Reborn Game Pioneer

Chapter 178 "Bubble Hall"

After returning home at night, after a brief wash, he tucked into the warm blanket. Gu Feng folded his hands on the back of his head and stared straight at the ceiling.

In the past life, there were many games suitable for couples to play black games, but it was not enough to say that they were too few.

For example, "League of Legends" and "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" for PC, "Glory of the King" and "Peace Elite" for mobile games, "Two People", "Break Up Kitchen", "You Cut Me", "Mario Odyssey" and "Mario Odyssey" for consoles. ”, “Mario Kart”, “Kirby”, etc.

But if you think about it carefully, these games are not suitable for development now. Some of them are because the time is not available, some are because the hardware is immature, and some are because their reputation is slightly polarized.

Gu Feng does not intend to take a big step forward. He has no experience in making large-scale multiplayer confrontation games at the beginning.

If you want couples to play black, then this game should have a team function. The number of people in a game should be 4-10 people. The gameplay should be relaxed and entertaining at most. The duration of a game should not be too long...

Based on these conditions, Gu Feng filtered the games he had played and heard in his previous life one by one in his mind.

Just like that, he thought about it for an hour and eliminated hundreds of games. He almost fell asleep thinking about it, but the appearance of a game instantly dispersed his sleepiness.

Team up to play black games, 4-10 people, easy and entertaining, a single game does not take long...

This sudden game is actually satisfying!
Gu Feng never expected that after thinking about it for so long, it would be the game that best satisfied his needs.

This game is a family casual online game developed by South Korea's Nexon company to imitate "Bomberman" - "Bubble Hall"!
Speaking of this game, it can definitely be regarded as a classic memory for countless players born in the 80s and 90s.

Once "Bubble Hall" was released, it quickly took Korea by storm with its extremely interesting and excellent gameplay.

After the domestic Shanda Network discovered this popular game, it directly obtained its domestic agency rights.

After entering the domestic market, this popular game in South Korea did not show any acclimatization at all, and soon swept the Internet cafes across the country, becoming a smash hit.

At that time, when mobile phones with touch buttons could only play Snake, computer games and console games were the mainstream at that time. Compared with other games at that time, which were often hundreds of megabytes in size, "Bubble Hall" was only less than 20M in size. At that time, when computer hard disk space had to be saved, it was almost negligible.

Of course, in this era, let alone 20M, that is 20G, which is less than 1% of the size on a computer, so this advantage is negligible in this era.

But "BNB" was a smash hit at that time, of course it couldn't be due to this. Apart from this, the game "BNB" itself also has many advantages.

First, "Bubble Hall" adopts a pioneering one-machine two-player operation mode. Two people log in to their respective accounts on the same computer to play the game together. This unique design meets the needs of many families, friends, and couples. They can enhance their feelings for each other while enjoying the game.

In fact, some one-machine two-player games appeared in later generations, most of which are small games on websites such as 4399, such as "Forest Ice Fire Man", etc. With this type of game, Gu Feng really can't think of a second one.

After all, one of the biggest limitations of being able to play a two-player game on one machine is that the gameplay must not be too complicated, and the operation must be simple, multiple people must compete against each other, and the game must be fun. It sounds simple, but it is really difficult to do. Difficult.

"Bubble Hall" is so popular, don't other games think of imitating this unique operation mode?But nearly 20 years later, there is still no latecomer to do this, which shows how difficult this model is to implement.

Second, since we have already mentioned that "Pao Pao Tang" is unique in the martial arts world with one-machine and two-player skills, then its operation and gameplay naturally have to be mentioned.

How easy is the operation of Bubble Hall?
Four keys up, down, left and right control the direction, one key controls the placement of bubbles, another ctrl key to use props, and finally an alt key to switch props, a total of seven keys to play the game.

With this number of operation buttons, even for 4399 mini-games, it is estimated that more than half of the games have more than this.

There are so few operation buttons, which means everything is very simple, and it is easy to get started!

When you take a girl with you, what's the most important thing for a girl to play games with?The fun of the game and the ease of use are definitely the top two.

With the prerequisite that it is easy to get started, the threshold problem for girls to get started is easily solved.

Third, the upper limit of operation.

In the minds of many people, ease of use basically equates to a low upper limit of operation. Even many game developers have the same inertial thinking.

In fact, this point of view is very wrong, and there is no need to use other games as examples, just "Bubble Hall".

The gameplay of the game "Bubble Hall" is also very simple. In a word, try to find a way to kill other people who are not in the same camp under the premise of trying to ensure that you are not dead.

After all, in this game, Bubbles don't recognize people, and it's not uncommon for them to accidentally blow themselves up. In addition, there are neutral dangerous units like ghosts and mummies in maps like the cemetery, so if you want to The wisest strategy is to deal with the opponent and give priority to ensuring that you don't make mistakes and die.

In such a simple-sounding gameplay, how high can the player's upper limit be?Eh!It’s really not low!
Take the most basic bubble-placement attack as an example: how to deceive and trap the opponent in a blind corner, how to quickly place bubbles to complete the cross attack, how to accurately determine the explosion time of a bubble, and suddenly drop a bubble to pass it. Explosion completes the raid, how to use the bubbles placed by the opponent to kill with a knife, how to quickly complete vertical or trapezoidal continuous placement to create a large-scale AOE, how to place bubbles in the field of view...

Just an operation of how to place bubbles is enough for players to have fun.

This is not to mention the various props in the game. For example, you can throw bubbles after eating gloves, kick away bubbles after eating sneakers, throw darts to burst bubbles from a long distance, and put glue in the blind area of ​​the field of vision to slow down the enemy. , relying on mounts and opponents to exchange lives for lives, and so on.

Last but not least, there is a unique move in this game, commonly known as half-body. With this move, players can often perform operations that appear to be being blown up but remain unscathed. In terms of visual effects, sometimes it looks like It's like walking on bubbles of water, and there's a bit of handsomeness in it.As long as you master this trick, congratulations, you will be recognized as a cheat player by many players in the game.

Fourth, diversity of gameplay.

The basic gameplay of "Bubble Hall" is simple, but the gameplay experience in the game is quite rich.

There are maps with different styles but each has its own characteristics, such as classic communities, Christmas, deserts, glaciers, dungeons, factories, etc. There are also maps with unique gameplay, such as tank camps where tanks are bombarded, and racing cars are run. lap racing and so on.

Moreover, these maps are not single. For example, just on the theme of community, there are more than a dozen different maps, which further adds diversity to the map.

In addition to maps, the game also has a very rich prop system. Different mounts and props in different maps add more uncertainty and joy to the game.

Fifth, characters with their own characteristics.

The characters in the game only have three attributes, namely the number of bubbles, the power of bubbles, and the character's movement speed.

The difference between different characters, apart from their appearance, is that their initial measurements and upper limit measurements are different.

With such a simple design, different characters have different advantages and disadvantages, which achieves character diversity very well.

Take Xiaoguai and Baobao, who are the most popular among the basic characters, as an example. Both of them have the same number of bubbles, with an initial value of 1 and an upper limit of 6.

However, Xiaoguai's initial bubble power is 2, which is better than Baobao's 1. This means that Xiaoguai's drawing efficiency in the early stages of the game must be faster than Baobao's.

The baby naturally has its own advantages, that is, her speed limit is 9, which is better than Xiaoguai's 8. This also means that the baby's flexibility is superior in the middle and late stages of the game.

In addition to the 8 basic characters, there are also two hidden characters in the game, which are the pirate captain and Santa Claus. These two characters have higher initial measurements and have great advantages in early combat. If you want to play The only way to play these two characters is to choose a random character before entering the game.

Sixth, excellent music and sound design.

As a game with such a small size, Nexon has really put a lot of thought into it. In addition to considering every aspect such as gameplay, operation, maps, props, etc., the music in its game has remained the same even after 20 years. When I mention "Bubble Hall", the familiar melody automatically sounds in my mind.

Different map types have different styles of music that are very suitable for the theme of the map, such as a cheerful and relaxed Christmas full of festive atmosphere, such as a spooky and dangerous cemetery.

Even different maps of the same map type may have the same or different background music. Nexon has specially created multiple different background music for the same map type.

In addition, Nexon also made BGM for interface login, waiting in the lobby, game room, etc., and each song is also a classic music that can arouse memories when you listen to it, which is enough to instantly evoke people's hearts and minds. Happy dark days, my friends.

Seventh, a mall system that is friendly and does not affect game balance.

The mall system of "Bubble Hall" has a very rich range of products. In addition to some props that can be used in the game, the mall also has gorgeous bubbles, wings, headwear, etc., and there are even items that can be used both inside and outside the game. Character expressions and movements.

The reason why this system is very friendly is that most products in the mall system can be purchased with game currency, and game currency can be continuously accumulated in the game, which means that even without spending money, players can Dress up your character cool and beautiful.

(End of this chapter)