togophonebook #335 - Wandering game is a big hit! Competitors are defeated again, and the final battle is imminent
#335 - Wandering game is a big hit! Competitors are defeated again, and the final battle is imminent
The game started playing a cutscene.
The boss of Xin Sheng He, upon hearing that his brothers had been beaten so badly at the main altar, and recalling the previous hatred of having his wife stolen, trembled with anger: "Is there any justice? Is there any law?"
When the live stream settled that day, Wang Hanzhe's survival score had reached 596th globally!
He yawned and said:
"Brothers, our game goal is very clear from now on: continue to expand the Beggar Clan, explore new urban unknown areas, and welcome everyone to visit my live stream from time to time."
Wang Hanzhe paused and did not immediately end the broadcast, but summarized a week of game insights:
"Before ending today's live stream, I would like to share with you my feelings about the game 'Runaway Simulator'.
First of all, I want to say that this game is quite wonderful and is the most appealing game to me recently!
The game's screen design, sound effects, and game scene design are all very elaborate,
Moreover, from the initial city wandering to the later gang hegemony, every link is full of challenges and fun.
For example, rummaging through trash cans and begging on the streets may seem simple, but there are many tricks involved, requiring observation, analysis, and luck.
Each time you rummage through a trash can, the randomness and uncertainty it brings are addictive!
The process of building a shelter is also quite interesting, from finding a suitable location to collecting building materials, it is full of challenges,
Moreover, various factors need to be considered, such as defense capabilities and living comfort, etc. The feeling of building a shelter yourself is really great!
In addition, the Beggar Clan system is also a part that I really like.
Being able to create your own Beggar Clan, recruit vagrants, and develop your own power is really fantastic!
Finally, thank you, Tao Yuan Xiang, for the happiness you brought me this past week!"
At this time, the audience in the live broadcast room also frantically spammed the screen with exclamations, praising Tao Yuan Xiang as awesome:
"Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) game planning ability is too strong, just watching Wang Hanzhe's live broadcast makes me feel so immersed!"
"Yeah, indeed, even a homeless game can be made so fun. Is there any theme that can stump this game company?"
"How should I put it? Although Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) strength may not be the strongest among the domestic console Big Three, I think being a player of Tao Yuan Xiang is quite fortunate. Playing games is a kind of enjoyment. Tao Yuan Xiang is awesome!"
After the live broadcast ended that day, clips of Wang Hanzhe's live streams from the past few days began to circulate. More fan-made and strategy videos appeared on various video websites, and players all over the internet became addicted to being homeless:
"[Hand-drawn Animation] The Daily Life of a Homeless Beggar, Every Frame is a Show Effect"
"[Fan-made Song] 'Song of the Wanderer' Tribute to Every Person Wandering in a Foreign Land"
"[Funny Commentary] A Big Adventure Starting from Building a File in a Border City, Endless Joy!"
"[Game Short Film] A Newbie's Shelter Construction Diary, A Beggar Clan Life Starting from Scratch."
"[Crazy Remix] 'Runaway Simulator' Streamer Wang Hanzhe Rollover Compilation!"
As various game streamers played the game to the mid- and late-stages, a frenzy of purchases swept the market.
Online channels such as the official website were quickly sold out. Many players did not hesitate to use timed purchases, script purchases, and other means to do their best to compete for the physical version of the game.
Within a few short minutes of the rush, the website server was overwhelmed and frequently crashed, causing many players eager to get started to exclaim "Unwilling!" and flock to the official Weibo to demand restocking.
Not only that, but many big players even bought multiple sets of the game at once to give away.
Subsequently, merchandise quickly became the object of the rush.
Deliberately distressed Runaway theme T-shirts, trash can figures, peripheral stationery and other products were sold out. Some limited editions were even snapped up in large quantities and then doubled in price on the second-hand market!
As game sales expanded, many media outlets that had not previously published game reviews due to Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) awkward drama promotional videos began to change their tune, and various game reviews sprung up like mushrooms after rain:
GameVoice:
['Runaway Simulator': A New Experience That Breaks the Boundaries of Games]
This game, with its innovative gameplay and open city design, successfully breaks the boundaries of traditional travel simulation games, bringing players a new immersive experience.
The game's meticulous survival elements, rich and diverse interactive content, and gang construction mechanisms allow players to be immersed in a real and fun experience.
Player's Realm:
['Runaway Simulator': An Innovative Work That Reshapes Game Gameplay]
This game has a high degree of freedom, and each randomly refreshed city has NPCs with different styles for players to encounter,
I have reason to believe that Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) Tao Yuan Kaiwu Engine will bring the VR game experience to an unprecedented new height!
We look forward to Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) engine technology bringing more interesting games!
IGN:
[Write the Spirit of Anti-Involution from the Perspective of a Tramp]
'Runaway Simulator' successfully creates a vibrant city sandbox. The game's image performance, sound design, and various store design details are impressive and highly playable.
But this time, the editor wants to talk more about the people in this game,
In Wang Hanzhe's live broadcast, the game protagonist himself is a person who failed to speculate in stocks with leverage,
And around him, there are also gradually gathered partners who are forced to wander for various reasons,
Such as a cook forced to take the blame, a student whose poverty student quota was taken away, a worker who was owed wages and had nowhere to go, and an art student betrayed by his tutor...
Although their first half of their lives can be described as a failure, they have rekindled the hope of life in the Beggar Clan named New Tao Yuan.
As the saying goes, after passing many mountains and rivers that seem to block the way, suddenly one sees the light and a lovely village.
This undoubtedly highlights the spiritual core of Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) game works as always: anti-involution!
……
As the popularity fermented, game live broadcast clips also flowed overseas, and soon attracted the attention of some overseas celebrities.
A celebrity named Jack Robinson with 2 million fans praised "Runaway Simulator" on Twitter.
His personal homepage has a background introduction:
Jack is a wilderness survival expert with many years of experience in zero-cost challenges to wilderness survival and outdoor teaching experience.
He has survived in various harsh environments and filmed a documentary that chronicles his wandering across the United States. As a professional outdoor survival instructor, his opinions are highly trusted.
His Twitter text reads:
"Recently, I was recommended to watch a live stream clip of this game,
As an expert focusing on wilderness wandering, I am very surprised by the authenticity and challenge of the wandering life presented by 'Runaway Simulator'.
This game is quite excellent in simulating the challenge of zero-cost survival, almost perfectly restoring the various tests I encountered at the time.
From rummaging through trash cans to find food, to building shelters to avoid danger, while also dealing with the threat of invasion, the environmental details and survival mechanisms in the game are designed very well,
I believe that this game will attract more people to pay attention to the sport of extreme wilderness wandering, and I hope that this game can launch a multi-language version as soon as possible."
With the continuous rise in public opinion popularity, the sales of "Runaway Simulator" soared!
Sales exceeded 12.5 million units in the first week of release, breaking the small game sales record that "The Strongest Crosstalk Master" had just set not long ago!
At the same time, the game continued to drive the hardware sales of Tao Yuan Shenyou, bringing the total sales of this console to 30 million units!
……
Because Jian Feng, the North Editor of the "Central Plains Five Editors", once released a video ridiculing the new short film of "Runaway Simulator\
,"Therefore, a large number of proud Tao Yuan Xiang fans ran to the bottom of the original video to build a group:
"Making a conclusion based solely on a spoof advertising short film, Jian Feng, who exactly are you looking down on?"
"Ten-year old fan, very disappointed in you, speaking without thinking, have you been too arrogant recently?"
"Oh, Jian Feng, why are you frantically deleting comments, is your mentality exploding? The awkward drama in your mouth has become a popular king, are you angry, are you angry?!"
"Didn't see through Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) promotional strategy at all, but you call yourself a professional game editor, it seems your business ability is worrying."
"Jian Feng, stop talking nonsense, if you have the ability, let the gold master behind you produce a brilliant game adapted from a low-quality short film, and see if you can be even a little bit stronger than Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) Runaway Simulator?"
Beijing, a hutong in Dongcheng District, in a rented apartment.
Looking at the computer screen, the heart-wrenching player comments were about to completely break Jian Feng.
Closing his eyes, the veins on his forehead bulged, trying to control the emotional fluctuations in his heart.
Originally, the players' sarcastic remarks made him extremely angry,
Just as he was about to refute, he thought carefully, and the players' words seemed to be completely correct,
Hey, even more angry!
His eyes were full of fatigue and frustration, his brows furrowed,
His mind was constantly entangled: should I delete the video, should I delete the video...
He paced back and forth in the room helplessly, sometimes stopping to rub his temples, and sometimes rubbing his palms.
In the end, he was annoyed by his unpromising self, and the teacup in his hand was directly smashed on the ground,
After a fit of impotent rage, he lowered his head, put his hands weakly on his legs, and looked dejected.
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Just then, Thomas called.
After Jian Feng answered, he smiled bitterly: "Brother Thomas, I have been defeated by Tao Yuan Xiang twice. Frankly speaking, this has had too much impact on my reputation over the years."
Thomas: "It doesn't matter, hold on! Our Central Plains Five Editors share weal and woe.
We still have two editors who haven't taken action yet!
Daji and I are already studying how to attack 'Code Name Shinkansen'.
We will definitely give Tao Yuan Xiang a big one later! We will get back all our face and benefits!"
……
Jianghai City, Longteng Group Building, Fan Langtao's office.
Seeing the cumulative sales of more than 12 million copies of various versions of "Runaway Simulator" on the screen,
He suddenly stood up, his eyes widened, with a look of disbelief!
He was holding a cup of coffee, but forgot to drink it, staring blankly at the computer screen,
Fan Langtao lowered his head and closed his eyes, trying to calm his inner emotions, but his face kept twitching.
He couldn't figure it out, he couldn't figure it out no matter what!
This kid, obviously released a seemingly ordinary city hiking travel VLOG.
Who would have thought that this new game, in addition to looking a little bit related to the theme of travel, has its own set of core gameplay!
At first, he thought that since this game had a BUG that prevented players from getting money at the beginning, its reputation should be collapsing beyond repair,
Unexpectedly, like the previous "The Strongest Crosstalk Master", Tao Yuan Xiang actually packaged this BUG into a game feature,
The entire underlying mechanism and art resources of the game were also reconstructed around this BUG, and the result was unexpectedly good!
He even had a feeling that this BUG version of the game was several times more interesting than the original BUG-free version that Tao Yuan Xiang had envisioned!
"This... who the hell would believe it?!"
After a moment of disbelief, Fan Langtao suddenly shuddered!
Could it be... that everything was deliberately done by this kid Lu Yu again?!
Strange, why did I say again?
Fan Langtao became alert.
Thinking about it carefully, it is true that this kid seems to have used a series of tricks.
First of all, the purpose of Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) company's hiking team building activity may not be pure, maybe it is taking the opportunity of team building to develop and collect materials,
Secondly, the reason why Lu Yu allowed his employees to edit the travel Vlog into a game promotional video is because Lu Yu has foreseen the popularity of this game,
The extreme disappointment in the early stage and the extreme surprise in the later stage can bring a greater contrast!
So, he deliberately released this rotten Vlog.
He even cut in the clip of showing affection with Liu Mengyuan in the promotional PV. Isn't this deliberately making Fan Langtao angry?
Hehe, okay Lu Yu, playing with human nature so thoroughly!
I admit that the two small games you made before did make me misjudge.
After taking a sip of coffee, Fan Langtao sat back in his chair and calmed down again.
Could the awkward drama of "Code Name Shinkansen" also be a blindfold of this deep and hidden guy Lu Yu?
However, since this game is said to be Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) recent main project, it shouldn't adopt such a rotten publicity idea, right?
Thinking about it, he still felt unsure,
In that case, don't blame him for using off-court tricks!
Without delay, he decided to immediately send the company's hackers to launch a sneak attack on Tao Yuan Xiang's(桃源乡: Tao Yuan Xiang) development server to see if they could find out useful development information.
If they could destroy the game's project files and add obstacles to Lu Yu's game development, that would be even better!
Thinking of this, he felt a little relieved: Lu Yu, what's the ability to make small games? Let's compete on flagship masterpieces!
After that, he immediately brought the company's chief network expert Jiang Lei over and ordered him to launch an attack.
Jiang Lei frowned after hearing this:
"Manager Fan, with all due respect, regardless of the level of Taoyuan Village's network firewall, for a company of our size to engage in such petty theft is really..."
Fan Langtao suddenly straightened up, his expression serious:
"Mr. Jiang, please watch your language!
We are merely helping our fellow company improve their firewall out of concern. How can you call that petty theft?
Furthermore, I report directly to President Pei now, and I believe President Pei would not want to see any obstruction to the orders I issue, right?"
Jiang Lei sneered inwardly: wielding a chicken feather as an imperial command.
"Since Manager Fan represents President Pei, I have nothing to say. As long as you guarantee that all of this is authorized by President Pei, I will naturally comply."
Fan Langtao hesitated for a few seconds before nodding decisively.
After Jiang Lei left the office, Fan Langtao's eyes narrowed slightly:
In this battle, he had wagered almost all the reputation he had accumulated in his career. He had no way out!
......
At the same time, at the headquarters of Youyi Company.
Wu Liang, with dark circles under his eyes, browsed through a few pages of analysis reports about the game, then crumpled the document into a ball.
In recent days, he hadn't been able to sleep well because, since the major streamers had played "Desperate Wanderers Simulator," the game's popularity had been unexpectedly high. It was impossible not to notice it.
Sitting back on the office sofa, he crossed his arms, his brow furrowed, his expression very solemn.
He couldn't figure out what President Lu was up to...
Since you're making a wandering simulator, you should honestly promote it. Why did you release a team-building Vlog?
As he thought about it,
Wu Liang suddenly had a flash of inspiration!
Could it be that President Lu deliberately chose this special marketing strategy to make the game full of flaws in the early stages of release in order to attract more attention and discussion?
In this way, President Lu can create a negative image of the game on purpose to trigger players' curiosity and verification psychology, thereby increasing the game's attention and exposure. Then, when players get their hands on it, they are surprised by the high quality of the game, thus generating a surprising contrast!
But he had fallen for President Lu's trick, using Youyi's promotional resources to help promote this Vlog.
On the surface, it was a hype-killing strategy, but unexpectedly, he willingly made a wedding dress for President Lu!
Huh... strange, why did I say "again"?
"Good job, President Lu..." Wu Liang sincerely admired.
In that case, don't blame him for using off-the-field tactics!
It's time to use the name of technical cooperation to extract the core technology of Taoyuan Village's "Different Dimensional Haptic Belt"!