Game Design: Is that okay, CaiGou?

Chapter 360 Cyber ​​Edition: Who can become a millionaire? (Subscribe)

The Steam platform activity starts this week. In the first week of the activity, the game that players can receive is [Heroes of the Three Kingdoms].

The Three Kingdoms theme is an old theme that has lasted for a long time. It not only has a large audience of players, but also has a very high stickiness.

From the era of text games, to the era of pixel games, to the era of next-generation masterpieces, to the era of exclusive handheld consoles, and now to the era of virtual game cabins.

The Three Kingdoms theme has always firmly occupied a place in the gaming industry, no matter how the gaming era changes.

A large number of players have no resistance to this theme.

But when they enthusiastically entered the activity page of the Steam platform and checked the detailed rules, they found out.

This activity is a bit of a bummer.

If players want to receive [Heroes of the Three Kingdoms], they can't just log in and sign in for seven consecutive days, but they have to log in to the Steam platform every day to complete various tasks.

Some tasks are limited to specific games and daily duration. It will take players several hours to complete all the tasks.

However, if these tasks are not completed, players will completely lose the qualification to receive the game at the end of this week, and the accumulated task points will be converted into gold coins.

Although players can choose to purchase the game with gold coins, the price of gold coins is very high. Players need to accumulate five or six weeks of points converted into gold coins to purchase a game.

In this case, players either have to complete tasks intensively for a week in a row, or choose not to participate in the event at all, otherwise the tasks will not be completed, and the cost-effectiveness is too low.

If you calculate it this way, the number of players who can complete the game-receiving activity will definitely not be too many.

"Fuck, so many tasks? There are also forwarding and sharing, asking friends to register accounts, and so many other tasks. Isn't this going to kill me?"

“I feel like these 18 games are not event rewards at all, but rather a waste of money given to me by the platform after I worked so hard to complete the tasks.”

"Lan Shou, Xianggu..."

"Hey, the reformists upstairs, stop using such lame tricks!"

Some players complained that the event pictures on the Steam platform did not match the actual items.

At the same time, some players who support the Steam platform also spoke out and asked, "What kind of bicycle do you want?"

It’s not that the Steam platform doesn’t allow you to get games for free. The platform has spent so much money and now it doesn’t ask you to spend money, it just asks you to complete tasks.

As long as players complete the tasks on time, they can get the game. Isn’t this a very good deal?

Participation in the event is voluntary, so there is no reason for players to turn around and morally blackmail the gaming platform, right?
The two players quarreled with each other and neither of them would give in.

"No, are you guys used to being dogs for the platform? They just throw a bone to you and you just wag your tail?"

"Bones? You compare eighteen AAA games to bones? Aren't your bones a little too fragrant?"

"We have never denied the quality of the games released by these 18 game manufacturers. What I cannot accept is the intensity of the tasks in the event. Do you understand?"

"I don't know shit. If you think the event is bad, why don't you just not participate? Isn't this event voluntary? Did the platform force you to participate?"

"What are you talking about? He designed this activity so that we don't get all the games. He's playing word games. What? You can't say anything?"

"That's right, the event is not grand at all. General Tiangong's Taiping Dao would not do it this way. Everyone can see the surprise feedback every year, and everyone has a scale in their heart!"

"I just can't say it! What's wrong? General Tiangong? Taiping Dao? Steam platform at least gave away 18 AAA games for free, what is General Tiangong's Taiping Dao doing? Why don't you dare to follow?"

When the topic of the argument between the two sides involved General Tiangong and the Taiping Dao, the tension instantly escalated several levels.

A large number of Yellow Turban troops rushed to the scene upon hearing the news. Just as they were about to start a battle, they discovered the official Weibo account of Taiping Dao.

Some players even posted comments:

"Good news, great news. Go check out the Taiping Dao official Weibo account. It's really Cyber ​​New Year now!"

Both parties temporarily suppressed their anger and went to the official Weibo of Taiping Dao to check the latest posts.

[In order to promote better and faster development of the game industry, the All-Sense Game Alliance was established with the help of the Game Office of the Ministry of Culture and Entertainment. 】

[The first president of the alliance is General Tian Gong, and the founding members are as follows [Click to view the list for details]]

[72 members of the million clubs and manufacturers participating in the Journey Cup have joined the All-Sense Game Alliance. Taipingdao is very honored. 】

[Starting this week, Pacific will join forces with 72 game manufacturers to launch an 18-week platform activity. ]

[Every week, there will be 4 game companies participating in the Journey Cup, which will be exclusively launched on the Destiny Game Platform and have a unified overall game mode.]

[Players only need to log in to the activity page of the Destiny game platform to receive it for free, without any additional task requirements. ]

[Finally, in accordance with the principle of implementing the purpose of Taiping Dao from beginning to end, I, Lanni, on behalf of General Tiangong and all colleagues of Taiping Dao, would like to say hello to all players——]

【Okay ah? Vegetable dog? ! 】

Player: "???"

fan:"???"

media:"???"

Steam platform has joined forces with 18 clubs with tens of millions of members to organize activities.

Tianming platform has united 72 members of tens of millions of clubs to organize activities.

The Steam platform event will release 18 games over a period of 18 weeks.

The Tianming platform event will distribute 18 games over a period of 72 weeks.

If you want to claim games on the Steam platform, you need to complete tedious and time-consuming tasks.

If you want to claim the games on the Tianming platform, just log in to the event page.

Isn’t this a clear distinction?

OK, OK!

Old thief, you know how to fight in a ring.

After seeing this scarf, players were extremely excited.

Over the next four months, the game library will be filled to the brim.

The only thing that makes players feel resistant is that these 72 game manufacturers are all releasing games that are participating in the Journey Cup.

In other words, all 72 of them are horror-themed games.

The most important thing is that they are all versions with a sense of the whole.

Who can bear this?

If the player claims all games.

Wouldn't you be terrified until the New Year?

Thinking of this, everyone was happy and scared.

At the same time, a large number of Yellow Turban Army flooded into the comment section.

"Hahahahaha, who just said that Taiping Dao is not good? Heizi, speak up!"

"I'm not good at math, so let me ask you a question. 72 should be greater than 18, right?"

"The Sense of Unity Gaming Alliance? This old thief has made a big move without making any noise! ​​I would call it a decisive move!"

"Everyone, please go to the event page of the Tianming Game Platform. There are four free games this week, including the first, second and third prizes of this year's Journey Cup!"

"Oh my? An award-winning masterpiece for free? This is too cool!" "This is really the Cyber ​​New Year. I love Taiping Dao!"

The General of the Taiping Dao, together with 72 clubs with tens of millions of members, created the All-Sense Gaming Alliance.

With the support of an event where 72 games were given away for free, it quickly became a hot topic on Weibo, pushing down the number one spot on the Steam platform's hot search rankings and replacing it.

【72 million-dollar clubs】

【Overall Sense Game Alliance】

【Free game】

【18 weeks of super large event】

【Tianming Platform vs Steam Platform】

As more and more players learned about this, the popularity of the Tianming platform increased sharply.

What followed was a surge in player traffic, platform downloads, and discussion on the Tianming game platform.

This time, the Steam platform and the Destiny platform collided with each other in real battle, with the smell of gunpowder and tit-for-tat between the two sides.

Even ordinary players can sense it, not to mention colleagues in the gaming industry who have already smelled the bloody scent of fighting.

Game designers from all over the world gathered on the official website of Game Paradise, and the chat section was completely blown up.

"Fuck! General Tian Gong is not going to attack me unless he does! But once he attacks, he will kill me!"

"All-round crushing, really all-round crushing!"

"At first I thought that 18 games on Steam was a big deal, but who would have thought that Tianming would have 72. I am totally convinced."

"I heard that the profit sharing of game manufacturers who join the Tianming platform is 20:80, and the game manufacturers get 80% and the platform gets 20%."

"The benefits are so good? I thought that as the only game platform with a sense of unity, the commission rate of Tianming Game Platform would be higher. The conscience of the gaming industry is confirmed."

"Love it, love it, love it completely. Even I can't help but download the Tianming platform. After all, it's a one-click gift, who wouldn't love it?"

On the first day of the confrontation between the two sides, the balance of victory gradually tilted towards the Destiny Platform.

The data of this event on the Steam platform are not optimistic. Although they meet the standards, they do not exceed psychological expectations. Moreover, after the Tianming platform took action, all data have been declining.

the next morning.

When Leon learned the specific data from the secretary, he was not surprised but happy, revealing a smug smile, as if he saw a fish taken the bait.

What’s the point of fighting without an opponent?

It’s the destiny platform, and now the real show begins.

Leon laughed in a low voice: “Cai Gou, although I didn’t expect you to come up with a game alliance with a sense of wholeness, it’s useless.”

"How could you possibly defeat me by imitating my moves?"

"I also want to thank you for giving me this wave of traffic!"

One p.m.

The announcement was released on all promotional channels of the Steam platform, including the official Weibo account.

[The second wave of large-scale activities is coming. Treasure hunt activity preview——]

[This 18-week large-scale event, the games that Steam platform gives away for free every week, actually have hidden secrets. 】

[After completing the task and claiming the game, players will receive a treasure map. 】

[Players can choose to open the treasure map by discovering and obtaining the Easter egg key in this week's game. ]

[The treasure map contains a wealth of prizes. Players can participate in random draws, or they can combine 18 treasure maps and 18 Easter egg keys into tickets for offline treasure hunts in the last week of the event.]

[Players who have a treasure hunt ticket will participate in the offline treasure hunt on the Steam platform one week after the event ends. ]

[In this treasure hunt, the first place winner will receive a cash prize of 5 million, the second place winner will receive a cash prize of 3 million, and the third place winner will receive a cash prize of 1 million]

[Other rankings are also available, and you can get free game gift packs and other rich prizes. What are you waiting for? Action is worse than thought, come and participate in the treasure hunt event on the Steam platform]

Player: "!!!"

Water friend: "!!!"

Five...five million cash prize!

The Steam platform's announcement is very long, but in the eyes of players, there are only three words:

five million!
In the eyes of many ordinary people, five million is an extremely huge amount of money.

It is no exaggeration to say that winning the jackpot can definitely change a player's life.

It costs two yuan to buy a lottery ticket!

And how small is the probability of winning the jackpot?
But the activity organized by the Steam platform is different. Not only does it not require money, but the chances of winning are much higher than buying lottery tickets.

Besides, even if I can't win the 5 million cash prize, it's not a loss to open the treasure map and draw a random prize...

Of course, the only drawback of this Steam platform event may be that the entry threshold is too high, and you need to play all eighteen games to obtain the Easter egg key.

In this way, if players want to get the Easter egg key, they need to spend a lot of money in the game, and have a little luck from the god of luck.

But no matter what, that’s a cash prize of five million!
Not to mention 18 games, not to mention 72 games, even if 108 games were given to players for free, for players, it would not be as valuable as real cash prizes.

This move by the Steam platform directly killed the game activities of the Tianming game platform from another dimension.

Because no matter how many free games are given away during the game activities on the Tianming game platform, players will only receive them and then continue to go to the Steam platform to complete weekly tasks.

"What the hell? A five million cash prize? General, I have no choice but to backstab you this time. I believe you can understand. After all, it's five million!"

"Oh my god, this is a huge investment, right? Treasure map? Easter egg key? Fine, I'll spend all my time on it for the next four months!"

"So the Steam platform has this trick. Once the cash prize is given out, the daily and weekly tasks will become more complicated. This is normal!"

"You need 18 treasure maps and Easter egg keys to create a ticket to the final offline event. You can't miss any of them every week. There's no other way. Brothers, roll up your sleeves and get to work!"

The five million cash prize is like a carrot hanging in front of the players, which is out of reach but very tempting. It is also the sword of Damocles hanging over the Tianming game platform and over the head of General Tiangong.

Lanny got the news first and ran to the office to find Cai Gou.

"General, this is bad. Leon is using a series of tricks this time. One trick leads to another. All the games you get for free on the Steam platform contain Easter eggs, and there is also the temptation of a 5 million cash prize."

"Players are likely to enter the Tianming platform every day, click to receive the game, and choose not to experience it immediately, but to store it in their library, and then turn around and enter the game on the Steam platform to look for Easter eggs."

"What should we do? It seems too late to ask the 72 game manufacturers of the All-Sense Game Alliance to speed up version updates and add Easter eggs..."

"Oh?" Cai Gou showed a playful smile:

"Just be patient, I'll see what's going on."

Cai Gou opened his phone, read the announcement on the Steam platform, and then clicked on the comment section to check the players' comments and feedback.

I have to admit that Leon's move was quick, accurate and ruthless, and there was something to it.

It turns out that his first move was a trap, waiting for me to fall into it?
Cai Gou smiled and said, "This is really interesting."

【Monthly Ticket】【Recommended Ticket】

(End of this chapter)