456, dedicated to you who have a childlike innocence
"sister."
Keli Electronics.
In one of Linmu Financial Holdings' branch factories in Pengcheng, Lin Yao met Lin Xi and Pei Yingyun, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
"Is it hot?"
Lin Xi saw Lin Yao, immediately greeted her, and then asked softly.
"I just got off the car. Are you okay? I heard that LABO has officially entered mass production?"
"Well, several sets of molds have been trial-produced so far, and no problems have been found. If necessary, production can be started at full capacity immediately."
Lin Xi saw that her sister seemed to be more concerned about the situation of LABO, so she didn't say anything more and took her directly into the factory area.
The two walked forward and then came to a conference room inside the factory.
And as soon as you walk in.
Lin Yao was slightly startled.
A pile of paper toys are piled on the table, including fishing rods, motorcycle heads, small houses, robot backpacks, cameras... and a man and a woman are surrounding the pile of toys, one is assembling it, and the other is debugging the switch.
Lin Yao took a closer look and found that she had some impressions of these two people.
The man seems to be a technician from the hardware department of the host product department, and the woman seems to be a specially hired craftsman.
When Lin Yao looked at them, they also saw Lin Yao and stood up immediately.
"How is it going?"
Lin Yao guessed the situation at this time, took a few steps forward, and then looked around curiously.
"Trial production has been carried out before. This time it is just the final confirmation before mass production. Although there are still some labo that have not been actually tested, the problem should not be major."
The technician in the hardware department was a twenty-year-old boy. Hearing Lin Yao's question, he immediately replied shyly.
"That's good."
Lin Yao nodded lightly.
In fact, she also knew that the probability of problems was low.
After all, the so-called LABO principle is quite simple. It relies on the vibration of the switch handle, the gyroscope, and the infrared function of one of the handles to interact with the paper toys, and then feeds back to the game in real time.
"...It's quite interesting. I didn't expect that a paper version can be played like this, and it can also combine software and hardware."
On the other side, the specially hired craftsman also spoke.
It was a mature woman who looked to be in her thirties, named Chen Rong, and she looked more relaxed than the technicians in the hardware department.
She looked at the paper toys on the table, not hiding her amazement at all.
Although the cardboard toy was made by her based on Lin Yao's design, it was not too complicated.
But she had to admit that this combination of software and hardware really opened her eyes.
After so many years of handcrafting, this was the first time she saw someone playing with cardboard so delicately...
Lin Yao smiled and then replied: "After all, it is a derivative of the game console. Of course it cannot be sold purely as cardboard."
"Well, I want to buy one for my daughter. It is difficult for people with poor hands-on skills to stick to simple manual work, but this kind of completely templated, and there are also teaching animation assembly toys, I think children will be able to do it.
like very much."
Chen Rong looked at the pile of toys on the table, paused, and then said: "But Mr. Lin, there is something I don't know whether I should say."
"you say."
Lin Yao nodded indifferently.
"Although I don't want to throw cold water on it, I also think this set of toys is quite interesting, but I feel... this is aimed at children. If they are adults, they will probably get bored after playing with it for a while."
Chen Rong boldly spoke: "For example, I myself, although I don't know if I can be a reference, but after I assembled the toys and played with them for a while, I lost the fun of continuing to play. This is a problem. And most importantly, this
Things also need to be used with a host machine, and the host machine is not cheap at 2,000 yuan! If it is targeted at children, there should be few parents willing to buy a 2,000 yuan host machine for their children, and then just let their children fold cardboard."
"Well, indeed..."
Lin Yao nodded when she heard Chen Rong's words.
She had to admit it.
LABO, no matter how good it looks, is not very playable.
Whether it's a paper piano or a robot, an adult will get bored after playing for a while.
Plus the initial high pricing.
This is also the reason why LABO’s sales in Lin Yao’s previous life were very average.
but……
Lin Yao smiled: "To be honest, the reason why we made this labo is not only commercial, but the most important thing is to convey a message to console players - 'It can still be like this'. This is a kind of invisible investment.
, for example, when you want to buy a toy for your daughter, LABO has actually succeeded."
"...I really don't understand the host aspect. I'm just talking too much."
Chen Rong was stunned when she heard this, and then felt a little embarrassed.
"No, please, I appreciate pointing out the flaws of this product. We will try our best to overcome these flaws."
Lin Yao smiled brightly at her.
Next.
She played LABO a little in the conference room.
It's really interesting when you first get started.
But because she didn’t assemble it by herself, it was a lot less fun. In the end, Lin Yao simply took a piece of cardboard and folded it.
at last.
She stayed in the conference room for more than an hour. The technicians from the host hardware department and Chen Rong finished testing all the toys and said goodbye.
And Lin Yao finally assembled her own LABO, which is a paper piano.
Remove the main unit handle.
Assemble it on the paper piano and press the keys gently.
"do."
The voice came.
Lin Yao leaned back on the chair and smiled contentedly.
Indeed.
The most interesting part is when assembling it.
"Isn't this game just for stealth investment?"
Lin Xi had been standing behind Lin Yao, watching her play with cardboard. Now he saw that she finally got it done, and immediately asked with a smile.
"Sister is so smart."
Lin Yao turned around, flattered her a little, and continued: "Actually, it's hard to explain to Chen Rong what I just said. There are still many benefits to this thing. In addition to invisible investment and changing the reputation of domestic games,
In fact, the most important purpose is to sell creativity. To put it bluntly, it is to make players think that the switch is awesome... As long as we can achieve this effect, even if the labo cannot be sold, we will still make a profit.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Besides, you should also know very well that this thing is just a cardboard, and the cost of realizing ideas is extremely low. Even if you lose money, you won’t actually lose much...
But this thing is low-cost and very easy to attract people’s attention. It can interest some blue ocean players who are almost insulated from game consoles, achieve a certain marketing effect and increase the number of installed machines.”
This is the truth.
As soon as Lin Yao's previous labo promotional video came out, it became a hot topic almost instantly. Whether it was ridiculing "younger people", "Shigeru Miyamoto collects waste paper", or "hardcore gamers", it was all hot!
"Moreover, in a sense, this thing can also play a certain role in feeding back the game. For example, showing the possibility of joy-controller to third parties can be regarded as showing the function of the controller to third-party manufacturers."
Lin Yao paused, then counted on her fingers, and said: "Low-cost production, high-quality experience, unique creative value-added, software and hardware platform integration...this is the meaning of LABO."
"..."
Lin Xi looked at her sister sitting on the chair, feeling a little confused.
"Of course, although it is said that the loss will not be huge, it is certainly impossible to watch it lose."
Lin Yao did not notice Lin Xi's expression and continued: "Since our creativity is limited, let's let the players use it. I plan to add LABO to the switch membership service and make the programming tools according to the standards of the World of Warcraft map editor.
And it is completely open source, allowing players to freely modify the games they purchased. It will also be open to third-party and first-party production teams. Any first-party or third-party game can adapt its game to Laba as long as it is willing.
, as a cheap peripheral.
For example, in "Mario Kart", I plan to adapt it to the steering wheel in LABO.
Although I don't know the effect.
But there is nothing wrong with trying it first. In addition, our pricing is also more friendly to the people. In addition to making the design drawings public so that players can make their own cardboard toys, we officially sell finished products at a lower price, about fifteen yuan, not counting the cost.
Just make a loss, and the same goes for the price of the game, try to keep it within two hundred.
With this set of actions, the possibility of losing money should not be high.”
"..."
Lin Xi finally reacted. She looked at Lin Yao's fair face and suddenly said: "Actually, it was the best for you to take over Linmu Financial Holdings..."
"Ah? Why do you say this suddenly?"
Lin Yao was stunned.
"I feel it." Lin Xi shook his head gently.
"Come on."
Lin Yao jumped up from the chair, patted her straight buttocks, and then said: "Do you want to take a vacation and let me join Linmu Financial Holdings... Stop talking, show me the fitness ring! This is
That’s the point.”
Say it.
She pulled Lin Xi and prepared to leave the conference room.
No matter how many hidden benefits labo has, in the final analysis, the gimmick creativity is greater than the reality, and commercialization cannot see immediate results.
But the fitness ring is different, it is more "product", and Lin Yao is indeed more concerned about it.
"Can't we watch it here?"
Lin Xi was dragged to the door by Lin Yao, suddenly thought of something, and said.
"Yeah?"
"Um."
"We've already reached the door. Let's go to your office. Do you have an office in the factory?"
"...Yes, what do you want to eat for lunch?"
"You decide, it doesn't matter."
Pei Yingyun stood there, watching the two sisters leaving the conference room talking and laughing, and smiled softly.
The relationship is so good...
…
A few minutes later.
Lin Yao came to Lin Xi's office in the factory and got a fitness ring... which is also a resistance ring.
In fact, the fitness ring is a variant of the resistance ring, but compared with the ordinary resistance ring, a handle installation position is added, a leg ring is added, and then it is supplemented by games...
If the player can persist, he can actually exercise by holding a circle-shaped object.
As long as you persist, you will save 400 yuan.
"……How about it?"
Lin Xi looked at his sister waving the fitness ring in her hand, and asked with some amusement.
"Well... In fact, if you follow the world's resistance ring standards, there will be no problem. The most important thing about this game is the software. This is the motivation for players to keep exercising... which is the software and hardware platform integration I mentioned not long ago.
.”
Lin Yao put down the fitness ring in her hand and replied: "Give the sample to the project team of the host product department first. We will discuss it if there are any problems later, but I guess there won't be any major problems."
"good."
Lin Xi nodded when he heard this.
"... Speaking of which, I haven't exercised in a long time."
Lin Yao waved the fitness ring again, then thought about it, held both sides of the fitness ring with both hands, leaned forward, and made a very difficult movement: "When the game comes out, maybe I can also exercise to lose weight...
…”
"Are you still losing weight? I envy you."
Lin Xi looked at Lin Yao, who had her slender thighs raised and her graceful and stunning body curves clearly visible, with an envious expression on her face: "No matter how much you eat, you don't get fat."
"Can you do it? I haven't seen you exercise before? You're not fat either."
Lin Yao turned her head and looked at Lin Xi with some surprise.
"There is a treadmill over there at the headquarters of Linmu Financial Holdings... Why haven't I exercised before?"
Lin Xi came to Lin Yao's side, gently pinched her flat belly, and said angrily: "You think everyone is like you, with flesh growing where it should. I'm quite surprised. You
A person who doesn't exercise at all can come up with the idea of a fitness ring..."
But she wasn't done yet.
"Eh eh eh..."
Lin Yao's belly was pinched, and she immediately trembled wildly. She couldn't maintain her balance and stumbled.
Lin Xi quickly stopped talking, opened his hands, and caught Lin Yao who fell to the side.
The two sisters backed away step by step.
until.
winter--
Lin Xi hugged Lin Yao and stopped after bumping into the desk.
"Why are you scratching your belly? And what do you mean the meat grows where it should?"
As soon as Lin Yao stopped, she immediately glared at Lin Xi.
"Don't you know?"
Lin Xi leaned on the desk, holding Lin Yao's slender waist with one hand, and gently patted her pert buttocks wrapped in jeans with the other hand: "You have such a good figure!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "...Can I give you my meat?"
Lin Yao glared at her again angrily: "And it sounds like you are very bad, look in the mirror!"
"Then it depends on who you compare with." Lin Xi couldn't help laughing.
Actually, there is really not much difference between the two sisters.
Although the clothing is very different.
One is Yu Jie, wearing a shirt, skirt, and high heels.
One is a girl, wearing a T-shirt, light-colored jeans, and white shoes.
But there is really not much difference in their figures. They both have small waists, slender breasts, and supermodel-like long legs, and have pretty faces.
Maybe this will make Lin Yao, who is leaning on Lin Xi, look a little better... But this is due to the jeans, and Lin Yao is also leaning on Lin Xi, so that the body curve is more prominent, and the visual effect is indeed more stunning.
But in the final analysis, if you really have to choose, it’s not easy to choose...
Oh, no.
In fact, no one can choose...
…
Lin Yao stayed in the factory area all morning.
In fact, her purpose was not just to see the products, but also to meet Lin Xi.
So the delay was a bit long. She had lunch with Lin Xi, and then chatted until about three o'clock before returning to Lin Mu's studio.
And as soon as I returned to Linmu Studio.
Lin Yao learned from Mu Wanqing that the heads of the two first-party studios, Conglong and Xihan, had been waiting for a long time...
Lin Yao felt a little strange and went to the conference room to meet them.
Then, she heard a request that surprised her.
"Boss, I suggest that the game be changed to an action adventure!"
Wang Mang, the head of Conglong Studio, looked at Lin Yao and gritted his teeth and said: "We accepted your suggestion, and then went back for a meeting. Several core staff discussed it and found that the game should express the excitement of the story to the greatest extent.
It is best to make it a linear process... For example, "Sherlock Holmes" unfolds from Watson's first perspective, and then shows the entire incident to the player according to the setting of the script recall. The player's positioning is the story
a mover, not a reasoner.”
"Do you mean something similar to a movie narrative?" Lin Yao frowned slightly and asked.
"right."
Wang Mang nodded and continued:
"Because if it is made into a mystery game, it will inevitably require players to look for clues and make it a certain degree of open world... But the open world, action gameplay, and the positioning of a mystery game are not so compatible.
What all reasoning games have in common is to pay attention to details, abnormal people, and most importantly, unreasonable phenomena. To put it simply, it allows players to act as detectives and give full play to their brains.
This requires adding a lot of interactions, a lot of dialogue, and a lot of options to the game! This is not attractive to most mainstream players, and the audience rate is too low.
The vast majority of players will definitely choose an option at will, and after asking questions, continue to advance the story. If we set a restriction that cannot advance the story if the clue is incorrect, then not all players are detectives. What if they get stuck?
If there are no restrictions on players, and Holmes, as the protagonist, will definitely give the players an answer in the end, then the large number of interactions and questions will be meaningless.
So we are left with two options. One is to make it a pure reasoning game, compress the action elements, and allow players to use their own intelligence to investigate, dig out details, and find clues in a world. In this way, the audience will be more interested.
Limited, after all, not all players will be willing to use their brains to crack the carefully designed pieces of software in the script.
Another option is to make an action game with reasoning elements. The game script is inherently story-telling. Players can play the role of promoters of the story, and then insert reasoning elements into it. The ultimate goal of the player is to advance the story and enjoy the weirdness.
Instead of solving the case, the task of solving the case is left to the detective, and the player is responsible for advancing and enjoying the story. The advantage of this is that the action system can be added, and the audience rate will be much higher.
Then, on this basis, the two-line parallel narrative mode is still retained. The player is still the party responsible for finding clues, and can still interact with Holmes and give his own reasoning, but the elements of reasoning are compressed! Focus on the story,
Rather than reasoning."
"..."
After listening to Wang Mang's words, Lin Yao lowered her head slightly, thoughtfully.
Reasoning, action, games...
She thought for a while and then raised her head: "Do you have the same idea?"
Lin Yao looked at Zhang Tian.
Zhang Tian nodded: "Well, I have encountered the same problem here, and I also think it would be better to focus on the story. The script is already exciting enough. Instead of letting the players solve the story, it is better to let the players enjoy the whole story.
"
"I see."
Lin Yao lowered her head again.
In fact, in the final analysis, this is a question of type choice.
Lin Yao remembered in her previous life that there was a question asking whether GalGame was considered a game.
She thinks this is a game.
It's just that in this kind of game, the only way to play is choice, and then relying on choice to give players enough sense of immersion to make them feel like they are playing.
This is a game that... needs to be adapted to, because for many people, clicking to select is not playing a game, but can only be regarded as reading a visual novel.
Pure reasoning games have the same problem. Players need to use their brains, ask questions one by one, look for clues, discover unusual things, and finally find the real murderer. This is also playing.
But for many players, they also need to adapt.
And the vast majority of players will stay away from it.
It is precisely for this reason that Lin Yao wants to add more ‘playing methods’ to the game... to increase the audience.
But it is obvious that the heads of the two first-party studios do not have the confidence to balance ‘gameplay’, ‘reasoning’ and ‘audience’.
Thinking about it, it is indeed quite difficult. Lin Yao watched the whole process of the production, and then used all her experience. Maybe it would be possible.
But the two first-party studios are a bit uncertain.
"I see."
Lin Yao nodded and raised her head: "Then the script needs to be slightly modified. You can come over at the same time tomorrow."
After she said that, she hurriedly got up and left the conference room.
The two responsible persons were left looking at each other.
the other side.
Lin Yao returned to her seat, reopened the document, and planned to slightly adapt the two scripts to the direction of movies and TV series.
Since the two first-party studios cannot balance, it is also a good thing to position the game as an action game with reasoning elements and give players a movie-like experience instead of asking players to reason...
This can save a lot of trouble.
Because if you think about it carefully, labeling it a mystery game and then adding an action system will indeed cause a lot of trouble.
Let's not talk about being criticized for having impure blood.
Factionalism is also an issue.
"Sherlock Holmes" is considered a junior here, but in Lin Yao's previous life, he was the father of detective novels. Except for his grandfather Edgar Allan Poe, "Sherlock Holmes" is considered the father of all detective novels. At that time, when the Sherlock Holmes series came out, there was no socialist school.
The division of the Biange sect.
The original school is also called the classical school, which is the original and most original detective novel.
Logically speaking, there is no problem in defining "Sherlock Holmes" as a classical original school, but the fact is that this is controversial... Some say it is a change school, and some say it is a social school.
xzw
As for "Detective Dee", the factional controversy is even greater. Although Lin Yao feels that most of Dee Renjie's cases involve the imperial court, the first case in the first film "The Mission is Shocked" involves diplomacy, rebellion, and officialdom. And from now on.
Every incident is basically related to the Li family and Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne, a once-in-5,000-year event. This can be considered a socialist thing, but it is also controversial.
This was true in previous lives, but it is probably even bigger here...
The reasoning works here will also be marked with their own categories, making it easier for readers to check their favorite genres.
But Lin Yao really doesn't have enough brains, and he's also afraid that the players will really make a quarrel... It's better to make an action game with reasoning elements, and it will be over.
In action games, no one cares about impure blood.
Sherlock Holmes is an action-adventure genre.
Detective Dee is an action-adventure theme with officialdom elements.
Um.
"So be it."
Lin Yao thought for a while and began to code.
Prepare to take the script in a cinematic direction.
…
June 27th.
The new script was handed into the hands of the two responsible persons.
The two first-party studios determined the direction and were up and running again.
After Lin Yao finished the scripts for the two action games, she immediately went to check out the LABO promotional videos.
Yes.
LABO will be announced soon.
Although this product is just an add-on compared to the fitness ring, Lin Yao is also very concerned about it.
Because this product can be regarded as the first launch of console games in the second half of the year.
at the same time.
She also paid attention to the situation of the gaming platform.
Gameplayer is still aggressive, looking like he is going to fight to the death with the Vaporwave gaming platform.
Promotional activities are still being held.
According to the usual practice in previous years, the Vaporwave gaming platform will soon hold a summer promotion.
on the forum.
The topic has become a hot topic of discussion.
Many players have begun to predict who will win this summer promotion.
Some players still express concerns about the future of the Vaporwave gaming platform.
Of course, there are also players who don't care and feel that there is no need to worry about Linmu Studio and pay attention to the future of the two platforms.
After all, it doesn’t matter who you use the two platforms for, you can use them together.
If both platforms are from major overseas manufacturers, players really won’t care.
But behind the Vaporwave game platform is Linmu Studio.
In Lin Yao's previous life, she had fans of console manufacturers. She analyzed the advantages of Mega Hardware and Sony in a serious manner, expressing concern and hatred that iron cannot be made into steel.
As a domestic company that has repeatedly achieved miracles, it is not surprising that some fans are worried about Linmu Studio.
Whether you say the converts are fanatical or mentally retarded, they are sincerely worried about Linmu Studio.
Lin Yao was quite grateful.
The time has come to June 30th.
The day before the summer sale for Linmu Studios' Vaporwave gaming platform opens.
Just when players' discussion of the two major platforms reached its peak.
Sudden.
Linmu Studio has released a new promotional video.
The name of the promotional video is - "labo".
Very unclear.
When players saw the name of the promotional video, their first reaction was this.
When players thought that this was a new game and that Linmu Studio was going to use an exclusive game to defeat Gamer Player, they became even more confused when they clicked on the video with great expectations.
Snap.
After the classic logo, what appears in the center of the screen is not a game screen, but an assembly line...
assembly line?
What about games?
What is a realistic picture?
And just when the players are confused.
Accompanied by the hum of the assembly line, a piece of cardboard appeared at the exit of the leveling machine and landed on the conveyor.
The camera moves, following the cardboard forward.
Then, in the middle of the assembly line, a steel mold engraved with dense lines was dropped and printed on the cardboard.
Kacha made a sound.
Various division-like lines appeared on the cardboard, and then followed the conveyor belt to the end.
winter--
Accompanied by dynamic drum beats.
Different cardboards fell to the ground and appeared in the center of the picture.
Then, a pair of hands appeared, picked up a piece of cardboard, and removed the planned part of the mold from it.
then.
Take it apart, fold it, buckle it, assemble it.
As the parts are formed one by one, they are assembled.
A paper piano appeared on the screen...
At this time, the hands that had just assembled the paper piano brought the switch.
He removed the handles on both sides of the switch, installed them on the paper piano he had just assembled, and then placed the screen body in the groove in front of the paper piano.
"do."
The actor knelt on the ground and gently pressed the keys of the paper piano.
Accompanied by the crisp piano sound.
‘Paper toys’ of different shapes appeared on the screen.
Little house made of paper.
A small robot made of paper.
Motorcycle head made of paper.
There are also fishing rods.
camera.
joystick.
Controller…
But the difference between them and ordinary paper toys is... all paper toys have the iconic red and blue handles of Switch!
As each paper toy is displayed, the music changes and becomes more lively.
Various ways to play by combining paper toys with switch were also displayed one by one.
Play the piano, fish, control a motorcycle, use a controller to control a small robot made of paper, and... just carry a paper backpack, like wearing an exoskeleton and punching.
In real life, the little actor carrying a paper backpack pumped his fist.
The screen switches to the game.
The robot in the game also punched a house and knocked it down.
When the real actor squats down, the robot in the game turns into a driving form and whizzes away.
Various paper toys! Various ways to play!
The players were even more confused.
And at the end of the promotional video.
A piece of cardboard was picked up, and a huge ogo printed on the cardboard appeared in the center of the screen.