The Parallel World had five basic attributes: Constitution, Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Spirit. Every increase in level would reward five attribute points. Without hesitation, Gu Fei added all the points to Dexterity. He then waved his fists and legs. As expected, his movements were much faster than before. He was overjoyed. If this continued, not only would he be able to return to his normal level, but he could also reach a speed that he couldn't reach in real life if he continued to add points to the game. Gu Fei didn't want to be so crazy. He just wanted to return to his real self. He planned to add the extra points to Strength so that his attack power would be like his real self. He was too weak now. Gu Fei clenched his fists.
However, since it was a game, he had to loot the monsters that he defeated. After adding points, Gu Fei began to search the six monsters. In the end, he found two Meat Knives and six small money pouches. The monsters weren't very rich. Each money pouch only had a dozen or so copper coins. Gu Fei put all of them into his own money pouch. He scraped off the rust on the two Meat Knives, lifted his mage robe, and put them at his waist.
In order to fully simulate reality, the Parallel World didn't have any class restrictions on equipment. It only had some attribute requirements, and most of them were in terms of strength. As for the beginner weapons that didn't have any attribute requirements, anyone could use them.
After packing up, Gu Fei turned around and walked to another hill.
Another bonfire. Six brothers. However, before Gu Fei could see if they looked the same as the six before, the system sent a notification: Dear player, the game will be disconnected in ten seconds. Please be prepared to go offline. 10, 9, 8 …
After the countdown, the game was disconnected. The simulation disappeared, and Gu Fei returned to reality.
"What's going on!" Muttering in his heart, Gu Fei connected to the official website.
At this time, the developer and operator of the Parallel World were sitting together. They were holding an emergency meeting to discuss the problems that had been exposed in the first day of the open beta.
Since it was the first holographic game in history, in order to maintain its mysteriousness, the "parallel world" had always been developed in secret, and it was only during the closed beta that it started to be widely publicized. On the other hand, the closed beta was done by the internal staff. Everyone's focus was on the important parts of the game, such as character, missions, skills, and equipment. On the first day of the open beta, there were a lot of problems. Almost all of them were unacceptable due to the use of holographic technology.
First of all, according to the information gathered from the Player Complaint Channel, the monsters in the lowest leveling area were too cute, which was the most common complaint. The female players were furious about this, while the male players were afraid that they would be despised by the female players if they killed the cutie, so they were even more dissatisfied with this setting than the female players.
Apart from that, the NPCs, buildings, trees, and so on in the game were monotonous and repetitive, which could also be solved through technology. What was truly troublesome were the problems caused by humans.
The public beta had only been open for half a day, and the frequent violence in the game had left the game developers at a loss. The simulation of the human sensory system was the core of the entire holographic game, and the violence happened in this most basic framework. There was no way to solve it through technical modifications. After repeated research, it was decided that this type of combat would also be classified as PK, and the range of PK protection would be increased to level 10. As for whether or not there would be a situation where the right hand wielded the in-game weapon to cast skills, and the left hand used the self-developed "Monkey Steals Peach" for a sneak attack, they could only wait and see.
"This is good! Realism! Ha, holographic games need realism, that's our original intention. "One of the senior staff who attended the meeting comforted everyone.
But the following problem couldn't be covered up with realism: female players were sexually assaulted by male players.
The game staff didn't think that holographic technology would expose the dark side of the players so thoroughly. However, because sensory simulation was a complete system, it was not something that the game company's technology could do to eliminate the XX parts. Moreover, this was actually a hidden selling point in the game, and the higher-ups weren't willing to completely ban it.
The final solution was to design a choice that respected the wishes of both parties. This stumped the staff of the technical department. Imagine a pair of lovers in a warm and gentle environment, unable to control themselves. Just as they were about to take the next step, a prompt box popped up: XX invitation from XX, do you accept? Even if they chose YES, the originally harmonious atmosphere would become NO.
Other than that, how would they control the degree of XX? Only that matter counted as XX? What about a kiss? What about a touch? XX wants to touch you, do you accept? When someone in the meeting hypothetically proposed such a prompt box, everyone felt like vomiting.
"No matter what, make it first. We can observe the players' reactions and opinions, and then make adjustments." Finally, the big boss made the decision.
After discussing a few more issues, the meeting was adjourned, and all the departments immediately got down to work. It was definitely a miracle in the history of online games to have to be rebuilt after only half a day of open beta. Fortunately, they could use the excuse of "it was their first time using holographic technology, so they lacked experience" to cover it up, but everyone was undoubtedly under a lot of pressure.
The big boss looked at the busy figures flashing out one by one and nodded in satisfaction. Then, he saw that there was still one person sitting in his seat, not moving, looking at him with a smile.
After everyone left, the big boss said, "Little Five, do you have anything else?"
"Boss knows me well!" The person called Little Five stood up, walked in front of the boss, and pulled a chair to sit down.
"Speak!" The boss looked at him. This Little Five was a member of the game planning department, one of the core members of the entire game production team.
"Uh! What I saw today made me feel that there might be some problems with our game, "Little Five said.
"Oh?"
"Because it's a holographic simulation, some people will bring real-life skills into the game. This way, they will have an innate advantage over other players. This is quite detrimental to the balance of the game that we've been pursuing! "Little Five said.
"What skills will affect the game?" The boss asked.
"For example, Kung Fu!"
"Kung Fu?"
Little Five nodded with certainty, "Today in the game, I met a person. He was a mage, and he defeated three knights at the same time with his bare hands. I think he's a person who knows Kung Fu. "
"There really is such a person!" The boss frowned.
Little Five said, "Think about it, police, military, martial arts, boxing, and so on, all of them can create this imbalance in the game!"
"Then what should we do? We can't stop people from playing our game just because of their profession, "the boss said.
"There's no other way." Little Five shook his head.
The boss laughed, "If there was no other way, you wouldn't have stayed to talk to me."
Little Five also laughed, "It's just that this kind of person gave me a revelation."
"Speak."
"Everything in traditional online games revolves around combat. But now that we're in a holographic simulation, should we increase the development efforts? Other than combat, we should strengthen other system functions so that people who have a skill in life can bring it into the game. This way, it'll be more balanced! "Little Five said.
"It sounds easy, but it's very difficult to develop," the boss said.
"We can try!"
"Okay, come up with a specific plan, and we'll discuss it in the next meeting," the boss said.
"Okay!" Little Five was full of joy, "Then I'll go first."
"Wait!" The boss stopped him, "Hey, why did you enter the game again? Don't tell me you don't know the rules of the gaming world? As a member of the gaming company, you're not allowed to participate in the company's games. Some strict companies don't even allow family members! "
"I've never agreed with this. We come out to make games, so of course we love it. Why should we lose the right to play because of this? Don't worry, I'm a self-disciplined game worker. In the game, I'm just a normal player, "Little Five said.
"With your understanding of the game, can you be normal?" The boss said.
"Don't worry, I won't touch any of those hidden things, okay?" Little Five said.
"I'll find someone to keep an eye on you. What's your name in the game?" The boss asked.
"Hongchen Yixiao!" Little Five smiled and left the meeting room.
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