This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 36: Wind Spirit Moon Shadow, Activate!
The new update content has triggered countless player complaints.
Especially the brand new map "Non-owners not allowed inside" and the hidden mission "Non-owners cannot claim", it was simply explosive.
Now there’s no choice but to buy a house!
A post from a player in the community perfectly captured the feelings of countless people, making everyone both cry and laugh.
"In reality, without a house, I can’t get a wife, and I seek some solace in the game. Now it’s worse, without a house in the game, I’m not even qualified to take a mission. Boohoo, I’m such a loser..."
Who understands this, folks?
Getting looked down on during a blind date for not having a house or car is one thing, but to be stopped by a snobbish security guard in a game and not allowed into the community because I’m not a homeowner?
This game is way too real!
Other games try every way to immerse players, letting them experience the unlimited beauty of the virtual world so they’ll willingly hand over money.
Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator, on the other hand, mirrors how reality treats you, focusing on pure realism!
It even synchronizes mortgage rates, shared areas, and property management fees with reality; I’m literally crying to death...
The new version brought about a collective wail from the players.
Just when Chen Ba thought that the unique mechanism of the new version might deter many players who don’t have time to grind, to his surprise, someone used Wind Spirit Moon Shadow directly!
This had him completely baffled.
When a player using a modification tool showed off a hundred property certificates in their backpack on the forum, not only was he stunned, but other players were also overwhelmed.
Bro! Share the modification tool!
With this gadget, who’s going to wash dishes in a restaurant anymore? Can washing dishes make money as fast as this thing?
"Should we delete this post?"
While using modification tools in single-player games doesn’t affect other players, it still falls under the category of cheating.
However, not many game companies care about this stuff.
After all, single-player isn’t an online game. As long as the player has paid, they can modify it as they like, and it won’t affect the game’s revenue.
"Forget it, let them be."
Chen Ba shook his head, stopping Zhang Xiaojun from deleting the post and banning the user.
Single-player games in this regard don’t really care, and players are relatively free, with even official support for cloud saves to prevent loss of modified saves.
As long as it’s not promoting cracked versions, or posting harmful content or links, there’s no need to worry about this kind of post.
Speaking of game cracking, Chen Ba wasn’t too worried about it.
On one hand, cracking games is illegal, and Tianba Studio would use legal tools to protect its intellectual property.
On the other hand, most critically, cracking Tianba Studio’s games isn’t your everyday challenge!
Using a modification tool to tweak some game currency is standard practice, but trying to access core encrypted content, you better prepare a thick pillow.
The system has anti-leak countermeasures.
The core code, that string of incomprehensible mysterious symbols, can only be seen by Chen Ba, the host, on the system’s main interface.
Others only see the "fake" code cleverly disguised by the system.
The fake code is highly deceptive!
Even Yang Dong was fooled by it once, thinking it was real code, ran tests on it, only to find it couldn’t function.
If a technical genius did try to crack a Tianba Studio game, they could probably succeed.
But whether the cracked version would play, that’s another question.
Maybe it can, maybe it can’t?
Anyway, since Cold Window Study Simulator was released, Chen Ba hasn’t found any relevant cracked version online.
Whether anyone has attempted it, he doesn’t know, but even if they did, they probably gave up after trying.
...
January 13th, the first day of the twelfth lunar month.
It’s been half a month since Tianba Studio moved near the food court.
In this half-month, Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator had a major version update, deeply "loved" by the majority of players!
Meanwhile, Cold Window Study Simulator, after half a year of sales, has cumulatively sold over 700,000 copies across all platforms, becoming the studio’s best-selling game in history.
Chen Ba couldn’t stop smiling.
With these two games, he not only gained fame and fortune but also won an award for Best Independent Game Producer a few days ago.
The first time is always unforgettable.
Although this award is low in prestige and not widely known, many people don’t think much of it, especially big companies like Tencent and Pig Factory that don’t even bother attending.
But this is, after all, the first trophy and certificate Chen Ba received.
He got a carpenter to make an honor display cabinet in the office and solemnly placed the trophy and certificate inside.
"This is the first award Tianba Studio has received, but it will definitely not be the last! I hope in the future our trophies and certificates can fill an entire wall..."
"That might be a bit difficult!"
Lu said pessimistically, "Ba, when you got the cabinet made, why didn’t you make it smaller?"
Is such a big cabinet really necessary?
The carpenter was speechless when leaving! A display cabinet that big, and you only put one trophy in it? All the other slots are empty?
"No worries!"
"If the trophies and certificates don’t fill it, we’ll just put some figures and models in there instead."
Chen Ba didn’t regret it at all. An honor display cabinet, who fills it up at the start?
Making it bigger also shows the studio’s ambition!
Besides, how much does a custom wood cabinet cost? Just cut Lu’s salary by a month, and the cabinet’s cost is saved!
Lu Jing: "..."
Between their chatting and laughter, there was a knock on the door outside.
When Yang Dong opened the door and brought the person in, Chen Ba realized it was a fresh applicant for the game client development engineer position.
The new guy’s surname was Zhong, graduated five years ago.
His hometown is around Lin’an, but his parents moved to open a store in Jiangning, so he followed them and wanted to find a job locally in Jiangning.
The resume was solid.
Both Chen Ba and Yang Dong chatted with him for a bit and determined he wasn’t a total loss, so the interview basically passed.
The whole process was quite casual.
But that’s normal. The applicant has five years of experience in the gaming industry, robust technical skills, and graduated from a prestigious school, there wasn’t much to criticize.
If anything, the only tough part was the salary negotiation.
He used to work at a mobile gaming company, and in a city like Lin’an, his salary plus bonuses was at least 25K monthly.
This package was beyond what Tianba Studio could offer.
Chen Ba ultimately settled at 22K and wouldn’t budge, stating this was the salary ceiling that the studio could afford.
Lucky for him he had five years of experience; if he was a fresh grad, Chen Ba wouldn’t even consider raising the offer.
"As you can see, we are a new team."
"A new team means unlimited potential. Other benefits may not currently match the big companies, but this is Jiangning!"
When Chen Ba reminded him that this was not Lin’an or Zhonghai but Jiangning, Zhong considered it carefully and finally accepted Ba’s generous offer.
