Most of the players didn't start playing right away. They were all looking at the screen, waiting for the host to introduce the games. They would only play if they thought it was good.
The male host's deep voice echoed through the crowd.
"Designer number seven, entry: Flappybird.
"In the game, the player can control the bird's flight by clicking on the screen, passing through obstacles. The player will get one point for every obstacle they pass.
"The game has internet and ranking functions. Hmm, ranking functions."
The host's voice paused for a moment. It was obvious that he wanted to say something grandiose to praise the game, but he failed.
Even with the professionalism of a famous host, he couldn't find anything to praise about the game. In the end, he could only repeat that it had internet and ranking functions.
Hmm, it was an online game after all.
A burst of laughter came from the audience. Indeed, among the previous games, there were some that were relatively simple, but none of them were as simple as this!
From the video on the screen, it could barely be called a game, but … it was too difficult!
The pixel style was too horrible to look at.
There was no control to speak of.
There was only one boring way to play.
Who wants to play it?!
Then he looked at the three judges.
Shi Huazhe's face was green.
Lin Hai's face was blank.
Qiu Hengyang was in disbelief, trying to confirm if the game was as simple as it seemed on his tablet.
Obviously the three judges were thinking the same thing, "There's such a thing?"
How did the designer pass the preliminaries if a game like this was allowed to participate?
The contestants also burst into laughter. Their originally anxious and nervous emotions were completely relieved.
Many were secretly observing, wondering who this designer number seven was. Wasn't he afraid of becoming a laughing stock in the gaming industry?
Chen Mo sat upright and still, his face calm.
No one would be able to tell that he was the designer number seven.
The contestants didn't have a number tag on them, to prevent cheating. The identity of the contestant wouldn't affect the judgment of the judges or the audience.
The host continued to introduce the other games. This incident became a small interlude that was laughed off.
Chen Mo felt that the time was right. He secretly turned on the virtual screen on his bracelet and used the Super Focuser.
He had tested it before. This virtual screen could only be seen by him, so he could use it freely in public.
Then, Chen Mo locked onto the three judges and more than half of the audience, making a total of five hundred people, and focused their attention on his game.
A countdown timer appeared on the screen. Within these ten minutes, all five hundred players would be focused on Chen Mo's game.
After doing all this, Chen Mo sat quietly in his seat and waited.
As the saying goes, do your best and leave it to fate. Now, it was time to leave it to fate.
…
In the audience, a student turned on his tablet and was about to find a game to play.
Initially, he had no intention of touching Flappybird, but for some strange reason, his finger clicked on it.
"Eh?"
He was a little confused, but he could vaguely feel a voice strongly calling out to him in his heart, "Play, play …"
"Isn't this just that extremely simple little game? I don't think it's fun."
"…"
"Forget it, let's play and see."
The student tapped on the screen and started the game.
A couple was originally playing a two-player flying fighter game, but the girl suddenly felt bored.
"It's so boring. Let's change it," the girl said.
The guy nodded, "Sure, I think it's pretty boring too. But which one should we play? "
The two of them scanned through the twenty games, and for some strange reason, their eyes landed on the fat and stupid bird icon in Flappybird.
The girl said, "This game seems to be connected to the internet and has a ranking system. Why don't we try it?"
The guy hesitated, "Sure, but is it fun?"
The girl said, "We'll only know if it's fun or not after we play it. Also, doesn't it have a ranking system? Let's see who has a higher score. "
The guy nodded, "Sure!"
The two of them clicked on the bird icon in Flappybird.
The effect of the Super Focuser was instant, all five hundred of them opened Flappybird and started playing.
Even the three judges did the same.
Shi Huazhe was still holding back his anger. When he saw the introduction of Flappybird, he almost stood up and demanded that designer number seven be disqualified.
After all, Shi Huazhe was the oldest of the three judges, and older people tended to be more conservative. To him, how could this even be considered a game? This was ridiculous, and an insult to video game designers!
How did someone like this pass the preliminaries? Did the organizers not check his abilities properly?
Or … did he pull strings?
How could there be shady dealings in a competition like this? How heartbreaking!
But as angry as he was, Shi Huazhe realized that he couldn't control his eyes. There were twenty game icons on the tablet, and he felt that the stupid, fat bird icon was very eye-catching, as if it took up the entire screen.
"…"
"I want to see how bad it can be."
Shi Huazhe clicked on the stupid, fat bird icon and entered the game.
He was a little embarrassed, and felt that it was beneath him to play a game like this. He sneaked a peek at the other two judges sitting next to him and saw that they were also playing Flappybird on the screen!
Shi Huazhe was speechless.
It seemed like he wasn't the only one.
The other two judges, Lin Hai and Qiu Hengyang, were also playing Flappybird.
Qiu Hengyang's ability to play wasn't entirely due to the influence of the Super Focuser. When the host introduced the game, he keenly noticed a problem.
Why did such a simple game have to go through so much effort to add an internet and ranking system?
It felt completely unnecessary. If they had the energy, they might as well make one or two more levels, or develop one or two more characters.
With this question in mind, Qiu Hengyang clicked on the stupid, fat bird icon.
The game's opening screen was very simple. It told the player that they could make the bird fly up by clicking on the screen, but there was no other hint.
There was a zero at the top of the screen, which was probably the score.
The game's graphics were exactly the same as the demo video on the big screen. It was extremely simple, and the bird looked like a ball. It had two big, lifeless eyes, a sausage mouth, and two little wings. It looked stupid no matter how you looked at it.
Not to mention, it was a little cute.
Qiu Hengyang tried to click on the screen.
The stupid, fat bird struggled to fly up like a drowning fish, and then immediately fell head first into the water pipe, dead.
Qiu Hengyang was speechless.
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