The Game Developer Who Left the Company Is Too Competent

39. update completed

On the day of the Atlantia electrical upgrade.

From early morning, related communities were boiling.

-How many hours are left?

└Because it opens at 10… … There’s only one hour left.

└What is an hour… … wait and see I’m sure it’ll go into the 4 major swords.

└ There were three generations of lattes… … Did you get one more??

└Temporary inspection, emergency inspection, regular inspection… … and what is the other one?

└Extended maintenance.

└Ah… … ;

└ There will be no exception this time. Because Nepple games have always been like that!

Due to the nature of online games, which require the server to be operated 24 hours a day, periodic inspection is essential. Users understand this well enough.

However, frequent unscheduled inspections and continuous notices of extensions sometimes caused irritation.

Atlansia Electric was a particularly severe game.

Due to the nature of MMORPG, the amount of newly applied resources was so large that there were many cases in which problems occurred even though sufficient preparations were made.

To be honest, right after the update, there was a joke that if you want to enjoy the game without stress, you should not log in for at least a week and watch the situation.

however.

– Server open. aaa!

└ Huh, really? Are you really open on time? No extension???

└ It’s like that for now, but… … We’ll have to wait and see.

└ Something like this happened, so I went to an emergency inspection… … .

Surprisingly, it opened on time!

Surprisingly, users were not shaken this much.

Pretending to open on time, I have witnessed very often cases where an issue suddenly explodes leading to an emergency inspection, followed by an extended inspection!

But to my surprise, there has been no inspection since.

There was no problem with the server even though more than twice the number of concurrent users connected at the same time.

No bugs occurred… … .

-What is it? Is the game weird? Not the Atlantian electricity I know.;;

└ I’m walking around the newly updated map… … First of all, the graphic quality is definitely different. how did this happen?;

└ It’s really not the game I used to know… … ?;;

It wasn’t long before they were surprised by these things, and soon users’ attention turned to the new update content, in which things changed a lot.

* * *

“Update completed without any problems!”

Applause broke out at the cry of the server team leader.

“Wow, this is the first time that the update went smoothly after becoming the developer of Atlansia Electric?”

“It feels rather strange that there is nothing wrong. In the meantime, every time there was an update, something happened.”

“I do not know yet. Don’t be nervous and watch. Unexpected issues may arise at any time.”

Certainly, it is not yet safe.

Taeyeon and director Myunghoon Park were also watching the situation with serious faces.

The server team leader approached and said to Taeyeon.

“Now the number of neighbors is three times the usual.”

“… … !”

Taeyeon’s eyes wide open.

Park Myung-hoon, sitting next to him, is also watching with interest.

“145,667 to be exact. Awesome, right?”

“… … .”

“I think it will increase several times from this number if the server conditions remain as they are today and good word spreads about the update.”

Taeyeon thought it was a story that could have been said enough.

This is because of the characteristics of MMORPGs.

Users who have fallen deeply into this genre once are always interested in the new MMORPG, even if they enjoy other games.

It is only this genre that can satisfy their hunger.

Atlansia Electric is the best MMORPG game in Korea with a very large number of users.

Since then, following the Nero Soft Shinhwa online business model, many users left in disappointment, but not many even deleted their accounts.

Players from the past who are always ready to return if it becomes a good game again!

that they might come back.

Taeyeon tried to hide her trembling heart and answered calmly.

“I really wish that was the case.”

Beside me, Park Myung-hoon was smiling as if he knew everything.

late afternoon.

So exactly as of 8:00 PM, the number of concurrent users exceeded 200,000.

Taeyeon ordered to leave work, but all the developers voluntarily stayed behind to check the situation.

‘Please, this situation should continue until tomorrow morning.’

* * *

– Crazy. A dimensional invasion… … Is this going to lead the two forces to unite against the common enemy?

└ As soon as I get off work, I come to the PC room and play, and I really feel immersed. For cinematic and directing… … I’m playing the game really crazy.;

└ I’m more curious about the phase change and mob AI algorithm change than anything else. In the middle, after the siege event, the entire territory was completely ruined and turned into a monster den dungeon. It was really amazing. I did a lot of it in other games, but it feels really good to apply this to our country’s games… … ;;;

Raid content is the most highly praised!

Until phase 1, although the patterns were colorful, there was a feeling that they couldn’t get out of the set frame anyway.

However, from phase 2, after learning the user’s behavior pattern, it makes the pattern unknown by responding appropriately!

It really makes you feel like fighting a living creature.

Even the ability to copy the user’s skills and magic items applied this time and learn and utilize them is really… … .

-If this is the case, the behavior pattern itself will change according to the setting, right?;;;

└ Because of that, the guild members are gathering together and researching how to catch it efficiently;;

└ It’s been a long time since I’ve done a raid like this… … .

└No, development team… … didn’t you? What the hell happened?!

└Director changed to Yoo Taeyeon. And he said that he had recruited a large number of talented developers from outside.

└ Hearing that makes sense. It seems that the know-how learned in Monster Eater has been applied this time ;;;

It made the users crazy.

The part that received the next best evaluation was the deletion of some paid items.

Paid buffs, enhancement scrolls, things like that.

– It’s really ridiculous. No, isn’t it normal to get gold or general items if you hunt? But if you want to get something like that, does it make sense to buy a cash order with cash?

-Paid buffs are really… … I can’t even party hunt or raid without this… … I was dumbfounded when I saw this and closed it.

On the other hand, there was also a regret.

-Looks like you can’t get rid of rare avatars. In fact, while playing the game, a lot of money was secretly spent on synthesizing avatars to complete rare avatar parts… …

└ If you get rid of this, what will happen to those who have already spent a lot of money and got all their abilities?

└ There are many things I wish for, really… … .

└ What do you want most? There are many games that make good money without these things. If you want to return to a real MMORPG, all paid items are gone and you have to convert it to a flat rate. Like WoW, it allows you to play for free up to a certain level.

There were a lot of things like this, but it was clear that it was getting good reviews overall.

Taeyeon and the developers spent the first day of the update with open eyes.

had been waiting all night.

It’s nine o’clock in the morning.

After thinking for a while, Taeyeon said.

“All personnel, take turns sleeping for two hours each in the morning and afternoon. I think you can use the company shower room and sleeping room.”

After hearing that, the team leaders started moving each team.

No matter how much I stayed up all night, it was a weekday, so I had to continue my next shift.

That is the sorrow of office workers.

‘I guess I’ll have to take a shower too.’

Taeyeon also stood up from her seat.

* * *

The prophecy of the server team leader came true.

It was said that if the server is maintained without any problems and positive word of mouth spreads about the update, the number of concurrent users will increase several times.

“450,000 people. I think we’ll hit 500,000 by the end of tonight!”

It was the server team leader who refused to even have breakfast because of his worries about the server. His face looked very bright despite the fatigue.

“Wow, 500,000… … Does this make sense?”

“Wasn’t this kind of figure only possible in our heyday of gaming?”

In the midst of everyone’s surprise, the head of the content section came up with his own analysis.

“Some users who left the past came after hearing rumors, but a competitor has been working properly recently, so the effect of boycotts by game users is also large.”

“What do you mean?”

“Look for yourself.”

Nero Soft, the biggest competitor and a famous MMORPG.

The company is servicing various games besides Shinhwa Online, which has the highest sales record among game companies.

Among them, there is an MMORPG game called ‘Red Earth’.

It was a game made to catch World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy Online, and it was a partially paid game with a medieval fantasy concept.

In the early days, it gained immense popularity for its outstanding graphics, directing, and sense of impact. However, the developer changed several times, and the company was unable to deal with large and small issues, and the decline began.

Up to this point, most of the online games have experienced this flow.

However, it accelerated user departure by continuing the behavior of running a dead end, making a new character updated every 3 months with overpower to induce sales, and then nerfing it right away when the next character comes out.

Crucially, the issue of introducing a vicious business model unique to Nerosoft, represented by Shinhwa Online, occurred recently, and users became angry and started declaring a boycott.

“You made the same mistake that Atlantia Electric did.”

“In addition to this, the dependency on ‘pets’, which are fixed-term cash items, has been drastically increased, making it difficult to progress the game just by carrying one or two… … There are several dead ends.”

Taeyeon stared at the feverish man and asked.

“Are you a user of the Red Earth?”

“yes. what… … .”

“Anyway, I got it right.”

When I went to the red earth community, the status of the bulletin board was dizzy with real-life related content.

– Boycott the Red Earth! If you don’t listen to our request, there will be no return!

– Rather, let’s do Atlansia electricity! On the other hand, the new PD is holding a meeting, reflecting user requests well, and making game contents properly!

-everyone! Take a picture of the Atlantia electricity! It’s much better than this manggame that ignores user requests!

“I understand the general situation very well. There was also this issue.”

The planning team leader asked Taeyeon, who nodded.

“I have a question, about our game and that neighborhood… … Why is it that you suddenly run the game like that after going well?”

“There may be several reasons… … The fundamental reason is that maintaining the status quo is difficult to cope with the ever-decreasing number of concurrent users and sales.”

“ah… … .”

“The important thing in MMORPG is to maintain immersion in the world itself. It’s like every developer’s eternal homework.”

However, the departure of the main developers and the frequent change of development team, etc. For various reasons, the quality of content continues to drop, and users who lose their sense of immersion leave the game.

“It also means that it’s just as difficult to keep it fun.”

The conclusion is simple.

If you keep making it fun and good, sales and dongsaeng will continue to be maintained.

But the reality is that it is not as easy as it sounds.

It is close to impossible for even the god of the game to continue to maintain the most intense impact.

“You are saying that self-rescue measures to somehow increase sales are eventually shaking hands.”

“Exactly. After all, planning from a long-term perspective is necessary… … This is a very difficult problem. The difficulty level is too high.”

The developers in the studio who were listening to that comment came up with another question while empathizing.

‘Then, how difficult would it be to recover a game that was going downhill like this?’

‘Isn’t it more difficult to revive the ruined life again than to maintain the fun?’

I realized what a great developer Taeyeon is.

In their eyes, what was unfolding was almost miraculous.

Didn’t the game, which used to be 6 or 7 only when concurrency was really good, be raised to a figure close to 500,000?

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Meanwhile, Taeyeon put her admiration behind her and gathered Park Myung-hun and the team leaders in the conference room.

“The situation looks good right now, so I think it’s okay to relax a bit. But let’s not be too happy with the immediate results. Project Cataclysm is just the beginning.”

There are many events left in the future.

As the dimensional invasion accelerates, the main continent of Atlansia is devastated, and both camps are in great misfortune with tremendous damage.

There remains a task to develop the process of forming an alliance with each other fiercely.

Even if an alliance is formed, it will not be easy for them, who were enemies, to work together.

“You can’t procrastinate development. A species that did not exist before should not suddenly pop up. Please make sure that the development of the scenario is under the supervision of Mr. Baek Young-hoon. And from the next update, director Park Myung-hoon will be in charge of the overall management of the game.”

to appoint a producer.

It was discussed in advance, so no one was surprised.

“I will keep an eye on the situation as I am now and quietly step back unless a special problem arises.”

“I… … When are you planning to have dinner?”

A woman with a cute impression wearing round glasses cautiously asks.

He was the head of the character modeling department.

After thinking for a while, Taeyeon said:

“Let’s do it this Friday. At that time, I will have a good time one last time and step down as interim producer.”