Pei Qian says he dislikes 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 be enduring.
Pei Qian has memories from his previous 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!
Pei Qian will not allow this to happen.
So, 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."
"Yes, it looks like a spider web." Such a complicated structure diagram."
"The grids on the flow chart are rooms; and the lines on the flow chart are corridors."
"Players. Walking in the corridor is the process of choosing a branch of the flow chart; and different rooms are the results of this choice!"
"There is a door leading to the corridor in each room. Represents the different choices of players."
"Can you understand what I mean?"
Everyone nodded and shook their heads in unison.
I understand, but I don’t understand either!
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 written text, 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. Finally, he reaches a room at the end, which is a certain ending of the game.
What everyone doesn’t understand is, what type of game is this?
Never seen it before!
Not to mention domestic, foreign countries have never heard of this kind of game!
Is it possible?
Build so many sophisticated 3D models, create such large scenes, and finally create a game that can only be walked around?
I always feel like... something is wrong!
However, no one will question Pei Qian.
Don’t understand?
Just don’t understand!
How can Mr. Pei’s thoughts be guessed by ordinary people?
Only two big guys, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu, could barely guess Mr. Pei’s design intention. The othersMan, the Tao and the conduct are too far apart!
Lu Mingliang knew this very well, so he took a small notebook and recorded it desperately.
Fortunately, Mr. Pei was very detailed 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?"
Bored?
It’s better to be boring!
This is the effect I want!
But Lin Wan's question reminded Pei Qian of another hidden danger.
Would 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 really like this feeling of making choices and resist boredom? What should I do if I don’t want to miss Shu?
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 He blinked, somewhat confused.
It is not uncommon to add narration to games. But that’s mainly in the opening CG.
If narration is added during the game, it will greatly affect the immersion.
Pei Qian chuckled.
Why add narration?
It is to affect the players’ sense of immersion and make them unable to continue playing!
Not only that, I also want to include private information in the narration, taunt the players mercilessly, make them angry, and make them curse!
Let them feel that their character has been insulted, so that they will give this game bad reviews and not recommend it. If the game's reputation collapses, 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 the player!
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 have been running around inside, indeed It’s boring because he is an outsider and a bystander, and he easily loses interest.”
“We use narration to communicate with him. For example, if he chooses a wrong option, narration A will be triggered. The correct option will trigger B narration. "
"In this way, players will receive feedback every time they make a choice, so they will not 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 it!
Lin Wan couldn’t help but recall that she worked at Tianhuoroom experience.
In Tianhuo Studio, we often hold such discussion meetings to brainstorm how to make some details of the game.
However, the atmosphere is completely different!
Because Zhou Muyan always asks: "Are there other games with similar methods?"
If the answer is yes, then Zhou Muyan will analyze this game Only if the approach is successful will it be adopted.
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 prefer to learn from past cases.
That’s why many games become the same, as if they were carved from the same mold.
Mr. Pei's approach made Lin Wanqing couldn't help but admire him.
I don’t care if there is any successful precedent, be brave enough to be the first to try something new!
This kind of structure is simply several levels higher than Tianhuo Studio and Zhou Muyan!
Lin Wan is even more convinced that Pei Qian is a talented designer and did not run away!
As for Lu Mingliang, all he could do was record everything with a small notebook.
He was just a little confused and didn't understand why Pei Qian did this.
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 no problem?" 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 with a guilty conscience: "Mr. Pei, if you can't finish it, , can you apply for overtime?”
Overtime is a privilege only outstanding employees can enjoy. He is not sure whether he is an outstanding employee in Mr. Pei’s mind.
Pei Qian thought for a while, 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 concern be found besides Tengda?
If this is not a shame for Mr. Pei, then he is still a human being!