Rebirth of the big era of online games

Chapter 395 Who Said Games Are Cancers?
Being invited to write songs for the Olympics or something is just a minor nuisance, not worth mentioning.

Anyway, there are still four years, still early.

However, the architectural plans carried over such as the Bird's Nest, Water Cube, and folding fans have not only been adopted by the Olympic Organizing Committee, but have also entered the construction stage.

As the designer of the architectural scheme, Fang Jielong was invited to participate in the design scheme seminars of Boiling Digital and the National Design Institute many times, but he rejected them all.

Just kidding, in the four years of college, except for the freshman year, he didn't go to school for a few classes in the next three years, not to mention that he just transferred the idea of ​​architectural exterior design, how did he know how to make the construction drawings?

But since I will be graduating from university this year, these design proposals can just be submitted as my own graduation design. Presumably no teacher in the school dares to give a bad review, right?
Not only will there be no bad reviews, but even the postgraduate study has been finalized in advance.

The dean talked to him directly in person, saying that based on these design plans, the graduate tutors in the college can be chosen by him at will, and the graduate students will be recommended directly. Afterwards, the principal also called, saying that he was the boss of Boiling Group and the former champion of the provincial liberal arts. , Any major within the school can also be chosen, depending on his personal wishes.

Apparently, the school still wanted Fang Jie, who had been the mascot for four years, to continue as a mascot, for fear that the richest man in China would make trouble and go to another school for a stay.

This kind of worry is not superfluous, because Jiangcheng University, Huazhong University of Technology, Huazhong Normal University, Qingbei University, and even Shangxi University, through Li Qing's relationship, all offered an olive branch to Fang Jie.

As the richest man in China, there are walking RMB, a large number of jobs, and the biggest face among young people at the moment. Don't hold your thighs tight!

But from Fang Jie's point of view, in fact, at his current status, it doesn't matter what he is a postgraduate student, what major he studies, and which school he goes to for postgraduate study is even more indifferent.

Considering that the Boiling Industrial Park is in Jiangcheng, the "Taiji Tower" of Boiling Building is about to be completed, and the environment at Jiangcheng University of Technology is more familiar, he finally chose to stay at his alma mater to study as a graduate student. He chose digital design as his major. The supervisor is the deputy dean of the School of Design, a doctoral supervisor, and he is highly qualified professionally.

Speaking of the Taiji Tower of Boiling Venture Building, if nothing unexpected happens, it is expected to be completed and put into use by the end of this year.

The original planned construction period was 3-5 years, but now it takes almost 3 years to complete, and the progress is very fast, which is the convenience brought by not bad money.

The reason why many construction projects are slow is not that the construction party is not strong enough, but that the money is not in place.

In the previous life, the main road less than 1 kilometer in front of the main entrance of Jiangcheng University of Technology was repaired for more than ten years because the project funds were not in place.

In his previous life, Fang Jie always wondered why this road hadn’t been repaired for more than ten years. In this life, because he lives nearby and has a different identity, he has a source of information. Only then did he learn that the road was arguing about the project funds. .

The municipal government thinks that since this road passes by the main entrance of Jiangcheng University of Technology, and Jiangcheng University is at the end of the road, all the money should not be paid by the finance, but part of it should be paid by the two schools, but the school thinks that this is a municipal public road section. Why let them pay?

Even if this matter has something to do with the school, and the school promises to contribute part of the money, as for the proportion of the contribution, no one wants to suffer, okay?
Since they are unwilling to pay, even if they pay, they can’t reach an agreement, so everyone is deadlocked there, and then the construction party can’t get the money, so naturally they just leave the dug road there and ignore it, which is disgusting by the way. , so that the main gate of the school could not be entered and exited normally for more than ten years.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Fang Jie, at least it had nothing to do with the previous life, but this life is different. The temporary headquarters of the Boiling Group is here, and your main road has not been repaired, which will greatly affect the work efficiency and quality of the group employees. It's easy to travel, okay?

So he rolled his eyes, and Fang Jie, who was not short of money, simply paid for the road repair project and asked them to repair the road quickly.

Not much money, only 1 to 2 million.

Then the messy road that hadn't been repaired in three years, the construction party only took a week to make it look brand new.

When many residents living nearby got up and went out in the morning, they thought they had hallucinations in front of them. They didn't know when the road was repaired and how it was repaired. It was a miracle.

Since the road was funded and repaired by the Boiling Group, this main road was named Boiling Avenue, so while doing some good things for the people, it also got the title. The money is not wasted.

There are many things like this. For example, when you come out from the south gate of the school, walk along Gongda Road to the southernmost point, and return to the student dormitory Xinxin Apartment, you need to pass through a main road belonging to the second ring road. It is very dangerous for students to cross the road to and from school. So the school approached Fang Jie and said that he wanted to build a pedestrian bridge, which was only 30 to [-] yuan. As a member of Xinxin Apartment, let's see if it is...

Uh, in fact, I have not lived in Xinxin's apartment for a long time...

Well, it doesn’t cost much anyway, and I’ve probably already earned several pedestrian bridges in the time I’m talking nonsense with you, so let’s fix it!

So a boiling bridge was erected like this.

This was also one of the reasons why the school had to keep Fang Jie even if it made an exception.

With this guy around, he would go to Huaxiayuan from time to time, and usually he would get a satisfactory result. If he went to another school to study for graduate school, the situation would definitely be the same. After all, with the title of the richest man in Huaguo, he still has to pay some money. cost, or in other words, always have to bear certain social responsibilities.

When it comes to social responsibility, although most of the media are applauding the boiling group, there are also some harsh voices.

It's not specifically aimed at the Boiling Group, but for Internet addiction.

With the development and progress of the domestic Internet, more and more young people and minors are fascinated by the world and online games on the Internet, and use this method to escape from reality.

In fact, this kind of situation will not be a big deal 20 years later, because it is the era of the Internet for all people. Even the parents who opposed the Internet at the beginning, almost everyone will use their mobile phones to surf the Internet.

But in this era, the Internet is still a new thing in the eyes of many people. It has just emerged and has the potential to sweep away, so many problems and contradictions caused by the Internet will be highlighted and magnified.

On the one hand, netizens who are new to the Internet are deeply involved in it and cannot extricate themselves; on the other hand, those who are unwilling to contact or understand it think it is a cancer and hate it to the bone.

Especially the parents of the students, this is a very special group that represents the mainstream thinking and has a great voice. Even Ultraman can be blocked by them in future generations, let alone the current Internet and online games.

Of course, it is undeniable that there are indeed many young people who are addicted to this and neglect their studies, and even become addicted to the Internet. They are completely out of touch with the real society, which has caused many social contradictions and bad phenomena.

Therefore, some experts and scholars in the media have published articles, arguing that the problem of Internet addiction should be paid attention to and solved. Among them, the Boiling Group, which started as a game maker and owns the national Internet cafe chain industry, was repeatedly named and criticized as a negative example.

There are also so-called experts and professors who have summed up a set of treatment theories and opened Internet addiction rehabilitation classes to treat those disobedient children. As for the curative effect... There is a short film in the later variety show "Director Please Advice" that can be used as a reference.

It is also said that those games made by Boiling Games are not only addictive, but also full of violence, which will teach children badly. The most typical ones are the gunfight killing game "Cross Fire", the good and evil game "Jin Yong Qi Xia Biography" and robbers Copy the game "My World".

There is a saying that there is nothing wrong with wanting to commit crimes. Even games that have not been released in China such as "Minecraft" are taken as a typical example. Obviously there is a rhythmic element in the point of view.

In short, these voices in the society, no matter whether they are specifically aimed at the Boiling Group or not, but they are the ones who are the first ones. Who makes the Boiling Group now the leader of the domestic game industry, and it is born with the attribute of being targeted.

So during the Spring Festival, Fang Jie specially wrote two special game planning proposals in response to these signs and rhythms that were not right, including a space show in "EVE" after the year, one of the purposes of which is to give justice to Chinese players.

For some things, explanations are useless, the best weapon is to tell the truth, and Fang Jie's weapon is the game itself!
Since they say that games are harmful, full of violence, and people who play games are uneducated or even useless, let them see how Chinese players use games to export their culture internationally and how to obtain international influence.

Then make a few more games, let them know what entertaining is, what is the ninth art, slap them on the face, and tell them the truth: games are not cancer, but a meaningful educational tool!
So don't look at Fang Jie leading a large group of Chinese players to play a space show in "EVE", it seems that he has no heart and no lungs, in fact, he has done a lot of serious things behind the scenes.

Outsiders don't know about this, but the executives of boiling games are very clear.

They also know that the current domestic game environment is not good. Players who like to play games are playing pirated versions, and those who are against playing games are scolding their mothers. The companies that make games are all dead, and the talents in the industry are all withered. Everyone can't make games by themselves, so they can only represent them from overseas.

Nowadays, Boiling Games has managed to build its own game empire relying on the online game field. On the surface, everything seems to be calm, but in fact, the tide is already raging. If you don’t pay attention to these objections and take measures, once the rhythm is brought up, the entire game will be destroyed. The empire would likely collapse in an instant.

So when Fang Jie came up with the game planning proposal, saying that it was a stand-alone game, but asked everyone to hurry up and produce the game within three months, no one complained, let alone objected.

Of course, the main reason is that the two games that Fang Jie produced are both 2D games. With the blessing of Boiling's own game engine, it is easy to make and does not take much trouble.

Moreover, these two game planning proposals are simply masterpieces. After reading the game planning proposals, all the high-level executives participating in the project meeting couldn't help but immerse themselves in them for a long time. Take it out earlier and share it with the players.

Hearing that Boiling Games is about to release a new game, the players are naturally looking forward to it.

Before that, they were still resentful that "Minecraft" was not released and promoted in China. Many players only knew that Boiling had made such a game after reading those rhythmic articles, and then quickly downloaded the game to experience it. Bundle.

As a result, everyone finally understood why the Boiling game was not announced in China. Chinese people are really not used to this type of game. A small number of players played survival mode through the Internet, and then they were directly persuaded to quit by copying their homes. I really can’t figure out why foreigners are so so love this game.

And those voices against the game became even more clamorous when they saw that Boiling Game dared to commit crimes against the wind.

In particular, Boiling Games announced that the upcoming game will be called "War of Mine"!
You can tell by the name, this game must be a violent game!

Maybe it's a companion chapter of "My World"!
Some experts boldly stated that since "Minecraft" is a world of robbers in the online survival mode, then this "Minecraft" is probably an upgraded version of "Minecraft". There must be war scenes in it, which will encourage players Take up arms and fight each other!

Fang Jie and his Boiling Game did not respond to the various speculations in the news media, so let's see the truth!
On June 2004, 6, Fang Jie's 20rd birthday, "War of Mine" was simultaneously launched at home and abroad.

Overseas sales are directly linked to the STEAM platform, while domestic sales are provided for download and sales on Boiling Games’ own game platform.

That's right, during the game production period of Boiling Games, Boiling Software and Boiling Business were not idle, but formed a linkage and established Boiling Group's own game platform.

Boiling Software is responsible for platform technical support, Boiling Commerce’s “Transaction Treasure” is responsible for docking online payment, Boiling Games is responsible for providing content, and the original Lianzhong game battle network platform has also been split into Boiling Games platform.

At present, the game platform only accepts the games of itself and its partners, including "Wulin", "Legend", "I Am a Big Star", "Battle of Seizing the Island", "Strong Band", "Cross Fire", "A Chinese Journey to the West" II", "The Legend of Jin Yong", "Meteor Butterfly Sword"... etc., as well as the stand-alone version of "My World" and the just-released "War of Mine".

Although the game "War of Mine" is strictly a stand-alone game, Fang Jie has borrowed from the stand-alone game mode commonly used in his previous life and added elements of networking. If players think the game is too difficult, they can also spend money to buy some Game props emergency.

But since it's a word-of-mouth game, Fang Jie didn't come up with an unlimited krypton gold routine. He just provided players with a relatively easy choice to pass the level, and didn't force it. Experience all game content.

Moreover, this game is free, free to download, free to play, in order to further expand the influence of this game.

Such a good thing, of course, made countless players flock to it.

I won't mention it in China, players all know: Boiling products must be high-quality goods!
In foreign countries, although "Minecraft" has gradually gone out of the circle and many people play it, there are still very few players who know and understand the boiling game.

But it doesn't matter, since "Minecraft" is well-known, it is a huge traffic in itself, as long as a little advertising is placed on the game's official website, players who play "Minecraft" will also take a look in "War of Mine".

At least just looking at the name, foreigners feel that this game should be somewhat related to "Minecraft", maybe it is a sister chapter.

As a result, when players entered the game, they discovered that "War of Mine" and "Minecraft" are completely two different styles, different types, different themes, different modes, and different styles of games.

It can be said that apart from the nature of survival gameplay, the two have nothing in common.

For example, the game screen style, "Minecraft" is a square pixel Q version style, while "War of Mine" is a very realistic style of painting, the whole picture is gloomy and gray, revealing a strong atmosphere of wasteland and ruins.

In terms of genre, "My World" is a 3D open world, while "My War" is a 2D horizontal copy world. Although both of them also have sandbox elements for collecting materials, in "My War", there is no Not everything can be destroyed and collected.

"Minecraft" is a free-themed game, and you can do whatever you want in it, but "War of Mine" is a very unfree world. Players must survive in an extremely unfree environment.

What's even more weird is that "War of Mine" looked at the name and thought it was a war game, but in fact...

This is indeed a game about war.

but!

But the game characters played by the players are not soldiers in the war, but ordinary people.

In other words, the core gameplay and content of this game is how to survive as an ordinary citizen in a war.

So players are not free in the game, because if they are too free, they will be shot and killed by NPCs in the game, just like in real wars, when there is a war outside, you are lucky if you hide in the house and do not get killed. Walking around in the street is an act of death.

This……

It was not a big disappointment, but it made the players feel very unexpected.

No one thought that "my war" is not "I" going to fight, but being fought...

In the past, I have played too many No.1 and third-person shooting games. In the game, I just want to fight and kill for fun. But I have played this kind of game too much. It is really eye-catching!
Not to mention anything else, just this kind of reverse creative thinking is a bit interesting and makes people feel very fresh.

This freshness was replaced by a strong sense of substitution after players entered the game for less than half an hour.

Because the game screen is so exquisite and realistic, even though it is only a 2D horizontal version of the game, it still makes people feel immersed in it quickly.

Especially when players follow the novice teaching task, leave home at night, go out to collect survival supplies, a location of supplies will be triggered, and this location of supplies is not a ruin, but the home of an old couple, causing countless players to fall into a trap. In the conflict between survival and morality.

During this period, there will be an open plot dialogue. Players can ignore it and collect food, medicine and other supplies from the elderly’s house for their own survival, or they can turn around and leave empty-handed under the inspiration of conscience.

If you choose to collect supplies, the old man will cry and beg the players to show their respect, while the wife will hide in the corner and shiver.

Faced with such a situation, it is difficult for Chinese players to say. After all, they have never played this type of survival game before, and the game has a stronger purpose, but foreigners have played a lot, and they have their own political correctness. After encountering this scene in "The War of War", almost everyone was dumbfounded.

In those games in the past, there was no such vivid plot and dubbing for collecting materials, and no such realistic style of painting. Everyone searched for things when they saw them, and it didn't matter who owned them. Besides, those materials had no owners.

But in this game, at least in this scene, the owners of the supplies are the old couple.

When the old man saw the player breaking into the house, he rushed to the player and shouted: "Who are you? Oh, my God! Please! Don't take our food, we will starve to death!"

How will players react?
If a cold-blooded player, or a player who only thinks this is a game, might dismiss it and start to scrape immediately, then the old man wiped his tears and said, "You can take anything, as long as it doesn't hurt you." us……"

How will the player react at this time?

When the player was walking back and forth in the house, the old man yelled at his wife: "Run away! Someone is going to hurt us! Go hide in the basement!"

Then I saw the old woman running downstairs in a panic, rolling and crawling downstairs. At this time, will the player feel some compassion?
When the player finished collecting all the things and was about to leave, he passed by the old man who was crying and wiping away his tears. The other party was suddenly startled and asked in panic, "You, are you going to kill us?"

At this time, how should the player who is about to leave respond?

I'm afraid I can only be silent.

However, when the player returns to his dilapidated home, the game characters will talk to themselves from time to time, and even secretly wipe their tears, which further stimulates the players' psychological defense.

"I shouldn't have taken their food, they might die..."

"I'm sorry, I don't want to, I just want to live..."

"Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ups, look what I have done!”

Although it is a soliloquy, it is actually the questioning and condemnation of the player's conscience by the game setting. It depends on whether the player's psychology is strong or not, and whether they can bear it.

Generally, when many players play here, they will more or less fall into self-blame, an inexplicable sadness wells up in their hearts, and unconsciously develop some emotions of war weariness and self-blame, and then think, when the living conditions are better, Go back to find the old couple to send some food.

However, there was no chance.

When the players come to the old couple's house again, they will see that the old couple has starved to death lying on the floor...

And this scene is equivalent to silently telling the players that it was you who killed them with your own hands!
When many players, especially foreigners, came here again and saw this scene, they collapsed on the spot and began to cry loudly at the computer.

Because they know that although this is just a game, if there is a real war, in order to survive, they will probably commit such a disguised killing, right?
This allowed them to finally see their true colors clearly. It turned out that they were just hypocritical people in the past, but in fact there was a devil hiding in their hearts.

This cruel truth made them unacceptable for a while, and they felt as if they had really done something outrageous and inhumane, which made them very self-blame and painful. At the same time, they also clearly understood for the first time that war Human nature is worthless in the state of affairs.

Therefore, "War of Mine" is an anti-war game. It is a game with deep connotations that players dare not touch again after playing it once. It has extremely high social value and artistic value!
And so, those experts and professors who say that games are a cancer, wait to be slapped in the face!
(End of this chapter)