Chapter 107: Someone Came to Grab Business! (2nd Update)
Obviously, this was a surprise for Lilith.
It has been more than half a year since the game "Hell Tracks" was released, and the sales have basically not increased significantly, and the popularity of online discussion is also very low.
Lilith is busy with new games every time, and she has almost forgotten about this anti-heaven game.
As a result, I didn't expect that the negative emotions collected could actually pick up?
However, Gu Fan had expected this for a long time.
The reason is simple, there are no subsequent updates to this game!
Hell Trail may seem like a tall FPS game, but it's technically a fun little game with a "bullet turn" as its selling point, and it doesn't have the same longevity as those big FPS games.
What's more, because of the special nature of the Hell Contract, once the game is released, it cannot be changed, otherwise it will cause serious consequences of "violating the contract", so although Lilith can't fix the bugs in the game, Gu Fan can't make subsequent updates to the gameplay.
Therefore, after the initial popularity of "Hell Tracks", the players who remained in the game at this time, as well as the new players, gradually began to experience more negative emotions.
This seems to be an unsolvable problem, but Gu Fan has actually already thought of a solution.
It's just that this solution can't be done by himself, he has to find a way to create a suitable opportunity, and he has to let an irrelevant person take action in order to clear his suspicion.
So Gu Fan is still waiting.
"And what about the bad news?" Gu Fan asked.
Lilith's expression instantly became serious, and even a little hideous: "Someone has come to steal business from me!" ”
Gu Fan raised his eyebrows: "Oh? You mean, there are other demons from hell who have come to the world to open companies to collect negative emotions? ”
Lilith nodded viciously, "Yes!
"Lao Lu specially called me over to tell me about this matter, although he said it very tactfully, but his attitude was very resolute, obviously this is a notice, not a discussion!
He thinks that the collection of negative emotions on earth against heaven is not going well, probably because of the lack of competition. So he decided to start a new business and appoint another Hell Demon Azazel to set up a new company called "Hellfront Front" and develop the game at the same time as us to collect negative emotions! ”
Gu Fan was a little difficult to jump, this Lucifer and Lilith really seemed to be carved out of the same mold, they were both the same fickle.
Lilith said on the front foot to thank Gu Fan for his contribution, and on the back foot began to ask for the guilt because of the bug.
What about Lucifer? As soon as the front foot praised Lilith for her outstanding contribution to publicity, the back foot sent another demon to collect negative emotions.
Lilith's face became even more gloomy: "Half of my art and music teams in Hell were robbed, and even more exceedingly, Azazel even stole my ideas!" ”
Gu Fan was a little surprised: "Stealing your creativity? ”
Lilith nodded and said viciously, "That's right! I've gotten the game they're going to make through internal connections.
"Isn't that my idea!"
Lilith said, pulling out a copy of the design and handing it over.
Gu Fan stretched out his hand to take it, but after just glancing at it, he couldn't help but be in awe.
This Azazle...... I'm really prepared!
The first game to be developed by the company, called Hellfront, is called Hell's Worst.
The gameplay is fairly simple, as you take on the role of an infernal demon who climbs the blazing volcano of hell.
During this time, players can climb, jump, sneak past patrolling angels, and eventually climb the volcano to summon a powerful legion of Hell.
In the process, the infernal demon may fall from the mountain or die, and in most cases, it will lead to a new rebirth.
"It's plagiarism! This is plagiarism!
"It's obviously all my brainchild in Sisyphus!!"
Lilith was visibly angry.
Gu Fan carefully checked the gameplay: "It's a pity, in terms of human law, I'm afraid this doesn't constitute plagiarism."
"Human law only protects expression, not creativity.
"Because in the game industry, if this level of gameplay similarity is considered plagiarism, then there can only be one FPS game in the world, and all other games with first-person shooter elements will be judged as plagiarism, which is obviously unreasonable.
"As for 'expression', I don't think they would be stupid enough to use the art resources and materials of Sisyphus, but would make a different set.
"So the laws of the world can't punish them, can your hell contract give some effect?"
Lilith was instantly deflated: "This matter is what the old way agrees to, I think it!" ”
Gu Fan was silent for a moment: "Then I can only think of other ways." ”
No wonder Lilith is so angry, suddenly a demon from hell runs out to pick fruit and eat ready-made, can this not be angry?
Objectively analyzed, the situation at this time is really very unfavorable for Lilith.
From the design of the game "Hell Bad", this is undoubtedly an electronic waste, cyber defense, anyone who plays this game, I am afraid can only be described in four words, that is, "cesspool butterfly"!
Obviously, this Azazel was cunning, he was crossing the river by feeling the stones.
Sisyphus was one step away from success, and was ultimately lost due to bugs in "Rolling Stone Acceleration" and "Dragon Flapping Wings".
So for Azazler, as long as all the elements of the game that could lead to success can be removed, then a great work to collect negative emotions is born?
So he simply deleted the setting of "pushing stones", and also removed every layer of the theme in purgatory, and completely removed the factor that may induce bugs such as the Hell Wyvern.
As a result, Hell Bad is a boring game with a monotonous gameplay, where players can only control an ugly Hell Bad Devil, repeatedly climbing and jumping to reach the top of the volcano.
There is no doubt that Azazler will definitely be like Lilith, throwing money on promotion, tricking as many players as possible in, and then harvesting a lot of negative emotions in a short period of time.
Lilith is very wronged, what they say is my words!
If Azarzler really succeeded in playing this routine, it would be an absolutely devastating blow to Lilith.
And for Gu Fan?
That's certainly not good news!
Because Lilith, after being severely stimulated, may design games that are more extreme, and even learn from Azazel's "successful experience" in turn.
And her suspicion of Gu Fan will be further aggravated.
The current delicate balance of the Antiheaven Game will be broken and gradually deviate from the direction planned by Gu Fan......
This is absolutely unbearable!
Therefore, this time Gu Fan must help Lilith once, at least first unanimously to the outside world, and kill this Azazel who appeared out of nowhere!
But here's the problem...... How?
Gu Fan pondered for a moment: "Don't panic, there is me." As your number one thinker, how can I let others prostitute your ideas so freely? They must be made to pay a heavy price!
"But before I can do that, I need some information about my opponent.
"What is this Azazler lacking the most at the moment?"
Lilith thought for a moment: "Of course, the most lacking thing is the same as us, negative emotions!" Secondly, they should be short of money.
"In terms of human financial resources, of course, Azazel, a descendant, still can't compare with me."
Lilith said, subconsciously prideful.
Gu Fan nodded slightly, probably understood.
For demons, of course, money is not important, what they want is the negative emotions of humans, which is the hard currency of the whole hell, comparable to gold on earth.
But that doesn't mean money isn't important at all.
Because if you want to collect negative emotions in the human world by making games, it still takes money, and it takes a lot of money.
Not to mention anything else, just the current devil's playing routine, specializing in defense games and then frantically throwing money to publicize, if you want to squeeze the negative emotions of players to the maximum, then the publicity cost of each game will be at least tens of millions.
Lilith didn't care because she had always had the position of "Director of the Office of Negative Emotions Collection in Hell", and many of the properties of the demons of hell in the human world were more or less related to her.
So no matter how much money a game loses, she doesn't care at all.
But Azazel is different, he has no status in hell, but because of some outstanding achievements, he is valued by Lucifer and comes to the world to start anew.
Start-up capital should be very scarce.
And since he chose the same route as Lilith, it is certainly unlikely that a garbage game like "Hell Bad Devil" will make money. Where will the subsequent development funds come from? This is very problematic.
If you can grasp this weakness, you may be able to give the other party a heavy blow!
Gu Fan quickly had a plan: "I have a plan here, but I need your cooperation a little." ”
Lilith nodded: "Okay, just say it, I'll fully cooperate!"
"As long as I can keep my status as the 'Hell No. 1 Game Producer', everything else is easy to say!"
(End of chapter)