Game Design: Players are moved to tears

Chapter 97
The second floor of the experience shop.

"what is this?"

Liu Wei was watching a short movie when he suddenly received an email.

[National Style Theme Day—Excellent Game Invitation]

[In order to promote Chinese culture, implement socialism, improve the quality of the people, and promote the overall level and development of the game industry, the theme of this Golden Games Award is set as 'National Style', and all participating designers are invited to give full play to it. 】

【Participation requirements:】

[The entries are in Chinese style, and there is no limit to the subject matter. 】

[Designer level requirements: B level and above. 】

[The content of the entries must be positive, and violence, pornography, reactionary and other plots are not allowed. 】

[Entry time: before October [-]st. 】

【Contest Rewards:】

[One special prize will be awarded with a bonus of RMB [-] and a fixed home page recommendation spot on the official platform for one month. 】

[There will be three first prizes, a bonus of [-] yuan, and the official platform will rotate the recommendation spot on the homepage for two weeks. 】

[Five second prizes, a bonus of [-], and a small recommendation on the official platform homepage for one week. 】

[Several other awards...click to view details. 】

After reading it, Liu Wei took a deep breath.

"Ah~ the rhythm is too tight, it doesn't even let me take a breath."

"But what the hell is this Golden Game Award? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Liu Weite quickly opened Qiandu and searched.

"Shocked, he is the dark horse of this year's Golden Game Awards."

""Legion" won the 2018 Golden Game Award. The secret of success cannot be avoided in two words..."

"The triennial Golden Game Awards is about to begin. The editor has selected a few designers who are popular before the competition to see if there is one in your mind..."

Liu Wei flipped through three pages, but couldn't find a detailed introduction to the Golden Game Awards. Instead, there were articles from various marketing accounts.

Liu Wei's mouth twitched slightly and he closed the webpage directly.

"Sure enough, Qiandu is still the same Qiandu. If you have money, you can be in the front."

After complaining, Liu Weite called Zeng Jianye and said that he had something important to meet and wanted to know the details in person.

……

School Staff Office.

The faint smell of wolfberry wafted away, and a yellowed water glass with a little wolfberry floating in it was placed in front of Liu Wei.

Zeng Jianye, who was wearing a navy blue shirt, sat across from him with a glass full of wolfberry, blew it hard, took a sip happily, and joked:
"If you need anything, come to me. I feel like I'm an NPC who releases main quests."

Liu Wei also responded jokingly: "It is indeed a bit like a guide."

Zeng Jianye was a little curious: "What the hell is a wizard? This new game you developed?"

Liu Wei shook his head: "It's nothing. He is a famous character in a sandbox game that is relatively famous overseas, but he is not well-known in China."

Zeng Jianye scratched his head: "Really? I said I have no impression."

Zeng Jianye took another bite and showed a satisfied expression.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?"

Liu Wei did not take any detours and went straight to the topic: "Teacher Zeng, I recently received an email saying what the Golden Game Award is, but there is relatively little information about it on the Internet, so I came here to ask you."

Hearing this, Zeng Jianye's originally relaxed body suddenly straightened up, moved forward slightly, and said with a hint of trembling: "Have you received it?"

Sensing Zeng Jianye's change, Liu Wei suddenly felt that the 'Golden Game Award' might be more important than he expected.

He nodded: "I just received it this morning."

Zeng Jianye immediately stood up happily and paced around the office, mumbling: "Haha, I didn't expect that one day my students would also be able to participate in the Golden Game Awards."

"Teacher Zeng?" Liu Wei reminded in a low voice.

Zeng Jianye immediately sat back, with an excited expression on his face. He waved his hands and said, "I'm so excited. Listen to what I'm telling you." "The Golden Games Award is a special award held every three years, representing domestic games. The ultimate honor of the award.”

"Not only are the judges teachers official designers, but the qualifications for the competition are not something ordinary people can get."

"Generally speaking, only B-level and above designers who have recently developed high-quality games will receive invitations to participate."

"And the rewards of this competition are not the only ones you seem to have."

"If a B-level designer wins the championship, basically an A-level designer will be selected internally. If an A-level designer wins the championship, the score for becoming an S-level designer will also be increased."

"So you must try your best to win the championship as much as possible."

Liu Wei nodded solemnly, but turned around and asked curiously: "Why are there no S-level designers? What rewards will they receive if they win?"

Zeng Jianye chuckled and asked, "Who said no? Who do you think gave you the score?"

Liu Wei suddenly realized.

After Zeng Jianye finished speaking, he picked up the cup and took a sip, and asked casually: "By the way, what kind of game are you going to play this time?"

Liu Wei thought for a moment and said, "If there are no surprises, it should be a fairy tale theme."

The theme of national style is a very general and broad theme.

Wuxia, Xianxia, ​​cultural history, and even ancient wars can also be included in the theme of national style.

As long as the Chinese culture is promoted, the game content is positive and the competition conditions are met.

And because the invitations to participate are officially issued, there is no need to worry about those contestants going off topic.

Zeng Jianye nodded slightly after hearing this: "The theme of Xianxia is good, and it is not easy to digress, but the content needs to be worked hard."

"Tianyu Company is best suited to make Xianxia games, especially plot-oriented games. You can play them to find inspiration."

Liu Wei nodded.

It is difficult to make a game based on the fairy tale theme, but martial arts is very simple.

Because martial arts has fixed game routines.

For example, the two popular martial arts games in China, "Xia Jian Qing Yuan [-]" and "Sword Demon", are both masterpieces of old-fashioned RPG games.

This kind of martial arts game pays attention to the skills and tactics. If you can find a professional action design teacher, the game will be more than half successful.

With these two game gems in front, as long as the designers don't deliberately seek death, the gameplay will basically not deviate.

But Xianxia games are different.

Xianxia games focus on diversified combat styles, such as aerial combat, magic, Taoism, magic weapons, spiritual pets...

In reality, there is no such position as Xianxia action instructor.

How to utilize the different combat features of the Xianxia game under different circumstances has become a major design problem.

Most game manufacturers will make corresponding compromises in order to coordinate the gameplay and themes.

For example, the real-time combat game is changed to a turn-based game to balance the difficulty of getting started due to the diversified gameplay.

You are a water type and I am a fire type. Their strength depends on their numerical values ​​and buffs.

Change the online game to stand-alone gameplay, cancel player interaction, etc.

Or learn from Tianlong Studio. Although it is based on the theme of Xianxia, ​​the actual gameplay is that of a 'martial arts RPG'.

Change the appearance of some action moves to more cool fairy methods, but in essence they are still wild chickens.

And more importantly...the two have different worldviews.

The main theme of martial arts games is "Xia", which emphasizes a great chivalrous person who serves the country and the people. The lofty theme can easily resonate with players.

As for the Xianxia game, the core theme is 'self-ascension'.

Whether it is a novel or an allusion, it is "one person first attains the Tao, and then the chicken and dog ascend to heaven", and pays attention to a "self-interested principle".

Falling short on the main point.

Therefore, there are many Xianxia games on the market.

But there is no game that can be said to embody the world of Xianxia.

(End of this chapter)