"Ah! Stop talking! I suddenly started to get scared when the person in front of me said it!"

Despite strong requests from fans in the live broadcast room, Yinzi chose to keep the lights-off atmosphere.

But it made him feel a little relieved.

The UI at the beginning of this game is quite intimidating.

But after entering the game, I felt fine.

At the beginning, a woman wearing a black robe with white hair will come out. She calls herself Beers and talks a lot to the player.

The general idea is that the lawyer protagonist named Doug comes here to repent and seek redemption for the stupid things he has done before.

But before he can realize his wish, he needs to collect the soul fragments of the dead people for Biers.

The fragments are scattered across eight different scenes, each with a different nightmare monster.

"Okay, I've almost understood it. Generally speaking, according to the nature of this kind of horror game, it will just make a funny face from time to time to scare people. I am basically immune to this."

While Yinzi was speaking, he had already appeared on the first floor of a magnificent villa hall.

In the hall, there are eight sealed portals.

And soon, Beers, who was wearing a black robe but had an extremely slender figure, appeared at the entrance to the first portal on the left side of the hall.

While telling the protagonist about the danger he was about to face, he opened the sealed portal for him.

A red light lights up behind the door, indicating that players can enter at this time.

Yinzi controlled the character to come to the portal, then turned his face to look at Bills who was close at hand.

I have to say that this guy has a really good figure. He is dressed in a seemingly ordinary black robe, but his chest has a hollow design like a deep V evening dress. Only two pieces of fine cloth are cross-tied, making the chest round and full.

Yinzi took a second look and heard Biers say: "Time waits for no one, go quickly."

Barrages also poured in one after another.

"I think Ms. Beers is right!"

"What Miss Beers said makes sense/dog head"

"This black robe is so white, and this portal is so big!"

"Brother Yin, stop looking. Wait until the ghost knocks on your door. Nana will knock on your door first."

Wait for Yinzi to control the character and step into the portal.

After reaching the first level, the style of painting suddenly changed!

The player appears next to the guest room counter of a hotel. The light here is dim, and many of the flashing lights overhead even flicker on and off as if they have poor contact.

The overall layout of the guest room floor of the hotel is like a maze. There are several corridor entrances, all of which are closed doors at a glance, and countless corners can be seen.

It was in sharp contrast to the magnificent hall just now.

Yinzi finally understood why the UI looked quite scary at the beginning, but it relaxed after entering the game.

Because being scared all the time will make you numb. After a while, the fear will calm you down and make you feel as if you are safe, and then I will give you something exciting!

The atmosphere of terror was instantly heightened!

At this moment, the designer has a good grasp of the player's psychology.

At this time, according to Beers' prompt.

The protagonist picked up a tablet device, which displayed the general layout of the entire hotel and the location of the soul crystal.

There is also a total number of crystals on the tablet, a total of 289 crystals.

What the player needs to do is to collect all the crystals in the maze-like guest room floor to pass the level.

In addition, a heart rate meter is also displayed in the lower right corner of the game screen.

After reading the introduction, Yinzi understood.

This heart rate monitor does not belong to the player, but comes from the character, allowing the player to intuitively judge what situation he is currently in.

When walking slowly, it will stay at around 80, and when running, it will soar to 120. If you are caught up by a monster, it will start to soar continuously. The closer the monster is, the faster your heartbeat will be!

Yinzi is probably familiar with the operation.

The operation of this game is very simple. You just move forward, backward, left and right, shift and run, and then press the mouse wheel to instantly switch the perspective to the back.

Jog forward two steps and instantly absorb the purple crystal on the ground in front of you.

The number of crystals collected on the tablet has also been reduced from 289 to 288.

"It's okay, don't be afraid, everyone, this is just 3D Pac-Man, and there is a map. This game is not as scary as you think. You see, my heart rate has been stable at 80+."

After the words fell, Yinzi began to operate.

After playing for a while, he felt that the difficulty of the game was really not that difficult.

And the horror aspect seems to be just that.

It's just that the picture is a bit gloomy, and the corridor of the hotel room itself is not wide, which gives people a psychological hint of claustrophobia and narrowness, which will increase the tension.

But it got a lot better once I got used to it.

Just when Yinzi gradually adapted to the environment and began to trot around to collect.

"Deng Deng Deng~!"

Suddenly, the rapid and tense piano background music suddenly sounded in the headphones that had been quiet all this time!

Yinzi was startled.

And soon, as the piano keys became denser and faster, there was a hint of chaos in the music, and a large number of low-pitched black keys were mixed in, making the overall soundtrack atmosphere continue to be shrouded in oppression!

"Damn it, brother, this music is causing trouble!" Yinzi couldn't hold himself any longer.

This soundtrack is not like traditional horror games with weird melodies and creepy sounds that deliberately make players on tenterhooks.

Instead, it gets more exciting and rhythmic as the player keeps running, and begins to add dull drum sounds to the mix.

oppression!

Yinzi finally thought of it.

This music always gives people a strong sense of oppression! It is not meant to scare you at all, but to keep your nerves highly tense! There was only one thought left in my mind, run!

Just like when you hear dynamic music and you can't help but want to shake your legs, the rapid music that keeps playing in "Black Bully" seems to make you run forward without any reason as long as it doesn't stop!

And just when Yinzi was running around collecting crystals and following the map to the corner of the next corridor.

"Chi chi chi chi!!"

Suddenly, a ferocious-looking toy monkey appeared from the corner as if it had been waiting for a long time!

When the two met at the corner, the strange-looking monkey opened its mouth, let out a disturbing chuckle, and pounced on him instantly!

"Fuck ah ah ah!" Yinzi was already suppressed by the low and rapid music. Now he suddenly saw a strange face coming towards his face. He felt a cold air instantly penetrated from his head to his heels. He was frightened. A shiver.

The heart rate in the lower right corner also skyrocketed at this moment. From being around 120, it suddenly jumped to 180+!

The viewers in the live broadcast room were also shocked by this cheeky gesture.

The barrage was densely packed.

"I'm telling you all this! I'm so scared that my hair is standing on end!"

"Cold hair? My whole body stood up in fear!"

"I wasn't scared by the monkey. I was mainly scared by Yinzi's shouting..."

"This is more of a jump scare than what the game presents. I can guess this from the room layout of this map, with corners everywhere, but when it actually appears, I don't know why I will be scared out. It's so weird. .”

"Me too. I'm obviously mentally prepared, but when I jump in the face, my heart will tremble. Is there anyone who is a horror game expert who can answer this question?"

"Old horror players don't understand it either, let's have another look."

While there are various opinions about the barrage, in the game, Yinzi seems to have been stimulated by his frightened potential just now, and his on-the-spot reaction speed instantly exploded! After pressing the mouse wheel, the controlled character will turn and run directly!

"Cenima, regarding my brother's reaction, tell me whether it will be faster or not!" Yinzi took a few deep breaths to suppress his panic, and did not forget to say something awesome.

But it didn't take long for him to finish boasting.

Yinzi discovered a problem.

The monkey is not waiting for the player to come to a fixed place in the room, and then scares the player.

Instead, after a failed attempt, they will directly follow the player's escape path to catch up!

He had been running away for more than ten seconds, but the sharp roar of the monster chasing behind him was still heard from the earphones!

This is not the end.

If the BGM that originally sounded when players were collecting crystals was just fast and intense.

Then the BGM when being chased by monsters will change into an exciting style!

The piano player seems to be playing the keys almost to the point of smoke. The rhythm is getting faster and faster, the drum beats are getting denser and denser, and the sense of pressure is getting stronger and stronger!

In addition to musical performance.

The protagonist will begin to breathe heavily and his heartbeat will become more intense!

This is also reflected in the overall game graphics, where the screen will begin to jitter and shake slightly, demonstrating the tension of the escapees themselves.

All the elements are piled together, making this game that originally seemed to be just a Pac-Man gameplay suddenly turns into a terrifying escape with a strong sense of oppression!

Imagine being in a dimly lit, maze-like narrow hotel corridor full of guest rooms. Everywhere you look are corners, and each corner represents the unknown.

And a monster roars and keeps chasing behind you, and every beat of the piano, which is orderly but mixed with a hint of chaos, seems to hit your heart.

Yinzi didn't know what would happen to others.

At least he felt that his nerves were always tense, as if he could hardly breathe. All the horror games he had played before had never given him such a sense of oppression!

"Damn it, brother! How long are you going to keep chasing! I can't stand it anymore! I'm going to burst from the pressure!!" Yinzi yelled and ran all the way, going in circles in the huge hotel maze.

He had even gone around some paths several times, and the crystals on the ground had long been picked up.

However, the sound of the monster's dense footsteps was always lingering in his ears. Yinzi could not judge how far behind him the monster was, so he could only keep running forward.

Finally, Yinzi turned around and came to a relatively long and straight walkway.

After running for some distance.

He quickly controlled the mouse to turn around, trying to see how far away the monkey monster was from him.

It's not a problem to run around like this all the time.

A quick glance.

I saw the monkey monster about seven or eight guest rooms away from me, grinning with a bloody mouth, staring with scary and weird eyes, and running towards Yinzi screaming!

The feeling of oppression directly fills up the body!

Yinzi hurriedly turned back, collecting crystals in this corridor while running.

He ran a few steps.

When he turned back to check the distance, Yinzi's eyes trembled suddenly.

I saw the monkey that was still seven or eight rooms away from me.

In an instant, he was three or four rooms away.

When he turned back to confirm the monster's location for the third time, Yinzi felt that the hairs all over his body were standing on end!

The scary-looking monkey was right behind him, almost face to face with him!

"Ahhhhhhhhh!! Get out of here!! Get out of my computer!!!" Yinzi yelled in panic. He didn't dare to look back, so he quickly switched back to the perspective and headed forward to kill himself. Run wildly.

At this moment, the long and narrow corridor has reached the camera and is around the next corner.

"Dang!"

The second monkey monster jumped out of the shadows, its ugly face almost touching the screen.

Yinzi, who was already under a lot of pressure throughout the whole process, had almost no defense, and he didn't expect that there was a second monkey.

Attacked from both sides, he had no way to fight back. He could only be surrounded and suppressed by the monkeys while screaming in panic.

The jumpscare animation also appeared immediately, taking away the first drop of blood from the protagonist!

The screen fell into darkness.

The background music also stopped abruptly.

The intense chase suddenly returned to silence.

Yinzi's eyes widened for a long time and he didn't come back to his senses. He could even hear his own violent heartbeat.

The live broadcast room exploded!

The barrage boiled and boiled like boiling water.

"F*ck!!! How dare you do something more exciting like this?"

"The boss turned around a few times and it really scared me. There were seven or eight room doors, but when he turned around, there were only three or four rooms left. Then he turned around and he was right in the face! My scalp was numb at that time!!"

"Did the monster speed up? Why did it move so fast instantly?"

"It's not accelerating, it should be that the boss needs to press the W key when running forward, but after switching the perspective and pressing W again, he will run in both directions with the monkey monster, so at this time, he has to press the S key to reverse run, but the boss's perspective is switched. I’m not that skilled, and if I’m delayed, I’ll walk slowly, and after a few times I’ll be overtaken by monsters.”

"Guigui... I feel so stressed out watching it in the live broadcast room, let alone the boss himself playing..."

“Gravograph’s game is so exciting! It’s not about whether it’s scary or not, but when the various sound effects and visual effects fill up the environment, you have no means of counterattack, so you can only bury your head and run away, killing the monsters all the way. The thrill of continuing to chase you..."

"Experienced players of horror games would like to share their thoughts. I have come up with it. If other horror games on Blue Star are about players playing hide-and-seek with ghosts, and ghosts sometimes come out unexpectedly to scare you, then this game is undoubtedly the true interpretation of what it means to play hide-and-seek with ghosts. Being chased by ghosts... There is nothing in the whole process that can make the player breathe a sigh of relief. From the beginning of the game until all the crystals are collected, all you can do is run! The sculptor will not play those bluffing things with you, and the whole process will be in a state of insecurity. High-pressure environment! Nerves are constantly tense! At this time, another face-jumping kill is much more exciting than traditional horror games..."

"Mom, I don't dare to play this game anyway..."

"Stop talking about you, the die-hard fans of Ready Player One are chasing me all the way, and they don't dare to play this game..."

at the same time.

Ready Player One, in the conference room.

Looking at the live broadcast room, Yinzi still had a frightened expression.

There are also the words 'fear' and 'is the pressure so great' floating all over the screen among water friends? ’, ‘Forget it, I’ve given up on this game’ and various barrages.

Obviously, everyone's acceptance of this game is not very high.

This scene also made the employees who were originally looking forward to it look at each other in confusion, not knowing what to say.

There is only one exception.

Ke Jin watched the host's reaction to the game's trial.

I felt very good immediately.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

You Blue Star players also have this day!

What we want is the reaction of players who dare not play!

nice! I love watching it!

"Director Gou, zoom in, zoom in, zoom in on the screen!" Ke Jin said overjoyed.