In recent times, apart from financing negotiations, Mei Fang has not had much work to deal with as a member of the management, so he has the spare energy to lead the team to continue to build the reputation of the Sago project team, while also continuing to help realize Mei Fang's own gaming dream.
He wanted to make a Metroidvania-like game.
The theme of this game is just as the name suggests, it is based on the old home console game series "Metroid" and "Castlevania".
The map of this type of game will be an extra-large horizontal world map, but there will often be doors or other obstacles restricting players from entering specific locations somewhere on the map. Players can only pass through after obtaining special props, tools, weapons or abilities in the game.
These new boosts will also help players defeat more difficult enemies and find shortcuts and secret areas, including frequently revisiting already explored areas of the map to explore the mysteries that have been discovered.
Metroidvania games use this design to more closely integrate story and level design, using carefully designed levels and character controls to encourage players to explore and experiment, making them more engaged in their characters.
Compared to traditional 3D action role-playing open world games that cost tens of millions of dollars, Metroidvania only requires a relatively small volume to build a complete world dungeon while maintaining sophistication and depth. This is usually an area that produces many exciting independent game masterpieces.
The most well-known among them are the "Ori" series and the "Hollow Knight" series. Both series have won the favor of many players with their exquisite graphics, moving music, and wonderful level design.
In his previous life, Mei Fang was a senior fan of this type of game. In this life, he has many regrets about games. Silken Dove, which has never been produced in the Hollow Knight series, is naturally one of them.
It’s just that Hollow Knight hasn’t launched a crowdfunding campaign on social media yet, so he hasn’t had direct access to Cherry Studios, but it’s only a matter of time.
With me strictly supervising them from behind, they still want to cancel? You know they don’t have the ability to do that!
In addition to external distribution, Mei Fang also wants to make a Metroidvania film of his own.
After Guo Yun finished cleaning the room, she went to the third floor suite to "see" Mei Fang, who was diligently drying Xia Yuan's hair. Mei Fang stopped the hair dryer and said to Guo Yun:
"Please sit down for a while. Youxi is still taking a shower. We can talk after she finishes."
"Yeah, okay."
Guo Yun sat on a chair nearby and played with her cell phone, not disturbing the sweet interaction between Mei Fang and Xia Yuan.
Now Xia Yuan was sitting obediently in Mei Fang's arms, showing affection. Guo Yun was sitting beside her, which made her feel ashamed and excited. She leaned close to Mei Fang's ear and whispered:
"Ah Fang, how about I do it myself?"
"It's okay, don't be afraid, I'll blow it for you." Mei Fang said as he hugged Xia Yuan and whispered in her ear, "Just sit still."
"Okay!"
Although Youxi's love game is a competition between Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi, Mei Fang, as an NPC, often has to jump out of his original perspective and continue his quest for balance.
For example, Yuanyuan has always been inferior to Lin Youxi in her performance just now. Although the three of them are in a relationship, Xia Yuan's personality is both incompetent and stubborn, so it is inevitable that she feels a little aggrieved.
Coming to protect Xia Yuan at this time, although it means that she feels a little sorry for her, it is also a statement from Mei Fang, indicating that she does not favor her more because of Lin Youxi's offensive. Youxi has gained the upper hand, so she naturally would not care about giving face to Yuanyuan. After all, she also dotes on her.
Of course, the downside of doing this is that it will make Xia Yuan in the threesome become like a daughter.
But, that doesn’t matter!
Doesn’t Yuanyuan enjoy this too
uh-huh…
When Xia Yuan was almost done blow-drying her hair, she pushed Mei Fang hard.
"You are such a scoundrel, Yunyun is here."
"It's all because of you..."
Mei Fang hugged Xia Yuan tightly for a while. Lin Youxi came out of the bathroom wearing new clothes, wiping her body with a towel and looking around, "Ah Fang, where did you put my clothes? Ah, Yunyun is here."
When Guo Yun saw this, she immediately covered her face with a blushing face, "I, I didn't see anything..."
"You are a girl, what are you ashamed of?"
"But Youxi, you have to be a little more careful. What if Zhang Ming comes up?"
"Zhang Ming won't come up. He's actually quite afraid of being with you two."
Lin Youxi said gently, "I used to be his squad leader, so it's normal for me to be afraid."
"Oh, let's not talk about this anymore."
Mei Fang took Xia Yuan down from his arms, and told Lin Youxi to come back to her senses, "First, find some clothes to put on and dry yourself. I'll blow dry your hair."
"It's okay, I'll blow dry my hair first."
Lin Youxi sat on Mei Fang without thinking, and immediately turned around and gave Mei Fang a meaningful smile.
"Yeah, it's still warm."
"I was there just now!"
Guo Yun blushed as she listened to the interaction between Mei Youyuan and the other two. Now she regretted coming up so early.
Should have come up later.
After the three of them had packed up, Mei Fang re-presented his design ideas for the game to everyone on his notebook.
"We are going to make a Metroidvania, but I hope our style can have a layer of two-dimensional skin and soullike elements at the same time."
"Souls-based games? Those are the suffering games you played on the PS before, right?"
Xia Yuan shook his head after hearing this, "That's too difficult. I'm so tired from playing."
"This type of game can easily lead to topics, so don't worry about it for now."
Mei Fang said in a gentle voice, "The two-dimensional skin I'm talking about refers to our protagonist, who can be a lovable girl character. If possible, her identity should be a witch who purifies disasters, and then the white-haired loli will be given priority."
"This character sounds very weak. Do you want her to fight and kill like the knights in those soul-related games?"
Lin Youxi recently played games like Demon's Souls with Mei Fang and helped Mei Fang complete the game, so she has a pretty deep experience in this area.
“That will indeed affect the viewing experience, so in terms of design, I plan to use the form of a stand user to guide the characters’ attacks and interactions.”
"Stand user? Like Jojo?"
“That’s understandable.”
Mei Fang nodded. "The overall story structure is a dark and tragic theme. In a kingdom of the dead where there is no breath of life, the resurrected little witch, with the help of the nameless knight, purifies the filth through fighting and praying, and saves the souls of the kingdom that have been corroded by filth, so that they can become her partners and eventually save everyone."
"But at the same time, this witch is also enduring the pain brought by the filth, and may end up being completely eroded. Of course, this can be avoided by digging out the true ending."
"Wow, Fang has such a bad taste."
Xia Yuan couldn't help but complain, "Why are you so cruel?"
"This is enough for the second dimension." Mei Fang smiled and said, "Please call me the warrior of love."
The main inspiration for Mei Fang's new work comes from a game called "End Lily" that he was playing before his sudden death in his previous life. Because it was produced with a small budget, there are still many shortcomings. However, with sufficient capital operation and development support from Mei Fang, this inspiration can be made to a level and reputation far exceeding the original.
At the same time, this is also the plan that Mei Fang wants to try.
In order to allow Yuanyuan to have a greater sense of participation in Meifang's development career, Yuanxia Music should also go back to its roots and return to its original work of game music development.
(End of this chapter)