GDYARVE # Chapter 66: Are You Playing Tricks on Your Dad?
# Chapter 66: Are You Playing Tricks on Your Dad?
Perhaps because too many people entered the live stream, Old Ye couldn't help but chat with the fans in the stream. The live stream had its donation feature turned off because Ye Feng knew that if players knew Old Ye was his father, they would go crazy with donations. Ye Feng didn't want to make money off donations; he didn't need that money.
Currently, Old Ye's public persona was a middle-aged man who had some hunting experience, evaluating the realism of hunting in the game and comparing it to real life. Playing games alone was lonely, and live streaming was just a way to find some company. Ye Feng would release the game on the store, but not just yet.
'Old Ye, what kind of game is this?'
'Old thief, look into your heart and tell us, are you really not trying to get back at us?'
'I can test games too!'
...
Under the fans' protests, Old Ye entered the game and began to explain its general content. It took Xie Lingjiang's team three months to make Celeste, and Ye Feng also took three months to develop this one. However, the game Ye Feng gave Old Ye was not a complete game, just a trial version.
"Ye Feng told me it's a hunting simulation game," Old Ye said as he clumsily followed the game's prompts step by step. Once in the game, he didn't know what to do. For someone who had never played a game before, choosing a map and other things were perplexing tasks. Thankfully, fans in the live stream guided him.
'Watching the uncle's actions, I truly believe it. The old thief found a hunter who has never played games to test it.'
'Clash of game and reality? Games can’t be like reality; that's just absurd.'
'I'll say it again, I want to play!'
...
With the fans' guidance, he chose the Layton Lake District. Here, you could hunt moose, black bears, elk, white-tailed deer, and coyotes...
The game started, and what greeted him were blue skies and white clouds, with snow-capped peaks in the distance. The forest around the lake was filled with spruces, larches, and aspen trees, rugged hills, and swamps nestled between forests and slopes. The wildness of the forest was palpable.
Old Ye stared at the game screen, with the distant scenery constantly zooming in from a bird's-eye view to a closer perspective, showing the grass and trees in detail. It all felt incredibly real.
Is this a game? In his impression, games were a waste of time, things that created rifts between children and their parents. Looking at the mountains and lake before him, the leaves swaying in the wind, and the shaking trees, he couldn't take his eyes off it all.
Is this really a game? Even though Ye Feng had told him that the game was not fully finished, just a semi-finished product. Taking two steps forward, the sound of footsteps on the grass was clear and realistic, with wind and bird sounds in his ears.
Is this what Ye Feng made? He couldn't imagine that his son created this. The chat was filled with comments:
'This is what the old thief's games are about! Authenticity!'
'Indeed, only the old thief knows what players want. If we can't hunt in real life, we can hunt in the game.'
'Look, there's a deer in the distance!'
...
After a brief tutorial, Old Ye got a rough idea of the game mechanics. The starting point was a dilapidated wooden cabin, and the first task was to shoot a game animal. And right there in his view was a deer, occasionally lowering its head to graze.
"There's a deer in the distance; let's go have a look!" Old Ye took a deep breath, wanting to get closer and examine the deer, its appearance, and how it compared to the deer in his memory. But as he moved closer, the deer quickly raised its head, perked its ears, and, after a quick glance in his direction, fled.
"Oh no! It ran away!" Old Ye was startled. He was still thinking of this as just a game, and upon seeing the deer run away, he fumbled to get his gun, but the deer was already out of sight.
'Wow, that sensitive?'
'Just a step closer and it ran! This really captures the essence of the wild!'
'You should know who made this game; it won’t disappoint you!'
...
Old Ye, with a darkened face, ran to where the deer had been. The ground showed its footprints and the direction it fled. He immediately chose to track it. Following the game's footprint hints, he could see the direction the game animal fled and its current state.
"I didn't expect the deer to be so sensitive. Let's follow the footprints and try to bag it today," Old Ye said, raising his fist in determination. Ye Feng was secretly watching his dad's live stream, and seeing him take out his gun to track the footprints, he helplessly closed the stream. He already knew the outcome. He even considered whether to release the game early. With players as pioneers, at least there would be a clear game guide. He felt that his dad wouldn't be able to catch a single game animal.
Ye Feng's concern was valid. Three hours later, Old Ye ended the stream with a darkened face, while the chat was filled with laughter. The game was about hunting, but after running around the forest for three hours, he hadn't found anything. He had followed the deer's footprints for a long time without even catching a glimpse of it. He did hear some alert sounds from wild animals, indicating their direction. But when he ran towards it, there was still nothing.
Moreover, during the stream, two quite humorous achievements popped up, creating a sensational effect. The first achievement: "Strolling," awarded for walking one mile (1.6 km). The second: "Long Walk," awarded for walking 6.2 miles (10 km). When he got these achievements, Old Ye was stunned, and so were the viewers. It was rare to see achievements in games that you could get without doing anything or completing any tasks. When the first achievement popped up, everyone just smiled. But when the second one appeared, the viewers couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.
After the stream, Old Ye immediately called Ye Feng, "Are you playing tricks on your dad?"
(End of chapter)