This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature

Chapter 492 - 299: What’s Wrong with Me Running a Bit Faster? (2)

Why?

Obviously, compared to the Dream Building Engine, while the Tianba Engine is easy to use, it’s just too unstable!

Do you like my bug generator?

Quite a few developers, after using the Tianba Engine, have encountered "unknown" bugs in their games and struggled to find the cause for ages.

With a lack of stability and reliability, an engine that could potentially plant hidden dangers in your game at any time is only embraced by independent game developers, who even love it dearly.

Big companies won’t even glance at the Tianba Engine, always thinking it’s "Chen Ba’s conspiracy," because which engine can create so many game bugs?

"Sigh!"

With a little sigh, Chen Ba said, "I’ll try the engine update later, but let’s not talk about it now. For ’Abab’s True Story,’ make arrangements for that first."

"Start now?"

Yang Dong was a bit surprised, if he remembered correctly, the original release date for ’Abab’s True Story’ was next month, right?

If the game is expected to be released next month, can those gaming industry media and producers play it if given the Cdkey now?

"They can play!"

Chen Ba replied without hesitation, "The servers have long been set up, and for the client, we can make a special download link."

The reason for gifting it to media people and producers a month in advance instead of waiting for the game to officially release is due to a "timing" factor.

The Game Awards, or TGA, is soon entering the nomination evaluation phase.

If we don’t quickly send the game out, it definitely won’t make next year’s TGA evaluation and will have to wait till the following year, competing for the award then.

Originally, this isn’t a big deal.

Pushing it back a year is pushing it back a year, is there much of a difference between next year’s nomination and the year after?

Turns out, there really is!

Chen Ba found out that next year’s TGA likely won’t feature heavy-hitting AAA games like ’Baldur’s Gate’ or ’Elden Ring,’ making it a "low" year for awards.

However, the following year will be more tricky.

If nothing unexpected happens, there will be several sequels of well-known AAA games released the following year, including top IPs like ’Elden Ring,’ ’Assassin’s Creed,’ ’Sekiro,’ and ’God of War.’

Most importantly, the following year will likely see the sequel of "that game," which R Star confidently claims the folder for ’GTA7’ has been created...

Precisely for this reason, Chen Ba doesn’t want to, due to the release time, attend the following year’s TGA when he could possibly attend next year’s.

The difference of one year is huge.

If selected for next year’s TGA, Chen Ba is fully confident in winning the "Game of the Year" award; after all, other games are no match for ’Abab’s True Story.’

But if unexpectedly selected for the year after’s TGA, then ’Abab’s True Story,’ despite having a thematic advantage, is likely to face a fierce battle, considering the similarly nominated games are tough competitors!

...

Los Santos, Game Detective editorial office.

Game Detective website was established in 1997, initially as a gaming community for sharing purposes. The founder, Roy Clift, collected numerous game materials and guides for free sharing with other interested players.

Later, the website grew larger and its business extended beyond simple game content sharing, gradually evolving into a highly professional gaming media.

The site has its own news editorial team, responsible for collecting the latest information and reports from the gaming industry, posting them on the site for all players to browse and reference.

Peter is one of the editors.

He manages the section and reporting content for "Asian Games," and his professional writing and commentary have a strong influence among console players.

Today, Peter was preparing, as usual, to first brew himself a fragrant cup of coffee before starting his day’s work.

But while brewing his coffee, the editor-in-chief called him over.

"A new game?"

Placing his coffee on the desk, Peter opened his computer, receiving and reviewing the emailed content forwarded by the editor-in-chief.

Cool!

Tianba Game, he knows this company so well because he is a faithful console player of ’Speeding Frenzy,’ even having spent thousands of dollars in the game.

"Let me see what incredible game they’ve come up with this time!"

As he clicked the download link, Peter’s heart was filled with anticipation.

Just now the editor-in-chief told him, even if the game is quite ordinary, it’s better not to criticize too much because it’s a charitable game, and the developer is also a good friend of the Game Detective website.

High emotional intelligence: No picking faults!

Low emotional intelligence: We’ve received benefits, they’re our good buddies now!

Peter naturally understood what the editor-in-chief meant, but understanding is one thing; if the game is truly bad, he probably won’t hold back, and while writing, he would certainly criticize it harshly.

But speaking of it...

Upon learning that the game developer is Tianba Game and that the game’s name closely resembles a certain movie, Peter was already quite eager to see what the game looks like.

’Abab’s True Story’?

Honestly, the name isn’t particularly extraordinary. Translated into English, it even carries slight mistakes in meaning.

But that’s not important because aside from the name, there’s also a brief introduction to the game’s storyline content.

"The protagonist is..."

The office’s internet speed was fast, and soon Peter had downloaded the ’Abab’s True Story’ client.

After logging in with the "special" account sent by Tianba Studio, he was quickly bewildered by the game’s initial page.

Other games, the initial page either asks for a nickname or face customization or personalized settings...

But ’Abab’s True Story’ is different.

The options available to players only include "gender," face customization does not exist, neither does naming!

Perhaps in multiplayer mode, players can choose their own name or customize their face, but in the normal single-player storyline mode, these are not selectable.

Certainly, this is not the focus.

Players who like single-player don’t care much about this anyway, because online games have far more face customization and personalization needs, playing single-player customization isn’t important.

The focus is, after choosing the gender, players enter a brand new stage, which is also the key step in deciding how the game’s storyline and plot develop: randomly acquiring bodily defects!

Players start with three dice.

If dissatisfied with the randomly generated bodily defect, players can use the dice to refresh or replace it.

Peter randomly generated the bodily defect "blindness," meaning blind Abab!

He didn’t use the dice to refresh or reset but entered the game full of curiosity, eager to find out how the game would simulate the "blind" experience for him?

Soon, he found out.

The initially 4K HD display screen suddenly turned into "prehistoric quality," and after entering the game, aside from the "Settings," "Help," and other functional buttons being clear, no details were visible on the screen; only a vague light could be seen before his eyes.

Peter: "???"

What are the producers playing at, making the game screen like this, how is he supposed to play the game?

So...

He can’t see anything now, how does he play? Does this game not have a newbie tutorial?

Oh, turns out there is!

Following the newbie tutorial’s guidance, Peter obtained a white cane and a guide dog, roughly understanding how to use the cane specifically.

In other words, this is his eyes now.

And then?

After the game provided the cane and guide dog, no new changes occurred, leaving Peter bewildered, not knowing what he should do next.

Press the O key to stand up, press it again to sit down...

Standing up enables movement, pressing the directional keys with feedback from the cane and guide dog can roughly gather some information.

But this is too troublesome!

Peter feels these aids are useless; although he sees nothing on the blurry screen, the protagonist doesn’t have to move so cautiously, right?

This slow pace is pointless; the legs aren’t broken, can’t he run faster?

Splash!

"You fell into the river and drowned..."