Play Game of Life

Liu Liang was full of confidence. No matter how he thought about it, he would never overturn this time.

The failure of the previous "Zen" prediction is a special case.

Is there any problem with Liu Liang's evaluation of "Zen"? In fact, there is no big problem. This game has a simple scene and a single gameplay. Normally, it should be unknown!

It's just that I didn't expect that this game did some things right inexplicably, hit some points of the players, got a "rave praise" evaluation, and gained popularity out of the circle.

As a result, its connotation was magnified, and those buried elements that could be over-interpreted were dug out, and the original shortcomings became a unique temperament.

As a result, Liu Liang overturned.

But "Ordinary Life" does not have this kind of risk at all, because its shortcomings are definitely different from "Zen".

Its connotation can actually be seen at a glance: to show the lives of ordinary people, through the gameplay of a worker simulator, let players experience the coolness of survival games in a real background.

But the problem is that if you want to highlight this connotation, you need a lot of game content as support, so in the final analysis it is still a matter of research and development capabilities.

Studio 404 is only made up of four first-year students. It is already a miracle that they can make "You in My Eyes". How can they make another "Ordinary Life"?

The volume of the latter is dozens of times that of the former, right?

Even if the new technology is used, the official also said that there are many problems with this new technology. Although the material is generated quickly, the accuracy is very worrying. Basically, it has to be repaired by an artist before it can be used.

Can the authorities lie?

In short, "Ordinary Life" mostly committed the common problems of novice designers: the cost control was not done well, the idea was good, but it was far beyond the scope of one's ability.

Thinking of this, Liu Liang immediately started making videos.

"This time, I must win everything back, restart the winning streak, and get back my 'prophet' status!"

His video is very fast, it only took an hour to make and upload it.

Immediately after uploading, Liu Liang quickly went through the fan comments.

At this time, the game has not yet been officially released, so players have not been able to play this game yet, and cannot judge whether Liu Liang's prediction is accurate.

The only thing they could judge was that Liu Liang was a bit shameless this time.

"The prediction for "The High School Show" is okay, what the hell is the prediction for "Ordinary Life"? What do you mean by 'this game will definitely not have rave reviews'?"

"Good guy, Lao Niu, you call this prediction? You have used the method of elimination, right?"

"Just predict that "Ordinary Life" will not be able to sell 100 million copies!"

"I think Lao Niu just doesn't want to draw a lottery!"

"It's hard to say, what if the car overturns?"

"Can this car overturn? Then the old cow should stop calling himself a 'prophet', and just call himself 'Master of Poisonous Milk'!"

Fans' comments include criticism, ridicule, and fun.

Liu Liang was unmoved: "Oh, what do you guys know about the prediction. Anyway, it will start broadcasting at nine o'clock tonight, let the bullets fly for a while, and time will prove that I am right!"

The game is released at 8 o'clock, but the evaluation is definitely impossible to refresh immediately.

Generally, after an hour, the evaluation of the game can be roughly determined.

So Liu Liang chose to start the broadcast at 9 o'clock. He wanted to open the game page directly and show all the audience his incomparably correct prediction results!

...

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Xu Jing started broadcasting on time.

"Today we are broadcasting VR games, let me see... well, the firmware of the VR helmet has been updated, and the games in the official topic have also been downloaded."

Xu Jing tested the various equipment she needs to use for live broadcast, and everything is OK.

In order to promote the new technology, the official has made a simultaneous upgrade to the fifth-generation VR helmet. Players can use it to directly experience games made in the deep space of "Taiqing", which is not fundamentally different from the traditional VR game experience.

In addition, the official has also upgraded the original streaming software, so that games made in the deep space of "Taiqing" can also be pushed to computers or other display devices.

In the VR game live broadcast, the system will automatically generate three different perspectives, namely the first-person perspective, the third-person over-the-shoulder perspective and the God perspective. Players can choose their favorite perspective to watch.

Although it is best to play VR games by yourself, the live broadcast effect is worse than that of computers and mobile phones, but if the VR games themselves are good enough, they can make up for this gap.

The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't wait any longer, knocking on their bowls and waiting for their meal.

"Jingjing really broadcasts civil servants live. The broadcast starts at 8 o'clock every day, so can't you come an hour earlier?"

"That won't work. The other anchors signed bullet screen contracts with the platform. Only Jingjing signed a long-term contract. You must not add an extra minute to the shift!"

"Learn from Lao Niu. Lao Niu released a video immediately after watching the press conference. This efficiency is simply awesome."

"Lao Niu released a new video? I haven't watched it yet, which game did you predict this time?"

"I mentioned it briefly, but I mainly talked about "High School Show" and "Ordinary Life"."

"I watched Lao Niu's video. He said that "The High School Show" was "mostly well-received", and that "Ordinary Life" would definitely not be "overwhelmingly well-received."

"Why do you still use the method of elimination?"

"Hahaha, that is to say, maybe it was because the car overturned so badly last time that he was persuaded? But from his attitude, it can be seen that he is still not optimistic about "Ordinary Life" as a whole."

"Why don't you like it? The promotional video is very well done."

"I think Lao Niu's prediction is justified. The 404 Studio, the producer of this game, is four first-year students, and they have just finished "You in Eyes", so they definitely don't have the energy to make "Ordinary Life" into the state in the promotional film. .”

"Really? How about this game?"

"I don't know. It's just been released, and there's no one discussing it online. Why don't Jingjing play "Ordinary Life" first?"

Xu Jing praised: "Well, I think so too! With "You in Eyes" in front of me, I choose to believe in Studio 404!"

She put on the VR helmet, adjusted the live broadcast settings, and found the entrance to "Ordinary Life" in the login hall.

This entrance is quite interesting, it looks like the door of a bus.

Xu Jing stepped in, and in the next second, she found that she was really on a bus.

...

"Hey? Is the transition of this game so smooth?

"Wait, this scene is too real!"

The moment the picture appeared, Xu Jing and all the audience in the studio were shocked.

All the barrages of previous debates disappeared, replaced by a full screen of "fuck".

Because whether it is the bus, the driver, the passengers in the bus, or the vehicles and pedestrians seen through the window, they are all extremely real, completely in a state of falsehood!

She tried to pat the shoulder of the aunt in front: "How are you, aunt?"

The aunt turned her head and gave her a very unhappy look, but ignored her.

"It's okay, it's okay, the traditional character AI is still used. Otherwise, such a real scene is really scary."

Xu Jing patted her chest, feeling more at ease.

The so-called traditional character AI is an AI template that is also commonly used in other VR games. To put it simply, the NPC in the game will only respond to specific actions of the player, and other actions will be "fooled" with some templated responses.

For example, tell an NPC some specified dialogues with keywords, and he will respond in line with the progress of the plot; if you beat an NPC, it will trigger a special mechanism in the game, which may be counterattacked by the NPC, or caught stand up.

Of course, when NPCs have some special plots, they will also take the initiative to give some hints, so that players can activate the plots more naturally.

In addition, if the player performs some specific behaviors in front of the NPC, such as walking around and jumping around, they will only look at them with strange eyes and will not take any further actions.

At first glance, this approach is a bit rudimentary, and it is not worthy of such a powerful consciousness connection VR technology, but if you think about it carefully, you will understand that this is the best solution at present.

If everything is completely in accordance with reality, then the player is subject to too many restrictions in the game, and it will be very uncomfortable to play.

What's more, there is currently no such powerful AI technology that allows NPCs to completely simulate all behaviors of real people.

The reason why Xu Jing was taken aback was mainly because the accuracy of the materials in this game was too high, not to mention PC games, even many high-quality VR games before were completely killed in seconds!

Although the fifth-generation VR helmet uses consciousness connection technology, there is no screen effect, but those art materials still have to be hand-painted. After entering the game, once you get close to the materials, you can still see the difference from the reality to some extent.

But this time "Ordinary Life" uses new technology, which invokes people's deeper consciousness, and Lu Zhixing's materials are extremely accurate. The combination of these factors gives Xu Jing the illusion of time travel.

It took a long time to get used to the game.

The audience in the live broadcast room were shocked.

"Are you sure it's a VR game screen? Is it really not a video?"

"It's too much like a video! The light and shadow, the details, if it weren't for the ability to switch the angle of view at will, I really thought Jing Jing was broadcasting outdoors!"

"What did Lao Niu say? There are only four college students in Studio 404. This game must not be able to achieve the effect of the promotional film? But it doesn't look like that at all now!"

"Don't worry, there is only a scene of a bus, maybe it was a scam at the beginning? Other materials may not have such high precision."

Xu Jing doesn't know what to do now, there is no clear hint in this game.

She fumbled in her pocket and took out a mobile phone with a cracked screen.

The mobile phone is relatively simple, with only a few software in it, including chat software, banking APP and other tool software directly related to real life, as well as "character files", "skill files" and other software that are more biased towards game mechanics.

In "Ordinary Life", players can self-enroll in classes to learn and master various skills, and they can check their various statuses in character files and skill files.

"Ding dong.

"Hello, dear passenger, the North Gate Station of Jinghai University is here, please get off first and then get on."

The bus has arrived.

This bus will circle around important places in the game, and players can choose their favorite place to get off.

Xu Jing didn't know this at the moment, but she couldn't wait to get out of the car and experience this virtual world that was so realistic.

Stepping off the bus, everything in front of me is so real.

Xu Jing looked left and right, walking aimlessly on the road. These very common elements in real life are moved into the virtual world, almost completely confusing the virtual and the real, making Xu Jing a little lost in a trance.

Unknowingly, he walked onto the main road.

However, at this moment, she heard the harsh sound of car horns and brakes coming from her ears.

"boom!"

Xu Jing felt hit hard, and then she spun around and fell down on the road.

"Hey? Why am I still hit by a car!"

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