Play Game of Life

While Professor He Cheng was reviewing the design draft of "Ordinary Life", Lu Zhixing was also thinking about what the person from Changteng Entertainment said just now.

"Is the design draft of the game of the same name of "High School Show" finally finalized now? The development time is so short, is it too late?

"Besides, Professor He did it?

"Professor He doesn't seem to care very much, it's more like just a name. Even the design draft is not necessarily written by him, it may be simply given a general direction, and the graduate students under him will complete it."

"High School Show" asked Professor He to make a game of the same name, which is actually very common in the industry.

Apparently, Professor He Cheng didn't really want to take on this job either. He had already achieved fame and was not short of money.

However, Lu Zhixing did not take this matter too seriously. With his current strength, he is not qualified to touch "High School Show", even though it is a tool used by Changteng Entertainment to cut leeks from variety shows to games. .

Not long after, Professor He Cheng had finished reading the design concept draft of "Ordinary Life".

His frown furrowed from time to time, and sometimes frowned again.

Then, Professor He Cheng looked at Lu Zhixing with a rather complicated and tangled expression.

"How about your design draft...

"The format is standard, the content is solid, the details are appropriate, and the logic is clear. In short, I have seen many senior functional planners in the industry who are not as particular about writing as you are.

"Especially considering that this manuscript was completed within a week, which is even more rare."

Lu Zhixing sighed in his heart, and silently corrected: Actually, it can be completed in three days.

"but……"

Professor He Cheng changed the subject: "Your draft is very good, but the game itself, what should I say...

"The game should fully simulate the life of a worker, and make real-life jobs such as moving bricks and being a security guard into gameplay modules, and also add elements of survival games. This is really fun enough for players. ?

"Real life is already very difficult. Most people play games just for fun, but they find that they have to move bricks after entering the game. This is somewhat...

"Of course, it can't be said that doing this is absolutely impossible, and it is a good attempt to differentiate it from other games on the market.

"But the more critical question is, when you designed this game, did you not consider the issue of cost control at all?

"The first lesson for a game designer is cost control. If this is not done well, no matter how good the design is, it doesn't make sense, understand?

"In your design draft, there are such a large amount of game content. From moving bricks, delivering couriers to being a security guard, each gameplay requires different scenes, models, and actions. It's okay if it's an ordinary PC version, but You still plan to make a VR version?

"How many millions do you plan to invest in this game?

"Moreover, the content of the campus part actually includes the content of the main character organizing a party, singing songs, and rehearsing sketches. Where do you plan to come from for these materials?

"Should I buy the copyright of ready-made works? Or find someone to customize? I am afraid that no matter which one you choose, it will be a huge expense.

"I made a simple estimate. If you really want to fully realize your design, the investment in this game may even have to be weighed by some giant game companies. Think about whether you can recover the cost.

"Although I said that I want to help the top three make the game, but your plan..."

Professor He Cheng is obviously also very tangled.

To say that the design draft is not good, the writing is quite perfect; but to say that the design draft is not good, and there is no cost control at all. If such a large investment is invested, it will probably lose money.

Where can I find such investors who have been taken advantage of?

Lu Zhixing listened carefully and nodded from time to time, but he was not panicked at all.

As he guessed, Professor He Cheng really mentioned the issue of cost control.

But in fact, this is not a problem for Lu Zhixing.

As long as he can successfully complete the three acting tasks, Lu Zhixing can pluck up the wool for an hour, and all the materials can be assembled quickly.

As for the evening parties on campus, singing, rehearsing sketches, etc., they can also be redeemed with points, and there is no need to find someone to customize.

For others, it would cost a lot of money to realize this plan, but for Lu Zhixing, it cost almost nothing to do it.

But these must not be told to Professor He, Lu Zhixing can only respond with a smile.

Professor He Cheng looked at him: "Are you listening carefully?"

Lu Zhixing immediately said, "Of course, professor, I fully understand what you said about 'cost control'."

Professor He Cheng then nodded with some satisfaction: "Well, how do you plan to change it?"

Lu Zhixing's expression remained unchanged: "I don't plan to change."

Professor He Cheng was stunned: "Ah? You really understand it completely? Co-authoring what I just told you, you are deaf to it!"

Lu Zhixing shook his head: "I don't mean that, Professor.

"Actually, I also know that this design draft may not be particularly successful commercially, but I still hope to write out the gameplay of this game completely and make the design the best possible, rather than catering to investors. needs, cut it into a compromised defective product.

"In that case, I might as well design another game."

Professor He was at a loss for words for a moment, he looked at Lu Zhixing, nodded after a long time: "Understood, you are a Wenqing patient.

"Hey, it's normal, when I was as young as you, Wen Qing was stronger than you.

"But Xiaolu, you have to know that unique personality is actually a very luxurious thing for designers, and only some of the top talents are qualified to be willful.

"But the vast majority of people in this world are not geniuses, as mortals, we still have to live realistically.

"Do you have a developer account on the official platform? Log on, and I will show you how expensive these materials are."

Of course, Professor He himself has a developer account on the official platform, but as a senior developer, the content of the page he sees is different from that of Lu Zhixing.

He can see some internal materials, which are cheaper than what ordinary people see, and there are various other resources, so if he wants to play an educational role, he still has to use Lu Zhixing's own junior creator account.

Lu Zhixing hesitated for a moment: "...Professor, there is no need for this."

Professor He has moved away from the computer: "No, this is very necessary! The reason why you have such an idea, in the final analysis, is because you have no personal pain on the matter of 'cost control'.

"I'll show you how expensive these materials are on the official platform, and you'll understand how unrealistic your ideas are."

Lu Zhixing had no choice but to log in to his developer account under He Cheng's repeated urging.

Professor He immediately clicked on various resources in the editor: "Look, such a simple scene costs tens of thousands of dollars, and this well-captured movement also costs thousands of dollars.

"Based on this, how much does it cost you to finish this game? Even if you barely make it, how can you guarantee the quality?

"Or do you plan to form a team by yourself and maintain an entire program group and art group? That will cost more...

"Look, I simply created a new project, so that you can feel it intuitively..."

While talking, Professor He opened the list of creative projects, but the next second, he froze.

In the list that I thought was empty, there was actually a completed project.

And the name of this project is quite familiar.

""Zen"???"

Professor He was at a loss. He originally thought that this was a project that Lu Zhixing imitated that game for fun, but after clicking on it, he realized that this is really that game!

It's obviously already on the shelves, and the materials inside are exactly the same as those in the game!

Look at the user name in the upper right corner: Alien.

Professor He looked at Lu Zhixing in bewilderment: "You are that 'foreigner'? You actually made this game?"

Lu Zhixing coughed twice: "Yes, yes."

Professor He was speechless: "Then why didn't you say it in class!"

Thinking of how he taught the creators of the game seriously, Professor He felt that his toes could not help but pick the ground, and he felt an indescribable embarrassment.

Lu Zhixing was also a little embarrassed.

This is what you have to watch, I tried my best to persuade you...

"Professor, didn't I hint at it in class, the main reason is that you didn't understand, and I don't have the nerve to mention it again."

The corner of Professor He's mouth twitched slightly: "Then you really don't know that this tree is a loquat tree?"

Lu Zhixing was very frank: "I really don't know."

"Then where did the material for this game come from!" Professor He was out of breath.

Lu Zhixing lowered his head slightly: "It's just... I found some materials in reality, and I searched for some pictures on the Internet, and then I drew them myself in the VR version editor."

"Painted, painted??"

Professor He's expression was dull, and he looked at the material of "Zen" in the editor: "You tell me that you drew this high-precision model yourself?"

Lu Zhixing was unreasonable and strong: "Yes, I have actually taught myself a little bit of painting and modeling."

Anyway, even if the professor asked him to reproduce now, he could reproduce it. Of course, it is limited to painting the existing materials in "Zen".

Professor He was silent. Obviously, what happened in front of him was too unreal for him to accept for a while.

At first, he just wanted Lu Zhixing to log into the creator account to show Lu Zhixing how expensive these materials are and how important the cost control of the game is.

He tried to persuade him before, saying, unique personality is actually a very luxurious thing for designers, and only some of the top talents are qualified to be willful. As a mortal, you still have to live a little more realistically.

After persuasion and persuasion, I found out that the clown was actually myself.

At this moment, Lu Zhixing seemed to be standing in front of him and said: Yes, this is the kind of genius I am, is there a problem?

How unreasonable!

In silence, Professor He Cheng pointed to the door of the office: "Go out."

Lu Zhixing coughed twice: "Well...Professor He, I am a 'foreigner'. Please help me keep it a secret."

He is not yet ready to die in front of all his classmates.

Professor He glared at him, and Lu Zhixing hurried away.

After Lu Zhi walked away, Professor He Cheng looked at the design draft of "Ordinary Life" in his hand, showing emotion.

"This kid..."

Originally, Professor He wanted to persuade Lu Zhixing to be more realistic. After all, he had seen too many passionate ordinary people enter the game industry with dreams and was bruised by reality, and he didn't want him to go down this old road.

As I said before, unique personality is actually a luxury for designers, and only some of the top talents are qualified to be willful.

But now, Lu Zhixing really showed something completely different from others.

And this feeling of youthfulness actually aroused a certain feeling that Professor He had been dusty for a long time.

The original dream of every game designer is to use games to change the world, not to buy houses and cars and make more money. It's just that as an ordinary person, after ups and downs, he reluctantly compromised with this world.

"It's so youthful.

"However, being young and energetic is not necessarily a bad thing for a true genius.

"In that case, I'll help you. It's up to you how far you can go."

Professor He Cheng looked at the emails in the computer, one of which was sent by the official platform operation team, and the title of the email was "Taiqing Editor Level 1 Internal Test Qualification".