Game Design: Is that okay, CaiGou?

Chapter 18 Gold Medal Lecturer: Have you heard of my story?

Halfway through the Independent Games Festival, Terraria sales reached 30 copies.

After Cai Gou announced the Fisherman Titled Championship, the sales curve that had been rising slowly suddenly suddenly surged.

In the following three days, Terraria's sales reached a terrifying 50 copies, once again breaking the Independent Games Festival sales record!
  Even after several Independent Games Festival competitions, the sales of games that have won the Green Bamboo badge have only exceeded half a million.

But this is normal, because no game sold more than 500,000 copies during the competition, and the Green Bamboo badge that year was a bye.

This also proves how valuable the Independent Games Festival is!
  After all, what is bundled behind the Qingzhu badge is the home page recommendations of major game platforms.

How can the major gaming platforms, which are like human beings, suffer losses?

Cai Gou opened a dedicated server to hold the Fisherman Title Championship.

The rules of the competition are not complicated——

Players enter exclusive servers to create new characters and new maps.

Fish in a three-hour time limit competition.

Whichever player catches the largest quantity and higher quality fish, wins.

The detailed table of competition rules also includes points for various catches in each major biome.

Obviously, the competition organized by Cai Gou is not just for players to fish.

The initial battle and exploration are also very important.

In this way, the unknowns of the game are greatly increased, making the live broadcast more enjoyable.

For this competition, the person in charge of the Perak Perak Game Zone personally called Cai Gou.

In the end, Thunderbolt will increase its promotion of the Terraria game as a bargaining chip, and won the live broadcast rights for this competition.

When the game started, the number of people online in the live broadcast room quickly exceeded 100,000.

Da Sima is a pioneer in promoting fishing. After checking the rules, he directly cleared the trees and explored the surrounding biomes.

I didn't even make a wooden fishing rod in the first hour. I spent the whole process improving my strength and killing the boss.

This scene completely confused the water friends watching the live broadcast.

"What's going on? Is Da Sima confused?"

"Isn't Han Hall someone you can criticize? Drag him out and behead him at the Meridian Gate!"

"The Eye of Cthulhu, the Devourer of Worlds, and the Brain of Cthulhu. Those who didn't know would have thought that Da Sima was participating in the speedrun challenge!"

"Eh? Wait, I discovered that some contestants seem to be doing this too?"

Only then did the belated friend suddenly realize.

It turns out that monster fish are also included in the various catch points included in the detailed table of competition rules.

For example, the wandering eye monster fish and zombie mermaid can only appear during blood moon fishing. Because of their rarity and high quality, the points are even higher.

However, because there are many enemies in the blood moon environment and they are very aggressive, and without powerful equipment, it is still unknown whether players can kill them even if they catch the wandering eyeball monster fish and zombie mermaids.

This made Da Sima and others focus on improving their own strength in the early stage.

After spending two hours and getting everything ready, Da Sima, who was already lagging behind in the rankings, began to exert his strength in the later stages.

Not only did he use blood and tears to summon the bleeding moon on the spot, but he also easily eliminated the zombie mermaid and the wandering eyeball monster fish. On the way, he even obtained an accessory catch - the balloon puffer fish.

This allowed Da Sima to break into the top thirty in the last half hour.

In the last five minutes, Da Sima was lucky enough to catch a weapon-type fish - Purple Stick Fish!
  He directly overtook the first place player who also used the Blood Moon Plan and won the game with a slight advantage!
  "Holy crap, Han Hall won? Is it true?"

"He is indeed a professional player, he even uses cyber fishing tactics!"

"One thing to say, this tactic is not difficult to think of. There are many players who also play this way, but Da Sima is lucky. Without the balloon puffer fish and the purple stick fish, he can't win!"       "After the gold medal rice cook and gold medal lecturer, Is Da Sima going to win the title of Gold Medal Fisherman again?"

After the game that night.

Terraria's official NPC fisherman has been officially renamed [Golden Lecturer]. In the future, any newbie who comes into Terraria will discover this brilliant point.

Da Sima will look ahead with a melancholy expression and say:
  "Young man? Have you also heard of my story?"

The half-month-long Independent Games Festival competition ended, and Terraria won first place with a large vote advantage.

The sales volume has reached a terrifying 900,000 copies, just one step away from the million-dollar club!
  Before the game, Ji Changkong, who clamored to teach Cai Gou how to be a good person, only achieved top 100 results in his own game.

In the middle of the competition, I imitated Cai Gou's "I want to be a man" open creative workshop, but in the end it didn't even make a splash.

He is jokingly called by insiders as a copycat in the gaming industry.

It is said that after this gossip reached Ji Changkong's ears, he was so angry that he smashed his computer.

But what makes Ji Changkong helpless and angry is that as the winner of the top 100 results, he has to attend the subsequent online awards ceremony and become a foil in the audience, watching Cai Gou go on stage to receive the award.

Just thinking about it makes his back molars break!
  Huangtian Studio also received an official electronic invitation letter as soon as the competition ended.

Three days later, the Independent Games Festival Online Awards Ceremony will be held in Shanghai, and the entire event will be broadcast live.

After Fei Yangyang and Zhu Pingan learned the news, they jumped up and down with joy. This was a good start for Huang Tian Studio!
  Cai Gou looked at the excited brothers and raised the corners of his mouth:

"Brothers, hurry up and book your tickets, fly first class, and book your hotel in a five-star hotel! The studio will reimburse you for the entire trip!"

Fei Yangyang asked: "Brother Dog, is this too extravagant and wasteful?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Cai Gou hugged the two brothers and said:

"Our brothers have been working hard for several months, why can't they still enjoy themselves?"

"In our line of work, we should also pay attention to relaxation and relaxation! Listen to me on this matter!"

Zhu Ping An said: "Ping An has been wandering for half my life. I only regret that I have never met my master. If you don't abandon me, I would like to worship you as my adoptive father!"

Fei Yangyang suppressed his face and turned red, and after a while he said, "Me too!"

After the fun, Cai Gou walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and dialed Wu Xiu's cell phone.

"Brother, congratulations, you really made me feel bad!"

"I didn't say anything! Find a time, let's get together, and I'll let you have a taste of my craftsmanship!"

Cai Gou said with a smile: "What time are you looking for? Come with me to the online awards ceremony!"

"Ah?" Wu Xiu was surprised. He was afraid that he had heard wrongly. After hesitating for a while, he asked:
  "What did you say?"

"I said - brother, come with me to the online awards ceremony!"

"Terriaria's success is also due to you!"

"It prevents me from getting paid to work. The main reason is that your game design is good. I don't dare to take credit for it!"

"Don't you want to see the Sima face of Ji Changkong as a foil?" Cai Gou said seductively:

"What's more, don't forget what you said before?"

"What?"

"As long as I can make Ji Changkong suffer at the Independent Games Festival, you can hang out with me!"

Wu Xiu, a very old man, became angry when he heard this:

"Brother, thank you for looking up to me. I won't say anything else. I'll sell you these more than one hundred kilograms!"

(End of this chapter)