Chapter 41: Game Upgrade
In the office of the background architect, Li Tommy and Chu Qiancheng were discussing fiercely, discussing, laying a character relationship diagram on the table as the basis for discussion. The two people's fingers moved back and forth on the character relationship map as dense as spider silk, demonstrating the identity and relationship between Ellie and Yan Cheng.
As a numerical planner and psychological analyst, Cheng Jiaxi stood at her desk and joined the discussion with an extremely strong attitude, quickly analyzing and clarifying the various characters he had studied in concise language.
"It must be like this, and it can only be like this to introduce the most forces into Kugu Town, creating more intense conflicts, and the identity and background are perfectly matched with the special nature of Ellie himself." Chu Qiancheng said excitedly.
"But such complex character relationships and conflicts are all pressed on players who know nothing about it. The power of a bionic man alone cannot solve the crisis of the Killer Town." Li Tommy was completely immersed in the game at this moment, imagining himself as a player who was wandering in the game. He wanted to live in this other world.
"I completely agree with Lao Chu's opinion. Tommy, you forgot. This is a game!" Cheng Jiaxi reminded him, "Players can start over after the file. They will definitely do this. Therefore, we can think that players will fully understand and prepare for the complex relationships of characters in the end."
"That's right, and there are things like 'strategy' in this world." Chu Qiancheng thought he told a joke, but saw Cheng Jiaxi and Lee Tommy pondering for a moment, then nodded solemnly, as if he had made a scientific statement.
Chu Qiancheng coughed awkwardly.
"So... this is the relationship between Ellie and Yan Cheng..." Li Tommy breathed a sigh of relief, full of longing, "I really want to see what kind of development and changes will be achieved in the open world after putting such a relationship into the main program."
"Uh~~~" Cheng Jiaxi held her forehead, which meant countless numerical adjustments and tests. Her beauty plan was her.
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At the main desk, Guan Qing and Chu Qiancheng communicated with Xiaoling nervously, constantly adjusting the game's variables and parameters, and nesting new character relationships and backgrounds on the old models.
At the same time, Chu Qiancheng asked Xiaoling to fine-tune the rendering pipeline of the game screen of the Kuwan Town, making the light and shadow effect in the Kuwan Town world dirtier and the beauty-free scenery make it clearer and brighter.
This adjustment made Guan Qing and Xiao Ling puzzled. Because Chu Qiancheng's original intention was to create a world with incomparable immersion, and this world must be extremely close to the reality.
However, Chu Qiancheng's current modifications deviate from his original intention, making the visual effects of the entire game look very beautiful at any time. This lack of reality will make people quickly realize that they are in the game.
"No, pursuing immersion does not necessarily mean 100% real light and shadow and color. Instead, it creates a world that players are willing to believe is real. If all the pictures are 100% restored to reality, it will cause the player to feel repulsive and want to leave this world. This will destroy the sense of immersion."
Chu Qiancheng looked at his little spirit on the screen and explained patiently. Guan Qing held his arms in his chest and listened silently beside him, as if he had some insight.
"So...so we are not designing a 100% real world, but...one...one..." Xiaoling touched his chin and thought of the exact words.
"A movie? A virtual memory? A drama?" Guan Qing was also looking for suitable words.
"A dream." Chu Qiancheng said with a smile.
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It was soon time to run the upgraded open world of Kuroko Town. The entire Future Studio's administration agents came to work early on this day, like a group of movie enthusiasts rushing to watch the latest blockbusters.
Chu Qiancheng has basically not slept much these days. The new upgrade of Kugu Town, Ellie's new background, new character design, and new character relationship with Yan Cheng make the whole world seem extremely vivid and mysterious, full of countless variables.
He began to feel that familiar sense of addiction and dreaminess. It was the feeling he had every time he immersed in his works. At this moment, he broke free from all the constraints of the earthly world and could be reborn in the world he created.
This is an incredible pleasure, powerful and wonderful, just like living at the peak of life.
"This is why I want to develop a new game." Chu Qiancheng looked at the strong-scented coffee precipitated from the coffee machine and swallowed silently.
"Old Chu, what are you thinking?" Fu Xin's voice came from behind.
He woke up like a dream, turned around and found that the entire studio was full of people. All the employees had arrived.
"So early?" Chu Qiancheng was surprised.
"Okay, okay, Lao Chu, run it." Li Tommy expressed the wishes of all employees.
"Yes, GKD!" Everyone shouted silently in their hearts.
This game is not just a game for them, but represents the hope of the future.
"Okay, Xiaoling, ready to start."
The little spirit sitting in the Impression Cafe at the headquarters of the House of Strange Things jumped off the high chair and slapped his hands.
On the large screen in the main work area of the studio, the scene of Ellie and the bionic robot re-encountering are suddenly displayed. The story of humans and robots starts again in Kuroku Town and runs at a 1:1000 game real-time ratio.
This time, the story has just been running for more than a year, and new characters and new events come one after another. Whenever a new character or new event appears, Xiaoling will pause the operation, write the character events into big events, and display them on the medium-sized display next to the large screen.
Chu Qiancheng and others quickly switched on the Event Screen and the Home Screen, tracking the progress of every thing with unprecedented concentration.
When Kubian Town opened its doors until the second year, various data began to appear. Ali's image in Kubian Town suddenly appeared blurred and flickered, and various disorders and bugs appeared in the timeline of the event, and even abnormalities appeared in the natural environment.
"What's going on?" Guan Qing rushed to the host and tried to find out what was going on, but he was surprised to find that Xiaoling actually banned his operating system. She completely took over the world of Kurt Bone Town.
"There is an abnormality in Xiaoling!" Guan Qing suddenly turned his head, his eyes passed by Chu Qiancheng, but looked at Shu Huaizi behind him.
As a S-class mobile team member of the Administration Bureau, Shu Huaizi immediately walked to the corner. Under the intentional or unintentional cover of Li Tommy and Ouyang Wei, she secretly took out the dedicated satellite phone of the Administration Bureau and called Wu Deyang, who was in Siberia at this time, for instructions.
Project MOR-CN-0781 has lost control again. This matter can be big or small. You must ask the branch director.
"Don't be nervous, Xiao Guan, I think this is normal." Chu Qiancheng thought for a moment, then reached out and pressed Guan Qing's shoulder.
"Why?" Guan Qing subconsciously looked at him.
"We have been focusing too much on cultivating Xiaoling's creativity these days, but we have not paid attention to cultivating her understanding and adaptability as an intelligent being. She is now like a child who has just been sensible and just engaged in creation. She cannot tolerate the damage of the characters she has worked hard to create in the story line, such as Ellie. So she modified the ending of the story without authorization, but she is unable to correct the various negative effects of the ending, so everything in Kugu Town has created bugs that are inconsistent with reality."
Chu Qiancheng was thinking while guessing.
"So that's it..." Guan Qing nodded and thought about it for a while according to this idea.
"No, when you pushed the game forward for ten years, Ellie died tragically in the insect swarm. Xiaoling did not fail because of this!" Guan Qing instantly found the loophole in Chu Qiancheng's reasoning.
"..." Chu Qiancheng pursed his lips.
"What's wrong? Old Chu?" Seeing his appearance, Fu Xin's heart suddenly hangs, and she can't help but ask.
Chapter completed!