Chapter 93 - Not Like the Other Interactive Fictions (1/2)

—Inside the experience store—

Chen Mo tested Lifeline for one last time and said to Su Jinyu and Zheng Hongxi, “Alright, it’s good.”

“Yeah! That’s awesome!” Su Jinyu couldn’t help but be ecstatic.

That was basically a game she and Zheng Hongxi worked together without Chen Mo’s help, so it was particularly special.

(If Chen Mo asking Zheng Hongxi to change the story multiple times didn’t count as helping.)

Zheng Hongxi finally breathed a sigh of relief and let out a smile. Despite being asked by Chen Mo to make many changes to the story as well as several big changes to the story, it was finally over.

This process improved Zheng Hongxi’s understanding of writing for games as well as his understanding of manipulating the emotions of the players.

Now Zheng Hongxi was looking forward to the reaction of the players, will they like his writing?

Chen Mo installed Lifeline onto Chang Xiuya’s phone, “You’ll be our first labrat.”

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Chang Xiuya was curious.

Everyone knew that Su Jinyu and Zheng Hongxi had been working hard to make an interactive fiction, but they didn’t know what type of game it would be or anything about the story.

There were many interactive fictions in this world and was one of the more classic genres. Many video game designers who liked story driven games would usually have interactive fiction as their first game.

It was partially because that the game was easy to make, all it needed was a good story. Other resources would include getting a good set of artwork and probably outsourcing someone to do the audio as well.

However, as there were so many interactive fictions on the market, it was significantly harder to break through as well.

The interactive fictions of this world were very much similar to the previous world, mostly city life or transmigration to medieval times. This was because most interactive fiction players are female, and they tend to like these themes more.

Chang Xiuya also played interactive fictions, but after playing a million different interactive fictions, most of their story would coalesce into one, making it quite boring after a while.

If the only difference between interactive fictions were their story, they may as well read novels instead.

Chang Xiuya was worried that Lifeline would be similar to other interactive fictions. However, since the manager overlooked this, his games are usually…

Yep, other than I Am MT being a little bit scummy, the other games were quite creative.

The icon of the game was fairly dark, with a small person in it who looked like an astronaut. The top right of the icon had a weird radio wave icon.

“Umm. Is it scifi? That’s fresh.”

Chang Xiuya tapped on the icon, entering the game.

She was then met with a pop-up window, “Lifeline is an interactive fiction that spans over a few days. Your gaming experience might be affected without push-notifications. Please enable push-notifications to enhance your experience.”

Chang Xiuya tapped on ‘Allow’.

A window that looked like a chatting app popped up. Soon, messages started appearing.

Incoming message

Establishing connection

Connecting

“Hello?”