Crossover: 2014

Chapter 43 The Secret of Game Explosion

I saw almost an argumentative comment in the comment area.

Qi Meng couldn't help but wonder?Could it be that these are all brushed out comments?

But immediately she rejected this idea.

How could a master of Gray God's level write comments?
A person who is free on the first day of the game's launch.

It's out of the low-level fun at all.

How can you care about commenting on such metaphysical things?

……

Although Lin Hui didn't break away from low-level tastes.

But he really doesn't care much about game reviews.

Not only don't care about comments.

He doesn't even care much about the results of the game "FLAPPPY BIRD" itself.

The reason for not caring is simple.

Lin Hui is now considered to have experienced many battles.

Although it has only been less than ten days since the development of the first game "Life Restart Simulator".

But he has seen a lot of situations that have occurred since the game went live.

No matter how successful "FLAPPPY BIRD" is.

It is nothing more than copying the success of "2048".

Even if "FLAPPPY BIRD" fails again.

It is nothing more than a reenactment of the experience of the overseas version of "Life Reopening Simulator".

Lin Hui knows both the best outcome and the worst outcome.

Naturally very indifferent.

After the game was launched, Lin Hui basically had nothing important to do.

Lin Hui, who was in a calm mood, decided to take a vacation for himself.

How to say, from the 8th to the 15th now, Lin Hui has been fighting for more than a week.

And it’s still Sunday, so it’s not too much to relax.

……

Lin Hui has already relaxed.

But many people are still in the tense work because of him.

Dong Jiaqi, the game editor of the domestic senior game forum iPlay League, is very busy at this time.

Not only is it busy, it's also hard work.

Today is Sunday, and she had made an appointment with her best friend to go out to play.

As a result, the editor-in-chief called me to work overtime to write a game analysis article.

Originally, Dong Jiaqi wanted to refuse, but the humble beater has no right to say no.

In the end she still chose Congxin.

Open the email to see the specific article requirements.

Only then did Dong Jiaqi realize that she was going to write an analysis article on Gray Forest's new work "FLAPPPY BIRD".

GRAY FOREST's new work?
Seeing the developer of this game, Dong Jiaqi only felt old blood.

She is very familiar with Gray Forest.

Two of the five game articles she wrote in this week were related to the game developed by GRAY FOREST.

Guys, are you going to write the third part now?

But that doesn't seem to be the point.

The point seems to be how did GRAY FOREST release three games in less than ten days?

Perhaps this is the legendary high-yielding sow.

Tucao returns to Tucao.

As a professional game commentator, Dong Jiaqi still has professionalism.

Following the normal review process, she decided to play "FLAPPPY BIRD" first.

A small game that is not too big, it is easy to download.

After opening the game, the screen is pixel style, and the painting style is a bit sandy.

Dong Jiaqi knows that pixel-style games often pay more attention to returning to the original.

That is to say, the game screen is not important, the key is the gameplay,

Therefore, Dong Jiaqi did not stop at the screen, and immediately started the demo.

This reckless decision directly led to the beginning of Dong Jiaqi's sorrow.

And this tragedy lasted for more than an hour.

The reason for the tragedy is simple:
——She is too good.

It sounds incredible, but it is true.

In the minds of many players, the editor of the game zone must be a game master, and the game operation is very good.

This is actually a kind of misunderstanding.

Most game editors are just theoretical gamers.

I am familiar with the theory of the game, but actually belong to the handicapped party.

Dong Jiaqi is such a theoretical gamer.

She herself is well aware of the fact that her hand is disabled.

To change to usual.

Meet the game that tests the operation.

Dong Jiaqi probably wouldn't even try.

But the simple operation rules of this game gave her an illusion of "I can do it if I do it" inexplicably.

It was this illusion that entrapped her for more than an hour.

Now that she understood the previous misunderstanding, Dong Jiaqi quickly adjusted her work direction.

Since you don't understand how to play it yourself, it's good to see how others can't play it.

With the help of the Internet, Dong Jiaqi quickly found a bunch of videos related to "FLAPPPY BIRD".

Dong Jiaqi noticed.

Just B standing under the topic of #flappy bird.

The number of videos has already exceeded a thousand.

Is the popularity of the game just released so high?

Dong Jiaqi casually clicked on a video with a high barrage count.

This video UP master seems to be the type who doesn't like nonsense.

After entering the video at one point, Dong Jiaqi saw the actual operation screen of the game.

It has to be said that the UP master has a level.

Hit a high score with ease.

Although in the process of the game, the main operation of UP can be done.

But Dong Jiaqi still wants to complain a little:
That's it?

Of course, what she complained about was not the UP master.

It's the game FLAPPY BIRD.

Dong Jiaqi originally thought that this game would unlock some new scenes or new plots as the player's score increased.

However, from the video.

This UP hit nearly a thousand points.

The scene of the game is no different from the scene when it first scored more than ten points.

From the beginning of the game to the process of nearly a thousand points, the only game scene is the pixel-style bird constantly passing through the pipe gap.

That's it?

Dong Jiaqi couldn't figure it out, it was just such a simple boring game of constantly passing through the gaps in the pipes.

How did it catch fire?

Not only is it on fire, but it is also exploding.

It may not be easy for outsiders to know the actual data of the game.

But as a game editor.

Dong Jiaqi still has access to the data after the game goes live.

From the data point of view, after the game "FLAPPPY BIRD" was officially launched.

In less than an hour, the number of domestic downloads has exceeded one million.

As of 12 noon, the domestic download volume of this game has reached 413 million.

Judging from this momentum, the number of downloads on the first day should not exceed 500 million.

It is very possible to break through 500 million.

This data almost crushed the previous "Don't Step on White Blocks" every minute.

And "FLAPPPY BIRD" is not only a game with an astonishingly high number of downloads.

Whether it's post/bar micro/blog b/station or various game forums.

This game is very topical.

Look at all the signs.

The popularity of this game has become a fact.

But why is this game so popular?
Think for a while.

Dong Jiaqi had a flash of inspiration:
Could it be because of the music?
But she quickly rejected this inference.

The game's background music is soothing though.

But not all players can enjoy it.

Ordinary players don't talk about listening to music.

Even trying to hear a complete melody is a bit difficult.

Dong Jiaqi really doesn't understand why players are obsessed with this game.

Could it be because of the exemption?
But there are so many free iOS games every day, why are other games not popular?

Why is such an obviously sadistic game becoming popular?
To say it's sadistic is an understatement.

Anyway, Dong Jiaqi deeply felt that the game "FLAPPPY BIRD" is full of maliciousness when she tried it.

Dong Jiaqi even felt that if she played longer.

There is even a high probability that some strange attributes will be unlocked.

As for the players who gave five-star praise in the comment area of ​​this game.

Dong Jiaqi feels that this group generally has a tendency to be masochistic.

And it's not just ordinary masochism.

It belongs to the kind of abuse/abuse that spontaneously maintains the abuser after being abused.

Not so many Stockholm Effect players work together to maintain it.

How did this game get such a good reputation?
Speaking of the word-of-mouth of this game, Dong Jiaqi is very strange.

Obviously it is a very "torture" game.

Why is the reputation so good?

The rating of the game on the AppStore is as high as 4.7 points.

You must know that this is a score obtained by over ten thousand people.

It can be said that it is a mess.

The game "Don't Step on White Blocks", which was also very popular before, has over [-] reviews in the AppStore.

But the score is only 3.7 points.

It was this score of 3.7 points that was still boasted by the domestic media at that time.

Now compare it to the game FLAPPY BIRD.

Totally not enough to watch.

Dong Jiaqi felt that it was compared with the question "Why is this game so popular?"

"Why does the game "FLAPPPY BIRD" have such a high reputation?" This question is more worthy of exploration.

(End of this chapter)