Game Design: Players are moved to tears

Chapter 95 New version of the unseen ship
On Saturday, the alarm clock rang.

Zhou Chu turned off the alarm clock and opened the Fumei platform habitually.

I teased 'Lin Chong' for a while, then arranged for him to learn elementary school courses, and then opened "Happy Farm".

"Huh? The version has been updated. It is updated less than once a month. This frequency is a bit slow."

The update speed was very fast, and within a few moments, Zhou Chu directly entered the game.

As soon as he entered the game, he immediately noticed the difference.

The first is to add background replacement settings.

Originally it was just a prairie scene with green mountains and green water, but now it has added Scottish style, Venetian water city, Dubai hotel and other scenes.

But what happened next made him a little confused.

Because he found that he could use most of the scenes for free.

"Is this... could it be that the background data is wrong?"

"How can it be used for free?"

Zhou Chu was confused, based on his understanding of Liu Wei.

It is absolutely impossible for Liu Wei to update the content of a version that does not make money.

But soon, he learned the whole story.

Because there is a row of special fonts next to the replacement key.

[Dear Yellow Diamond members, you can try this scene for free. 】

"I'll knock, this is a bit conscientious!" Zhou Chu couldn't help but sigh.

If Zhou Chu had occasionally felt unhappy about fake diamonds before, now he had no such thoughts at all.

On the contrary, there was a faint feeling of complacency.

Fortunately, I charged early, so I charge early and enjoy it!

Although a background doesn’t cost much, purchasing a 30-day usage right only costs RMB 20, and permanently unlocking it only costs RMB [-].

But mainly, the operation of Fumei Technology makes people feel very comfortable.

Zhou Chu felt that he was really treated as a distinguished member, not like in "Girls in the Three Kingdoms" or other online games.

Becoming a VIP is to charge more money.

The thing on the top of my head seems not to be 'VIP', but 'big grudge'.

Zhou Chu continued his experience and found that there was a kennel next to his farm, and there was a Chinese pastoral dog lying in it.

Orange hair, slender body, smart eyes.

When I clicked on it, I saw another watchdog that originally cost ten yuan a month, but was free for Yellow Diamond members.

Looking at the effect again, Zhou Chu exclaimed:

"Damn it, there is a 30% chance of preventing the opponent from stealing food, and a 10% chance of causing the opponent to drop gold coins. God's pet!"

"This thing is given away for free. Isn't it a loss for Fumei?"

"This yellow diamond... is not a loss!"

Zhou Chu's eyes were slightly moist.

I'm sorry, Mr. Liu, I wrongly blamed you. I thought you were a piece of shit who only thinks about money.

But now I understand...you are a good person.

But what surprised Zhou Chu even more was yet to come.

The first is the emergence of mechanisms to speed up crop maturation and increase player interaction.

Originally, everyone set their alarm clocks, and as soon as their own vegetables were ripe, they would go online to collect the vegetables on time. At the same time, they would check other players' farms to see if they could take the opportunity to steal some vegetables.

In the beginning, Zhou Chu's liver emperor was able to thrive.

But as everyone's awareness of punctuality became higher and higher, Zhou Chu felt a little bit tired.

Not only can’t you steal the food, but you may also have it stolen by others.

But the emergence of this mechanism is equivalent to disrupting the timeline to a certain extent.When cracks, insects, and weeds appear in the farmland, the maturity of the crops will be delayed, but it will not exceed half an hour at most.

Similarly, when a friend waters, fertilizes, and weeds you, the crops will mature faster, but it will not take more than half an hour.

In this way, it solves the problem of those stuck points on the line, causing "Farm", which was originally intended for leisure and entertainment, to feel like clocking in at work.

It also adds fun to the game.

At least from Zhou Chu's point of view, he would no longer be nervously staring at the alarm clock every day, always ready to go online to collect food.

There is a feeling of rediscovering the original intention of playing this game.

But before he played, Zhou Chu discovered two more paths next to the farm.

One road says 'Pasture' and the other says 'Restaurant'.

In doubt, Zhou Chu clicked on the pasture.

After a short, overly long screen, Zhou Chu found that he had arrived at the game interface of "Happy Ranch".

What surprised him even more was that he was able to use some of the crops grown on the farm in the pasture.

For example, pasture, peanuts, peas, sweet potatoes... Using these items will speed up the growth of livestock.

Even some more advanced crops can add some special attributes to livestock.

For example, pattern variation, price increase, increased number of groups...

The feces of livestock in the pasture can also be collected and made into fertilizer for crops to speed up their growth.

Double assistance and double success.

After some operations, Zhou Chu clicked on the path with 'restaurant' written on the other side.

Sure enough... it's "Happy Restaurant".

Zhou Chu doesn't like playing this kind of game very much, but "Happy Farm" and "Happy Ranch" can provide high-quality ingredients for "Happy Restaurant".

And by using high-quality ingredients, there is a certain chance that guests will be rewarded, giving players some props that could only be obtained through krypton gold.

Due to the principle of free prostitution, and the "Happy Series" is not a time-wasting game.

Basically, it can be completed in half an hour, so Zhou Chu just continued playing.

Similarly, Yellow Diamond users can hire chefs from some cuisines that require krypton gold to hire for free.

Zhou Chu felt that what he scolded in the post bar before was too harsh, and he even wanted to slap himself twice.

After closing the game, Zhou Chu ran to the Tieba forum to delete his previous abusive posts.

But I found that "Happy Series" started building another building at some point.

"There is a lot of content in this update. Seeing that there is so much content in the update, I forgive you for being so slow in updating the game."

"I'm sorry Liu Wei, I deserve to die. I scolded you before for not having a mother and for being an orphan. Now I apologize."

"Although this update has krypton gold content, Yellow Diamond users can experience it for free without spending a penny. It really makes me cry to death!"

"Come on, come on, distinguished Yellow Diamond members are here!"

"The ones upstairs should be filled with people, right?"

“This update is really interesting, mainly because I found myself regaining my original intention of playing this game.”

"Yes, yes, acridine. I was almost forced to quit the game by some 'alarm clock people' a few days ago. Now the situation is completely reversed. My dishes have just matured in the 10 minutes since I was online tonight. It's really great!"

"Question: Given the content of this update, maturity will be accelerated with the help of friends, and maturity will be slowed down without the help of friends. Question, the man upstairs was online for 10 minutes at night and was fine. Does he have any friends?"

"Hahaha, the angle is tricky, fuck me."

"It's really Galen who whispered, silent and broken."

"The original poster just turned autistic..."

The comment area was full of laughter.

In this way, a huge game crisis that was originally supposed to be caused by plug-ins was nipped in the bud by a single update.

(End of this chapter)