I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!-Chapter 45 - 24 Designer Ke is still producing_2
Chapter 45: Chapter 24: Designer Ke is still producing!_2
Chapter 45 -24: Designer Ke is still producing!_2
Although it wasn’t an instant kill, the anxiety from the first level was gone.
After clearing the level smoothly, Gou Chehua immediately upgraded the Matryoshka Marble another level, achieving the effect where it would split three times, meaning eight marbles appeared onscreen at once.
What shocked Gou Chehua even more was this.
Beyond the marbles, the game had another layer of settings!
Relics.
If marbles were to be considered weapons, then relics were more like skills in traditional games.
What now appeared before Gou Chehua was a choice of three different relics.
[Well-done Steak] could increase the goblin’s health regeneration effect.
[Power Gloves] could slightly increase the power of all marbles.
When his gaze landed on the third item, Gou Chehua’s eyes suddenly lit up!
[Matryoshka Shell]
It gives all your marbles the effect of splitting *1, but reduces normal damage by -2/critical hit damage by -2
“Damn, this relic is practically tailor-made for the Matryoshka Marble!”
Without hesitation, he decisively chose the shell.
By the fourth level, there was an elite Minotaur with a total of 700 hitpoints, dealing 15 points of damage with each hit when it got close to the goblin.
If it had been a regular Stone Marble, with an average DPS of less than 50 points per round, this level would basically spell doom.
But Gou Chehua, holding an enhanced version of the Matryoshka Marble, felt that the Minotaur’s health pool was a bit lackluster.
At the start of the game, he switched to the Matryoshka Marble, picked a random direction, and fired!
Immediately, the terrifying mitosis began to expand rapidly.
In less than two seconds, a total of 16 marbles bounced around like a barrage, frantically hopping around the screen.
The screen filled with damage numbers was overwhelming, each hit seeming to strike Gou Chehua’s very soul, making his heart burst with joy.
It danced wildly for several seconds until it knocked off 80% of the nails and Critical Hit Nails, as well as Bomb Nails from the screen.
Buzz!
A marble wrapped in a whirlwind was launched by the goblin, and when it hit the Minotaur, the whole screen trembled violently!
-1513!
Instant kill!
“Holy shit!” A wave of pleasure surged right to Gou Chehua’s head.
Without any pause, he proceeded to the next level.
Then it was a cycle of acquiring new types of marbles, upgrading marbles, and gaining relics.
As the varieties of marbles he obtained increased, and the bonuses from the relics grew, passing the levels became increasingly easy.
After clearing all the challenges of the fourth major level, half an hour had unknowingly slipped away.
[Congratulations on successfully clearing the game!]
Staring at the message that popped up on the screen, Gou Chehua was stunned.
“Huh?”
Cleared it?
But…
I was just starting to enjoy it, how did it end so soon?
“Is the game’s length this short?”
“Who would be satisfied with this…”
According to Gou Chehua’s expert opinion, for a game to earn a lot or to be well-received, naturally, its length could not be too short.
Whether it’s an online game or a single player, if you could experience the entire gameplay in just a half-hour, and still keep the players happy and seated, it defied logic.
There wasn’t such a game on Blue Star, because it simply made no sense.
After his first experience with Goblin Pinball, Gou Chehua felt that the game wasn’t bad, definitely not bad at all.
But judging by the short half-hour gameplay experience, it was hard to even reach the level of mediocrity, let alone become a big hit.
The enthusiasm of players would sharply decline once a game concluded.
Even if Designer Ke came up with hidden stories or easter eggs in a second or third playthrough,
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it would be hard to stop the rapid decline.
Typically, if there were 100 players who cleared the first playthrough, those willing to go for a second one might not even make up 30%.
For the third round, it would be a drastic drop; out of the 30%, only about 10% would remain.
The reason is quite simple.
Aesthetic fatigue.
Whether it’s the second or third playthrough, the story remains the same, and I’ve already experienced everything there is to experience.
The repetition is too high, so naturally, the interest declines.
“No, I have to talk to Designer Ke about the current shortcomings of this game and see if they can extend the content to possibly stretch the gameplay process to two hours or so,” Gou Chehua summed up the drawbacks of the game.
However, out of a sense of responsibility, he decided to play it one more time to see if there was anything he missed.
After all, it’s just half an hour per round, so it’s pretty quick.
It was right after Gou Chehua clicked [Start Game] and entered the game again.
That he suddenly froze.
“Huh?”
This first level, why is it different from the one I just played…
If I remember correctly, the monster in the first level was a Treeman, but now it has clearly been replaced with a Slime.
The pinball board also changed; the arrangement of the nails is different.
With a bit of confusion, Gou Chehua focused on getting through the first level.
Then he arrived at the marble selection screen.
The Matryoshka Marble he initially obtained was gone.
In its place was another brand new [Blocking Marble]
Its property was that it could be strengthened an infinite number of times.
“Uh…?” Gritting his teeth, he played on.
He found that the relics he obtained were also all new.
The paths forward were all new!
Even when it came to the end-level boss, the boss had changed too!
“Ah???”
Gou Chehua had seen different levels produce different bosses.
But this same level also has different bosses?
To confirm this, Gou Chehua directly chose to abort the game and started anew from the beginning.
On the third playthrough, things changed yet again!
The initial signature marble became the [Sword Marble]
The relics obtained after defeating the elite monster were also marked with ‘NEW’.
The end-level boss turned out to be another one that Gou Chehua had never encountered before.
“What… what kind of game genre is this?” Gou Chehua’s mind buzzed, and a current rapidly coursed through his body, making his scalp tingle.
All the gaming logic he had accumulated over the years was overturned in this moment!
Game studies, gone!
This game nearly turned his understanding upside down!
The reason players are reluctant to play the second or third time is because of the high repetition rate.
So, what if every playthrough brings new stuff?
New monsters, new marbles, new bosses, new skills.
Even the map routes are new.
What situation would this lead to?
“Every time players play… it’s a completely new experience! Could it be that because of the familiarity with the gameplay, the second playthrough might even be more interesting than the first?!” Gou Chehua’s eyes widened in disbelief as he stared transfixed at the computer screen.
I’ve never seen this game genre before!
Can a game even be made like this???
“Hiss…” Without intending to, Gou Chehua gasped in surprise.
Designer Ke is still in output mode! He’s still producing!
This guy…
What exactly is he filled with, all sorts of ingenious ideas?
This isn’t even a question of whether there is a bottleneck, this guy must have been spoon-fed by the heavens, right?
Thinking back to the beginning when he even doubted whether Designer Ke’s game could sell well, Gou Chehua felt extremely ashamed.
“This game! It will definitely be a big hit! It could sell at least a million! If it sells for less than that, I’ll pay the difference to Designer Ke myself!” His eyes ablaze, he said excitedly with clenched fists.
