Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 150: How Did a Good Girl Turn Into a Salted Hairtail

Upon hearing this, Shen Miaomiao trembled!

More tricks?!

To avoid dying suddenly on the spot, Shen Miaomiao quickly kicked Gu Sheng:

"Hey, what exactly is the heirloom?"

Shen Miaomiao felt a little anxious.

Heirloom.

Just the sound of it made it seem very valuable!

"Oh, it's the rarest accessory in the ga," Gu Sheng answered.

"To make each legend more distinctive, we designed a lee weapon for every legend, called the heirloom."

"It changes the legend’s lee attack animations and has unique inspection animations."

"So legends have heirlooms that are quite funny,"

"but most legends' heirlooms look pretty cool."

"However, because it’s extrely rare,"

"heirlooms can only be obtained by opening loot boxes."

"Of course, if you want to get a feel for the heirloom first,"

"after entering the training ground, the area will provide the corresponding hero’s heirloom for you to try out."

"But well..."

"Trying it out and actually owning it are two different things."

"I don’t know what you’ll get from the loot boxes, and I can’t guarantee anything."

Exactly!

To encourage spending and to let players further appreciate the aesthetic limits of 'attribute-less accessories,' Gu Sheng specially added a ‘Heirloom Experience’ feature in the training ground.

Players can try out a legend’s exclusive heirloom when choosing a legend to enter the training ground.

Once you've experienced it and chosen your target, then go open those loot boxes!

Regarding the loot box system, Gu Sheng reused the original setting from APEX—

Players cannot choose whose heirloom will drop.

It’s completely random.

Sotis a slap, sotis a treat—Gu Sheng played this ga to perfection.

Shen Miaomiao started sweating a little!

She looked at the livestream screen—

At this mont, Piāo Teacher was standing at the starting point of the training ground.

In front of him stood a half-human-height pedestal, on which sat an open box.

The box was emitting a glowing red light, looking just like Pandora’s box.

"Damn," Piāo Teacher exclaid in surprise,

"The ceremony is so intense."

Speaking as he approached the box,

he looked down and saw a butterfly knife lying quietly inside the satin box.

This was the heirloom.

Piāo Teacher nodded, reached into the box, and amidst the blossoming red glow, took out the butterfly knife.

The entire butterfly knife was black, with gold embossed patterns on the handle, looking elegant, exquisite, and incredibly cool.

The weight in hand was just right.

Snap!

As if instinctively, Piāo Teacher flicked his wrist, opening the butterfly knife.

The sharp blade was revealed, but in the center of the blade was a transparent glass tube.

Inside the glass tube flowed a green liquid.

"Holy crap! This is so cool!"

After flipping the butterfly knife twice, Piāo Teacher understood the secret of this special weapon:

"When I open the blade, it’s a butterfly knife,"

"When I close the blade, it turns into a syringe."

The exquisite design and ultimate cold weapon aesthetics made Piāo Teacher fall in love with the heirloom at first sight.

Moreover!

Every ti he picked up the butterfly knife for inspection, a complete inspection animation sequence flashed through his mind like an epiphany, making him completely convinced he could perform it anyti.

This feeling was so magical that it gave him the illusion he was originally a butterfly knife master.

This was impressive.

Piāo Teacher was shaken inside.

He knew this magical feeling was the effect of motion assistance technology.

This technology temporarily assists players in completing certain actions, giving them a ‘thorough mastery’ experience.

This technology has existed for a long ti and is not new; it is used in almost all motion-sensing pod gas.

The genre where this technology is most mature is sports gas.

After all, how could an average player master tennis, basketball, ping pong, and various sports perfectly?

Therefore, on average, the most mature application of motion assistance technology is in sports gas.

With this technology, players can perform flashy moves like ‘bicycle step,’ ‘rainbow dribble,’ ‘back-to-back fake shot,’ and ‘fadeaway jump shot.’

But!

This ti!

Golden Wind obviously took this technology and upgraded it further!

Pick up the knife... put down the knife... pick it up again... put it down again...

Piāo Teacher kept practicing the smooth combo in his mind, utterly amazed beyond words!

Because he realized that after Golden Wind’s upgrade, the motion assistance technology’s complexity and precision far exceeded that of sports gas, reaching an astonishing level!

"Hiss—"

After trying several tis, Piāo Teacher gasped:

"This thing is a bit wicked. Watch carefully, brothers, I’m about to show you so crazy moves."

Then!

Piāo Teacher raised the butterfly knife in front of him again.

He closed the blade, revealing the hidden needle in the handle.

Click! Click!

He flicked the slender needle, spraying a jet of green liquid from its tip.

The next second!

He gritted his teeth, aid the needle in the handle at his chest, and stabbed it hard!

As if instantly energized, both hands ford powerful ROCK gestures!

Then!

Clang! Clang! The crisp sound of tal echoed repeatedly!

He withdrew the butterfly knife, and as if guided by divine power, his fingers deftly manipulated the handle.

The butterfly knife danced and flipped in his hands like it had a life of its own, with movents flowing like water!

Brilliant blade patterns traced the air.

Within the black and gold afterimages, a vivid green flicker darted, resembling a fluttering butterfly dancing dazzlingly on his fingertips!

Finally!

The butterfly knife was tossed into the air.

Piāo Teacher ended with an extrely dangerous fancy knife move, catching the handle precisely!

Snap!

At that mont, the livestream exploded with cheers!!!

'Ohhhhhhhh—so cool?!'

'Damn?! Is this really Piāo Teacher himself?!'

'Piāo Teacher, you still have this secret skill?!'

'Ah???'

'Hey! This is way too cool! I can’t handle it!'

'No way, no way, it’s too cool, I need to watch it twice and smoke a cigarette backward to calm down.'

'This fancy move is just too flashy, no wonder you’re the flashiest on the whole platform.'

'Not impressive, back when I still had fingers, I played like this every day (dog head).'

'Bro, are you serious?'

'Hard to imagine what kind of knife-edge life Piāo Teacher used to live (laugh).'

'...'

The viewers were all stunned!

So cool!

Such dexterous knife flipping moves probably require at least a decade of knife-playing experience to pull off!!!

However, just as the viewers marveled at Piāo Teacher’s hidden skills,

Piāo Teacher himself spoke, his tone full of surprise!

"This is the craziest part..."

Looking at the butterfly knife in his hand, Piāo Teacher said incredulously:

"Because that whole combo wasn’t even done by —it was entirely based on motion assistance technology!!!"

Piāo Teacher was truly shocked!

These madn at Golden Wind actually upgraded the motion assistance technology, which was like ‘thorough mastery’ of movents, just for what seed like a simple inspection animation!

Not only did it support players performing more complex actions, but it also provided support so precise that every finger and every knuckle benefited from the motion assistance technology!

Piāo Teacher’s astonished voice echoed through the vast training ground:

"No wonder this thing is called an heirloom, this technology is freakishly insane, brothers!!!"

Piāo Teacher simply could not understand!

Though he didn’t know programming, even thinking with his knees, he knew such a technology upgrade would never be easy and would require enormous ti and effort!

Generally speaking, unless it’s sothing core to the ga’s essence, no developer would waste ti on this!

But Golden Wind is different!

To make the heirloom’s inspection look cooler and the motions smoother, they resolutely researched and upgraded this technology!

Can you imagine a technology upgrade whose original purpose is just to look cool?

Apart from Golden Wind, Piāo Teacher really couldn’t think of any other developer capable of such an abstract operation.

This is just...

...

"Too abstract, bro!"

At that ti, Lu Bian, who was in charge of this technology upgrade, couldn’t help but question after hearing Old Gu’s request:

"Why bother upgrading that thing?"

"Is it impossible?"

This deeply technical question was outside Gu Sheng’s knowledge, so he asked Lu Bian:

"Or is it because our budget isn’t enough?"

"Not really," Lu Bian shook his head:

"This technology is already quite mature; optimizing it further is feasible and not particularly expensive."

Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Then...?"

"Ti-consuming, laborious, and pointless," Lu Bian said.

"To achieve the upgrade you’re talking about requires a lot of repeated testing, which is very ti- and labor-intensive."

"I don’t mind, since we have Titanfall as a foundation, and Kailing can single-handedly lead APEX’s main developnt."

"Then I can be pulled away to focus on this task."

"But the problem is... what’s the point of upgrading it?"

He shrugged in confusion.

You have to know, current motion assistance technology is already sufficient even for sports gas.

Lu Bian didn’t understand why a shooting ga would need such complex and precise motions.

Is it really just to make heirloom moves flashier and the player experience better and cooler?

That reason is way too abstract.

"Moreover, judging by our current project developnt,"

Lu Bian continued:

"APEX can reuse a lot of resources from TTF,"

"which greatly reduces our workload and saves a lot of outsourcing costs."

"By this calculation, we probably won’t even use the full 50 million total budget by project end; at least a few million will be saved."

"But if we upgrade the motion assistance technology, that few million would have to be spent again."

However!

Hearing this, Gu Sheng waved his hand:

"Why save money? As much as Little Nezha gives us, we’ll spend that much. These leftover funds won’t go to this anyway; she’ll just use it for other equally aningless projects later. Just spend it all."

"Golden Wind doesn’t consider costs when making gas."

Lu Bian: ...

After a long silence, Lu Bian finally spoke slowly:

"Old Gu, you’re acting strange."

"How am I acting strange?"

"You’re gradually becoming detached."

Uh...

Upon hearing this, Gu Sheng scratched his head.

Maybe that’s true.

From initially trying hard to save costs to now saying sothing as ‘unorthodox’ as not caring about costs.

Influenced by Shen Miaomiao, he now seed increasingly indifferent to costs.

Absurd.

But very satisfying.

"If you keep this up, if Golden Wind ever goes bankrupt soday, no developer will dare take you, the money-burning monster..."

Lu Bian put on a worried face and joked.

"Just rest assured, as long as I’m at Golden Wind, it will never go bankrupt."

Gu Sheng smiled and continued:

"Besides, this upgrade isn’t just for looking cool; we’ll need this technology for future works. You could say we rely on this upgraded tech."

"Future works?"

Lu Bian was confused:

"What works? Need such precise and complex motion assistance?"

"Lots," Gu Sheng shrugged:

"For example, lockpicking, trying to open the vault door of the world’s top bank."

"Or challenging limits, using micro muscle movents to adjust your wingsuit to fly through Tiann Mountain."

"Or traveling to Japan, playing a ninja and competing in a perilous sword duel with the country’s sword saint."

"Or going to a psychiatric hospital, climbing over walls and crawling through pipes with your survival cara to find a way out."

"There are many possibilities; it all depends on our imagination."

"Even if, taking a step back, it has nothing to do with future projects, just to let players look cooler,"

"such a fresh and interactive skin accessory would make our sales easier, wouldn’t it?"

"Who could resist such a sophisticated and flashy skin form?"

"Whether it’s used to taunt defeated enemies watching your first-person perspective,"

"or to please yourself by performing a flamboyant knife dance during intense battles,"

"If it were you,"

Gu Sheng looked at Lu Bian, raising an eyebrow:

"Wouldn’t you spend money on your beloved legend?"

...

"Spend! Spend! Spend! I can’t hold back! I have to get this butterfly knife today!"

Piāo Teacher’s excited voice echoed in the livestream!

"Yay! This is freaking aweso!!!"

After just three minutes of experience,

Piāo Teacher felt utterly addicted to this silky heirloom experience!

This new interactive feeling was simply irresistible!

Especially when he stabbed himself with the little needle, shifted to fifth gear, and played the butterfly knife flipping and dancing!

That joy was almost heavenly!

Just like Gu Sheng said, even for personal enjoynt, the heirloom’s excellent quality was enough to make players willingly spend money!

Get it!

Must get it!

Muttering that he, Liu, must have it today, Piāo Teacher checked how to obtain the heirloom:

"This heirloom is... oh, gotten from loot boxes, right? Okay, let’s open a hundred to test the waters."

Hiss—!!!

Upon hearing this, Shen Miaomiao shuddered on the spot!

She twisted her stiff neck and looked at Gu Sheng:

"How much does each loot box cost?"

"If you buy them, 50 tokens each," Gu Sheng said,

"equivalent to 5 yuan per box."

Upon hearing this, Shen Miaomiao’s mind raced.

5 yuan per box, 100 boxes equals 500 yuan.

Since APEX isn’t a flagship title, the 20% cut rate remained the sa.

Piāo Teacher spends 500 yuan, Golden Wind earns 400 yuan.

The rebate multiplier is 11 tis, aning!

Piāo Teacher’s loot box spending makes lose 4400 yuan in revenue.

Heartbreaking!

Shen Miaomiao covered her chest, silently cursing.

My rent for Old Gu this month is only 1500 yuan!

Piāo Teacher’s 100 boxes are enough to cover three months of my rent!

Shen Miaomiao was on the verge of tears.

However, just as she was still feeling sorry for herself,

Gu Sheng suddenly spoke, looking at the projection screen, and casually said: "Less."

"Huh?" Shen Miaomiao was stunned: "Less of what?"

"Loot boxes are fewer," Gu Sheng nodded, took a sip of the iced cola beside him, shifted into a more comfortable posture, and prepared to enjoy his favorite part—watching others open loot boxes:

"The drop rate for heirlooms is 0.2%, aning you need about 500 loot boxes to get one heirloom."

"Originally, we set up many ways to get free loot boxes in the ga,"

"such as leveling rewards, special event rewards, pass rewards, pass token rebate purchases, and so on."

"With so patience, you can accumulate quite a few boxes over a season, and if you’re lucky, maybe even get one for free."

"But Piāo Teacher obviously lacks that patience and is ready to spend money."

"This..."

At this point, Gu Sheng grinned:

"No one knows how much money he’s going to spend."

After saying that, Gu Sheng waited for a long ti but Shen Miaomiao didn’t reply.

He turned to look and saw Little Nezha lying on the sofa armrest like a salted hairtail who had lost all dreams.

"You... okay...?"

Gu Sheng’s mouth twitched, unable to understand how such a good girl suddenly beca a salted hairtail.

"Hmph,"

And Salted Hairtail Miaomiao weakly flopped once, utterly exhausted:

"I’m just suddenly a bit tired..."