In the project room of Nebula Games.
Chen Xu is currently building a game model.
Regarding publicity, the promotional video has been released.
However, the feedback from players is different. After all, it is difficult to guess how a game is played through a video.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many predictions that fooled me.
Many game promotional videos are made, and they are short of being called the best game in history. But when you enter the game and take a look, good guys, the instant noodles advertisements and the actual products are not as shrunk as you are.
Although Chen Xu was criticized by many players for being a liar, and even some numb players who were abused in "Dark Souls" angrily denounced him as an old thief. At the same time, the case of the self-proclaimed "Soldier of Love" has become a What Chen Xu fans have to say.
But one thing everyone still agrees on is that Chen Xu basically doesn't do anything in the promotional trailers.
But this time "Minecraft" really left many players a little confused.
Is it possible that a pixel game can be played with other tricks
Chen Xu also sees the doubts of online players and the debates in the gaming industry.
But there is no explanation. Players will naturally understand it after the early trial starts and subsequent publicity.
No matter what you say now, it will be more convincing and shocking than being directly displayed in front of the players when the time comes.
In front of the computer in the project room, Chen Xu quickly switched screens, and some repetitive blocks were directly constructed by construction tools and AI.
Chen Xu, on the other hand, is building a more complex scene. With Chen Xu's current ability, it is completely trivial to build a building in the game.
What's more, various templates were copied in advance by Chen Xu through memory capsules.
Now we are basically just copying the gourd.
Soon buildings appeared one after another in "Minecraft".
"That's awesome, Mr. Chen!"
"It seems!"
"Oh My God!"
"Mr. Chen, this is too strong!"
Qin Yi and Lin Tao, two grown men who had just completed the modeling task at hand, stood behind Chen Xu and watched with amazement as he built various buildings in the game.
Facing the 3D picture given by Chen Xu next to them, Ruan Ningxue and Yang Xin, who were reappearing in the game, looked at the two people with disdain.
Flatterer!
So far, the complex is almost a third complete.
According to Chen Xu's idea, in addition to being used for publicity, a 'Nebula Game Museum' will also be built in the game. The IDs of the employees involved in the production will be added to the game for players to visit.
Including the later stage, some distinctive content will be produced one after another.
And when the time comes, players can also put these buildings into their own world, of course only in single-player mode.
"Okay, let me find you something to do, and you can also play some complicated things."
"Let's build a red stone circuit and lay a track on this hilltop." Chen Xu looked helplessly at the two people behind him.
After building the house, there is nothing to do, so let’s build the railway.
… … … …
"Minecraft" is promoted step by step, and at the same time, Tenghua's "Voyage" has also started promoting.
During this period, in terms of publicity for "Minecraft", in addition to releasing some simple original paintings of creatures, it mainly announced the test mode.
In the original plan, Chen Xu decided to conduct testing on a small scale.
Players who also pre-order the mode they want to choose sign up and then draw lots.
But this plan was quickly killed by Chen Xu.
After all, it is somewhat unfair to the players.
You have to know that although everyone is a player, there are some people who can shoot SSR and golden light with a single shot.
And some have 100 krypton rounds, and they can only get the guaranteed chief.
So in the end, Chen Xu made a decision, that is, players can pre-order it in advance and then participate in its five-day pre-test.
Players who pre-ordered the game at the same time can make a refund within five days if they feel the game is not to their liking.
This has also attracted many players. After all, what kind of game "Minecraft" is, it won't take long for them to know its true identity.
However, something that makes the game industry feel a little strange is that "Wasteland", which was once so popular with "Voyage", has no sound this time.
As for the reason, others don't know, but Chen Xu knows.
Because at this time, Chen Xu was experiencing "Wasteland" developed by Meng Zuo.
The introduction to the game is simple. Simply put, after the world fell into a nuclear war, surface civilization was destroyed, and radiation gave birth to various mutated creatures and plants.
The player plays a member of a shelter.
But everyone else in the entire shelter has died, and only the protagonist is left. Moreover, most of the functions of the shelter have failed. There is only one way to die if you continue to stay in the shelter.
So players need to get out of the shelter and come to the landmark.
But the good news is that regardless of the reason, the radiation after nuclear war mutated biological animals, but when it was the protagonist's turn, the radiation no longer posed a threat to the human body.
The main line of the game is very simple, which is to reshape civilization.
As for the gameplay, the battle mode is not real-time, but is a bit similar to the close-up turn-based system of XCOM in the previous life. At the same time, the dodge value setting is also added to the game, at least Chen Xu saw it during the game. Meng Zuo, who was sitting next to him, also smiled awkwardly at the famous scene of "shooting with an empty gun in his face".
In fact, the solution is not as simple as imagined. Add the setting that the face-sticking must win. Then the question arises, under what circumstances is the face-sticking
Does it count as being separated by two bodies
There is also the deletion of dodge, which is indeed solved, but it affects the entire game's combat system.
In addition to these, the main gameplay of the game is to pick up garbage in the wasteland, collect resources, and then build your own camp and camp.
In addition, there is a more distinctive setting in the game, which is the team.
During the game, players will encounter various NPPs in the wasteland, each with their own personality. Of course, their performance in the game is the entry.
These NPCs can become doctors, combatants, weapon manufacturers, etc. They are actually the construction system in the normal game, displayed in a different mode.
After playing it as a whole, Chen Xu didn't know whether the subsequent content, including numerical values, and the gameplay were broken.
But judging from the current situation, the quality can be said to be very good.
However, in Chen Xu's opinion, the strategic attributes of this game are completely greater than the attributes of the sandbox.
Because players need to make choices about the accommodation of NPCs, NPCs in this game will also consume player materials.
If the supplies are not enough, the NPCs will not be able to feed them, and they will either mutiny or starve to death, freeze to death, or cause the NPCs to leave the camp.
At the same time, some NPCs will have some bad entries, such as being prone to unrest and betrayal, but they are very useful.
In Chen Xu's opinion, this should be a survival strategy game that tests players' allocation of resources.
As for any aspect that is related to the sandbox, it is definitely the kind that is relatively playable and can make players burn out for a long time.
"How is Mr. Chen?" Meng Zuo asked.
"Very interesting." Chen Xu nodded in affirmation.
"By the way, Mr. Chen, your new work "Minecraft" is a pixel game?" Meng Zuo said insinuatingly.
"Indeed." Chen Xu nodded.
"Mr. Chen, do you think there are any differences between the two sandbox games "Wasteland" and "Minecraft"?" Meng Zuo lifted half of the covering cloth.
"There is no comparison at all." Chen Xu shook his head gently.
Meng Zuo was a little confused, and Chen Xu continued: "Because the two games are completely different in type, if I have to compare them, it is Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong, and "Wasteland" is not strictly speaking a sandbox game in my opinion. "
"Mr. Chen, what do you think is a sandbox game?" Meng Zuo asked.
"What is a sandbox game? Well... I think "Minecraft" should be the most representative sandbox game at present. You will know about it next week, Teacher Meng." Chen Xu said with a smile.
Meng Zuo was stunned when he heard Chen Xu's words.
What best represents the existence of sandbox games? How crazy!
Bragging, kidding
But it doesn’t look like it from Chen Xu’s tone!
His heart was full of doubts, but Meng Zuo did not continue talking on this topic.
After they separated, Meng Zuo's mind was still full of what Chen Xu said before.
Will "Minecraft" be the most representative sandbox game currently
"Wasteland" is not a sandbox game
After going through it several times in his mind, Meng Zuo finally made a decision, took out his cell phone and sent a message to his assistant.
It was announced to the outside that the delay was delayed, at least for "Minecraft".
At the same time, Chen Xu also had some emotions.
From "Wasteland" and some previously released games, Chen Xu also made a rough judgment.
That's what these games are, maybe very good games.
But they completely miss the point of sandbox games.
The quality of the game is very good, but it cannot be said to be a sandbox game at all. It can only be said to have borrowed some characteristics of sandbox games.