Alien game producer

[Two-in-one, work arrangement]

After listening to Xie Yunfan's design ideas for the holographic version of the underworld, everyone was impressed.

Would you like to take a look at such a colorful, thrilling and strange world?Not to mention holographic players, even they themselves want to go to the so-called "ghost world" to play!
Xie Yunfan looked at Luo Hang and asked, "This is just my preliminary design. Does Mr. Luo think these designs can be realized?"

Luo Hang said decisively: "Of course. Games with this kind of open world view are rare in the holographic market. According to your design ideas, the gameplay of the game is very rich and inclusive, and players also have full freedom. , you can do what you like in this world.”

At the beginning, Luo Hang was also worried about the direction of the game adaptation. If the mobile game "Labyrinth of the Underworld" is directly transplanted to the holographic game cabin, it will face several serious problems.

First of all, as a "maze game", it will dissuade "road-crazy" players as soon as it is launched. The holographic game is immersive, and road-crazy players will probably never be able to get out of the maze.Secondly, the horror style and difficult challenging gameplay of Underworld Labyrinth will also dissuade a large number of "casual players" in the holographic market.

Then, the only ones left are some game masters who like thrills and excitement.

The audience for this game is bound to be narrow.

What Luo Hang originally thought was to take the word-of-mouth route, build a reputation in a niche area, and increase the popularity of "Qihang Game Cabin". The profit of this game is destined to not be high, as long as the cost can be recovered.

Now after listening to Xie Yunfan's ideas for adaptation, Luo Hang also felt that his eyes suddenly became enlightened.

The holographic version is not a "Maze of the Underworld", but a big open world - the ghost world!
The inclusiveness of the open world suddenly solves the problem of too narrow an audience.Those who enjoy scenery, leisure, drama, and those who love challenges can all find their place in the "Ghost World".

With this change, the number of target users suddenly increased dozens of times!
Luo Hang looked at Xie Yunfan and said: "We have made games with an open world view like "Starry Sky Walk" before and have rich experience. You can arrange work for everyone."

Xie Yunfan's current design is not perfect enough.But a large-scale game cannot be designed in two or three days. The framework must be drawn out first, and then slowly filled in.

Haste makes waste, and he has to check every link.

In terms of the original painting, if it were just characters like the Five Ghost Emperors and the Ten Kings of Hell, Ningsha could handle them. But after adding the branch plots, Ningsha would not be able to finish the large number of branch plot characters.

For example, Nie Xiaoqian's branch line has seven or eight characters; not to mention Xiao Xie and Qiurong, it also involves case reasoning, a maid young master, a Taoist priest, etc., which requires at least a dozen characters to be drawn.

Xie Yunfan looked at the long-haired girl opposite and said, "Director Xia."

Xia Yixi is the art director of Qihang Games and the main artist of "Starry Sky Walk". He is a very capable painter.Xie Yunfan said before that Ning Sha would draw all the characters, but she was obviously not convinced.

Hearing his name being called, Xia Yixi raised his head and said, "Yes."

Xie Yunfan said: "The branch content of the game is very rich, and there are many characters involved. All the branch plot characters and wild bosses will be arranged by you, okay?"

Xia Yixi was stunned for a moment.I thought Xie Yunfan was partial to the painter he brought and couldn't trust her, so he made her his deputy.

Unexpectedly, Xie Yunfan would leave the entire branch line to her to arrange?
Every worker in the workplace hopes to be recognized, otherwise she will lose face in front of her boss.Xie Yunfan's words made Xia Yixi feel much better, and she immediately smiled and said, "No problem."

Xie Yunfan said: "Ningsha will continue to draw NPCs such as the Ten Kings of Hell and the Five Ghost Emperors. Director Xia will draw the side characters. You two will be the main painters of the character paintings, and others will assist. Chu Yue will be the main painter of the original scene paintings, and I will find a few assistants to help. Specific details Director Xia is responsible for the personnel arrangement. Your art team is divided into three groups and they are carried out simultaneously."

Xia Yixi said simply: "Okay!"

Xie Yunfan continued: "Pay attention to the unified painting style as much as possible, produce the design draft as soon as possible, and communicate with me in time if there are any changes. Every time a picture is completed, it will be transferred to the modeling team immediately after it is finalized."

Ning Sha and Chu Yue looked at their boss's serious expression and nodded hurriedly.Xie Yunfan is actually very serious and rigorous when it comes to work. He is not as cheerful and talkative as usual.

I wonder if he would get angry if he couldn't finish the work on time?

Xie Yunfan followed and looked at the other row: "Modeling team, Director Zhou has arranged that you first make holographic three-dimensional modeling of the existing 18-story underworld scene, Black and White Wuchang, Meng Po and other NPCs, and complete it within a month. "

The environment of the holographic game is a "three-dimensional environment". Players can come to the scene in person. What they see from the first perspective is very different from what is displayed on the mobile phone screen.

Director Zhou said with a grimace: "Time is a bit tight, let's... try our best to complete it."

Xie Yunfan said: "In the numerical group, in the first stage, we will first debug the environmental values ​​of Steamer Hell and Ice Hell. After the other environments are modeled, you will also need to adjust the player's action data such as jumping, running, and sliding. Mr. Luo will check it. If there is a problem, Report directly to Mr. Luo."

Xie Yunfan looked at Luo Hang, who said cooperatively: "Well, I will keep an eye on the numerical values ​​personally. Tomorrow I will bring you to meet with the medical team to conduct human sample testing. First, find the limit value of the negative state of the holographic environment, and then calculate it in detail design."

The numerical team leader nodded and said: "Understood."

Xie Yunfan continued: "Level team, I will send you the detailed background information and first version skill settings of the ten kings of hell. You can make 10 bosses for me based on the information. Show me each one after you finish it. It's inappropriate. The place should be changed as soon as possible.”

The people in the level team looked at each other and said bravely, "Okay."

"The programming team is going to write the game framework and create a world map. The parts of the Eighteen Hells will be filled in first, and other places will be left empty. Scenes and NPCs will be added later, so we have to hurry up and work on it."

Program group: "..."

Prepare to be bald.

"Copywriting team, I will give you the outline of several branch plots. First write the branch script. Players must have a sense of participation. You can make some plot node options to allow players to watch and promote the development of the entire story."

Qihang's copywriting team currently only has two people. A science fiction experience game like "Star Walk" does not have a too complicated plot and only requires some simple dialogues.

Hearing this, the two girls were a little worried.

Can they write the side plot well?We can only bite the bullet first!

Xie Yunfan looked at everyone and concluded: "This is the first phase of the work. I hope that all groups will work together and communicate and solve problems as soon as possible. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me directly."

Luo Hang couldn't help but wonder when he heard him resolutely arranging the work content of each group - Xie Yunfan really didn't look like a newcomer, but like an experienced game planner.

The general planner does not need to do everything personally. He proposes the design concept of the game, determines the core gameplay, and then coordinates the task allocation of various groups.It's like putting all the gears where they should be, adjusting the speed, and letting them turn on their own.

Xie Yunfan is very organized when planning.

The progress of the entire project is under his control.

Seeing that his colleagues in the conference room looked "very stressed", Luo Hang took the initiative to mention: "This project is indeed very tight because we have to go public in time for the summer vacation and we have to hurry up. I know everyone is working hard, etc. After the game is launched, I will use part of the profits as year-end bonuses and give them to everyone who participated in the project. I hope everyone will be more motivated to work."

Year-end awards?
When the worker heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

If the project can make a profit, the profit will be a terrible amount. If everyone divides it equally, they can also get a lot. At least it will be a bonus of more than [-] yuan, maybe it can reach six figures?
For the year-end bonus, get excited during this period!
It's normal for people who make games to work overtime. It's been a long time since they set sail.

Thinking of this, everyone suddenly felt energetic and energetic.

Xie Yunfan glanced at Luo Hang - giving bonuses as incentives is indeed a good way, and everyone will be more motivated to work.

For a big open-world game like this, in Xie Yunfan's previous life, the R&D team could make it quickly in two to three years. There are also some AAA masterpieces that take five years to develop.

However, there are many "AI auxiliary tools" and various "program editors" in this world, which greatly shorten the construction period of game production and make it more efficient.

Luo Hang wants the game to be released in time for the summer vacation, which means about 5 months of production time.

Converted to the world where Xie Yunfan lives, it would be at least 3 years.

Xie Yunfan is very fortunate that the world's advanced technology has provided him with a lot of conveniences, so that he can turn more and richer ideas into fun games.

Otherwise, based on the speed of making a big game in three years in his previous life, he would not be able to finish so much material even if his hair is gray at the age of 3!

The first step is the ghost world.

In the future, there will be monsters in the human world, gods in the heavens, etc. He can use his imagination as much as he wants, and the review system is relatively loose due to age classification. This is simply a paradise for game producers!

***
After the meeting, everyone went back to their seats and started to get busy.Xie Yunfan sent task schedules and detailed setting information to different groups in the work group.

Xia Yixi looked at the setting of the first branch line in the information and wondered: "A beautiful female ghost in white clothes with floor-length hair? A scholar wearing a hat and clothed clothes?"

There are two sketches next to it, and a rough outline is drawn.

A few lines of the stream of consciousness can barely make out the appearance of a scholar's hat... Xie Yunfan's painting skills are as good as those of kindergarten children.

What kind of characters are these? !
Xia Yixi had a headache and held his forehead.

Ning Sha saw the troubled look on her face and said proactively: "The style requested by our boss is quite special. He calls it 'Chinese horror', and the characters' clothes need to be designed separately."

Xia Yixi asked: "Like Po Meng?"

Ning Sha said: "Yes, I revised Po Meng's draft several times. However, the boss is very easy to talk to. If the draft is modified to his satisfaction, the number of subsequent reworks will not be too much."

Xia Yixi felt slightly relieved after hearing this: "Okay, let me allocate the manpower first. Xiaoyue and Rongrong, you will be Ningsha's assistant, Luoluo and Brother Lin will go with Chu Yue, and get ready to start work!"

The art team started drawing drafts, and all three groups were busy.

The level team next door also had a headache. They took Xie Yunfan's information and went back to take a look - my dear, the skills of these ten kings of hell are all different? !

For example, King Qin Guang's skills can be transformed into yin and yang, from male to female, and female to male. He can also calculate good luck/bad luck. If it is lucky, it will give the player a buff state, and if it is bad, it will be a negative state.

A lucky boss?Sounds interesting.However, after passing the level, the player will be transported to the evil mirror platform to look in the mirror and see what bad things he has done during his lifetime? ?

Director Zhou couldn't laugh or cry: "After defeating the boss, let the players look in the mirror?"

This information presentation is also excellent.

King Chujiang, the boss of the Ice Hell, has skills designed to be related to "ice", such as the world of ice and snow, and ice cubes falling from the sky. Let them use their imagination.

The King of Five Senses, the boss of the Blood Pool Hell, always pushes players into the pool and corrodes them. If the player is pushed twice by him, won't it cause a psychological shadow?
The staff of the checkpoint team looked at each other.

They have never seen such weird boss information.

Xie Yunfan, what kind of strange game are you going to make?
**
Two girls from the copywriting team gathered together to read the plot outline.

The two of them had "eating melon" expressions on their faces and enjoyed reading the story.

"Nie Xiaoqian first tried to harm Ning Caichen, but in the end she helped Ning Caichen get out of trouble and fell in love with each other. People and ghosts can't be together, so the player has to help Nie Xiaoqian resurrect her soul and become a human?"

"This plot is so interesting!" "There is also an outline of the second branch, Xiao Xie and Qiurong."

"Qiu Rong is so pitiful. She made an appointment with her lover to die in love, but was deceived and became a lonely ghost... Later, she fell in love with the male protagonist Tao Wangsan, but because her best sister Xiao Xie also liked Tao Wang Third, in the end, she gave up the chance of survival to Xiao Xie."

"She is really a female ghost who values ​​love and justice, but the ending is too tragic."

"Don't tell me, this story is quite touching!"

"The players will definitely be touched if they experience all this with them personally, right?"

There was no such plot in previous science fiction games. After receiving the two branch outlines given to them by Xie Yunfan, they discovered that this game is really attractive!

If these colorful, twists and turns and bizarre ghost stories are all made into a branch adventure system, they will definitely be well received by a large number of "storytellers"!Maybe someone spends money to play this game in order to find Nie Xiaoqian or Qiurong's soul in the ghost world.

There are also many players who don't like to fight and kill.This is good news for drama lovers!
The two looked at each other and said with great motivation: "Hurry up and write as soon as possible. There will definitely be other branches in the future!"

****
[Two-in-one, rigorous planning]

At noon, Luo Hang took the initiative to knock on Xie Yunfan's office and said, "Are you busy?"

Xie Yunfan was sitting at his desk, his hands typing rapidly on the keyboard.The setting of the first version is not comprehensive enough. For example, he has only written two branch lines so far, and he has not yet had time to write the outlines of other branch lines.

In order to design the game back then, he read a lot of information. Thanks to his memory, after his rebirth, his brain seemed to have been strengthened and he could clearly remember these stories.

In addition to Nie Xiaoqian and Qiurong, there are many stories about female ghosts and male ghosts that can be written. He has to slowly write these out and give them to various groups to do.

After hearing Luo Hang's voice, Xie Yunfan temporarily stopped what he was doing and looked up at him: "Mr. Luo, do you have anything to do with me?"

Luo Hangzhi said: "I'm a little curious. So far, you have only made one game, "Maze of the Underworld". How come you look so experienced?"

In fact, Xie Yunfan's soul comes from another world. He has been a planner there for several years and has made many successful games. However, no one would believe this reason.

He didn't want to expose his origins and be arrested for research.He originally played a ghost world game, and he was known to be reborn. Maybe others would think that he was a resurrected evil ghost!

There must be a reasonable reason to explain this.

Xie Yunfan had already thought of his words and said: "Actually, my brother Xie Xinghe was the former boss of Nebula Group. He made a holographic game "Fighting Master". I wonder if you have heard of it?"

Fighting master?Luo Hang was slightly startled. Of course he had heard of this game.

It’s a joke in the holographic game industry. Half a month after it was launched, it was removed from the shelves due to complaints from a large number of players, and Nebula Group was dragged into bankruptcy as a result.

He had paid attention to this matter when Nebula Group was planning to build a game cabin. After all, if Nebula Group succeeded, Qihang would have another strong opponent.

However, Fighting Master and Nebula Game Pod ultimately failed.Since Qihang was not good at fighting games, he stopped paying attention to it.

Unexpectedly, Xie Yunfan is actually the younger brother of Xie Xinghe of Nebula Group?

Xie Xinghe is still very protective of his younger brother, and the outside world is completely unaware of his existence.

Luo Hang had never seen Xie Xinghe, otherwise he should have recognized him long ago.

Thinking of the man I met a few days ago, he looked very energetic and neatly dressed. He was not at all like the one who was beaten to the point of mental breakdown, decadent and depressed in the legends outside.It seems that the success of "Labyrinth of the Underworld" produced by his younger brother has helped Xie Xinghe get out of his predicament?
Luo Hang said clearly: "So your brother is the chief planner of "Fighting Master"?"

Xie Yunfan said: "I went to the company to study whenever I had time, and followed the whole process of the birth of the game "Fighting Master", so I know the production process of the game very well. Although our game failed, I also Learned a lot of experience.”

This explanation makes sense, and the experience of failure is actually valuable.

Fighting Master is a big project with an investment of hundreds of millions. With such learning experience, it is no wonder that Xie Yunfan arranged all the work so calmly.

Luo Hang put aside his doubts and said: "Do you have any thoughts about your brother's game? With such a huge investment, it would be a pity to take it off the shelves."

Xie Yunfan joked: "Mr. Luo, do you want to buy "Fighting Master" too and let's work together on research and development? Think of it as a buy-one-get-one-free deal?"

"Our company currently does not have the ability to open two large-scale game production teams at the same time. We don't have enough manpower. Let's finish the underworld first." He paused and said seriously: "However, I will consider your proposal. .”

Xie Yunfan scratched his head and said: "I was just joking. I didn't mean to buy or sell by force. Don't get me wrong! I'm still concentrating on the underworld at the moment. I don't have the energy to care about the fighting master. Let's discuss it again when we have the opportunity."

Luo Hang nodded: "Well, let's go have lunch and take a rest."

Xie Yunfan casually sent a message to his brother: "Brother, if someone asks you about it in the future, just tell me that I participated in the entire design of the game "Fighting Master" and have been studying with you in the company, otherwise they will doubt my ability. "

Ever since the Underworld Labyrinth exploded, Xie Xinghe has given unconditional support to his younger brother, and immediately said without hesitation: "I understand, I will personally testify for you!"

Xie Yunfan raised the corners of his mouth, closed his laptop, stood up and followed Luo Hang.

The two of them came to the staff canteen on the third floor of Qihang Building.

The food at Qihang is very good. There are more than a dozen dishes to choose from for lunch, paired with various fruit drinks. Employees eat for free. This benefit makes Xie Yunfan envious.

In the future, his Yangfan Studio will also have its own canteen.

***
The next day, Luo Hang took people from the data team to test samples. Xie Yunfan also took three days off because his eldest brother sent a message saying that the school's suspension application was completed and he was asked to sign it.

Xie Yunfan flew back to Rongcheng to deal with school matters.

The school leaders knew that he was the mastermind of "Labyrinth of the Underworld" and were so happy that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear.How difficult is it for a less famous school like theirs to produce talents?Maybe Xie Yunfan will become an "honorary alumnus" in the future, so the school didn't embarrass him and happily stamped his seal.

When he rushed back to the imperial capital, the time for his first work report had just arrived.

During these three days, the entire project team had no leader and everyone was busy with their own tasks.

After Xie Yunfan came back, he immediately asked someone to report on his work.

Everyone went to knock on the door of Xie Yunfan's office with anxiety.

On the art side, Ning Sha passed a draft, and Chu Yue's Naihe Bridge and Xia Yixi's Nie Xiaoqian were all sent back and redrawn.

Xie Yunfan was very dissatisfied with the boss designed by the level team and asked them to redo the skills.

The two girls in the copywriting team came out of the office crying.

Because Xie Yunfan said: "Didn't you notice that your character design was ruined? Nie Xiaoqian is a female ghost, and she walks around Ning Caichen like a love-minded little girl every day. Is it appropriate?"

……

When Luo Hang came back, the entire office area on the 13th floor was surrounded by low air pressure.He asked his assistant Xiao Qi in a low voice: "What's going on? Everyone's faces don't look good."

Xiao Qi said: "Mr. Xie was very serious today and asked people to give their first work report. Almost all the teams were sent back to redo it."

Luo Hang: "…………"

Is it so fierce?
Knocking on Xie Yunfan's door, I saw him sitting at his desk, frowning and thinking.

Luo Hang said: "What's wrong? Are you dissatisfied with their work?"

Xie Yunfan sighed, rubbed his temples and said, "It will take some time to get used to it. It's their first time making a Ghost World-style game. It's normal that they can't pass the first draft."

Luo Hang said warmly: "Thank you for your hard work. You have to check the work of each group."

Xie Yunfan raised his head and explained: "In the initial stage, every detail must be done well, otherwise the workload will be doubled if it is reworked later. I will be very strict in the early stage and let them constantly revise the draft until they are satisfied. After the final draft, Soon."

Luo Hang said: "I can understand that it is right to be more rigorous in the early stage."

Xie Yunfan frowned slightly: "I'm just afraid that they will be unhappy and think that I am deliberately making things difficult for them."

Luo Hang smiled and said: "Don't worry, our company's employees are very professional. It's normal to make games, rework, and change the design. They will cooperate."

Hope so.

The biggest problem now is that people from other worlds don’t quite understand Chinese horror, and they can’t write the plot of a Chinese-style drama. Every aspect needs to be carefully polished over and over again.

Having to worry about everything, Xie Yunfan really had a headache.

But there is no way. He does not yet have his own fixed work team, nor does he have a partner who is familiar with his style. Everything is equivalent to starting from scratch, and it is normal to encounter difficulties.

Try to overcome it.

Xie Yunfan changed the subject and asked: "How is the progress on your side?"

Luo Hangdao: "The test of Steamer Hell has begun, and the progress is going smoothly."

Xie Yunfan breathed a sigh of relief.

The initial finalization stage is the slowest, requiring repeated revisions.Later, when the original painting, plot and boss design are all completed, and the staff of Qihang are able to work smoothly, they are a very well-coordinated team, and the progress will be faster and faster.

Numerical values ​​are very important. If the numerical value system collapses, the player's experience will be extremely poor. Fighting Master is a counterexample.Fortunately, all the values ​​​​of the holographic game are left to Luo Hang to personally check. Luo Hang is also a very strict producer, so there should be no bugs.

Xie Yunfan is still very confident that this game will be successfully launched during the summer vacation.

The author has something to say:
The process of making games will go through quickly. After all, Fanfan has a lot of games to make, and the time has also been accelerated. Different World has been accelerated by more than 6 times, and a major production will be released in half a year.

I don’t want Fanfan to become an old man at the end of writing, hahaha.

See you tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)