Game Design: Is that okay, CaiGou?

Chapter 361: Chishi Technology: Do you want to test the sharpness of my sword? (Subscribe)

In the office.

Lanny sat opposite Cai Gou, drinking tea in big gulps, trying to use the tea to quench the irritability in his heart.

interesting?
When Lanny heard what Cai Gou said, he felt relieved, but he couldn't help but ask:
"General, what's the point?"

"Like you said."

Cai Gou poured tea for Lanni and explained:

"Leon used a series of tricks this time. We followed the first step, and then he showed his true colors and wanted to step on us to get to the top."

"only……"

Lanny pressed, "Just what?"

"But Steam is a big company after all, how can they be so petty when organizing an event?" Cai Gou shook his head and said, "Five million? Are you sending away beggars?"

"Then why don't we follow suit and organize an event to increase the prize money?" Lanny gave his own solution.

Cai Gou thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible, but we can't copy it. Once we fall into Leon's rhythm, there may be some traps behind it."

"Well, you contact all the Huaming personnel of Taipingdao, and gather in the top floor conference room in an hour."

Lanny nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll go now."

After Lanny left, Cai Gou returned to his desk, pulled out a chair and sat in front of the computer, typing on the keyboard with his hands flying.

This time, the Steam platform and the Destiny game platform are confronting each other diametrically, which can be described as a tit-for-tat confrontation.

No one knows how many people are involved behind the two parties, and no one knows how many people in the gaming industry are watching.

Although the Tianming platform is gaining momentum, it has only just been established.

The All-Sense Game Alliance has just recruited its first batch of members, and these game manufacturers basically choose to join for the sake of profit.

The more critical the moment is, the more Taiping Dao cannot show any sign of weakness. Otherwise, if it falls into a disadvantageous position, there is no telling how many people will choose to add insult to injury.

Following the trend of the Steam platform, a game Easter egg event was held, and the Easter egg keys were hidden in 72 games. This required too many people to organize and mobilize.

The most crucial thing is that the 72 game manufacturers are not completely on our side. If something goes wrong midway, all the efforts will be in vain.

Moreover, if you simply copy the other party's treasure hunt, players will criticize you for having no creativity and for not being able to draw a good picture.

It would be better to...incorporate the creativity of Taiping Dao on this basis.

When Cai Gou thought of this, the first thing that came to his mind was the hot topic that was making the rounds on the Internet:

In my world, how many square meters of farmland can be irrigated with one bucket of water?

If there is a game that is not only a blank slate, but also has enough highlights to allow players to give full play to their creativity, it must be Minecraft.

The treasure hunt event on the Steam platform has brought together 18 game manufacturers. Cai Gou decided to do the opposite and this time the event will only target the game Minecraft.

However, there is still a prerequisite, which is the addition of redstone technology.

As we all know, in Minecraft, with redstone technology and without redstone technology, they are completely two different games for players.

of course.

Strictly speaking, in the Minecraft game, the appearance of redstone technology is not concentrated in a single version.

Instead, it is gradually added and improved with the continuous updating and iteration of the game.

In the early stage of [Alpha], redstone ore, redstone dust, redstone torches and some simple circuit components began to be added to the game, marking the initial introduction of redstone technology.

In the [Beta1.2] period, the dropper was added. This is a block with multiple functions and played an important role in the expansion of the redstone system.

In the [Beta1.5] period, the birth of powered rails further enriched the application scenarios of the redstone system.

At the same time, the addition of pistons enables the redstone system to push blocks, which greatly enhances the functionality and playability of the redstone system.

During this period, some players have used these redstone components to create complex redstone devices such as piston doors and electronic calculators.

As the official version of the game was released, the redstone system continued to be improved.

In the [Release 1.2.1] version, comparators and induction components were added to make the redstone system more diverse.

The addition of command blocks makes the redstone system programmable, providing players with almost unlimited possibilities to create complex redstone devices and machines.

As Minecraft continues to develop, the redstone system has been continuously updated and optimized in subsequent versions.

It is the multiple rounds of iterations and updates of redstone technology that gave birth to the redstone technology that is finally well-known to the majority of netizens and created famous scenes by technical players.

Of course, because the entry level of redstone technology is extremely difficult, many players who have broken through the defense also call redstone technology——

Akaishi Technology.

This shows the players' love and hate for the game.

Cai Gou is well aware of the shocking impact the emergence of redstone technology will have on players.

Therefore, when the Minecraft game project team was established, Zhu Ping'an was secretly arranged to develop the redstone technology version.

Nowadays, Minecraft does not need to undergo multiple rounds of iterative updates and spend years to perfect redstone technology. Instead, the complete version of redstone technology can be presented to players.

Of course, redstone technology alone is not enough.

Various activity ideas derived from the game Minecraft emerged in Cai Gou's mind like mushrooms after rain.

If you have a clear plan in mind, you will be able to write naturally and with ease.

Cai Gou spent half an hour to finalize the activity plan.

Cai Gou called his secretary and asked him to print out some paper documents and have him follow him to the reception room on the top floor.

At this moment, Zhong Chu, Fei Yangyang, Zhu Ping'an, Wu Xiu, Xu Lai, Lanny, the five members of the Xianzhen Camp, the flower names at the top of the Taiping Dao food chain, have all arrived.

Everyone has learned from Lanny the purpose of this gathering, and they gather in groups of three or four to discuss how to respond.

When everyone saw Cai Gou pushing the door open, they all stood up to greet him.

"Dog brother!"

"Mr. Cai!"

"General!"

"Brother!"

The greetings came one after another, blending into one, and there were all kinds of calls.

Cai Gou waved his hand and asked everyone to take a seat. The secretary distributed the activity plan to everyone present, then left the reception room, closed the door, and stood guard outside.

Cai Gou looked around at everyone and said, "We are all family. I believe you have already heard from Lanny why I called you here. I won't say any more nonsense."

"I called you here today because I want Taiping Dao to set up a jury for the next event. The jury members will be everyone present and me." "As for what this event is like, you can listen to my explanation while looking at the event design plan."

Cai Gou stood up, paced in front of everyone and explained:

"Leon's trick may have a back-up plan, so it is not advisable to copy their model completely."

"Also, if we invite the All-Sense Gaming Alliance to participate in this event, there's no guarantee that one of them will cause any trouble. Therefore, there's no need for them to show up for this event. We can just take full responsibility."

Fei Yangyang, Zhu Pingan and others all nodded to show that they understood.

Cai Gou continued, "The name of our event this time is - Who can become a multimillionaire? The game we have chosen is - Minecraft."

Everyone: "!!!"

Who can become a multi-millionaire?

The cash prize is directly raised to tens of millions?
No…wait, I'm a little confused.

Boss, what did you say?
The game selected for the event is, Minecraft?
Such a huge cash prize!

Forget about choosing a 3A masterpiece, at least choose a game that comes with an overall gaming cabin as the main battlefield, right?

What the hell is it when I choose Minecraft, a block game?

Everyone was dumbfounded. Fei Yangyang and Zhu Ping'an, as Cai Gou's most staunch supporters, did not say anything.

Zhu Ping'an is the project leader of Minecraft game. He knows more inside information than others and understands the existence of redstone technology.

Fei Yangyang simply trusted Cai Gou 100%. Whatever Cai Gou said was what he did and he just had to follow his orders.

But others present couldn't help but speak up and express their opinions.

Zhong Chu wondered, "General, can a block game support an 18-week event? Isn't this too hasty?"

Without waiting for Cai Gou to answer, Wu Xiu directly scolded:
"Zhong Chu, I told you to listen more, watch more, and talk less in the meeting. If you had just taken a look at the activity plan, you wouldn't have said such a thing!"

Cai Gou smiled and waved his hands: "It's okay, just speak freely."

Seeing this, Zhu Pingan stood up and said, "I am the person in charge of the My World game project. Let me explain first."

Zhu Pingan explained to everyone what redstone technology is and the almost endless potential of my world. Finally, he said:
"In my opinion, my world is more than enough to sustain an 18-week campaign."

Everyone nodded in sudden realization. Cai Gou praised Zhu Ping'an's speech and continued:

"I understand that it's hard to support a group of people alone, so in this event of who can become a multimillionaire, Redstone Technology is just a representative."

"The event will be divided into three major areas——"

“Redstone Division: Players use redstone technology to create works that subvert players’ imagination.”

“Architecture Zone: Players use various materials to design various magnificent buildings.”

“Speedrunner Zone: The goal is to kill the Ender Dragon, and it is designed to allow top technical players to show off their skills.”

“At the same time, we will open the creative workshop to allow more players to participate, use the players’ creative ideas, and jointly expand Minecraft, and expand the game culture ecology of Minecraft as quickly as possible.”

Cai Gou spoke eloquently, explaining to everyone the activities and specific plans of My World.

Fei Yangyang, Zhong Chu, Zhu Pingan and others looked through the activity design plan while listening to Cai Gou's explanation, trying hard to keep up with Cai Gou's ideas.

"Brother Dog, I have a question."

Fei Yangyang asked: "How do we divide the prize money among the three divisions? Is it 10 million in total for the three divisions? Isn't that hard to divide?"

Upon hearing this, the others all looked at Cai Gou, wanting to know more about the issue.

"You, this playboy monk, are too petty, too narrow-minded!"

Cai Gou explained: "If there really is a 10 million prize for three divisions, isn't that too petty?"

"Each division has a prize pool of 10 million. The champion will receive 5 million, the runner-up 3 million, the third place 1 million, and the two winners will receive 1 million each."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Now 30 million in prize money had been given out, and from what Cai Gou said, it seemed that there was more than that.

really!

Cai Gou continued, "The rankings of the contestants in the above sub-areas will be determined by votes from players and the jury."

"When the 15-week regional competition is over and the three regional champions are selected, the spokesperson campaign will begin in the last three weeks."

"During these three weeks, the players will vote to determine the first, second and third place winners. The champion will receive a multi-million dollar spokesperson contract from the Tianming gaming platform!"

"He will become the spokesperson for the entire range of products under our Taipingdao company, including the Tianming game platform, Taipingdao community APP, virtual game cabins, etc."

Fei Yangyang: “!!!”

Wish you peace: "!!!"

It turns out that the regional activities in the first 15 weeks were just appetizers, and the real main course was the spokesperson campaign in the last 3 weeks.

Ten million dollar spokesperson contract!
For an ordinary player, wouldn't this be a step towards success and fame?

No wonder Cai Gou named this event “Who Can Become a Multi-Millionaire”!
Because, this really is a multi-millionaire in the literal sense!
No wonder Cai Gou decided to name the game for this event as Minecraft.

Because only my world can support this event!
Other games simply set rules for competition in terms of competition, duels, team battles, etc., and it is rare to make some insignificant innovations in the game system.

It's not like Minecraft, which can be divided into three sub-competition areas: redstone, speed run, and construction just based on the gameplay.

After everyone digested this information, Cai Gou continued:

"I am the chairman of the judging panel, Wu Ge is in charge of logistics and operations, Zhong Chu and Zhu Ping'an are in charge of the Redstone Division. Fei Yangyang and Lanny are in charge of the Speedrun Division, and Xu Lai and the five-member Xianzhen Camp team are in charge of the Architecture Division."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded to show that they understood.

Cai Gou concluded by saying, “From now on, for the 18 weeks that will be the activity cycle, I hope everyone will do their best to bring out their talents.”

"We will strive to make the entire gaming community only know about the Taipingdao event of who can become a multimillionaire, and make the treasure hunt event on the Steam platform a thing of the past."

"During the event, if you encounter any problems, including funding, venues, competition area plans and other specific details, you can discuss them with me and Angkor."

"After the meeting, all publicity channels of Taipingdao and all 72 members of the Quanquan Gaming Alliance must spread the news of who can become a multimillionaire to every player in the gaming circle as quickly as possible."

"The meeting is dismissed!"

Everyone present was excited and realized that they had a heavy responsibility on their shoulders. They had no time to chat and called the judges from the same competition area and returned to the office to discuss plans for their own competition areas.

Wu Xiu, known as the chief steward of Taiping Dao, came to the operation department and personally edited the Weibo post about who can become a multi-millionaire.

Wu Xiu tapped his finger and sent the message on Weibo.

This scarf, like a bullet, fired the first shot in Taipingdao's comprehensive counterattack on the steam platform.

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