[{"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-19":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},1472378,1919,"Chapter 19: Old Wine in a New Bottle? New Wine in an Old Bottle!","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-19",19,"\u003Cp>\"Jiang, see you tomorrow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up at the clock hanging on the office wall, Jiang Bin felt a little helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an information editor for the well-known domestic single-player game portal \"Game Starry Sky,\" his daily work routine was just like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overtime, keep working overtime!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as you don’t collapse, overtime won’t stop...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the gaming circle is calm, that’s when he’s the most relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once there’s a major new release in the gaming circle, or some big news in the industry, that’s when he’s busiest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the year, there are few days when he actually \"leaves work on time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, from the beginning to the end of the year, almost every month, hot new games pop up in the gaming circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when that happens, he has to work overtime to write articles and quickly publish the latest game news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was another day of overtime!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a game enthusiast, Jiang Bin actually didn’t mind working overtime. On the contrary, he rather enjoyed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the reason he joined Game Starry Sky in the first place was his love for single-player games!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Discovering one or two exciting new games every month and witnessing the development and progress of the industry firsthand, Jiang Bin felt both comforted and motivated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If, one day, he suddenly wasn’t busy and there weren’t any new games worth writing about in the gaming circle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That might not be a happy thing because it would mean the decline and decay of the gaming industry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, did I get a reply?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Picking up his phone and glancing at the WeChat chat box, Jiang Bin was a little surprised. He didn’t expect the producer of \"Cold Window Study Simulator\" to reply so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a new game he was very interested in!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the game had only been on sale for 40 days, it had already miraculously sold 200,000 copies on the Steam platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a domestic indie game, this was already considered a huge hit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he learned about this treasure of a game through a friend’s recommendation and tried it himself, he immediately decided to conduct an online interview with the game’s producer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief editor had already agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, with an independent game that sold over 200,000 copies, Game Starry Sky not reporting on it would not align with their mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, how to get in touch with this game producer named \"GameBugs\" became Jiang Bin’s biggest headache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was a newcomer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such an unfamiliar newcomer, to get in touch you either have to go through a third-party introduction or send an email.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asking around, it seemed no one knew \"GameBugs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Jiang Bin sent an email.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was the email disappeared without a trace. Jiang Bin suspected the other party was so busy they didn’t have time to check emails and came up with a good idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he mingled in the fan groups and then revealed his identity to add a WeChat friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This method was much more effective than sending emails!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After adding GameBugs as a friend, Jiang Bin got some exclusive inside information about \"Cold Window Study Simulator.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the producer’s real name is Chen Ba!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This explosive game was actually an indie game created by Chen Ba alone over two and a half years, with no second person involved in the entire process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story’s creativity was actually adapted by the producer Chen Ba based on his own academic experiences, with some exaggeration but not much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chen Ba told him he had already established a studio and was starting to develop a second game, Jiang Bin inquired about the second game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the game, you will play a high school student going to live with your aunt, kilometers away from home, experiencing the mixed emotions of boarding life and vibrant campus life...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After glancing at the game introduction and related promotional images sent by Chen Ba, Jiang Bin immediately became interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it the same type as Cold Window Study Simulator?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, pretty much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Won’t this give players the impression of it being just old wine in a new bottle, just a rehash?\" Jiang Bin curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It won’t!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though it’s the same type of game, with similar gameplay, once you play it, you’ll find it’s completely different from Cold Window Study Simulator...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s good, that’s good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially worried that this young man would lose himself due to the success of the last game and go down a road of no return, Jiang Bin was relieved to see this answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rehashing old ideas and old wine in new bottles is very common in the gaming industry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, recycling an old game with new skins and art resources to resell it makes money way too easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many game developers have tasted success, but after achieving it, they often lose their ambition and choose to mindlessly rehash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A game becomes a hit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they release a second, third, fourth version... until players are heartbroken and the sales completely dry up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Bin worried that Chen Ba was such a person, rushing out a rehashed game to quickly cash in on the success of the previous game, thereby ruining his career prospects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it seemed he had a good grasp of the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I’ll give it a try.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning that \"Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator\" had an early access version available, Jiang Bin wasted no time and logged into the Steam platform to buy a copy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad, it’s still 18 bucks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this is the early access version’s price; who knows what the final version will be priced at, but it should be more expensive than the previous game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he still had to write articles, Jiang Bin couldn’t fully immerse himself in the game and only briefly played for ten minutes before exiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Self-esteem? Interesting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he didn’t play for long and didn’t finish the first semester of high school, Jiang Bin already felt the charm of \"Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players have more freedom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the predecessor, where players could only follow the game’s linear storyline, \"Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator\" is more free and offers more randomness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, after school, you can go home, stay at school, or go to various places like the city, park, amusement park, internet cafe, unlocking different event routes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This deserves praise!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the storyline of \"Cold Window Study Simulator\" was touching, most of the time, players were just \"watching a movie,\" feeling very restricted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was often a point players complained about, with limited options: either study or tend to cattle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time it’s different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you love studying, go study; if you love working, you can wash dishes at a restaurant; if you love hanging out, head over to the internet cafe, play billiards at the pool hall, or rummage through trash if you love scavenging...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once you experience it, you’ll find it’s completely different from ’Cold Window Study Simulator’!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering the message from Chen Ba, Jiang Bin immediately nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really wasn’t lying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator\" is indeed different from \"Cold Window Study Simulator,\" and significantly so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who still says it’s the same old thing should be slapped silly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re calling this old wine in a new bottle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your family’s old wine looks like this? This is clearly new wine in an old bottle, if you don’t get it, don’t speak nonsense, okay!\u003C\u002Fp>",1252,"2026-06-06T03:03:37.341Z",1,"novelbin.me","66819c292fd6d07489fc9309d978fffc4ede6bae7a6ea60311c027d54c44f1d1","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-332","this-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-chapter-331",479,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-is-not-a-bug-but-a-game-feature-cover.jpg"]