When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay.

Chapter 475 Comet
Su Tong simply gave Lilith the perfect answer.

Although the addition of survival elements does not seem to be anything special on the surface, it immediately becomes the finishing touch when considered in conjunction with the previous game framework.

For simulation business or strategy games, the question of "what are external enemies" must be solved.

For example, in some nation-building strategy games, the enemies are other nations.

These countries will also grow, build, and develop with the players. Wars may break out between them, eventually ending with one country's complete conquest of the world.

Although the forms of conquest may vary, such as military conquest, cultural conquest, institutional conquest, etc., in general, it is still necessary to surpass other countries in some specific indicators.

There are also some strategy games where the enemies are certain specific external enemies.

For example, the enemies in "God-Forsaken City" are the enemy troops that constantly refresh outside the city.

Of course, there are also some strategy games that do not have external enemies, but have a more peaceful goal, such as continuously building production lines to integrate resources across the map, and ultimately building some grand wonder, etc.

But there are also games that choose the natural environment as the ultimate enemy.

A more classic design is severe cold.

In severe cold environments, players must collect resources, build heating facilities, and increase the ambient temperature as much as possible. Otherwise, with the arrival of the cold wave, a large number of workers will be frozen to death or have their limbs amputated, causing labor shortages, slowing production, and even the collapse of the entire game.

The same is true for other natural disasters.

Whether it is heavy rain, floods, scorching heat or other disasters, in general, these disasters do not have specific battle scenes like ordinary military invasions, but they can allow players to deeply experience the survival threats from genetic instincts.

Therefore, this type of game is enduring and very popular.

Su Tong's suggestions are not limited to one type of natural disasters, but two types, namely severe cold and extreme heat.

This means that players’ strategies have an additional dimension.

If there is only severe cold, then players only need to make a choice between "keeping warm" and "ensuring people's livelihood".

Let the workers live a little worse, eat a little less, and work a little longer, in exchange for more shelter and more coal, so that fewer people will die when the next cold wave comes.

How to strike a perfect balance between the two is the essence.

But with the addition of extreme heat, players need to make more complex decisions.

We cannot build too many heating and cooling facilities simply because resources are limited.

The two types of facilities must be built in a balanced manner, or facilities that can take into account both heating and cooling must be built.

However, the facilities that can be taken into account often consume a lot of resources, or have high technology tree requirements.

Therefore, how to allocate resources appropriately to ensure the survival of as many people as possible in both extreme cold and heat environments poses a more severe challenge to players.

Overall, this game is bound to be hardcore and complex.

No matter how hard we try to simplify the technology tree, players still have to set up each production line and make a series of decisions based on complex situations.

Why is a self-selected political system important?

Because this also represents the game between players.

This game is a two-player game, one person plays the role of the leader and the other plays the role of the bureaucrat.

These two identities are actually naturally unequal.

If the leader cannot decide the political system and cannot limit the power of the bureaucracy, it would not only be unrealistic, but also not conducive to intensifying the contradiction between the two.

Imagine that the leader becomes suspicious of the loyalty and ability of the bureaucrats, and therefore pushes for political system changes to limit the power of the bureaucrats.

Such behavior will further intensify the bureaucrats' hatred of the leader, forcing him to go further in the direction of lip service and secret sabotage.

Just like the relationship between the emperor and his ministers at the end of a dynasty, it’s very interesting to think about.

At this point, the general framework of the game has been built, and the next step is just some specific details.

But it is obvious that these details are not what Su Tong is good at.

Lilith also wanted to show her magnanimity and fairness, so she looked at the other three and said, "Tell us about some of the details of this game."

"Of course, as long as it does not violate the major premise."

Zhou Yang thought for a moment and said, "I think it would be best if this game took place on an alien planet, and even the creatures there should be portrayed as aliens."

Lilith nodded: "Well, why?"

Zhou Yang explained: "Boss Li, I thought of this from the perspective of 'severe cold and hot environments'.

“It is actually very difficult to achieve this special natural environment.

"If it is an ordinary planet, it is impossible to have extremely cold or extremely hot conditions. It is usually either extremely cold or extremely hot.

“Because it depends on the distance between the planet and the sun.

"If it were just like on Earth, the difference between the sun shining directly on the Tropic of Capricorn or the Tropic of Cancer would not be enough to cause such a big temperature difference.

“So, assuming this is a science fiction world, rather than an irrational magical world, then it must conform to the laws of nature.

"In other words, the planet where the game is located must be a comet."

Lilith didn't quite understand: "Why does it have to be a comet?" Wei Chengjie coughed twice and took over the conversation: "Because the orbits of planets revolving around the sun are circular.

"Of course, strictly speaking it is an ellipse, but it is not very obvious. It can even be said that the ellipse of the planet's orbit looks more circular than the circle drawn by most people with a compass.

“Therefore, in some simple calculations in school, we tend to calculate planetary orbits as perfect circles.

"Comets are different, they have many different motion paths, and one of them is a very standard ellipse.

"An ellipse has two centers, and the sun is at one of them.

"Therefore, a comet will have a special motion trajectory. When it leaves the sun, it will fly slower and slower, and will fall into a long and severe cold state; and when it approaches the sun, it will fly faster and faster, and the temperature will rise sharply.

"In addition, comets will form tails under the influence of the sun, which looks beautiful.

"But if it's a creature living on a comet, I'm afraid it wouldn't be such a good thing."

Zhou Yang nodded: "That's right.

“Since from a scientific point of view, this game takes place on a comet, then the human body structure is obviously not suitable.

“From the very beginning, humans did not have the environment to survive on it.

"We can only imagine a special kind of life form that can barely survive in this extreme environment.

“The ultimate goal of the game is, of course, to find a way to collect enough resources to leave the comet and head to a more habitable planet.

"In addition, using aliens as protagonists has another advantage, which is that players will have less moral baggage when playing.

“If humans live on the planet, then players might have concerns when they want to do something cruel and brutal.

"But strange-looking aliens don't matter."

Lilith was very happy. She looked at Gu Fan again and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Gu?"

Gu Fan thought about it and said, “I agree.

“There’s another benefit to using a comet as the background of the game: a comet is actually a relatively short-lived celestial body.

"Because comets are very small, they will be disturbed by the gravity of large planets, and in unlucky cases they may even be captured directly.

"Many comets may be unlucky enough to be captured by the gravity of a large planet when they first enter the inner solar system, and then they are completely doomed.

“Of course, comets are not that miserable. Take the solar system for example. Comets spend most of their time wandering around the outer edges of the solar system. When they come back, even if they enter the orbit of a giant star, they have already been accelerated to a faster speed by gravity. Therefore, the probability of being captured directly is not high.

"But no matter what, comets could still suffer a devastating disaster at any time.

“This can also be used as a special mechanism in the game to further enrich the game content.”

Lilith's eyes lit up: "Huh? Good idea!

“As the player was playing, the situation seemed to be going very well, but when entering a star system, he was suddenly captured by a giant planet and crashed!

“It’s exciting just thinking about it!”

Gu Fan continued, "And we can also reinforce this feeling of despair: don't tell players when they might crash from the beginning.

“In the beginning, the players’ technology was not well developed, so they could not make accurate calculations and therefore could not predict when the disaster would strike.

“When the players have finally developed and astronomical institutions are able to calculate the orbits of planets, they will issue a warning like ‘In XX years, the comet will be captured by a large planet’.

“I think the expressions on the players’ faces at that time will be very interesting.”

Lilith showed an indescribable smile, Gu Fan's words really touched her heart.

If this situation really happens, how much negative emotions will the two players have?
It’s exciting just thinking about it.

Sure enough, it was the right decision to let Gu Fan attend this meeting. He really did have good ideas.

"Well, finally, a name?

"What are the names of the leader and the bureaucrat? And what should this game be called?" Lilith looked around at everyone with confidence.

Zhou Yang thought for a moment and said, "I think it would be better to use a simpler name as much as possible.

"The leader is called the Fuhrer, and the bureaucrat is called the 'First Consul'.

"As for bureaucrats in other fields, they can be called the governors of the corresponding fields, such as the governor of science and technology, the governor of culture, etc."

Lilith approved, "Okay, what's the name of the game?"

Everyone present fell silent. It was obvious that no one was good at naming.

Lilith frowned: "Everyone think of a name, Wei Chengjie, you say it first."

Wei Chengjie looked embarrassed, but after thinking for a while he said, "Since this story takes place on a comet, and our game is a production and construction game, how about calling it Comet Factory?"

Lilith thought for a moment and said, "It's a name that means it's pretty good, but it doesn't seem to have anything special to it.

"Zhou Yang, what about you?"

(End of this chapter)