Chapter 79 A game that insults players! (The late Mid-Autumn Festival
Pei Qian says he despises text adventure games for being old-fashioned, but he knows very well that another meaning of old-fashioned is stability!
Text adventure games are a very old but very stable game type that can be said to have endured for a long time.
Pei Qian has memories from his past life. He knows that "Chinese Parent", as an independent game, uses a production method similar to text adventure games, and it is still a great success!
And Pei Qian would not allow this to happen.
Therefore, he wants to completely abandon the text adventure game model!
Pei Qian cleared his throat and continued:
"My idea is to make a three-dimensional flow chart."
"That's right, it's a complex structural diagram like a spider web."
"The grids on the flow chart are rooms; and the lines on the flow chart are corridors."
"Players walking in the corridor are the process of choosing branches of the flow chart; and different rooms are the results of this choice!"
"In each room there are doors leading to corridors, representing different choices for players."
"Can you understand me?"
Everyone nodded and shook their heads in unison.
I understand, but I also don’t understand!
With Pei Qian's description, most people can figure out the shape of this game.
Flowcharts drawn with software such as Visio are very common in games and many industries.
It is mainly used to express certain logical relationships and program flows.
For example, a program is triggered from initial conditions, goes through a series of determinations, and finally outputs a result.
From the appearance, the flow chart is composed of countless squares and diamonds with text written on them, and there are many arrows connecting these squares.
Replace all the squares with three-dimensional rooms, both large and small, and replace all the arrows with corridors, and the entire flow chart becomes a huge maze.
The protagonist is walking in this huge maze, each door represents a certain choice, and finally reaches a room at the end, which is a certain ending of the game.
But what everyone doesn’t understand is, what type of game is this?
Never seen it!
Not to mention domestic, I have never heard of this kind of game abroad!
Is it possible?
Create so many sophisticated 3D models, create such large scenes, and finally create a game that can only be walked around?
I always feel...something is wrong!
However, no one will question Pei Qian.
don't know?
Just don’t understand!
How can Mr. Pei’s thoughts be guessed by ordinary people?
Only the two big guys, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu, could barely guess Mr. Pei's design intention. The others were too far behind!
Lu Mingliang knew this very well, so he took a small notebook and recorded it diligently.
Fortunately, Mr. Pei explained it in detail this time, so there was no need to guess.
As long as you strictly follow what Mr. Pei said, you will be right!
Lin Wan raised her hand and said: "Mr. Pei, I think this is a quite novel design! However, if the players just keep walking here, won't it be a little boring?"
boring?
It’s better to be bored!
This is the effect I want!
But Lin Wan's question reminded Pei Qian of another hidden danger.
Wouldn't this be... or not radical enough?
If it's just boring, I'm afraid it won't have an absolute dissuading effect on players...
What if they like this feeling of making choices so much that they resist boredom and instead feel happy about it?
Pei Qian lowered his eyebrows and fell into deep thought.
"Yes."
Pei Qian suddenly thought of a good idea: "Let's add narration to the game!"
"Narration?" Lin Wan blinked, somewhat confused.
It is not uncommon to add narration to games. However, it is mainly added in the opening CG.
If narration is added during the game, it will greatly affect the immersion.
Pei Qian chuckled.
Why include narration?
It just wants to affect the players’ sense of immersion and make them unable to continue playing!
Not only that, I also want to include personal information in the narration, taunt the players mercilessly, make them angry, and make them curse!
Make them feel that their character has been insulted, so they will give this game a bad review, not recommend it, and the game's reputation will collapse. Isn't it not far from being cool?
Just imagine, every time the player makes a choice, the system narration will sneer at the player...
A game that insults players!
Sour and refreshing!
Players with a little bit of backbone would probably drop their mouse, right?
Pei Qian coughed twice and explained: "Narration is a way for us to interact with players."
"Players keep running around inside, which is really boring, because he is equivalent to an outsider, a bystander, and can easily lose interest."
"We use narration to communicate with him. For example, if he chooses the wrong option, narration A will be triggered, and if he chooses the correct option, narration B will be triggered."
"In this way, players will receive feedback every time they make a choice, so they won't feel lonely and bored!"
Lin Wan suddenly understood and nodded sharply.
As expected of Mr. Pei, he can come up with such good ideas!
What is a genius designer?
This is!
Lin Wan couldn't help but recall her experience at Tianhuo Studio.
In Tianhuo Studio, we often hold such discussion meetings to brainstorm how to finalize some details of the game.
However, the atmosphere is completely different!
Because Zhou Muyan always asks: "Are there any other games with similar methods?"
If the answer is yes, then Zhou Muyan will analyze whether the game's approach is successful and will only adopt it if it is successful.
If the answer is no, or if a game has done this and failed, then the idea will be killed without hesitation.
This is not an isolated case, most domestic game companies do this!
To be on the safe side, most designers don’t dare to try and make mistakes, but tend to learn from past cases.
Therefore, many games become the same, as if they were carved from the same mold.
And Mr. Pei's approach made Lin Wanqing couldn't help but admire him.
Don’t care if there is any successful precedent, be brave enough to be the first to try something new!
This kind of layout is simply several levels higher than Tianhuo Studio and Zhou Muyan!
Lin Wan was even more convinced that Pei Qian was a talented designer and had not run away!
As for Lu Mingliang, he could only record everything with a small notebook.
He was just a little confused and didn't understand why Pei Qian did what he did.
But he knows very well how much he weighs, and he will never raise any objections to it. He will just do everything as Mr. Pei said!
After successfully convincing everyone, Pei Qian felt comfortable.
This feeling is so good!
This project is completely within your control!
"The design draft will be produced in three days, the entire process will be produced within a week, and all the art resources will be produced within two weeks, is that okay?" Pei Qian looked at Lu Mingliang.
Lu Mingliang nodded immediately: "Don't worry, Mr. Pei, I promise to complete the task!"
After finishing speaking, he added guiltily: "Mr. Pei, if you can't finish the work, can you apply for overtime?"
Working overtime is a privilege only outstanding employees can enjoy. He is not sure whether he is considered an outstanding employee in Mr. Pei's eyes.
Pei Qian thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, but no later than 9 pm at most. Although you are still young, you must also pay attention to your health."
"Yes!" Lu Mingliang was simply moved.
Where else can this kind of human care be found besides Tengda?
If this doesn’t make Mr. Pei so angry, then he’s still a human being!