After receiving the 500-point reward, coupled with the gains from the previous role-playing process, Lu Zhixing's points have reached 1,372 points.
Compared with him who was struggling before, he is indeed much richer.
But that's it. After all, those large-scale templates that can be directly used to make a game often cost tens of thousands of points to draw materials. These more than a thousand points still seem a bit insufficient.
By now, Lu Zhixing has roughly figured out the rules of the role-playing game of life: in general, it is most cost-effective to complete the role-playing mission seriously.
Each role-playing mission can obtain corresponding materials, which is much cheaper than buying them directly with points. Moreover, there will be special additional rewards after completing three role-playing missions.
As for the points gained in the process, they are mainly used to purchase various scraps and scraps to ensure that the game can be produced smoothly.
He looked at the material he obtained this time: a simple gameplay template.
As the name suggests, this template is a large collection of some simple ways to play in the game.
For example, the collection gameplay allows players to collect some specific props and hand them over to specific people or locations, and the transportation gameplay allows players to move something to a special area, etc.
The entire collection contains dozens of different ways to play, but one thing in common is that they are all very simple.
Even if a dedicated programmer is asked to create these gameplays in the editor, the development cost of a single gameplay will not be too high.
However, for Lu Zhixing, this is still a good deal. After all, the template contains a large amount of basic gameplay, and there are absolutely no bugs.
"Yes, this way, another piece of the puzzle of "Ordinary Life" will be there."
In this game, Lu Zhixing designed a lot of part-time work methods, such as moving bricks, which is to replicate the process of moving bricks in reality as much as possible.
With this template, he can classify these gameplay methods and correspond to different working methods in reality, and quickly complete the production of related content.
Of course, there is also the most important reward: unlimited material collection for one hour.
But Lu Zhixing would definitely not use it now. He was too tired and in poor condition.
It's best to gather enough energy before gathering all the materials that need to be collected in one go.
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At around 9 p.m., Qian Ziqiang finally got off work.
Lu Zhixing found a barbecue stall nearby and treated him to a late-night snack. He also interviewed the workers and used them as materials for making games.
Under the influence of skewers and beer, Qian Ziqiang quickly started chatting and began to introduce his working experience over the years.
Needless to say, it is quite rich. He has done all these jobs including moving bricks on construction sites, delivering food, delivering express delivery, real estate agency, and factory assembly line.
Lu Zhixing listened carefully and took notes from time to time.
“Moving bricks, taking out food, express delivery, intermediary, and entering the factory.
"There should be a huge number of people engaged in these five types of work in our country, but they are also the most difficult. After all, there is no threshold. People like me who started working very early, basically worked in these five types of jobs in the early years. Mix in the industry.
"Real estate agencies are just like insurance and medical beauty. They are all sales-related. The upper limit seems to be very high. I have always heard of people who can earn hundreds of thousands in commissions a month. But for most people, even It’s hard to earn a dead salary. Besides, if you really want to make money in this kind of industry, you have to engage in deceit and deception. Of course, it’s not illegal and criminal. Anyway, you have to cheat, and honest people will definitely not be able to continue.
"When it comes to delivering food, there are two words: high pressure! This thing is not tiring, but it is really too stressful. During the peak period, the system keeps sending you orders. Why do many delivery people not comply? Traffic regulations and running a red light? That was indeed forced by the system.
"Sending an order costs only five or six yuan at most, but a bad review costs more than 100 yuan. This platform treats you like a beast and keeps sending orders regardless of whether you can complete it. It's just hard work anyway." Damn it, if the timeout expires and you leave a negative review, you will be deducted, forcing you to argue with the customer.
"So I stopped working later. I couldn't say I was tired, but I was very anxious and the mental pressure was too great.
"The most comfortable job is in the electronics factory. The work in the electronics factory is really simple. Once you stand on the assembly line, you only have to do one thing, such as sorting a screw. It takes a whole day to sort. It's really Just have hands.
"But the basic salary of this thing is too low. If you want to earn a little more, you have to work overtime on holidays and endless overtime. And the electronics factory really consumes your will. After all, you can still deal with people when delivering express delivery. Two sentences, no matter how bad they are, can still exercise your interpersonal communication skills.
"But what about the electronics factory? It's just like a machine. If you stay there for a long time, it will become useless.
"As for the construction site, well, it's relatively simple. It's purely manual labor. You can make money, and it's not as boring as an electronics factory. However, it's tiring, dangerous, and the environment is too dirty. It's hard for young people to adapt.
"Sending express delivery is annoying. There are countless worries every day. Delivering express delivery for a year or two can make all your phone calls for the next ten years in advance. Anyway, people ask you about express delivery every day, so you have to worry about them one by one. Confirm and reply one by one.
“We don’t make much money delivering express delivery, only 60 cents per item. We deliver an average of 150 to 200 items a day, and we only earn more than 2,000 yuan a month. But for people like us who work in one area for a long time, we mainly rely on You can make money by picking up parcels. You can earn three to five to ten yuan by sending a courier. If you are lucky, you can earn thousands or tens of thousands of yuan if you work hard for a month.
“So I changed so many jobs and finally chose to deliver express.
"Hey, at the end of the day, if there is any way, I don't recommend doing these jobs. Hard work is the second priority. The key is that there is no goal.
“College students like you can just take a career exam and become a teacher, what else can you do that’s not better than our job?
"Why are you taking this exam and that exam all the time? Isn't it because it's too difficult for ordinary people to find a more reliable job?"
Qian Ziqiang opened up the conversation and told everything about his working experience over the years.
There are many methods here that you really don’t know unless you have done it yourself for a period of time.
Lu Zhixing listened and memorized it, and felt that he benefited a lot.
In fact, Lu Zhixing had thought about it repeatedly before. Why were some of the games he played in his previous life that reflected the life of migrant workers criticized by players?
It’s not that this game mode isn’t fun, the game mode is fine.
This game mode combines the elements of simulated management and survival, as well as the buff bonus that reflects real life. The factors for its own success are completely sufficient.
The key reason why these games are criticized is that they clearly want to simulate reality, but they lack some details, making them not so real.
For example, as a laborer, if you get a little dirty, your psychological pressure will increase, and then you will have a nervous breakdown.
How can real working-class workers be so pretentious? Let alone working-class workers. Even those students who repeat their college entrance examinations in factories have very strong psychological endurance. They live a high-pressure life for a month only to have one day off and wash their hands. A bath is a common occurrence.
For another example, there are subtle differences between different types of work.
When some migrant worker games create jobs such as delivering food, delivering express, moving bricks, and electronics factories, they often just create different ways of playing. For example, delivering express is riding a bicycle on the road, sorting express delivery is Lianliankan, and moving bricks It is pure transportation and so on.
The designers of these games believe that they are all manual labor, so the time and wages are similar, but the gameplay is different.
But after personally experiencing it and consulting Qian Ziqiang, Lu Zhixing understood that these jobs were actually very different.
Therefore, in the game, there should be differences in the reduction of cleanliness value, reduced satiety, increased mental stress, etc. caused by these types of tasks to players.
Moreover, the prerequisite skills required to activate these jobs, the initial investment, the impact on personality, the impact on future career development paths, etc. are all different.
These differences cannot be ignored simply by classifying them all as manual labor.
Lu Zhixing suddenly realized: "Perhaps, this is the key meaning of 'acting'?
"Just like the old saying said by Professor He Cheng, 'What you see on paper is only shallow, but you have to practice it'. If I can directly get the materials for making games, then I will not be able to experience them myself. Work, the game produced will definitely be much different in terms of authenticity and details.
"Very good, now the details of the game are more complete."
The meal lasted until 11 o'clock in the evening. Lu Zhixing listened to Qian Ziqiang share a lot of experiences and secrets about being a migrant worker, and gained more insights into the practices of the migrant worker section of "Ordinary Life".
Back at the rental house, Lu Zhixing had a good sleep.
When he got up the next day, he felt that he was in good condition and refreshed.
And I don't know if it was his imagination, but after these two days of high-intensity physical labor, his muscle size seemed to have increased. Upper body strength, in particular, seems to have improved significantly.
"Didn't expect there would be an unexpected harvest?"
Lu Zhixing realized that this was most likely the result of the physical burst and accelerated recovery skills.
The physical burst allows him to do some strength training beyond his ability without any side effects, and the accelerated recovery allows his body functions to recover quickly and accelerates muscle growth.
As a result, his physical strength in reality has also been significantly enhanced.
"Okay, let's start working!"
Lu Zhixing first turned on the computer and implemented what he learned from chatting with Qian Ziqiang last night into the design plan.
In fact, the design drafts of "Ordinary Life" have been completed and finalized before, and the top three winners of this assignment will even be announced in Professor He Cheng's class this afternoon.
But for Lu Zhixing, since he has new ideas, he must add them to make them perfect.
He spent more than an hour adjusting all the gameplay and details of the worker modules such as takeout, express delivery, and brick moving in the design draft to ensure that the realistic details could be reflected as much as possible.
Then, he got on a shared bicycle and prepared to complete that hour of unlimited material collection.
