after a while.
Taylor sent a message: "Oops, vomiting blood. This road is much farther than it looks. My legs are shaking like jelly. I don't know if I'm halfway."
"Great, all I can think about right now is Jell-O."
[Taylor is busy]
Chang Xiuya was overjoyed at first, thinking that she replied to the letter within an hour, and she really wouldn't make the players wait that long. After seeing the information, I was speechless.
It turned out that I just took the time to reply! Then it's busy again.
No way, Chang Xiuya continued to wait.
Finally, when the hour was up, Taylor sent another message and asked whether Chang Xiuya should go to the crew area or the cockpit.
Chang Xiuya thought for a while, the previous plot hinted that she should try to find survivors, so she chose the crew area.
In this way, Chang Xiuya and Taylor chatted one after another, the rhythm of the plot was well controlled, and it was always cut off at a more critical place, making Chang Xiuya wait for Taylor's reply with a bit of scratching.
Moreover, the progress of the plot is also very appropriate, neither fast nor slow. Taylor will ask some key questions from time to time while making jokes, and let Chang Xiuya make a decision.
Chang Xiuya guided Taylor to search inside the spaceship to help him find food and accommodation.
Taylor asked: "I want to go to the back of the spaceship and set up a tent next to the engine. It will be warmer. However, that engine has radiation. Can you check it for me? If it absorbs 150 rads of radiation in one night, will it be warm?" Die? My spacesuit sensors say the radiation level is about that."
Chang Xiuya was surprised, what? Let me check the radiation level
It seems that this should be a more critical plot. Taylor can choose the warm but radiated tail of the spacecraft, or the cold but non-radiated interior of the spacecraft.
Chang Xiuya didn't know how to choose, how much radiation is 150 rads
There is no way, Chang Xiuya feels that this choice should be very important, so she can only open the computer and search: "150 rads".
Soon, the search results came up: "No short-term effects below an absorbed dose (rad) of 150."
Chang Xiuya replied: "Go to the reactor."
Taylor replied: "To be honest, I feel very guilty right now."
"I mean, thank you for getting me through today—absolutely the worst day of my life."
"So I decided to believe you. As for whether the radiation level is really all right... I think I can only find out by tomorrow morning."
"With this pleasant thought... good night, wherever you are. May everything be better tomorrow."
[Taylor is busy]
Chang Xiuya flicked the screen, it was gone, and she was busy again.
"Do you really have to wait all night? I feel like I shouldn't be able to sleep well tonight..."
Chang Xiuya is really worried. Although it is said on the Internet that the radiation dose of 150 rads is no problem, who can guarantee whether this is a trap? But it's useless to worry, it seems that it will take several hours to hear back from Taylor.
Chang Xiuya stood up and said to Chen Mo, "The store manager, that, can I take my phone back?"
Chen Mo said: "Huh? The plot of the first day has been completed? In fact, whenever you reply to the plot, it will progress normally. There is no need to reply immediately."
Chang Xiuya nodded: "Well, I know, but... I still want to take it back..."
Chen Mo smiled: "Okay, then take it back, don't make Taylor wait too long."
Chang Xiuya said: "Okay, thank you manager!"
…
After seeing Chang Xiuya's reaction to this game, Chen Mo was generally relieved. The plot of this game was well reproduced.
In the previous life, "Lifeline" became popular because of the recommendation of Ma Boyong and other well-known writers on Weibo.
After the Chinese version of this game was released, it quickly reached the number one position in the paid list. For such a simple text adventure game, it can be said to be a great success.
In fact, this game is not so novel and creative, it is nothing more than an interface that looks like a chat software, plus a chattering virtual character.
It's not even as expressive as some text adventure games from a few years ago, and if you extract the entire text and read it, it will become dull.
However, the real beauty of this game is that its narrative rhythm is not determined by the reader's reading speed, but by the actual flow of time.
Players must wait patiently for Taylor's every move, ranging from a few minutes to a few hours. This form of expression perfectly fits the social rhythm of people in the Internet age. To be bored, but to make the players full of expectations.
Then, as the plot continues to advance, Taylor will also encounter many difficulties, and even many dilemmas. Players can easily play a bad ending (badending), and every death of Taylor affects the hearts of the players. .
Therefore, players have to check it frequently, or communicate with each other, and carefully advise Taylor, for fear that a wrong idea will kill him.
During this process, the players' sense of identification with Taylor is constantly increasing, as if he is not a virtual AI, but a real person, a person trapped in space waiting to be rescued, a... friend.
And this sense of identity was sublimated in the final happy ending, and the emotions of the players were released, as if they had really saved a kind life.
And this triple stimulation of rhythm + plot + sense of identity makes this seemingly simple text adventure game glow with strong vitality and has received a lot of praise.
…
The next day, Chen Mo released "Lifeline".
In fact, this game is just a practice for Zheng Hongxi by Chen Mo, and it is also to test the current number of users of the Thunder game platform.
This time, "Lifeline" was not listed on the official app store, but on the Thunder game platform, and the price was only one yuan.
At the same time, Chen Mo also posted a Weibo.
"The new game "Lifeline" has been posted on the Thunder Game platform. This is a text adventure game. An astronaut's spaceship crashed, and he accidentally contacted you. The whole process is that he and you are constantly talking, no picture,, The time inside and outside the game is the same. Everyone, remember to turn on the push of this game."
There is no other promotional warm-up, only a Weibo, and a push from the Thunder game platform. All players who log in through the Thunder game platform can see a new game, which can be played after purchasing it for only 1 yuan.
"Hang it up, wait and see the 24-hour sales." Chen Mo said to Su Jinyu and Zheng Hongxi.
These two people are also very worried. Firstly, the game is too simple. Secondly, there is no other channel to promote this time. There is no official recommendation. How many players can see and download it