This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 299 - 195: Super Cool Engine Features 2

Chen Ba might be full of nonsense, but he did say one true thing, which is that the Tianba Engine has no replacement for many independent game developers!

Independent game developers are usually small teams of one or a few people. Where can they find an engine as convenient and efficient as the Tianba Engine to develop a game?

For this reason.

Although Huang Wenjun had a terrible first experience, he is still willing to trust Ba, and believe in the future 2.0 version.

To this end, he even recommended the Tianba Engine to other friends he knows, who are all independent game developers...

"Don’t worry, the sky won’t fall!"

Regarding Huang Qing and Yang Dong and others who worry all day whether the Tianba Engine will become unusable, Chen Ba thinks they are overthinking.

Everything has two sides.

One cannot only look at the bad side nor only look at the good side, but must combine them to make the most fair judgment.

Is the Tianba Engine terrible?

If you look at the game "Kuafu Legend" alone, it’s indeed terrible. After all, the game is poorly made, plus it reveals such bizarre abstract engine characteristics, which naturally scares whoever sees it.

But if you thus conclude that the Tianba Engine is unusable or not good, then that’s too one-sided.

It’s still that saying!

Independent game developers like Huang Wenjun, once they experience the Tianba Engine even once, they find it difficult to abandon using it.

"Why?"

Lu scratched his head and asked, "Our engine has features, and these features lead to various strange bugs in games. Aren’t they worried?"

"Worried indeed!"

"But being worried doesn’t stop them from continuing to use the Tianba Engine."

Chen Ba explained, "Because the ease of use of the Tianba Engine is enough for them to ignore this flaw or risk."

Typical case of benefits outweighing drawbacks!

In fact, Chen Ba himself has the same mentality. When developing a new game, doesn’t he worry about the bugs that might appear in the new game?

He certainly worries!

But if because of this concern, he completely abandons the Iron Fool System and independently develops a game, that’s unrealistic.

As long as benefits outweigh drawbacks, it is acceptable, and the troubles caused by the Iron Fool System have been numerous. As long as the advantages outweigh the troubles, Chen Ba won’t stop because of minor issues.

The Tianba Engine is as such.

The saying of next-generation AI engine might be a bit exaggerated, but compared to other competitors’ engines on the market, the Tianba Engine is exceedingly convenient and efficient.

This advantage currently has no better replacement.

So many independent game developers, knowing Ba has ulterior motives and his engine has major flaws, will still use it.

Moreover, haven’t you heard Ba say?

This is only the 1.0 version of the Tianba Engine, in the future there will be 2.0, 3.0 versions! Life is bound to keep getting better...

"That’s true!"

Huang Qing analyzed seriously, "A sufficiently powerful and convenient game engine is indeed very tempting."

Even if this engine has a feature that makes one laugh and cry, it doesn’t matter.

Ease of use is king!

As for developing games with this engine, will there be problems, or will it follow the old path of "Kuafu Legend"? Seems acceptable too?

After all, everyone is not blind...

Before the Bug appeared in "Kuafu Legend," the popularity was quite low, and the number of discussions and game sales were not high.

But ever since "Kuafu Chasing the Sun" turned into "Sun Chasing Kuafu," the game’s popularity clearly increased a lot, and sales nearly doubled.

If this kind of game bug caused by engine features can be accepted, everyone indeed can accept it.

"Then here comes the question!"

"Do we need to eliminate this engine feature in the Tianba Engine 1.1 version update?"

"No need!"

Chen Ba rolled his eyes.

Lu really dares to speak! Eliminate engine features, if he could eliminate this feature, "Cold Window Study Simulator" wouldn’t have turned into "Cow Herding Simulator."

Such things, don’t even think about it.

At least he doesn’t have the ability, and besides him, others in the studio can’t even understand the core code, so it’s even more impossible.

"Right, President Chen!"

Yang Dong seemed to have thought of something and raised his eyebrow and said, "Does ’Global Evolution’ have an accompanying DLC?"

"Yes, what’s up?"

Even "Speeding Frenzy" had accompanying DLC back then; if the 3A game "Global Evolution" didn’t have accompanying DLC, it would be unusual.

The content of the DLC is very simple.

Adds a map, equivalent to a different space, and on this new map, there are many contents not included in the main game, such as new bosses and new side stories, etc.

Chen Ba was curious, why did Yang Dong mention this out of the blue? Is there a problem with this DLC?

"No issue with the DLC, but there’s a problem combining DLC with the main game!"

Yang Dong explained, "The environment of the main game is already very harsh. The number of players who evolved into bosses is twice that of ordinary players."

These players who evolved into bosses take the greatest pleasure in tormenting normal players.

Where can normal players endure that?

Unless they don’t push the storyline or go out in the wilderness, but once they push the storyline and head into the wilderness, they can’t escape the clutches.

Until someone found out that the new DLC map could act as a refuge, then normal players were relieved.

As long as they enter the DLC new map, these players who evolved into storyline boss characters can’t get in, nor can they threaten normal players.

Normal players can silently develop in this map and build up strength, then return to the normal large world map, and show these evolved boss players the terrifying force of "crushing with numbers."

Boss players are very dissatisfied!

What? Normal players bought the DLC, and boss players did too!

Everyone bought the DLC; why can the human form enter the new map but evolved storyline bosses can’t enter?

"But they are bosses after all!"

Chen Ba furrowed his brow and said, "Ordinary wild bosses are one thing, but storyline bosses can’t just roam around freely, otherwise it would be chaos!"

After evolving into a storyline boss, players lose a certain degree of freedom.

Normally, they can go wherever they want.

As long as they don’t interact with other players, even in boss form, they can roam everywhere.

But when other players need to pass the storyline and the boss must appear, players who evolved into bosses are forcibly teleported back to the boss battle scene.

This is also where boss players are dissatisfied.

They feel this "fixed scene" mechanism is too rigid!

Why must the battle location be restricted to one special scene? Can’t they change location? Choose a battle location themselves?

"Our boss lives matter too, we need protection! We cannot be shackled and imprisoned, we want freedom..."

The inability to enter the DLC map is just a fuse, and soon innumerable boss players will protest, demanding Tianba Studio to lift restrictions on storyline bosses.

In the future, it won’t be players needing to find bosses for the storyline, bosses can also actively seek out players; true love is one that reciprocates!

"Reciprocating love..."

Learning these players’ demands, Chen Ba twitched his mouth, "Are you sure this is reciprocated love, and not one-sided pursuit?"

Give normal players some room to live!

The game environment was already harsh, treading on thin ice daily, if storyline bosses could actively come to them, what’s left to play?

Might as well surrender!

But on the other hand, because there are too many boss players and too few normal players, many boss players indeed are a bit bored; they need something to do.

What if there aren’t enough players to hunt?

Isn’t there a bunch of NPCs in the game! Since they’ve evolved into fierce beast bosses, players standing with the fierce beast camp to hunt NPCs is quite reasonable, right?

"In the future, these boss players will have tasks beyond obstructing other players’ storyline; they must also face various NPC challenges."

Chen Ba explained, "In other words, the boss you can’t defeat or the storyline you can’t pass can have NPC allies."

This way, boss players won’t lack opponents, and normal players can pass the storyline, after all, you can’t defeat them but can call for NPC assistance, who’s afraid of who?"