The news spread quickly!
《Breaking news! Golden Wind and Konami have reached a cooperation intention to jointly develop new works! 》
《Famous overseas! It is rumored that Gu Sheng will personally go to Japan this time to serve as the chief director of Konami's new work! 》
"Inside news! Golden Wind will co-produce a horror game with Konami!"
"Psychological fear goes abroad! Konami extends an olive branch to invite Gu Sheng to play the leading role!"
《Specially invited Chief Director! Golden Wind has reached a preliminary cooperation with Konami! 》
"Fear Returns! Konami Confirms to Develop New Horror-themed Game with Golden Wind!"
《……》
Konami itself is a world-class comprehensive game entertainment company.
Golden Wind is the most promising and popular game in the domestic market today and the pioneer of many game innovations.
The announcement of cooperation between the two companies undoubtedly caused a huge stir.
For a while, there were constant discussions from all sides!
'Hiss——Xiao Huang's wave of pure little cows is taking a plane, directly cooperating with Konami!'
"And it was Konami who approached us."
"Psychological horror, are you kidding me? Who wouldn't be kicked out of the neural connection in the somatosensory cabin and then leave?"
'You pay, I work, to create new miracles in the underworld'
“Hahahahahahaha…”
'Stupid netizens can come up with any kind of mourning slogans...'
"It's hard to imagine what kind of hell this old thief will come up with this time."
'Indeed, the cost of the previous phantom phobia was only a few million, right?'
"Konami is a very wealthy company. Who knows what kind of hellish things they will come up with after this comprehensive upgrade."
"Let me tell you a ghost story. As an industry insider, we have previously held a meeting to analyze the form of psychological horror, and the unanimous conclusion we reached is that adding money is the most effective way to increase the level of fright in this type of horror game."
'Indeed, because the most important thing about psychological horror is immersion. The higher the quality of the game industry, the stronger the immersion, and the scarier it is.'
"Shit, will the sensory pod kick me out before I'm already drinking the soup?"
'Meng Po: Young man, you are quite quick. You opened your mouth in the blink of an eye.'
“Hahahahahahahaha this is outrageous…”
'Black and White Impermanence: How come this month's KPI has been exceeded so early?'
"On the day the game was launched, the King of Hell saw his own Book of Life and Death flashing."
"A player of Schrödinger's, right? Before opening the somatosensory cabin, I was in a superposition state of being scared to death and not being scared to death."
'I'm dying of laughter. I'm suddenly looking forward to this game.'
"I mainly want to see what the hell the old thief can do with the help of Konami's money."
'I am mainly looking forward to the exciting live broadcast session'
"As expected, the players of Golden Wind are all a bit perverted."
"……"
Speculations are rife from all sides.
The media rushed to report on it, and the players looked forward to it with curiosity.
Amidst this lively discussion, the "pilot collaboration" between Golden Wind and Konami was also progressing rapidly.
It can be seen that Konami is really anxious.
On the third day after the two parties reached a cooperation agreement, Konami sent the labor employment contract to Golden Wind.
In addition to the labor contract, there is also a confidentiality agreement.
Gu Sheng had no objection to this.
After all, he is the chief game director and the person who controls the most core data of the game.
If he was planning to do something bad and secretly leaked the relevant development information of Silent Hill, it would be fine if the media got it, but if other competitors got it, Konami would definitely have a headache.
Therefore, in order to prevent leaks, a confidentiality agreement must be signed.
soon!
The labor employment contract and confidentiality agreement have all been signed.
Konami was also unambiguous.
The $200,000 was quickly transferred to Golden Wind’s account, and it was promised that the remaining balance would be paid immediately after the trial version was developed.
Along with the payment, a scrapped version of the project plan, which only had the structural design, was also sent.
Of course!
Since this business plan was really incomplete, and Gu Sheng himself had successful experience in psychological terror.
Therefore, Toru Moriya also expressed his position on behalf of the company -
The development initiative is entirely in Gu Sheng's hands. This plan is just a reference. The specific story and related settings are all decided by Gu Sheng.
…
What to do?
It's the weekend again.
Gu Sheng sat in the study, frowning in deep thought.
He had read the fragments of the project proposal sent by Konami, which consisted of only a few pages in total.
Perhaps for this world, that incomplete plan contains countless suspense, which is great and arouses endless imagination.
But for him, just by seeing its structure and a little bit of the plot at the beginning, the complete version of this project proposal has already emerged in his mind.
In terms of the core horror form of the game, the former TS (TeamSilent) team chose "psychologically suggestive fear".
To put it bluntly, it is psychological horror. Through various hints and images, it creates a terrifying and distorted atmosphere, brings strong psychological hints to players, and makes players feel panic.
In some of the monster settings in the game, triangle heads, humanoid bats, women in iron cages, etc. also appear one by one.
Finally, the game’s story begins.
A man named James accidentally received a letter one day. The sender was his wife Mary.
Mary invites him to a town called Silent Hill.
But the horrifying thing is that his wife Mary had been dead for three years.
Perhaps to most people, this is just a malicious prank.
But strangely, the letter mentioned many details of his life and personal preferences that only he and his wife knew.
Moreover, when his wife was suffering from a terminal illness, he took her to Silent Hill for recuperation.
Obviously, this letter is not just a prank.
Where did the letter come from? What secrets are hidden in Silent Hill?
With all kinds of doubts, James embarked on the road to Silent Hill...
Gu Sheng is simply too familiar with this plot.
Because this was the game setting of "Silent Hill 2" in his previous life!
Although the fragment of the project proposal ended here, Gu Sheng knew the rest of the story clearly -
Just after James arrived in Silent Hill, many bizarre things happened one after another.
Dust falling from the sky, a butcher imprisoned with a steel triangle head, a strange woman who looks exactly like his wife...
In the other world full of strangeness, James experienced a series of dangerous situations like a nightmare.
As the exploration deepened, a shocking fact that he couldn't believe also surfaced -
Originally, James and his wife loved each other very much.
But there are always unexpected events.
The news that my wife was suffering from a terminal illness came like a bolt from the blue.
In order not to lose his beloved wife, James ran around, taking Mary to seek medical treatment and various treatments.
However, all the exhausting running around did not bring any improvement to his wife's condition.
Instead, his wife's condition worsened. Her originally delicate and beautiful face gradually faded and decayed, and the long-term illness made her more hysterical.
What's worse, the increasing cost of treatment made James increasingly breathless and exhausted his will.
This desperate pain was like the fire of purgatory, making him feel like dying.
And this pain seems to be just like Mary's hysterical sobs:
If you don't want me to die, why do you look so angry? If you want me to die, why do you look so sad?
James didn't know how to answer.
He loved Mary, everything about her.
At the same time, he also hated Mary, hated her illness that shattered all the good things that had happened.
The emotional torment of the patients he has been caring for for a long time has made James' nerves increasingly fragile.
Finally, when his wife was terminally ill and beyond cure, she was waiting for death to come.
James could no longer bear the despair and also wanted to free his wife.
One afternoon, he kissed his wife deeply and then smothered Mary to death with a pillow.
Yes, three years ago, he killed his wife with his own hands.
The various monsters and images in the world of Silent Hill are exactly the darkness and cowardice in his heart that he has always been unwilling to face.
A repressed yet extremely profound core.
To this day, Gu Sheng can still recall the overwhelming depression he felt after completing the game, as well as his astonishment at the core emotions expressed by the game.
There is no doubt that this Silent Hill, whether it is the game presentation, the plot development, the core spirit of the game, or even the soundtrack, is all at the level of a work of art.
It seems that in this world, the TS team wants to first produce "Silent Hill 2" from his previous life, and then complete the Silent Hill worldview through subsequent works, and then expand the story step by step.
Although the production order has been slightly adjusted, the general idea should be the same.
It is hard to imagine that Konami in this world, due to some strange combination of circumstances, strangled such a landmark work in its cradle.
Damn! Wait a minute?!
Thinking of this, Gu Sheng suddenly realized!
Something's wrong!
Although, the Silent Hill project in his hands now is only incomplete.
But it is conceivable that what TS showed to Konami executives ten years ago was definitely not such an incomplete project proposal!
That is to say.
The top executives of Konami must have seen this epoch-making project at the time, but they canceled the IP because of its huge initial investment, unclear prospects, and conflict with another project!
This is not a good sign.
Thinking about this, Gu Sheng opened the web page and searched for what kind of magical game it was that defeated "Silent Hill" in terms of project resources ten years ago.
It didn't take much effort for Gu Sheng to find the answer.
Because Konami's financial situation was not very good ten years ago, it did not produce many games, only five games of various sizes in total.
Among these five games, the only one of the same size as Silent Hill is a fantasy action-adventure game called "Yin Yang Proof: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons".
After learning about the details of the game, Gu Sheng frowned with a bad look on his face.
Because this Night Parade of a Hundred Demons is completely incomparable to Silent Hill in terms of gameplay, plot structure, and core spirit.
The only advantage is that its predecessor, "The Evidence of Yin and Yang", was a hot seller on PC and brought Konami a lot of profits.
Yes.
This is just a money-making sequel.
But it is such a clichéd game sequel with almost no highlights that has squeezed out Silent Hill!
What does this mean?
No further words needed.
Because the answer seems to be obvious.
bass!
Gu Sheng was originally half lying down, but he sat up all of a sudden!
Maybe he was not wearing the wrong colored glasses before!
Whether it is Konami in the previous life or Konami in this world, I'm afraid it's both worth a Fuck!
Although, it is somewhat arbitrary to make such a conclusion now, after all, it has been ten years since Konami killed Silent Hill.
Perhaps in this decade, Konami has also made progress and started to focus on the artistry of games.
But as the saying goes, it’s better to be safe than sorry!
Konami has such a history, so Gu Sheng has to reconsider!
Actually originally!
When he saw the incomplete project plan, his first reaction was to reset the previous life's "Silent Hill 2" into the somatosensory cabin!
Perfectly meets Party A's requirements.
Although such a reset requires a lot of effort due to game perspective, industrial technology and other reasons.
But Konami has money, and the quality of this game is indeed high, so Gu Sheng is not afraid of the trouble and is willing to let this classic see the light of day again in this world.
After all, Konami has no way of knowing what the original content of this project was, and the TS team has long disappeared from the gaming circle with the passage of time.
In other words, right now, he is the only one in this world who has the ability, conditions, and hope to complete this project plan.
He plans to add a small prologue to Silent Hill as a trial version, mainly to demonstrate the industrial level of the game and its core of pure psychological horror, and then make the content fit the main body of the game, leaving a small easter egg at the end of the trial version to lead to the official version of the game.
Then, while perfecting the business plan, we waited for the formal cooperation between the two parties to be implemented.
In this way, once the contract is signed, he will be able to seamlessly lead the core team to reboot this classic masterpiece!
The plan is good.
But now!
Gu Sheng no longer thinks so.
Because he has no way of guaranteeing whether Konami will cause any trouble in future collaborations!
so!
"The plan for the official version of the game... I'd better wait a little longer..."
Gu Sheng murmured:
"Not only will we have to wait for the official version of the content plan, but we will also have to wait until the cooperation is really settled."
"The content of this trial version... needs further consideration..."
Konami's outrageous actions ten years ago made him suspicious.
He must teach the tiger a lesson.
The official content plan will not be released for the time being.
The trial version also had to be vague and full of metaphors and hints, so that Konami wouldn't be able to see through the story at a glance.
Moreover, this trial version must be refined and refined again, striving to make it reach the ceiling level.
Even to be shameless and boastful, he is the only one who can present this IP perfectly.
"Metaphors and hints, shrouded in mist, hidden main plot, ceiling level, Silent Hill, trial version... Oh no."
Gu Sheng closed his eyes and thought.
After a moment, he silently said in his heart: System?
【I am here】
Help me unlock Silent Hill.