This is not a BUG, this is a game feature

The development of "Ancestral Tree" did not use the latest third-generation Tianba engine.

It's not that the Tianba engine is so bad that even Chen Ba himself is not willing to use it, but the nature of the game Ancestral Tree is not suitable for such a large engine.

Simply set up a physics engine to simulate common phenomena such as jumping and collision.

How can an adventure game use so many fancy features?

"The game process is still too short. If you don't make mistakes throughout the whole process, it only takes about 30 minutes to complete the level."

Chen Ba was very dissatisfied with this.

The game framework at this stage is completely produced according to the standards of an after-dinner digestion game, and the process does not take too long.

This is not good news!

Because this can only meet the needs of light game enthusiasts. For some serious game enthusiasts, the short and fast game flow of "Ancestral Tree" is too short.

It is more reasonable to extend it to one hour.

This hour refers to the time it takes to clear the level without missing a single life. If you make a mistake midway, the normal clearance time should be around 40-60 hours.

"Isn't this too long?"

Lao Luo frowned and asked: "Our game does not have a save function. If you die once, you can only start over. The game is quite frustrating. If it takes forty or fifty hours to complete the level, will it dissuade some players?"

"If you want to persuade me to quit, just persuade me to quit..."

Chen Ba said nonchalantly: "This kind of game is inherently selective in players. If you can match the brain waves, you will be very good at it. If you can't match the brain waves, it is normal to be persuaded to quit."

Don't force yourself when playing games.

When players choose their favorite games, the games are also choosing suitable players.

There are no thresholds and no selection of players. Anyone can easily get started. There are also games that anyone can play twice. For example, classic web games such as Happy Farm are an example of a national carnival.

There is also King Pesticide, which actually doesn’t pick players very much. Anyone can get two of them anyway...

Unfortunately, Ancestor Tree is not this type of game.

It was decided at the beginning of the planning that this game would be very challenging for players and may not be suitable for some players who are shy or easily discouraged.

After all, there is no save file, and you have to start over once you die. The frustration is no less frustrating than wielding a pickaxe in "Digging Up". This type of game is really exciting.

The good news is!

Compared with the anti-human movement method, forward trajectory and operation logic of "Digging for Ascension", "Ancestral Tree" is at least simpler to operate.

"Overcome obstacles and various traps, fight monsters to obtain better equipment and weapons, and a lot of gold coins. You will also encounter weapons merchants and mysterious merchants along the way."

Not to mention the weapons dealer.

As the name suggests, this kind of merchant must be a merchant who sells various powerful weapons and equipment. He travels to every corner of the map and his whereabouts are unpredictable.

The mysterious businessman deserves a mention!

If the weapons merchant adheres to the principle that you get what you pay for, and how much gold coins you spend can get you a big improvement, the mysterious merchant does not have this rule.

The props, medicines, and even weapons and equipment he sells are all blind box mysterious items.

It is possible to spend a small amount of money to achieve big things, or it is possible to spend a lot of money and end up being called the "big brother".

However, Chen Ba estimates that after the game is released, this mysterious businessman will be the most popular among players. After all, as we all know, players who love to play games are gambling dogs.

The next Teamfight Tactics will all be low-cost betting dog lineups, and the Mysterious Merchant’s mechanism of one thought of heaven and one thought of hell is simply perfect for them.

"Many roguelike games have this mechanism!"

Yang Dong explained: "This is also a type of game. One of the more attractive aspects is the absolute randomness."

It's too futile to just go to a weapons dealer and spend money to improve your own strength.

A real man should open the music software, click on the song "Let It Go" and then take a deep breath, find the mysterious businessman and have a roller coaster-like "Unbreakable Defense Challenge".

"Okay, okay, let's play like this, right?"

Listening to everyone's discussion around the weapons merchant and the mysterious merchant, Xiao Lu said speechlessly: "Then why are there still weapons merchants?"

"Not everyone can gamble! What if someone wants to be safe and likes to be down-to-earth? The weapons dealer leaves a way out for them..."

Chen Ba said with a smile.

In the game "Ancestral Tree", there are not only weapon merchants and mysterious merchants that appear randomly, but also many special events generated based on map characteristics.

Such as the fake ancestral tree!

There are also random questions and answers, where there are rewards for all correct answers, and 20% of the current blood volume will be deducted for one wrong answer.

There are also certain traps that will give players different paths to choose from. If you choose the right one, you will survive. If you choose the wrong one, your soul will die in the west.

These are all to increase the fun and excitement of the game process...

In addition to the game content, during the game, bursts of BGM background music will sound in the background to enhance the atmosphere.

This is done by the outsourced team.

Combining the above content, the completion of the game can reach an extremely high level, while giving players the best gaming experience.

“Best experience?”

Xiao Lu curled his lips and said, "I'm so scared when I play this game in the middle of the night. Do you call this the best gaming experience?"

The music is already quite eerie.

Combined with the various weird shapes of ancestral trees painted by Morris, it becomes even more bizarre, with a proper horror movie style. When I was a child, I was scared to tears when I played this game.

"What's so scary about this?"

"You are just too timid. Even this kind of thing can scare you. I really can't think of playing those horror games, such as Jiahui Paper Man. Will you be so scared that you wet your pants?" Chen Ba joked. road.

"That's why I don't play those games!"

Xiao Lu was full of curiosity and said: "To be honest, I still can't understand, who is buying horror games? Why are the sales so high?"

"Haha! There are always people who love to seek excitement. This is inevitable..."

At this point, Chen Ba suddenly became interested, so he knocked on the table and asked, "Hey, do you think our Tianba Studio should also make a horror game?"

"Horror game?"

"That's right! It's a Chinese horror game similar in nature to games like "Hong Kong Mystery" and "Paperman"."

Chen Ba explained: "Because I found that these games are quite popular, and the sales are not bad, and the production cost is not high."

Forehead!

Yang Dong thought for a while and felt that this was indeed a good idea.

Horror games have a fixed audience, and they are very suitable for game anchors and game video bloggers to use for program effects, so their popularity on the Internet has exploded.

In terms of sales, it’s actually okay!

After all, the production cost of this type of game is relatively not that outrageous, and it is more the "creativity" and "imagination" of the postgraduate entrance examination production team.

As long as you have a suitable idea or creativity, the benefits of making a horror game are quite good.

"Then it's settled!"

Seeing that Brother Dong also agreed to this proposal, Chen Bale said cheerfully: "When "The Ancestor Tree" is settled and released and officially launched for sale, we will make a Chinese-style horror game."

"Okay!"

"But as for "The Ancestor Tree", when are you planning to release it?"

"Let's go in June!"

Chen Ba estimates that with the current development progress and game size, it will be released in June or July.

It won't take too long.

After all, Chen Ba is recognized as a fast shooter in the industry and can make games faster than others. Moreover, "Ancestral Tree" is small in size, so this time is definitely enough.

…

Summer is here in a blink of an eye.

The weather in Qiongzhou in June is already very hot. Just basking in the sun outside will make you sweat.

Yao Mao simply couldn't imagine how the older generation spent the hot summer days before air conditioning and refrigerators.

It is impossible to go out in this weather, so those stupid out-of-town tourists are not afraid of the heat and are running around on the beach like they are having fun.

Yao Mao is very honest, hiding in the air-conditioned room and not going anywhere, playing games honestly.

"Tianba's new game "Ancestral Tree" is coming. Can you enjoy 500 community points reward for first-time reservation?"

Yao Mao, who was scrolling through posts in the community, accidentally came across a pinned promotional post for Tianba's new game, and he immediately became interested.

Do not misunderstand!

He was not interested in this new game called "Ancestral Tree", but in the 500 Tianba community points that were given as a gift during the reservation event.

Tianba Community recently underwent another round of revisions and launched the so-called points system.

You can earn points by posting, replying, and signing in, but the amount of these points earned is too small, usually only one or two points.

For more points, you can still participate in official activities. For example, in this reservation event, you can get 500 points just by making a reservation.

How generous!

Points can be exchanged for various physical or virtual prizes in the points mall. These five hundred points are already a lot, enough for him to sign in for a month or more.

For these five hundred points, Yao Mao made a reservation for the new game "Ancestral Tree" without hesitation.

Then, he received a text message that the reservation for the new game was successful, as well as a notification that the game would be released tomorrow.

"Tomorrow?"

Yao Mao, who had nothing to do during his summer vacation, learned that this game would be launched tomorrow and immediately decided to play it.

Anyway, he was just idle, and he happened to take a look. The pre-order price of "Ancestral Tree" on the Nobug platform was only 48 yuan, which was not expensive.

For the sake of Brother Ba and 500 points, let’s just try to play it!

Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Yao Mao turned on his computer and logged into the Nobug platform, purchased and downloaded the newly released game "Ancestral Tree".

The Nobug platform also has a refund mechanism. If it is not fun, you can initiate a refund. In fact, there is no loss.

With this idea in mind, Yao Mao opened the game client and entered the world of "Ancestral Tree"...

This is a magical world!

In this world, after everyone dies, a tree grows on their body. It is said that this tree is the embodiment of the deceased's will, and each leaf represents a memory of him.

And if the fruit on the tree is sweet after eating, you will see all kinds of happy and beautiful scenes that the deceased experienced during his lifetime.

If it is bitter or sour, it is an experience of suffering and suffering during life, full of sadness and grievance...

This tree is called: the ancestor tree!

The older the person is and the more experienced the person, the taller the ancestral tree grows and the more leaves and fruits there are.

A barren life cannot grow a strong ancestral tree, let alone bear abundant fruits!

The story of the game begins with a child looking up at the stars under a tree. He does not have his own name, because he is always staring at these ancestral trees in a daze, so he is also called "Tree Treasure".

The game UI is very simple.

After getting a little familiar with the operation, the game officially begins, and Yao Mao can control the actions of the protagonist Shu Bao.

A horizontal version-like way to pass levels!

The first map is a forest. Players need to control tree treasures and shuttle through this dangerous forest full of traps and monsters.

The traps are okay, it's probably a beginner's level, it won't embarrass everyone too much, you can get through it with a simple jump.

The difficulty of the monsters is also very low. They are all small monsters such as wasps or poisonous snakes, which can be easily eliminated with a slingshot.

But Yao Mao was still careless!

The novice level is indeed simple, mainly to give everyone a chance to familiarize themselves with the operation keys, so that it won't be difficult as soon as they get started. But the monsters in this level are all "poisonous" things.

So, he was sent poisoned.

This is the first life he has given away since he started playing this game.

After he was resurrected, when he came to the place where he had just died, he saw a sapling.

"Can trees really grow?"

Yao Mao, who found this mechanism very interesting, couldn't help but complain: "Does this count as planting trees in the game and making a contribution to low-carbon life?"

Ants plant trees?

Isn't this more interesting than ants planting trees? The only bad thing is that the tree's fertilizer is itself?

Gee, it’s quite scary to think about it!

Because the first death was too hasty and careless, and the experience was not rich enough, only a sapling grew and there was no other gain.

Forget it, next level!

It was a shame for Yao Mao to die in the novice level. He didn't even bother to look at the ancestral tree. He solved the novice level three times, five times and two times, and entered the second swamp map.

From this level on, the map changes randomly, and the difficulty increases more than ten times.

As expected, Yao Mao was cold again.

He had just defeated a lizard and exploded with a dagger. He thought the second level would be smooth sailing, but the next second he fell into a ground thorn trap and was turned into a hornet's nest.

The second ancestral tree appears!

Compared with the first ancestral tree, the second tree looks much better. Although it is still a sapling, this tree has grown something.

"Fuck, my dagger?"

Yao Mao felt extremely distressed when he saw the dagger he had just exploded hanging on the tree after he died.

If the map is not random, he can take the dagger directly next time he comes, but the map will change randomly. I don’t know when the next time he will visit the swamp map will be!

This also means that maybe the next time he comes to this map, he won't need the so-called dagger.

So infuriating!

This game has a setting where all items disappear and skills are forgotten and erased when you die. It is really speechless.

The key is, there is no save point...

It's impossible to go back, I can only accept this special fate of being cleared once I die!