Game Design: How did I become the richest man?

Chapter 59 A brand new way (please recommend and collect!)
Liu Wei's goal is to use this game to lose more than 400 million, so he will naturally have to make relatively big changes.

The gameplay of traditional text adventure games is completely inappropriate for this game.

"Movie, show this game in a movie way!"

Wang Ning was completely stunned.

Making a text adventure into a movie?
Is this still a text adventure?

Is this something normal people can think of?

If it were anyone else, Wang Ning would have already 'hetui', raised two middle fingers, and then walked away coolly.

But when the words came out of Mr. Liu's mouth, it was a different scene.

How can Liu Wei's vision, Mr. Liu's thinking, and Mr. Liu's farsightedness be understood by ordinary people?

Looking at the deceived people, Liu Wei smiled knowingly.

Confused?That’s right!

I don't even know what game I'm going to make.

In Liu Wei's vision, it is completely impossible for this game to meet the requirements of "niche theme, high cost, and no profit" at the same time.

Because the more money the game industry spends, the more sophisticated the models it produces, and the higher the acceptance by players.

But what if we push it a step further?

According to the famous 'Uncanny Valley' theory, the more human-like non-human creatures are, the more likely they are to cause fear and resistance.

Can it be inferred that as long as the characters in the game are close to reality, players will also have a psychological resistance? '.

No matter how innovative the current game technology is, how sophisticated the scenery is, and how exquisite the pictures are, the moment they see the face, the player can instantly know whether it is a game or a real picture.

Therefore, Liu Wei went directly in the opposite direction.

Make real-life characters into movies and then put them into games.

In this way, the purpose of 'big cost, low profit' can be perfectly achieved.

Liu Wei cleared his throat, looked around, and said confidently:
"Have you ever played checkers?"

Everyone nodded in unison, no one had ever played checkers.

"My idea was to make the game play like 'checkers.'"

"The player starts at a fixed point and every choice he makes is a move."

"The actual movie scenes we shot are edited into fragments. As the player makes different choices, the corresponding movie scenes will appear."

"The players' choices are the lines on the chessboard, and the movie images are the empty spots on the chessboard."

"But no matter what, players will reach the end of the board - 'lost'."

"Do you understand?"

Everyone nodded and shook their heads.

Got it, but not fully.

Generally speaking, everyone knows Mr. Liu’s game process.

It's still the same old formula of a 'text adventure game' interactive game, but the text is converted into a movie, and there are a lot more interactive options.

But its essence will not change.

That is, the game can only move forward, not backward.

In fact, most multi-ending games adopt this 'network composition' method, which is especially common in love games.

It’s just that Mr. Liu wants to use movies to express it...

I have never heard of this being possible!
Everyone has watched a lot of interactive movies, but this kind of game is unheard of not only in China, but also overseas.

But what everyone didn't understand even more was... Mr. Liu's last words.

Wang Ning held the notebook and raised his right hand high.

"Wang Ning, what don't you understand?" Liu Wei asked.

Wang Ning stood up and swayed back and forth twice because of excessive force. "It's okay, don't be nervous, everyone has a first time." Liu Wei comforted her thoughtfully.

Wang Ning glanced at Mr. Liu gratefully and said, "Mr. Liu, you used checkers as an example, does it mean that there is only one solution to this game?"

Liu Wei glanced at Wang Ning appreciatively.

Yes, checkers is different from Go, a chess game like backgammon.

To win at checkers, all the pieces must jump to the opponent's camp.

In other words, as long as you win in checkers, the final picture must show that all players are on the opponent's board.

This is why Mr. Liu used checkers as an example.

Because this game - there is only one ending!

That's 'showing off'.

No matter how hard the players try, no matter what choices the players make in the mid-term, no matter what methods the players use, the final outcome will always be 'bad'.

In this way, those players who bought this game, played it hard to the end, and saw the bad ending must be as uncomfortable as eating shit.

If the negative reviews start immediately, wouldn’t this game be in disgrace?

But if these players are all old people, they must endure the evil intentions of feeding shit and start the game again.

In this way, the refund period of the game is not long enough.

At this time, you need your second secret weapon to repeat the same old behavior.

No matter how hard the players work, how difficult the process, how many strategies they do, even if they use cheats, they cannot affect the final outcome.

Repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat...over and over again.

But the outcome can never change.

The protagonist will eventually fall into a 'bad' ending! ! !
At this time, the player's feeling is no longer as simple as eating a piece of cake, but swimming butterfly in a manure tank!
This feeling... tsk tsk tsk.

In this way, these players who are unable to land due to butterfly swimming will go to the forum to accuse this garbage game.

After other players see the comments, they will never have the desire to buy.

Why would anyone pay to swim butterfly?

Even if you have doubts, the most you can do is give it a try. Once you’re sure it’s really shit, you’ll immediately get a refund. You won’t be able to continue playing.

At the same time, this can also pull the company off the throne of "domestic light", a throne that Liu Wei despises.

It is simply a cornucopia plus an automatic whitening machine.

Players are going crazy buying, buying, buying, swiping like crazy!

When the company fell from its throne, the halo of idols faded away.

A big bowl of wide noodles transforms into a big bowl of rice!

But Liu Wei couldn't say this directly, he needed to be tactful.

Liu Wei replied: "You are right, this game has only one ending, and that is that the protagonist finally falls into a 'bad' ending and is unable to extricate himself."

"But the difference is that although the ending cannot be changed, it can give players some inspiration and help them understand the philosophy of life during the game."

Wang Ning nodded sharply.

What is a genius designer? This is a genius designer!

Who can imagine this unique idea and this special way of playing?
In ordinary games, the plot is always about the protagonist going through all kinds of hardships and finally winning the truth. As for what exactly happened in the process, who knows?

At most, there are a few things that are impressive, but most of them are forgotten.

But Mr. Liu is now doing the opposite.

Ignore the ending and shift the player's attention from the ending to the content.

The avenue is simple, return to the basics!
This is Mr. Liu’s strength!

(End of this chapter)