Chapter 376: My sister-in-law will fall in love with you again when she sees you
"Mr. Chen, have you come up with a new plan?"
Old Li spoke first and asked curiously.
This question also raised the doubts in everyone's mind.
However.
The only answer they got was a shake of the head.
"No."
Chen Lin smiled slightly and closed the computer gently: "But I know what to do."
"What game is this!?"
Lao Li and others looked delighted and asked hurriedly.
"Didn't I just say it? A new game."
Chen Lin raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a mysterious expression.
This expression made everyone present shudder.
Because they could recognize that Mr. Chen was about to start doing something, and it was a big one!
Especially Lao Song.
I immediately recalled the dark days a few years ago when I was deceived by Chen Lin and had to shoot all kinds of outrageous CG characters.
The body couldn't help but shrink back.
Could it be that...
Everyone looked strange, guessing what Chen Lin was planning.
But Chen Lin's next words made them all stunned.
"Okay, all kidding aside, have you noticed that many of the games we've made in recent years are more Western-oriented?"
"Westward?"
Old Song was slightly surprised: "It seems to be true. Even if it is not this kind of background, it is basically a fantasy style, or a casual game without cultural characteristics."
Although I don't want to admit it.
But what he said was indeed true.
"What can we do about it?" Old Li interrupted, "The domestic game market is already relatively backward, so we can only learn from the foreign market. It has only slowly started to pick up in the past few years."
"And everyone knows what kind of people those capital companies are. If they can get games from overseas, they will never bother to develop them themselves, which makes it difficult for domestic independent games to survive."
really.
There are fewer and fewer companies in China that develop and produce all their games in-house, like them.
Because those investors only want to make money and don’t care where the game comes from, so introducing it from abroad naturally becomes the lowest-cost and fastest way to make money.
This also led to the inability of domestic games to gain popularity. Players only knew that foreign games were good, and then it became a vicious cycle, with more and more people unwilling to make domestic games anymore.
"Mr. Chen, do you mean to make a game based on Chinese culture?"
Someone immediately understood the meaning and asked, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"That's about right."
Chen Lin smiled slightly: "We were not well-known before and had no ability. Now it's different. How can we not have a game with domestic cultural style?"
"We have done fantasy, magic, science fiction, shooting, leisure, development, strategy. There is only one thing we haven't done yet."
"Could it be...Xianxia!?"
Everyone's expression changed and they finally understood what Chen Lin meant.
"That's right, it's Xianxia! And it's a completely different kind of Xianxia from before!" Chen Lin gave a positive answer directly.
Xianxia games, even in China, are often beaten by various FPS games, not to mention those abroad.
Only a few manufacturers such as Changyou, Dongshanju, and Huamei are making this product, but it is not considered a hit.
Since the other four sequels performed well in overseas markets, why not use this new game's quota to try out a domestic theme that they have never tried before?
Think of this.
Their eyes gradually brightened.
"It's a good direction indeed." Old Song praised, "We already have four sequels as a foundation, so we can be bolder and try new things in the new game."
"Xianxia, can the virtual terminal allow flying with swords, floating on water, and various fancy spells?" Xiaoli said excitedly.
She usually loves to read novels of this type. She immediately imagines all kinds of scenes in her mind and becomes more and more excited the more she thinks about it.
After hearing her description, others also had ideas and imagined themselves moving mountains and filling the sea.
It seems... pretty good?
"What about the plan? Mr. Chen, do you have a plan?"
Old Li was eager to try and was ready to do a great job.
However.
Chen Lin shrugged at him.
"No, do you really think I have all the plans?"
Yes.
This time, Chen Lin really doesn’t have any good plan.
I can only say that the traditional Chinese style fairy tale games in the past were really terrible. Even the most popular ones were constantly controversial, or they were simply tested for thousands of years.
This is also why he said he wanted to make a new game.
Because the word "new" also represents his innovation.
As a gaming practitioner, he couldn't always rely on the resources from his previous life.
Now that we have the resources and strength, we can try to develop our own original game. Now is the best opportunity.
so.
He wants to try it.
However, when Lao Li and others heard this, their expressions instantly fell.
"Ah? No plan?"
They were used to Chen Lin casually taking out plans, and they were suddenly unable to handle it.
"Okay, stop complaining. Our planning department isn't here just for show. They usually do the same when filling in the plot for the game."
The copywriters recruited by Chen Lin are all top elites in the industry.
Usually, they were responsible for filling in the plot holes and supplementing the plots in his plans. They were quite capable, but they lacked practical experience in large projects.
"Then... Mr. Chen, can you give me some hints?"
The chief planner sitting next to Lao Li asked in a low voice.
He was very excited to suddenly take over such a big project, but he felt more guilty, like a fledgling that was suddenly thrown out of the nest.
"A hint..."
Chen Lin touched his chin and thought for a while, then raised his head: "Since we are going to go the virtual end, let's be bold and directly create a world of cultivation."
"And it has to be as realistic as possible. Players start out as ordinary people, cut off worldly ties, join the mountain gate, and step on the path of cultivating immortals step by step. We can add in equipment refining, alchemy, puppets, talismans, monsters, adventures, and the like."
"You don't need to set the level too high in the early stage. You can do it step by step through the version updates. The main thing is to polish the world view and explore the adventure. There must be enough content. I will check it from time to time and make changes at any time if there are any problems."
Chen Lin dumped out all his thoughts in one breath.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to make the experiences of the protagonists of those online articles the main line, and then extend it to expand the surrounding world view content and human geography.
certainly.
Although it sounds simple.
But it is not easy to do, and the virtual end needs to be ported, which is equivalent to independently developing a 3A fairy-tale game.
Honghuang’s current strength is definitely sufficient.
Therefore, it would be easier to get started by choosing a theme that is more familiar to everyone, such as fantasy.
As expected.
After listening to his story, the chief planner immediately had his own ideas and quickly wrote them down in his notebook.
Seeing this, others were also eager to try.
Lao Li immediately spoke up: "For a large world, there should be a lot of characters triggering events, right? There are also various passers-by NPCs and the like. This modeling work requires a lot of work."
"Who said that?"
Chen Lin glanced at him and said, "Have you forgotten the scanning imaging technology we just developed?"
"Ah? Mr. Chen, are you planning to use real people as models?"
Not only Lao Li, everyone else was also stunned.
Suddenly I had a bad feeling.
"Didn't I say before that I wanted to try this feature on the new game? The players are scanned with real people, so we can't use fake NPCs, right? This can also save a lot of development time." Chen Lin glanced at everyone present.
The people who were swept suddenly got goose bumps.
Finally I understand what he means.
"I have something to do suddenly, so I have to leave for a while."
Old Song picked up his notebook, stood up and stepped back. The whole action was done smoothly and in one go.
However, just as he was about to turn around, Chen Lin's words came over.
"When you're done, remember to record the model. I've left you a role as city lord."
Lao Song:￥%#%……#%@……
Depend on!
I knew it!
Old Song cursed inwardly and sat back in his seat.
In comparison.
Others were much more excited.
"What about me? Can I become the head of the sect?"
"And me! Can I be a village chief or something like that?"
"I also want a more handsome character, how about the sect's senior brother?"
"Haha, Old Li, someone like you can only be a bandit or a butcher in the Novice Village, right?"
"How can you talk like that? Can't I be a martial arts instructor or something like that?"
"A real person playing an NPC? That's a great idea!"
In an instant, the entire conference room became as noisy as a vegetable market.
They were all shocked by Chen Lin’s bold idea. He actually wanted to use the new technology in the game, and not only for the players, but also for all NPCs.
Isn’t this just like a real world of cultivating immortals?
Let them all look forward to it.
What expressions will players have when they see this game?
Even they themselves are looking forward to it.
"That's right."
At this time, Chen Lin thought of something and suddenly said, "The game NPC will probably need a lot of people. We can go to each floor to recruit strong men. But except for public personnel like Lao Song and Lao Li, the core members of the production team should not participate. Others are voluntary."
"No problem, I'll make arrangements."
Old Li responded quickly.
Anyway, this is more than the first or second time that he has appeared on screen, so there is no need to keep his identity secret. This time, he has to get a better role no matter what.
The best one is a GM character that can be consciously controlled at any time to secretly cheat the players, in other words, open a backdoor.
After the meeting.
The others also stood up and left, hurried back to their respective groups to arrange their work.
As this was their first self-developed live-action game, each team was very motivated and collected all kinds of information in half a day and began to build the world view.
Especially the planning team is extremely busy.
Copywriting, values, levels, plots, tasks...
The entire department is responsible for almost all of the early development work of the game. Only after they have built the foundation of the game will other departments officially start work.
When that time comes.
He is Lao Li's cousin and the big boss of the programming group. He needs to program various plans provided by the planning group and set up servers.
at the same time.
The art team also needs to cooperate in the original painting design and embed it into the game framework.
These are all things that the Development Director is solely responsible for.
As for the operations director Lao Song on the other side, he naturally has another model.
After the game is initially formed, the three major departments under it, namely marketing, channel and product, will join in to carry out publicity and promotion of the new game, design promotional copy, perform data analysis, plan events, etc.
Finally, there are overseas branches.
Undertake publicity and promotion tasks sent by the headquarters.
Spread to markets on all continents.
The entire Honghuang Studio is like a high-speed machine. Without the centralized power of shareholder decentralization, its efficiency is unmatched by ordinary manufacturers.
…
"Okay, now all that's left is for the carnival to start. Let's go check on the production team first."
After finishing all the work, Chen Lin got up and left the office and went to the Dawn team responsible for the production of the new game.
As soon as I walked out of the elevator, I heard bursts of exclamations.
Lao Li and a group of employees were gathered in front of a second-generation virtual device, looking at the images displayed on the computer in shock.
"Is this really me?"
"Wow! Old Li looks so handsome in ancient costume!"
“It’s like a completely different person!”
"My sister-in-law will probably fall in love with you all over again after seeing you."
"Get lost, can you speak? It's obvious that you love me more!"
“This role really suits you!”
Chen Lin walked towards the direction of the voice and finally saw the picture on the screen clearly.
It was the ancient-style Old Li, wearing animal skins, holding a forging hammer, with his chest and shoulders exposed.
There are a few big words on the side.
"Ten Thousand Sword Sect - Forging Elder (Li Qinfeng)"
