Game Design: Is that okay, CaiGou?

There is no novice tutorial in Chapter 125. Isn’t this a sign of incompetence and failure? (Please subscribe)

【Choose a destination】

[Location details:——]

[Starting asteroid: Earth-like star (a place with a balanced variety of resources)]

[Introduction: Earth-like planets meet all the needs for replicant survival and, unsurprisingly, this is an ideal location for the first attempt to establish a colony]

[Probability of survival: ideal]

In addition to [Earth-like Planet], there are also maps such as [Ocean Planet], [Frost Planet], and [Emerald Star]. There are a total of nine maps to choose from in the original version.

Not only are the environments different, the types of resources are different, but even the difficulty is different.

But as the old saying goes -

Listen to others and eat enough.

The game introduction clearly tells you that Earth-like Planet is suitable for novices.

Liuliu naturally follows the good and follows the flow...

After all, so many people are watching!

After clicking OK, as the reading ends, a prompt pops up——

[Choose three clones and get ready to start]

【Lindsay】

【interest--】

[Cooking: +1 Cooking]

[Organization: +1 strength]

[Supply: +1 Strength]

[Characteristic——]

[No culture: Improves the decoration morale bonus and cannot perform decoration tasks]

[Nervous fragility: unable to perform medical tasks]

[Stress response: crying]

[Joyful reaction: Posting Bomberman]

[Gene trait: None]

[Introduction: Lindsay is a charming woman, as long as you don't mess with her friends]

It seems that the clone selected at the beginning of the game is the initial population of the base.

Liuliu was hesitant. After all, there were too many options, and the character introductions were different from most games on the market. This step must be done carefully.

Liuliu kept refreshing the clones and discovered a problem. Cooking, mining, and research were often among the interests of the clones.

Combined with Hypoxia, it is a space survival simulation and construction game. In order to maintain stability, Liuliu chose three clones to each control a talent.

Finally, three clones were finalized——

【Lindsay】

【Hassan】

【Niles】

Next comes the final step, naming the colony.

Liuliu looked around and found a group of anchors with expectant eyes, smiled, and named——

【Half of the Country】

When the fans in the live broadcast room saw this, they made crazy complaints——

"Don't crowd around Liuliu, get on the numbers too!"

"Yeah, why are you watching? It's not difficult for you guys to look at the game options. I suspect the old thief is lying to you."

"Upstairs, your words are so poor, hahahaha!"

All the anchors saw the barrage and ignored it.

nonsense!

The game Hypoxia has just been released. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if you don’t understand how to play it?

Let Liuliu have an idea of ​​hypoxia first, so that he won't be blind.

As the game screen lights up, next to a portal in an underground cave, three clones appear one after another.

Around the cave where the portal is located, there are many unrelated caves.

Each cave is different in size and has different types of resources, such as water source, soil, plants, temperature, and oxygen content.

Except for the initial cave, most of the surrounding caves are illuminated by light sources, and there are all kinds of strange plants growing on the ground. The game's style is very cute.

only……

Including Liuliu, everyone discovered a problem unanimously.

What about tutorials?

What about the novice tutorial?

Where's my newbie tutorial?

You spend money to buy a game, but why don’t you even get a novice tutorial?

Isn't this a sign of incompetence and failure?

Is it possible...

Just play it so hard?

"From the Kerbal Space Program to urban skylines, from cryptography introductory manuals to hypoxia, I discovered that General Tiangong doesn't have the habit of giving novice tutorials?"

"You can't say that. The Kerbal Space Program has a novice tutorial, but the novice tutorial also needs to read the tutorial. The city skyline is just a guide, the cryptography introductory manual is beginning to be inappropriate, and hypoxia is completely inappropriate! "

"This problem is not good and needs to be corrected. The game I paid for does not have a novice tutorial. This is not equivalent to the summer homework I paid for. Did the teacher tear up the answers for me?"

"By God's blessing, the old thief issued an edict: Where is the great master of the old school? Quickly develop a novice tutorial, here's what I do!"

Sixty-six people hold their teeth in their hands, and they can only understand each one one by one.

Upper left corner of the interface: In-game time, speed control, emergency control, and overview of clones, stress, diseases, and food.

The first row of the top menu: provides some general behavioral controls for the clone.

The second line of the top menu: View menu, which provides a variety of different view options.

Left: Important information and tips.

Right: Details and settings for the currently selected function.

Lower left corner: Construction menu, used to build various buildings.

Lower right corner: The command button is used to arrange tasks for the replicator.

After Liuliu is familiar with each one in turn, click on the ration box next to the initial portal.

[ration box]

【state--】

[Storage: 20/150kg]

【Not refrigerated】

【information--】

[Storage a small amount of food, the food must be delivered to the box by the clone]

[Stock capacity: 150kg]

[Decoration degree: +5 (range: 1 block of bricks)]

[The ration box can prevent hungry animals from stealing food, but it cannot slow down food spoilage]

[Contents: 21.8° nutrition bar: 20kg]

"This is the initial resource of the game, which is the same concept as the 70,000 colones of City Skyline."

Liuliu operated the clone while conducting analysis:

"It seems that our task in the early stage is to collect food and build basic living facilities."

"This concept is universal in any simulation management and construction game."

"Let's try it one by one. The early stage shouldn't involve too complicated subjects."

Liuliu moved the mouse to the cave aside.

【oxygen--】

[breathable gas]

【179.6 g (easy to breathe)】

【21.8 degrees】

"Each cave has an oxygen reserve. The name of the game is hypoxia. Even oxygen is one of the resource types."

"This cave has water resources. By digging through the two caves, we can obtain not only oxygen but also water resources."

"Kill two birds with one stone!"

Liuliu spoke in an unhurried voice, but his thoughts were very smooth.

It doesn’t matter that there is no beginner’s tutorial for hypoxia.

comprehend by analogy.

Utilize the underlying logic of games of the same type.

Always try to play.

Moreover, it does not involve too much or too complicated subject knowledge in the early stage, so everything progresses with ease.

This scene also made the anchors watching breathe a sigh of relief.

That's it?

Then I have to give it a try!

The anchors sat in front of the computer one after another and began to try out hypoxia.

When the fans in the live broadcast room saw this, rainbow farts filled the sky. "Six-six is ​​indeed six-six, it's six!"

"Although there is no novice tutorial in the early stage, and the interface settings are a bit complicated, it seems to be within the range!"

"The rain has stopped, the sky has cleared up, and I feel like I can do well again!"

"Go, go, go!"

The first game plus education special exhibition has been held since its opening in the morning.

Countless players flocked to the exhibition, and it was a sea of ​​people.

It really allows other participating manufacturers to experience the charm of traffic.

"Hahaha, this game is too hot!"

"Combine dusting with games? It's really yours!"

"This game is not very playable..."

The exhibition halls were crowded with players, because the quality of the participating games varied, and player reviews varied.

But overall, players were very satisfied on the first day of the game plus education exhibition.

However, most players, after wandering around, will target the central exhibition hall of Taiping Road.

after all……

If you don't know the way of peace in your life, even if you are a player, it will be in vain!

In the game plus education track, Huang Tiancai is the orthodox one!

only……

When the players poured into the central exhibition hall, they found a very hanging rail scene.

The number of players in other exhibition halls was mixed, but the atmosphere was cheerful.

How come the faces of the major anchors in the central exhibition hall look as ugly as constipation?

The melon-eating people watching looked at each other in confusion, as if they had entered a hypoxic zone, and some were out of breath.

A player just arrived and was confused about the situation, so he asked the guy on the side:

"Brother, what's going on?"

The old man shook his head and smiled:

"Hypoxia is too confusing. The difficulty of the game is not high at the beginning. Most anchors start to try it out. Who knows the result? Hypoxia does not respect martial ethics..."

"Why don't you follow martial arts laws?"

"Which one do you think is more important, a simulation building survival game or eating, drinking, sleeping?"

"The first thing should be eating and drinking, right? The rest should be done slowly, right?"

"I can't say it's wrong, but in the game of hypoxia... pulling is also very important!" The old man said earnestly:

"Brother, have you ever seen a clone defecating everywhere? Have you ever seen a clone vomiting and having diarrhea? Have you ever seen a clone working while vomiting and diarrhea?"

The player smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't tell me, this is all caused by lack of oxygen? Lack of oxygen makes you completely inappropriate!"

The old man shrugged and said, "This incident teaches us that in a hypoxic environment, going to the toilet is the primary productive force!"

The player agreed with his face: "The game produced by the old thief will educate every player. Let them understand that it is not that they will not retaliate, but the time has not yet come."

The game of hypoxia can be roughly divided into 5 stages——

[Initial stage]: Starting from the selection of the initial replicator to the stage where the basic needs of the replicator are temporarily met. There are generally no difficulties at this stage.

[Early stage]: In this stage, the core base is gradually taking shape, which can meet the basic needs of the clones for a long period of time and establish preliminary industry, agriculture, and animal husbandry.

[Mid-term]: In this stage, industry, agriculture, and animal husbandry are improved, and a balance between supply and demand begins to be established.

[Later period]: In this stage, space exploration for scientific research purposes is completed, the supply and demand balance of the base is improved, and the second asteroid is developed.

【End Stage】: Develop other asteroids and complete the three ultimate game goals.

In fact, any simulation management and construction game, as long as it has survival elements, basically follows Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory.

At the very beginning of a game, players must face the first level of challenges in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory——

Physiological needs!

Including air, food, water, sleep.

These needs must be met to maintain human survival. If these needs are not met, humans will feel hungry, thirsty, tired and lose vitality.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory is vividly explained in the game hypoxia.

No matter which planet map the player chooses, he will face several goals in the early stages of the game——

[1]: Build a bed for each clone

[2]: Construction of temporary sanitary facilities

[3]: Construction of temporary water supply system

【4】: Collect temporary food

【5】：Building temporary power supply

[6]: Oxygen supply in the early stage of construction

[Seven]: Primary scientific research

The game "Hypoxia" looks strange and the operation is simple.

At the beginning of the game, everything seems not so urgent, and you can take your time.

But in fact, there is already a hidden murderous intention.

Players not only need to raise a bunch of clones in space, but also ensure that they can breathe fresh oxygen and take care of their daily food, drink, diarrhea and sleep within limited conditions.

Although the name of the game is called Hypoxia, the crisis faced by players is not just the problem of scarce oxygen in the air.

How to deal with the waste gases such as carbon dioxide, natural gas, and hydrogen generated during the operation and heating of various equipment, and how to rationally utilize them and convert them into useful electricity or other resources.

In an environment where water resources are scarce, hard-core technical issues such as how to purify water, convert water, and rationally utilize wastewater are the problems that hypoxia poses to players.

After all, everyone knows it.

Lack of oxygen, never lack of oxygen.

Famine, never famine.

Central exhibition hall.

Boss Yin looked sad.

I thought it would be simple to lack oxygen, but who knew that just because there was no toilet built, the replicants started to urinate everywhere.

What a coincidence, this scene was watched by the audience in the live broadcast room.

When Boss Yin hurriedly built the toilet, he later realized that the sink was placed in the wrong position.

This group of replicants did not wash their hands after going to the toilet, causing the replicants to become infected with germs and begin to fall ill.

I have no choice but to restart the game after a bad start.

Boss Yin couldn't help it. He immediately turned to look at the crowd of melon eaters and shouted:

"Are there any players who specialize in automation, oxygen production, human management, electricity, and pipelines?"

"Everyone, come and combine together. I'll form the head. I can't play this game without a counselor!"

The crowd watching the melon-eating crowd immediately gathered in front of him.

"I, Master Yin, am majoring in automation!"

"And me, I know human resources management!"

"I'm an electrical major!"

"..."

Since the old thief dares not to be a human being.

I dare to hire professional foreign aid.

Boss Yin glanced around and selected a group of people to form a staff group.

"From now on, it all depends on you!"

Staff Team: "Don't worry, bureau chief!"

When the water friends in the live broadcast room saw this, they even laughed and said——

"Secretary, Meituan's secret message!"

"Read!"

“Your takeaway is being attacked by riders!”

"There is no word left in this scene. The snow-capped mountains have been cold for ages, and Mount Emei shines alone!"

“Very romantic!”

"Emei Peak, you still fucking take a photo alone?"

As the game progress continued, Boss Yin frowned and shouted:

"High-pressure oxygen system? Who knows high-pressure oxygen?"

A staff officer immediately came forward and said:

"Don't panic, sir. I'm a professional in oxygen production!"

"I have a counselor, I am like a fish in water!"

Boss Yin pointed his finger and asked:

"Reconciliation of this situation?"

The staff officer analyzed it carefully and said with emotion:

"In the hypoxia game, the main components of the high-pressure oxygen module are [air pump] [exhaust port] [electrolyzer]. In addition, there are also [oxygen gas chambers] [hydrogen gas chambers] and circuits... "

"This game... is awesome!"

When Boss Yin heard this, he held the staff officer's hand tightly:

"Military advisor, save me!"

The fans in the live broadcast room burst into laughter upon seeing this.

“Not only is the game style strange, but the anchor’s style is also starting to look strange.”

"It's broken, this game... needs to grow brains!"

"Hypoxia perfectly illustrates the abstract spirit of being too tired to learn automation in class and going back to the dormitory to learn automation and relax!"

(End of this chapter)