Chapter 30: One Day After Launch, The Players' Reactions!

After reviewing the first day's revenue stream, Qin Qin Xiaoyu did not rush to clock off; instead, he intended to visit the official website to see the players' feedback on the game.

The server had been open for nearly twelve hours, and the first batch of players to enter and experience the game should have gained a certain level of understanding of it.

Thinking this, he walked straight back to his computer, opened the game's official website, and then silently began reading the players' comments.

Emmm...

There were many positive reviews; most players praised the well-crafted storyline, exquisite graphics, and wonderful music and character models.

To summarize in a few words, it was a rare good game.

Of course.

Where there are positive reviews, there are naturally negative ones; for instance, quite a few people criticized the game Genshin Impact, claiming it could not be considered a domestic game.

All the characters inside were images of foreigners, a typical case of worshipping foreign things and despising one's own.

Even more irate Zuan brothers had already grabbed their keyboards and started furiously blasting the game's creative team, calling them traitorous dogs helping foreigners with cultural invasion.

Upon reading such remarks, Cai Qiu and Chen Wei were so angry their faces turned green; just as they were about to grab their keyboards and retort, they were stopped by Qin Qin Xiaoyu.

"Brother Yu, why are you stopping us? Those trolls clearly can't become our paying players; why indulge them?"

Cai Qiu's personality was originally somewhat impulsive; for the few small games he made before, the quality wasn't great, and if someone online criticized them, he would grab his keyboard and argue with them on the spot.

Now that he had confidence, he naturally couldn't bear it even more.

"Do you plan to argue with them on the official website? Besides, can you even keep up with them?" Qin Qin Xiaoyu rolled his eyes at him and casually asked back.

Having lived two lives, his state of mind was far more mature and steady than Old Cai and A-Wei's.

There are so many internet trolls; arguing directly with them is really not a wise choice.

Moreover.

Even if a game is made as well as possible, it is impossible to make everyone like it; this is nothing but normal, simply because the game's audience differs.

For example, someone might like MM-type games and only like that one kind; in their eyes, all other types of games are trash.

Someone might like MOBA-type games and look down on all other games; or the game itself simply didn't meet the player's expectations, making them feel unsatisfied, so they casually vented a few words—none of this is unreasonable.

To date, no game has been able to make everyone feel satisfied.

Qin Qin Xiaoyu did not believe he could reach that level either.

Anyway, since he stepped into the game industry, his goal in his heart was very clear: the games he made were for those who liked that game to play.

As for the trolls, let them be; who cares whether they like it or not?

Besides, once the Liyue map opens and the main story begins, those remarks about worshipping foreign things and despising one's own will collapse on their own.

Why lower oneself to explain to those trolls and waste one's breath!

Of course.

There were many comments on the official website; besides the two extremes of positive and negative reviews, the most numerous were those complaining while playing.

"Holy crap, game designer, dare you come out and say something? I promise I won't curse you to death, but which genius designed that flight license exam? I spent the whole damn afternoon taking it and still haven't passed!"

"Hahaha, finally met a player like me; the designer must be seriously ill; is this a game humans can play?"

"Brothers, I'm completely dumbfounded! You absolutely cannot understand how agonizing it is for an OCD player in this game; an entire afternoon plus a whole night, and my exploration of just one small map area is only thirty percent?"

"Tears were made me cry! Is this a game humans can play? As a completionist, I really just wanted to harvest a few carrots, but who knew that after harvesting four carrots, a treasure chest would jump out right in front of me; I was so scared I threw my phone away!"

"Good heavens, speaking of treasure chests, I really want to drag this game's designer out and shoot him dozens of times; it's too damn ghostly! Behind stones, in corners, in bushes, on mountain tops—those are one thing, but accidentally clicking a torch and finding a chest there? What kind of design is this?"

"Damn it! Ghostly designer! There's a chest right at the entrance of Mondstadt, and I ran back and forth dozens of times; if my classmate hadn't reminded me, I probably would never have discovered it in my lifetime. Are you trying to tell me I'm blind?"

"Don't say more, brothers! Saying more just brings tears; treasure chests and Statues of the Seven are simply not things a person with a normal train of thought can collect..."

"And that gacha pool, everyone absolutely must not touch it; it's addictive... a tragic experience of a blood-and-tears newbie; I just can't stop; I've already couldn't help but contribute two 648s!"

"Isn't such design good? I actually think it's quite interesting; solving a puzzle to get a treasure chest, or finding a Statue of the Seven, that sense of success is simply exploding!"

"..."

Watching the stream of complaining comments, Qin Qin Xiaoyu couldn't help but reveal a slight upward curve at the corner of his mouth.

So I've become a ghostly designer?

Is their ability to endure just a tiny bit too poor...

Then when future maps open, with even more complex puzzles, even more ghostly—pfft, even harder-to-discover Statues of the Seven appearing, how will you curse then?

Actually.

Mondstadt, as the first map upon server opening, was truly very friendly to the players; it simply cannot be described as "ghostly," okay?

"Brother Yu, these players voiced my thoughts; actually, during the trial play before, I wanted to call you a ghostly designer..."

Chen Wei stopped halfway through his sentence, feeling as though he had exposed something, and cut himself off.

"Ghostly designer shouldn't be a derogatory term, right?"

Qin Qin Xiaoyu looked completely indifferent; actually, he quite liked seeing players, while frantically complaining, still unwilling to give up the game.

Just thinking about it was very fulfilling!

Having seen enough of the players' feedback, Qin Qin Xiaoyu suddenly remembered the main matter, glanced at Old Cai and A-Wei respectively, and continued speaking:

"The game has stabilized for now; next, we need to start new plans.

You two discuss it and leave just one person on duty.

Tomorrow, go to the agency to look for a larger office to rent; this place is no longer suitable for continuing work.

Also, I might appear at the studio very little these next few days; you two will have to work hard for now."

To be honest.

For this studio converted from a small apartment, Old Cai and A-Wei might have quite a bit of affection, but Qin Qin Xiaoyu truly felt no sense of belonging.

Now that there is money, we definitely need to change to a larger office location; of course, this is not just for the sake of comfort, but mainly for the upcoming plans.

"Brother Yu, being busy is fine with us, but can you tell us what you're going to do and for how many days?"

Cai Qiu and Chen Wei were not concerned about Qin Qin Xiaoyu's private life; mainly, with him not here to preside, the two of them just didn't feel secure.