The emotional tone of this game designed by Yan Qi should be the desolation of troubled times, "white bones exposed in the wild, no roosters crowing for thousands of miles", "it is better to be a peace dog than a person in troubled times", it is about demons running rampant and human life
Feeling like grass.
Relatively speaking, it is not suitable to be named after the protagonist's identity or behavior.
Because in the game, players can choose four different identities for the protagonist, and the final endings are also different.
Naming it after the identity of the protagonist is difficult to take into account four different identities. After all, there are huge differences in the philosophies of the four schools of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. It is difficult to find common ground. If you find common ground, it may not be appropriate or suitable enough.
And if it is named after the protagonist's behavior, it is actually not very good.
Because the attitude of the protagonist depends on the attitude of the player, the player's attitude may be positive, actively pursuing the perfect ending and saving the people of this world from misery, or it may be relatively casual, and just being a person is not a problem.
The knight-errant is doing chivalry and justice, not trying to change the world.
Therefore, it is not easy to prescribe the protagonist’s behavior to death.
It can only be named after the tone of the entire culture, which highlights the feeling of this troubled world and emphasizes that players should implement their own way and choose their own path in this troubled world.
In addition, the name must have a certain amount of Chinese cultural heritage and cannot be too straightforward, otherwise it will easily dilute the game's appeal.
The name of the game needs to be easy to remember, catchy, and not too obscure.
Yan Qi racked his brains and searched through his poor knowledge of ancient literature, but in the end he found nothing.
Can’t think of it!
Several names that appeared in his mind were either too straightforward and not strong enough, or they were not appropriate enough and were a little off topic.
Yan Qi knew that his level of ancient prose could only reach this point, and there was no point in racking his brains anymore, so he could only turn to the audience outside the venue for help.
But where to turn for help?
This is not like writing a novel, where you can also copy book reviews and so on.
Ask in the player group?
Let those players who play the mobile game "Blade of the Empire" do such a brain-consuming, technically difficult and very difficult task? Yan Qi expressed high doubts.
Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration.
How about going to Rabbittail Live Broadcast?
There are a large group of young scholars and graduate students in classical literature over there at Tuwei Live Broadcast!
Although this group of people does not live broadcast every day, there are a few liver emperors who are often online. Wouldn't it be good to go and ask for help?
After all, this is a technical job, and it still needs professionals.
Thinking of this, Yan Qi immediately opened Tuwei Live Broadcast and chose a live broadcast room of a big boss.
At this time, the boss was chatting with the audience in the live broadcast room, ranging from poems and songs to ancient historical texts.
These scholars usually don't have many people in the live broadcast room. After all, live broadcast itself is a kind of thing with very low information density. Coupled with academics, live broadcast is really ineffective.
However, the collection of their previous lectures has a very high number of views and is still growing.
These scholars can make money from their lecture videos, they can also make money from making useful APP content, and they can also get some income from gifts from their live broadcasts.
More importantly, chatting with water friends and sharing knowledge is also an interesting thing in itself, so several "Liver Emperors" often live broadcast, and they all become familiar with it.
The online name of the scholar in this live broadcast room is Murong Tieshuan. It can be seen from his online name that he is quite playful and humorous. He has spoken about ancient Chinese and some history. He is also considered one of the Liver Emperors on the Tuwei Live Broadcasting Platform.
, quite popular and is the first choice for many people to hang out for a long time.
Yan Qi thought about it, first gave him some small gifts, and then posted a message saying that he hoped the boss could have a call with him and ask for help.
Because there were not many people in the live broadcast room, Yan Qi gave him some small gifts, which quickly attracted Murong Tieshuan's attention and sent him a phone number in a private message.
Soon, the two talked on the phone.
Yan Qi narrated the story background of this game and highlighted several requirements.
First of all, it is necessary to highlight the sadness of troubled times.
Secondly, it is best to have allusions and have a certain style and cultural heritage.
Finally, the name should be easy to pronounce and remember, and should not be too obscure, nor should the name be too long.
In other words, allusions should be used, but not too literal. They should reflect certain cultural connotations but not be too unfamiliar.
Murong Tieshuan also fell into deep thought, obviously this requirement was quite high.
But he is a professional after all, and he has sorted out and summarized related topics when creating content for useful apps, so he quickly came up with ideas.
"I have thought of two names now, you can choose one yourself."
"The first name is, "The Great Road Is Hidden"."
"This allusion comes from the "Book of Rites" and talks about two different states of society, one is 'the great road travels, the world is public', and the other is 'the great road is hidden now, the world is home'.
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"Since the great road is hidden, it means that the current society we live in is not an ideal society, but a society in which everyone is selfish and self-interested, full of contradictions and struggles. It is a terrible fact that 'if the powerful go, everyone will suffer.'"
"In this state, in order to compete for power and wealth, ministers kill their kings, sons kill their fathers, brothers kill each other, uncles and nephews kill each other, just like what is recorded in the Spring and Autumn Annals, thirty-six regicides,
Fifty-two countries have been destroyed, and the princes are running around, unable to protect their country. There are countless people."
"Of course, the interpretation of this passage is more complicated. As an ancient thought, the social outlook it embodies is not completely correct, but it can express the meaning you want to express."
"The second name is, "Shui"."
"This allusion comes from "Wang Feng·Mu Li" in the "Book of Songs". It is a poem that touches on the rise and fall of a country."
“‘Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who don’t know me say that what I want’ comes from Shuili.”
"The background of this poem is that a traveler passed through Haojing in the Western Zhou Dynasty and saw the ruins of the ancestral temple and palace. Without the prosperity of the city, there was only a lush millet seedling growing to its heart's content. Therefore, 'the Zhou Dynasty was overthrown.
I was so hesitant that I couldn't bear to go, so I wrote poems to express my feelings about the rise and fall of my country."
"This poem has been circulated for a long time and has a great influence. Later generations of literati will often use it whenever they write epic poems, such as Cao Zhi's "Love Poems", Xiang Xiu's "Reminiscence of the Past", Liu Yuxi's "Woyi Lane", Jiang Kui
"Yangzhou Slow·Huaizuo Famous Capital" and so on."
"Later, this emotion of lamenting the rise and fall of the country was called the 'sorrow of Shuili'."
"What do you think of these two names? You are the original author. I still have to make the decision as to which name is more appropriate."
Yan Qi was simply overjoyed.
As expected of a boss, he thought of it so quickly, and there are still two names to choose from!
After thinking about it for a while, he said: "I think "Shui" is better."
"On the one hand, it's because "The Great Dao Ji Yin" talks about Confucianism, which is relatively biased, and the game has four systems: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and military affairs, so there can't be any obvious tendency."
"On the other hand, "Da Dao Ji Yin" has four characters, and "Shu Li" has two characters, which is more concise."
"And it suddenly occurred to me that the whole story is fictional, but the historical background can be further premised, making it feel like it is in a relatively distant ancient time, which is more suitable for the background of the name "Muli"."
“Thank you so much!”
Murong Tieshuan smiled: "It's nothing, it's easy. It's a good thing that you decided to make a game with a Chinese background. I'm looking forward to it too!"
“If you have any questions in the future, feel free to ask me, I’ll be happy to answer them!”
After thanking him profusely, Yan Qi exited the live broadcast room.
Before, Yan Qi always thought that Tuwei Live was an alternative live broadcast platform, but at this critical moment, he discovered that it is really useful!
There is also a useful APP that is paired with Tuwei Live Broadcast. When you really want to do something serious, you can really find the answers you want in a specific professional field.
The only pity is that the filling speed of the content on the useful APP is still too slow, which makes people a little impatient. After all, it involves knowledge from all walks of life and requires professionals to enter it bit by bit. This is a laborious task.
After the name was finalized, Yan Qi spent some time to complete the design concept draft of "Muli".
He even thought of a promotional image for the game.
When an ordinary person with no other talents enters a troubled world and sees demons running rampant and people struggling to survive, he will naturally feel a sense of compassion.
The protagonist's back is in the ruins of a palace covered with lush millet seedlings, holding a sword and moving forward, while in the distance is a light red sky filled with demons and smoke.
Many details that were not determined before were smoothed out.
However, Yan Qi soon realized a more serious problem, that is, the size of this game seemed a bit too big.
It is completely beyond the scope of what my small studio can bear!
Of course, if extreme operations must be performed, it cannot be said to be completely impossible.
Under the premise that there is an official editor and the technical level has been greatly improved, everyone in the studio is working overtime, and then selling the iron pot, sinking all the income from the previous "Blade of the Empire", or remortgaging the house.
kind of...
Maybe it can be developed, but the time is not yet certain.
It might be one year, it might be two or three years or even longer.
This is under the premise that there is an official editor and the game development time is greatly shortened.
However, doing so would be a bit too hard.
In other words, he was too stupid and left no escape route for himself.
Yan Qi felt that he couldn't be as stubborn as a stupid young man and had to think of other ways.
For example... attract investment and recruit people?
Now that he is short of money and people, if he forces development, if the quality of the game he produces is not up to standard, wouldn't it be a waste of a good idea?
If this idea is only a semi-finished product, it will make Yan Qi very painful.
Recruiting people is relatively easy to talk about, after all, it comes down to money.