benefice | xintiandi

CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING PICKED AS A BETA TESTER FOR THE UPCOMING GAME, 【XINTIANDI】.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BEFORE PLAYING.

This is no ordinary game that you have been selected to test run. 【XINTIANDI】is a game of virtual exploration combined with traditional MMORPG elements. Your primary task as an【adventurer】 is to explore the new planets you have been sent to research… but the way you interact with the flora and fauna around you will in turn affect 【how the world and everything in it acts and reacts】. The planet is alive, and in a way, you are its parent and it is your child. Depending on how you treat it, you might lead to the planet’s prospering… or its ruin.

Currently, the game is designed to be 【single-player, with some collaborative elements】. You will not be able to directly interact with any other players, who will be exploring their own planets. Each planet is uniquely generated, with over 10,000,000,000 possible variations available as a starting point. After you begin interacting with your own planet, the number of variations that can be generated is 【close to infinite】. That is to say, it is highly probable that 【no two players will ever share the same game experience】 while playing Xintiandi.

We hope that you are excited to be a part of this project! Have fun. Raise and explore your planet well.

For health reasons, we strongly encourage that you remove the virtual reality headset necessary to play the game at least once every 90 minutes to prevent eye strain. If you experience anything similar to a "dissociation from reality" while playing the game, please stop playing immediately and contact your primary healthcare advisor as well as the company to report this incident.

DO YOU WISH TO CREATE A BETA ACCOUNT?
>>YES
>NO

PLEASE INPUT YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND UNIQUE SSN NUMBER.
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ERROR.
AN ACCOUNT IS ALREADY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IDENTITY. WOULD YOU INSTEAD LIKE TO LOG-IN?
> YES
> NO

Is it very likely that there is somebody who knows your name, date of birth, and social security number associated with this game? you wonder.

... Well, whatever. Maybe they already registered an account for you, seeing as you are beta testing for them and all. You have a bit of an uncomfortable feeling, but what's the worst that could happen?

You hit enter.

AN ACCOUNT IS ALREADY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IDENTITY. WOULD YOU INSTEAD LIKE TO LOG-IN?
>> YES
> NO

— for the few moments between your hitting "enter" and the in-game log-in jingle, you could swear somebody was watching you.

There's a moment of silence, and then a virtual world unfolds around you.

PICK ONLY ONE: THE WORLD I SEE IS...

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