Play Game of Life

"ah?"

The students in the lecture hall made a uniform voice.

A design concept draft for a game?

Professor, are you kidding us?

These game design students know all too well what a design concept is.

It can be regarded as the first draft of a game design, using relatively concise language to frame the framework of the entire game, and it can also be understood as the review part of the paper.

But the problem is that its content is much longer than the review of the paper!

Although the design concept draft does not need to write out every detail of the game like a specific design document, it still needs to finalize all important components such as the theme, gameplay, core functions, and plot flow of the game.

It can also be said that after the design concept draft is completed, the general design direction of a game is ready, and then only the details need to be improved.

Professor He Cheng is asking everyone to design a game independently by themselves!

Is this too difficult for a freshman?

Although these students have played many games, so far, many of them have not even seen serious game design drafts, and even if they have seen them, almost no one has actually written them.

Just arrived at Novice Village, and received a mission to fight the final boss directly from the village chief?

It's outrageous!

Of course, Professor He Cheng saw the complex emotions on the faces of the students, which included shock, confusion, confusion, and inexplicability...

But he didn't feel that there was anything wrong at all, on the contrary, he enjoyed everyone's expressions.

"I didn't ask that your game must be able to make money on the shelves, why panic?"

But this did not comfort everyone.

Many students are thinking: nonsense! If we can make a game that makes money on the shelves so easily, we are still teaching a stupid lesson here!

Professor He Cheng continued: "This is just an ordinary test. Since everyone has zero foundation, this test can better show everyone's talent and real level.

"If this homework is not done well, there will not be any serious consequences. At most, it will make my impression of you worse."

The students below collectively complained in their hearts: Isn't this serious!

Professor He Cheng changed the subject: "But...

"If everyone can complete the homework well, there will be extremely generous rewards.

"One week later, I will simply check the homework of a few students. Two weeks later, I will conduct the first comprehensive homework inspection, and select one-third of the outstanding projects to advance.

"Students who have advanced can find students who have not advanced to form a group freely, continue to improve the follow-up design, and form a complete design document.

"In the middle of next month, I will check the design documents of each group again, and after that, I will choose the top three.

"So what good is the top three?

"I will ask my graduate students to help develop these three games and put them on the game store. All the income will be shared equally by you, the producers!"

Hearing this, everyone instantly felt relieved.

There is such a good thing?

Obviously, although this assignment is very difficult, the rewards are far beyond imagination.

Professor He Cheng has some postgraduate students, and their abilities are very strong, even surpassing the planning of some small companies.

With the personal guidance of Professor He Cheng, the help of these graduate students, and the various channels and resources that Professor He has mastered, it is enough to make these games.

At that time, when the game is put on the game store, even if the game is not particularly popular, everyone can get a considerable amount of money.

More importantly, after all, this can be regarded as an important part of personal resume. If you want to apply for a job in some big game companies in the future, it will be a big plus.

Thinking of this, the students who were originally in mourning suddenly became eager to try.

Although everyone knows that only a small number of people can get the third place in the end, after all, school has just started, and most of them are still at the same starting line, so they all feel that if they work hard, they have a good chance.

Professor He Cheng was quite satisfied with the students' responses, but he obviously had more to say than that.

"In addition, there is a mysterious reward! I will not disclose the content of this mysterious reward, but I can guarantee that you will never guess it.

"Okay, get out of class is over!"

...

In the cafeteria, the four people in dormitory 404 were discussing today's lesson while eating.

Lu Yixiao was a little curious: "What do you think is the mysterious reward that Professor He Cheng mentioned?"

Zhao Haoyan gnawed on the steamed buns: "I guess it must be an extra sum of money!"

Liu Bo thought for a while: "Could it be an official recommendation or something? With Professor He Cheng's relationship, it shouldn't be difficult to arrange a special event."

Lu Zhixing shook his head slightly: "Probably not. Professor He said that it is a reward that everyone will never guess. What kind of reward will everyone never guess? It's very simple, it's something we don't know at all."

Liu Bo was at a loss for words for a while: "Brother Lu, why don't you put this here..."

Lu Zhixing smiled: "I mean, there is no need to guess. If you have the time, why not think about how to write the design concept draft and strive to get the top three."

Lu Yixiao suddenly thought of one thing: "Hey, Brother Lu, don't you help out at the Internet cafe on weekends, and play that cheating game? You answered so well."

Lu Zhixing: "Well... just played around a bit."

Zhao Haoyan had already finished his meal at the speed of light, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone when he heard this: "Zen, right? I have to find a video cloud to clear the level quickly, so that Professor He won't ask questions in the next class."

Liu Bo waved his hand: "Hey, no need, he has already asked questions in this class, why would he ask again. If you have the time, why don't you find other popular games recently."

Lu Yixiao was silent for a moment: "Not necessarily. Liu Bo, haven't you noticed yet? Professor He Cheng is obviously a person who does not follow the routine. Maybe he will wake you up to answer questions in the next class, and then find that you are still If you didn't play this game, you'll be guilty of a higher crime."

Liu Bo was stunned for a while, and after the CPU of his brain was running quickly, he also hurriedly took out his mobile phone.

"Boss Lu, what you said is so reasonable! I'm going to make up lessons with Lao Zhao...

"Hey, this game actually has a new theme? What the hell is the 'Four Great Classics on the Official Platform'!"

During this period of time, the popularity of "Zen" is still rapidly fermenting, and there are more discussions about this game on the Internet.

At the beginning of the discussion among the players, there were still two distinct factions. One faction believed that this game was a pure garbage game, while the other faction believed that this game was actually very Zen-like and a veritable work of art.

At this time, the latter has already begun to clearly gain the upper hand...

Of course, it is completely unclear how many people here really think it has a Zen flavor, and how many are fun people who are following the trend.

But one fact is undeniable: Memes about the game "Zen" are emerging quickly and spreading widely.

"I think this game can be called the 'Four Great Masterpieces' of the official platform. It subverts the traditional concept of game design. It is all-encompassing, often read and always updated, and full of philosophy!"

"Ah? Why the Four Great Masterpieces? Shouldn't it be 'One Great Masterpiece'?"

"No, on the official platform, the Four Great Masterpieces are a game. This is common sense. The so-called Four Great Masterpieces actually refer to 'prison, tree, mountain, and bridge'."

"Awesome."

Seeing the discussion of the players, Lu Zhixing couldn't help but smile.

Sure enough, whether it is a player from the previous life or a player from this world, they are similar in many places.

In fact, in Lu Zhixing's previous life, there were similar sayings about the "Four Great Classics of Steam", namely "Mountain, Sheep, Bridge, and Ball", corresponding to "Mountain Simulator", "Simulated Goat", "Bridge" and "Sakura Spirit".

In fact, "Big Tree Simulator" also has the potential to become a "masterpiece", but it is a pity that it was not born at the right time, it appeared a little later, and there are some homogeneous content with "Dashan Simulator", so I just got it Although the evaluation of "rave reviews" was very popular, it failed to be selected into the "Four Great Masterpieces".

Lu Zhixing combined the features of the two games "Tree" and "Mountain", combined with another game "Prison Bottom" produced by the original author of "Tree", and created the last stone bridge chapter, which will These four "magic works" were strung together and merged into one game.

Coupled with the top art materials given to him by the life-playing game, it is the success of this game.

Of course, as for why this game is successful, in fact, no one in this world can explain clearly.

Many people think it is boring and can't play it, but it just gets rave reviews. It can only be said that it looks like an absurd life.

Lu Zhixing knew from the very beginning that this game is not 100% popular, but has a certain probability. Now it seems that his luck is good: the taste of players in this world is not far from the players in his previous life.

Of course, Lu Zhixing is also very clear that this kind of game can be encountered but not pursued. After all, luck will not always be on his side.

In the next game, you will have to show your true skills in an upright manner.

...

...

three days later.

[It is detected that the player has achieved the first stage goal by virtue of his own efforts, and has successfully earned 100,000 yuan. The official version of the life playing game has been activated! 】

[In the official version, you will experience:]

[1. More difficult role-playing tasks]

[2. Advanced skills matching the role-playing target, and more sophisticated materials]

[3. Continuously update product content, all-inclusive points mall]

The official version has been successfully activated!

Lu Zhixing was very happy. He didn't go to see the new role-playing task for the time being, but went to check the points mall first.

However, seeing the empty mall interface with only one product, Lu Zhixing fell silent.

[Playing skills - I am a tree (enhanced version): Empty your mind and clear all thoughts; keep still and stop all actions. (Enhancement effect: Greatly reduces your sense of existence.)]

[Price: 50 points]

Lu Zhixing was a little speechless: "Didn't I already acquire this skill?"

[The role-playing skills issued by the game are only available during the role-playing process, and will be taken back after the role-playing is over. The enhanced version of skills will enter the points mall, and players can purchase them on demand. 】

"All right."

Lu Zhixing felt that he had been tricked. The Points Mall had everything in it, but the game didn’t say that all the products would be activated as soon as it was launched...

Moreover, acting skills are not permanently reserved. After completing a role-playing task, the corresponding acting skills will be recovered.

If Lu Zhixing thinks this skill is useful, he can spend points to buy it in the mall. If he thinks it's useless, then there's no need to waste money.

"This kind of skill can only be bought with 50 points."

Lu Zhixing exited the mall page and turned to check the new role-playing task.

However, in the next second, he froze.

"New role-playing mission...how come there are three??"