Game Development: Start by Driving Crazy Players

Chapter 14

　　"FlappyBird" has been released for more than half a month, and its simple and self-abusing gameplay has caused countless players to crash.

　　The game is on fire, the players are angry, and the designers are about to get cold.

　　Countless players who have been fooled into the pit have begun to search for the designer who designed this devil game, and want to add a Buff that fans care about in person!

　　Fortunately, although the "FlappyBird" game is very popular at this time, Fang Zheng, as a game designer who has just debuted, only has this one work, and his reputation in the industry can be said to be small.

　　Therefore, most players do not know Fangzheng's identity, nor Fangzheng's Weibo.

　　Otherwise, Fangzheng might not want to sleep well in the past few days. Every time he closes his eyes, he sees countless players walking towards him with grinning smiles, which makes him feel terrifying.

　　The popularity of "FlappyBird" is not only on the live broadcast platform, but some video platforms have more videos about "FlappyBird".

　　Some people edited the crash moments of the major anchors playing "FlappyBird", among which the big anchors such as Dainiaomei and Saozhu are the most.

　　The little girl who stayed broke down and cried, and Sao Pig broke down and smashed the computer, which once caused chaos in the live broadcast room.

　　After the major anchors have played "FlappyBird", the loveless expression has become a source of joy for the majority of players.

　　Is there anything happier than seeing others suffer?

　　The answer is no!

　　In addition to these videos of players crashing, there are many high-level players who have learned about the gameplay of "FlappyBird".

　　Someone even calculated the rise and fall speed of the game "FlappyBird", the sausage-billed bird that countless players love and hate.

　　Use a ruler to measure the length of the obstacle and the width of the gap, how many milliseconds the mouse clicks to safely pass through the gap, etc...

　　After some showy operation, countless players were amazed.

　　Gao Wan is worthy of Gao Wan, it is this dedicated professionalism that makes them feel ashamed.

　　And these popular science strategy videos also made many players understand the importance of learning, especially mathematics and physics.

　　Even some teachers who teach these subjects say their students have become studious, often asking them questions about speed and formulas.

　　Other teachers are full of complaints, complaining that students are not secretly studying physics or mathematics in their classes, and even wonder if the teachers of these two subjects leave too much homework.

　　How else would they learn physics and math in their classes?

　　The explosion of "FlappyBird" has made countless people marvel at the resilience of this group of players.

　　In all fairness, if you are asked to do an extremely self-abusing thing, I am afraid most of them will not be able to stick to it.

　　But the players did it, not only did it, but also enjoyed it.

　　Self-abuse is a process, and a sense of achievement is the result. The unyielding and unyielding character displayed by the players shocked many people.

　　On the other hand, Fang Zheng didn't pay much attention to things on the Internet, because he finally received his first profit from game sales.

　　Carrying a huge sum of more than ten million yuan, Fang Zheng felt that he was hardened instantly.

　　The waist is no longer sore, the legs are no longer sore, and the whole person is full of energy.

　　With sales of more than [-] million, excluding the commission from the Fantasy World game platform, it is initially estimated that nearly [-] million copies of his games have been sold!

　　This is definitely a breakthrough data for novice designers!

　　Fang Zheng, who received the huge sum of money, certainly wouldn't feel wronged, he just changed his residence and left the small rental house before.

　　He originally planned to buy a house by himself, but after inquiring about the price of the magic capital, Fang Zheng realized that he had [-] million, and he was still a poor ghost!

　　Helpless, Fang Zheng could only temporarily give up this idea and set a small goal for himself.

　　Earn it a villa first!

　　Feeling his own poverty, Fangzheng urgently needs to open up sources of funds.

　　Reminiscent of the previous complaints from Xiaomei who complained that the game "FlappyBird" could not be connected online, Fangzheng upgraded "FlappyBird".

　　The upgrade is very simple, just adding the function of ranking and networking.

　　By adding this function, the mobile terminal and the PC terminal can realize data exchange, and also allow players to see more clearly what their score is at.

　　Moreover, Fangzheng added an advertising space after the game 'gameover'.

　　This ad slot will only appear with the words 'gameover' after the bird controlled by the player dies, and will not affect the player's game experience.

　　But for Founder, this advertising space is a huge source of income.

　　Although no one has come to him to discuss advertising cooperation.

　　"Ding Lingling~Ding Lingling~"

　　Fang Zheng had just finished his work when the phone rang.

　　Fang Zheng was a little puzzled. He didn't have any friends in this world. He was alone. Who would call him?

　　"Hello, who is it?"

　　"Hello, is this Mr. Fang?"

　　The person on the other end of the phone was a little girl who spoke very clearly. Fang Zheng's mouth twitched when he heard the other party's words.

　　"I'm sorry you made a mistake. My surname is Fang, but I'm not called Mr.

　　"..."

　　There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, it is estimated that the other party is already in a mess~

　　"That's right, is this phone number left on the platform?"

　　On the other end of the phone, there was a small mumble, a little suspicious and suspicious.

　　"Excuse me, are you Mr. Fang Zhengfang, the game designer who designed "FlappyBird"? I'm the customer service of the fantasy game platform."

　　Hearing the other party's voice was a little lacking in confidence, Fang Zheng didn't intend to tease the other party, and directly admitted it.

　　"I'm Fang Zheng, the designer of FlappyBird."

　　Call ~

　　A long sigh of relief came from the receiver, and then the customer service girl on the other side expressed her intention.

　　"That's it, Mr. Fang. First of all, congratulations to your work "FlappyBird" for winning the monthly sales champion on this platform, and breaking the sales record of D-level game designer works on this platform."

　　"Secondly, this platform intends to invite you to the award ceremony, and there will be an interview with the game after that. I wonder if Mr. Fang has time?"

　　Awards ceremony?

　　Interview?

　　Fang Zheng frowned slightly. He was not very interested in the award ceremony, but he was looking forward to the interview with the game situation.

　　I can just take this opportunity to promote my second work, the 'inspirational' "Overcoming Difficulties with Bennett Foddy".

　　"What about the time?"

　　"The time is set for July [-], Sunday, what does Mr. Fang mean?"

　　"Okay, I'll be there on time."

　　Fangzheng communicated with the customer service of the other party for a while, and declined the kindness of the other party to send a car to pick him up.

　　As a game designer on his way to death, he felt compelled to keep his private address a secret.

　　PS: I beg the big guys for more support, please! ! ! ! .

Chapter 15

　　Poke the day, stay in the little sister live broadcast room.

　　"Old woman, "FlappyBird" is online now!"

　　"Dog Designer has added networking features, you can see the ranking!"

　　"Let's do it, let's do it, this one will be the first?!"

　　"Come on, old woman, we are optimistic about you!"

　　The atmosphere in the live broadcast room of the little sister today is a bit abnormal.

　　According to past experience, she just started the live broadcast, fans should be fighting landlords and madly throwing 'right A', why is no one taking the opportunity to ridicule her today? !

　　Duan Xiaomei was a little suspicious, she looked at the barrage, and then she understood what was going on.

　　"FlappyBird updated? Added networking features?"

　　Duan Xiaomei was a little dumbfounded. She complained about such a 'fun' game the other day, but she couldn't connect to the Internet or watch the rankings. As a result, you told me to update it today? !

　　"Brothers, are you saying that the dog designer is spying on our screen?!"

　　This is the first result that Dian Xiaomei thought of, otherwise, why not update it sooner or later, but wait for her to finish complaining and update it?

　　It's too coincidental~

　　To be honest, Xiaomei thinks "FlappyBird" is indeed a good game.

　　Although it is more abusive, it is easier for players to crash.

　　But it is undeniable that its playability is still very high, otherwise there will not be so many players who are obviously very resistant, but they just can't resist the desire to open the game by themselves.

　　It is more appropriate to say that the player is dying.

　　However, as a game demo anchor, Xiaomei has played a lot of games.

　　She saw the shortcomings of the game "FlappyBird" at a glance.

　　That is not to be connected to the Internet!

　　Players have a mentality of comparison. If you can't take advantage of this mentality of players, even the best game will have a boring day.

　　That's why Dian Xiaomei said something like that when she was broadcasting live.

　　Everyone knows the difficulty of FlappyBird. If a network ranking function is added, it will definitely inspire the fighting spirit of many players.

　　From Xiaomei's point of view, this update of "FlappyBird" is definitely just right.