As a newly released game, the official version on the first day of sale brought players a nightly patch update that made them extremely curious.
What happened?
Except for Guo Mo and the friends in the live stream who guessed the real reason, most players were completely puzzled.
But confusion aside, since the game has a patch update, let's go ahead and update!
After updating the patch, players who entered the game soon discovered the problem: the originally interactive and visitable "sales office" had now become non-interactive.
[Shock! The real way to open "Living Under Someone's Roof Simulator" is...]
A post in Tianba Game's official community suddenly became popular, and within just two hours, it received hundreds of responses.
The content of the post was simple, merely a straightforward share of a Thunderbolt video link.
Players clicked the link and saw a playback clip of Guo Mo playing "Living Under Someone's Roof Simulator" today, including the most exciting scene...
Oh man!
Now everyone finally understood why the official team pushed the patch overnight.
This is just too funny!
Watching the video made players laugh non-stop.
In the game "Living Under Someone's Roof Simulator," the mischievous cousin and uncle are targets of universal hatred among countless players.
The existence of these two characters is purely to disgust players, destroying the game protagonist's self-esteem.
Especially the cousin, who often says obnoxious things like "This is my home, I call the shots" and "Can you hurry up and get lost" just to annoy the protagonist.
Seeing in the video how Guo Mo tirelessly washed dishes and saved money to finally buy the uncle's house, showing the middle finger and declaring "This is my house, the ones who should leave are you," made everyone feel incredibly satisfied.
Whoa, this feels awesome!
It's like finishing a novel where the male underdog protagonist makes a spectacular comeback, with an exhilarating sense akin to a sudden burst of diarrhea.
Sadly, they learned about the game mechanism too late.
Now, Tianba Studio has already patched the game, and any players who auto-updated can no longer unlock this "taking charge" gameplay feature.
"Luckily, I didn't update!"
"Woohoo! I'm still on the old version, I'm going to try it in the game now..."
"Sob sob sob! Why did I compulsively click update?"
"Update victim +1! I just can't stand the uncle and cousin, please rollback the version so I can enjoy it or I'll leave negative feedback @Tianba Studio"
The game community was in an uproar.
Those who hadn't had a chance to update the patch were laughing uncontrollably, ready to follow Guo Mo's tutorial and try it in the game.
"This is my house, the one who should leave is you!"
This sentence was too inspiring; players, whenever they thought of the uncle and cousin's vile faces, instantly felt a surge of courage, even their dish-washing motions became much more vigorous.
Meanwhile, those who had already updated the patch and couldn't enter the sales office, nor had the chance to utter this sentence, moaned incessantly in the community, threatening the officials for an explanation, otherwise, they would leave negative reviews.
The commotion wasn't just restricted to the community.
The fan group established by Chen Ba was also in chaos, with 999+ new messages in just a few minutes.
"Regular dog walking @GameBugs"
"I don't want patches, I want to buy the house, I want to be uncle's landlord [crying][crying] @GameBugs"
"Auntie, you wouldn't want to see your husband and daughter homeless, would you?"
"Neon buddy, please calm down, this is a green chat room... Dear! Hurry up and say something @GameBugs"
Chen Ba: "..."
The phone beeped incessantly, with so many players @-ing him in the group, he was certainly aware of it.
But acknowledging it was one thing, how should he address this issue?
Some players updated the patch, some didn't, resulting in updated players feeling unbalanced about why they couldn't experience such an interesting gameplay?
Yet... this was a bug!
As a responsible game developer, is it wrong for him to promptly patch the game upon discovering a bug?
"Our approach is correct."
Yang Dong, who was also still awake, walked to his side and sighed, "We just underestimated the players' acceptance of this bug."
The officials thought it was a bug, so they patched it to prevent players from exploiting this bug anymore.
But players found this mechanic interesting and couldn't embrace its removal.
If it were an online game, an update could cover all players, then it wouldn't be such a big deal. Since it's fixed, players who didn't experience it could merely regret discovering it too late.
However, this is a single-player game!
In a single-player game, pushing a patch means some players updated it while others didn't...
If it were a significant bug affecting game play ecosystem, mechanism, or values, everyone would hope for an update sooner rather than later.
But this bug isn't malicious, it doesn't even impact the game, so updated players have reservations.
"Forget it, rollback the version!"
Seeing the overwhelming opposing voice of players, Chen Ba couldn't quite manage it.
Mostly because these people threatened him with negative reviews and refunds, saying that if he didn't rollback the version, they would leave bad reviews and initiate refunds.
Is he afraid of such threats?
Yes, he is afraid...
"Living Under Someone's Roof Simulator" is the pivotal work determining whether Tianba Studio can survive, negative reviews and refunds shouldn't occur at all!
Upholding the principle that "players are God," Chen Ba decided to revert the version, satisfying the plea from the majority of players.
After all, this bug was just about disgust, in reality, it's useless, so lifting this restriction is acceptable.
However, it is still necessary to make some official statements.
"If players threaten us and we yield, won't it show that we're spineless?" Chen Ba mused.
"You mean..."
"Act like nothing happened, later say that the patch was to adjust house prices!"
After saying this, Chen Ba opened the fan group.
GameBugs: "Our game is perfect, and its official version has no bugs or loopholes. The update was merely a numerical adjustment of house prices, please do not overinterpret! @Everyone"
That's right!
Tianba Studio, with an iron will, won't bow to players' few negative comments or refund threats, they just simply tweaked the house prices.
Buying auntie's house?
Hahaha, you're quite impressive, quickly discovering our "meticulously designed" game Easter egg.
"..."
Yang Dong paused for a moment, but couldn't help but joke: "Would players really believe such an obviously fake statement?"
"Then what else?" Chen Ba said incredulously, "Directly admit we were wrong, surrender, and plead with them not to leave negative reviews, not to initiate refunds?"
"This is an Easter egg, I'm going to lead the way to believe!"
Upon hearing this, Yang Dong immediately put on a show of Sichuan opera face-changing.
Kneeling down and begging players not to leave negative reviews or anything—that kind of thing mustn't happen...