Lin Yao finally recovered from the holiday syndrome and fully entered into working mode...
She started drawing the floor plan of the Dark Souls map.
Lin Mu's studio is now quite large, and many things no longer require Lin Yao to do it herself.
But ‘a lot’ doesn’t matter.
Planning doesn't work.
Under normal circumstances, art can be done. The art department of Linmu Studio is now full of talents. If it is not possible, it can be outsourced.
But ordinary art materials can be handed over to other art teams or other staff in the studio.
But the map is really not good.
This is not just a matter of drawing well, it already belongs to the category of design.
Especially the exquisite box garden map of "Dark Soul"... Only Lin Yao can do it.
Even Lin Yao.
It’s actually quite painful to draw…
The next two days.
Maps were drawn one by one.
Lin Yao spent almost all her time on it.
no way.
Even if you have played the maps of Dark Souls 1, they are quite complicated to draw, especially the map of Sick Village.
Lin Yao held her head and sighed more than once...
It's really too messy and complicated.
Fortunately, with the help of Apocalypse State, although it was painful, I finally drew it...
And the third day, in the afternoon.
Lin Yao completed the last map of Little Lund and was about to draw a few important characters in "Dark Soul" to change her mood.
Zhu Nianqiao came to the door.
and brought a message.
It is a Pokémon experimental project that has been in preparation since last year.
It has reached the final stage.
"Senior, the Pokémon has reached the final stage! Do you want to go up and try it out?"
Zhu Nianqiao ran over excitedly, took Lin Yao's arm and wanted to take her to the host product department.
"I won't try it now. Let's finish it later." Lin Yao was hugged by her arms. After being stunned for a moment, she looked at the paintings on the table and shook her head gently.
"Are you really not going to play? I feel that although the gameplay given by my senior sister is simple, it is unexpectedly interesting!"
"After all, games are more than just a cinematic experience. Let's wait until we have time."
"Oh...is the game going to be announced?"
"Um……"
Hearing Zhu Nianqiao's question, Lin Yao paused.
For a game, publicity is also very important. Even the intensity of publicity for a game is directly proportional to the quality of the game.
Previously, Linmu Studio’s escort masterpiece was not widely publicized, which is why it was hard to explain.
Moreover, the announcement of the game LOGO within thirty days also attracted a lot of attention...
Now that Peria handheld consoles are not popular, Linmu Studio’s early launch of the console has also been a great success, so there is no need to be secretive anymore.
"It needs to be announced, but not now."
Lin Yao thought for a while and replied: "After some time, we will collect the third-party games from the creators of Greenlight, plus the "Dark Soul" currently being worked on by the PC department, and publish them as a whole.
It just gives console players some reassurance and tells them that we are not only preparing for the escort masterpiece, we will have so many games in the first half of this year!"
…
Time has entered March.
The "Dark Souls" project team is officially on track.
Because of the plan to complete the mechanism, the game engine, the experienced staff, and Lin Yao... plus the preparations made years ago, the game progressed very quickly.
The modeling of the Northern Immortal Yard has been completed, and the foundation of the Immortal Town outside the city has been laid.
"I can't believe that even the initial map has so much thought, and there is also a hidden BOSS..."
The project team of "Dark Souls" is the same production team that previously produced "The Witch".
So Chen Qiuwen is still the person in charge.
He looked at the map with detailed annotations in the planning book, and then compared it with the completed model. He sighed and had to be convinced.
Who would have thought that a map could be played like this!
The place on the left where players of "Dark Souls" start the game is the real BOSS of this initial map. Even when players pass by, they can still see the huge shadowy figure.
But players can't beat it.
Players must defeat the upper level BOSS, get out of the initial map, and return to the North Undead Yard after fulfilling the conditions before they can see the real boss of the initial map - the stray demon.
Instead of re-spawn monsters, there are two boSSs in the initial setting.
It's really interesting.
The map has a full sense of space.
Moreover, this initial map is not the only exquisitely designed map. There are many better maps than this in the game.
"It just feels like the difficulty is too high... Look at the values given by Mr. Lin. To be honest, even if calculated according to the fastest upgrade speed, these mobs holding torches and looking like miscellaneous fish can kill players in two attempts.
…”
the other side.
The staff member in charge of game values had a strange expression: "Boss, will any players really like this game?"
"There will be."
Zhang Qiuwen looked at the staff and said categorically: "Although it is a fantasy world, Lin Yao is obviously making a hard-core game that is different from "The Legend of Zelda". You see, although there are magic and spells in the planning book,
, miracles exist, but the characters’ attacks are very much like those of medieval knights. There is a market for this kind of critical moment, where life and death can happen in an instant.”
"But it doesn't have to be so outrageous... It feels like in this game, anyone can kill the player, and the game doesn't give any player any time to buffer. It's going to be big..."
The staff member in charge of game values continued: "I still don't understand this little monster holding this torch. How can this be a little monster? The Sword Master is almost the same..."
"This little monster's nickname is the Torch Sword Master."
Sudden.
Lin Yao's voice sounded.
Chen Qiuwen and the staff member in charge of game values turned back together. When the latter saw Lin Yao, he immediately looked embarrassed.
"I'm not teasing you, your nickname is really the Torch Sword Master."
Seeing the other party's expression, Lin Yao smiled and shook her head: "I can also understand your doubts. I actually wrote the selling points of the game at the end of the planning book. You can take a look to see if the game can be successful this time. In fact, I
I’m not sure, we’ll just give it a try, a hard-core game with high difficulty, and see how well players accept it. If it succeeds, we might be able to create a new game type... Come on!”
The difficulty of this game is indeed beyond many people's expectations.
The player side is still unknown.
There are many people within Linmu Studio who don't understand the difficulty setting of this game.
Lin Yao knew it very well, but she didn't mind.
Only after actually playing this kind of game can you know the fun of it.
"..." The staff member in charge of the game's values felt even more embarrassed when he saw Lin Yao's expression and scratched his head.
"Is something wrong?"
Chen Qiuwen looked at Lin Yao and changed the topic at the right time.
Lin Yao explained: "I am going to announce the next game lineup promotional video this month, which includes "Dark Soul". I hope you can adjust the production order and increase the priority of the royal city."
"That's it, I understand."
Chen Qiuwen nodded, then hesitated for a moment and asked: "But why the royal city? Do we really want to promote that "Dark Soul" and "The Legend of Zelda" are of the same origin?"
"Then it depends on how the player understands it." Lin Yao smiled brightly and did not give an exact reply.