tkworld #141 - Boss Simulator Evolution (Please Order)
#141 - Boss Simulator Evolution (Please Order)
Soon, #SuYuFanEndorsesBossSimulator# topped the Weibo Entertainment Chart's trending list.
Subsequently, capitalizing on the buzz, the official Boss Simulator account released an exclusive interview video featuring Su YuFan:
"Hello everyone, this is Aiden Su YuFan.
I'm very happy to have reached this cross-industry collaboration with YouYi Company.
Actually, I myself have been a player of YouYi games for many years. I've been addicted to 'Fantasy Westward Journey' since junior high school.
So this time, I also visited the project team as a player.
As you all know, I have been serving as the National Civilized Promotion Ambassador for the Performing Arts Industry Association for three consecutive years, so I pay great attention to the game's dialogue.
Through communication with the project team members, I learned that the game lines of our Boss Simulator have a rich cultural background, so there is no need to worry about saying vulgar words in the game and leading children astray.
This is completely different from some games on the market that mainly sell vulgar banter.
In addition, my virtual image will also appear in the game. You can interact with me in the game and unlock my exclusive plot tasks.
At the same time, exclusive fashions and game props from my movie 'The Starry Road to Success' will also be available in the game's item mall.
On September 16th, the day of the full online public beta of 'Boss Simulator,' I will appear in the official game live broadcast room to interact with you and share my game experience!
Please remember, September 16th, we'll see you there!"
……
After this interview video was broadcast, it once again topped the Weibo Entertainment Chart's trending list.
A massive number of Su YuFan's fans left messages of support, and the number of Weibo comments quickly exceeded 100,000.
However, many game players, especially fans of Peach Blossom Land, noticed something was wrong.
They left messages one after another:
"You can promote your own game, but what's the deal with discrediting other games?"
"That's right, as soon as the keyword 'banter' comes out, everyone knows which game you're referring to."
"God, it's about leading children astray. It's recommended that children don't touch games and go watch BabyBus."
However, as soon as these comments were posted, they were instantly besieged by tens of thousands of Su YuFan's fans.
Within one minute of the comments being posted, more than 100 rebuttal Weibo posts appeared.
"Our Su YuFan is an artist with principles! Peach Blossom Land players, don't bite people indiscriminately!"
"Oh, have you been hit where it hurts? Are you jumping and getting anxious? The more you are like this, the more it shows that YuFan is right!"
"I think Su YuFan is right. Game language should be civilized, otherwise it's really easy to mislead children. Don't you games pay attention to this?"
"Hahaha, are you jealous? Seeing that other people's game is so popular, Peach Blossom Land can't even hire an endorser, right?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, the players of Peach Blossom Land, like your game, have questionable qualities."
The last message was quickly followed by a message from a Peach Blossom Land fan:
"I understand the reasoning, but can you explain why, as a fan of Su YuFan, all the messages you forward are about Boss Simulator? Aren't you a shill for YouYi? (Nose picking.jpg)"
The other party quickly lost their composure: "I'll shill your (beep) (beep) (beep), you big (beep) (beep), I'll punch you to death (beep) (beep) (beep)..."
The Peach Blossom Land fan laughed: "Lost your composure? Is that all you got? And you have the nerve to say that other people have questionable qualities."
Some neutral passers-by also left messages:
"Peach Blossom Land fans, don't argue here.
In fact, this matter probably has nothing directly to do with Su YuFan. A popular star is busy with announcements every day, so how can he have the mind to pay attention to things in the game circle.
The manuscript for his interview must have been provided by YouYi's public relations department. In other words, YouYi is using Su YuFan's fame and influence to insert their own private goods."
Peach Blossom Land fan replied:
"Hey, now we can only wait and see if Peach Blossom Land has anything to say on Monday."
"That's right, can we tolerate this? Give YouYi a hard beating!"
……
However, just as the Peach Blossom Land fans were filled with righteous indignation, YouYi's offensive did not stop.
One hour after Su YuFan announced the endorsement news,
major mainstream game media outlets, including YouYi, 19193, Shuangwan.com, and Jihe.com, all removed all news and reviews about 'Carefree Banter Life.'
Whether it was the EASTJOY exhibition report or the analysis of the game appreciation editors, not a single manuscript was left.
This is because YouYi sent emails to all game media outlets that have cooperative relationships with YouYi Workshop,
The email claimed that the game 'Carefree Banter Life' was about to be restricted by the YouYi platform due to its vulgar language. In other words, I won't stop you from listing it, but I won't give you traffic for display and promotion.
YouYi also took the opportunity to require other media outlets stationed on the platform to abide by the platform agreement and withdraw all manuscripts.
If any media outlet refuses to withdraw the manuscript, YouYi will terminate all cooperation.
Not only that, the email also required that the media not increase the popularity of the game when Banter Life is launched.
Under YouYi's operation, the entire mainstream game media was so clean, as if the game 'Carefree Banter Life' had never existed.
……
Saturday night, YouYi Company headquarters.
The floor where the 'Boss Simulator' project team was located was brightly lit, and everyone was working overtime in full swing.
The development team is making changes to the public beta version.
First of all, Shi Yi decided to add a multiplayer online social mode to 'Boss Simulator.' In this mode, the bosses played by players will play in the same block and perform social and team tasks.
Secondly, because Su YuFan endorsed it, all art production and task design related to Su YuFan must be completed before the public beta.
Third, Shi Yi demanded that the planners must continue to add new mechanisms to the core gameplay of Boss Simulator, the more the better.
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Shi Yi and Zou Zhongtian personally supervised, walking back and forth between the employees' work stations with their hands behind their backs.
Shi Yi said slowly:
"Tonight, we have to work overtime until at least 3 a.m. Everyone should not go home and just sleep in the company."
Zou Zhongtian raised his eyebrows:
"Let me tell you in advance, our game will be launched next week, and the public beta version must be rushed out within a week. Time is tight and the task is heavy.
I require all students to stick to their posts. No leave of absence is allowed. Even if there is a big event, you have to get the version out for me first.
No sick leave is allowed either. Minor injuries should not stop you from fighting!
If anyone leaves before 3 a.m., then he doesn't have to come on Monday and can just pack up and get out!"
The employees had dark circles under their eyes and were extremely haggard, but they dared not speak out.
Originally, the public beta version had been packaged, the bugs had been fixed, and it had been submitted for review, and everyone was planning to take a good rest.
As a result, Shi Yi and Zou Zhongtian issued a lot of new development requirements.
Su YuFan's endorsement was only recently finalized,
The addition of the multiplayer community mode is because Zou Zhongtian felt that the stand-alone version of Boss Simulator was not competitive compared to Banter Life.
Shi Yi's decision to expand the core gameplay was not based on any design considerations, but simply because Banter Life added a new mechanism, and he felt that YouYi could not lag behind.
In the words of Manager Shi: "If others don't have it, we must have it; if others have it, we must be better!"
In fact, in the eyes of the project team members, these requirements were not so outrageous,
But the key question is—
Why didn't you do it earlier?!
In the early stages of development and project establishment, the bosses said it nicely, leaving a sentence to let us design freely and then ignoring it. The entire development cycle couldn't produce a fart for half a day.
As a result, why did all kinds of modification requirements suddenly spew out like diarrhea when it was about to be launched, and they wanted to change this and overturn that?
Everyone was simply exhausted.
The bosses only need to pat their heads to make decisions, and the ones who suffer are all these miserable low-level workers.
But everyone had to swallow their anger and continue to tap on the keyboard with dark circles under their eyes.
The reason is very simple. In the game industry in this involution world, this level of overtime is already commonplace before the game is launched.
YouYi is still "humane" enough to let the workers go home at 3 a.m., allowing them to take a shower and catch up on some sleep.
Some companies directly have all employees stay up all night and sleep on the floor before the version is launched.
Therefore, they can only pick a less rotten one from a pile of rotten tomatoes.
There is no way, life is not easy, there are old people above and young people below, and they still owe decades of mortgage payments. Let's live one day at a time.
……
On Sunday night, Lu Yu was bored in his study at home and began to check the progress of Peach Blossom Land's various product lines recently.
Recently, he has been focusing on fitness and hot springs at the company, or teaching employees how to enjoy life, and at home he focuses on admiring Liu Mengyuan, this beauty, walking back and forth in front of him wearing black stockings,
Come to think of it, it has been a long time since he paid attention to the progress of the company's business lines.
Therefore, when he saw that 'My Leisurely Island Life' had nearly 2 million monthly active users, and that Lu Di Yu Mo's interview documentary had more than 5 million views, and that players were enthusiastically discussing the new progress of Banter Life, he suddenly realized.
That's not right, why do I see that all business lines have the risk of continuing to become a hit and the business scale getting out of control...
These are not the most important things. The most important thing is, why has the income curve of Leisurely Points been declining significantly in the past few days, even more than before!
Why are the employees rolling up again, and even more than before?
No, I must intervene!