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Chapter 354 Love is scary?
Wei Chengjie's speculation is very reasonable.

Because this is the standard answer for similar games at present.

Although real-life acting may sound more expensive, since one has to pay for the performance, it is actually much cheaper than the cost of formal modeling and motion control.

After all, game manufacturers don't really need to look for those first-line stars. They just need to find some 18th-line actors who are filming web dramas or hanging around in film and television cities, who are a little bit handsome and good-looking, and put in a little more effort, and they can produce pretty good results.

If you want to design your own characters, two-dimensional characters are obviously the most suitable.

It's rare to hear that a game company makes a similar love game and actually makes the 3D modeling look like real people. It would be better to just use real people to shoot it.

In addition, from the perspective of game operation, since there are various characters, the main profit points of the game should also be on these characters.

Drawing cards is the most direct way to increase game revenue, and without drawing cards, it would be difficult for Wei Chengjie to think of what kind of charging model this game should use.

It can't be a card charge, right?
However, Lilith shook her head violently: “No!
“First of all, this game should adopt a realistic style, the more realistic the better! Our goal is to make the character models in the game look as real as possible!
“I believe that with the current level of Against Heaven, it can be done.

“Secondly, this game will be charged on a one-time purchase basis, and there will not be any collector’s edition or deluxe edition gift packs!

“All characters in the game will be drawn using game currency.

“Players can designate a character to increase the chance of drawing it. If they don’t draw it, the chance of drawing it next time will continue to increase.

"In general, the time and effort players spend to draw all the characters is about the same, it's just a matter of order."

Wei Chengjie looked at Zhou Yang again, and the confusion in their expressions deepened.

There is a problem, definitely a big problem!

At this point, the game is like the tip of an iceberg, but everyone guessed that Ms. Li would probably have to work very hard to develop it.

As expected, Lilith continued, “But… just like the name of this game, “Heartbeat Dream”, after players encounter these characters, they will enter different dreams.

“In these dreams, players will encounter all kinds of monsters.

“There are zombies, there are flesh tentacles, there are demons, there are ghosts.

“Moreover, the character they like will change into a different appearance, or become physically disabled, or completely blackened, turning into a horrible monster, hunting players endlessly.

“Different characters correspond to different game modes.

“The first mode is the escape mode. In this mode, the player cannot obtain any combat items and can only find ways to escape.

“The second mode is the battle mode, where players can obtain a small number of battle items and have the ability to fight.

“However, due to the setting, the player is not a specially trained soldier, but just an ordinary otaku, so the shooting skills are not accurate, the crosshairs will shake, the movement speed is also very slow, and the accuracy of moving shooting will be greatly reduced.

"In short, players have to go through many shocks and survive many deaths before they can escape from the dream!"

Everyone was stunned.

Good guy!
Are you sure this is a romance game? And not a horror game?
Will you really not be beaten to death on the spot by angry players?
Wei Chengjie raised his hand weakly and asked, "Then... President Li, what will happen after you clear this level?"

Lilith smiled slightly: "After clearing a level, the corresponding character will disappear permanently from the game and will no longer be available, as if it had never appeared!" Everyone didn't fully understand, but was greatly shocked.

Love game + horror game?
Can a normal human really come up with such a horrible idea?

The gap between these two game types is so huge that most players would not associate them together.

After all, players who like to play dating games are generally timid types. They may just want to open the game to experience the feeling of being loved in the virtual two-dimensional world, and then escape reality as much as possible.

Imagine if they were playing a dating game and were flirting with the two-dimensional card characters in it, and suddenly a ghost face appeared on the screen...

I'm afraid I'll have to punch the monitor right there and then rush to the game maker to have a good talk with him about life.

Gu Fan was also amazed.

Okay, okay, this is how you play, right?
President Li has indeed taken another big step towards being an inhumane person.

Lilith's method is very simple, which is to deliberately create this kind of information gap!

Players may feel that this is a love game at first, but after playing for a while, it suddenly turns into a horror game, which first reaps a wave of negative emotions.

What if a small number of players actually persevere and complete the levels of the horror game?
Then just make this character disappear permanently from the game and harvest another wave of negative emotions.

Gu Fan could only comment on this: President Li seems to have become a little bit crazy. How could she come up with such an outrageous idea?
In this way, it is clear why the game adopts a realistic style.

Because the realistic painting style can well integrate the love game and the horror game, the switching between the two game modes will not appear so abrupt, which is conducive to creating greater fright for the players.

After all, if the romance part uses a two-dimensional style and the horror part uses a realistic style, players will immediately realize that something is wrong at the moment of transition and have a stress response, which is relatively not so smooth.

Lilith looked confident: "It's probably a game like this! Do you have any good opinions or suggestions?"

Everyone looked at Gu Fan.

The meaning is very clear: Mr. Gu, you should take care of it!

Gu Fan coughed twice and said, "Boss Li, this idea itself is of course very good, but... I think there is an important problem that needs to be solved."

Lilith narrowed her eyes slightly: "Well, what's the problem?"

“The question is how to keep as many players as possible!

"There is nothing wrong with this approach, but it is definitely a one-time deal. We have prepared so many characters, but once players play the first character and enter the scary part, they will definitely uninstall it and will definitely not play other characters again.

“Isn’t this a waste?

“If we can let them stay and play other characters, and then cut into different horror parts, maybe it will be more effective.”

Lilith nodded slightly: "Hmm...it sounds reasonable. But how do you do it?"

Gu Fan thought for a moment and said, "Boss Li, do you think it would work if every time a player exits the game, they would return to the romance section by default and trigger the horror content at a random time?"

(End of this chapter)