This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 177 - 134: Tianba Manor Completed (Part 2)

Chapter 177: Chapter 134: Tianba Manor Completed (Part 2)

Finally, the UP master concluded: "In the entire history of gaming, there probably isn’t a more legendary community than Tianba Manor."

Isn’t that obvious!

Other games don’t sell houses! Even if they did, they wouldn’t sell pre-sale properties! Even if they sold pre-sale properties, the construction period couldn’t possibly be longer than Tianba Manor’s...

All in all, Tianba Manor is indeed a uniquely legendary, hard-to-replicate "real estate" project in gaming history.

Looking at the entire industry, which game developer would sell pre-sale properties in a game, and drag out the handover date for so long?

Unprecedented, never to be repeated!

No wonder the players are so excited; if you bought a nearly two-and-a-half-year-old unfinished property and suddenly one day it was announced to be completed and handed over, you’d be just as thrilled.

"It’s truly a sin!"

Watching this episode, thinking of the UP master’s friend finally waiting for the handover, only to enter the game and find the mortgage isn’t paid off, Chen Ba couldn’t help but laugh.

Simply too dramatic!

Luckily, Tianba Studio is not focused on "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator" at the moment, otherwise these players would still be suffering.

Is Tianba Manor completely finished?

No worries! The Tianba Peach Blossom Mansion, Tianba Century City, Tianba Academy, and a bunch of new projects are waiting to be started!

Enough mortgage payments to last a lifetime...

Without "Star Emperor," "Divine Grace Continent," and "Love Advisor Department" among a slew of new games, it wouldn’t be hard to come to a conclusion.

Tianba Studio would definitely go down this path, making these players wash dishes and pay mortgages for a lifetime!

Perhaps a bit boldly!

Running out of ideas, Tianba Studio might just make something like "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator 2."

Of course, that’s in a parallel world line.

At least in this main world line, Tianba Studio is thriving, not considering Living Under Someone’s Roof 2, Cold Window Study 2...

By the way.

The proposal of making sequels to old games has been discussed internally at the studio.

"Cold Window Study Simulator" covers middle school life, "Living Under Someone’s Roof Simulator" covers high school life...if given the chance, a simulation and development game about "university life" may not be released in the future.

However, the idea isn’t mature.

The main problem is that "Cold Window Study" and "Living Under Someone’s Roof," these simulators, have low popularity, making a sequel a bit unappealing.

If a sequel is to be made, it should prioritize games like "Star Emperor" or "Divine Grace Continent," which have good sales and popularity.

Besides, sequels usually have lower sales and popularity than their predecessors, which is something those developers living off past successes would do.

Tianba Studio is currently in a rapid development phase, and Chen Ba is keen on progress, not yet at a stage of resting on laurels.

So sequels shouldn’t be considered.

...

Although there was a bit of a mishap, the official version of "Love Advisor Department" still needs to be released, and it is the focus of the studio’s recent work.

Compared to the early access version, the official version doesn’t differ much from the game’s core, basically just changing the label.

The price didn’t change either!

Originally wanting to increase the price, Chen Ba realized "Love Advisor Department" had become the most loved marriage and dating platform among young people, and suddenly didn’t dare to raise the price.

But speaking of which.

The price in the domestic region hasn’t increased, but the price of "Love Advisor Department" in other regions went up quite a bit.

"Overseas regions?"

"Are there players overseas for ’Love Advisor Department’?" Lu asked curiously.

"Yes!"

Chen Ba laughed and explained: "Although the total number of overseas players is definitely less than in China, there are still tens of thousands..."

That’s not the point. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The point is, "Love Advisor Department’s" game nature and environment abroad are worlds apart from those in China.

How to say this...

Chinese people generally express emotions more subtly, and online channels aren’t very trustworthy.

But foreigners play more openly.

Through observing, Chen Ba noted that the gameplay of "Love Advisor Department," or its marriage and dating functions, in the hands of foreign players is like an "overnight fling simulator."

Meeting today, arranging a place, and the next day going to a hotel for a party.

It’s not surprising!

Foreigners’ understanding of games is indeed different from what Chen Ba thought. Their attitude towards "Love Advisor Department" is more inclined to "socializing."

Simply put, they play this game with the idea of making friends.

As for making friends, suddenly getting intimate? Come on! This is our unique way of socializing, don’t you think it’s cool?

"Isn’t this inappropriate?"

After hearing Ba’s description, Lu frowned and said, "Messing around like this, wouldn’t our game turn into a hookup software?"

"I understand what you mean, but let me explain first..."

Chen Ba explained: "Their gameplay is more like getting on the train first and buying the ticket afterward. First, meet and get intimate, and later soak in the game to foster feelings."

What?

Lu was quite shocked.

Can this work? Or is this the proverbial Southern oranges becoming Northern lemons due to geographical and cultural differences?

"Believe it or not, ’Love Advisor Department’ has matched more couples overseas than you imagine! And the success rate is higher..."

Chen Ba was quite helpless.

Despite having few foreign players, their games have a kind of magic that brings people together.

Out of several tens of thousands of foreigners, almost a thousand couples have been matched through "Love Advisor Department," with even 200 couples already married on impulse.

Doesn’t sound like much?

But don’t forget, overseas there are only these tens of thousands of players. With such a small base, having such a high success rate is enough to show the magic of "Love Advisor Department."

Reportedly, in some countries with low birth rates, population aging, and negative new birth growths, there are calls to include "Love Advisor Department" in the social welfare system, encouraging everyone to play this game.

Yes, everyone!

Any citizen reaching the legal marriage age can apply for a "Love Advisor Department" Cdkey, no matter if you just became an adult or are senior, everyone can...

Of course!

The person making this call isn’t influential, nor a major influencer or opinion leader, so no one listens to them.

But this incident shows that "Love Advisor Department" can indeed increase marriage and birth rates for some countries and regions.

It’s truly a great merit!

The unfortunate part is, no matter how magical "Love Advisor Department" is, it doesn’t change the fact that it is a dating sim game at its core.

In overseas markets, such games don’t have much presence, as people prefer FPS games or classic mounts and blades instead of Galgames.

"What about Neon?"

Lu suddenly thought, if Ba said Galgames aren’t popular overseas, what about in Neon, the land of two-dimensional culture?

As the region most fascinated with Galgames worldwide, there’s no way "Love Advisor Department" isn’t played, right?

"Of course there is!"

"Neon players are quite numerous, and many couples have been matched. This kind of dating sim game indeed has a market."

Chen Ba couldn’t help but laugh: "The region where ’Love Advisor Department’ sells the best overseas must be Neon."

Neon has approximately 50,000 players.

A few hundred among them have found partners through "Love Advisor Department" and successfully started a relationship, which is quite an exceptional ratio.

However, there are too many similar games over there in Neon.

Even though "Love Advisor Department’s" unique appeal of player-strategy-player and excellent matching mechanism is strong, gaining fame is hard.

It mainly relies on word of mouth.

But the efficiency of word of mouth is too low, and it mostly spreads among male players, while females aren’t as keen to share with their friends.

This is not only true abroad.

Actually, there is also a male-dominant, female-scarce phenomenon domestically, meaning the number of female players is too small. Even with an excellent matchmaking mechanism, what do you do when there aren’t suitable opposite genders?