Game Design: Is that okay, CaiGou?

Chapter 15 Teacher Ma: My son Cai Gou has the appearance of an emperor!
  [Game name: Terraria]

[Developer: Huangtian Studio]

[Type: Standalone·Sandbox·Hardcore·Adventure]

[Price: 36 yuan]

[Message from the developer: Is that okay, bastard? ! 】

"Thirty-six yuan? A sandbox type game?"

Da Sima clicks to enter the game details page and view the game cover image.

Several pixel villains stand in a row, with trees of different colors in the background, and the large words Terraria across the cover.

"Pixel style? This is rare!"

Da Sima directly clicked to buy, and while downloading the game, he explained to the screen:
  "But this is normal. After all, other participating teams have been preparing for this edition of the Independent Games Festival for a year or even several years. The preparation time left for Cai Gou is too short!"

"Pixel-style games can reduce the production cycle to a certain extent. I don't have any requirements for picture quality anyway. For me, the playability of the game is the most important."

After the game was downloaded, Da Sima selected the single-player mode and said in surprise:
  "The difficulty of this game's characters and maps are actually set separately?"

"Holy crap, the hard core only has one life? Forget it, let's be sure and choose a soft core. The character's name is [Gold Medal Lecturer]!"

After pinching people, Da Sima originally wanted to try the master difficulty to test the waters.

But I also think of Cai Gou's style of making games, which is as hard-core as possible.

For the sake of his own blood pressure, Da Simakou chose the normal difficulty level out of integrity.

"Hush! Old Ma, you are scared!"

"Li Yunlong: What are you afraid of? Why don't you dare to choose the master difficulty?!"

"It's divided into three difficulties. How difficult can normal be? It's boring!"

Da Sima immediately retorted upon hearing this:
  "A true master always has a humble heart. Do you think I am on the first floor? In fact, I am on the fifth floor!"

The world is created and Da Sima officially enters the game.

The spawn point is surrounded by a relatively flat grassland with a few large trees growing sparsely.

Da Sima opened the backpack and found a basic three-piece set [Bronze Pickaxe] [Bronze Axe] [Bronze Dagger] and smiled:
  "I see, if you want to be rich, you have to plant trees first, right?"

Da Sima switched to the copper ax and started to chop down the tree, but not long after, two bouncing purple slimes gradually approached.

"Huh? Is this a monster?"

"Don't panic, watch what I do!"

Perhaps it was the normal difficulty level that gave Da Sima the confidence. Facing two purple slimes, he bravely switched to a copper dagger and made a heroic charge.

"I rely on!"

Who would have thought that Da Sima, a majestic warrior from another world, would have the illusion of being scratched when attacking a purple slime on normal difficulty.

But the purple slime's attack was extremely ferocious.

"No, no, no!"

Da Sima waved his copper dagger vigorously, trying to perform King Qin's maneuver around the pillar, but unfortunately he was still easily killed by two purple slimes.

There was a tombstone on the ground, as well as two leisurely slimes.

Da Sima: "...You call this normal difficulty?"

The fans in the live broadcast room burst out laughing when they saw this.

"Rookies peck each other! Hahaha!"

"Slime: Who is weaker between me and the great Sima in the north of the city?"

"It's just one word, I'll only say it once!"

After his resurrection, Da Sima refused to give up and fought with the purple slime again.

However, this time the Great Sima learned to be cautious, and used a guerrilla strategy, and used the guide as a human shield, killing two purple slimes.

"Holy crap! See what I got?"

Da Sima was extremely excited:
  "Weapon! Slime Staff! You can summon a slime to assist in combat!"

"Cool!"

Da Sima gradually became interested in this game. After cutting down a few trees, he discovered the wonderful use of the platform and built a set of wooden armor. Later, during the exploration, he even discovered a tree of life. After opening the treasure chest, he obtained a magical weapon. Level Boomerang! With the help of Da Sima’s two weapons, ordinary slimes can no longer stop him from exploring.

In the process of exploring the desert map, he used cactus to make a cactus armor suit.

"Hahaha, who else?!"

"I just said this kind of game requires exploring the map, right?!"

"I have a slime staff in my left hand and a god-level boomerang in my right hand. Can I just lie down on my side?"

The water friends were in a strange mood at the moment, with a complicated feeling of watching a familiar person show off.

"No, you are the European Emperor? I just checked and the slime staff drop rate is ridiculously low!"

"Okay, okay, let's play games with Yang Shou, right?"

"Gan, my back molars are almost broken when I look at the Korean Hall's development!"

Da Sima put away his smile and said seriously:

"Should I say it or not, although this game is in pixel style, it is extremely playable and has a high degree of game freedom!"

“Especially the synthesis system of this workbench, it’s amazing!”

"But..." Da Sima shook his head and said disdainfully:
  "That's it? It's not difficult at all!"

Water friend: "..."

Live in Bengbu!

Those who didn’t know better thought you were playing on Master difficulty!

"I won't talk to you anymore, I, the brave hero, will continue to explore the map!"

Da Sima concentrated on playing the game. As the exploration deepened, he discovered a piece of scarlet soil, and even the background turned a strange red.

"What? Is this an advanced biome?"

Da Sima carefully avoided the enemies. After entering the tunnel, he saw several beating hearts and found that the cactus mining pickaxe could not dig out stones yet.

He took out the bomb directly, and with a bang, his heart burst.

Da Sima was surprised to find a magic accessory, the Panic Necklace, on the ground.

"So that's what happened?"

When this bomb fell, Da Sima seemed to have discovered a new continent and continued to explode on other hearts.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Before Da Sima could react, a Brain of Cthulhu boss that occupied a quarter of the screen and had a brain covered with tentacles appeared on the spot.

"Holy shit, what the hell is this? The boss? Why did he appear?"

"The blood is so thick, I still know how to clone myself, move, move... just move!"

The Brain of Cthulhu teaches you how to be a human being easily!

Da Sima looked at the tombstone on the ground and said:
  "Game designer, you call this normal difficulty?"

Seeing that Da Sima, who had been complaining for half a night, was finally punished, the water friends felt relieved.

"Ah! I feel good!"

"Seeing the old horse die makes me happier than winning the lottery!"

"One thing to say, this game is a perfect boost to my XP, I love it!"

"Although it's a pixel style, it still has all the elements of exploration, adventure, and combat. It's also my favorite!"

"Lao Ma, what do you think of this game?"

Da Sima raised his thumb when he saw this:

"My son Cai Gou has the appearance of a great emperor!"

"But it's not fun enough to play alone. This game has a multiplayer mode. Just wait, I'll recruit the prostitute teacher to form a team!"

When the water friends heard this, they were a hundred happy!

The childhood sweethearts are reunited, and they are still playing Terraria. It is very likely that tonight will be a journey of suffering for the two of them!
  There’s something good to watch!
  (End of this chapter)