Time Travel: 2014

Lin Hui randomly clicked on a question with a value coefficient of 8.

When I clicked on this answer, I saw a densely packed paragraph:

——Hello GRAY FOREST, may I ask what your original intention was in developing Life Restart Simulator.

What ideas do players want to express through this game?

Also, how do players come up with the events in this game?

In addition, there are many unprecedented vocabulary words in Life Restart Simulator, such as swipe the dou sound and use the flying shu. What do these words mean specifically?

in addition……

Uh, (⊙﹏⊙)

Lin Hui was a little confused by all these questions.

Lin Hui discovered that this audio and video software definitely had bugs.

No matter how many questions are asked, as long as there is one question mark, it is still one question.

This algorithm doesn't look very smart at first glance.

This programmer should also be dragged to the heaven.

And those who use this mechanism to ask questions are too stupid.

It's okay to ask nearly thirty questions in one go.

This is simply a mudslide in the interview world!

Lin Hui took a look at an organization called the Playful Alliance that raised the question.

He silently wrote down this organization in a small notebook.

Although I have to answer nearly thirty questions in one breath.

But no matter what, this problem with a value coefficient of 8 can bring Lin Hui an income of more than 40,000.

In addition, Lin Hui can answer in the form of voice.

So he answered these questions seriously.

As for the words brushing dou and yongfei/shu mentioned in the question, these words seem weird to people nowadays.

Lin Hui didn't keep anything secret.

In his answer, he stated straightforwardly that they were two pieces of software he planned to develop in the future.

Although these are stated directly.

Lin Hui doesn't have to worry about any trouble.

Neither Douyin nor Feishu has any trace of this time and space node.

Forget about beta software.

There is not even a prototype of the product!

As for whether to worry about plagiarism, Lin Hui thinks there is nothing to worry about.

Others may be able to plagiarize a name, but they cannot plagiarize key things such as the specific implementation and market positioning of the software.

And it is the latter that is the most precious.

After answering the question of Love to Play Alliance.

Lin Hui clicked submit, and the submission passed the review.

Got 40,320 yuan!

Lin Hui clicked on another question bubble with a value coefficient of 8.

This is another question raised by the Playful Alliance.

I just took 30 online short answer questions online, and now I see a large paragraph of text that is so densely packed that it's hard not to have a psychological shadow.

But after reading the question carefully this time, Lin Hui found that there was only one question this time:

Hello GRAY FOREST, whether it is Life Restart Simulator, 2048 or FLAPPY BIRD, the games you have produced have achieved double harvests in sales and reputation so far. This is a very rare thing. .

In particular, your game FLAPPY BIRD still has a rating of 4.6 on the AppStore, which can be said to be second to none among domestic small games.

But what I'm more curious about is why such a game performed so well when it was first launched.

Although you may not like to hear it, I really don’t understand why this kind of game, which is not very friendly to most players and is even a bit “cheating”, managed to gain a good reputation in the early stage.

Can you tell me how you do this?

In fact, this issue can be said to be complicated or not.

Although the questioner seems to be afraid of offending Lin Hui, he expressed it very implicitly when he mentioned that FLAPPY BIRD is deceiving people.

But the answer to the question raised by this questioner still falls on the word deceitful.

It was because of cheating people that we had a good reputation in the early stage.

A person who is scammed by the difficulty of the game may be very depressed at first and want to give a negative review.

But some thoughts deep in my heart caused the actual comments to become crazy Amway.

This game is rubbish is likely to turn into This game is great

Perverted operation difficulty will also be described as swift operation suitable for decompression

…

It may sound incredible.

In fact, Lin Hui felt that there was nothing difficult to understand.

For example, there is a book called Hate the Water and the East.

It's obviously very depressing.

But people who have read it unanimously say that the content of the book is very warm and healing.

That’s outrageous!

Similar situations have happened in the history of games

Lin Hui remembered that there was a game called Desert Bus in the 1990s.

An extremely boring game.

This game is a game about driving a bus in the desert.

The trick is that the time in the game is synchronized with the real time.

This means that it will take players at least 8 hours to drive from Tucson to Las Vegas;

The game cannot be paused or archived, which means players can only spend 8 hours at a time to clear the game;

Players also cannot use some special skills:

For example, use tools to jam the buttons to keep them moving forward, or do other things during the game.

During the game, the player's bus will veer to the right.

Therefore, the player must always press the left button to make corrections, otherwise the bus will get stuck in the desert next to the road.

After falling into the desert, the game can only start again.

Except for the endless desert, there is no scenery to enjoy along the game, and there are no passengers getting on or off, not even a car. After nightfall, except for the range illuminated by the player's car lights, the window will become dark. One twilight session requires at least 12 hours of play time.

Throughout the game, all the player can do is adjust the direction while pressing the accelerator;

The only consolation was that at the fifth hour a bug would hit the windshield and turn into a puddle of green goo.

The most perverted thing is if the player drives the bus to the end after all the hard work.

Players can only get 1 point in the game, and there are no rewards other than that.

This game can only be described as boring.

It's not even a scam.

The reason why it has become an extremely deceptive game is entirely due to the enthusiastic gamers.

Lin Hui remembers the first time he came into contact with this game as a child.

I read nearly a thousand reviews and almost all of them were positive.

Lin Hui downloaded one without much thought.

However, after actually starting the game, what awaited Lin Hui was endless boredom.

Lin Hui once wondered if he had entered the wrong game.

Or it's opened in the wrong way.

It reminds me of the easter eggs mentioned by some enthusiastic players in the comment area.

Lin Hui still followed the above instructions.

However, the reality is rather sad.

I came to the comment section with great resentment.

However, the written comments turned into words of praise.

At the same time, Lin Hui also made up a few more Easter eggs in the comment area.

Well, that's a bit narrow-minded though.

But as the saying goes, a dead Taoist friend will never die a poor Taoist.

Through these two things, it is actually easy to understand how FLAPPY BIRD became popular in the early stage.

However, as a developer, these are not enough for players.

Otherwise, if the player learns that he is being teased, he may not be beaten.

When in doubt, do market research.

Since the truth cannot be told.

Lin Hui simply talked about the importance of market research in his answer.

And it tells about the need for in-depth research among the player group.

You have to be willing to spend money on market research and don't be afraid of trouble.

Lin Hui made a long speech confidently.

I submitted it and was actually approved by Audiovisual.

Got 40320 again.

After answering this question, it seems that many media accounts are also interested in this question.

They all paid 10% of the price to watch.

Lin Hui noticed that there were some traditional media such as XX Evening News and XX Times.

(⊙﹏⊙)

Look at the posture of these media.

Lin Hui felt that he seemed to have accidentally led someone away again.

But having said that, this can’t be entirely blamed on Lin Hui.

The media really wanted to make a big news, but Lin Hui had no choice.

And the market research Lin Hui mentioned is indeed quite important.

Many games are shot on the beach simply because they fail to understand the needs of players.