Wang Xiaobin took a sip of coffee and then sent a message on the company's internal chat software: "Let's test a few new DLCs and they will be online soon. Let's check to see if there are any bugs!"
Wang Xiaobin is mainly responsible for leading half of Yangyang Games' manpower to develop DLC for some old games, including "Lonely Desert Highway", "Game Producer", "Return to the Shore" and "Sea Fortress".
Among them, "Return to Shore" and "Sea Fortress" have undergone major changes. There is too much content to be done in the DLC, so they cannot be completed in a short time. They will be postponed to the end of this month and the beginning of next month respectively.
However, the DLC for the two games "Lonely Desert Highway" and "Game Maker" are relatively easy to make. The development work has been completed and they can be officially updated after the bugs are tested.
Although the current bugs have been almost corrected, Wang Xiaobin does not dare to take it lightly at all. He still asks everyone to play the game more and test it more, for fear that the game will encounter various hidden problems after it is released.
This is actually because of a rather metaphysical issue.
In the past, after the demo of a new game or a new version of Yangyang Games was produced, I went to see Mr. Pei for a look. It was tested well before I went there, but as a result, various mysterious bugs that were difficult to understand appeared in Mr. Pei's hands.
So much so that Wang Xiaobin wondered whether Mr. Pei had any special means of finding bugs, or whether Mr. Pei himself had a bug constitution.
Therefore, every time the game is updated, DLC is developed, and the testing is improved, the game is tested many times before it can be launched online, for fear of missing some fatal bugs.
The updated DLC for the two games "Lonely Desert Highway" and "Game Maker" this time are priced at 5 yuan and 18 yuan respectively.
For "Lonely Desert Highway", the main body sells for 1 yuan, and the first DLC also sells for 1 yuan, and it is now free.
This time the new DLC is priced at 5 yuan, which was set by Wang Xiaobin himself, which is considered a historic breakthrough.
Because the content of this "Lonely Desert Highway" DLC update is much richer than the main game.
On Wang Xiaobin's computer, the DLC update announcements for the two games have been written.
"Lonely Desert Highway" DLC update announcement:
1. New networking mode. Networking mode supports: inviting friends to play together (up to 8 people supported), randomly matching players to play together (starting from the starting point, supporting up to 8 people), random encounters (random encounters with other players in the process)
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Text or voice chat can be used in network mode, and various detailed settings can be adjusted in the settings interface.
After the player turns on the Internet mode, if the vehicle breaks down on the road, he can continue the journey as a passenger in another vehicle on the roadside. After one hour of riding, he can continue driving at the current location.
Second, a new random scene function is added. When driving for a long time in the desert, you may see mirages and various scenery around the world, including pyramids and other ruins in the desert.
When checking in at various attractions, there is a certain chance of triggering the Easter egg "Traveler Baoxu": a lonely traveler in the desert asks for a ride. After arriving at the destination, he will receive a new vehicle appearance and a new scene.
"Game Maker" DLC update announcement:
1. New game function: message board. Players can leave messages on the ground, doorways, walls and other places in each level. The messages will be generated using fixed vocabulary combinations to enhance the player's interactive experience.
2. New gameplay: Arrogance mode. Players will get an argumentative assistant to let the narrator choose a route. Players can use the argumentative assistant to mock the narrator.
3. New gameplay: New player care mode. Old players who have cleared the game can enter the game for new players who have not yet cleared the game through the random matching system, and guide new players to make choices by freely inputting text and chatting.
The art materials of these two games have not changed much, but some more interesting online gameplay has been added.
Moreover, Wang Xiaobin deliberately buried Easter eggs about the "Sea Fortress" DLC and the new game "Mission and Choice" in both games for early promotion and warm-up.
In fact, at the beginning, Wang Xiaobin didn't have much idea about what the DLC of these games was going to do. He just wanted to do as much conventional gameplay as possible to complete the tasks.
But Huang Sibo found him and asked him to cooperate with "Mission and Choice" and add a pre-plot of "Mission and Choice" to the DLC of "Sea Fortress" to promote and warm up.
When Wang Xiaobin heard this, of course he readily agreed.
He had no idea at first, but Huang Sibo directly delivered the ready-made plot content of the game to his door. How could he not do it?
After planning the DLC content of "Sea Fortress", Wang Xiaobin thought about it. In this case, he would transfer all the DLC content of the old game to the new game.
It not only updates the game content, gives old players something to do, but also serves as a publicity warm-up. It can increase the pre-sale sales of "Sea Fortress" DLC and "Mission and Decision", so why not?
That’s why there were updates to “Lonely Desert Highway” and “Game Maker”.
Wang Xiaobin checked it over and then arranged to send update announcements regularly.
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Thursday, December 1st.
Since moving to Jingzhou in mid-October, Qiao Liang has lived in Jingzhou for a month and a half.
During this month and a half, he has completely adapted to life in Jingzhou, and some changes have also taken place in his daily life.
First of all, my work and rest schedules have become regular, my eating habits have become healthier, and my original dark circles and puffiness have improved a lot.
Moyu Takeout recently launched a "monthly package", specifically for takeout parties like Qiao Liang, as well as office workers.
To purchase this "monthly package", you first need to choose the time you want to eat takeout in advance. For example, office workers can choose noon from Monday to Friday, and those who work overtime can choose noon and evening from Monday to Saturday; secondly, choose in advance what time you can eat.
Acceptable tastes and dishes.
After purchasing the set meal, you can deposit the money into your personal account and choose automatic deduction, and you can owe up to one meal on credit. If you have already owed a meal on credit, the customer needs to pay the last meal within 2 hours before the next meal is delivered, otherwise the order
will be cancelled.
When the meal delivery time comes, Moyu Takeout will automatically deduct the fees and deliver the meal, and arrange the dishes based on the taste selected by the customer in advance and the recent dining history to ensure a variety of tastes and balanced nutrition.
If there is a temporary emergency and food delivery is not required, the customer only needs to cancel it in advance on the "Food Delivery Calendar" interface of the app.
This monthly package is great news for otakus like Qiao Liang and some office workers.
Because ordering takeout is a pleasure in a few cases, but a torture in most cases.
Qiao Liang often has this experience. Sometimes she forgets to order takeout when she gets busy, and when she is done, she looks up and sees that it is already 1 p.m.; sometimes she picks up her mobile phone at 11 o'clock and orders takeout after browsing through more than a dozen stores.
I didn't find anything I particularly wanted to eat, so I wasted fifteen minutes just ordering takeout, but I still couldn't find anything I was particularly satisfied with. Sometimes I accidentally ordered takeout during peak hours, and ended up waiting for more than an hour because the delivery person was busy with the order.
When it was delivered, the rice was already cold.
At present, the domestic takeout industry is still in a period of brutal growth, so there are often some unpleasant dining experiences.
For those who have been eating takeout for many years, the "monthly package" offered by Moyu Takeout means that they no longer have to worry about what to eat every day. The randomly delivered meals make them feel like "someone is in charge of the meal."
On the other hand, it can also guarantee the delivery time and experience.
Because this "monthly package" is like another form of advance booking, because the Moyu takeout stores have estimated the order volume in advance and can guarantee the cooking and delivery time of most meals, so there is no difference in taste and delivery.
The dining experience will also be improved.
The "monthly package" set by Qiao Liang is lunch and dinner every Monday to Friday.
His current life is to get up every morning and go for a walk downstairs, go to a nearby bun shop to have breakfast, walk around for a while, then cut videos or play games when he comes back, and just wait for lunch and gameplay to be delivered to his door on the hour.
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On Saturdays and Sundays, I sometimes go out to hang out with fans or friends, and sometimes I order some other takeaways at home, such as fried chicken, milk tea, roast duck, etc., to improve the taste.
Today at noon, Qiao Liang was eating fish takeout as usual and reading the latest news.
A lot of things have happened in more than a month, and the thing that Qiao Liang is most concerned about is obviously the GPL league that will be held in Jingzhou.
He even went to the familiar place of Mingyun Villa to get to know the gates of various e-sports clubs, and live broadcast for fans.
Recently, various live broadcast platforms have emerged one after another, spending more and more money. As an up owner with his own fans, Qiao Liang will naturally not miss this opportunity.
It's just that there is a big difference between being an up host and being an anchor. Most of the audience for Qiao Liang's live broadcast are his own die-hard fans, which is not very popular.
But for Qiao Liang, he can also live stream and earn some money for gifts while video chatting. This life is already very beautiful.
"Huh? What is this?"
“Update announcements for Lonely Desert Highway and Game Maker?”
“These two games are still being updated???”
When Qiao Liang saw the discussion in his fan group, he thought everyone was joking at first.
That's not true. How old is this game? It's still being updated?
Wouldn't it be better to just let them rest in peace?
Qiao Liang couldn't help but sigh, among the many game companies he has seen at home and abroad, Tenda is definitely the most unique one.
Obviously we have a dominant online game like GoG on hand, and new games are still under development. The priority of these development work must be much higher than updating old games, right?
As a result, Mr. Pei insists on dedicating manpower to maintain these old games that have almost no popularity and not many people play. This is outrageous!