after a while.

Taylor sent a message: "Ouch, vomiting blood. The road is much longer than it seems. I walked so hard that my legs were trembling like jelly. I didn't know if I was halfway through."

"That's great, all I'm thinking about is jelly now."

【Taylor busy】

Chang Xiuya was originally happy, thinking that she had replied before an hour, but she would not really let the players wait for so long. As a result, she was speechless when she saw the information.

It turned out that I just took the time to reply! Then I became busy again immediately.

There is no way, Chang Xiuya continues to wait.

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

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

In this way, Chang Xiuya and Taylor started chatting together. The rhythm of the plot was well controlled and always broke in a more critical place, making Chang Xiuya wait for Taylor's reply a little nervously.

Moreover, the plot progresses very appropriately, either fast or slow. While making jokes, Taylor would ask some key questions from time to time to let Chang Xiuya make a decision.

Chang Xiuya guided Taylor to search continuously in the spacecraft and help him find food and accommodation.

Taylor asked, "I want to go to the stern of the spaceship and set up a tent in the engine, which will be warmer. However, the engine has radiation. Can you help me check if it will die if it absorbs 150 rads in one night? My spacesuit sensor says the radiation is probably this value."

Chang Xiuya was shocked, what? Let me check the radiation?

It seems that this is a relatively critical plot. Taylor can choose the warm but radiant stern of the spacecraft, or the cold but radiant interior of the spacecraft.

Chang Xiuya doesn’t know how to choose, what is the radiation of 150 Rad?

There is no way, Chang Xiuya feels that this choice should be very critical, so she can only turn on the computer to search: "150 Rad".

Soon, the search results came out: "The absorption dose (Rad) below 150 has no short-term effect."

Chang Xiuya replied: "Go to the reactor."

Taylor replied: "To be honest, I feel very guilty now."

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

"So I decided to believe you. As for whether the radiation intensity is really okay... I think I will only know until tomorrow morning."

"With this pleasant thought...good night, no matter where you are. May everything be fine tomorrow."

【Taylor busy】

Chang Xiuya dragged the screen, but disappeared, and entered a busy state again.

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

Chang Xiuya is really worried. Although it is said online that the radiation amount of 150 Rad is fine, who can guarantee whether this is a trap? But worrying is useless. It seems that it will take several hours to receive Taylor's reply.

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

Chen Mo said: "Hmm? The plot of the first day has been completed? In fact, whenever you reply to the plot, it will progress normally, so 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 and said, "Okay, then take it back, don't let Taylor wait too long."

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

...

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

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

After the Chinese version of this game was released, it quickly topped the top spot in the paid list, which can be said to be a great success for such a simple text adventure game.

In fact, this game is not very novel and creative. It is nothing more than an interface that resembles a chat software, plus a chattering virtual character.

Its expressiveness is even less than that of some text adventure games a few years ago. If you extract all the text and read it, it will become 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 time flow rate.

Players must wait patiently for every move of Taylor, from a few minutes to a few hours. This form of expression perfectly fits the social rhythm of people in the Internet era. The intermittent connection not only does not make people feel bored, but also makes players full of expectations.

Then, as the plot continues to advance, Taylor will encounter many difficulties, even many dilemmas, and players can easily play bad endings, and every death of Taylor touches the players' hearts.

Therefore, players should check it frequently or communicate with each other, and carefully give advice for Taylor, for fear that a wrong idea would kill him.

In this process, players' sense of identity with Taylor continued to increase, as if he was not a virtual ai, but a real person, a person trapped in space waiting for him to rescue him, a...friend.

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

This triple stimulation of rhythm + plot + identity has made this seemingly simple text adventure game have strong vitality and has received a lot of praise.

...

The next day, Chen Mo released "Lifeline".

In fact, this game is just a hand-training work by Chen Mo for Zheng Hongxi, and it is also to test the number of users of the Thunder Game Platform.

This time, "Lifeline" was not on the official app store, but on the Thunder Game Platform, and the price was only one dollar.

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

"The new game "Lifeline" has been hung on the Thunder Game Platform. This is a text adventure game. An astronaut's spacecraft crashed, and he accidentally contacted you. The whole process is that he keeps talking to you, without any pictures, and the time between inside and outside the game is consistent. Remember, please open the push of this game."

There is no other promotional preheating, only one Weibo post and one push from the Thunder Game Platform. All players who log in through the Thunder Game Platform can see an additional new game, which can be played after spending 1 yuan to purchase.

"I've been hung up, wait and see the sales volume in 24 hours." Chen Mo said to Su Jinyu and Zheng Hongxi.
Chapter completed!