Game Design: Is that okay, CaiGou?

Chapter 252: The handicap is furious: Emotional Rhythm Master is a hand speed game? (Please subscribe)

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Li Ying's status in the field of music games is unique and the leader.

Since she dared to say that Rhythm Master is an absolutely good game, and even said that she wanted to ask Cai Gou for advice in front of hundreds of thousands of fans in the live broadcast room, she was naturally well-founded.

Just watching the live broadcast for the first time, watching the rhythm master's game just now, the player gained nothing except pop music and finger clicks.

"It's not that I question Mr. Li, nor do I want to question the old thief, it's just... what's so good about this game?"

"I thought I was the only one who had doubts? This game is indeed creative, but it's not hardcore at all...it doesn't have the usual style of Taipingdao..."

"One thing to say, I am a veteran player of music games, and hardcore is not my pursuit. I will definitely support the game Rhythm Master, but I always feel that it lacks some meaning and is not as good as those music games produced by Mr. Li. Let’s swim?”

In the live broadcast room, many water friends posted comments and expressed their doubts.

Li Ying smiled.

Hardcore?

When did audio games also pursue hardcore?
Say it again!

How do you know this game isn't hardcore?
Li Ying smiled and said nothing, clicked on the level-breaking mode, checked all the way, and she chose level 174 of the level-breaking mode——

[Song: General’s Order]

【4 keys】

[Difficulty: Level 7]

[Passing conditions: The blood volume at the time of settlement shall not be less than 90% of the total blood volume]

【Start game】

Li Ying explained: "I understand your doubts, and some fans may even be thinking, am I, Li Ying, old and confused? But I believe that after you have seen Rhythm Master's level-breaking mode, you will have a strong idea in your mind. "

"And..." Li Ying blinked and said, "Although hardcore is not an attribute of audio games, hardcore is the characteristic of Taipingdao. How can you be sure that the rhythm master produced by Taipingdao is not hardcore?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone held their breath and concentrated, ready to see what kind of medicine Li Laohulu was selling.

Li Ying chose to start the game.

In the game interface, there are still four equal black areas, and the cursor notes are lowered in each area from time to time. However, what is completely different from the classic mode is that in the breakthrough mode, the background music accompanied by the general's order sounds.

Not only do blue notes and green notes fall much faster, but the number of notes is also greatly increased. Compared with the three or two big cats and kittens in the classic mode, the quartered area is almost covered with cursor phonetic symbols, making it overwhelming. .

In addition, a new long-shaped note has been added to the game. Whenever the long-shaped cursor appears, players need to find the right time to long press it.

Li Ying has been playing the piano since she was a child, and the flexibility of her hands is not comparable to that of ordinary players. Moreover, she is also a senior designer in the field of music games. After breaking through the window paper, her understanding of rhythm masters is far beyond that of ordinary people.

I saw Li Ying's hands dancing on the touch screen, the cursor being eliminated in an orderly manner, and the song of the general's order echoed in the player's mind——

"[I know what's wrong with you

I know what the general said may not be right.
I know right or wrong, I can tell it myself
Please be quiet, please be quiet]"

The water friends in the live broadcast room saw Mr. Li Ying personally demonstrating for the players, and heard the singing of General Order in their ears, but they were surprised and uncertain in their hearts——

"Hey, the difficulty of the game has increased!"

"Really, that's what it is!"

"What is it? You should explain it clearly!"

"The Riddler get out of Gotham City!"

"It seems like Rhythm Master is a game that you really don't need to be good at. At least at the current difficulty level, I can't do it anyway!"

The water friends chatted and then concentrated on watching Mr. Li Ying's performance.

After all, there are not many opportunities to see Mr. Li Ying try out the game live in person.

After the song was played, Li Ying let out a long breath and said, "Do you understand? The difficulty of this game depends largely on the song the player chooses. The more difficult the song, the higher the difficulty. This is true for a general's order."

"If I choose a famous popular song that is often played in concerts and is also one of the fastest piano pieces in the world, "Flight of the Bumblebee," think about it, how difficult will the Rhythm Master game be?"

Players who like audio games are not necessarily music lovers, but the proportion of music lovers is definitely much higher than that of other types of games.

When it comes to other rare, high-end, and even professional piano music, not many people know about it, but what I want to say is the famous and popular "Flight of the Bumblebee". Everyone present has heard of it even if they are not music lovers.

"Flight of the Bumblebee" is one of the fastest piano pieces in the world. Due to its extremely fast melody, later generations often choose this piece to demonstrate the playing skills of piano, violin and other musical instruments.

If you put this song into Rhythm Master, you can imagine the difficulty.

Everyone took a breath of cold air when they thought of this.

"Emotions, is it just an appearance that the Rhythm Master has a hand? Is it actually a hard music game?"

"Not to mention Flight of the Bumblebee, I can't even play General's Order. Can a music game be hardcore?"

"The Handicapped Party is furious. When will we, the Handicapped Party, stand up?"

"Co-author...Rhythm Master is indeed a hardcore game. The hardcore is in terms of hand speed?"

"That's what you're going to say? How is this a music game? It's clearly a hand speed game!"

"Hahahaha, the hand speed party plus the sound party and the two chefs are ecstatic!"

At the same time, in addition to Li Ying, Chu Tiankuo, as a senior game designer, also figured out the core of Rhythm Master in a very short time. The teacher was addicted and was explaining the game ideas to the friends in the live broadcast room.

On the other side, as the only judge with a non-game design background, cyber postgraduate entrance examination tutor Liuliu, after briefly trying the classic mode and level-breaking mode, he was very surprised by the perfect fit between pop music and rhythm master gameplay.

At this moment, she is also transformed into a famous cyber teacher, and she is talking endlessly about songs and even music in pop music and even classical music that are famous for their extremely fast melodies. When the fifteen-minute evaluation time was over, the host saw that the three judges were still eloquent and had no intention of stopping, so he had no choice but to remind:

"Three teachers? Three judges? It's time for the Rhythm Master's evaluation? Are you watching?"

"Oh, oh!"

Li Ying suddenly realized it and quickly switched to the next game.

Chu Tiankuo and Liuliu also woke up from a dream and quickly switched to the next game for testing.

Time passed, and soon it came to eight o'clock in the evening, and the trial session officially ended.

Of the 108 games, 52 have been eliminated in the first round of trial play.

Next is the game review session. The three judges will conduct a quick and simple evaluation of the 56 selected games.

The host explained: "Next is the last link of this music-specific game festival-the game review link."

"Players can log in to the event areas of major official platforms to vote based on the views and opinions of the three judges and their own preferences."

"The voting period is 3 days, that is, until June 6, when the award list of Sichuan Province's first music-specific game festival will be finalized."

"In the game review process, the three judges will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of each game that enters the second round, and give three grades of upper, middle, and lower evaluations. The final comprehensive evaluation will also become The evaluation tag of the game on the activity page for players’ reference.”

"First of all, the first game "Note Collision", please all the judges and teachers, please express your opinions in turn."

After the three of them were humble to each other for a while, Li Ying picked up the microphone and said:
"I think the gameplay of Note Collision is too simple, and music games are already in a niche circle, but it has once again narrowed its circle further through the innovation of game mechanics. This is an unwise choice."

"However, its style of painting is very healing. It's a pity that a game cannot be judged only from the style of painting. If you look at it from the perspective of gameplay, it would be too monotonous and boring. If it were me, I would give it a lower rating."

In her professional field, Li Ying will definitely play the role of a blackface in the live broadcast of this game. She has this consciousness.

Chu Tiankuo took the microphone handed by Li Ying and said: "Games are the ninth art, but art also requires food, and many games simply cannot reach the level of the ninth art. Before that, games were just commodities."

"For products, it is useless for game designers to enjoy themselves. Players and market recognition are needed. Obviously, Note Collision is a typical example of designers' self-interest and players not getting enough. I will also give it a try. "

Are both inferior?

Liuliu took the microphone, smiled bitterly, and explained: "I'm just a game anchor. I don't know how to do anything in terms of game mechanics, gameplay, game innovation, etc., but from a player's perspective, audio games are also games, so It also has to be playable.”

"As a player, and even more so as a game streamer, I have played between a thousand and eight hundred games. Note Collision gave me only one biggest feedback - no playability."

"Simple note collision, pieced together into the music rhythm required by the current level, will not bring players a repetitive playability experience. Therefore, my evaluation of the game Note Collision is also inferior!"

When the three judges all gave poor marks for the note collision, the game was eliminated directly and the players were not even eligible to vote. The host opened his mouth to control the field and introduced the next game:
"Okay, let's invite the three judges to continue commenting on the second game..."

The quick review process was carried out in an orderly manner. During this period, Li Ying could not give a top grade to almost ten games.

Chu Tiankuo's judging criteria will be a little looser, but they are also limited. Instead, Liuliu will look at the players' perspective and give a few top choices as appropriate.

As the review session continued to deepen, time passed and finally came to the review session of the rhythm master.

In the live broadcast room, water friends suddenly became excited.

"Hey hey hey - it's dinner time again!"

"I just love to read reviews of games played by the old thief. When I read reviews of other games, I cough!"

"In this wave, I will jump directly to the prophet - three top ones!"

"That's necessary, why don't you look at who the old thief is?"

"Teacher Li Ying has more than 30 games, but she doesn't give a top grade. Isn't she too strict?"

"It's not that Teacher Li Ying is strict, but the rhythm master Zhu Yu is in front of her. She is used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas. How can you let her swallow street fast food?"

The host also understands the weight of the words Taipingdao and Tiangong General, and even the rhetoric of field control has changed a lot:

"Everyone, the next judge is Rhythm Master produced by Taipingdao. This is also the only game among the 108 games in this competition that the three judges have played for 15 minutes. Let us listen to the professional judges and teachers' opinions on Rhythm Master. Reviews.”

The three judges declined, and finally let Liuliu express his opinion first. Liuliu picked up the phone and said:
"As a game anchor, I have dealt with old thieves many times. Taipingdao is a golden brand in the gaming circle. It is produced by Yellow Turban and has a reputation of being a high-quality product. It is also passed down by word of mouth among players."

"Logically speaking, I am not qualified to evaluate his games. Today, I will go beyond the rules and comment from the perspective of a game player."

"First of all, Rhythm Master provides players with a large number of hit songs. Players can follow the rhythm and melody of the music and quickly tap the notes falling along the track with their fingers, which provides a strong sense of operation."

"During the game, there will still be long slide keys with different shapes and the cursor will drop. At this time, you need to long press and slide according to the slide key shape to keep up with the rhythm of the falling notes."

"Different sliding operations and a smooth gaming experience allow players to feel the infinite charm of rhythmic swings while listening to music. I am not a loyal fan of music games, but Rhythm Master has changed my taste. From the perspective of gamers, I will give a high-quality evaluation.”

Chu Tiankuo then raised the microphone and smiled:
"I have known Cai Gou for several years, and I admire his talent very much. The scale of the music-specific game festival is not large, the standards are not high, and the circle is still small. Logically speaking, with the current scale of Taiping Road, it is not possible to see It’s a small event like a music special game festival.”

"The reason why he will participate is actually for the better development of music tourism in Sichuan Province. It was our organizer who begged him to participate, and the facts have proved that our choice was correct."

"Rhythm Master is undoubtedly a game that is easy to get started but has a very high upper limit. It has a wide range of player audiences, which is rare in the field of music games. In my opinion, Rhythm Master is fully worthy of a high rating!"

Li Ying finally picked up the microphone, smiled and said: "There are talented people from generation to generation, and each has been leading the way for hundreds of years!"

"Rhythm Master, in my opinion, is strictly classified as a falling touch music rhythm puzzle game. The game method is based on the traditional note-tapping gameplay, adding the sliding note operation method, novel gameplay, and massive song library, making it Rhythm masters can be both high-spirited and down-to-earth."

"Innovation is the foundation of any industry. For the niche circle of music games, it has been a long time since we have seen such simple and pure innovation with outstanding effects. Superior is an unquestionable evaluation for the rhythm master."

"Excuse me..." Having said this, Li Ying looked at Chu Tiankuo and then at the host and asked:

"Can the organizer invite Cai Goulianmai after the game review session? I would like to have a few words with him?"

"OK?"

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