When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay.

Chapter 408: Unsolved Mysteries after Unpacking
“Oh? There’s an unpacking video coming out so soon?

"These people are quite fast."

Gu Fan was indeed a little surprised.

In fact, any popular game will most likely be unpacked, it’s just a matter of how fast. For example, the previously popular game “Ascension” was also unpacked a month after its release, and a technical UP host specifically analyzed the specific mechanism of switching between the two worlds of this game.

But generally speaking, the more popular the game is, the faster it will be unpacked.

After all, there are only a few big-time players who are capable of unpacking the game, and the game has to be popular enough to enter their field of vision and make them willing to spend time and energy to do this.

But strictly speaking, the popularity of "Heartbeat Dreamland" is still a certain distance away from its soaring popularity at that time.

I didn't expect the unpacking video to come even faster.

Gu Fan looked at the UP host who posted the video. His name was "Dongshengjun". Judging from the content of his previous videos, he seemed to be a UP host who specialized in unpacking games.

Of course, strictly speaking from a legal perspective, unpacking game programs is actually an infringement. If the game manufacturer insists on pursuing the matter and the unpacking of the game program causes the leakage of certain commercial secrets, such as exposing the operating activities or update content of the next version in advance, it is possible to be sued.

But generally speaking, most game companies don’t pay much attention to this, and won’t actually sue the players who unpacked the game because of this.

If it is an online game, if players leak the next version of the big event by unpacking, it will indeed make the manufacturer a little annoyed. However, if it is a stand-alone game, even if it is unpacked, it often does not have any major destructive effect. Instead, it helps players better understand the game mechanism, or increase the popularity of the game in disguise.

Therefore, most stand-alone game manufacturers turn a blind eye to this unpacking behavior.

These UP hosts are also very smart. Most of the games they unpack are foreign games, especially stand-alone games. Even when they unpack some domestic mobile games and online games, they will deliberately avoid including content related to the next version in the video.

So in general, this type of unpacking video has always existed on the Internet and has a fairly fixed audience base.

To put it bluntly, many players still have this curiosity to get to the bottom of things, and for video creators, this is also a very unique ecological niche.

Just by looking at the release dates of these videos, Gu Fan keenly discovered a small problem.

Obviously, most of the game unpacking videos released by this UP host before were about three months to six months after the game was released.

Why choose this time point?
On the one hand, it is because UP hosts need to accumulate popularity so that after a period of time after the game is released, when players have completed the game or even become tired of playing it, watching the unpacking video will have a better effect and can also avoid spoilers; on the other hand, it is naturally to avoid legal risks as much as possible.

However, the unpacking video of the game "Heartbeat Dream" obviously does not conform to this time pattern and is much faster.

In fact, up to now, let alone the so-called "true ending", many players have not even reached the third stage of full favorability for the second female character, let alone full favorability for all characters in the game and unlocking all the illustrations.

Releasing the unpacking video under such circumstances is not in line with the UP owner's usual thinking in terms of timing.

However, this is only a small doubt and does not explain much. What if this UP host just likes "Heartbeat Dream" and did not think too much and directly unpacked it? This is not impossible.

Judging from the previous videos, this UP host named Dongshengjun should have a good technical level. He has unpacked some classic games from big manufacturers, and he even found ways to unpack some console games.

Many of the details after unpacking are also dug quite deep.

For such a technical expert, unpacking is not a particularly difficult task. The reason why it took three to six months to unpack was not a technical problem, but due to other considerations.

But no matter what, we still have to wait and see the subsequent developments to figure out why he is in a hurry to unpack "Heartbeat Dream" this time.

Zhou Yang clicked on the video and ate while watching it.

At this time, Gu Fan's cell phone rang twice. It was a message from the partner of the figure.

"Mr. Gu, if there are no problems, we can put the event promotion page up today, and then officially start production! We expect to be able to produce the product in bulk within this week."

Gu Fan took a look and found that the partner sent him a promotional page for the new Eleos figure.

Compared with the previous promotional pages, there have been significant changes, mainly in that the words "second generation" and "upgraded version" are marked with eye-catching elements. The gorgeousness of the promotional pages has also been significantly improved compared with the previous ones, with the use of more magnificent decorative elements.

But it's obvious that this is all a fraud.

In fact, the second-generation Elliot figurine is marked with "increase in price but not in quantity". While the price has been greatly increased, the contents inside have basically not changed.

The size, material, etc. have not been updated. Some elements have simply changed their colors and a charging port has been added.

For manufacturers, these changes are extremely simple, which is why they can be mass-produced and put on sale so quickly.

The promotional page is obviously intended to deliberately mislead players.

Players saw it and thought, wow, the price has increased so much? And judging from the changes on the promotional page, this must be a major upgrade!

The 399 figures are already like this, so the 699 ones must be very popular right?

The 399 figures were actually limited editions and have already been sold out. They were prepared to coincide with the release of the game "Doki Doki Dreamland". In fact, each figure was sold at a loss, just to scare players and collect negative emotions.

Later, when players wanted to buy it, it was sold out.

On second-hand trading websites, the price of this crappy thing can easily be driven up to thousands of yuan, and it is very difficult to buy because of its good quality, small quantity and out-of-print.

For this upgraded version priced at 699, even though many players may realize that it will be supplied in unlimited quantities and will not become an absolute financial product like the first edition, out of inertia, many people will still rush to buy it in the first batch.

And the trap of this figurine is obviously prepared for these people.

Gu Fan immediately replied: "No problem, send it!"

He then sent a message to the relevant personnel in the company, asking them to cooperate in the promotional activities and comprehensively update the promotional materials of the previous generation of figures.

Then, Gu Fan put away his phone and continued watching the unpacking video of "Heartbeat Dream".

At this point, about a third of the video had passed, but Gu Fan watched it in a disjointed manner, and there was nothing particularly exciting in the beginning.

It’s still the same as most of the unpacking videos.

For example, the UP host analyzed in detail how the face-changing was achieved in Alvette Beach, the model details of these characters, and the switching mechanism between the love content and horror content in the game, etc.

Basically, these are the contents that have been discussed by players before, but with more details.

But soon, as the video entered the latter part, the unpacked content became more and more exciting.

Especially this so-called "true ending".

“However, dear viewers, the UP host also discovered some unsolved mysteries during the unpacking process. For example, the ‘GM panel’ in this ‘true ending’.

“We all know that through the AI ​​breeding method, we can train Elliot to become a true savior, and then use her authority to activate the GM panel and directly adjust various parameters in the game.

“Many players see this as mercy from the authorities, just like the unlimited rocket launchers given after clearing certain horror games, which allows players to feel free to enjoy themselves after suffering, and to fully experience their favorite game content in the later stages.

“I thought so before, but after unpacking it, I was confused.

“Because I really didn’t find any interface in the game to call this GM panel!
“And the name of this panel in the editor is ‘GM Tools for Testing’. If you look closely, you’ll find that the art resources for this interface seem to be made-up, with a lot of stretching and rough edges…

“So, how exactly is this GM panel called into the game? I still don’t understand this.

“That’s why I wrote on the cover of the video: The true ending doesn’t seem to exist in the game code? This is a suspicion, a guess. I don’t know how Anti-Heaven called this panel and put it into the true ending of the game.”

In order to prevent players from not understanding, UP host Dongshengjun also explained some professional knowledge. For example, the name of the panel in the editor is arbitrarily chosen by the developer in the editor. It is just for the convenience of memory and will not be displayed in the game. It can only be seen after unpacking. For example, the art resources of the serious interface should have special UI art to adjust. If it is a formal resource, there is no reason for stretching, rough edges and other phenomena. For an experienced game company, this is a very unprofessional performance.

It was basically the same as what Gu Fan had originally told Lilith.

Dongshengjun didn't explain in detail how the panel was used and how many endings related to fake-AI were achieved. It's not that he didn't want to say it, but that he really didn't know.

These contents are directly related to fake-AI, and the situation is very complicated. After all, Dongshengjun has only had a short time to unpack the data, so it is normal that he cannot research these contents.

Even for top programmers, it would take at least three to five days to study these problems thoroughly.

Soon, the video was over.

But it’s different from the previous unpacking videos. In the previous videos, the audience felt that they understood after watching them, but after watching this video, the audience felt even more confused!
There are more doubts!
As the number of video views increased rapidly, players' questions in the comment section also continued to accumulate.

"What? This GM panel doesn't actually have any code to call, how is that possible!"

"I don't quite understand. Does this mean that the GM panel is actually just a game testing tool for developers? It's not an official game content?"

"That can't be possible. I read the analysis on Shaowan Games Network before. The emergence of this true ending is reasonable. In fact, without this true ending, the game would be incomplete!"

"It's not designed? I don't believe it! Could it be that the God of Code has appeared? Did the code generate a true ending on its own?"

"Outrageous! Could it be that this is a gimmick deliberately created by the UP host?"

Obviously, the many "weird ideas" in the video are difficult for most players to accept at first.

After all, this kind of thing sounds a bit far-fetched.

But in this matter, ordinary players have little say. Whether it is in the code or not, it still depends on the programming experts who unpack the package, study the code line by line and let the facts speak for themselves.

This video quickly took advantage of the popularity accumulated by "Heartbeat Dream" and had a far-reaching impact.

Players quickly began their own research!
Some of them discussed on forums, some shared their new discoveries on video sites. In short, everyone had only one goal, which was to figure out how this GM panel was actually used!

Including how this true ending was achieved.

Which part of this was written by the production staff of Against the Heaven, and which part appeared by accident.

If nothing unexpected happens, this debate will last for a long time, as short as three days or as long as a week.

Zhou Yang was stunned: "Boss Gu, this... the players are actually analyzing it seriously!"

In fact, during the development of "Heartbeat Dream", Zhou Yang had private discussions with Gu Fan.

At first, Zhou Yang was not sure how the true ending of "Heartbeat Dream" would be achieved.

If we use code to achieve this true ending, it will obviously be much easier and the workload will be greatly reduced.

But if you want to use AI to achieve this outcome without anyone noticing, it will be much more troublesome and risky.

Zhou Yang initially preferred to use part of the code to assist in achieving this. After all, Li would not necessarily delve into it, right? Moreover, Li did not understand the code, so it should not be difficult to fool her.

But Gu Fan insisted again and again that he must use AI to achieve this without anyone noticing, and must not leave any evidence in the code.

As for how to achieve it using AI?

Obviously, it is only through repeated training in the early stages that the AI ​​will most likely adopt the same approach when encountering specific situations.

The advantage of this is that fake-AI itself is a black box. It is composed of a large amount of code and decision-making. It is easy to adjust a result, but it is difficult to figure out why it does so.

Just like the top AI playing Go, you only know that the move it makes is the optimal solution, but you can't explain clearly why it is the optimal solution.

You can only memorize it.

Any attempt to crack the AI's thinking behavior is doomed to fail. Even the best programmers cannot do it.

Obviously, Gu Fan used this method to seal the deeper ending of the game in the black box of AI, without leaving any trace of evidence.

Even the fake-AI development team themselves couldn't find any flaws.

Zhou Yang couldn't help but be surprised and asked: "Boss Gu, did you predict from the beginning..."

Gu Fan shook his head: "No, I just want to be safe."

Is it possible that Lilith was simply fooled and did not conduct further investigation? Of course, this is possible.

Is it possible for players not to unpack the game and delve into how to reach the true ending?

But Gu Fan had to consider the possibility that Lilith and the players were exploring in depth, and put in more effort and take more detours during development to nip this danger in the bud.

For now, it seems that safety belongs to those who are prepared.

Gu Fan doesn't need to continue to pay close attention to this matter for the time being, because they probably won't be able to find any flaws.

After all, these UP hosts who unpacked the software were just doing it for fun, but Gu Fan was risking his life and property.

What's that saying? Never use your hobbies to challenge other people's jobs, not to mention that Gu Fan's job is not just a job.

……

Soon, as the second batch of Elios figures officially started pre-sale, discussions among players online also increased rapidly.

Although there are many doubts on the promotional page, this obviously cannot dampen the enthusiasm of the players.

Most players have only one attitude: buy! Just buy it!
Although some players raised questions, these questions did not attract much attention from players due to the high consumer enthusiasm.

"There aren't any renderings for this second batch of figures?"

"There's none in the first batch either, they're all blind boxes. Anyway, no matter which way it is, it shouldn't be too bad."

"Yes, judging from the first batch of figures, it's just the different poses. All three poses are beautiful and have their own merits. There's no big difference."

"What if you want to collect all three?"

"Are you dreaming? It's good enough to grab one, but you want to grab three? Why don't you go to heaven?"

“Why is the price so much higher!”

"It's okay. In fact, the first generation was originally sold at a loss. This time the price has been upgraded, and the figures should also be upgraded."

"Is it a bigger size or a more exquisite design? At least they should change a few sets of clothes, right? There is nothing written on this promotional page, which is really frustrating."

"It's okay. Judging from the situation of the first generation, it's definitely not a bad idea to buy in without thinking. The cheap money is considered as mental damage compensation given by Ni Tian Tang."

"Place your order, or it will be gone if you are slow!"

"I have a vague feeling that the second batch of figures will not be as good as the first batch, but it doesn't matter. As long as they are slightly modified and the size is a little bigger, the price is still worth it!"

Players spread the word quickly, and the first batch of stock sold out at lightning speed.

The first batch will be officially shipped in five days. The manufacturer will continue production during this period. If you miss this batch, you will have to wait for the schedule later.

(End of this chapter)