“This is… a newly uploaded game.” Bai Yang’s eyes narrowed.
She had been reviewing games all day, and she was certain this one hadn’t been there before.
Besides, the game’s icon was a little… peculiar.
Other game icons were rich to the point of being chaotic, dazzling at a glance.
This new game’s icon was simple and clean, with clear cartoon elements, making it seem particularly xiao qingxin (小清新 – a term for “fresh and pure,” often used to describe something aesthetically pleasing and simple), making Bai Yang couldn’t help but look at it again and again.
At the same time, the viewers in her livestream also noticed this newly appeared game icon.
[They actually upload a game at night; there aren’t as many game players at night as during the day.]
[The game icon looks pretty good, but I wonder what the game content is like.]
Bai Yang saw the comments and smiled, “Since everyone is curious, I’ll review this as my last game.”
[Hopefully, the game content’s art style matches the icon. There have been games before that were a case of gua yangtou mai gourou (挂羊头卖狗肉 – “selling dog meat while advertising goat meat,” an idiom for misrepresentation); the game icon and content weren’t exactly the same, but they were completely unrelated. I pray the streamer isn’t that unlucky.]
[Maybe the game’s art style matches the game icon.]
[Honestly, that’s unlikely.]
Seeing her fans’ comments, Bai Yang prepared herself mentally and clicked to enter the game.
After entering, Bai Yang subconsciously closed her eyes, afraid of seeing a scene she couldn’t accept.
Soothing music rang in Bai Yang’s ears. Bai Yang secretly opened a slit in her eyes. Seeing something through the gap, Bai Yang’s eyes suddenly widened.
She saw that the game’s art style in front of her was fresh and gentle, warm and healing, completely like the game icon. The outside matched the inside, how could Bai Yang not be pleasantly surprised?
The audience in the livestream also saw the scene Bai Yang saw, and the barrage of comments exploded for a while.
[Streamer, start playing the game quickly; see if the gameplay style is the same.]
[If the gameplay style is also consistent, I’ll download this game. I hope the game developer doesn’t disappoint me.]
Amidst the expectations of the livestream audience, Bai Yang opened the first level of the game and saw a large cube, with many connected lines running vertically and horizontally inside, cutting out many small cubes.
Each small cube contained a small water droplet of a different color. The small water droplets had round bodies, soft and adorable eyes, which could melt people’s hearts.
Bai Yang’s heart trembled. At this moment, the large cube suddenly darkened, and a game tutorial appeared.
According to the game tutorial, Bai Yang quickly learned how to play the game.
Players move the positions of the little guys to eliminate them, requiring at least three to complete the elimination.
After elimination, the little guys above fall down, their bodies shaking, deforming like a vibration. Fortunately, even if they split into small water droplets, they won’t run out of the small square grid.
[Ahhh, when they fell just now, did they make a “duang~” sound!!]
[It’s so cute, I want to poke it!]
Unlike the fans who could only scream silently outside the screen, Bai Yang took action directly.
She zoomed in on the game screen, reached out her palm to touch the little guys, feeling their equally soft, or cool, or warm, or furry bodies, her heart melting completely.
“How can anyone bring themselves to eliminate such cute little guys?” Bai Yang felt that just rua-ing (a slang term, similar to “petting” or “fondling,” often used for cute things) the slimes was enough for players to play for a long time.
Relying on her professional qualities, Bai Yang struggled to shrink the game and continue playing.
“The most basic is three-in-a-row elimination. Three-in-a-row has no special effects, while four-in-a-row and five-in-a-row have different special effects. Combining the two can quickly clear the surrounding slimes.”
“It should be noted that each level has elimination tasks and step limits. Failure to complete the elimination task or exceeding the number of steps will result in game failure.”
Bai Yang explained the gameplay to the audience in the livestream while quickly clearing levels.
She and the audience in the livestream didn’t notice that their original drowsiness had dissipated for the most part, and their attention was all focused on the game.
As time passed, Bai Yang had a good understanding of the game and began to evaluate its advantages and disadvantages.
“The advantages of this game are that the art style is fresh and healing, the game character images are very pleasing, and the gameplay is simple. Children of a few years old can quickly get started, the target audience is wide, and it can be considered a game suitable for all ages.”
[Indeed, this game looks very suitable for a three-hundred-month-old baby like me.]
The audience in the livestream also agreed with Bai Yang and gave the game a good evaluation.
“After talking about the advantages, let’s talk about the disadvantages. As you may have seen, this match-three gameplay is constantly repeating. Even if the levels occasionally change, they don’t change the core essence. There are many ways to play, but also few.”
“This monotonous style may be of great interest to everyone at first, but after repeating it many times, it may become boring.” Bai Yang said, somewhat worried about Jiang Rong, the game developer.
From a streamer’s perspective, she really liked this kind of game that could balance her work and interests. Because she liked it, she couldn’t help but worry about the game’s data not being good.
[Maybe because I haven’t started playing yet, I don’t feel bored at all, I just think it’s very interesting.]
[I’m going to try it now.]
Immediately, some players went to download Slime Elimination.
Bai Yang was interacting with the audience in the livestream when a mistake in her hand declared the game a failure.
“The difficulty of the later levels increases, and it is no longer as smooth as it was at the beginning.” Bai Yang came back to her senses.
“When a level fails, the energy of the match-three game will be consumed. If you keep failing, the energy will be reduced to zero, and it will take time to recover.” Bai Yang felt a sense of urgency and became more serious about the game.
[The streamer can try those small props to see how effective the props are.]
Some livestream viewers suggested that the streamer use props.
Bai Yang had noticed those props a long time ago, but because the previous levels were easy to pass, there was no place for the props to be used. Now the props finally came in handy.
“These props are not many in number, and it is best to use them at critical moments. On the contrary, using them at the very beginning has little effect on the overall game.” Bai Yang said, using a refresh card.
“At the beginning of the game, some props will be given to the account. After using them up, you can recharge to buy them. These props are also the only recharge channel for this game.”
“Of course, you can also not use props. If you have enough energy, you can play a few more times to pass the level.”
Bai Yang said, buying more props in her hand.
After all, she is not an ordinary player, but a game streamer. She can’t possibly let the audience in the livestream wait with her for the game energy to recover, so she must buy props.
[This game is so interesting, I want to play it myself and watch the streamer play.]
Some of the audience in the livestream were conflicted. They wanted to leave, but their eyes couldn’t leave Bai Yang’s livestream.
Bai Yang’s movements became more and more fluid, and the screen was filled with cute slimes. Especially when special effects appeared, the picture was even more exciting, making people unable to take their eyes off it.
With the addition of props, Bai Yang kept clearing levels, making them want to watch more and know Bai Yang’s ultimate limit.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, Bai Yang reached her limit.
At the end of a game, Bai Yang was preparing to play the next level, but found that there was no next level button this time.
[What’s going on? Is this a game bug?] The audience in the livestream was puzzled.
Bai Yang checked and her eyebrows relaxed, saying, “It’s not a game bug, but the game level has reached its limit.”
It turned out that Slime Elimination currently only has one hundred levels, and the later levels have not yet been opened.
Bai Yang’s excited mood was interrupted. While still feeling unsatisfied, she found that the sky was already bright. She had actually played the game all night.
Unlike the previous mental exhaustion, although this game kept her up all night and dark circles appeared under her eyes, Bai Yang was very excited and not very sleepy.
[There are only one hundred levels, how can there be so few levels, it’s not enough to play at all.]
Bai Yang nodded subconsciously, “Indeed, if there were more levels later on, I could keep playing forever.”
“If you’re also interested in this game, welcome to become a player like me.” Bai Yang endorsed and recommended Slime Elimination.
[Of course, if we weren’t interested, we wouldn’t have stayed with the streamer all this time.]
[Also, streamer, you worked hard staying up all night. Go rest quickly; we’re sleepy too.]
The livestream audience yawned. Bai Yang had played games all night, and they had kept her company all night.
Now that they’d reached the end of the levels, the excitement faded, and fatigue and sleepiness quickly flooded their bodies.
“Okay, I’m going offline now. See you all next time.”
After saying goodbye to the livestream audience, Bai Yang went offline to rest.
Some of the livestream audience also went to rest, but some were still not sleepy and went to download Jiang Rong’s Slime Elimination game to play it themselves.
On Jiang Rong’s side, she woke up feeling refreshed after resting.
Jiang Yu, who didn’t need to rest, came over and happily told Jiang Rong, “From the time the game was uploaded last night until now, the game downloads have exceeded a thousand, and they are still continuing to rise.”
“In addition to the number of downloads, many players have also chosen to spend money.”
You should know that when players spend money, Jiang Rong, the game developer, can get money.
Although the money is not much, it is still considered a good start.
Jiang Rong logged into the game’s front end to check the players’ game reviews of Slime Elimination.
[Ahhh, just like streamer Bai Yang said, this game’s gameplay is obviously very simple, but my hands can’t help but click on them, I can’t stop at all.]
[What can stop me from playing this game is not any extraordinary self-control, but too many game failures and not enough energy, which forces me to stop playing the game (weak smile).]
[Although I haven’t played to level 100 yet, I dare to say that 100 levels are definitely not enough. If the producer sees this comment, please release more levels!]
[Support! I’ve already played to level 100, and now I have nothing to play. I can only watch the game energy waste away, it hurts!!]
There were many other comments behind, also saying that there were not enough levels.
Jiang Rong was a little surprised. She initially set 100 levels, thinking that it would take players two or three days to complete them, but she didn’t expect someone to reach 100 levels so quickly.
However, since the players requested it, Jiang Rong, as the game producer, would naturally meet their needs.
So, when Bai Yang subconsciously thought about the game and woke up early, opened the livestream, she received the good news that the Slime Elimination game had been updated.
Seeing that the level limit of Slime Elimination had become 200 levels, Bai Yang was very happy and quickly entered level 101.
[When I finished playing level 100, I happened to catch up with the game updating new levels, and now my game progress has exceeded the streamer’s.] A fan proudly stated.
[Don’t look at how simple this game is, it takes a lot of time to play. Your energy is really strong.] Some players with slow game progress were very envious.
[Indeed, are your dark circles okay? Just like the streamer, the dark circles haven’t completely disappeared yet.]
Bai Yang: “…”
[Is the streamer still playing Slime Elimination on livestream today? Aren’t you going to review other games?] Some viewers were also puzzled.
Bai Yang was stunned, and couldn’t help but struggle in her heart. She knew that she should go to review other games, after all, this was the streamer route she chose for herself.
But… but she really couldn’t let go of Slime Elimination.
Compared to other games that require worry and fear, and even mental breakdown, Slime Elimination is simply healing to the extreme.
As for the dark circles, they are really insignificant, it’s just that she doesn’t have self-control.
The balance in her heart gradually tilted, and Bai Yang made up her mind, “Yes, I will continue to livestream Slime Elimination. As for game reviews, there are other review streamers.”
There are many review streamers, it doesn’t matter if there’s one more or one less of her. Anyway, she doesn’t have many fans, so even if she changes her direction, not many people will care.
Thinking like this, Bai Yang felt even less psychological burden.
Bai Yang, who was already immersed in the game, did not notice that after hearing her answer, her number of fans increased instead of decreasing.
Also increasing was the number of downloads of Jiang Rong’s game, as well as the game’s ranking.
“Our game downloads have exceeded 10,000, and the game ranking has also entered the top 100 from the bottom.” Jiang Yu happily reported to Jiang Rong.
This means that more people can know about Jiang Rong’s game.