Game Making: The Latest Chapter Begins With Healing the Player

"Game Making: Starting with Healing the Player ()"

Regarding the new random mode, there will soon be more topics in the major "Dark Souls" related forums and communities.

"This mode is so unfriendly to African chiefs! I have a friend of mine, and what he touches is either a soul that is about to dissipate or a piece of shit, and the weapon is all whips!"

"Why is there a whip weapon in this game!?"

"There is an uncertain guess. The friend you mentioned should not be yourself, right?"

"One thing to say, the first boss at the beginning is the dancer of Lengliegu, I vomited!"

"What are you doing? On the road to the Ashes Cemetery, the black knight, the arakkoa, the snake man, I will not fall!"

In the face of the new random mode, it can be said that many players who have not been interested in "Dark Soul" before have the urge to open the game again.

Although random mode is balanced, luck sometimes even outweighs strength.

For example, there are some Destiny Emperors like Liu Xiu. They can often pick up all kinds of powerful weapons at the beginning of the game, as well as the soul of King Xin, thus raising the game experience to the simple difficulty of mowing the grass.

And some unlucky people with the fate of the chief may face the embarrassing situation of finding a prop after a lot of hard work, and then finding it to be a piece of shit after picking it up, thus raising the game experience to the same 'mowing' but the object is different Different hell levels of difficulty.

This mode also allows many players to awaken a new attribute after shaking the M attribute, which is obsessive-compulsive disorder!

There are many players in the original version, and they don't even look at these collectible items.

Because there is a high probability that it may be a soul, or weapons and props that they feel are useless, they can't provide much help to the game experience at all, and it feels purely to satisfy players' collection addiction.

But it's different in random mode. Maybe the item you missed is the soul of an unknown king, or a black knight shield.

So naturally, for players, it is a prop that cannot be missed.

What if the next prop is super awesome! ?

In addition, there is another point, which is also the biggest temptation of random gameplay.

Players never know whether the next item they open is a shit block or a baby.

The thrill of touching the prize can be said to be quite tempting.

Combining these attributes, some ordinary players who had completed the game for a week, and then watched a wave of spiritualists' analysis of the background and plot of "Dark Soul" on the video platform.

At this time, "Dark Soul" was reopened again, and another fire-passing journey began.

After all, the original multi-week games of "Dark Souls" are mostly just repeated games. Although in the case of multi-week games, monsters and bosses will be strengthened, and some props will only appear in multi-week games.

But for some ordinary players, it is obviously not enough for them to play repeatedly.

The random mode is different.

It is more entertaining, and every time you restart the game, it is equivalent to a brand new journey.

Players can never guess what kind of props they will pick up later, what kind of bosses and mobs they will encounter.

After opening the random mode, the popularity of "Dark Soul" not only warmed up, but even ushered in a small increase in sales.

Because from the demonstrations of major live broadcast platforms and video platforms, random mode entertainment viewing is very attractive.

Of course, when these players who are attracted by the random mode really embark on the road to fire, whether they can awaken their special physique and stay in the world of Black Soul depends on their ability to bear.

For players, the original content of "Dark Souls" is enough for them to play for a while, and the appearance of this random mode can make them give a few more livers.

But apart from these.

For players, there is another problem that makes them very concerned.

That is when Chen Xu is going to develop the sequel to "Dark Souls".

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Nebula Games' office.

After completing the development of Dark Souls, the new mode also went live.

The whole team is still relatively quiet.

Except for the operation department responsible for the customer service and forum community on the Nebula game platform, and the review department of the creative workshop.

On the game department side, the relatively busy departments are "Three Kingdoms Kill", "Jelly Bean Man" and "Naughty Kitchen", the three departments that need to continue to operate.

Unlike single-player games like Dark Souls, these three are multiplayer games.

Therefore, continuous operation is required.

Except for "Three Kingdoms Kill", which has maintained a very high user viscosity, although the other two games are no longer at the peak, there are still many players who have been active.

Chen Xu naturally wouldn't say let it go, but he didn't put his energy on this one.

Stretching, Chen Xu looked at some information collected for him by his assistant Lin Rou.

Because the main focus is on game development, sometimes he doesn't pay attention to some important information in the game industry.

Lin Rou's words were to collect all kinds of important information for him.

I glanced at it, and there is no major news recently.

The main focus of the game industry is to focus on the two new VR games of Tenghua and NetDragon.

On the contrary, she asked Lin Rou to collect information about companies dedicated to AI technology, which made Chen Xu take a second look.

If you talk about top AI companies, it goes without saying that when it comes to face, iris recognition, medical, security, and military plates are too big, and this one is obviously not the type that Chen Xu pays attention to.

Moreover, large-scale AI companies are basically not a complete entity that uses money tactics, that is, buy, buy, buy.

Then cast its own massive data moat.

As for the general AI company, the volume is not that big at all.

By looking at the information collected by Lin Rou, Chen Xu also noticed that there are several AI technology companies that meet the prerequisites for the use of item cards.

Taking out the information files of these companies individually and putting them in the folder next to them, Chen Xu stretched his waist and got up and walked out of the office.

It happened to be a lunch break at noon. In the entertainment area, Yang Xin, Ruan Ningxue, Qin Yi and other employees, some were sleeping on the reclining chairs with headphones on, and some were playing games together.

At present, if the size of Nebula Games is included in the sweeping aunt, the number of employees has reached 85.

It's not a medium-sized game company, but it's not a small company.

Chen Xu also walked towards this side, and some employees greeted him when they saw it.

On the only sofa, Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue connected the handles to experience the new mode of "Dark Souls" through the big screen.

"You're not lucky in elementary school! What kind of rubbish is the Ilushir straight sword! I'll give you a dragon hunting axe later!" Yang Xin looked at what Ruan Ningxue opened and complained.

"This is your luck, Sister Xin? A flame pot?" Ruan Ningxue responded.

"You guys are lucky!" Chen Xu opened the can of Coke he had taken from the freezer.

"Mr. Chen, why don't you try it?" Ruan Ningxue said and handed the handle to Chen Xu. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

"Forget it, let's play." Chen Xu waved his hand, mainly because he didn't have much confidence in his luck. After all, he has always won the lottery by quantity, and now he has won two special items. , I don't know how many knives were put on it.

Ruan Ningxue continued the game here, and Yang Xin next to him thought of something: "By the way, Mr. Chen, when will we develop the sequel of "Dark Soul"! I see the forum community, and there are many players on the official blog who are urging what!"

Qin Yi, who had just arrived here, heard this and immediately took over the conversation and asked, "Yes, Mr. Chen, when will we develop a sequel? Judging from the current story and worldview, the sequel should tell the previous story, right? ? It feels more suitable to use a prequel!"

The other employees who heard the movement also held their ears and looked at Chen Xu with expectant eyes.

Whether there is a sequel, they should know better than ordinary players.

Because in the production process of the game, there are deliberately digging holes, obviously to prepare for the sequel.

The only thing that has the same feeling as the players is that they also particularly want to know the complete world view and plot story of "Dark Soul".

Looking at the expectant crowd, Chen Xu shook his head: "That's right, it is indeed a prequel. But there is no such plan for the time being, and this "Dark Soul" has only been launched for less than two months, so it is too early to say a sequel. ."

"At least wait for the players to take a break. Of course, if you have no opinions, I can now create a folder called "Dark Souls: The Prequel". In addition, if there is no surprise, the company has another big move."

"Big move!?" After hearing Chen Xu's words, everyone became more and more curious.

"You'll know when the time comes." Chen Xu smiled without answering, then stood up and went back to the office.