When there is an unknown bug in the game that has a devastating impact on the game environment, the first thing a normal developer thinks about is to fix the bug.

Huang Wenjun is no exception.

But when he tried to fix the bug, he was shocked to find that this bug had little to do with the game itself, but the characteristics of the engine itself.

It can be hard to understand this.

To put it in layman's terms, take the common Source Engine as an example, this engine has a well-known feature: extra acceleration!

When you rotate the camera at a constant speed while maintaining your movement and with the A/D input, you get an acceleration value based on the rotation of the camera angle......

This is also the root of many games developed according to the Source engine, which can achieve various strange practical skills such as air acceleration, air direction change, and abstract body jumping.

This is a feature of the engine itself, and it has little to do with the game itself. So the same technique, even if you change to a different game, as long as it is still the same engine, there is a high probability that it can be used.

And Huang Wenjun is experiencing the same problem now!

The bugs reported by players have nothing to do with the "Legend of Kuafu" game developed by him, which is completely a feature of the engine.

Although he didn't quite understand why the features of the Tianba engine were so abstract, it was indeed the problem with the engine.

[A letter to all of you who are members of The Legend of Kuafu:]

[Since the release of the game, the sales volume has exceeded 300,000 copies, thank you very much for your support!] In response to the problem of abnormal bugs in the game reported by some players, we hereby reply. 】

[The bug has been investigated, and it is not a conventional game bug, but it is caused by the characteristics of the Tianba engine, and the problem has been fed back to the Tianba studio......]

Huang Wenjun is very honest.

He has always said something, and immediately issued an announcement saying that the problem has been resolved.

It's just that because the bug comes from the Tianba engine, he can't solve it, and is actively communicating with the Tianba studio, hoping that players can wait patiently.

The players who were originally excited and clamoring for a refund suddenly stopped a lot as soon as they saw the update announcement.

The attitude is also much gentler.

"Look, I'll just say it's Brother Ba's problem, you still don't believe it, do you believe it?"

"Brother Ba? That's fine! ”

"If it were another engine, I would definitely not believe it, but if it was a Tianba engine, it seemed quite reasonable?"

"You've all been PUA by Brother Ba?"

"It's not that I'm PUA, but it's cool to praise my father every day! Anyway, I like it, and I have to consume this sun today......"

After the update announcement was issued, the players' response attitude made Huang Wenjun unable to react for a while.

What's going on?

The group of people who were so angry and clamoring for a refund before changed their faces in an instant when they heard that this problem came from the Tianba engine?

Brother Ba really has such a great magic power, and PUA has so many people, so that they can even accept and recognize this kind of bug willingly?

"Is there a possibility that this isn't a bug?"

After receiving Huang Wenjun's message, Chen Ba replied as soon as possible: "This is a super cool engine feature, the next generation of AI game engines are like this, how rare and weird, right?" ”

Huang Wenjun: "......"

Glancing at the reply sent to him by Chen Ba himself, he knew for the first time that there were still features of the game engine like this.

What a long insight!

The characteristics of other people's game engines, at most, create some surprises for everyone, but the Tianba engine is good, this is not a surprise but a fright.

"I'm convinced!"

Huang Wenjun replied with a thumbs up emoji, and then silently complained in his heart: "You guys are broken engines, and if you use me again, you will be a dog!" ”

What the hell?

After being in the industry for so long, he has never seen such an abstract game engine. Bugs of this magnitude can't be called bugs, but engine features?

Turtle tortoise!

Who dares to use your engine?

……

Chen Ba, who was far away in Jiangning, didn't know that a game developer who had finally fooled in had been scared away by the "magical characteristics" of the Tianba engine.

However, he also knows that if the response to "The Legend of Kuafu" is inappropriate, I am afraid that it will really scare away many developers.

Don't, don't go!

The Tianba engine is really easy to use, you believe me! It was just a minor accident, and it wasn't really a big deal......

In order to appease the majority of developers and make them believe that the Tianba engine is a reliable game engine, this time it was just an accident, Chen Ba hurriedly posted a small essay.

The short essay is very long.

It probably means that the 1.0 version of the Tianba engine is not stable enough, and it will continue to be updated and improved in the future.

This engine does have a lot of exclusive features, but these features are like easter eggs that don't affect the power of this engine.

Contrary!

It is precisely because of this distinctive engine feature that the Tianba engine can be called a powerful engine.

Balabala said a lot, with the guarantee that subsequent updates and engine features will not affect the base game, it has finally stabilized the developer.

Of course!

The main reason why these developers can be stabilized and not run away collectively is that the Tianba engine is really easy to use, convenient and trouble-free.

After using this engine to develop games, I always feel uncomfortable using other engines. Perhaps this is the so-called from thrift to luxury, from luxury to simplicity!

The same goes for Huang Wenjun.

Although after experiencing it once, he felt that the Tianba engine was very abstract and strange, but I have to say that this is indeed the best game engine he has ever used.

Chen Ba may be full of nonsense, but he at least said one truth, that is, there is no substitute for the Tianba engine for many indie game developers!

Independent game developers are usually small teams of one or several people, and they use other engines to develop a game, how can they be so convenient and fast as the Tianba engine?

That's why.

Although Huang Wenjun's first experience was terrible, he is still willing to believe in Brother Ba and believe in the future version 2.0.

To this end, he also gave Amway to other friends he knew, who were all indie game developers......

"Don't worry, the sky won't fall!"

For Huang Qing, Yang Dong and others, who were worried all day about whether no one would dare to use the Tianba engine, Chen Ba said that he was too worried.

There are two sides to everything.

You can't just look at the bad side, you can't just look at the good side, you need to combine to make the most fair judgment.

Do the Tempa engines suck?

Just looking at the game "The Legend of Kuafu" is really bad, after all, the game is not very good, and it also bursts out of this strange and abstract engine characteristics, who is not afraid to watch it?

But if it is concluded that the Tianba engine cannot be used, or it is not easy to use, it will be too one-sided.

It's still the same sentence!

Indie game developers like Huang Wenjun have only experienced the Tianba engine once, and it is difficult for them to give up using it.

"Why?"

Xiao Lu scratched his head and asked, "Our engine has a feature, and this feature will cause all kinds of strange bugs in the game, aren't they worried?" ”

"I'm worried!"

"But I'm worried that I'm going to be worried, and it won't affect them to continue to use the Tianba engine."

Chen Ba explained: "Because the ease of use of the Tianba engine is enough for them to ignore this shortcoming or hidden danger. ”

The typical pros outweigh the cons!

In fact, Chen Ba himself has the same mentality. When he was working on a new game, wasn't he worried about bugs that would appear in the new game?

Definitely worried!

But if he is worried about this situation, it is unrealistic for him to completely get rid of the Tie Hanhan system and develop a game independently.

As long as the pros outweigh the disadvantages, it is acceptable, and the Tie Hanhan system has caused a lot of trouble. As long as the benefits it brings outweigh the troubles, Chen Ba will not give up eating because of choking.

This is especially true of the Tianba engine.

The statement of the next-generation AI engine may be slightly exaggerated, but compared with the engines of other competitors on the market, the Tianba engine is not generally easy to use and trouble-free.

There is currently no better alternative to this advantage.

Therefore, many independent game developers know that Brother Ba has bad intentions, and the engine he launched has great flaws, but they still use it.

Moreover, didn't you listen to Brother Ba?

This is the 1.0 version of the Tianba engine, and there will be 2.0 and 3.0 versions in the future! The days are definitely getting better and better......

"That's just as well!"

Huang Qing analyzed seriously: "A game engine that is powerful enough and convenient and trouble-free is indeed very tempting. ”

Even if this engine has a trait that makes people laugh and cry, it doesn't matter.

Ease of use is king!

As for using this game to develop a game, will there be any problems, or follow the old path of "The Legend of Kuafu", which seems to be acceptable?

After all, everyone is not blind......

Before the bug appeared, the popularity of "The Legend of Kuafu" was quite low, and the number of people discussing and the sales of the game were not high.

But since "Praise Father by Day" has become "Praise Father by Day", the popularity of the game has obviously increased a lot, and the sales have almost doubled.

If it's a bug in the game caused by this engine feature, then everyone is really acceptable.

"Then here's the problem!"

"Our Tianba engine version 1.1 update, do we need to eliminate this engine feature?"

"No, you don't!"

Chen Ba rolled his eyes.

Xiao Lu really dares to say it! And eliminate the engine characteristic, if he could eliminate this feature, "Cold Window Reading Simulator" would not have become "Cattle Herding Simulator" in the first place.

Don't even think about this kind of thing.

At least he doesn't have the ability, and the rest of the studio can't even read the core code, let alone him.

"That's right, Mr. Chen!"

Yang Dong seemed to have thought of something, raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there a companion DLC for Global Evolution?" ”

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Originally, even "Rush" had a companion DLC, and "Global Evolution" is a triple-A game, but it is a strange thing that there is no companion DLC.

The DLC content is simple.

There is one more map, which is equivalent to a different dimension, and there will be many contents that are not included in the original body in this new map, such as new bosses and new side plots, etc.

Chen Ba was very curious, why did Yang Dong suddenly mention this? Is there anything wrong with this DLC?

"The DLC is fine, but the combination of DLC and the ontology is problematic!"

Yang Dong explained: "The environment of the game itself is now very bad. The number of players who have evolved into bosses is twice as large as that of normal players. ”

The greatest pleasure of these players who have evolved into bosses is to torture normal players.

How can a normal player stand it?

But they either don't push the plot or go to the wild, as long as they push the plot to the wild, it will be difficult to escape the clutches.

It wasn't until someone discovered that the companion map DLC could actually be used as a refuge that normal players were relieved.

As long as you enter the new DLC map, these players who have evolved into story level bosses will not be able to enter, and they will not be able to threaten normal players.

Normal players can silently develop and accumulate strength in this picture, return to the normal big world map, and show these players who have evolved into level bosses what is called the horror of "numerical crushing".

Boss players are dissatisfied!

What's the matter? Normal players have bought DLC, and boss players have also bought it!

Everyone has bought DLC, why can the human form enter the new map, but the evolution of the level boss can't enter?

"But they're bosses!"

Chen Ba frowned and said, "Forget about ordinary wilderness bosses, how can plot level bosses run around casually?" Isn't that a mess! ”

After evolving into a story level boss, the player will lose a certain degree of freedom.

Usually, you can go wherever you want.

That is, when you are not interacting with other players, you can run around even if you are in the form of a boss.

However, once another player has passed the story and needs a level boss to appear, players who have evolved into a boss will be forcibly teleported back to the boss battle scene.

This is also where boss players are dissatisfied.

In their opinion, the mechanics of this "fixed scene" are too rigid!

Why do you have to limit the location of the battle to that particular scene? Can't you just change places? Can't you choose the place of the battle yourself?

"Our boss's life is life, and we need to be protected! We can't be bound and imprisoned, we want to be free......"

The inaccessibility of the DLC map was just a fuse, and soon countless boss players protested, demanding that Tianba Studio lift the restrictions on the boss of the story level.

In the future, it is not when the player needs to take the initiative to find the boss when the plot is passed, and the boss can also take the initiative to find the player, and the love that goes both ways is the real love!

"Going both ways to ......"

After learning about the demands of these players, the corners of Chen Ba's mouth twitched: "Are you sure this is a two-way rush, not a unilateral pursuit?" ”

Leave a way for ordinary players to survive!

Originally, the game environment was very bad.,Every day is walking on thin ice.,If the plot boss can take the initiative to find the door.,Then play a hammer?

Just surrender and forget it!

But then again, because there are too many boss players and too few normal players, many boss players are really a bit bored and have to find something for them to do.

What should I do if the player doesn't kill enough?

Aren't there so many NPCs in the game? Anyway, they have evolved into beast bosses, so it makes sense for players to stand in the beast camp and hunt NPCs, right?

"In the future, the task of these boss players will not only be to prevent other players from passing the plot, but also to face the challenges of various NPCs."

Chen Ba explained: "In other words, if you can't beat the boss, you can't get through the plot, you can let the NPC help." ”

In this way, there is no shortage of opponents for BOSS players, and normal players can also pass the plot, after all, if you can't beat it, you can still shake NPCs to help, who is afraid of whom?

(End of chapter)