When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay

Gu Fan paused for a moment and said, "As for designing fake-AI to only mess up and not build, this is even more unrealistic.

"Because it is difficult to define what is messing up and what is building.

"Take the two functions of construction and demolition as an example.

"Building in the right place is construction, and building in the wrong place is messing up;

"Demolition in the right place is messing up, and demolition in the wrong place becomes construction again.

"Suppose, we restrict the construction authority of fake-AI so that it can only demolish:

"Then on the one hand, the ability of fake-AI to mess up will decrease, because this single operation is easier for players to adapt to; on the other hand, we must also let AI know what is the right place and what is the wrong place, because only after judging the location can we demolish the part that the player really cares about, and it will not become a useless building for the player.

"And letting AI judge the location will involve very complex judgment logic, which may trigger some new bugs.

"Of course, we can also choose to let AI demolish directly, but...

"Can we still achieve our original purpose in that case? Fake-AI is no longer a "troublemaker", but just a rigid and boring game mechanic. "

Lilith felt a little overwhelmed.

This matter is a bit paradoxical: if the restrictions are too much, fake-AI will not be able to perfectly disrupt the effect; and if the restrictions are not enough, fake-AI may make a big move when the Archon is not around.

And what is the appropriate degree of restriction?

I am afraid no one knows the standard answer.

Not to mention the programmers of Ni Tian Tang, even the researchers of fake-AI, or the programmers of the official game platform, do not know.

Because the latest AI technology has often become a huge black box, AI continues to grow and iterate under a certain algorithm logic, and what it finally iterates out is something that no one can simply summarize, let alone fully grasp.

Ni Tian Tang has fully restricted the capabilities of fake-AI, but the problem is that the development speed of AI is often faster than people imagine.

Even if more restrictions are set, as long as there is a loophole in one direction, it is possible to collapse completely and fail.

Taking advantage of Lilith's brain overload, Gu Fan continued: "As for the second question, the bug in the game settlement is indeed a loophole in the design, which led to unexpected situations.

"This settlement mechanism was originally required in your design concept draft.

"In short, the original requirement for this function is that the game should end at a random time when the player leaves the comet and enters a new planet with almost unlimited resources. At the same time, it should also have a false correlation with a certain mechanism in the game.

"This is to make players waste more time and generate more negative emotions in the process of finding the reason for the settlement.

"Our function is indeed implemented according to this requirement."

Lilith is trying to clear her mind to deal with the complex situation of the second problem again.

What Gu Fan said is right.

But I always feel that something is wrong in this link.

Gu Fan continued: "In fact, if only the first function is implemented, it is very simple.

"It's nothing more than that we use the player's login to the new planet as the starting point, and then let the game settle at a random time.

"This time is randomly selected between 10 minutes and 30 minutes or 1 hour.

"If it is made in this way, the current situation will definitely not occur.

"But... the problem is that there is a second requirement.

"It's this settlement time. It's best to create a false connection with a certain mechanism in the game, so as to confuse the players and make them constantly explore what this mechanism is."

Lilith nodded slightly. This was indeed what she asked for.

Because if it is done in a purely random way, the players will soon find out.

Since the settlement time of the game has nothing to do with any factor, the players will not bother with it anymore, but use mods or modifiers to directly achieve the infinite mode.

But what if it is falsely connected with a certain mechanism?

Players will tirelessly search and try, and waste a lot of time in the process, accumulate a lot of negative emotions, and finally explode.

After careful consideration, the production team decided to combine "settlement time" with "players' construction on the comet".

Let the players mistakenly believe that the shorter the time on the comet and the less resources consumed, the longer the settlement time on the new planet, and it is even possible to unlock the infinite mode after reaching a certain level.

Because only by doing this, players will continue to pursue the limit, constantly find the optimal solution and compress their game time during the comet construction process.

However, this is actually a false connection.

Because if it is a real connection, wouldn't the player be able to extend the settlement time while compressing the game time? That is not what Lilith wants to see.

The actual mechanism is: when the player arrives at the new planet and all industries on the comet are shut down for a period of time, the game will end.

This mechanism seems perfect.

First, it creates an illusion, because when the player flies to a new planet, the more resources left on the comet, the longer the industrial shutdown time. This is consistent with the direction of misleading players before.

Secondly, this settlement method is not only affected by the resources left by the comet, but also by various other factors.

For example, there are residual resources on the comet, but one of the main minerals among the multiple minerals is exhausted, causing the production line arranged by the player to be stuck.

At this time, even if there are still residual resources, the industry will be shut down and the game will be settled.

Because in the actual game process, players can only vaguely feel that the game settlement time is positively correlated with the comet's participating resources, but in the actual game process, they will find many special cases, which are inconsistent with this simple cognition.

So they will study repeatedly and waste a lot of time.

Whether they finally figure it out by themselves or work hard to unpack it, they have wasted a lot of time and accumulated a lot of negative emotions.

When they know the truth, these negative emotions will burst out instantly.

Even if players know about this bug, they can't do anything.

Because according to the game mechanism, once they fly to the new planet, the two players, the Archon and the Head of State, can no longer exert any influence on the comet.

At that time, they can only stare blankly and watch the remaining ecosystem on the comet completely collapse.

It's like a pool of stagnant water, quietly heading towards extinction, and the entire game is locked.

However, the bug caused by the previous fake-AI has a chain reaction again. The silicon-based people on the comet are still spontaneously maintaining this pool of stagnant water, keeping it running!

Although it is difficult, as long as the spacecraft flying to the outer shape is still transporting supplies back, the system can operate in the most efficient way.

Anyway, no matter what you say, it is still running, and the game will not be settled.

This has led to this file actually opening a mode of infinite time and infinite resources.

What's worse is that after these two bugs are combined, they inexplicably give players a lot of room for interpretation.

Like "the power of public opinion", "micro-ecology", "people's historical view and heroic historical view", these terms have made Lilith dizzy.

She couldn't figure out what all this had to do with the game "Star Plan"?

"So who is the first person responsible for this incident!!"

Lilith scratched her head angrily, she was so angry that she had no place to vent.

If we talk about sharing the blame, she can't escape, Qin Fengliang, the one who came up with the idea, can't escape, Gu Fan, the number one insider suspect, can't escape, Su Tong, the game producer, can't escape, and even the game program, development and testing can't escape.

But it's precisely because it seems that everyone has problems that it's hard to determine who the biggest problem is.

So far, Against Heaven has changed four producers. If they keep changing like this, they can't promote interns to be producers, right?

Lilith looked at Gu Fan, and she wanted to say it at this time.

"Gu Fan, everyone has changed, and I'm the only one who hasn't changed. So I suspect that I'm the insider."

But this is too ridiculous!

Gu Fan was silent for a moment: "Boss Li, if we talk about the first person responsible... I think it's the liver emperor."

Lilith was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"

This was something she had never expected. Could the first person responsible be an outsider?

Gu Fan explained: "Boss Li, do you feel that this person has been at work several times?

"Whether it's triggering bugs inexplicably or making various mods for our game, it's all related to him!

"Apart from the facts, doesn't he have any responsibility at all?

"It's true that there are loopholes in our game, but if no one finds them, the loopholes may not be discovered! "

Just a few words, almost made Lilith's CPU burn out.

But on second thought, it seems to make sense.

In the past, we caught the traitors inside the company, but we were too kind to people outside the company, just cutting off their business orders.

For example, the lecturer, it can be clearly felt that after the business orders were cut off, the frequency of his troublemaking has decreased a lot.

But some people are fans who bring their own dry food, such as the liver emperor, even if there is no business order, he will still praise Against the Heaven, who can stand this!

It seems that it is not enough to focus on the company's internal affairs, and external problems must also be solved.

"But...how to solve him?" Lilith asked a soul-searching question.

Gu Fan said seriously: "Boss Li, you are a famous demon in hell! Can't you just kill him directly?"

Lilith sighed: "If I can kill him directly, why would I ask you! You are now a society ruled by law in the world, don't fight and kill at every turn, okay? "

Gu Fan looked a little regretful: "So, if we can't use the simple method, we can only use a more complicated method.

"Let's just go with the standard process, treat him to a meal, behead him, and keep him as a dog.

"Beheading is a bit difficult, so we can only bribe him. Keeping him as a dog is a good choice."

Lilith was a little puzzled: "Take him as a dog? How do you say it?"

Gu Fan said seriously: "It's very simple, Zhao'an! Let him design our new game!"