Reborn Game Pioneer

Chapter 421 It’s time to care for the players, "Escape"

Inspired by the creativity of "Xian Road", he came up with the prototype of a Dark Souls-like game. Regardless of whether Wang Chen's starting point was to make a game with clever level design or simply to trick people, he could come up with this ideas, has proven that he is a qualified and excellent game designer.

Just thinking that this guy never forgets to trick people even when doing VR, and even goes further and further when trying to trick passers-by, Gu Feng can only silently complain in his heart, "As expected of you."

As for the setting of the background of the game world, Wang Chen also considered Western themes, but only once, and passed after consideration.

Among all the oriental themes, martial arts is not easy to deceive, and fairy tales are not easy to control. After much deliberation, Wang Chen chose one of them, choosing a fantasy theme that is easy to write and not difficult to control.

Originally, in Gu Feng's plan, "Dark Soul" was a game that would be made in the future. Now that Wang Chen has a game of the same type in development, this plan has been temporarily cancelled.

When Wang Chen told Gu Feng the idea of ​​the new game, Gu Feng was also thinking about what game he would make next. Since Black Soul is going to change into a vest, why not take this opportunity to make a game with love? Care for the players?
At that time, he recalled many games in his previous life that had tortured many players and made anchors cry for their fathers and mothers.

"Dig to Survive" is too small in size and the gameplay is too simple. Like "Cat Leo Adventures", it's okay to play to trick people when you're bored, but it's a bit fussy to play it specifically.

"Humanity Has Fallen Down", the weird physics system of this game makes the character's operating feel very unique. The unique operating feel brings not only the joy of holding each other back when playing with friends, but also brings the obvious appearance. It's a very simple thing to do, but you can't do it several times and get frustrated. Although this game does contain elements that torture players to a certain extent, players generally laugh a lot during the game, which is not in line with Gu Feng's expectations. need.

In addition to these two games, there are seven or eight other games that Gu Feng passed for various reasons.

He was still thinking about this matter during lunch. Seeing that he looked preoccupied, Clivia asked: "What are you thinking about? You can't even eat without thinking."

Gu Feng naturally had nothing to hide in front of her, so he directly told everything about the new game he was considering.

He didn't expect Clivia to give any useful advice, but Clivia's casual words reminded him.

"Let's continue making Paper Wedding Dress. Players have been waiting for the sequel to Paper Wedding Dress."

"That's right!" Gu Feng clapped his hands and praised.

Clivia was startled by his sudden reaction. She almost choked on her food. She said angrily: "You scared me. What? Are you really planning to do this?"

Gu Feng shook his head: "If you don't do this, where will the paper wedding dress be? Let's make something more terrifying, hehehehe..." Yinchichi laughed twice, lowered his head and began to dig at the rice.

Gu Feng's laughter made the soles of Clivia's feet shiver. As someone whose legs would become weak even if she went to escape from a secret room, the horror of the paper wedding dress was already scary enough for her. If it weren't for Gu Lan, Playing with her during the day, she would definitely not be able to complete the game alone. From Gu Feng's tone, this new game seems to be not even a little bit scarier than Paper Wedding Dress. This...

"Eat slowly, eat slowly, and pay attention to your image. You are the idol in the hearts of the employees, so don't eat like a starving ghost reincarnated." Gu Lan, who had just come over with a meal, saw Gu Feng wolfing down the food. If he hadn't been dragging the dinner plate in his hand, he would have covered his forehead with his hand.

Seeing Gu Lan coming over, Gu Feng stopped his chopsticks and said, "Sister, help me check if there are any tickets for tomorrow's flight to Shanghai, preferably in the morning." After saying that, he started sweeping away like a whirlwind.

"Ah? Why are you going to the Magic City? Are there any meetings to be held?" Gu Lan was stunned. She usually asked Gu Feng to help book air tickets when he was busy. She was surprised that Gu Feng had to fly out to do things before. They would usually be notified of anything a few days in advance. This was the first time it was so urgent. She glanced at Clivia and saw that Clivia also had a confused look on her face, which made her even more puzzled.

"No, go find Uncle Li." Seeing that the person next to him was still confused, Gu Feng explained helplessly, "It may be difficult for the new game to pass the review, so I have to do some ideological work for Uncle Li."

"Ah?" Gu Lan was even more confused after hearing this. How could a game pass trial based on their friendship with Li Zhenguo and they have to fly over in person to do ideological work with the chairman of the gaming committee? She put down her dinner plate and sat next to Clivia. Sitting down, he tilted his head and thought, "Pornography, so bloody and violent? Politically sensitive?"

Clivia understood it, but after she understood it, she panicked even more. How scary is this game?

"Sister, what are you thinking? It's just a horror game. It's actually fine on PC. At most, it will scare you to tears. The main reason for the difficulty of passing the trial is because of VR. At that time, it is estimated that not only will the minors be restricted from playing, but also high blood pressure, People with heart disease and so on must not play, and it is best to set an upper age limit, and they will not be allowed to play if they are over 30 or 35 years old."

Just listening to Gu Feng's more and more outrageous descriptions, Clivia could not help but shrink her neck into her clothes. Who was Gu Lan? Man, a game that can scare her to tears... That's it for PC, so what about VR... Forget it, it's just a game, there's no need to risk your life just to impress your boyfriend, I believe Gu Feng can do it too Understand her...

After the quick disc operation, Gu Feng went back to work on the design draft.

On the first line of a new document, Gu Feng typed the name of the game - "Escape".

To be honest, among all the horror games that Gu Feng has played, seen or heard about, "Escape" is definitely not the best in terms of horror or fun. It is not even among the top three. None of them may be able to be ranked, but if he had to choose a horror game that impressed him the most, "Escape" would definitely be the first choice.

As an old game that was launched 13 years ago, there were actually many excellent horror games before "Escape". However, in the past year or two after "Escape" was launched, a large number of horror games have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Come on, a lot of them can see the shadow of "Escape", which shows how much influence this game had on subsequent horror games.

IGN once commented that "Escape" can be proud to say that it is a unique horror survival game.It is different from many horror games on the market today. Even the scariest monsters are those that players cannot kill but must stay away from. It creates an outstanding and creepy atmosphere that allows players to follow its rhythm. Step into the horror trap.

Yes, "Escape" does not lack the most clichéd jumpscare, but compared to this low-level and clichéd scary routine, "Escape"'s master-level atmosphere creation is its industry-famous trump card, and jumpscare is No matter how frightening it is, the horror it brings only lasts for a moment, but "Escape" does not seem to be in a hurry to scare the players in many cases. When the players know that the horror is waiting for them in front or nearby but it has not appeared for a long time, The kind of terror that accumulates slowly like a frog boiled in warm water is the most direct to the soul when it erupts.

(End of this chapter)