When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay.

Chapter 535: Start Scratching Your Head

Sitting at his workstation, the hardworking man began to scratch his head.

He felt very uncomfortable on his first day at work, but the most urgent task was to come up with a self-consistent system for these basic settings.

The basic settings given by Ms. Li are not actually very relevant.

If a hardcore gamer analyzes the game from a traditional gaming perspective, he might even find some of the content contradictory.

But how can you come up with a system that looks good enough to include them all and still make you feel like this game can make money?
I feel like this is countless times harder than making a mod myself.

He looked up and saw that everyone seemed to be working hard, which made him even more anxious.

Zhao Haiquan, who was sitting next to him, came over and asked, "How's the progress?"

The hardworking guy was helpless: "There is no progress at all! What should I do? Other designers are waiting for me to come up with the design details.

“How do I get out?

"How about I just grab a designer to travel for me?"

Zhao Haiquan shook his head: "You are the main planner, why do you care about those trivial things? Just design it first.

“Anyway, these basic requirements given by General Manager Li cannot be changed. You should strictly follow General Manager Li’s requirements, divide up the planning proposals for each area, and let other designers write their proposals first.

“Wait until they have finished writing the proposal, and then think about the specific issues when you summarize it.

"Wouldn't this buy me more time?"

The Liver Emperor thought about it and it seemed to be true.

Although he couldn't figure out how to include all these requirements into a big framework, one thing was certain: these requirements could not be changed.

With this iron rule, at least each functional planning plan is easy to write.

For example, the card drawing system.

Ms. Li's basic plan has already stipulated the basic principle of "the more you draw, the better", including card pool planning, a 1000-draw cycle base, etc., all of which have clear requirements.

Just refine these requirements a little bit and hand it over to any professional function planner under you, and you can design this function perfectly.

If you have any questions, we'll talk about them when we summarize them!

The good thing about being a leader is that no matter how daunting the problem is, you can just hand it over to your subordinates.

If you are not sure, ask your subordinates to produce a few more versions and choose a relatively reliable one yourself. You will not go wrong.

Thinking of this, Gan Di temporarily gave up thinking and started to act.

According to the previous project lists, he quickly split the design project of "Endless Fantasy Legend 2" into dozens of different systems.

Then, according to General Li's requirements, corresponding basic frameworks were made for the corresponding systems.

Finally, these tasks were assigned to the designers in the design team and given a deadline.

These designers are all veterans and can come up with plans very quickly. According to previous experience, basically a week is enough.

So the liver emperor also set a week for them.

After a week, the plans are summarized. If there are contradictions in the plans, or if there are unreasonable parts in the overall framework of the game, they will be revised.

The time is tight and the task is heavy, but the designers didn't say anything. They have long been accustomed to this fast-paced work.

After receiving the task, everyone went about their business without saying a word.

The hard-working man relaxed a little and had to say that being a leader was still a good thing.

Considering his ability as a hardworking player, being an ordinary function planner in Against the Heaven might not be a good option, but being a main planner is more than enough for him.

But after the task was assigned, the problem was still not solved.

How to gather these things together?
If it was really developed strictly according to the requirements, it would definitely be a game that would not only fail to make money but would also be criticized.

How can we turn the tide?

“Hey, wait.

"It suddenly occurred to me... maybe I could take this opportunity to solve a doubt of mine? An unsolved mystery?
"So...are these bugs in Against Heaven real bugs or hidden mechanisms?"

I don’t know why, but I suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in my brain and thought of the confusion that had been bothering me for a long time.

He had wanted to know this question originally, but after all, he was not an insider of Against the Heaven, so no matter how curious he was, he had no way to verify it.

But now, he himself is an insider!
Although not all permissions are open to him, as the main planner he cannot directly view or modify the internal code, but he can always see the planning proposal.

After all, when a hardworking person writes a plan, he has to refer to the previous format.

Well, if we just take a look at the original plan of Against the Heaven, wouldn’t it be clear whether it is a bug or not?
As long as it is written in the plan, it is a hidden mechanism; as long as it is not written, it is a bug!

Regardless of whether this conclusion can help solve his current troubles, it can at least answer his long-standing doubts.

Thinking of this, Gan Di immediately opened the previous game plan and looked at it carefully. He had a clear conscience about this, after all, he could say that he was learning from the previous excellent design in order to better complete his work.

Besides, isn't it natural for the chief planner to look at the plan? It's not like stealing trade secrets, so there's no need to act like a thief.

One article.

Two articles.

Three articles.

The more the liver emperor looked, the more shocked he became, and the more his brows furrowed.

Those bugs...there wasn't even a single word about them in the planning proposal!
It is almost certain that these plans will not be modified later, because the dates of the documents are clearly written, and it seems that once the project enters the development phase, these plans will be locked in read-only mode and cannot be modified at will.

So, this is simply irrefutable evidence.

But this also made the liver emperor feel like the sky was falling: What a bug!
Before coming to Against Heaven, Gan Di was a die-hard mechanism fan. Although he always said that he would not completely rule out the possibility that some of the hidden mechanisms were bugs, he also firmly believed that it was impossible for all mechanisms to be bugs.

Some of this must be designed, right?

As a result, now I see that none of those well-known bugs have ever appeared in the plan!
The liver emperor felt like he had traveled into a horror movie.

Everything around seemed very normal, the environment was good, the people were very kind, and everyone had a smile on their face.

However, in such a beautiful life, there are always some strange, weird and counterintuitive details.

It felt like being pricked by a thorn, and the more I thought about it, the more something seemed wrong.

According to the general idea of ​​horror movies, something very bizarre will happen next, and the poor protagonist will never be able to escape...

"That's enough. What am I thinking about? The more I think about it, the more outrageous it gets!"

The Liver Emperor quickly interrupted his thoughts and forced himself to stop thinking in that outrageous direction.

But how do these bugs appear?

If we design the game step by step and then write the code step by step, will some bugs that improve the player experience automatically appear after the game is released?
Come on, that's absolutely impossible!
These bugs must have been added secretly by someone, and they are buried very deeply and cleverly. Even by looking at the code, you may not be able to tell whether it was intentional or unintentional.

But for some reason, this person, or this group of people, deliberately hid the bugs, did not make them public, and did not write them into the planning proposal.

"Maybe... this is my only chance of survival?"

The Liver Emperor suddenly had such a guess.

For smart people, even if they are taught ten times, they will not learn it, but they will learn it once.

His office computer was a new one, and there was no data left on Zhou Yang's computer, so naturally there was no such thing as the weird stories about the anti-heaven rules.

If that information was available, perhaps the atmosphere would be even more bizarre.

Lilith wanted to replace an outsider with the one who would be in charge of the entire design team, so she did the cleanup in advance and only allowed the hard-working people to have access to the most basic plans.

Apart from this, he is not allowed to get involved too much.

But the problem is that just looking at the plan is enough for the hardworking person to analyze and draw some useful conclusions.

Somehow, the Liver Emperor seemed to feel that someone was in harmony with his thoughts, as if that person was sitting right where he was at the moment, and the same thoughts as his were flashing through his mind.

Turn decay into magic!

Make the impossible possible!
Use a small bug to completely transform the game!

Is this... possible?
The Liver Emperor wasn't sure either, but he always felt that he seemed to have vaguely touched the threshold of something.

Should I tell other people about this?

The Liver Emperor hesitated. He instinctively felt that it would be dangerous to expose something that everyone knew but no one talked about, but he couldn't tell exactly how dangerous it was.

How to do?
Suddenly, an idea flashed in the liver emperor.

If these bugs were really inserted by someone on purpose, then Zhao Haiquan and Feng Hui would most likely know about it.

But knowing that doesn't mean they will necessarily tell the truth to themselves.

So, what we need to do next is simple.

If you try to think of a bug or hidden mechanism yourself, and then ask Zhao Haiquan or Feng Hui to do it privately, will they do it?
If they did it quietly, without making any announcement, then perhaps this was some kind of unspoken rule within Nitiantang?
I think it’s worth a try.

He opened the document given by Ms. Li again and read it carefully.

"Strange, is it my illusion?

"I always feel like the meaning between the lines seems to have changed a little bit?"

This time, it seems that the liver emperor can really find some content that he has not seen before between the lines.

(End of this chapter)