Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 30: Growing Intensity

Chapter 30: Growing Intensity

Lincoln had no idea, he was having a blast at the shooting range.

No, it was a great success in gathering materials, and inspiration was constantly bursting forth.

For example, he thought of an idea: turning the slow-motion bullet time after activating the Assassin's bloodline into a bloodline system, divided into stages. As players improve their experience and proficiency, the higher the rate of bullet time slows down, until it eventually approaches a time-stop effect.

As for how to divide the stages and how many stages to divide them into, and how much to speed up the senses at each stage, well...Lincoln decides to leave that problem to the professionals.

Like Randall.

Not bad, not bad, the purpose of gathering materials has been achieved, so next, change guns! Continue collecting materials!

As netizens' spontaneous suspicions were stirred up, public opinion became increasingly unfavorable to Lincoln.

Especially the initial post, which had already made it to the hot searches and was seen by more and more players.

"Lincoln, undoubtedly a scientific research genius, but an ordinary and somewhat mediocre game producer?

A while ago, the central figure of Internet public opinion—Lincoln— accomplished a scientific breakthrough that none of NetDragon's tens of thousands of employees could achieve in a very short time. Of course, this cannot be said to be NetDragon's incompetence. It should be known that countless companies and scientific researchers around the world also couldn't make such a breakthrough at the same time.

In the ranking of scientific research strength of these organizations or groups, NetDragon is already in a leading position.

This only shows that Lincoln indeed has extraordinary talent in scientific research, and if he goes down the path of scientific research, he would definitely be a rising star.

But Lincoln didn't choose the path of scientific research and instead plunged headfirst into the game-making industry.

Netizens, admiring his success in scientific research, held high expectations for him.

But I have always been skeptical about it.

Making a breakthrough in gaming equipment is a talent in scientific research and not a talent in game-making. These are two completely different industries, requiring completely different knowledge and skills, which are not something talent can bridge.

Now Lincoln has released his first game, "Traveler of the Wind", and its reputation is disappointing, with the majority of players finding it boring and confusing.

It is understood that many game developers in the industry have also experienced this game firsthand and generally gave it low ratings.

'The pursuit of art and aesthetics in this game is evident, and it has formed its unique artistic style. As a beginner in game production, it can be said to be excellent. However, this type of game is not popular in the market, there is almost no room for survival, and it is destined to be appreciated by only a few.'

Without a doubt, Lincoln has a next-generation game console, the virtual reality device, but has produced a boring game.

This is nothing less than a waste.

Keep in mind that this is not just a waste of technology and equipment, but also a waste of Lincoln's enormous talent in scientific research.

Perhaps his best place is not in an office, racking his brains to produce unpopular games,

but wearing a white lab coat and entering a laboratory to make greater contributions to scientific research!"

This article is clearly the work of a seasoned rhythm master.

First, hype up Lincoln's scientific research capabilities—because this has been confirmed and is irrefutable. Plus, it's like he's a good person who cares about Lincoln.

Then whitewash NetDragon—it's not that NetDragon is incompetent, it's that Lincoln is too competent. NetDragon is way better than most people.

Next, propose the key point—scientific research and game production are two completely different things.

Then don't talk about your own evaluation, just say that "players" think it's not fun, "industry insiders" think it won't sell well, and establish a neutral and objective stance.

Finally, draw the conclusion: Lincoln isn't good at game-making and is more suited for scientific research.

This successfully turns scientific research capabilities and game-making abilities into two contradictory extremes that can't coexist.

So the more Lincoln's scientific research ability is praised, the more it leaves an impression on netizens that he can't make good games.

What's a master of pacing, huh?

This is it!

Considering the immense affection netizens have for Lincoln these days, not only do they not go against netizens' feelings, but they also constantly express "We're on one side", "Letting Lincoln quit making games and instead do scientific research is for Lincoln's own good". With these moves, they successfully nailed the impression of "Lincoln's games are bad and not fun" in the minds of players.

The chief editor of "Game Starry Sky" nodded in satisfaction. With a large sum of money in hand, they also won the players' favor and gained a good reputation. Not bad, this money was well earned.

Under the impact of public opinion, countless players, even netizens who didn't play games, were led astray.

It's important to know that Lincoln now has more than 20 million fans, a genuinely hotshot character, who can make it into hot searches simply by having a cigarette break in a public place.

Even "Lincoln, go do scientific research" has become a hot phrase, all the way up the hot searches list.

It was only when the audience in the live broadcast room reminded her that Camille Victoria saw it, gritting her teeth in anger.

"These unscrupulous media must have received money!"

"I can't see what's fun about this game at all. You didn't take money, did you?" Even strangers in the live broadcast room started questioning her stance.

Indeed, there are very few players who openly support "Traveler of the Wind" now.

Camille Victoria and "Game Base" had the most robust stance and the loudest boasting, so naturally, many people smelled the rat and came looking for trouble.

But Camille Victoria didn't give them the courtesy, delivering a permanent ban combo right back at them.

"I've told you, I've already played the virtual reality version of the game in advance, and I can guarantee with my integrity that this is a groundbreaking game! It's incredibly fun, and there's not a shred of falsehood in that statement! All of you can record this, and as soon as the game is officially released, I welcome you to slap me in the face!"

After that, she was still angry, "Now that Lincoln's studio has just started, the production of the game consoles must be very limited at first. By rights, I should keep quiet and not let all of you buy it so that I can stand a better chance to grab one!"

"But I just can't stand those who arbitrarily set the tempo, playing with subpar downward-compatible devices, playing only the first two levels or even just the prologue and then start rating and drawing conclusions, completely shameless!"

In the end, she was so furious that her eyes turned red: "Anyway, in the future, I don't want to see anyone coming to my live broadcast room and setting the tempo; if I see one, I'll ban one!"

After that, she didn't forget to log in to Spiritual Rhinoceros and openly support Lincoln with a post, despite the ridicule and sarcasm.

You have to admit, live streaming really toughens people up.

Although Camille Victoria hasn't become popular, she's no longer a timid girl. Not to mention arguing with trolls in her live broadcast room, now she can even calmly perform a scene in which she dislocates a ghost's leg, right on the spot, in an escape room.

Eventually, the uproar on the Internet reached the ears of Dream Cloud Studio.

The one who found out was Little Chun.

It happened so that Lincoln was wearing noise-cancelling headphones, and couldn't hear Mavis's notifications on her phone.

Randall was bent on finalizing equipment manufacturers and was too busy in meetings to notice.

Only Little Chun was free, but she had been playing games in the virtual world, to the point of neglecting sleep and food.

It wasn't until the game reminded her that her online time was too long before she logged off to order takeaway. Her boyfriend wouldn't let her cook or use a knife at home alone, and she didn't want to hire a nanny.

However, her attitude has softened recently. After realizing that she's not entirely a burden and can still work and contribute more value, she became less obsessed with trivial matters like housework.

While waiting for her takeaway, Little Chun found the noise on the Internet and transferred the post to the "Dream Cloud Studio" group of just three people.

But as soon as Lincoln took off his headphones, he turned to the staff nearby and said, "Give me another gun! Let me show you what Yan Shuangying is!"

As for the blinking notification light not far away on the phone...

What is that? Is it as cool as Yan Shuangying?