I must admit, netizens are quite extraordinary. After a series of speculations, everyone seems to believe they know the truth.
"I have a cousin who works in a certain company. He told me that the company wanted the designer to sell the copyright to make money, but the designer ruthlessly rejected it."
"A certain game platform? Isn't this a normal operation?"
"I heard that Shovel Up is already in the production stage, and it will be launched soon."
"Dogs don't play."
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Some players who watched the live broadcast began to feel aggrieved by the removal of the game, but for most players, their emotions remained unchanged. To them, this was just a small defense-breaking game with a big reputation.
This game, like most internet sensations, had only been popular for a while.
Perhaps due to the previous template, Yogame acted extremely quickly.
It took almost a week before a new game was actually launched.
"Shoveling the Earth and Seeking Rise."
The game's price remained at ten yuan, and the overall situation didn't change much from before.
The only difference was that the little man sitting in the jar now appeared in various forms, holding various fancy tools.
There were shovels, sickles, and even rakes...
Different weapons had different effects on gains.
And these items required additional in-game currency to obtain.
For example, a sickle or a rake provided better stability for rock climbing than a hammer.
Seeing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but sneer.
The allure of digging up the ground had never been about renewing one's life or changing weapons to improve oneself.
Just like Hollow Knight, Celeste, Black Soul, and other game series, progress was honed through death.
Technological advancement had never been about using more convenient and powerful weapons.
Sure enough, Yogame's "Shoveling the Ground" was just released, and players flocked to download the game immediately.
Players who had purchased Burrow Survival before could continue playing, but those who hadn't purchased it had no choice.
It was said that it was only banned from broadcasting, not playing, but the platform had removed it from the shelves.
The game disappeared from the store, and there was no way to buy it.
Even so, the internet was still filled with hot and humorous content related to this game.
After watching the videos, players who learned that it was removed from the shelves could only lament, "I really want to play, I really want to try."
This itching sensation continued until the release of the new game "Shoveling the Earth."
The game settings were the same, the map models similar, and even the trees that players often visited were perfectly reproduced.
The only difference might be that "Digging for Ascension" had low-quality textures, while this one had slightly more refined original artwork.
"Tsk, can't broadcast this time?" Brother Yin bought the game and was going to try it out.
He looked at the barrage with a mocking expression. "This time, no one will remind me that there are elements of violence."
He used the rake experience card provided by the game, and climbing the mountain went smoothly.
When he successfully reached Orange Mountain, the experience card's usage time ended, and the rake in his hand turned into a shovel.
Being able to use the edges of the shovel to hook onto the protruding edges of the mountain made the game much simpler than the original "Digging for Ascension."
The feeling of loss, going from challenging to easy, struck everyone, but even so, it was still difficult for people to recapture the previous feeling.
There was no longer the feeling of caution with every step, carefully calculating the arc strength of each hammer swing.
Brother Yin only played for ten minutes before uninstalling the game and getting a refund at Lightspeed.
"Before I played it, I was worried. I was worried about what would happen if this game surpassed the original designer and buried the original game?" This was a rare moment of seriousness from Brother Yin during the live broadcast.
"Haha!" He chuckled, as if everything was laid bare.
"It can't even make me break the defense, it really doesn't contain violence."
After experiencing the new game, curious netizens couldn't help but scoff,
"So this is the game that made you break the anti-knock table?"
"I thought it was so difficult, but I just played around and went directly to the snow mountain, okay?"
"Hey, a game that relies on hype, it's boring..."
"Fortunately, I only played for an hour and a half, and I was refunded smoothly."
"A group of people who have never played the original version are using the pirated version to criticize the original version..."
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Comments like these flooded the internet.
Song Shan looked at the discussions about this game, still sulking from when the game was taken off the shelves. He felt unreconciled, unwilling to see Ye Feng being buried like this.
"Look at these comments, it's really cool! I had them take it off the shelves and then they copied it! You've suffered backlash!" Song Shan pumped his fist vigorously.
"That's cool!"
"Hey, why aren't you responding?" He walked to Ye Feng's side and showed him the relevant content on his phone.
Ye Feng flipped through the comments section of "Shoveling the Earth and Seeking Ascension." After seeing the content, he fell silent.
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The system had really suffered for him by following him...
"Shall we publish the next game on Yogame?" Song Shan looked at the half-finished game in his hand.
Ye Feng had taken on a large part of the production volume of this game, and he was only responsible for about one-fifth of the content, which made him feel overwhelmed.
The game had a perfect story setting, constantly changing captivating levels, a rich weapons and equipment system, and extremely exciting action gameplay.
At first, Song Shan thought it was just a game where collecting cells could make you stronger, but after reading the entire game settings, he realized.
It was like the cell itself was a scam.
Every permanent upgrade in the game was a driving force for progress. This process was like a snowball rolling down from the top of the mountain—continuously growing until it was unstoppable.
Song Shan believed that once this game was released, it would surely amaze the world again.
"No," Ye Feng shook his head. He wouldn't make the same mistake again.
Song Shan glanced at Ye Feng, who was still working on the game intently.