Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

‘In ancient times, the world was undifferentiated, shrouded in fog, gray rocks, towering trees… and immortal ancient dragons. ’

The video footage was filled with white fog, desolate stones and towering trees, and in the white fog, a huge dragon-shaped shadow flashed by.

'But one day the first fire was lit and all the differences were born! ’

'cold and hot'

'Light and Darkness'

'Life and death'

The screen shot quickly switched, and a little spark appeared in the dark, and finally formed a burning flame.

This group of burning flames is so hot and so huge.

Compared with the small cluster of flames burning in the finale of "Dark Souls", the flame in front of him is like the sun.

‘Then, there are several species born from the darkness. ’

'They were drawn to the fire and found the king's soul around the fire'

In front of the flames, countless shadows climbed up from the ground and faced the flames.

'Original Dead: Nite'

In the endless darkness, a huge skeleton appeared, holding a flame in his hand and stood up.

'The Witch of Izaris and the Daughter of Chaos'

A woman with a mage hood who couldn't see her face looked down at the flames in her hands.

'Sun King Gwen and his knights'

Gwen with the crown also held the flames in both hands, but compared to the flames of the witch and Nite, the flames in front of Gwen appeared to be more fiery, and behind him were countless armies of knights on standby.

'and a dwarf no one has ever seen'

In the empty place where the flames started, a person who could only see the shadow stood up holding a flame.

And the flame seemed so small, as if it would be extinguished if it was blown by the wind.

'They gained the power of the king's soul and challenged the immortal ancient dragon. ’

'Gwen's thunder spear pierced the immortal dragon's rock-hard scales. ’

'The witch's fire formed a storm and burned the tree to the ground. ’

'Nit unleashes the miasma of death'

'And the scaleless white dragon, Hiss, betrayed the immortal ancient dragon, causing the immortal ancient dragon to retreat. ’

The screen keeps switching.

Gwen's Thunder Spear, Witch's Flame, and Nit's Death Miasma are constantly attacking the immortal ancient dragon in the sky.

Finally, the scaleless white dragon Heath let out a howl on top of the mountain of dragon corpses.

'The age of fire has begun, but the fire will eventually go out, and only darkness will remain. ’

The huge royal city appeared in the picture, but it disappeared in a flash, replaced by endless darkness.

After a while, a cluster of firelight appeared in the darkness, and suddenly a pair of hands grabbed the last bit of firelight.

'Now, the fire is about to go out, the light cannot shine on the world, and the night continues endlessly. ’

A woman kneeling in front of Desolate Valley Graves is instantly recognizable to anyone who has played Dark Souls.

This woman is the image of the fire-resistant woman.

'The Cursed Ring of Darkness, began to appear with the crowd. ’

Putting his hand on the corpse of the knight, the ring of darkness appeared in the zoomed out picture.

Then the screen switched and came to a prison.

There are countless living corpses locked up in the prison.

'Yes, the Ring of Darkness represents the curse of immortality. ’

‘The Plenum of the Undead is arrested, sent to the North, and held in cells until the end of the world. ’

'This... is also your destiny'

Finally, the middle shot of the video came to the innermost cell.

There was an undead man in armor who was different from the others just by looking at it.

Then he looked up, the skylight was opened, and a body was thrown from above.

A knight with a shield on his back, whose face could not be seen clearly, looked at the undead in the prison.

Then the picture fell into darkness.

The four characters of "Dark Souls" appear in the middle of the screen, and there is a line of subtitles below it: The Age of First Fire.

………………

With the release of this promotional video, all the players at the exhibition site were instantly excited.

Yes, this is what they want!

Although this video is not long, only about three minutes, it has revealed enough content.

The first is the background of the "Dark Souls" world.

In the previous "Dark Souls", players could only get some information through a few words.

In this promotional video, players finally know what the world of Dark Souls was like at the beginning.

At the same time, I understand the meaning of the flame, and it can be inferred from some pictures in the game.

That is, in the two works, the timeline should be very, very long, which can be seen from the performance of the flame.

The first fire in the promotional trailer is like a huge sun.

But in the final ending of the previous Black Soul, there was only a small cluster of flames, as if the wind would be extinguished when the wind blew.

At the same time, combined with the content of the promotional video, many fanatical Black Soul players also have some more detailed speculations.

That is the beginning of the whole world, existing in the soul, but in disorder.

Because the propaganda notice said the differences and tendencies brought about by the initial fire.

This is likely to give souls to be distinguished according to different properties, allowing originally disordered souls to aggregate and appear in a certain form.

That is the king's soul, and those creatures who get the king's soul from the fire of the beginning are called gods by the people of later generations.

They were the first creatures to be baptized by fire and given orderly souls, which changed their appearance and existence and evolved into new ones.

Then, the first beings to gain soul power wage war on the ancient dragons who represent disorder, for survival, for ambition, or whatever.

In a word, the war between order and disorder started. In the end, with the help of the White Dragon Heath, the representatives of fire won. Order replaced disorder, and then ushered in the age of fire.

From these characters, players can also clearly see the shadow of some related settings.

For example, the White Dragon Heath is closely related to spells, the Gwen gods are closely related to the beliefs of the clergy, and the witches are related to the power of conjuration.

As for that dwarf, many players are scrambling to discuss it.

Because the propaganda film did not mention that the dwarves who obtained the dark soul participated in this dragon hunting war, and although the dark soul is a magical theme, there are no dwarves, elves and other settings.

What kind of existence is the so-called dwarf, and what is the relationship between the dark mark brought by Londore in the previous work and the dark ring mentioned in the promotional trailer.

These have become questions for many Black Soul players.

But no matter what, one more player expresses the same meaning: bring the game, take the wallet, I bought it!

With the completion of the promotional video, countless players were unable to restrain their excitement and discussed it one after another.

Players who were interested in the plot discussed the few words revealed in the promotional film.

And players who simply cut BOSS are even more excited.

See what is mentioned in the game?

The Sun King Gwen, the witch of Izaris and the daughter of Chaos, the first dead Nite, are all famous existences.

The previous work was the King of Salary, and this work directly fights the ancient gods, how exciting!

With excitement, the players looked at Chen Xu who stepped back on the stage.

"As everyone has seen, "Dark Soul: The Age of First Fire" will bring the battlefield back to the distant ancient times, when players will experience a more exciting and fascinating dark soul."

"At the same time, I can also disclose some more critical information to you here. The launch time of "Dark Soul: The Age of First Fire" is tentatively scheduled for early July!"

Following Chen Xu's announcement, a line of dates suddenly appeared on the big screen behind.

This time, it's not that Chen Xu is fooling around.

Because according to the current progress, it is completely enough.

After all, it is not developed from scratch. The framework of the previous work is here, and the main time-consuming and laborious thing is the art resources.

Hearing Chen Xu's words, the players present cheered again.

Obviously getting a release date is what gets them excited.

Then, in the eyes of all the players looking forward to, Chen Xu stepped down from the stage after some talk at the exhibition, and was replaced by the event host.

Wait, Mr. Chen, did you forget to announce something?

"Dark Souls: Age of First Fire" demo part! ?

Many players looked at Chen Xu who was exiting over there with bewildered expressions, and then looked at the host who was introducing the follow-up activities and content on the stage.

This time, on Nebula Games' side, Chen Xu didn't really just bring a trailer for the sequel to "Dark Souls" to participate.

There is still some content, such as the new version of "Three Kingdoms Kill" and the new national war mode, as well as the new version of "Jelly Bean", various related themed maps.

Of course, there are also some special events for players, such as co-op play "Two of Two", and then get some simple toy souvenirs.

There is also the "Dark Soul" challenge, where players can challenge different bosses and monsters, and whether the challenge is successful or unsuccessful, they can also get corresponding souvenir toys.

And the players here watched the showgirl and coser who performed on the stage over there and finally confirmed a fact.

That is, the so-called "Dark Souls: Age of First Fire" demo does not exist at all!

"Drunken! Chen Xu is a big fool!"

"Yeah, I thought there would be demo content at the show, but it turned out to be a trailer!"

"Although this trailer reveals a lot, and Chen Xu directly announced the release date, I am really excited, but what about the good demo!"

"That's it! That's it! Isn't it just a matter of words!"

"Cough cough, don't get excited two brothers, you are looking at Chen Xu's previous official blog, in fact, there is no mention of the trial game!"

"Fuck, it really is!"

However, although there is no trial session, many players are disappointed, but this is not a big deal. After all, there are no trials at the exhibition every year, and there are many cases where only a trailer is released.

Moreover, Chen Xu also directly announced the launch date of "Dark Soul: The Age of First Fire"!

At least it can give them hope.

It is said that the activities here are actually quite lively, and the prizes are not expensive but quite delicate, which also makes many players feel that Nebula Games attaches great importance to players.

At the same time, whether it is "Three Kingdoms Kill" or "Jelly Bean Man", players can also directly download the test version released by the exhibition to experience the new content.

Just like last year, the operation that does not require players to queue up also makes many players feel good, and dispels some of the loss that had not been able to usher in the demo version of the new Dark Souls game before.

In addition to other activities such as the Black Soul Challenge, and the tacit understanding activities of "Two People", they were also surrounded by many players.

"Old Song, aren't you lining up?" Zhang Yi and Wang Han lined up, looking at Song Ren walking towards the other side, a little curious.

"It's nothing, I want to see other games." Song Ren looked at Zhang Yi and Wang Han who were holding hands, glanced at the experience area of ​​"Two Together" in front, and forced a smile.

queue?

When he doesn't want to play! ?

The key is that this person can't play!

This game has been out for so long, and he hasn't played it except watching the video!

Especially looking at the surrounding pictures of a man and a woman holding hands, Song Ren took a deep breath.

Can't watch, can't watch, blood pressure is high.

Play some blood pressure lowering games.

Looking at the black soul experience area next to him, Song Ren silently looked away, and then he saw a strange place.

In the small corner of the Nebula game exhibition area, there are four wall-mounted monitors, and in front of the monitors there are four large water tanks with inflatable hammers inserted.

He noticed it before, but at that time he thought it was the work area of ​​Nebula Games, but now it seems that it is not!

Out of curiosity, Song Ren walked over.

Could it be that something new in Nebula Games?