In the Internet age, who still makes traditional games?

"Boss, do you still have the mood to joke around?!" Song Zhicheng asked anxiously.

"Why wouldn't I?" Xu Meng retorted.

"No need to be so anxious, just deal with the bugs."

"First, show me yesterday's data."

Song Zhicheng had no choice but to suppress his anxiety and pulled up the previous day's data for the 'Frost and Snow Project' for Xu Meng, including the number of new users, e-commerce platform turnover, average and peak online player counts, changes in Dreamnet popularity, player feedback on social networks, and other information.

Xu Meng examined each piece of data carefully, and his heart completely settled back into his stomach.

—The data was explosively good!

Of course, this situation can't be allowed to continue indefinitely.

The current situation is partly because there are too few characters, and partly to leave players with the impression that 'entertainment comes first' from the very beginning.

The next update will add a mode that limits the repeated selection of characters.

—It's adding a new mode, not prohibiting duplicate selections.

When the time comes, those who want to play unlimited can continue to play that way, and those who want to play with restrictions can go to the new mode.

In Xu Meng's view, the current bugs are still at the level of 'slightly scandalous, but harmless'.

These bugs are even referred to by players as 'game features,' and they're having a great time playing them.

Naturally, their weight is far less than that of new modes and new characters.

"No need to rush. When more serious bugs appear, or when players start to complain, then release the second video."

This was Xu Meng's first thought.

After all, this is the most cost-effective way.

But he quickly realized:

No!

What's really important isn't cost-effectiveness, but making players feel Dream Building's sincerity and believe that they are respected by Dream Building.

Player trust is a hundred times more important than cost-effectiveness!

Especially since he's going to slowly shift his energy to new games, the attention given to the 'Frost and Snow Project' will inevitably decrease.

Then it's even more important to convey the correct player service philosophy to his subordinates.

So he quickly changed his mind and said, "No, release it before the end of the day!"

"Apologize to the players, send out the second compensation, and then assure the players that Dream Building takes it very seriously and has already begun to fully repair the bugs."

"Then, pick two or three of the easiest bugs to fix, and fix them immediately after the apology letter is released, to show our attitude."

"I'll go to the programming department to arrange it later."

"Okay!" Song Zhicheng was reassured and immediately started working.

Xu Meng took another trip to the programming department to arrange the order of bug fixes.

The easiest, of course, was Heye being knocked out of the arena.

A similar bug had been fixed once before in the main game, and patching the loophole was not a difficult task.

Then there were the lasso and the slime gun, which had the greatest impact on balance and experience.

The former was directly disabled in the 'Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt' mode, and the latter had its code modified so that the slime gel would disappear directly when Huo Huo was invisible.

These were not complicated and could be fixed today, allowing players to see Dream Building's attitude and efficiency.

The remaining troublesome ones could be dealt with a little later without much harm.

After arranging everything, Xu Meng had just returned to the office when he saw Song Zhicheng waiting at the door.

"What's wrong?"

"Boss, I just received a call. [Game Observation] wants to come to the company to interview you," Song Zhicheng replied.

"Game Observation?" Xu Meng was taken aback.

Half a month ago, when the 'Frost and Snow Project' was remade and resurrected, they frankly admitted their prediction errors.

Later, not only did Huodao livestream his氪金 "apology," but he also published a serious article analyzing the key to the 'Frost and Snow Project's' resurrection.

This article, unlike most of the follow-the-trend media on the market, didn't just harp on about "sex appeal," "soft pornography," and "catering to otaku."

Instead, after careful analysis, it pointed out Dream Building's terrifying work efficiency, the amazing detail of the characters, and the large investment in animation and special effects, in addition to their "sex appeal."

Even the improvement of welfare levels and various measures to reduce the burden on players…

It was objective and insightful, leaving Xu Meng with a very good impression.

However, they hadn't made a move before, and now they were in such a hurry to come for an interview as soon as the [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt] was launched, which was surprisingly eager.

Was it because the [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt] was too popular and they were eager to ride the wave?

Or did the gameplay of the [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt] allow them to see something different?

Xu Meng was a little curious, but he still shook his head and refused:

"Tell them that I would be happy to accept their interview, but Dream Building has too much to do right now and I really don't have time to spare, so I can only regretfully decline."

Song Zhicheng stood in place, took out his phone on the spot, typed a message, and replied to the other side.

As soon as the message was sent, the phone vibrated again.

Song Zhicheng glanced at it and handed it to Xu Meng to read—

[Understood, understood, then could you ask President Xu when he will be able to spare some time? We are available at any time.]

Xu Meng thought for a moment.

He wasn't thinking about interviews about [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt] and 'Frost and Snow Project,' these two games no longer needed [Game Observation] to help build momentum.

What really needed attention was the upcoming new project.

He roughly calculated the various arrangements in his mind and gave an uncertain time: "About two months later."

Song Zhicheng then replied that way.

On the other end, Huodao looked at the text message on his phone, a little confused.

"Two months?"

"That's so long?"

Although he wanted to interview Dream Building, it wasn't to ride the wave.

It was because he saw the huge progress of Dream Building's technology and their pursuit and ability for innovative gameplay from [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt].

Through this information, he guessed that Dream Building should not always be limited to the ACG (anime, comics, and games) space in the future, so he wanted to dig up some information in this regard.

But having popularity is also a good thing!

Who would have thought that he would be thrown two months later…

Two months later, would [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt] still be so popular?

I don't know.

But interviews are sometimes similar to job hunting. If the other party tells you to wait for notification, then there is not much else you can do other than wait patiently.

Huodao sighed and continued to prepare for the interview in the office.

Specifically, it was teaming up with colleagues to play [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt].

—

On Dream Building's side, after Song Zhicheng left, Xu Meng sat in the office pondering:

Should I consider a public relations department?

At least have a proper channel for external contact.

But there are too few truly professional public relations talents.

If you accidentally get stuck with an unreliable one, it will only have the opposite effect and leave you covered in blood.

After thinking about it, he decided to postpone it and strengthen the technical team first.

In addition to this, he also had to find some special talents.

He opened his computer and searched for the location of the Ningzhou Veterans Service Center.

To make a war-themed game, experienced military advisors with a military background are indispensable.

But Dream Building didn't have any connections in this area before—'Frost and Snow Project' doesn't need this kind of consultant.

Xu Meng thought that the project was still a shadow, and it was not a very serious game. It would be difficult to go through the official application channels of the military.

So he planned to try the Veterans Service Center first to see if he could find a reliable consultant.

Ideally, someone who had participated in peacekeeping operations and had been on the battlefield.

If not, he could also consider foreign experts.

—After all, in recent decades, there have been more soldiers and mercenaries fighting wars abroad than in Xia Country.

And they are not as precious as in Xia Country. Many are not taken care of at all after retirement, or only provided with very meager subsidies, not even enough for medical care.

If I hire them…

How should I put it, the cost performance is quite high.

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