The "Infinite Firepower" mode for "Project Frost Snow" was ready long ago.
But experienced players know that if this kind of gameplay is permanent, it will significantly affect the threshold for raising players' skills, which in turn affects the game's lifespan.
Therefore, this gameplay can only be a limited-time event.
Originally, Xu Meng planned to use it to snipe the new version of "Divine Bird."
But later, the situation changed too quickly—
"Project Frost Snow" soared to the top in the gacha game market, making sniping unnecessary.
Now, the entire Moyu Games company has been dragged into the mud by "Mirror World Tales," and "Divine Bird" has also suffered a significant drop in reputation and revenue.
Doing it now would be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
But if they don't use it soon, players might become impatient.
Taking advantage of the current opportunity, they might as well release it together and test some things along the way.
"Project Frost Snow" players have been looking forward to this for a long time, and they naturally cheered when they saw the announcement.
After the number of Mirage Game Suite activations exceeded 6 million, "VR-ization" became a daily topic.
The continuous release of VR interactive scenes, VR home spaces, and VR characters not only did not alleviate "Project Frost Snow" players' thirst for VR content, but instead made everyone even more impatient.
The desired content is also becoming increasingly outrageous—
In the beginning, everyone was very satisfied with interactive scenes where they could see and touch the characters up close.
The [Yoga Classroom] immediately caused a huge craze when it appeared.
To date, this interactive scene has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide!
Many players who didn't buy tactile synchronization suits also hesitated to purchase this scene.
Later, Qing Ling's [Waiting Room Time] was made with great care by the development team.
Players can not only see Qing Ling sitting leisurely in front of the dressing table putting on makeup, but also hear Qing Ling humming softly.
—This is not singing on stage.
But singing a cappella for the Investigator alone backstage, which is super VIP treatment.
For this singing segment, the development team spent a lot of effort finding folk tunes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and hired a teacher to teach the voice actress how to sing, adjusting it repeatedly until it was finally recorded.
And even now, the development team is still recording more ditties, preparing to update them one by one to enrich Qing Ling's song list.
In addition to these contents, Qing Ling's waiting room also has three sets of clothes.
Investigators can also play dress-up games with Qing Ling.
—These three sets of clothes are not as refined as formal fashion, and if they are taken out to battle, they will only cause clipping issues everywhere.
But it's okay to temporarily change clothes in the waiting room and do some simple movements.
In terms of content and production cost alone, [Waiting Room Time] is obviously much higher than [Yoga Classroom].
However, in terms of specific sales, the VR version sold 7 million copies, and the regular version sold million copies, which is still million copies less than [Yoga Classroom]!
Of course, overall, it is still a big profit.
It was just from this time that some outrageous demands began to emerge one after another.
Dream Architect's game planners—including Xu Meng—routinely browse Dream Jin to understand the most authentic player opinions, and therefore see all kinds of strange demands.
The most popular opinion for [Waiting Room Time] is:
"Why can't I change Qing Ling's clothes?"
In [Waiting Room Time], players can only choose their favorite set from the three outfits: [Black Deep V Evening Dress], [Pencil Skirt Suit with Stockings], and [Light Cyan Simplified Hanfu].
After selecting, Qing Ling will draw the curtain and change into the outfit behind the curtain herself.
During this process, mobile and computer players can only see the animation.
Players with the Mirage Game Suite will also find that the thin layer of curtain cannot be lifted at all.
They are very dissatisfied with this.
The double-agent moderator even added a "Featured" tag to an old brother's post. In that featured post, every line of the old brother's words was filled with anger:
"Our affection level is full! We've already given the wedding ring! We're already an old married couple, and there's no one else in the waiting room."
"Then why does my wife need to use a curtain to hide when she changes clothes??"
"Am I not worthy to see it?!"
"Development team, look at the style of that dress! It's obviously very difficult for one person to put on!"
"Shouldn't I be allowed to help my wife take off and put on clothes??"
"Don't you know how to take care of your wife?"
"Could it be that the entire development team is full of single straight men who have never touched a woman's clothes??"
… …
When the single straight man Xu Meng saw the post, he almost deleted it for him.
He wanted to explain to this player: "This is an unavoidable operation."
Because Qing Ling is not wearing underwear.
Her cheongsam slit runs from her calf all the way to her shoulder, with only jade pendants around her waist to lock it in place to prevent the clothes from falling open.
This design idea would break the overall aesthetic if underwear straps were added to the waist, hips, and armpits.
The artists simply couldn't accept it!
So from the beginning, there was no room left for underwear straps.
And this is not just Qing Ling's problem.
When the character design for "Project Frost Snow" first started to transition, Xu Meng and the artists were still cautious and designed underwear for all the characters.
Even characters like Heyin, who would never actually be exposed, were modeled honestly.
But after a few months, everyone was an old hand.
Underwear is no longer an element that hinders creation.
It's there when needed, and it's not there when it's not needed. Everything is geared towards aesthetics.
But in this way, it looks good, but it is impossible to take off and change clothes like a real person.
After all, it's bare as soon as you take it off.
The game would instantly change from the [18+] set by Dream Architect itself to a real [18+].
And in Xia Country, a real [18+] game is not "restricted," but "illegal"!
The game will be taken down on the spot, and Xu Meng will also be sued.
Dream Architect will naturally not allow such a thing to happen.
But Xu Meng thought about it, and this explanation is actually meaningless.
Players will not consider the issue of design aesthetics, but will only ask: "Can't you just add underwear?"
The latest novels are first published on 69shuba!
Or even more outrageous—
"Is there a secret patch?"
"Are you considering opening up a mod interface?"
"Will it be listed on Vapour?"
"Will you consider band-aid underwear?"
… …
Anyway, players will never give up their pursuit of lewdness.
Xu Meng finally gave up explaining and closed the post as if he hadn't seen it.
—
Then, on October 1st, the home space gameplay was launched.
All "Project Frost Snow" players celebrated the New Year, and even set a new record for real-time online users on the day the server opened.
Tens of millions of players around the world couldn't wait to go online and enter the home space.
—Even players who don't have the Mirage Game Platform, and use mobile phones, computers, and consoles, are the same.
It's just that the home space they enter is not the VR version, but the regular 3D scene.
The development team was originally worried that this would reduce these players' evaluation of the home space.
But the actual situation is exactly the opposite—
Players using 3D scenes are actually more satisfied.
As for players using the Mirage Game Suite, after being excited for a few days, they immediately started to take things for granted:
"Who! At home! Takes a shower! While wearing a swimsuit?!"
"Give Mr. Bathtub some respect, take it off quickly!"
"Who doesn't change into pajamas when they sleep?"
"Who still wears clothes to sleep?!"
"They are all my wives, why can't they all live in? Only letting one person in at a time, are you trying to provoke our relationship?"
"Why can't we enter the home space in multiplayer mode? What's wrong with entertaining friends at home with my wife!?"
"Can't we play poker with my wife?"
"Can't we go fishing with my wife?"
… …
All kinds of outrageous demands emerged one after another.
Most of which are things that Dream Architect cannot meet at this stage.
For example, that "entertaining friends with a virtual wife."
It seems pure and innocent, and there is no technical difficulty, and it seems completely possible to satisfy.
But if you follow the poster's ID [Little Pepper] and check her posting history, you will see a series of outrageous posts:
[Ahhhhh, why don't I have a dick ahhhh!!!]
[700 yuan sincerely looking for a little wolf girl to play as a deer!]
[You might not believe it if I say it, but I'm in an online relationship]
[Sharing Post | Development of Special Usage Skills for Long-Distance Relationship Tactile Synchronization Suits]
[Why can't I enter interactive scenes with my boyfriend? I have so many interesting ways to play that I want to try!]
[Home Space Multiplayer | One is my wife, and one is my boyfriend, why can't they both come in?]
Just looking at the posting history, you can be 100% sure—
This girl wants the home space multiplayer function, definitely not for simple "entertaining friends."
She is definitely up to no good!
And that's just what she said in the post.
Are there people with even more outrageous ideas, but who are hiding them in their hearts and not saying them?
Definitely!
In this case, if it is really let go, it might turn from game circle gossip into social news!
Xu Meng doesn't plan to gamble.
At least not at this stage.
Therefore, VR home space has always given players a feeling: it obviously has unlimited potential, but because Dream Architect is timid, the content is always given stingily, making people feel unsatisfied.
And because of this dissatisfaction, everyone has to continuously and repeatedly urge Dream Architect to come up with more new content.
"Project Frost Snow" being fully VR-ized is one of them.
But they obviously haven't considered what kind of workload it would be to fully VR-ize characters with ultra-high precision modeling and highly rich personalities.
Nor have they thought that after VR-izing, controlling different characters yourself means transforming into that character.
Female Investigators are fine, it's just a matter of changing their body and changing their clothes.
At most, the clothes are a bit daring, but they can still adapt.
But male Investigators… …
Are going to directly transition!
I'm back, continuing to ask for monthly tickets.
