Northern Myanmar: These players are acting strangely!

Chapter 6 Anti-Routine, Anti-Fraud? You're dancing on a tightrope!
Chen Jiajun perfectly replicated the ruthlessness and viciousness of those fraud gangs from his previous life into the game, even surpassing them in some aspects.

The security standards in the telecommunications fraud park are all implemented at the highest level.

In addition, he also established a cooperative relationship between the telecom fraud park and local warlords.

Military and bandit groups are in cahoots.

Under this impregnable model,
Let alone getting guns,

Even if players actually get the guns, they have no way to escape.

Of course, nothing is absolute.

If force cannot achieve this, strategy can be relied upon.

If the players who entered the park at the same time could reach a consensus and work together to develop a reasonable "escape" plan, they might be able to stage a version of "The Shawshank Redemption" in a telecom fraud park.

After all, players have a unique cheat code – infinite restarts.

They can fail countless times.

As for how many times one would need to die to escape the park, that remains unknown.

Some people will definitely think that the game difficulty is set so abnormally, what if it drives all the players away?
Chen Jiajun has done extensive research on the psychological mechanisms behind game design.

The difficulty of "Bloody Golden Triangle: Survivors" is indeed very high, and players will definitely curse after dying.

How can we make players unable to put the game down, instead of being discouraged by setbacks?

It's essentially about uncovering deep-seated needs and creating a "masochistic yet addictive" gaming experience.

Each time a player fails, provide just the right amount of positive feedback and anticipation.

For example, after dying, when players face the same crisis again, they already have a solution in mind.

The supplies and items that players have painstakingly hidden will not be cleared when the character dies.

this means,

Every failure is not the end, and every effort is worthwhile; they all contribute to accumulating experience for the final escape from the park.

Chen Jiajun was debugging the game mechanics when his phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was Shen Yingying calling. He wasn't surprised; the call came a little later than expected.

Chen Jiajun took a sip of water before answering the phone.

"Hey, I received the helmet."

Before Chen Jiajun could speak, Shen Yingying asked him what a fully immersive game meant and what a virtual reality headset was all about.
To be honest, Chen Jiajun didn't know how to answer these questions either.

I can't exactly tell her about the system, can I?
In the end, Chen Jiajun could only brush it off by saying it involved trade secrets.

The more you explain, the more flaws you reveal.

If you really want to know, then just guess for yourself.

Isn't the purpose of having a brain to fill in the blanks?

You could hear Shen Yingying breathing heavily on the other end of the phone, clearly trying to calm herself down.

Since we can't get any information about the helmet, let's learn about the game instead.

"We'll be able to enter the game soon. Are there any game instructions or guides?"

"Uh... not at the moment."

Chen Jiajun hadn't thought that far ahead, but Shen Yingying's words did remind him.

When the game is officially launched, the forum function must be developed to facilitate players to post and communicate.

"You know nothing when I ask you? Are you serious?"

Shen Yingying snorted.

She was, after all, a shareholder of the studio, and she had a share in the game.

Is your attitude appropriate?

"Boss, time is tight and the task is heavy. Xiao Huang has something to do at home, so I'm the only one doing the work. How can I have time to write a guide?"

"How about you invest some more money?"

"Thirty million is not too much, ten million is not too little."

In fact, Chen Jiajun himself knew that the game was made a bit hastily.

However, given the limited resources, it was already extremely difficult to achieve this.

"In your dreams!"

When money was mentioned, Shen Yingying coughed twice and immediately changed the subject:

"Tell me briefly about the game you made, how you came up with the idea, how you conceived and designed it. That shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Chen Jiajun pondered for a moment, then slowly said:

"This brings us to our first game, 'The Swindlers.' "In this game, players take on the role of a gang of swindlers who roam the city, hunting for prey, devising plans, meticulously strategizing, luring their enemies in, and ultimately ensnaring the greedy, lustful, and unscrupulous in their trap."

"Several outstanding story-driven games have emerged this year."

"The 'Mao Pian' is certainly not bad among them, otherwise Tencent wouldn't have copied it all."

"It's not difficult to get a ranking in this game, but the chances of winning the championship are slim."

"The reason is that the design is too simple, and it's too easy to get tired of the aesthetics."

"Players get bored after playing for a while, or even before they finish the game."

"After that, I carefully studied the purpose of the anti-fraud competition."

"I believe the best way to prevent and combat fraud is to let players experience the cruelty of scams firsthand."

"So I started from this direction and developed a survival escape game that allows for multiplayer online play."

"The game has a vast world view and a complete narrative. Players' actions can affect the fate of every character and the development of every plot."

"The Bloody Golden Triangle: Survivors" was born from this.

After Chen Jiajun finished speaking solemnly, there was silence on the other end of the phone, followed by undisguised laughter.

"Not buddy!"

Do you know how many companies made survival escape games last year?

"Hundreds of companies! In the end, only Tencent survived!"

"What are you thinking? Why are you still going to enter this red ocean market?"

"Phew... Let's not talk about the market for now. Tell me, what's the theme of this competition?"

Chen Jiajun was a little stunned by the question: "Anti-fraud and fraud prevention."

"Oh, so you do know it's about anti-fraud and fraud prevention?"

Shen Yingying's voice suddenly rose in pitch:

"Have you ever wondered why the main characters in anti-fraud games on the market are all scammers?"

Before Chen Jiajun could speak, she answered her own question:

"Because it's the con artists who make the story unfold."

"And then there's their fate—they're destined to be arrested. Doesn't that promote positive energy?"

"What about you? You said it's about survival and escape, but based on your description, do players become accomplices to scammers in the early stages?"

"Openly promoting fraud in an anti-fraud competition?"

"You're dancing on a tightrope!"

"Don't drag me into this if you want to poop!"

Shen Yingying launched into a frantic speech over the phone.

It's simply incomprehensible, how dare this guy?

Could it be that because "The Swindler" was plagiarized, they simply gave up and abandoned the project altogether?

Doing this can certainly attract attention and even generate a lot of traffic.

It might even become a viral sensation.

But it only attracted negative attention!
He might face a boycott and ban from the entire industry, and could even be sent to work on a sewing machine.

How dare you!?
"what?"

Chen Jiajun felt somewhat confused.

How is making a good game considered courting death?
Realizing that he might not have explained things clearly, he began to speak:

"First of all, I want to clarify that this is not to promote fraud, but simply to let players 'experience' the cruelty of fraud, understand fraud, and thus raise their awareness."

"In addition, this game is set in a fictional world with an original worldview, so it does not violate the Nine Provinces Game Law."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yingying unconsciously frowned.

Isn't this just exploiting loopholes in the laws of Kyushu?
However, according to Chen Jiajun's sophistry, this does indeed achieve the purpose of preventing and combating fraud.

"Alright, alright."

"The closed beta is about to start, there's no point in saying more, just go into the game and experience it for yourself."

"If you still feel it's not good enough by then, I'll make adjustments."

Chen Jiajun was too lazy to argue with Shen Yingying any longer; he had a lot of work to do.

If you want to know whether this game advocates against fraud, just play it and you'll understand everything.

(End of this chapter)