This is the ninth art

chapter 63

Devil song?
Are you still riding a horse from level 11 to level 20?
Is your rhythm master too floating?Or am I unable to carry a knife in the music century?
This week's player DAU has dropped so much, have you forgotten it? ?

There are so many posts on the game forum that criticize you, but you really don't read any of them? ? ?

As soon as Rhythm Master's official blog post was posted, the comments below completely exploded.

"Someone else's game factory can't wait to make the game accessible to everyone, but you are making it more difficult?"

"The most beautiful retrograde belongs to yes."

"@音乐世界, how can the years in this world be quiet and good, there will always be someone who will carry the burden for you, remember to be grateful."

"Music century: all set off by peers."

"Your mother, the clearance rate of your level 10 tunes is only 5%, which is not enough for your studio, isn't it? You are still here to rise and rise, you want to take off, right?"

"rnm! Refund the money!! I'll take it to Krypton Music Century's new character, isn't it delicious?"

There was an almost predictable amount of scolding.

The so-called, scold deeply, love deeply.

In fact, many players have feelings for the game "Rhythm Master".

As the originator of audio games, the game started directly as a king bomb, which surprised countless players.

But who knew that the game had already reached its peak at the beginning, and within half a month, whether it was popular or daily activity, it all dropped like Waterloo.

Without it, the main reason is that as the difficulty of the level gradually increases for the players, it is too easy to get stuck.

Moreover, the character skills in the game are not strong enough to make up for the clearance rate.

More still have to rely on hard power.

A game was abused once, twice, three times.

When I was abused dozens of times and couldn't get over it.

At this time, what is left to the players is no excitement, no achievements, only numb frustration.

In this case, the most important thing to modify is the difficulty of the level, making it at least more accessible to the people.

But how does the rhythm master do it?

After half a month, it finally popped up and made an announcement.

Hello everyone, I'm not bad, I just went to study the new score, by the way, the new score is all devil songs, the lowest level is 11 and the highest is 20, everyone is welcome to challenge!

(╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻

Challenge you!
When this news first came out, many players uninstalled it on the spot, and expressed their disappointment, and they would never touch any game developed by Junyue Studio again.

Even Zhuang Ding was stunned when he saw this news, his face full of surprise.

Although as a hostile platform, Junyue Studio's surging dark horse was suddenly stumbled, as a member of Phoenix Interactive Entertainment, he should be happy.

But from a personal point of view, Zhuang Ding doesn't have much opinion on Chu Jun.

Rather than saying I have no opinion, it is better to say that I admire this guy very much.

He has created so many novel and incomparable genres at a young age, if they were placed in the popular culture industry, I am afraid they would all be praised by everyone.

What if that kid stumbles here, dampens his enthusiasm for game creation, and never recovers from it?
How can I copy better games in the first place in the future?

Well, this is the main idea in Zhuang Ding's mind.

Of course, this kind of thought was only fleeting, and Zhuang Ding quickly shook his head to dismiss the idea of ​​sympathy.

The competition in the industry has always been so cruel, no matter whether you are a genius in creativity or not.

But only those who really grasp the overall situation of the market, such as myself, are the ones who have the last laugh.

"Master Rhythm's version update this time has completely blocked their own way. It is estimated that within a month, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain a balance of expenses." Zhuang Dingtusihu sighed sadly, but soon became excited again.

promotion!

raise!

Judging from the current expressiveness of Music Century, the idea he put forward has taken a long way!

----

Huang Ming is an ordinary freshman in high school, with ordinary looks, ordinary family background, ordinary academic performance, and few friends.

It was an ordinary high school student who could hardly be found in the crowd, but fell in love with an extraordinary girl.

The class flower in their class has long hair fluttering, dimples when she laughs, and her body smells very fragrant.

Of course, just a crush.

Huang Ming also knew that he was useless, and would often just watch Banhua play and fight with other people from a distance when get out of class was over, and the same class had hardly said a word to her for a year.

Aw, these are Huang Ming's superficial identities.

Behind the scenes, he served as the owner of the post bar of the new type of music game rhythm master who has emerged in the past half a month.

[Soul of Yinyou] is his ID that became famous in the first battle.

The Battle to Fame is just beating the Rhythm Master's base repertoire in just one all-nighter.

You must know that at this time, most players have only completed 20% of the progress of the basic song.

Of course, this is just the beginning.

On the second day, he spent the whole day clearing all the hidden songs of the Rhythm Master, some of which have reached level 10 difficulty.

A week later, he was able to play all the scores of the rhythm master into AP (AP: the full name is all perfect, which means that in a piece of music, it is all connected and all the note judgments are the most perfect judgments.)
After posting the screenshot of the record on the Internet, countless players were shocked and worshiped.

The Rhythm Master Bar has just been established, so I invite him to be the owner of the bar.

Huang Ming didn't know what was going on, this kind of music game seemed to be tailor-made for him.

In other words, he has a unique talent for this aspect.

Obviously not interested in other games, but loves the genre of audio games.

As soon as Rhythm Master came out, he aroused his strong attention.

A while ago, I even went through the level day and night. After the overall situation was cleared, I would do it again, and try to pass it again with various postures and techniques.

Recently, something happened to the rhythm master.

Because the difficulty is too high, it has caused criticism from players, and the daily activity is also dropping crazily.

Those friends who are usually online have gradually become gray names.

In the post bar, some people made extremely offensive remarks every now and then.

From the beginning to the end, Huang Ming, as the owner of the rhythm master, did not stand up and express a single word.

He is just silently deleting those negative posts.

He is different from other players.

Rather than saying that the difficulty of this game is too high, he even feels that the difficulty of this game is a bit low.

"If only it could be more difficult," he thought yesterday.

Today, Rhythm Master's official blog posted a dynamic.

Released 23 new songs in one breath, and defined them as devil-level.

The difficulty also broke through the previous upper limit.

Others were scolding, but he was very excited and updated the version immediately.

After completing the level 11 Purple Passion after failing a few times, his expression brightened a bit.

Level 12, clearance in half an hour.

His eyes were different.

Level 13.

This time it took a full hour to call.

However, Huang Ming experienced an unprecedented carefree experience.

"This is a decent music game!" His eyes were bright.

This class was taken by the Chinese teacher and lent it to the math teacher, but the math teacher couldn't come and changed it to a self-study class. The passing PE teacher saw it and called the big guy to the playground to exercise. class.

Regular practice in the first half of the class, and free activities in the second half of the class.

The students were playing and playing, and there was a lot of noise in their ears.

"Damn! Nigga! Did you actually buy an S-level character from the Music Century? Boss Hei has money! Lend me to play! I've been stuck at level 6 for a long time..."

"Can't even get past the 6th grade? Call me dad, and the [-]th grade can take you away."

"Stupid! Lend me to play!"

People's sorrows and joys are not the same, Huang Ming only thinks they are noisy.

He walked to the shade of a tree and sat down cross-legged.

He took out his phone and clicked on Rhythm Master's level 13 track as a warm-up.

After exercising my fingers, I started to challenge the level 14 track "Flight of the Bumblebee"

As soon as the music score came out, it was scattered and scattered in a disorderly manner, the speed was so fast that even Huang Ming couldn't catch it.

"Fuck... has the difficulty of level 14 increased so much?" After only pressing a few notes, Huang Ming was completely confused, and Huang Ming secretly clicked his tongue.

But the more challenging it is, the more it can inspire his fighting spirit.

After adjusting his mood, he charged towards the score again and again.

Unaware of the passage of time around.

Until 10 minutes later, with the last note key falling.

Only then did Huang Ming let out a long sigh of relief, a hearty sense of accomplishment welled up spontaneously, and he stretched his already sore fingers.

A soft applause sounded beside his ears.

"Wow! Can this pass? This is too amazing!"

Huang Ming was shocked.

this sound?
He turned his head, and as expected, he saw that sweet and lovely cheek.

Ban Hua, who hadn't spoken to her classmate for a year, stood behind him at some point, bent over and stretched her knees with her hands, her delicate and flawless face seemed to be trying to see his movements clearly, even her chin was about to close on his shoulders.

The fragrance of shampoo passed through his nostrils, and the smooth hair gently brushed the back of his neck.

close……

too close!
"You, you, you... since when did you start..."

The girl tilted her head and thought for a while: "Fuck, has the difficulty of level 14 increased so much? It seems to be standing behind you since then."

Huang Ming: "..."

Soon, the girl raised a finger again: "Because Huang's back was facing me just now, and the rhythm of shaking his fingers was so loud that his whole shoulder was shaking, so I thought you were doing something strange. As the monitor, I wanted to come here to remind you, but I found out that Huang was just playing games. But this game seems to be quite fun, so I couldn't help but stay and have a look."

"It's impossible to do strange things in this kind of place..."

Seeing that Huang Ming was speechless, the girl gave him a sweet smile: "Student Huang also plays Rhythm Master, and he is so good at it!"

"Ah...it's okay, it's okay, it's just that I practice a lot." Huang Ming scratched his cheek embarrassingly.

"I've played Rhythm Master before, but it's a bit difficult... so I haven't played it recently. I saw that my classmates said that Music Century is easier to learn, so I..."

"No!" Huang Ming suddenly interrupted Ban Hua loudly, startling the girl.

"what?"

"The rhythm master is the genius!" Huang Ming said solemnly: "This game is very conscientious in terms of art, judgment accuracy, and consumption limit! It is the unparalleled number one audio game in my heart!"

"This...that's it..." The girl was startled, and then she nodded half-understanding: "I really think that Rhythm Master's painting style is really great, and I feel that the cute and delicate CGs are so beautiful. Should only very careful and talented girls be able to draw it?"

"Yeah! That's right! Its game framework is also quite good! Master Chu is simply a genius! What kind of talent is it to think of such a game that combines music and games? By the way, do you know Master Chu? If you don't know, let me give you a popular science, he is..."

Huang Ming didn't even have the courage to talk to girls, but now that he mentions this game, he seems to have been opened up.

Pulling Banhua all the way to the end of get out of class, the language was humorous and vivid, Banhua couldn't help laughing several times until her stomach ached.

"Oh, the bell rang for the end of get out of class, we have to go back to class." Ban Hua said, looking at the cat watch on his wrist.

"Do you want to learn the rhythm master? I can teach you!" Huang Ming didn't know where the courage came from, and he stared directly at Banhua with enthusiasm and said loudly.

After the words fell, Huang Ming suddenly felt abrupt.

Thinking about it... Banhua has always had a good temper, is very kind to people and has no airs, so she is willing to listen to the long-winded speech she didn't know the so-called just now.

But in the end, she didn't take the initiative to mention that she wanted to play this game...

It was really hasty for me to mention it so suddenly.

However, what Huang Ming didn't expect was that.

The girl in front of her, after hearing his request.

His expression was slightly taken aback.

After being stunned for a while, he nodded slightly and smiled.

"Okay."

Huang Ming's gradually widening pupils reflected disbelief.

Reflecting the girl's sweet smile.

It reflects the blooming summer that quietly climbs up the branches.

……

"About how I used a game to trick Banhua into my girlfriend in three days"

Three days later, a short video quickly rushed to the top of Bilibili's popular video list.

In less than a day, the broadcast volume reached a terrifying 300 million+
a game?
To trick Ban Hua into a girlfriend?

This title is full of temptation, so many young viewers click to enter to find out.

In the video, there is an ordinary-looking boy, but his clothes are clean.

Beside him was a pretty and cute little girl, gesturing to the camera with the letter V, her sweet appearance is indeed classy.

Suddenly, a group of question marks floated across the barrage.

"???"

"Shall I pose for a photo?"

Until the video, the girl took the initiative to hold the boy's arm.

The barrage suddenly turned into a ball of highly corrosive acid water.

"I smoked a pack of cigarettes and didn't even think about it. Why?"

"Fake, it's all fake!"

"Don't believe in rumors and don't spread rumors. Girlfriends have never been seen before. The Internet is true and false, unless the UP owner gives me a whole one."

"But so."

"The more I look at it, the more I get angry. I have already reported it. Brothers, am I doing the right thing?"

As the progress bar played, the young boy in the video talked about the reason why the two fell in love, all because of a game called "Rhythm Master".

Many of them have heard of this game, and some don't know it.

But they all expressed doubts.

How can a game catch such a beautiful class flower?

Until, the boy in the video adjusted the shooting angle, and began to challenge the 16-level score "Six Trillion Years"

On the music score, there are dense and irregular scattered points, noodles, overlapping in size and changing in strength and falling in patterns.

The boy's silky and smooth fingers clicked every falling note rhythmically, and the combo combo in the upper right corner jumped crazily, and every time it popped up perfectly
The finger is even about to leave an afterimage. From the perspective of viewing, it is indeed extremely shocking.

The pop-up screen is full of question marks.

"???"

"you?"

"Grass!!"

"Fear……"

"Is this shit a game that people can play??"

"I couldn't understand it, but I was shocked."

"Is this kind of hand speed too early for humans in the 21st century?"

"Now I finally understand why Ban Hua likes him/狗头/狗头"

"Attention in front, UP is still a student, and the coffin with a yellow cavity can reflect light!"

The video is just one song long.

But what was shown shocked everyone who watched the video.

Silky!

Smooth!

Very ornamental!
It is simply beautiful like an alternative work of art!

Of course, the most important thing is that the boy in the video said that he passed this game and amazed the class flower.

If you play the game well, you can still flirt with girls? ? ?

Many young viewers suddenly had a bold idea in their hearts.

Moreover, after this video became popular, people began to follow suit in the next few days.

Numerous videos of the same type are presented one after another.

[What is the experience of playing "Master of Rhythm" on the subway?A younger sister asked me for WeChat! 】

[At the school celebration, I risked my phone being confiscated and performed "Flight of the Bumble Bee" in front of the whole school. That night, the applause continued for a long time! 】

[Social Artifact!How did I attract the attention of all the female students through "Master of Rhythm" at the class reunion? 】

With the topic of "Master of Rhythm" quickly becoming popular at station B, major short video platforms are also scrambling to follow suit, and even some good people launched a "time to give you a song, let girls take the initiative" Add your WeChat! ' challenge.

The number of people participating in the challenge surges every day, either succeeding or failing.

But no matter what.

The new version of Rhythm Master has been released in just one week, and it has become popular again, this time attracting more public attention than before! !

The download volume has soared from the previous peak of 30+ a day to millions of downloads a day!
The payment rate has almost dropped to single digits from before, and it has returned to the 40% mark!
Junyue Studio even relied on this game to achieve an astonishing daily turnover of 200 million+
There are even faint signs of continuous climbing.

What is the concept of an online game with a krypton gold limit of only 2000, a daily turnover of 200 million, and a company's monthly revenue of 6000 million?
At least all the game companies who knew the news had their eyes red with envy.

Countless players who were clamoring to abandon the pit before also poured into the official blog to leave messages.

"I'm sorry Chu Ziguo, I didn't know this game was so strong..."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I'm sorry!"

"Junyue Studio is my father!"

"Hey, I didn't know the devil's song when I was young. If I hear it again, I will lose my hand. ⑧ Having said that, I will continue to practice my level 11 devil's song. Everyone wish me to get out of the single as soon as possible!"

"No, no, no? It's not true that there are people who can't even pass the devil's song, right? What's the difference between such a person and a disabled person?"

"Heh, a bunch of fools! I said at the time that this game is going to be popular!"

"You change the ID of the 'Music Century No. [-] in Jianghua City' on your head, and then talk again!"

Is Rhythm Master difficult?

difficult!
Especially the latest Demon King song, it is ridiculously difficult.

Countless failures even make people want to smash the phone.

But once the order of the notes is written down on the backboard, especially after showing a devil-level score in front of the public and passing the level perfectly, the shocking eyes of everyone are even stronger than the sense of accomplishment obtained in the game!
The harder the tune!The more shocking it brings to passers-by who have never been exposed to this type of game!
On the other hand, "Music Century", which was still popular in the past two weeks, became popular like a flash in the pan, and soon after, various disadvantages tore away the fig leaf one after another.

The breakthrough of the krypton gold limit was not so obvious at the beginning, but as time went by, the disadvantages of the game balance were revealed.

Civilian players cannot occupy the rankings no matter how they play, causing the game to lose its direct appeal to them.

And the local tyrant players are also slowly losing after lack of targets to show off.

Furthermore, the enthusiasm of players who have been driven by Rhythm Master's second popularity to challenge difficult tracks has risen!
Yinyou's hand speed and strength are also constantly improving in this fierce competition.

Krypton gold can only make you pass the level better, but it hardly helps the AP level clearance that players pursue!

The slow note speed below level 10 can't even be displayed when it is displayed.

Various reasons led to the Rhythm Master singing all the way!Quickly return to the number one new work in May!

And "Music Century", which originally occupied the first place, plummeted at the same rapid speed.

As the general manager of the game.

Zhuang Ding has been sitting in the office for a day.

In any case, he couldn't figure out why such a good game started.

It obviously reduces the difficulty and becomes more friendly to the people.

Obviously, it has also allowed the local tyrants to have room to play.

But he lost so thoroughly.

Until, he saw an interview program with Chu Jun, the chief designer of "Master of Rhythm", specially invited by a certain game column two days ago.

In the show, the host asked a bunch of irrelevant questions, but Zhuang Ding didn't care.

Until the end of the program interview, the host asked a question that Zhuang Ding wanted to know the most.

It was also an issue that Ling Tianhang had argued with him at the meeting before.

"Mr. Chu, the success of Rhythm Master has attracted strong attention from all walks of life, and once again exposed the niche game industry to the public's attention. Such success is undoubtedly gratifying and has driven the overall development of the game industry. Then, What do you think is the reason why "Rhythm Master" is so successful? What is the lifeblood of its game? Or, why it can arouse such strong response and praise from everyone? Is it an innovative type? Is it a fun design? Or is it a consumer-friendly restriction? "

Zhuang Ding's breathing became short of breath, and his eyes fixed on the extremely handsome young man on the screen.

He couldn't wait to know the answer.

Want to know an answer that made Music Century lose so ugly.

What is it?
What is the lifeblood of this game! ! !
"It's pretentious." Chu Jun straightened his collar elegantly and calmly, and said so to the camera.

　Go sleep, wake up at night and update again
　　
　
(End of this chapter)