After some time.

Taylor sent a message: "Ouch, vomit blood. The road was much farther than it looked, and I walked with my legs shaking like jelly, and I didn't know if I had reached the halfway point. ”

"Great, all I'm thinking about right now is jelly."

【Taylor busy】

Chang Xiuya was overjoyed, thinking that she would reply to the letter before it was an hour, and it really wouldn't really make the player wait that long. As a result, when I looked at the information, I was speechless.

It turned out that I just took the time to reply! And then immediately it was busy again.

There was no way, Chang Xiuya continued to wait.

Finally, when the hour came, Taylor sent another message and asked Chang Xiuya if she should go to the crew quarters or the cockpit.

Chang Xiuya thought about it for a while, and the previous plot hinted that she should try to find the survivors, so she chose the crew area.

In this way, Chang Xiuya and Taylor chatted with each other, and the rhythm of the plot was well controlled, and it was always broken at more critical places, so that Chang Xiuya was a little scratchy and waited for Taylor's reply.

Moreover, the pace of progress of the plot is also very appropriate, neither fast nor slow, Taylor will ask some key questions from time to time in addition to gags, so that Chang Xiuya can make a decision.

Chang Xiuya guides Taylor through the spaceship's constant search, helping him find food and a place to stay.

Taylor asked, "I'd like to go to the tail of the ship and pitch a tent at the engine, it would be warmer." However, that engine has radiation, can you help me check it, absorb 150 rads of radiation in one night, will it die? My spacesuit sensor says the amount of radiation is about this value. ”

Chang Xiuya was surprised, what? Let me check the radiation dose?

It seems that this should be a key plot point, Taylor can choose a warm but radiant tail of the ship, or a very cold but no radiation inside the ship.

Chang Xiuya doesn't know how to choose, the radiation dose of 150 rads, how much is that?

There is no way, Chang Xiuya feels that this choice should be very critical, so she can only open the computer and search: "150 rad".

Soon, the search results came in: "Absorbed dose (rad) below 150 has no short-term effect." ”

Chang Xiuya replied: "Go to the reactor." ”

Taylor replied, "To be honest, I'm very weak right now. ”

"I mean, thank you for helping me get through this day - definitely the worst day of my life."

"So I decided to trust you, as for whether this radiation intensity is really okay...... I don't think we'll know until tomorrow morning. ”

"With this pleasant thought...... Good night, wherever you are. May everything be fine tomorrow. ”

【Taylor busy】

Chang Xiuya dragged the screen, it was gone, and it was busy again.

"Really have to wait a night? I feel like I shouldn't be able to sleep well tonight......"

Chang Xiuya is really worried, although the Internet says that the radiation dose of 150 rads is fine, but who can guarantee whether this is a trap or not? But worrying is useless, it looks like it will take hours to hear back from Taylor.

Chang Xiuya stood up and said to Chen Mo: "Store manager, that, can I bring my phone back?" ”

Chen Mo said, "Huh? The plot of the first day is complete? In fact, whenever you reply to the plot, it will advance normally, and there is no need to reply as soon as possible. ”

Chang Xiuya nodded: "Well, I know, but ...... I still want to take it back......"

Chen Mo smiled: "Okay, then take it back, don't let Taylor wait too long." ”

Chang Xiuya said: "Okay, thank you store manager!" ”

……

After seeing Chang Xiuya's reaction to this game, Chen Mo was generally relieved, the plot of this game was reproduced well.

In the previous life, "Lifeline" became popular because of the recommendation of several well-known writers such as Ma Boyong on Weibo.

After the game came out in Chinese, it quickly reached the first place in the paid list, which can be said to be a big success for such a simple text adventure game.

Actually, this game is not very novel, it is nothing more than an interface that resembles a chat software, plus a chattering avatar.

It's not even as expressive as some of the text adventure games of a few years ago, and if you extract all the text and read it, it becomes boring.

However, the real beauty of this game is that its narrative rhythm depends not on the reader's reading speed, but on the real speed of time flowing.

Players must wait patiently for every move of Taylor, which can be as short as a few minutes or as long as a few hours, which perfectly fits the social rhythm of people in the Internet age, and the intermittent contact not only does not make people feel bored, but makes the player full of anticipation.

Then, as the plot continues to advance, Taylor will also encounter many difficulties, and even many dilemmas, players are easy to play a bad ending, and every death of Taylor affects the hearts of players.

Therefore, players have to check it out often, or communicate with each other, and carefully come up with ideas for Taylor, for fear that a wrong idea will kill him.

In the process, the players' identification with Taylor grows, as if he is not a virtual AI, but a real person, a person trapped in space waiting to be rescued by himself, a ...... Friend.

And this sense of identity is sublimated in the final happy ending, and the players' emotions are released, as if they really saved a kind life.

And this triple stimulation of rhythm + plot + sense of identity makes this seemingly simple text adventure game glow with strong vitality and has received a lot of praise.

……

The next day, Chen Mo released "Lifeline".

In fact, this game is just Chen Mo's practice for Zheng Hongxi, and it is also to test the current number of users of the Thunder game platform.

This time, "Lifeline" is not listed on the official app store, but on the Thunder game platform, and the price is only one dollar.

At the same time, Chen Mo also posted a Weibo.

"The new game "Lifeline" has been hung on the Thunder Games platform. It's a text adventure game where an astronaut crashes his spaceship and he contacts you by chance. The whole process is that he and you are constantly talking, there is no picture, pure text, and the time inside and outside the game is the same. Remember, don't hesitate to open the push of this game. ”

There was no other publicity warm-up, just a Weibo, and a push from the Thunder Games platform. All players who log in through the Thunder game platform can see that there is a new game, and you can play it after spending 1 yuan to buy it.

"Hang it up, wait and see the 24-hour sales." Chen Mo said to Su Jinyu and Zheng Hongxi.

These two people are also very worried, firstly, this game is too simple, and secondly, there is no other channel promotion this time, there is no official recommendation position, how many players can see and download?