[{"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-184":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},1472162,1919,"Chapter 184 - 138: Speeding Frenzy","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-184",184,"\u003Cp>This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival doesn’t coincide with National Day, so the festive atmosphere is quite okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianba Studio is bustling with activity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a round of recruitment, the current total number of employees at the studio has surpassed 20.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are the core employees. Including the staff from Xianyu Digital and media operations, channel specialists, and so on, the total employee count is nearing fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, mooncakes must be distributed for Mid-Autumn Festival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ensure the customized mooncake gift boxes satisfy everyone’s tastes and preferences, Chen Ba organized a public vote, allowing everyone to choose their favorite type of mooncake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially thought to be a frontrunner among mooncakes, the five-nut mooncake seemed a sure winner, but the final voting results showed that red bean paste mooncake was everyone’s favorite!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really tired of the five-nut mooncakes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, after hearing about the five-nut mooncake so many years, everyone is already unimpressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red bean paste it is!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it was a collective voting decision, Chen Ba had no objections and arranged for a batch of custom red bean paste mooncake gift boxes to be distributed to everyone the day before the festival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the mooncakes eaten, the short holiday came to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the first workday after Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Ba gathered all the core employees of the studio for a new game discussion meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, a new game!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The official version of \"Love Advisor Department\" has been released. Although the game’s nature changed during the process and experienced many twists, things eventually stabilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not many people are needed for mobile development anymore, so the next focus for Tianba Studio is definitely developing a new game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But here’s the problem...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What genre should the new game be?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Ba’s description, their next new game is expected to be priced at over a hundred dollars, i.e., three figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this price and scale, there aren’t many theme options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guns, cars, balls!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ba knew he had to set a broad range for everyone. Otherwise, if they just discussed aimlessly, they wouldn’t come to any conclusion, even after a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he narrowed it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is the enduring \"guns-cars-balls\" combo, which has been popular in the gaming world and widely loved by players!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guns refer to first-person or third-person shooting games like \"Half-Life\", \"Call of Duty\", and \"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cars refer to racing simulation games, or you could call them driving simulation racing games, like \"Need for Speed\" and \"Forza Horizon\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Balls are quite unique...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Narratively, ball games refer to sport simulation games like the classic \"FIFA\" and \"NBA\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since the internet boom and a slight shift in the word \"ball\", in a broader sense, it also refers to those \"18+ only\" adult games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahem!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who says XX isn’t a ball?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, using \"guns-cars-balls\" as the game trail for Tianba Studio’s first game priced in the hundred range is absolutely suitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one had any objections to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when it came to choosing specifically within the guns-cars-balls, everyone got into a heated discussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"FPS it is!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu raised his hand and said, \"Shooter games always have a market. This would definitely be the most suitable to make.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Makes sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But aren’t shooter games a bit saturated? Whether big or small firms, they all basically have their shooter games. We might struggle to compete.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, while the shooter game market is huge, the player base is saturated. It’s hard for new games to snatch users away from those classic shooter games...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is indeed a significant issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unquestionably, among the guns-cars-balls, shooter games are the most popular, with the largest player base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that field is really competitive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the fearless Chen Ba, when hearing names like \"Call of Duty\", \"Battlefield\", \"Counter-Strike\", \"Halo\", \"Far Cry\", \"Rainbow Six\", \"Borderlands\", and \"Titanfall\", feels overwhelmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just too hard to keep up...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imagine the immense effort and hard work needed to stand out in the shooting game field?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let’s do a racing game!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ball games are niche on one hand, and on the other hand, they require a high degree of specialization. We don’t have enough preparation and experience to do well in a sports ball game,\" Yang Dong analyzed seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FIFA is exemplary in this class!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for a studio that has never developed such a game to start from scratch and produce something comparable to FIFA, the challenge is substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sounds good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ba thought about it; although racing games are also quite competitive and new developers find it hard to earn player trust, at least it’s a bit less daunting than shooter games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does anyone have any other opinions?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that everyone agreed with the proposal, Chen Ba decisively announced, \"Then it’s settled. Next year, we’ll release a racing speed game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The direction was set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next discussion involves some rough framework for the project and the game’s core features and gameplay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s nothing much to say on this front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ba had heard a joke a long time ago about a company boss who wanted to make a new game, putting forth many requests for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, the project leader or the game’s chief producer didn’t listen to what the boss requested and simply asked, \"So, who are we copying?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",883,"2026-06-06T03:03:37.618Z",1,"novelbin.me","b8e91f8599a456dae1605ad3c97ce2a67e61554a75df3342d1d254f93d106047","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-185","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-183",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-cover.jpg"]