Chapter 337: Chapter 215: The Bizarre Ancestor Tree (Part 2)
Chen Ba bought these two sheep, both quite big, enough to feed everyone.
But he worried it wouldn’t be enough, so he had soone buy four chickens and two geese nearby.
As the first team-building event since the studio was founded, everyone’s enthusiasm was high, especially when they heard there’d be roasted whole lamb later, their mouths were watering.
With dozens of people working, plus two chefs from the farmhouse, there were definitely enough hands.
Even if it was slaughtering pigs on site, these dozens of people could hold down an old sow weighing four or five hundred pounds.
So Chen Ba lazily enjoyed himself, saying that as long as he provided money and ate without causing trouble, it’s his greatest rcy to everyone.
Otherwise, ask him to cook?
Really, don’t!
Lu once had the "Ba’s Signature Egg Fried Rice," the taste was unforgettable, requiring five liters of water to wash it down.
Ba’s cooking skills were great, but his heavy tastes made his food hard for most people to eat.
"Actually, it’s not that exaggerated."
Yang Dong comnted reasonably, "Ba’s taste is just like that, heavy oil, heavy salt, heavy spices, likes sour flavors, heavier tastes overall."
"If he cooks to his liking, soone like Lu, a local from Jiangning, would feel like they got food poisoning."
"Exactly!"
Chen Ba nodded, "I’ve been in Jiangning for quite a few years, but I still can’t get used to the salty and sweet tastes here."
The local environnt definitely nurtures the locals!
Luckily, Old Chen sends him chili sauce every year, and now it’s easy to order takeout, or else Chen Ba would’ve left Jiangning long ago.
Chatting casually, the topic shifted to the ga "Space-Ti Reconnaissance."
There’s a positive sign.
Thanks to the viral videos like "Bullet Bending" and "Bullet Ti," countless netizens beca interested in "Space-Ti Reconnaissance," a FPS ga with a cute style.
Thus, the number of registered players skyrocketed.
As of Arbor Day, the ga’s total platform downloads exceeded ten million!
Unfortunately, it’s a free ga. If it were paid, even at one yuan apiece, it would’ve been a full ten million.
"Downloads are just that..."
Chen Ba said as he opened a bottle of cola, "The download numbers of free gas, honestly, are just for fun, it’s crucial to look at the average online number and total active players."
The download numbers for King of Glory are tens of billions, even nearing hundreds of billions, are there that many players?
No, no, no!
Downloads can be repeatedly counted, one player can contribute to several or even dozens of downloads, so this data isn’t very useful.
Key data, which is the online player number, "Space-Ti Reconnaissance" is still relatively average, considering it’s a newly released ga.
"Approximately 400,000 to 600,000 people."
Yang Dong estimated and said, "Definitely not comparable to those hugely popular FPS gas, but not too unpopular either, still quite a lot of players."
"However, this online number, many are rushing for Bullet Bending and Bullet Ti, how many will stay long term is hard to say..."
FPS gas, except for a few classics, mostly co and go fleetingly.
No joke!
Over the years, FPS players still play CF, CS, proving breaking through with other FPS gas is extrely difficult.
The last FPS ga that broke through was Riot’s Valorant! The one before that traces back to PUBG...
"Space-Ti Reconnaissance" is unlikely to beco another breakthrough FPS ga after PUBG and Valorant.
That’s unrealistic!
Chen Ba never expected that, as long as the current situation is maintained and the ga doesn’t flop, it’s enough. Whether it becos popular depends entirely on fate.
"It definitely won’t flop."
"Anyway, our ga has two world-leading selling points, surely attracting a group of players."
Old Luo teased, "No cheats is one point, experiencing Bullet Bending and Bullet Ti in-ga is another!"
"As long as we have these two points, ’Space-Ti Reconnaissance’ even if it declines, won’t plumt too much because there’s no better alternative."
"Absolutely."
Chen Ba nodded.
Gas under Tianba Studio might not be top-notch, outstanding, or brilliant, so might even be a bit lousy.
But one thing makes players reluctant to give them up, Tianba gas are hard to find substitutes for!
Take "Star Emperor" for instance...
After so many years, gas surpassing "Star Emperor" in graphics have appeared, but their optimization is either arguntative or overly conservative.
Unlike "Star Emperor" with Path to Immortality, pioneering the industry, turning from a ga into a graphics card benchmark!
Where can you find a substitute for such a ga?
"Oh, right!"
Speaking of substitutes, Chen Ba seed to rember sothing, curiously asking, "What’s happening with that Magic Animation by Tencent now?"
Haven’t kept up with it for a while.
The last news about "Magic Animation" was from a blogger who took money, hyping it up, even saying "Divine Grace Continent" couldn’t hold a candle to it, blah blah blah.
The blogger got severely criticized by netizens.
It’s been quiet for a while, promotional resources seem halted, Chen Ba is curious about its current status, has it been shelved?
"Probably abandoned."
Huang Qing, sowhat knowledgeable about Tencent, said, "Internal competition at Tencent is fierce, they must show results to get resource support. Magic Animation failed to et expectations, naturally, it would be sidelined by managent."
"What a pity."
Chen Ba shook his head lantably, "Now there’s no fun to watch! Wasn’t thinking, when this broken software updates, I’d do so antics!"
Not giving the chance for antics is quite disappointing.
Honestly speaking...
Chen Ba is sowhat worried that if a giant like Tencent is determined to make Magic Animation succeed, overcoming all obstacles, they could catch up.
But since Tencent itself decided to give up, there’s no need to worry.
Seems like making Magic Animation was just testing the waters, thinking AI animation seed promising, wanting to grab a share.
In the end, it didn’t gain a slice, ended up in trouble, so they just quit.
Tencent, being huge, indeed doesn’t care much about the losses in this field, as their core business is actually social networking. As long as they secure that, losing everything else, they could rise again.
Just like their approach to making gas.
No matter what ga, once it connects to QQ and WeChat traffic portals, it never lacks players, that’s enviable.
Chen Ba envies that too!
However, when Tencent offered it, he genuinely didn’t dare use that traffic portal...
After all, he spent years, barely crafting a "Tianba Account
Community
Nobug" system, thoroughly anchoring the players.
If he seeks convenience and shortcuts, connecting through Tencent’s traffic portals, which player would use the Tianba account to log in to gas?
Short-term, no big deal, but long-term, it’s a significant loss for Tianba Studio, given the cultivated user base would vanish.
So Chen Ba’s stance is firm.
No matter the ga, only Tianba accounts are used for logging in, providing only email and phone thods, no third-party one-click logins.
As a player, one-click login is convenient, no separate account for each ga to rember.
But as a ga producer with ambition, ideals, and goals, Chen Ba would only accept Tianba account for logging into his studio’s gas, nothing else to consider.
Previously, Steam platform’s one-click login was available, later canceled by him, emphasizing crossing the river and tearing down the bridge...
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