When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay

Saturday, 9pm.

Gu Fan yawned, took a glass of water from the water dispenser nearby, and then came to the living room.

At this time, Lilith was sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of the big TV, squeezing the handle fiercely and concentrating on facing the enemy in front of her.

Gu Fan sat silently on the sofa and began to watch the battle.

It has been four days since the game "Ascension" entered the official testing phase.

The entire company of Nitiantian Games is playing the game with high intensity and recording bugs at the same time.

So far, more than 170 bugs have been recorded on the company's backend, ranging from big and small bugs.

There are everything from minor texture errors and mold leaks to major game crashes and broken files.

These bugs are giving everyone a headache.

If it is other games, there are hundreds of bugs, but they are not difficult to deal with. Anyway, just submit and fix them according to the standard process.

If you modify it one by one, you can always complete it.

But "Ascension" is different. Mr. Gu said that some bugs need to be fixed, and some bugs don't!

So which ones need to be changed and which ones should not be used? This is a technical life.

It's like being in a pocket and picking red beans from green beans.

If you agree to pick out all the red beans, it will be more tedious, but you will eventually finish the picking.

But if asked, only choose red beans with a larger diameter? And leave a hundred smaller red beans in a bag of mung beans?

That is pure torture!

Therefore, employees all over Nitian began to doubt life again.

Especially everyone in the testing group has never seen such an outrageous testing method. That is to say, Su Tong is serious and responsible, sets a good example, and has enough bonuses, so others may not be able to persevere.

Of course, the good news is that Lilith is also tortured by this game.

At first, Gu Fan asked her to play with keyboard and mouse in the study room on the first floor of the villa. However, after smashing a table and four keyboards, Gu Fan felt that continuing like this was not an option.

So I moved the laptop to the living room, connected it to the big TV in the living room, and asked Lilith to play with the controller.

Since Gu Fan bought relatively cheap domestic handles that were relatively resistant to falling, the overall loss was greatly reduced.

At this time, Lilith was controlling the protagonist of the game on the big screen: an immortal cultivator wearing a chipped hat and a torn Taoist robe.

The game demo that Lilith tried before used free resources in the editor. Although the protagonist also had a fairy-tale style, his clothes were fluttering and free and unrestrained. In fact, it was completely inconsistent with the background of "Ascension".

The image of the protagonist in the official version has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The protagonist's name is "Li Huanzhen", and in the science fiction world there is also an English name called "Vision Lee".

His broken Taoist robe is very interesting. The left arm has a rather wide sleeve. The left hand hidden under the sleeve is only white bones. However, the white bones are surrounded by a circle of special dark black bamboo slips, like a large protective shield. The wrist is pierced with blood-red silk thread, which can only be seen during special movements; while the right arm has a clean arrow sleeve, holding an iron sword full of gaps.

On the back of the protagonist, there is also a special long sword, which looks like stone and jade. On the gradient background of white and light yellow, various dark yellow or dark black spots and lines sometimes appear.

However, if you look closely, you will find that this sword is not straight, but has a strange curve.

Lilith stared at the TV screen with all her concentration, operating it carefully.

After just half a minute, Li Huanzhen's body expanded and collapsed, exploding into a large firework, and a big word appeared on the screen: "collapse"!

"ah!!!"

Lilith angrily threw the handle to the ground, made a "pop" sound, and bounced up high.

In the game "Ascension", the meaning of "collapse" is roughly equivalent to "death".

However, the term "collapse" actually has more meanings. In the world of Xianxia, ​​it represents mental collapse and the collapse of flesh and blood, while in the science fiction world, it represents the collapse of AI intelligent programs and the collapse and explosion of mechanical bodies.

Gu Fan silently picked up the handle, checked it briefly and found it was fine, then handed it back.

Lilith was still angry: "Gu Fan! The modifier you added to me is not easy to use at all! Why can't I still defeat the BOSS in this game?"

Gu Fan coughed twice and said: "Mr. Li, these modifications are already outrageous. Otherwise, you should just use the modifier to lock the blood."

Lilith's face was dark, but she gradually calmed down her anger: "Okay, I'll try again."

After saying that, she picked up the controller again and started to challenge.

Gu Fan did indeed get Lilith a special cheating prop as she requested.

This prop is the "Relic Sword" on her back.

This relic sword is a prop that is included in the original game content. According to the normal process, you will go to the "Shingon Temple" in the middle of the game to obtain it.

But according to the normal process, the player must defeat the special mechanical BOSS here, and cremate the old abbot in the temple, so as to refine his spine into a relic and obtain the relic sword.

There are two relic swords, one is called "Zhizhen" and the other is called "Zhihuan".

These two swords cannot be used in daily combat, but they can consume life and faith to release special martial arts.

"Zhenzhen" can cause confusion in the enemy's AI or induce BUG. When used against BOSS, it will cause a high amount of toughening effect and a small amount of damage.

"Ultimate Fantasy" can cut open the cracks in another world and send away weak enemies directly. When used against BOSS, it will cause high damage and a small amount of toughening effect.

In the normal game process, players can only choose one of the two, and will later need to consume various materials and props to upgrade them.

By the time it reaches full level, the game will almost be over.

In the beta version for Lilith, Gu Fan put the sword "Zhen Zhen" into her backpack right from the beginning, and the default damage effect was at full level.

In other words, in the early stage, Lilith can directly rely on the simple and crude martial arts of the sword "Zhenzhen" to chop melons and vegetables, which greatly reduces the difficulty of defeating the BOSS.

And after Lilith advances the game process normally and reaches "Truth Temple", she can continue to obtain another "Phantom" relic sword, and use the two legendary weapons in the plot together.

Unexpectedly, even after reaching this level, Lilith still struggled and was killed by various BOSS tricks.

Fortunately, despite numerous "crashes" along the way, Lilith has finally become more and more proficient, and it seems that it won't be a problem to clear the game in two or three days.

Gu Fan sat back on the sofa, took out his phone and refreshed it, and found that the promotional video for "Ascension" had been posted on the official platform's media account.

The promotion of "Ascension" this time is more complete than that of previous games. Although the game is scheduled to be released on Saturday, February 1st, the preliminary publicity work can already be officially launched.

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At the same time, Professor Ding also watched the promotional video of "Ascension".

"Hmm? Nitiantian's new game is here!

"Hey guys, an action game? It feels like this time Nitiantian is going to have a big job again!

"Action games are good, I'm very talented in action games. Hey, wait, why is Wanxiang engine development? Isn't this the engine that the official has been pushing but has never launched, and is full of bugs?

"I have a bad feeling...

"But after all, it is Ni Tiantian's work, so I still look forward to seeing it. After all, there have never been bugs in Ni Tiantian's games before!"

With excitement, Professor Ding clicked on the video to watch.

At the beginning of the video, there is the logo of Nitiantian Games, the logo of the official platform "18+ Rating" and the small text prompt "The current screen is the actual screen of the game during development and does not represent the final effect".

Then, a distant view appeared on the screen.

This looks like a very common fairy-tale game. The rolling cliffs are dotted with white snow, the traditional Chinese-style buildings stand majestically, and the majestic cornices are carved with exotic beasts.

Some floating islands can be vaguely seen in the distance, with pines and cypresses growing on the cliffs, and a wooden suspension bridge connecting the two peaks.

It's just that the sunset glow in the sky reveals a strange crimson color, making the whole world a bit weirder.

The scene turned, and a figure wearing a bamboo hat appeared on the pointed roof, and a blood moon slowly rose from behind him.

In the temple on the top of the mountain, the huge Buddha statue collapsed, and the old monk with a withered face was engulfed in flames. His right hand stretched out to the back of his neck in a strange posture, and something seemed to be vaguely drawn out of the flames.

“Do you want to see the reality of this world, or is it an illusion?

"Or...reality is also an illusion?"

With a sharp crane cry, an immortal riding a huge crane appeared in the clouds, holding a magic talisman that could attract thunder and lightning. With a snap of his fingers, thunder struck down the young man wearing a torn Taoist robe.

In the dark cave of flesh and blood, a strange creature with a broken body had flesh and blood tentacles squirming all over its body, and flesh and blood faces continued to appear on the wall as it chanted.

The young man wearing a torn Taoist robe waved the sleeve of his left hand, and black bamboo slips connected with crimson silk threads unfolded. Each bamboo slip was like a narrow pentagonal tablet, turning into an umbrella shield to block attacks from the front.

Then, with his left hand, which was only bone-white, he suddenly took out his heart and crushed it. His blood and flesh were splashed on the bamboo slips, and blazing flames instantly erupted, engulfing him and the scene in front of him.

In the attic on top of the snow-capped mountains, the general, who was covered in heavy armor, squirmed with his flesh and blood under his armor. He said, "Only by ascension can we save this world!"

At the end of the video is an extremely terrifying looking flesh and blood monster. At first glance, it looks like a huge octopus with many flesh and blood tentacles, but if you look closely, you will find that it seems to be an aggregation of many monsters, and each tentacle looks like a different kind of monster. Various types of giant snakes, elephant trunks or tails, with several tentacles holding huge weapons, launched attacks continuously.

At the top of the flesh and blood monster, a small head can be vaguely seen, but it is difficult to tell whether it is a human or an animal.

There was a clanking sound, and the young man in the torn Taoist robe quickly waved the iron sword in his hand, blocking all the continuous attacks. Sparks flew in the air, extremely gorgeous.

Finally, with the last fierce collision of swords, the video comes to an end.

Two huge artistic characters appeared on the screen: Ascension!

However, around the two artistic characters, tiny green characters that flicker are faintly visible, and it seems that data is being uploaded.