[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature":3,"chapter-this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-114":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1472192,1919,"Chapter 114 - 103: Super Cool DLC_2","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-114",114,"\u003Cp>\"Living Under Someone’s Roof...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having not paid attention to this game for a while, Chen Ba frowned and said, \"Did I ever say that? Why can’t I remember?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems like something like this did happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I remember correctly, it should have been shortly after the release of the renovation DLC when the development of ’Divine Grace Continent’ had just begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, the renovation DLC sold really well, and the studio made quite a bit of money. In his excitement, saying something like that was within reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You did say it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu said helplessly, \"And you said it on the community forum. The post is still there, so there’s no denying it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was just something said offhand, it would be easy to handle. After all, Ba’s nonsense isn’t a first-time thing; when there’s no evidence, he can try to weasel his way out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was something he said on the Tianba Community using an account with GameBugs permission. With screenshots and witnesses, many people saw it, so retracting it wouldn’t look good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it was something he actually said and there’s evidence of it, Chen Ba felt embarrassed to not admit to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just a DLC, right? How could that stump him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a joke!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he needed was to use his little brain a bit, and coming up with a mere DLC wasn’t hard for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It only took him half an hour to come up with a decent DLC idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the idea?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Ba had an idea, everyone gathered around, looking at him with curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The issue of the new DLC for ’Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator’ had already been discussed internally in the studio once, but no results came from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were eager to know what brilliant insight Ba had on the matter. Surely it’s not another idea like the college DLC or the marriage DLC?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not those...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waving his hand to stop everyone from guessing wildly, Chen Ba finally spoke, \"I need to ask you all a question and you must answer me seriously.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the question?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After buying a house and finishing renovations, what do you usually do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one seemed to expect Ba to ask such an odd and tricky question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does this have anything to do with the topic they were discussing, which is the new DLC for ’Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is related, and very much so! You don’t need to think about those things; just tell me what you would do in this situation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this situation...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently recovered Zhong Shengwei was the first to speak, \"You’d probably invite relatives and friends over for a gathering, so they can recognize the way and not lose the address of your new home, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Makes sense!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ba’s house back home got built, and not long ago they finished renovations and officially moved in. Didn’t your uncle host a banquet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the countryside, you do need to host a banquet, inviting the neighbors and family and friends. After all, moving into a new house is quite a big deal...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this topic, everyone started discussing enthusiastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, with Zhong Shengwei leading the way, everyone generally believed that after buying and renovating a house, you’d probably invite relatives and friends over for a gathering, possibly even host a banquet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a huge life event to have a new house, move into a new place, and it doesn’t make sense not to celebrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And like with city folks, when you move into a new community, if you don’t inform your relatives and friends, how would people know where you’ve moved to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you want to keep it low-key or don’t have many friends or relatives, you might just cook at home or reserve two tables at a restaurant for a simple treat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you want to be grand, in rural areas or when you have many friends and relatives, you really need to host a banquet and have a lively celebration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ba nodded and said, \"You all probably know I had built a self-constructed house for my father back in my hometown, and renovations just finished not long ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My dad thinks this is a big deal and should be something to show off to relatives and friends and people in the village, so he organized a banquet himself and collected over forty thousand in gift money...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone nodded in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ba’s mentioned this before, and they had all sent gifts at the time, so it definitely happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So here’s the problem!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After talking about his own affairs, Chen Ba pivoted, \"In reality, after buying and renovating a house, you host a banquet for friends and family. But what about in the game?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha! That’s Ba for you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This train of thought is truly unprecedented and opens up new frontiers in gaming, exporting Hua Country’s unique cultural aspects to the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My idea is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing everyone too stunned to speak, Chen Ba added somewhat helplessly, \"We can create a DLC where the main content is hosting a banquet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After purchasing the DLC, players can choose to host a banquet every time they buy and decorate a house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The banquet has costs, and the friends and family who come to attend are NPCs the player knows in the game as well as relatives from the backstory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If a player has good connections and has made many friends in the game, hosting a banquet might even net enough gift money to cover the down payment for their next house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If connections are poor, hosting a banquet might even lose money!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could it lose money?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu scratched his head and asked, \"Why would it lose money? If there are few guests, just host fewer tables...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there a possibility where not only are there few people, but they also give less money in gifts? If they give you a dollar and eat a table’s worth, do you think it’s worth it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ba rolled his eyes, \"And with gift-giving, there’s the principle of reciprocity to consider. You host a banquet and receive their gift money, but when they host one, will you send a gift back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his conception,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides letting players host banquets, the DLC also lets NPCs the players know host banquets periodically, with a ’Send Gift’ interface appearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can choose to send gifts or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you send a gift, you can set the amount yourself. Be stingy and send less, be generous and send more, it’s completely up to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, the principle of reciprocity stands: when players buy a new house and host a banquet next time, whether the NPCs come to eat is entirely dependent on how they’ve managed their relationships.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow... This is so unique!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Dong said speechlessly, \"A game play mechanic so full of Hua Country’s characteristics, are you sure you want to make it a DLC?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why? Is there a problem?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Dong sighed and said, \"I’m just wondering if foreign players buy this DLC, will they think...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s called cultural export!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ba smirked and said, \"Let foreigners also experience our social customs; isn’t that a good thing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great, it’s just fantastic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ba calls it cultural export, so it’s cultural export. Since he said so, although others felt it might not be appropriate, they couldn’t find a reason to argue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then it’s decided.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back in my hometown, the typical minimum for gift money at a banquet is 20 bucks, but since we’re not that familiar with each other, let’s just make it 10 bucks...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Chen Ba finished speaking, just as he was about to ask for everyone’s opinion on this pricing, everyone looked at him as if he were an alien.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ba, you can’t...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu hesitated for a long time, then didn’t dare to finish the rest of his sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually wanted to ask how DLC pricing was related to the traditional minimum gift standards at his hometown, but then he thought of Ba’s newly built self-constructed house and his uncle hosting a banquet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It kind of made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Ba wanted to create a banquet DLC, no wonder the pricing was set according to his hometown’s gift standards—it turns out it’s a clever reason to collect gifts from players!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hosting a cyber banquet and gifting real money, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter whether Ba had ulterior motives or if players would overthink things, at least there was now a plan for the DLC, and the pricing was settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next step was to fill the DLC with content centered around the banquet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, how many dishes per table?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there are 18 dishes, how many are meat and how many are vegetables? What’s the estimated cost per table? If NPCs send a gift, how much will they probably give?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And another thing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In ’Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator,’ the player lives with their aunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So will the aunt and uncle come to the banquet? If they do, should they also send a gift, and how much would be appropriate to give?\u003C\u002Fp>",1528,"2026-06-06T03:03:37.618Z",1,"novelbin.me","607372aa8335814c98f6d6dd67f0ffd89728eb328ea7414aa91bea3e8417ac2f","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-115","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-113",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-cover.jpg"]