I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Chen Ya squinted at the people in the office.

He finally understood where that feeling of "energy" he sensed from them came from.

Because they were all shaking their legs...

"Brother Ya, are you alright?" Ishikawa Tō asked worriedly.

"It's nothing," Chen Ya said. "But speaking of which, we really should get this song certified as an original in the music library."

China now has the world's largest online music library, where any artist can have their original songs certified, create freely, and enjoy copyright protection.

Ishikawa Takashi said, "Sure, how about we create an official company account to promote it? It might not get many followers, but every little bit helps."

Chen Ya nodded and said, "Okay, but you need to be a little more ambitious. Register an account on PineapplePineapple and I'll add some lyrics to this song."

"There are lyrics too? Does that mean we'll have to find someone to sing them?" Ishikawa Tō was very sensitive to the idea of ​​having to pay someone to sing.

"No need, I can train it using human VOCALOID."

VOCALOID means virtual singer. Hatsune Miku and Luo Tianyi are examples of VOCALOID.

After Ishikawa Takashi left, Gu Yuqing tilted her head and asked, "You can write songs? What songs do you write? Can I hear them?"

"Sure, come here, you can borrow my headphones."

Chen Ya walked to his workstation, turned on his computer, handed the headphones to Gu Yuqing, played the background music he had made yesterday for her, and then opened VOCALOID to input and adjust the lyrics.

The virtual singer technology in this world is very advanced. As long as the project file is matched and text is added, a song can be generated quickly, and the quality is quite good.

Chen Ya worked incredibly fast, and Gu Yuqing, listening intently while tapping her leg, loudly commented:

"It's really catchy. Did you really write this? I never expected you to have this talent."

Chen Ya smiled but didn't say anything.

Ishikawa Tō has also created the account and sent the username and password to Chen Ya. The username is "Beichen".

Chen Ya opened the Pineapple Pineapple video website, clicked on the submission option, changed the category to "Music" and then "VOCALOID", and then pressed "Upload".

Ten days later, this account, which was only registered ten days ago, and this song, which took ten minutes to draw, will become a legend in the history of Pineapple Pineapple website building.

Chapter 327 Sheep

The VOCALOID virtual singer community is a medium-sized one.

In fact, Hatsune Miku is so well-known that almost everyone knows her. This eternally 16-year-old idol singer is forever somewhere between being past her prime and still relevant.

It was indeed a small matter, so small that a rumor like "Luo Tianyi is using drugs" could spread rapidly and shock everyone, with everyone asking in astonishment, "Who is Luo Tianyi?"

Before the era of costumed characters like Jia Ran and Aqua became popular, virtual singers were actually the leading figures in the virtual world.

It was also during this era that the world of female singers gave birth to many beautiful, dark, magical, and lyrical songs.

The song Chen Ya is currently working on, which he uses as the theme song for "Sheep, Sheep, Sheep," and which was also the background music used in the original version of "Sheep, Sheep, Sheep," is this one: "Ordinary Disco."

Gu Yuqing sat next to Chen Ya with her legs crossed, her eyes fixed on Chen Ya writing lyrics on the PPT, her fingers flying across the keyboard.

She was so engrossed in watching him that her face was almost touching his shoulder. Some employees in the company naturally noticed what was happening and were secretly glancing over, speculating about her relationship with Chen Ya.

"On this ordinary day, I wore ordinary shoes and walked down this ordinary street..."

"I take out my ordinary phone, want to find something ordinary, and play my favorite ordinary music..."

After watching for a while, Gu Yuqing couldn't help but complain, "It's just a catchy pop song. These lyrics are clearly designed to brainwash people, aren't they?"

Chen Ya did not answer, focusing on making the PPT.

“The lyrics are quite interesting when you look closely, and the melody is really catchy,” Gu Yuqing said. “Although I don’t know how to appreciate music and I don’t know how good the music is, I feel that it should be a hit.”

Chen Ya still ignored her.

In the V-circle, having over 20 views is called "Hall of Fame," and having over 100 million views is called "Legend."

For a long time, "Ordinary Disco" was the fastest track to achieve legendary status in the V-circle.

It is also the fastest track to reach four million plays, five million plays, and seven million plays.

To date, the song has garnered 1800 million total plays and has successfully broken into the mainstream, being covered by artists such as Li Yuchun and Jia Ling.

The songwriter ilemonyk has more than just this one hit song; he also penned other catchy tunes like "Da La Beng Ba" and "The Song of the Neurotic".

The main feature is simply shaking your leg.

The choice of this song as the background music for "Sheep, Sheep" was certainly made after careful consideration.

This game is all about getting anxious, frustrated, and exasperated. Once you get hooked, you'll naturally click on all sorts of ads. Many people play for three to five hours straight without stopping, losing and having a blast. It's a perfect match for this song.

Catchy songs may lack substance, but their advantage is that you never get tired of them. You might get sick of them, but you'll never tire of them. You might even develop PTSD from listening to them, but you'll never get tired of them. The fact that people in the office were tapping their feet along to them all morning is perfect proof of that.

Listening to this kind of song too much can lead to it starting to loop in your head as soon as you hear the intro, and this looping is more pronounced in quiet environments, like during exams. For example, when doing trigonometric functions, your mind inexplicably starts playing "Our Ordinary Shaking~".

Gu Yuqing threw down her headphones and said, "I can't listen to this anymore. It's getting more and more brainwashing. If I start tapping my leg during business negotiations, I'll definitely settle the score with you. By the way, I listened to the background music in your game, but what about the game itself? Can I take a look?"

Chen Ya has finally finished the PPT and edited the video. He is currently working on the video cover, saying, "Right now it's just a demo."

"The demo is already done?" Gu Yuqing's mouth gaped open. She had thought it would just be some drafts, but she didn't expect it to be done so quickly.

Chen Ya stood up and chatted with Ishikawa Dong for a while. Soon, he made way for her, and Chen Ya waved to Gu Yuqing, inviting her to come and try it out.

Gu Yuqing stood up, suddenly feeling very valued.

Even the smallest game takes at least ten to twenty days to develop. This game, however, has already leaped from project initiation to releasing a demo in just one or two days.

Gu Yuqing wasn't thinking about how outrageous the company's development efficiency was; what she was thinking was, "Is this game really that small?"

She sat down at Ishikawa Takashi's developer workstation and opened the DEMO file as instructed. Chen Ya had one hand on the table and the other on the back of her chair.

Soon, a lush green scene appeared before her eyes.

The screen shows a large grassland, and on the grassland, there is a group of sheep that appear to have intellectual disabilities.

The reason we can tell these sheep have intellectual disabilities is because their eyes and tongues look strange.

“Tap here to start the game,” Chen Ya explained. “Then tap the brick above, and it will go into the slot below. Collect three bricks to eliminate them.”

Since it was a demo and there was no beginner's guide, Chen Ya had to act as the narrator.

After he finished speaking, he turned to Ishikawa Takashi and said, "Add a new user guide. Make sure users can go through this guide the first time they open the app. Keep it simple, so simple that it only takes 10 seconds to go through it."

After listening, Ishikawa Tō thought for a moment, then immediately took off a chair, sat down, and began to write furiously in his notebook.

Gu Yuqing had already completed the first challenge on her own.

The first level only has three types of bricks, and you can pass it no matter how you play. But Gu Yuqing didn't know that, and she was still thinking carefully about where to place the bricks. After passing the level, she turned around to look at Chen Ya excitedly.

"I passed the first level. Was it really that easy? The cover said it was an extremely difficult game. Are you kidding me?"

Chen Ya raised his chin towards the screen and said, "It's a lie, but not in this place. Play the second level first."

After saying that, he went to get some water and also called Qin Sulan, the head of the art group, over to observe.

Gu Yuqing looked closely and saw that a large number of bricks had appeared on the screen, and there were as many as seven or eight different types, which was completely different from before.

However, she wasn't worried. She was very good at match-3 games, and besides, she felt that this game was much simpler than other match-3 games.

Qin Sulan walked over cautiously and stood behind Gu Yuqing. Chen Ya pointed to the screen and said, "Adjust the layout. Put a date at the top of the screen, and draw two dots below it to indicate the level number."

Qin Sulan nodded and said, "I'll remember."

"This trough is a bit monotonous. It would be more consistent to design it like the kind of trough that cattle and horses use to graze."

Qin Sulan's eyes lit up, and she quickly lowered her head to write it down, convinced that this boss was knowledgeable.

"Then the icon doesn't have any animation yet. Ishikawa Takashi, fix the tactile feedback when you tap it, otherwise there's no feedback," Chen Ya instructed.

"Received, Brother Ya."

Chen Ya turned around again and said, "The brick design is not bad, but the icon design is a bit lacking."

Qin Sulan blushed and said, "I studied painting, and I'm not very good at design."

What art style are you good at? Do you have any previous works?

Qin Sulan scrolled through her phone's photo album and showed Chen Ya her previous works.

As the two talked, Gu Yuqing gradually discovered the difficulty of the game.

The difference between the second and first levels of the game is like that of a Titan – one is at the feet of a Titan, and the other is on top of a Titan.

The two levels are so difficult that they're practically two completely different games, with absolutely no difficulty gradient.

The first level is a straightforward three-layer brick puzzle with few different types of bricks. If you pay attention to the order in which you eliminate them, you can easily pass the level.

The second stage is different.

She's played through the second level so far and has already discovered at least 8 layers. She's eliminated 3 layers and can still see the layers below stacked between the layers of bricks.

The difficulty of this game lies here: if the bricks on the top layer are not cleared, the bricks underneath that are pressing down cannot be selected, even if you see them.

This meant she had to put the bricks on top into the slots first, but there were only about seven slots below. She had never filled them before and didn't know what would happen if she did.

Out of respect for the "extremely difficult" tagline on the game's cover, she decided to assume the worst about the game mechanics, tentatively deciding that filling all the slots below would result in death.

At first, there were many bricks, but as the game progressed, the number of bricks in each layer decreased, and it became difficult to find matching bricks.

She could see the similar bricks underneath, and after carefully removing the top layer, she discovered that there was another layer on top of the target brick, which made her furious.

When she had cleared about the 5th layer, Gu Yuqing couldn't resist using a prop. After clearing a few more layers, she used a randomized prop.

So far, only one undo item remains, but this item is useless to her, and there are no more bricks on the surface that can be removed.

She spent a long time calculating on her fingers and finally figured out that after filling the slot, she would just be able to find a brick of the same type.

She moved the mouse and clicked repeatedly until the slot below was finally filled.

Almost the instant the slot was filled, a black dialog box popped up on her screen with four large characters:

"The slots are full."

Below is a line of smaller print: "Failure is the mother of success, little sheep, you're still waiting for me!"

A sheep son? What sheep son? Does this game have a story mode? Am I supposed to go find my sheep son?

But whether it's a sheep son or a pig daughter, Gu Yuqing can't care about anything now. All she knows is that she's furious!

"What kind of lousy game is this!" Gu Yuqing slammed down the mouse, angrily turning to Chen Ya to settle the score. "Why do I die as soon as the slots are full? I was just one brick away from surviving!"

Chen Ya said, "The game ends when there are no tiles that can be eliminated among the seven tiles. If your last tile can be eliminated with the ones in front of it, you can survive. So remember to leave one empty."

Gu Yuqing suddenly realized and said, "You should have said so earlier."

After saying that, she turned her chair around and clicked "Restart" on the screen.

Judging from Gu Yuqing's attitude, Chen Ya felt that she seemed to be getting addicted.

"Xiao Shi, go work on the backup computer. I reckon she'll play for a while longer, so let her have your computer," Chen Ya said to Shi Chuan Dong.

Gu Yuqing stared at the screen, muttering to herself, "It won't take long, I'll be able to pass this level this time, very quickly."

Chen Ya nodded to Ishikawa Takashi and said, "Go."

He was now certain that Gu Yuqing would definitely become addicted.

Those who think they're smart enough to beat the game quickly usually end up struggling with it for three to five hours before giving up.

This is psychology.

Just as Chen Ya had predicted, Gu Yuqing began to struggle with the game.

Having followed Gu Yuqing's experience twice, Chen Ya has already explained everything that needed to be explained to Shi Chuandong and Qin Sulan, and the two are now working overtime to improve it.

Ishikawa Tō's code was beautifully written, with almost no bugs, which is quite incredible for normal program development. Chen Ya knew that the system was exerting its magical power to achieve this.

The development team isn't suffering; it's the players who are.

For the next two hours, Gu Yuqing was caught in an endless battle with a game called "Sheep's Goat".

The most obvious experience from playing this game is that her understanding of the game improved with each of the first few rounds.

Because the bricks are highly distinguishable and easy to identify, she makes fewer and fewer basic mistakes.

But none of this helped her complete the game.

It was destined to fail, and it failed again.

Sometimes, if you're unlucky, your score might even be worse than the first time you played.