diskusbooks #340 - With the incredible bug, "Defense of the End" is launched, and the FPS decisive bat
#340 - With the incredible bug, "Defense of the End" is launched, and the FPS decisive bat
In order to promote the game, "CrossFire: Counterattack Heroes" invested heavily:
The production team invited well-known cosplayers to create COSPLAY short films of the characters.
At the same time, they cooperated with well-known KOLs in the field of shooting games to conduct game live broadcasts and reviews to enhance the game's exposure and reputation.
They even created a game-themed MV and invited singer Su Jie to sing the theme song, attracting the attention of a large number of music lovers.
"Wilderness Survival: Redemption" also spared no effort in promotion:
The game's official once again released a new promotional video shot by Hollywood star Michael Wells, showcasing high-quality graphics and exciting battle scenes.
At the same time, it cooperated with various peripheral brands including Razer and ROG(ROG: Republic of Gamers) to launch co-branded game peripherals to expand the game's brand influence.
In addition, the game's official launched a first-release limited game set, including an exclusive peripheral gift pack, to attract players to pre-order.
And major portal websites and Weibo hot searches are the battlegrounds for the two major game publishers!
The news that Longteng and Youyi's new games were about to be launched almost topped the hot search list in turn.
Some large and medium-sized game companies also stepped forward, desperately competing for the summer time slot.
Mileyou quickly announced the latest development progress of the sandbox FPS project "project-SH".
Zhuhai Nanshanju announced the new character PV of " Snowbreak: Containment Zone".
Shenzhen Dream Creation World announced that " Caliberg" will hold an exclusive offline trial event.
And Bilibili's " Snowbreak: Containment Zone" even announced the holding of an offline artist signing event, and invited the game development team and voice actors to interact with players.
Adding up the FPS games from other small and medium-sized manufacturers, the total number reached hundreds!
The players were shocked:
"Wow, I thought the competition in the summer time slot would be fierce, but I didn't expect it to be so fierce."
"Yeah, each manufacturer has invested heavily and is going to compete to the end. It's almost impossible to play all the games that have already been launched!"
"By the way, what about the Taoyuan Township's code-named Shinkansen?"
So, some fans ran to the official Weibo of Taoyuan Township and asked:
"Now that major manufacturers are doing pre-sale promotion, what will you Taoyuan Township do?"
Because they couldn't resist the enthusiastic urging of the players, Taoyuan Township officials quickly released a pre-heating poster.
The poster features a mottled and dilapidated Shinkansen train as the background, with the train speeding along the curved tracks.
Night falls, and the starry sky is shining.
In the foreground of the train, a heroic policeman stands on the roof of the car, holding a strange pistol.
The bullets fired from the pistol show colorful light, forming a unique light track, streaking across the night sky.
And on the other side opposite to the image of the police, there is a mysterious shadow hidden in the dark night, with a ferocious face and eyes emitting dim light.
Below, there is only a simple line of small characters:
「Taoyuan Township FPS new flagship, scheduled for August 15」
Seeing this poster, the players were dumbfounded, and some water armies(水军: internet trolls) began to set the rhythm:
"Other games have come out to show off, but you are still hiding it?"
"Taoyuan Township's publicity level is too low-key, right? Others are dominating the hot search, but you are too lazy to even show a real machine demonstration."
"Are you going to completely give up? This is simply digging a pit for yourself. Do you still want this game to be popular?"
Daji and Thomas, two of the five editors in Zhongyuan, took the opportunity to make videos to ridicule:
At the beginning of the video, the promotional poster of Taoyuan Township was displayed in a strange little tune.
Daji wears a pair of exaggerated sunglasses, leans lazily on the sofa, holding a drink in her hand, and looks at the poster with disdain.
Thomas stood next to him, with a mocking look, holding a microphone and joking:
"Please appreciate this poster, does it have a sense of beauty that was made after studying graphic design for three years."
The barrage sent out a burst of laughter.
Daji act in a spoiled manner and continued: "Indeed, it looks like it was rushed out temporarily."
Barrage: "Miss Daji's bear is bigger than before, you are right."
Thomas continued to add: "And everyone, look at the game protagonist, the gun in his hand is strangely shaped. My neighbor's child's toy gun is more handsome than this thing. It wouldn't really be a toy gun, would it?"
Daji sneered:
"Taoyuan Township has no experience in making FPS games at all. If you don't have the strength, you have to take on the porcelain work. It is only natural to get such bad reviews.
However, if you really want to play FPS masterpieces, then I have to mention the recent new work."
The video screen switched to the promotional CG of "CrossFire: Counterattack Heroes", showing gorgeous special effects and exquisite pictures.
In the video comment area, many viewers praised:
"Longteng Group never fools players and has always been speaking with strength. Taoyuan Township should learn from it!"
……
Although the public opinion of Taoyuan Township's new game has taken a sharp turn for the worse, this time, the project team employees did not have much mind to pay attention to it.
Because they are rushing to work overtime before the deadline of August 12.
The game is scheduled to be released on August 15, but the physical version of the game files must be sent to the CD factory for pressing in advance, and the matching game handle peripherals must also be distributed to suppliers in advance, so the 12th is the deadline.
And now, it is less than a week away from the 12th.
Liu Mengyuan saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart.
Goodness, originally because of the budget of more than 300 million, everyone imagined making a game out of a train trip across the island country. This plate was spread big enough.
After that, during the team building trip to the island country, everyone opened up a lot of new ideas, which led to the volume of art resources getting out of control.
I hope there won't be any outrageous BUGs like before...
As soon as she thought of this, Milk Candy ran over with a look of panic:
"President Liu, it's not good, the game has a big BUG!"
She quickly followed Milk Candy to the project team's office area to check.
On the developer's screen, the train criminals who were originally the villains all became 미술(미술: art) resource errors due to BUGs, kneaded into a lump that could no longer be seen what it was, and this BUG code would also pollute other 미술(미술: art) resources!
Copywriter Hao Shuwen explained:
"President Liu, these, these were originally designed in the story as fugitives responsible for the protagonist to hunt down. I don't know why they became like this."
Programmer Yao Jun said: "Without a doubt, this is another program disorder caused by 미술(미술: art) resource BUGs."
Liu Mengyuan: "Brother Jun, is it easy to check these BUGs one by one?"
Yao Jun shook his head: "Originally, in the face of such a huge amount of resources, the game's construction period was quite tight, and during this period, we went to many cities at home and abroad to strolling on the street for team building, which took up a lot of working time, so there was no time to check."
Zhang Fan also added with a red face: "Moreover, those programmers often peek at Milk Candy's white silk stockings when they are working, and there is no way to calm down and work with peace of mind."
Liu Mengyuan helplessly put hand on forehead,
Miscalculation!
I thought that relying on Milk Candy's cross-dressing big boss aura could improve the development progress, but I didn't expect that when the aura failed, Milk Candy itself would interfere with this group of LSP(LSP: lustful pervert) even more!
There is no way, everyone went to Chu Xiong to solve it again.
Chu Xiong smiled: "It's okay, please believe in the ability of our technical department. We have recently updated the Melissa model again."
After that, he consult Melissa after the development upgrade.
Melissa searched the server project files and smiled: "Please rest assured that the core system and resources of the game have been completed. If there is only this BUG, it is easy for me to package it."
Liu Mengyuan worried: "The game originally had a BUG of randomly shooting bullets. If you add this BUG that all the criminals are twisted into a lump, can it really be considered a normal game?"
Melissa thought carefully: "I cannot judge whether it is a "normal game" based on the human judgment scale, because this concept itself is very subjective, but I will try my best to package this BUG as a core gameplay, just like I did before."
Liu Mengyuan checked the system light curtain record: 【Employee Chu Xiong's 「Artificial Intelligence Development」 skill has triggered a guarantee and has been upgraded to Lv6】
Fortunately, the company's technical department is independent from various project teams and is less affected by various messy systems. This group of programmers has accumulated proficiency points quite quickly in AI development.
Now, I am afraid that many management, including Lu Yu, do not know the extent to which Melissa has evolved.
Melissa carefully consult the game project files, and then smiled.
She sent an email to the game pressing factory in the name of Taoyuan Township Company: 【The game will be officially named " Final line", please be informed】
……
Time finally came to August 15th, and the flagship FPS of major manufacturers was launched amidst much anticipation!
"CrossFire: Counterattack Heroes" quickly occupied the front pages of Douyu's live broadcast platform.
Douyu's major head anchors began to live broadcast this game throughout the entire process. The live broadcast room with the highest popularity quickly exceeded 14 million viewers.
And "Wilderness Survival: Redemption" also did not give in. Movie star Wells personally come to the live broadcast room to try it out. The popularity after the broadcast was close to 16 million!
At this time, Taoyuan Lightyear website.
G Sauce live broadcast room.
G Sauce was originally an anchor in the Bilibili game area, and was later persuaded by Taoyuan Township staff to jump to Taoyuan Lightyear for live broadcast.
G Sauce is the first game anchor to jump from another site to Taoyuan Lightyear, and August 15th is also G Sauce's first show after the jump, so there are many old captain in the live broadcast room to support her.
Barrage:
"Good evening, anchor."
"What will Xiaoroubao broadcast tonight?"
"Continue Fitness Ring Adventure?"
G Sauce: "I won't play Fitness Ring today. Let's play Taoyuan Township's new VR game."
She took out the express box and opened it. When she saw the name " Final line" on the package, she was quite surprised.
Barrage:
"Isn't this game called Code Name Shinkansen? It changed its official name so quickly?"
"Yeah, and Taoyuan Township was too low-key when setting the game name. There wasn't even an official announcement?"
Amidst everyone's complaints, G Sauce inserted the game disc into Taoyuan Shenyou. Soon, the game's title screen appeared in the VR view.
In the field of vision, a dilapidated Shinkansen train slowly passed by. The surface of the train was covered with mottled dirt and rust. The windows were broken and dim light came out.
The whole train looked gloomy terrible, as if it had experienced the baptism of the end of the world.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the dim light reflected on the train. Some irregular shadows shaking around the train.
On the roof of the train, stood the protagonist Kitahara Kensuke wearing a police uniform.
Behind him, there was a dilapidated city ruin, with tall buildings collapsed and flames rising, giving people a thrilling atmosphere of the end of the world.
G Sauce was shocked: "Did I buy the wrong game?!"
The live broadcast room's barrage also started screen swiping:
"What the heck, isn't " Final line" a conductor simulator? Is it necessary to make such a big battle?"
"Could it be that there is a BUG in the game's main interface? Anchor, go into the game and see?"
G Sauce took out the gun handle as an external controller from the game packaging box.
Seeing this strangely shaped, strangely structured pistol, the live broadcast room was couldn't hold back again:
"Hey, no, look at this messy structure. The barrel, firing pin, and trigger are all irregular and asymmetrical. Do you call this a pistol?"
"It looks like a self- excited work from a failed toy factory."
"What outrageous thing does Taoyuan Township want to do again?"
Amid everyone's shock, G Sauce entered the game.
……
At the beginning of the game, there was a cutscene, reflect the scenery of Kyushu Island, Japan.
Then, the camera quickly zoomed in, and a deathly silence science park appeared in the field of vision.
The empty concrete road winding through it, and the gray on both sides was like giants sleeping on the wilderness.
Behind the glass curtain wall, there was a deep darkness. The once busy laboratory was now empty, with only the shrill whistling sound of the wind blowing through.
The parking lot was empty, and the parking spaces were already covered with weeds and dust. At the highest building, the name was displayed: 「长崎县·荒坂科学产业园(长崎县·荒坂科学产业园: Nagasaki Prefecture · Arasaka Science and Industry Park)」.
At this time, some police cars from the Metropolitan Police Department pulled out cordon at the entrance of the science park, with the title 「 No Entry」 written on it.
Some policemen stood at the entrance of the science park, constantly checking passing vehicles.
A truck drove out from inside the science park, with the words 「 Experimental Waste Recycling Vehicle」 printed on it.
The police stopped the truck, opened the rear door, and kept scanning the inside of the carriage with a flashlight.
The cold air in the carriage had not yet dissipated. Inside were some white mice in iron cages, some of which were already dying.
The driver impatiently poked his head out and complained to the policeman: "Officer Kikuchi, I beg you to let us farmers who earn hard-earned money go, okay? We are just paid to transport experimental waste to the disposal site. We have a license from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare."
Officer Kikuchi smiled wryly: "Mr. Yokoo, please forgive me. We have recently received reports that a pharmaceutical company in Arasaka Science Park is suspected of business malpractice and tax evasion, so we have to strengthen the inspection to prevent anyone from hide financial criminals."
Yokoo snorted coldly:
"They're so diligent in investigating corporate tax evasion, those big shots in Tokyo, but who's watching the tax-thieving politicians in the Diet? And the Prime Minister raised the consumption tax again, didn't he, you bastard?
I'll give you some advice: investigate the accountant of that tax-evading company, or he might end up shooting himself 18 times in the back if you're too late.
Seriously, they only know how to mess with us unarmed commoners. Commit seppuku as an apology! Otherwise, Mr. Prime Minister will end up with a hole in his chest, just like his predecessor."
Seeing this, the comments section erupted: "Wow, this game is really keeping up with current events."
Perhaps unable to bear the middle-aged man's nagging, Officer Kikuchi quickly let him go after confirming that there was no one hiding in the truck.
After leaving the checkpoint, Yokoo continued to grumble:
"Seriously, whether it's the government or those pharmaceutical companies, they never do anything right. When pharmaceutical companies screw up, we poor villagers have to clean up their mess!"
Tired of cursing, Yokoo turned on the car stereo, blasting music loudly, which slightly improved his mood.
At this moment, strange noises began to emanate from the truck bed behind him.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Accompanying the loud noises, bulges and dents continuously appeared on the walls of the truck bed, as if something inside was撞击.
Along with these dents, shrill screams came from inside the truck bed.
But Yokoo, still immersed in the music, did not notice.
Finally, with an even louder crash, the rear door of the truck burst open——
At this moment, all the cages containing white mice were torn apart by some brute force.
The truck bed was covered in spilled blood and the bodily tissues of the white mice. Only one white mouse remained alive in the entire truck bed.
And now, through the shaking camera, it could only be determined that this mouse had grown to the size of a cat.
Its plump body began to repeatedly撞击 the glass behind the driver's seat.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Yokoo, who was driving, finally noticed the sound.
He cursed impatiently: "Those bastards at the Metropolitan Police Department, I told them my identity was fine, but they still had to send someone to follow me. Don't you guys ever rest? Hey, stop knocking, my car insurance is about to expire, damn it!"
He cursed as he turned his head.
Smash!
The moment he turned his head, the glass behind the driver's seat shattered, and a huge white mouse pounced at his face.
This was a creature that could no longer be called a mouse, its muscles bulging, its body huge and plump.
Its fur looked ugly and disheveled, with patches falling out to reveal grayish-black skin covered in disgusting sores.
Its eyes were wide and round, pupils dilated to the extreme, and its eyes flashed with blood-red light, revealing madness and ferocity.
Its tail twitched incessantly, like a viper.
Bloody saliva dripped from its teeth, which were as sharp as knives, as it bit towards Yokoo's neck.
"Aaaaaaaah!"
Accompanied by the man's screams, the screen instantly went black, and against the backdrop of an eerie and tragic female voice, the following subtitles appeared:
"Production: Peach Blossom Spring · Zizai Studio Group"
"Executive Producer: Lu Yu"
"Producer: Milk Candy"
"Art Supervisor: Liu Mengyuan"
"Music Supervisor: Zhang Qiqi"
"Technical Supervisor: Chu Xiong"
Finally, the game title appeared on the black screen in bloody font: "Doomsday Defense Line"
The live stream comments exploded:
"Oh my god, that just scared the crap out of me, what was that mouse about?"
"I know, right? It was all but dead a moment ago, scared me so bad I almost fell out of my chair."
"TBH, the game's visual presentation is strangely appealing."
"The music is... okay? Maxes out the sense of presence."
"True, it has a blockbuster feel. I admit I was a bit hasty in judging this game before, I'll stick around and watch some more."