Play Game of Life

It is said that there is unlimited material collection, but in fact there are still some restrictions on the speed of material collection.

Otherwise, Lu Zhixing could just buy a plane ticket at will, take a look down after flying into the sky, and collect materials from the entire Jinghai City, that's not bad.

There are three relatively big restrictions on the selection of materials for the life-playing game.

The first is the distance. Lu Zhixing must be within ten meters of the target. For example, if he wants to draw materials from his own Internet cafe, he has to be in the Internet cafe or within ten meters of the Internet cafe, and it will not work any further.

The second is the size. The target of material collection should not exceed a complete building, let alone "Jinghai City" as the target of material collection.

The second is time. When collecting materials, the life playing game will automatically scan the whole picture of the target, and the larger the target is, the longer this time will be. It usually ranges from 10 seconds to 1 minute.

In the case of Lu Zhixing's limited points, these three conditions are not any restrictions for him, after all, he can't afford to use such a large building.

But now that I have an hour of free time to collect materials, I have to plan the route carefully.

It is precisely because of these limitations that Lu Zhixing mainly uses shared bicycles to collect materials.

Because if you take a car, you can't park in many places, and you can only walk within ten meters of the target, which is troublesome.

Lu Zhixing planned the route well on the map, especially for the important construction areas in the game, and made key arrangements.

According to his original plan, "Ordinary Life" will center on Jinghai University and include one or two surrounding buildings. Of course, there must also be necessary elements such as construction sites, express sorting centers, fast food restaurants, and shopping malls.

After planning, Lu Zhixing set off immediately.

He first rode his bicycle vigorously, and collected materials from Jinghai University and the surrounding buildings, and then collected materials from a nearby shopping mall. Finally, he took a taxi for ten minutes and rushed to a relatively remote suburb. The material is a courier sorting warehouse, an electronics factory workshop and a construction site.

Of course, he also pays attention to efficiency when collecting materials. He doesn’t collect all materials, which would be too time-consuming. For example, on a construction site, only the areas necessary for materials and bricks are used.

After a lot of work, I finally collected all the main content I wanted to collect.

There may still be some bits and pieces of resources that have not been taken into account, but it is not a big problem, just use the hard-earned points to collect materials.

"But here comes a new problem. With so many materials, I draw bit by bit in the editor, so I have to draw until the year of the monkey...

"Forget it, don't think about it for now."

It was almost noon when Lu Zhixing returned to the rental house. He ordered a takeaway, and immediately lay down to take an afternoon nap after eating, preparing to attend Professor He Cheng's class in the afternoon.

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At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the auditorium was already full.

All the students from the School of Game Design were present, and no one skipped class.

Because today is the day when Professor He Cheng announces the final ranking of assignments.

The homework time this time is actually very tight. It has only been a little over a month since the homework was released, so for most of the students, this month has almost done nothing, just changing the design draft in the dormitory up.

Some people even didn't even go to the welcome party just to revise the manuscript, but in the end they still couldn't get the top three, and they regretted it.

If it is said that when the homework was first assigned, everyone still had some unrealistic fantasies, then at this time, most of the students are completely awake.

After the first round of screening, two-thirds of the plans have been eliminated, and these students can only partner with the students who have not been eliminated to improve other people's plans.

As for the remaining one-third of the proposals, after continuous improvement and screening during this period, the proposals that are expected to win the top three are gradually locked into the scope of several works.

The vast majority of people know that they must be out of action.

But this time they came, they were still full of curiosity and anticipation.

They really want to know: what are the three games that got the top three? And what is the special reward that Professor He Cheng mentioned?

This doubt has plagued everyone for a month, and today it will finally be answered.

In the audience, many students were whispering.

"Who do you think will be number one?"

"Lu Zhixing's "Ordinary Life"? It is said that his design draft is very good, and even Professor He is full of praise."

"Indeed, from a design point of view, "Ordinary Life" is well-deserved number one."

"But doesn't it mean that there is a big problem with the cost control of this game? Professor He said that to help the top three players make the game, if "Ordinary Life" is developed normally, the investment will be tens of millions? Or even hundreds of millions? Professor He Crazy?"

"How could Professor He pay for it himself? He must be looking for investors."

"Investors are not stupid."

"I think Professor He will put it in the fourth place on the grounds of 'poor cost control'. Or even if it enters the top three, he will definitely change the design and change the original VR game into a general PC game. , resources are also shrunk in an all-round way, so that it can be produced at a lower cost."

"Well, let's see what Professor He thinks."

The class bell rang, and the auditorium quickly fell silent.

Professor He Cheng looked around the crowd: "Have all the students arrived? Alright, then it's almost time to announce the ranking of the last homework.

"However, before announcing the rankings, I have to talk about the judging criteria for this design proposal, that is to say, how I selected the top three."

He paused for a while, then continued: "First, the degree of completion of the design draft must be high. This includes the most basic format of the design draft, the accuracy of the language, the completeness of logic and details, and so on.

"It's easy to understand. As a designer, writing design drafts is a basic ability. If you don't even have this ability, let alone make games yourself, no one will even go to a game company to do odd jobs.

"Second, the theme should be novel, and the gameplay should be creative. Even if you imitate some successful games, you have to make your own innovations.

"Some students' plans are obviously copying some successful games. Copying is not a problem. After all, you are still students and you have to learn and grow. But if you just copy and do not make originals at all, it will be very disappointing. up.

"Third, you must do a good job of cost control. You have to consider how much money the game will cost to make, how much of the finished product can achieve the effect of your original design, and how the game will be profitable in the end.

"Of course, this point is a hidden requirement. After all, the knowledge of cost control is still only half-understood to many people who have entered the game industry. But from now on, you must establish the awareness of cost control. So, I agree with this point. It will be included in the selection of the top three proposals."

As soon as this remark came out, some students in the audience began to discuss in low voices.

"In that case, "Ordinary Life" must be dead."

"Yeah, it feels like Professor He almost made it clear."

However, these discussions soon quieted down, because Professor He Cheng had already begun to announce the list of the top three.

"The third place, "Dream of the Sea".

"This is a plot-oriented artistic independent game. Compared with other similar solutions, it stands out because of the well-written plot on the one hand, and the clear art style on the other. With the conceptual settings of these art styles, I can be sure that it will be an excellent art game.

"Second place, "Endless Swarm".

"This is a sci-fi theme, pixel-style rougelike (meat pigeon) game. Its design is actually relatively simple. Players fight against endless swarms of insects that are constantly attacking themselves on endless alien planets, and gain experience by killing enemies , Upgrade various skills, and then build a powerful BUILD through random matching of skills.

"The reason why it can come to the second place is because it does a good job in the meat pigeon game, the combination of various skills is very cool, and it is very good in cost control. As a pixel-style game, it only needs a small amount of money. It is possible to get a high return on investment, which is a typical example of small and big.

"So I think its comprehensive score is higher than that of "Dream at Sea"."

With the announcement of the second and third places, the students in the audience were amazed.

Indeed, everyone is convinced that these two games won the second and third places.

As far as game design is concerned, in fact, everyone's ideas are not far behind, and it is the details that really open the gap.

"Dream of the Sea" can write a more touching plot and give a specific style of painting that fits the game, while "Endless Swarm" can design a complete game system for meat pigeons, and the ability to control such details is far away. It is reasonable to get Professor He's approval to surpass other students.

What about number one?

Not a good guess, but "Ordinary Life" should be ruled out first.

Because the second and third places have one thing in common, that is, the cost control is in place. Especially "Endless Swarm", it can be ranked higher than "Dream of the Sea", mainly because it has better cost control and is more likely to be commercially successful.

After all, Professor He is not doing charity. He helps students develop games. Although the profit is shared by undergraduates and graduate students, and he does not take any money, the premise is that the game can pay back.

You can't bankrupt yourself who is free of wealth just to help students make a game, right?

So much has been laid before, and the issue of cost control has been repeatedly emphasized. If the first place is "Ordinary Life", it cannot be justified.

Everyone looked at Professor He Cheng expectantly, waiting for him to announce the results.

Professor He Cheng paused, and said, "First place, "Ordinary Life"."

As soon as this statement came out, the students in the audience were all stunned.

"ah?"

Most people had incomprehensible and inexplicable expressions on their faces.

A classmate in the front row weakly raised his hand and asked, "Professor He, didn't you just keep emphasizing the issue of cost control..."

Professor He Cheng laughed: "I did emphasize the issue of cost control, but I didn't say that cost control is the only criterion, did I?

"If the design draft is completed enough and the gameplay is novel enough, it doesn't matter if the cost control is poor.

"And if a game's design draft is particularly complete and the gameplay is particularly novel, then even if a lot of points are deducted for cost control, its overall score will still be higher than other games.

"That's the case with Ordinary Lives."

The students in the audience looked at each other in blank dismay.

Well, it makes sense to say so. After all, there is a campus line in "Ordinary Life", which needs to use songs and sketches, but Lu Zhixing actually wrote these materials in reality, and even made it the most popular in the history of the academy. A popular welcome party.

But Professor He, you promised to develop these games! "Ordinary Life" ranks first, how many millions do you plan to invest in it?

Professor He Cheng smiled: "I know what you are thinking, so it is almost time to reveal the special reward.

"This special reward is...

"Taiqing Editor level 1 internal test qualification.

"Didn't you guess it? Hey, I knew you couldn't guess it. After all, you don't even know what it is, so how can you guess it.

"To put it simply, this internal test qualification allows you to use the latest consciousness connection VR technology to directly generate illusory materials from the imagination in your mind.

"Of course, this is only a test version. There will definitely be various unexpected problems in the process of generating materials. For example, some people have good ideas in their minds, but they can't generate any specific pictures at all, while some people think It has nothing to do with the generated things...

"Only a few people can use the imagination in their minds to generate some vague materials, and then they have to use AI technology to improve them, and then modify and adjust them later.

"But in any case, with this thing, our cost of making games in the future will be greatly reduced.

"I happen to have a few friends on the official platform, so I got two internal test qualifications, and I gave one as a reward.

"This is my mysterious reward for you."

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