Alien game producer

【Chapter 5, Labyrinth of the Underworld】

After returning to the apartment, Xie Yunfan turned on his computer and searched for software online.

The programming language in this world is the same as what he learned in his previous life. He doesn't have to relearn it, which saves him a lot of trouble.

There is an auxiliary software for game development called "Game Producer", which can bring together game programming, scene rendering, character modeling, levels, plot and other information, and check the progress of each project at any time. It is equivalent to a "game butler", which can control the project. The progress is clear at a glance.

Xie Yunfan logged into the software to register an account and named it "Small Sailboat".

To his surprise, mobile game producers can also connect to the "Mobile Game Home" website to observe the downloads, purchases and other data of published games in real time, which is very convenient.

Mobile Game Home has a "public material library" with open copyright.

For example, common scenes such as the sky, lawn, and desert can be directly imported into the scene generator for editing and adjustment; animal models such as rabbits, cats and dogs can be used directly; sound effects of natural environments such as running water, wind, thunder and lightning are in the material library It's also very complete.

There are even some game templates, such as elimination games and parkour games. You can directly import the templates, replace the scenes/characters, and you can make a new game by yourself.

These are the most basic materials.

The material library that comes with the software is rich enough, but its shortcomings are also obvious - it has no unique style and is all the same. Players will know at a glance that you are using free material textures.

If Xie Yunfan wanted to make a happy game, he could use the materials here.

But what he wants to do is "The Labyrinth of the Underworld".

There was no scene in the library that suited his liking.Therefore, he had to find an original scene painter to tailor the original scene painting of the 18-story underworld maze for him.

There are many ready-made models in the character material library, including realistic style, science fiction style, cyber style, Q version... except the ancient style he wanted, so he had to spend money to buy character models.

For sound effects and background music, it is best to find a music studio to customize them.Music that fits the scene can make players "immersive" and increase the immersive experience.

Xie Yunfan's former team had very strong professional talents in art, copywriting, level planning, numerical planning, etc.To produce large-scale games, an excellent team is indispensable.

He has no helpers now, so he can only do many things by himself.

He is professional in designing and writing programs. He can complete the maze levels independently. He mainly spends money on scene drawing, character modeling, and music production.

Anyway, the development cost of this stand-alone game is not high. As his first game in this world, Xie Yunfan does not want to make it shoddily.Try to be as refined as possible and use snacks in every aspect.

Players can see whether your game is thoughtful or not.

After completing the preliminary budget, Xie Yunfan opened the programming software and began to design the basic framework of the game based on the gameplay ideas in his memory.

He planned to design the maze layer by layer first, and then connect the 18-layer maze using teleportation mode to build a three-dimensional model.

The first level of the maze is relatively simple, and it is not a good thing to discourage players as soon as they start.Starting from the second level, the difficulty gradually increases.

After passing several levels, new gameplay will be opened, keeping players fresh.

Xie Yunfan was immersed in game design. It was not until 11 o'clock in the evening that he remembered that he had not eaten, and hurriedly picked up his mobile phone and ordered a takeaway.

He tends to ignore time when working, and it is common for him to reverse day and night. This problem really needs to be corrected.Otherwise, how uneconomical would it be to die suddenly from fatigue like in the previous life?

Xie Yunfan saved the production progress, temporarily turned off the computer, stood up and stretched his muscles.

After waiting for the takeaway to arrive, he finished his meal, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and thought for a moment, wrote down a few gameplay methods in a memo, and then went to take a shower and go to bed.

……

At 07:30 the next morning, Xie Yunfan quickly came to the school, went to the cafeteria to have breakfast, and followed the large troops into the teaching building.

He is a student majoring in "Game Design" at Rongcheng University.

The game industry in another world is developing rapidly, and people are generally very receptive to games. Major universities have established related majors and trained many outstanding talents.

As a student majoring in "Game Design", being able to create novel and fun games will not arouse any doubt.However, Xie Yunfan never took classes well in college and failed many subjects.

I am now in the first semester of my junior year, and I will graduate in one and a half years.Xie Yunfan plans to pick up the missed courses and study them hard, and pass the make-up exams for the previously failed courses as soon as possible.

No matter what, he still has to get a college diploma.

Xie Yunfan opened the textbook and listened carefully to the class. From time to time, the classmates in the class cast complicated glances at him. Why did this "king of skipping classes" suddenly come to class?
A class is over soon.

During the break, a chubby boy approached Xie Yunfan and teased: "Yunfan, why are you free to come to class today?"

This person's name is Ji Yan, and he is Xie Yunfan's roommate.If there is any trouble in the class, she will send him a message. She is his number one "eye liner".

Ji Yan lowered his voice: "I'll hand in the homework assigned by Professor Zhang last time. Remember to come to class tomorrow morning. Lao Qi will take your name and it will be used for your usual grades."

"Understood." Xie Yunfan looked at him and said seriously, "By the way, A-yan, please lend me your notes from last semester."

Ji Yan was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Why did you borrow the notes?"

Xie Yunfan: "Review and prepare for the make-up exam."

The students around him couldn't help but look at each other in shock when they heard this sentence.

Why did this demon king suddenly change his gender?

Xie Yunfan sighed and explained helplessly: "I'm already in my junior year. If I don't take the make-up exam, I won't be able to get my diploma in the future. I don't want to drink from the northwest wind in the future."

The bankruptcy of Nebula Group caused a lot of noise, and it became a topic of conversation among the students after dinner. Many people were watching Xie Yunfan's jokes.I thought that this rich young man would continue to degenerate, but unexpectedly he figured it out?

When Ji Yan heard this, he said happily: "As long as you can figure it out! I'll give you all the key notes of several courses. You have to take the time to review. There was a graduation exam when you were a senior, and you failed in the subjects before. Everyone has the opportunity to take the make-up exam, and as long as they pass, they can get their diploma!”

Ji Yan is a foodie, and Xie Yunfan has often invited him to eat since his freshman year, so he is willing to help Xie Yunfan with his homework and provide cover.

"Thank you, I will provide you with milk tea for the next month." Xie Yunfan said cheerfully.

"Hehehe, you're too polite!" Ji Yan smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed.This guy is chubby, and his eyes narrow into a line when he smiles, which is quite cute.

Xie Yunfan patted him on the shoulder: "Go back to your seat, it's time for class."

***
The morning passed quickly.

There was no class in the afternoon, so Xie Yunfan went to the cafeteria to eat, got review materials from Ji Yan, and then returned to the apartment to continue designing the game.

He had to carefully allocate his time between reviewing for exams and game design.Fortunately, the courses at these universities are very basic to him. If he looks at his notes, he should be fine in the exam.

Xie Yunfan organized his notes and turned on the computer again.

He had completed the first two levels of the maze last night. Since he had designed this game in his mind in his previous life, the entire maze framework would be completed very quickly.

He needs to find the original artist as soon as possible.

Xie Yunfan opened the "Painter Garden" website - this is a gathering place for domestic painters. There are professional game painters, as well as some college students in art departments and amateur painting enthusiasts.

Painters can publish their works on their own home page. If a customer likes a certain painter's style, they can contact him directly on the site.

Clients can also publish plans, set prices, and recruit painters to participate.

Xie Yunfan flipped through the "Artist Recommendations" on the homepage. There were many artists' works displayed in the window. Most of them were cold and mechanical apocalyptic science fiction style, colorful cyberpunk style, and various cute and cute Q-prints. I can't find any ancient ones.

His first game, "Maze of the Underworld", is in a horror style. You can find a painter with a similar style and slowly train him.

Xie Yunfan quickly browsed the homepage.

Suddenly, a painter with a special style attracted his attention.

The artist's ID is "Crossing the Mountains and Mountains", and his homepage shows some scenes and characters.

There are dark cells full of blood, eerie late-night cemeteries, and vampires with pale faces and fangs exposed... This man has a distinctive style of painting, and his paintings are very detailed.

The homepage reads a personal introduction: "A college student majoring in art, making bricks to support myself. I am quick to produce pictures, easy to talk to, and can be modified. Dads who are sponsors, please take a look at me! Private manuscript: 1500/picture of a complete scene, 1000/picture of a single half-length picture A full-body picture costs 1500/piece; the manuscript price is ×2, and the buyout price is negotiable.”

At this price, it is obviously for a less well-known freelance painter.

However, he liked this person's painting style very much, and the quality of the scene paintings was up to standard.The artist's homepage shows that the November and December slots are available. Maybe we can try to cooperate?

Xie Yunfan sent him a private message: "Hello, do you have time to submit a manuscript?"

At this time, in the student dormitory of Rongcheng Academy of Fine Arts, a boy was sitting at the table in a daze.

The boy's name is Chu Yue. He has a delicate appearance. He wears a cream yellow sweater with strange patterns printed on it. His slightly long blond hair is tied into a small braid on the back of his head.

The "ding dong" sound of receiving the message made Chu Yue wake up. He picked up his phone and took a look at it, and hurriedly replied: "Hello, I have time. What manuscript does the boss want?"

The other party's ID is "Small Sailboat" and replied: "The original painting of the game scene requires a relatively high degree of completion and the style is scary. Please quote a price for the commercial manuscript purchase."

Original scene painting, commercial manuscript buyout!Chu Yue thought to himself, this is a big deal!

However, he had no experience in painting original game paintings, and he did not dare to offer too high a price. After thinking for a moment, he tentatively said: "If we buy it out...how about 4000 for one piece?"

"No problem." The other party simply said, "Let's do a trial draft first. After the trial draft passes, we can sign the contract."

Chu Yue was stunned: "Do you still want to sign a contract?"

"Well, to avoid copyright disputes in the future. I will buy out the manuscript, but you can retain the right of authorship. 10% of the trial manuscript fee, and a sketch first, do you think it's okay?"

Chu Yue felt as if he had been hit by a pie.

A relatively unknown college student like him, whose style was more spooky and scary, picked out a few of his most satisfying pictures and hung them in the artist's window, but no one paid attention to them for a long time.

Occasionally, some clients would ask him to paint, and they would always be private paintings.

Recently, he was considering whether to switch to the more popular science fiction and cyber genres, or to lower the price of manuscripts... but he got a commercial manuscript. What a piece of luck!

Chu Yue rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "No problem. Boss, I can give you a sketch within two days. Can you describe the specific scene to me in detail?"

The small boat said: "A dark and terrifying enclosed scene. The surrounding walls are covered with human tongues. The tongues were just pulled out and are still dripping with blood."

Chu Yue: "..."

Tongue?

A human tongue was pulled out and hung on the wall dripping blood?

Chu Yue's pupils gradually dilated - could this boss be a pervert?

The author has something to say:
Don’t be afraid, Chu Yue, surprises are yet to come~