Crossover: 2014

Chapter 121 When Piracy Forms an Industrial Chain
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The content posted on Weibo at a time is limited after all.

It didn't take long for Lin Hui to read the text content in the strategy microblog posted by Melancholy の Youyu.

But things don't seem to be over yet.

Lin Hui noticed that there were many long pictures attached to the guide microblog posted by Melancholic Youyu.

Click on the long picture to see that it is densely packed with words.

Could it be that these are also game guides?

Out of curiosity, Lin Hui clicked [View Original Picture]
After seeing the content clearly, Lin Hui was speechless.

Fuck, it's really all game guides.

Lin Hui roughly estimated that the content on these long pictures must have at least 2 characters.

Ahh, this is downright terrifying.

You must know that some rookie authors can't type a few thousand words a day.

This woman posted a guide with more than 2 words?
It's too powerful!

Originally, Lin Hui was not interested in checking out game guides with so many characters.

Ke Lin Hui inadvertently caught a glimpse of a subtitle of Changtuli's game strategy
—— "How to Get Gold Coins Efficiently in HILL CLIMB RACING"

This moment caught Lin Hui's attention.

Lin Hui's inner OS: Could it be that he accidentally left some bugs that are particularly easy to spend gold coins??!
How can this work!

Lin Hui decisively checked the details of the strategy.

After reading through Melancholic Yuyu's content on how to get gold coins efficiently.

Only then did Lin Hui realize that this so-called efficient way to obtain gold coins was just using an easter egg he left in the game.

In the game Hill Climb Racing.

In addition to the basic pastoral scene, there are several other scenes.

They are desert scene, arctic circle scene, highway scene, moon scene, Mars scene.

Among these scenes, the arctic circle scene is the most boring, even more boring than the desert scene.

The desert scene will at least pass some desert plants like cacti and animals like camels from time to time.

But where the Arctic Circle scene comes into view, it is almost a vast expanse of whiteness.

In order to prevent players from complaining, Lin Hui added a pair of polar bears to the Arctic Circle scene when he reproduced the game "Hill Climb Racing".

When the player drives past a polar bear.

The polar bear will give the player 100 gold coins.

This originally appeared in the game as an easter egg.

Someone would use this easter egg to earn gold coins, which Lin Hui didn't expect.

Xiong Xiong is so cute, why use Xiong Xiong?

But, there is no need to fix this.

Players who will use this easter egg to repeatedly swipe gold coins can be regarded as true love for the game.

Moreover, the initial value of the probability that the polar bear will give the player gold coins is 100%.

But this probability will gradually decay as the number of times players obtain gold coins through polar bears increases.

If the player asks for too much.

The probability of polar bears giving players gold coins will also decay to 0%.

And when the probability becomes 0%.

This mechanism of brushing gold coins will eventually fail.

Except for this easter egg.

Lin Hui found that Melancholy Youyu also found several other easter eggs that he set in the game.

Lin Hui originally thought that these Easter eggs were set up quite hidden.

It was actually triggered.

It's outrageous!

Having said that, I can find so many easter eggs at once.

It seems that Melancholic Yuyu is not fighting alone.

It is estimated that there are studios and the like working behind it.

Even if there is no studio support, there should be something like a water friend group.

Anyway, Lin Hui felt that the easter egg that would only be triggered after dying a thousand times in the game was definitely not discovered by Melancholic Yuyu himself.

After all, it is unreasonable for Gaowan to die thousands of times in a non-competitive game.

Although Melancholic Yuyu found a lot of easter eggs.

But the easter eggs that Lin Hui previously set in the game will trigger new scenes.

Melancholy swim fish did not find.

In addition to introducing the method of earning gold coins and some easter eggs found in the game.

Melancholy の Youyu also told the players how to use gold coins more reasonably in the strategy.

Read through the game strategy given by Melancholy Youyu for the game "Hill Climb Racing".

Lin Hui has to admit that the game strategy made by Melancholic Youyu is very useful.

Hill Climb Racing appears to be a game of skill on the surface, but is a game of strategy at heart.

In fact, only a small number of high-end players can experience the technical part of this game.

What most players have to do is actually just carry out strategic operations.

As for how to operate in terms of strategy.

It mainly involves two aspects - the acquisition of gold coins and the use of gold coins.

The strategy given by Melancholy の Youyu happens to cover two directions.

This guide can be said to be great, and Lin Hui silently gave it a thumbs up.

After that, Lin Hui was about to flash people from Weibo.

I found that Melancholy の Youyu actually posted another game guide about "Hill Climb Racing".

Uh, it’s in the form of text + long pictures again, the kind of posting tens of thousands of words at a time.

Seeing this scene, Lin Hui was speechless. Is this the legendary high-yielding sow?

Lin Hui clicked on the strategy of You Yufa of Melancholy again.

This time she actually changed the angle and explained it from the perspective of the vehicle in "Hill Climb Racing".

I saw melancholy の swim fish wrote in the strategy:
“Since the game Hill Climb Racing was launched, many players have incomplete understanding of vehicles.

In order to help novice players quickly understand the advantages and disadvantages of cars in the game, I wrote this guide.

First of all, let me introduce the default car models of players in "Hill Climb Racing".

The speed of the car is moderate, the stability is not high, and the stability after flipping is very poor.

Because the attributes of this car are very poor, it is strongly recommended that players do not spend gold coins to upgrade the default model...

As for other models, I most admire the all-round off-road vehicle.

The all-around off-roader is a professional adventure vehicle, and this one is beginner-friendly.

The advantage of the all-round off-road vehicle mainly lies in its large fuel tank and strong power drive.

This model has a strong driving force, there is almost no situation of being stuck by the terrain, and it is stable and not easy to roll over.

However, all-round off-road vehicles need high configuration to take advantage of adventure.

For new players, I suggest using gold coins to focus on upgrading the all-round off-road vehicle, especially the power and tires must be upgraded to the full level.

Only when these two items are at the full level can the all-round off-road vehicle play its greatest role...

In addition to the all-round off-road vehicle, the off-road motorcycle model is also good.

Although this model is not friendly to novices, after a period of practice, it is not too difficult to master this model.

Off-road motorcycles have high flexibility and obvious acceleration effects, and with full-level power/engines, it is easy to get good results..."

It has to be said that Melancholy の Youyu analyzes from the perspective of vehicles, which is a very novel interpretation angle.

After reading through this strategy, Lin Hui silently gave another thumbs up.

Melancholy Youyu found out that Lin Hui was also online, and sent Lin Hui a private message:
"Grey God, Gray God, you are also online!"

Lin Hui: "Yes."

Melancholy Yuyu: "Grey God, the new game "Hill Climb Racing" you released is awesome, you must have spent a lot of time developing it..."

Lin Hui chose not to talk about the game development cycle.

He replied vaguely: "Is it great? It can only be said that it is a bit of an improvement compared to the previous mini-games."

Melancholy Yuyu: "Grey God, you are so humble, your release of "Hill Climb Racing" can be regarded as saving me a lot of trouble.

The content of this game is very rich and topical.

In the next period of time, I just need to continue to study this game.

As for Weibo content, just post the strategy of the game "Hill Climb Racing"...

Speaking of which, Gray God, I really should thank you very much.

With your game, at least I won't have to study other games for the next half a month..."

Lin Hui: "You are too polite...

I read your game guide just now, and the angle was chosen very well.

From your unique angle of looking at the problem, even if you interpret other games, it is easy to make achievements that ordinary people do not have. "

Melancholy Yuyu: "Hey! How can it be so easy? There are too many followers...

Even if you find a novel angle to look at the problem and publish an article, it can only win the limelight for a while.

Soon there will be other bloggers dedicated to games to post follow-up articles..."

Lin Hui: "It's not possible, even if others want to follow in a short time, they probably won't be able to keep up..."

Melancholy Yuyu: "Grey God, you are talking about yourself, right?

You develop games so fast, if pirated versions want to follow, they will probably have to follow behind and eat ashes.

However, articles are different from software. There is almost no threshold, and it is easy to be followed.

And to follow the trend, as long as the latecomers prevail.

It's easy to snatch everything that originally belonged to the original creator. "

Lin Hui: "How can it be so easy for the latecomers to prevail?
Growing up without going through a lot of pain.

Always following behind others and thinking of surpassing? ?I'm afraid I'm dreaming, right? "

Melancholic Yuyu: "Perhaps it is really difficult to surpass.

But these followers actually only need to make netizens think that they have surpassed the original originality. "

Lin Hui: "How do you say it's serious? Can someone really imitate you and surpass you at the same time?
Why do I not believe it so much, I have read your Weibo a lot.

I feel that even if someone imitates your article, it is easy to gain some popularity, but it is difficult to surpass you. "

Melancholic Yuyu: "Of course it's true, there are a few studios that don't do anything.

Stealing articles behind me every day, the result is that I have more fans than me. "

As if afraid that Lin Hui wouldn't believe it, Melancholic Youyu even sent Lin Hui a few links.

Lin Hui clicked on it and saw that there were several articles following the trend of melancholy の swimming fish strategy.

These guides are also explained from the perspective of vehicles in "Hill Climb Racing".

One of them called "Siyu Studio" actually got more likes for the strategy article posted on Weibo than the article posted by Melancholy の Youyu.

Lin Hui clicked on the homepage called "Sixi Studio".

The number of fans of the good guy is more than 700 million, which is more than that of Melancholy の Youyu.

The article written by this studio is almost exactly the same as the article published by Melancholy の Youyu.

But there are also differences.

Melancholy の Youyu's wording when expressing:
"...First, let me introduce the default car model for players in "Hill Climb Racing".

The speed of the car is moderate, the stability is not high, and the stability after flipping is very poor. "

However, the wording of the strategy article posted on Weibo by "Siyu Studio" is:
"...the player's default car in Hill Climb Racing.

The speed of the car is 5, the stability parameter is 3, and the stability will be weakened by 70% after flipping. "

When it comes to the description of vehicle performance in "Hill Climb Racing".

The strategies given by "Siyu Studio" are all accurate quantitative analysis.

It was this quantitative analysis that made Lin Hui notice something unusual.

As the developer of the game, Lin Hui is very clear.

The quantitative value given by this studio is a bit too accurate.

These values ​​are not randomly given, the parameters set by Lin Hui when developing the game are just like this.

Using these values ​​provided by the studio, it is easy to reproduce the mobility of the vehicles in "Hill Climb Racing".

Why is a game walkthrough studio so keen on getting accurate in-game data?
Is it to better serve the players?

But it seems useless for players to know how to quantify various parameters including vehicle speed.

Or is it that the reason why this studio is so keen on obtaining accurate in-game data is just for the convenience of making game strategies?
This is even more unnecessary, and it seems that the strategy can be done well without specific in-game parameters.

Isn't melancholy の swimming fish a typical example?
Not only the above doubts.

The most important question:
——How did this "Siyu Studio" obtain these accurate values?

You must know that Lin Hui did not mark these data in the game.

Think for a second.

What should Lin Hui do if he wants to obtain undisclosed data in a game?

There are many answers.

But there is only one solution that is the most simple, direct and conducive to long-term "development" - to crack the game.

Lin Hui made "Hill Climb Racing" a game on the iOS side.

Although the sandbox mechanism on the iOS side is good, it is not a panacea.

When it comes to some not-so-complicated small games, Lin Hui can crack them alone.

For a studio, it seems that it is not difficult to crack.

Encryption and cracking are a contest of technology and cost.

Encryption requires a certain cost true.

But the cost required for the encryption of stand-alone games is basically fixed, which is equivalent to a fixed target.

After the game is launched, there is almost no way to change the encryption mode and content.

A fixed target is easy for crackers.

Although cracking also requires cost, and the cost is even more expensive than encryption.

But after cracking, the cracker can completely earn back the cost through other means.

If this so-called "Siyu Studio" is really the data obtained by cracking the game.

Then their method of monetizing through game strategies is undoubtedly relatively advanced.

But is the channel for them to monetize only through game strategy?

I'm afraid it's more than that!
Perhaps the so-called game strategy is actually just something on the surface.

What is buried in the shadows is the real source of profit.

This kind of thing is not surprising, it is nothing more than pirated version.

Piracy in the previous life has already formed an industry!
Piracy is anything but a bit of a nasty name.

In fact, its operations are strictly in accordance with normal business rules and systems.

The piracy industry is organized and has a strict division of labor.

In the previous life, piracy was rampant.

It seems that the situation in this life is not very optimistic.

(End of this chapter)