Game Design: Is that okay, CaiGou?

Chapter 45 Player: Isn’t it a puzzle game? Where's the mystery?
  As soon as this scarf was released, it attracted countless netizens to come and watch.

The game cover is easy to understand and briefly introduces the upcoming game.

But those two sentences in the text on the scarf are really arrogant!
  When the players saw it, the three zombie gods jumped out of anger!
  "Old thief! You have gone too far to deceive others. I swear I will capture you alive, eat your flesh, and sleep on your skin!"

"General Tiangong, how dare you underestimate the heroes of the world?!"

"Old man, do you know your Tianshui Grandpa Jiang!"

"Old thief Cai Gou, you are just a game designer, what do you know about hardcore?!"

There are hundreds of messages to Cai Gou in the comment area, all condensed into one sentence, just two simple words——

Arrogant! ! !

After experiencing the baptism of Kerbal Space Program, players seem to think that no other game can stump them!
  As a result, at the Chinese Valentine's Day online game exhibition, the old thief Cai Gou actually said arrogant words. Doesn't this mean he is bullying me and the players?

Can this be tolerated?
  My uncle can bear it, but my aunt can't either!

Since you ask questions in the developer messages for every game——

Okay ah? Vegetable dog!
  The players are determined to give something back this time——

This is not just a matter of having hands!
  For this goal, the players have united as one and formed an offensive and defensive alliance, which will definitely make the old thief Cai Gou pay the price.

Major game area anchors, after experiencing the Black Friday incident of Kerbal Space Program and the online class incident.

This time we also unite together and vow to avenge our shame!
  Douyu live broadcast platform, in the game live broadcast room.

Da Sima said to the water friends:

"Last time Sao Zhu formed an anti-Cai Gou alliance, the command was not good!"

"After unanimous discussion among the anchors, it was decided to sacrifice the flag before the battle!"

"This time, I will be the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Cai Gou Alliance!"

"I must let the old thief know that the heroes of the world should not be underestimated!"

When the fans in the live broadcast room saw this, they were so excited that they felt like they had found an organization.

"General Sima, you have to make decisions for the common people!"

"General, I have a plan!"

"Oh? Do you have a plan too?"

"I have General Sima who can kill the old thief!"

It seems that the concentration of Yellow Turban Army fans in the live broadcast room is too high.

The barrage atmosphere in the live broadcast room is really strange.

We chatted until 8pm, the first time the Qixi Festival online game exhibition started.

Da Sima directly logs into the event area and searches for the pop-up game from Huangtian Studio——

[Game name: Kong Ming’s Trap]

[Developer: Huangtian Studio]

[Type: Hardcore·Puzzle·Interactive·ARG]

[Price: 6 yuan]

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

Solving puzzles?

Do you want to solve a riddle for me on Chinese Valentine's Day?
  Do you think this is guessing lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival?
  A person’s name is like a tree’s shadow!
  Da Sima's calves trembled unconsciously after seeing the word "solver".

He clicked on the game details page and found that the cover of the game was still the same.

But at least the painting style of this game is much better than the previous pixel style.

Da Sima chose to buy with the mentality that extending his head is also a sword, and shrinking his head is also a sword.

Kong Ming's Trap was downloaded, and everyone was dumbfounded after clicking it.

Because what caught everyone's eyes was an animation that lasted 8 minutes and 12 seconds.

"What's going on? What the hell is this?"

"Did Huangtian Studio upload the wrong game?"

"Animation? Hardcore? Games? These three are unrelated, right?" Da Sima waved his hand and said, "Don't be impatient. It's not like everyone doesn't understand the style of Huangtian Studio."

"Old thief Cai Gou just likes to take the wrong approach! Since it's an animation, let's watch it!"

"But let me remind you, since the game type is puzzle solving."

"Then everyone should pay attention to whether there are any puzzles in the animation!"

After Da Sima's explanation, the water friends seemed to understand.

Kong Ming’s trap, this is——

The person who came here is not kind!

The animation started, and the boy dragged his tired body back home. As soon as he opened the door, his girlfriend came forward to greet him enthusiastically. After the two walked into the living room, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the girl gave him a game console.

The boy excitedly ran to the game console and sat on the sofa, ready to try out the game. Unexpectedly, as soon as the girl walked to the living room and was about to close the door, a strange light came from the living room.

Confused and uneasy, the girl slowly walked into the living room, only to find that her boyfriend was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, the vision reappeared, and the bright white TV screen was like a bottomless pit that wanted to swallow everything.

The strong wind swept in like flying sand and rocks, sucking the girl into the TV.

After performing a solo entry into the atmosphere, the girl found herself entering the world of the game. After checking the game manual, she began a long challenge to find her boyfriend.

With repeated attempts, the girl's operation becomes more and more skillful. The talented girl has mastered many skills and quickly passed the first few levels with silky and smooth operation.

But all this was at the cost of death again and again, and the blood left by countless deaths had already dyed the organization brownish red.

She was impaled by spikes, bitten to death by monsters, trapped by hidden bricks, assassinated by traps, melted by lava, and never had a save point.

Every time she dies, the girl needs to start from scratch, but with hard work and talent, the girl gradually masters more advanced skills.

Finally, the girl came to the last level, a strange factory.

The difficulty of the game has skyrocketed, approaching the limit of human flesh. A large number of lasers and chainsaws are arranged like a spider web, and the girl has left countless blood here.

Finally the girl saw her boyfriend, but the blackened boyfriend launched a laser attack and she failed!

After each death, the girl comes to a room and is given two options.

If you choose yes, the game continues and the pain continues!

If no, maybe, you can go back home, return to the soft sofa, and escape from it all.

But having already met her boyfriend, she certainly would not choose to give up.

The girl was filled with tears and continued the game of choice without hesitation!

As the game continues, the difficulty skyrockets.

Fortunately, the girl finally made it to the last level, met her boyfriend, and prevented her boyfriend from turning evil.

But just as the two hugged each other, the boy was taken away by a beam of light. It turned out that the evil game console was secretly controlling everything.

Finally, the boss battle began, but the long-term and high-intensity operation caused the girl to make a mistake, just when everything was about to start again.

The boy woke up. He endured the pain and pulled out the pipes on his body. As the pipes were destroyed, the game system also had loopholes.

The girl resurrected on the spot. Seeing that her boyfriend was also trying to get out of trouble, the girl jumped up and rescued the boy.

As the evil game console turned into an infinitely expanding black hole, swallowing everything around it, the game map gradually collapsed, but with skillful skills, the two finally returned to the starting point.

The girl used the key found at the end of the level and successfully escaped from Ascension with the boy.

Although the house was in a mess when they returned home, luckily both of them returned safely.

At the end of the animation, the continuation screen after the death of the girl appears.

Until the settlement interface pops up at the last second——

[GAME OVER (game over)]

[FINAL SCORE-0 (final score-0)]

The animation ended and the live broadcast room was silent.

In these eight minutes, the most terrifying supernatural event in the history of live broadcast occurred——

Where have my eyes gone?
  Otherwise, why hasn't a puzzle been discovered from beginning to end?
  Isn't it a puzzle?
  Where's the mystery?

(End of this chapter)