It is said that there is no limit to the material collection, but in fact there are still some restrictions on the speed of material collection.
Otherwise, Lu Zhixing could just buy a plane ticket, fly to the sky, look down at it, and collect materials from the entire Jinghai City. That would be fine.
There are three major restrictions on the materials used in the life-playing game.
The first is distance. Lu Zhixing must be within ten meters of the target. For example, if he wants to collect materials from his own Internet cafe, he must be in the Internet cafe or within ten meters of the Internet cafe. Any further away will not work.
The second is the size. The maximum target for collecting materials cannot exceed a complete building, let alone "Jinghai City".
The second is time. When collecting materials, the Life Playing Game will automatically scan the entire target. The larger the target, the longer the time. Generally, it ranges from 10 seconds to 1 minute.
With Lu Zhixing's limited points, these three conditions are not restrictions for him. After all, he can't afford the materials for such a large building.
But now that I have one hour of free time to collect information, I have to plan the route carefully.
It is precisely because of these restrictions that Lu Zhixing mainly uses shared bicycles to collect materials.
Because if you take a car, you cannot park in many places, so you can only walk within ten meters of the target, which is troublesome.
Lu Zhixing carefully planned the route on the map, especially focusing on the important building areas in the game.
According to his original plan, "Ordinary Life" will be centered on Jinghai University and include buildings in one or two streets around it. Of course, there must also be construction sites, express sorting centers, fast food restaurants, shopping malls and other necessary elements.
After planning, Lu Zhixing set off immediately.
He first pedaled hard on his bicycle and took materials from Jinghai University and surrounding buildings. Then he took materials from a nearby shopping mall. Finally, he took a taxi for ten minutes and rushed to a relatively remote suburb of the city, where he spent the remaining time
The materials were taken from an express sorting warehouse, an electronics factory workshop and a construction site.
Of course, he also pays great attention to efficiency when collecting materials. He does not collect all materials, which would be a waste of time. For example, at a construction site, he only needs to collect materials from the area necessary for moving bricks.
After a lot of busy work, I finally collected all the main content I wanted to collect.
There may be some bits and pieces of resources left that haven't been taken into account, but that's not a big problem. Just use the hard-earned points to get the materials.
"But here comes a new problem. There are so many materials. I draw them bit by bit in the editor. I will have to draw them until the year of the monkey...
"Forget it, let's not think about it for now."
It was almost noon when Lu Zhixing returned to the rental house. He ordered a takeaway and immediately lay down to take a nap after eating, preparing to attend Professor He Cheng's class in the afternoon.
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At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the lecture theater was already full.
All the students from the School of Game Design were present and no one skipped class.
Because today is the day when Professor He Cheng announces the final ranking of the assignments.
This assignment is actually very tight. Just over a month has passed since the assignment was released. Therefore, for most students, they have done almost nothing in this month except revising the design draft in the dormitory.
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Some people even didn't even go to the welcome party in order to revise their drafts. In the end, they still couldn't get into the top three, and they were filled with regret.
If when the homework was first assigned, everyone still had some unrealistic fantasies, by now, the vast majority of the students were completely sober.
After the first round of screening, two-thirds of the plans have been eliminated. These students can only team up with the students who have not been eliminated to improve other people's plans.
As for the remaining one-third of the plans, after continuous improvement and screening during this period, the plans that are expected to win the top three are gradually locked into the scope of several works.
Most people know that they are definitely out of luck.
However, when they came this time, they were still full of curiosity and expectations.
They really want to know: Which three games are in the top three? And what are the special rewards that Professor He Cheng mentioned?
This question has been bothering everyone for a month, and it will finally be answered today.
In the audience, many students were whispering.
"Who do you think will be number one?"
""Ordinary Life" by Lu Zhixing? It is said that his design draft was very good. Even Professor He was full of praise for it."
"Indeed, from a design perspective alone, "Ordinary Life" is a well-deserved number one."
"But isn't there a big problem with the cost control of this game? Professor He said that to help the top three make the game, if "Ordinary Life" were developed normally, the investment would be tens of millions? Or even hundreds of millions? Professor He
Crazy?"
"How could Professor He pay for it himself? He must be looking for investors."
"Investors are not stupid either."
"I think Professor He will put it in fourth place because of poor cost control. Or even if it is in the top three, he will definitely change the design and change the original VR game into a general PC game.
, resources have also shrunk across the board, so as to ensure that it can be produced at a lower cost."
"Well, let's see what Professor He thinks."
The class bell rang, and the lecture theater quickly became quiet.
Professor He Cheng looked around at everyone: "Are all the students here? Okay, it's almost time to announce the rankings of the last assignment.
"However, before announcing the rankings, I would like to talk about the evaluation criteria of this design plan. In other words, how I specifically selected the top three."
He paused for a moment and continued: "First, the design draft must be completed to a high degree. This includes the most basic format of the design draft, the accuracy of the language, the completeness of logic and details, etc.
"This is easy to understand. As a designer, writing design drafts is a basic ability. If you don't even have this ability, let alone making games by yourself, no one will even work as a handyman in a game company.
“Second, the subject matter must be novel and the gameplay must be creative. Even if you imitate some successful games, you must also make your own innovations.
"Some students' plans are obviously copying some successful games. Copying is not a problem. After all, you are all still students and you have to learn and grow. But if you just copy without any originality, it will be very disappointing.
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"Third, you must control costs. You must consider how much it will cost to make the game, how much of the finished product will achieve the effect of your original design, and how will the game be profitable in the end.
"Of course, this is a hidden requirement. After all, the knowledge of cost control is still only partially understood by many people who have entered the game industry. But from now on, you must establish the awareness of cost control. Therefore, I also understand this.
It will be included in the selection of the top three plans.”
As soon as this statement came out, some students in the audience began to discuss quietly.
"Then, "Ordinary Life" will definitely be dead."
"Yes, it feels like Professor He has made it clear."
However, these discussions soon became quiet, because Professor He Cheng had already begun to announce the list of the top three.
"Third place, "Dream of the Sea".
"This is a story-oriented art-based independent game. Compared with other similar projects, it stands out because on the one hand it has a well-written plot, and on the other hand it has a clear art style.
With these conceptual settings of the art style, I can be sure that it will be an excellent art game.
"Second place, "Endless Swarm of Insects".
"This is a rougelike game with a science fiction theme and a pixel style. Its design is actually relatively simple. Players resist the endless swarms of insects on endless alien planets that are constantly attacking them, and gain experience by killing enemies.
, upgrade various skills, and then build a powerful BUILD through random combination of skills.
"The reason why it came to second place is because it does a good job in the meat pigeon gameplay, the combination of various skills is very exciting, and it is very good in cost control. As a pixel style game, it only requires a small amount of
It is possible to get high returns with investment, which is a typical example of small gain and great gain.
"So I think its overall score is higher than that of "Dream of the Sea"."
As the second and third place were announced, the students in the audience burst into exclamation.
Indeed, these two games ranked second or third, and everyone was convinced.
When it comes to game design, everyone’s ideas are actually pretty much the same. It’s the details that really make the difference.
"Dream of the Sea" can write a more touching plot and give a specific style that suits the game, while "Endless Swarm" can design a complete meat pigeon gameplay system by itself, and its ability to control details is far greater.
Outperforming other students, it is reasonable to gain Professor He's recognition.
What about number one?
It's not easy to guess, but "Ordinary Life" should be ruled out first.
Because the second and third places all have one thing in common, that is, cost control is in place. Especially "Endless Swarm", it can be ranked higher than "Sea Dream", mainly because its cost control is better, and it has more
May be commercially successful.
After all, Professor He is not a philanthropist. He helps students develop games. Although the profits are shared by undergraduates and graduate students, and he does not take any money, the prerequisite is that the game can make back its original investment.
You can't go bankrupt just to help students make a game, right?
There has been so much foreshadowing and the issue of cost control has been repeatedly emphasized, so it would be unreasonable for "Ordinary Life" to be ranked first.
Everyone looked at Professor He Cheng expectantly, waiting for him to announce the results.
Professor He Cheng paused and said: "First place, "Ordinary Life"."
As soon as this statement came out, all the students in the audience were stunned.
"ah?"
Most people had incomprehensible and incomprehensible expressions on their faces.
A student in the front row raised his hand weakly and asked: "Professor He, didn't you just keep emphasizing the issue of cost control..."
Professor He Cheng chuckled: "I did emphasize the issue of cost control, but I never said that cost control is the only criterion, right?
“If the design draft is completed to a high enough level and the gameplay is novel enough, then it doesn’t matter if the cost control is a bit poor.
“And if a game’s design draft is particularly complete and the gameplay is particularly novel, then even if a lot of points are deducted for cost control, its overall score will still be higher than other games.
"That's the case with Ordinary Life."
The students in the audience looked at each other in shock.
Well, that makes sense. After all, there is a campus line in "Ordinary Life" that requires songs and sketches, and Lu Zhixing actually wrote these materials in reality, and made it the most popular movie in the history of the academy.
A popular welcome party.
But Professor He promised to develop these games! "Ordinary Life" ranks first, how many tens of millions do you plan to invest in it?
Professor He Cheng smiled: "I know what you are thinking, so it is almost time to reveal the special reward.
"Didn't you guess it? Hey, I knew you couldn't guess it. After all, you don't even know what this is, so how could you guess it?
"Simply put, this internal test qualification allows you to use the latest consciousness-connected VR technology to directly generate illusory materials from the imagination in your mind.
"Of course, this is just a test version. There will definitely be various unexpected problems in the process of generating materials. For example, some people have good ideas in their minds, but they are unable to generate any specific pictures at all, while some people have
It is completely incomparable with the generated things...
“Only a few people can use the imagination in their minds to generate some vague materials, and then they have to use AI technology to improve them, and then modify and adjust them later.
“But no matter what, with this thing, our cost of making games will be greatly reduced in the future.
“I happened to have a few friends on the official platform, so I got two internal beta qualifications and gave one of them as a reward.
"This is the mysterious reward I give you."
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