This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 196 - 144: You Need a Driver’s License to Play a Game?

Chapter 196: Chapter 144: You Need a Driver’s License to Play a Game?

The Tianba Studio is moving towards formalization, with clearer team divisions, which hasn’t affected the normal operations of its games.

The players don’t know about this.

They only know that, according to Emperor Piyan’s livestream reveal, Ba seems to be developing a racing game.

"A racing game?"

When Xu Liang heard this news, he was playing the entertainment melee mode of Star Emperor with friends.

His friend told him that Tianba Studio’s new game is a racing game, and it can be played online, asking if he’d like to play together when it’s out?

"We’ll see."

Xu Liang isn’t very fond of racing games; he finds them a bit too boring.

He’s a second-generation wealthy individual.

Born with a silver spoon, Xu Liang, who grew up with luxury, has a super-wealthy dad who fulfills any demands he might have.

Playing racing in a game?

Don’t be ridiculous!

He has a garage full of sports cars, and if he’s genuinely interested in racing, he can get on a track through friends.

When you can experience that adrenaline rush in real life, why play a game? You can drive a real car; who’s foolish enough to play a game?

But then again.

Though he’s not interested in racing games, his friend is a dedicated racing game fan. Even if he doesn’t like playing them, he doesn’t mind playing with friends.

"Let’s talk about it when it’s out! The game’s not even released yet, how do you know if it’s fun or not?"

"It’ll be fun for sure!"

His friend confidently said, "Since Tianba Studio can develop a game like Star Emperor, I trust this racing game won’t be bad either."

"The game’s not out yet, but who says we can’t play it? There’s a registration event on Tianba’s official website, and if you get picked, you can attend an offline demo event..."

Register for a demo?

Upon hearing this, Xu Liang burst into laughter: "There can’t be many spots, right? With so many people registering, how can you be sure you’ll get picked?"

"Just buy it."

Xu Liang’s friend is also a second-generation wealthy individual; money isn’t an issue. As long as you pay enough, someone will be willing to sell their spot.

As for whether the official will hold anyone accountable for this ticket scalping, it’s unlikely.

Because it’s hard to gather evidence for such matters.

Besides, it’s just an opportunity to attend an offline demo; it’s not worth much. If someone wants to buy a spot, why not let the selected players make some money?

"Where’s the location?"

"Jiangning!"

His friend said excitedly, "Didn’t you want to visit the Jiangning Station of the GAL League? What do you say? Shall we go together?"

"Sure!"

With such an invitation from his friend, it would be quite awkward not to accompany him there.

Jiangning is not far from Zhonghai; it’s just a few hours’ drive. Besides, around the end of the year, Xu Liang is quite free and a trip would be nice.

Xu Liang’s friend indeed had strong connections. With enough money, he secured two registration spots for the demo, scheduled for Tuesday, January 14, 2025.

About 200 spots were released for this demo registration.

But only a hundred and fifty people showed up. Many were media reporters related to gaming, as well as game bloggers and website editors.

Xu Liang was overthinking it.

During this lunar month, aside from wealthy second-generation youngsters like them, others who won a spot might not have time to travel to Jiangning just for an offline demo.

"The timing’s not good!"

"Indeed!"

Xu Liang nodded after hearing his friend’s comment: "The timing is too awkward, and it’s a weekday morning, so players can’t come."

Tianba Studio has too little experience.

This might be their first time hosting an offline demo event, and without relevant organizational experience, it turned out a bit awkward.

If they picked a different time and promoted it better, perhaps this offline demo event would be more popular and attract more attention. It wouldn’t be like this, with barely any players showing up.

Xu Liang didn’t know.

The truth is, Tianba Studio had considered all this. The hastily arranged and poorly scheduled demo was due to time constraints.

The studio is about to have a holiday, and Ba is packing to return home.

If not now, when the lunar new year arrives, there’ll be even less time to hold an offline demo. If delayed further, is there any point in having an offline demo?

Hastily arranged as it was, so be it.

Even though the timing was peculiar and the attendance wasn’t high, Tianba Studio still made adequate preparations, renting out a high-end internet cafe with tea, beverages, and souvenirs all ready.

Of course!

The people who came for the offline demo didn’t care about the carefully prepared small gifts from Tianba Studio; they only had eyes for the game demo, which didn’t even have an icon yet.

Xu Liang and his friend sat in front of a computer, logging in with a test account under the guidance of Tianba staff.

These accounts were special.

The special aspect was that only the staff knew the passwords; players could only play the demo without taking it or saving game records.

Also, photography and video recording were strictly prohibited on-site, along with any form of livestreaming, supposedly to prevent leaks.

"Is it necessary to be so strict?"

Xu Liang was speechless. They’re treating a broken game like it’s a military secret. Is that necessary?

Oh well, since they’re already here!

No matter what, since he’s at the demo event, he must experience the game; otherwise, wouldn’t it be a wasted trip?