Chapter 489: Chapter 298: Wildly Imaginative Testing Phase
Chen Ba is not a big star, at most he has a bit of fame in the gaming circle, and this matter of his is unlikely to become a trending topic, with little chance of going viral.
Because of this, he ultimately didn’t delete the post.
If people want to discuss it, let them discuss. The person involved has no objections, and he himself is indifferent, so there’s no need to delete the post.
However, he overlooked one thing.
That is, when this rumor reached the ears of Old Chen and Old Wang, a pair of "good buddies," the situation immediately changed.
Old Chen was fine, at most he would hint around to find out if it was true or not. After all, while he pressured Chen Ba to marry, he was still very cautious when it came to his son’s lifelong affairs and wouldn’t easily make conclusions.
Comrade Wang was just absurd.
Even while pretending to be sick in the ICU, when he heard the news, he dropped the act and went straight to the Tianba Studio headquarters to "arrest" Chen Ba.
Oh, and he carried his household registration booklet with him...
"I mean, who in their right mind carries their household registration booklet around?"
Chen Ba was baffled, holding the registration booklet Old Wang handed over, looking confused: "Even if you carry it around, what’s the meaning of directly handing it to me? Not pretending anymore, laying all the cards on the table?"
"You two are already together, what am I still pretending for?"
"Hurry up, make use of the time to get the marriage certificate! I’ve already picked a date for the wedding, it’s in a couple of days, and I’ll talk to your dad about it. Don’t worry, no bride price from your family..."
Is this a matter of bride price?
Chen Ba felt that Old Wang had some kind of a problem. Even if Old Wang favored him a lot, it wasn’t to the point of giving so much for nothing!
Could there be... a conspiracy?
The more Old Wang insisted, the more worried Chen Ba became. After all, he’d never seen this kind of situation before. The more Old Wang urged, the less hurry Chen Ba felt, and he even advised Old Wang to continue playing his part as the "cancer patient."
As for reasons, they naturally came effortlessly.
The online rumor was false, plus Chen Ba was busy developing a new game, with no time to think about these things.
He was telling the truth, not afraid that Old Wang wouldn’t believe him.
Having said this much, Old Wang had no choice, understanding the meaning of "enough is enough," and so he suggested waiting until Chen Ba finished developing the "Abab’s True Story" game.
"Then I’ll go back to the hospital and continue pretending to be sick! Don’t stand me up, I can’t keep this up for long..."
Old Wang used the excuse of having cancer, the untreatable late-stage kind.
Honestly, his ability to keep up the act without being seen through truly showcased his excellent acting skills and how well the hospital was cooperating with his performance.
But paper can’t wrap fire forever, and he couldn’t keep pretending indefinitely.
His biggest wish was to secure Chen Ba, this great son-in-law, before his disguise was seen through, leaving no opening for other flashy bad choices.
Of course, he also asked Chen Ba to keep silent about his fake illness from Wang Ya.
"Just because you want me to keep it a secret, does that mean I will?"
Chen Ba wasn’t that obedient, and especially since Old Wang was unwilling to pay any hush money, always teaming up with Old Chen to play tricks on him, why should he take this?
So after sending Old Wang off, he immediately sent the ins and outs of the matter via WeChat to Wang Ya on the other end.
"Okay, I got it."
He initially thought Wang Ya would be shocked and angry upon learning the truth, but unexpectedly, her reaction was surprisingly calm, as if she’d already known.
What’s this play all about?
Chen Ba was puzzled by the antics of this father-daughter duo, unsure who exactly was acting.
Unable to figure it out, he stopped thinking about it, as it didn’t affect him much. The most pressing thing now was concerning the testing and promotion arrangements for "Abab’s True Story."
...
As everyone knows, game testing often requires an extremely long period.
Especially for games that require networking!
But Tianba Studio is obviously the exception, so far no game testing has lasted more than half a year.
This is one of the reasons Tianba Studio is known as "quick shooters."
Why so fast, though?
The answer seems simple because many things during the testing phase can’t be tested, or there’s no opportunity to test them.
Take "Abab’s True Story" as an example.
Most of the code in the game uses resource modules from the Tianba Game Engine and Tianba code repository.
In other words, old wine in a new bottle!
Don’t find it strange. In fact, this is the real reason why Tianba Studio is known as "quick shooters," and the main contributor to the rapid production progress.
Why do games like "Black Myth: Wukong" take two to three years or even four to five years to develop, while a similarly sized "Global Evolution" took less than a year?
Because games like "Black Myth: Wukong" start everything from scratch, without much available existing resources to draw upon or even refer to.
While "Global Evolution," although containing a lot of original stuff, the majority of its functions and game models had been used in other games, allowing direct modifications and reuse.
For example.
Since the game "Divine Grace Continent" featured a unique NPC generation mechanism, after this, whenever Tianba Studio developed new games, concerning NPCs, it could directly call this program to mass-produce NPCs.
It’s somewhat like the "League of Legends" team deciding to release a new champion, Saraphine, whose Q ability deals damage, W provides a shield, E slows, and passive abilities enhance basic skills, with the ultimate as a group control...
