The first day after the New Year's holiday.
Li Zongzheng came to the company to check in and started his daily work.
The "Xuanyuan Sword Traces of the Sky" project has entered the early planning stage, and this stage can be said to be the top priority in the entire development work.
This includes setting the core gameplay of the game, system function design, scripts, numerical values, copywriting, execution, etc. To put it bluntly, it means discussing clearly all the problems that may be encountered during game development, and finally writing them down on paper and assigning them to various departments. implement.
As a professional game designer, Li Zongzheng knows the importance of this work.
Only by writing down all the structure of a game on paper can the entire development team move in a coordinated and orderly manner, instead of relying solely on the original development of the abandoned "Emei Swordsman". I set up the project with enthusiasm, but in the end I discovered that the problem lay in the script. As a result, the entire game after the interview was completely different from the one in the original project plan.
Although Nirvana's "Cultivation Simulator" was an unexpected success, Li Zongzheng didn't want every success to rely on accidents.
So this time he summarized the previous experience. From the establishment of the project to the present, he has held more than ten meetings of various sizes. Basically, he communicated all possible problems or suspected problems with the professionals in the team. Passed the opinion.
However, what makes Li Zongzheng a little confused is what type of game this game should be.
Yes.
Until now, he has not reached an agreement with other members of the project team on this most basic issue.
First of all, sandboxing is definitely not possible.
Unlike "Cultivation Simulator", this time they not only have a script, but the core selling point is the script.
Third-person perspective action game
There is really nothing wrong with it, but the development cost may be a bit over budget. Moreover, the "Xuanyuan Sword" project itself is based on plot as its selling point. It seems to put the cart before the horse by focusing on action and special effects.
Moreover, there seems to be nothing new in doing so, and it is difficult to stand out from the many popular martial arts games on the market...
Although Li Zongzheng wants to create a masterpiece that can be regarded as a work of art by players and talked about for many years, it is not enough to just be well-received but not popular.
Whether a game is successful or not ultimately needs to be tested by the market. Apart from those creative small productions born for awards, in the final analysis, the ideal he pursues still has to be sold first!
Thinking of this, Li Zongzheng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed for a while.
Fortunately, he had many talented people under his command. Du Ziteng, who had been "studying" his own game on the computer all morning, suddenly had an idea and said.
"How about... how about we make a war chess game?"
Chess game
Li Zongzheng was stunned for a moment, frowned and said.
"Can it be made into a war chess game?"
"It's better than the side-scrolling turn-based or pure text-based adventure games we discussed yesterday. That kind of outdated gameplay will definitely hit the market now," Du Ziteng continued with a helpless expression, "For war chess... let's put the characters If the models are made more beautiful and the skill special effects are made more beautiful, it should be a plus in the minds of players."
"The chess game is good."
Liu Ye's eyes lit up when he heard Du Ziteng's idea.
But the reason why his eyes were bright was not because of how brilliant the idea was, but because he had been reading novels all morning and had lowered his head for too long. When he raised his head, it felt like his eyes were glowing with blue. .
Seeing that Liu Ye also agreed with this idea, Li Zongzheng looked at him and asked.
"You also think it would be good to make a war chess piece?"
Liu Ye nodded and said.
"Well, compared to third-person perspective action games, I think using turn-based gameplay to slow down the pace of the game may help players immerse themselves in the story. We can make the 3D perspective and combat perspective seamless. The kind of connection, and then switch to the war chess mode during the battle. Actions, attacks, and spells will all consume corresponding action points. When the action points are exhausted, the current character's turn ends."
Li Zongzheng fell into deep thought.
sound…
Seems interesting
Jiang Lexeng, who was sitting aside, was watching a drama. After hearing Liu Ye's idea, he was also attracted by the discussion and interjected.
"Moreover, we can incorporate development elements into the game, such as setting up several professional frameworks, and then allowing players to add NPC teammates in addition to the protagonist group to the team according to their own preferences."
"That's right! We can also add characters to these NPCs and add side plots to them besides the main plot!" Du Ziteng, who was very imaginative, added excitedly.
The background of the story of Xuanyuan Sword: Traces of the Sky is the late Sui Dynasty, which happened to be an era when talented people emerged in large numbers.
In addition to Chen Jingchou and other protagonists, there are a large number of other characters appearing in the script, but there is no further expansion of their plots in the script.
If you want to add nurturing elements, this is undoubtedly a breakthrough!
However, as soon as he heard that he was going to add more strokes, Liu Ye suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart and said quickly.
"I don't think you need to add more strokes. The script is already very good. If you add more strokes, it will be superfluous—"
"I think this is a good idea!"
Suddenly interrupting his words, Li Zongzheng, who was still hesitating before, showed a heartbeat expression for some reason this time, and continued with Du Ziteng's words in an excited tone.
"We can make additions without changing the main plot to make the NPC characters more full and enrich the development elements of the game... I don't think it's better to integrate the collection elements into it! Let the players not only complete the main plot In addition to missions, you can also have fun collecting characters and developing them!”
After listening to Li Zongzheng's words, except for Liu Ye who had a grimace, the eyes of everyone sitting in the office shone brightly.
Du Ziteng, in particular, sighed with melancholy.
"Damn it, I want to play with it all!"
Jiang Lecheng, who was sitting aside, also had his eyes shining and said with great interest, "This is indeed a good idea. I bet that if we follow this idea... our game will definitely be a big seller!"
Liu Ye said with some worry.
"This... there are too many integrated elements, will it look a bit nondescript? How about we just use the template of the war chess game. I don't think it is necessary to add characters to the NPC characters..."
"How could it be unnecessary!" Li Zongzheng interrupted him and continued in a decisive tone, "It's decided! Our new project will be a war chess game! Starting today, the Xuanyuan Sword Sky Trace project is officially established! Then I will assign the work to various departments..."
Having said this, Li Zongzheng paused for two seconds and continued without any delay.
"Liu Ye, I'll leave the addition of the branch plot to you! Within three days, I want to see the plot outline and script. Let's try to get this part completed before the year!"
Liu Ye nodded with a grimace.
"yes… "
Fishing is impossible.
He could already imagine the despair of being overwhelmed by the manuscript.
"And Jiang Lecheng," Li Zongzheng continued to look at the original animator in the team and said, "I'll leave the character's vertical painting and original painting to you!"
Jiang Lecheng stood up with excitement on his face and said enthusiastically.
"Yes! Leave it to me!"