Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 238 Super Pac-Man! ! !

In Ethan's memory, there was indeed a game called "Super Pac-Man" in his previous life.

It was the orthodox sequel to "Pac-Man" released by Namco, but it was outshone by "Ms. Pac-Man" in terms of sales. It was a short-lived work.

As for the reason, it is actually that the designer has exhausted his talents.

In the original "Pac-Man" and the pirated "Ms. Pac-Man", the goal of the yellow Pac-Man is very clear. It needs to eat all the beans on the map while avoiding ghosts. Beans, those little beans scattered on the map are actually the path-finding guides in major online games in later generations. It can give people a very clear sense of route and let players know how to move forward.

However, "Super Pac-Man" is different.

Compared with the previous game, this game has canceled the setting of Xiaodoudou and added some secret doors. Players do not need to eat beans, but need to eat the keys scattered on the map, because only in this way can the secret doors in the maze be opened. , and inside the secret door, there are all the clearance rewards from the previous game——

High scoring fruit.

Players can only enter the next level after eating all the fruits. During this process, there is a super prop on the map. When Pac-Man eats Super Beans, his body will expand even more than the map aisle. Big, if I had to describe it, it would be like Deadpool breaking the third wall to communicate with the readers. In this state, Pac-Man will become invincible. He is like a dump truck, destroying so and so. die.

On the surface, the setting of "Super Pac-Man" is quite interesting, but in fact, after playing a few rounds, you will find it very boring.

Because after losing the route guidance of Xiaodoudou, "Super Pac-Man" actually no longer has the sense of adventure and puzzle solving, and the high score rewards of the previous game have become the current map garbage, which will also make those who loved the previous game Players are very disappointed. More importantly, Super Bean's ability to enlarge the size will give players a sense of fragmentation. When Pac-Man can be bigger than the map, the pursuit of the little ghost is actually meaningless. Because it can no longer bring a sense of oppression to players, even if it beats them to death, players will not feel happy.

So, before, when Ethan discovered that the company’s R&D staff had added dancing shoe props to Ms. Pac-Man and set them up so that both the little ghost and Ms. Pac-Man could pick them up, the feedback was different. After the state, the dual setting of Debuff and Buff coexisting really made him very happy.

Because this dual setting will give players a variety of options when playing the game, they can try to use Debuff to control monsters, or they can use the gains brought by Buff to do something.

Players will be happy if they succeed, and frustrated if they fail.

When a prop can arouse the player's emotions and give the player a sense of satisfaction that I am the smartest and the best in the world, then this prop will definitely be perfect.

After all, what video games sell to players is actually a sense of satisfaction that is difficult to obtain in reality.

Therefore, with the lessons learned right in front of us, the "Super Pac-Man" Ethan wants to make will not be Namco's version of Superman Pac-Man, but a Master Ma version of a level-breaking mini-game.

And since we want to make Pac-Man into a big universe, then...

Ethan thought again and again, flipped the paper, and wrote on the second page——

"Mr. Pac-Man was once a human. One day, he got a magical apple. He took a bite of it and fell into a coma. When he woke up again, he found that he had come to a mysterious maze and lost his mind. The human form turned into a round and cute figure.”

"After some exploration, Mr. Pac-Man discovered that if he wanted to leave the maze, he had to collect the mysterious beans scattered in the maze. So from that day on, he continued to fight for freedom, and in the process, he Need to avoid those strange ghosts wandering the maze.”

"Perhaps it was because of God's blessing, but it was also possible that Mr. Pac-Man was determined. After some hard work, he finally left the strange maze. When the first ray of sunshine shone on his face after escaping, When he got there, he was surprised to find that he had not changed back to his original state or returned to his original world, but had come to a place called the Apple Kingdom."

"There are countless apple trees here, and the apples on each tree have different abilities. Some apples can make people bigger, some apples can make people smaller, and some apples can make people full of energy. Some apples are harmful to people, and among them there are some more magical apples. When people eat them, they can throw fireballs, fly into the sky, jump high, and run super fast."

"It's just that each person can only have one super power. Whenever people eat a new apple, the abilities they had before will disappear."

"This situation made Mr. Pac-Man curious. After he carefully tasted an apple, he was surprised to find that the apples in the Apple Kingdom tasted almost exactly the same as the apple that caused him to turn into a yellow villain! This fact made him He was very surprised, because he felt that as long as he ate another apple like before, he might be able to return to the original world, so he embarked on a new journey."

"However, Mr. Pac-Man didn't know that when he appeared in the Apple Kingdom, he was stared at by a pair of cold eyes, because in addition to having apples, there is also a ruler in the Apple Kingdom-"

"Snake Overlord, Jack!"

When Ethan finished reading the manuscript in his hand with great emotion, Evelin, who was leaning on the sofa watching TV 10 minutes ago, burst into tears from laughter, "Oh - Ethan - you want to die laughing. me?"

"Do you want to enter the literary world and prepare to write a novel? Or do you want to compete with Walt Disney and create a children's fairy tale book?"

The girl's smile was trembling, and the features on her pretty face were squeezed into a ball.

"What Mr. Pac-Man was once a human? What Apple Kingdom has apples with all kinds of superpowers? What Apple Kingdom is ruled by Jack the Snake Overlord?"

"How come the background of your game is the same as a collection of fairy tales?"

"Oh yes! And apples!"

"Ethan~ Are you having trouble with Apple? In reality, it doesn't matter if you invest in a company called Apple, but then a lot of Apples are used in the game?"

"If those two Steves were to know that Jack the Snake King likes to eat apples, and that Mr. Pac-Man's biggest dream is to finish eating apples, then they would definitely be speechless on the spot! Goose, goose, goose—"

Evelin could no longer hold back and laughed loudly.

He relaxed and rolled on the sofa, patting the armrest continuously.

Such a situation made Ethan's face darken, and he asked in a stiff tone: "Oh - Evelin - isn't my writing good? It took me a lot of brain cells to combine "Pac-Man" and "Snake" are two different games strung together!"

"And apples are the best bond!"

"In the "Snake" arcade machine we first made, what Jack wanted to eat was an apple!"

The harsh tone made Evelin put away her wanton smile, but the smile on her face and the redness on her cheeks caused by her emotional excitement could not be hidden in a short while.

The girl was lying on the sofa staring at Ethan. When she saw that he had no intention of relenting, she pursed her lips and said, "Oh - Ethan - I just think what you wrote is so funny~"

"I didn't say that your writing was not good~ you wrote very well!"

Ethan ignored her.

He continued to look at Evelin with bulging cheeks.

That balloon-like appearance made Evelin want to continue laughing, but she knew that if she continued to laugh, Ethan would probably get really angry.So, she blew her nose, patted the sofa, and said in a coaxing tone: "Okay, I was wrong, I shouldn't have laughed so wildly."

"I apologize to you~I'm sorry——"

"Come over and sit down~ I want to continue reading the book~"

"real!"

"What you wrote is indeed interesting!"

While speaking, Evelin also opened her eyes wide.

Bullingbuling blinked at Ethan.

The cute look made Ethan roll his eyes. He sat down hard on the sofa and photographed the manuscript in front of Evelin. At this moment, he was too lazy to read.Evelin, on the other hand, smiled and glanced at Ethan.

After seeing that he had calmed down, he hummed softly, picked up the manuscript and continued to read.

Ethan wasn't lying.

He really thought a lot about merging "Pac-Man" and "Snake" together.

Because according to the previous concept, the "Super Pac-Man" project is no different from "Super Mario", that is, Mr. Pac-Man rescues Ms. Pac-Man who was captured by the Snake King.

But after thinking for a long time, Ethan gave up the plan.

The reason is also very simple, that is, the plot of "Ms. Pac-Man is Caught" is a bit strange no matter how you look at it.

After all, in the game "Ms. Pac-Man" they launched, Ms. Pac-Man has shown an ability that is not inferior to Mr. Pac-Man, or in other words, with the blessing of some more awesome props, Pac-Man The fighting ability shown by Ms. Human is actually stronger than Mr. Pac-Man.

When Ms. Pac-Man has appeared in front of the public as a strong woman, if she is captured by the Snake King and needs to be rescued by Mr. Pac-Man, wouldn't her character be destroyed?
Although in the barbaric age of rapid development of video games, things like character design are trivial, because other games have no plot!Ethan can write a plot for the integrity of the game, which is a leading behavior in the industry. As for whether there are bugs in these plots?

My peers won’t care!

The media won’t care either!

Players who just want to play the game and are not tired of it will leave it alone!

Unless it's decades later, that's when people punch it.

But since he has the idea of ​​​​making a universe, Ethan naturally hopes to do the best he can. He cannot guarantee that he will not eat books in the future, but he can guarantee that when players come into contact with the game, they will see the game The story content of the plot must be logical and smooth.

Therefore, under Ethan's modifications, in the current version of "Super Pac-Man", the character Ms. Pac-Man will no longer appear for the time being. The one Mr. Pac-Man needs to fight is the snake overlord Jack.

After finishing the background, the next thing that needs to be determined is how the game will be played. This is actually very simple, just copy Master Ma, so Ethan drew the classic 1-1 map.

There's nothing I can do about it, it's a memory engraved in my bones.

Ethan has played this picture countless times when he was a child. When he grew up, when he made money to buy a WiiU, he played Mario Maker and became an absolutely qualified 1-1 tester of the classic world.

However, even if he could draw the classic 1-1 with his eyes closed, he did not completely copy Miyamoto Shigeru's design. The hills, bushes, and white clouds on the map were all retained by him, and what are they like? Question mark blocks, hidden blocks, this kind of design also exists, but he has replaced all the mushrooms inside with apples. Red apples can make Pac-Man bigger, and green apples can increase health.

Not only that, he also replaced the chestnuts on the map with other monsters. The small snakes are subordinates of the snake overlord Jack, and the turtle... because the turtle shell can be obtained is so great, it still exists.

In addition, the green water pipe in Mario was also modified by Ethan and replaced by a high altar. In the plot settings, this is used to worship the Apple God. When the player jumps on the altar At this time, they can hold down the button to worship. If the worship is successful, that is, there is a hidden passage under the altar, then they will be transported to the other world in Super Mario, which is the underground world in the game.

Ethan has also made changes to this place. In Super Mario, the underground world is a shortcut to the end. At the same time, there are a lot of gold coins in it. In Ethan's "Super Pac-Man", the underground world is a shortcut to the end. That's the maze world that "Pac-Man" tells.

It’s just that inserting a plane adventure puzzle into a side-scrolling game is very inconsistent, so in this regard, Ethan made some adjustments and designed some obstacles for the underground world, and also added some white colors. The ghosts are the four clever ghosts in the world of "Pac-Man".

After making such modifications, when players enter the game, they can reach the same end point from different routes. On the ground, players face the attack of the Snake Overlord, while underground...

Players will be surrounded by ghosts again.

Because when making "Starry Sky" before, Ethan encountered a situation where he had rich ideas for a complete map but was castrated due to high costs, so this time, he did not draw the entire game in one go, but just wrote a background and drew After passing the first level, I showed it to my sister.

But even so, the double-threaded design still surprised Evelin, and when she continued to scroll down and saw Ethan's design on the game props...

The grassroots abilities of various apples also appeared in front of her.

In addition to the red apples that grow bigger and the green apples that add life, which are already reflected in the first level, Ethan also conceived several other apples of different colors——

There are orange apples, which make Mr. Pac-Man shoot bullets;
There are yellow apples, which make Mr. Pac-Man invincible;
There are green apples, which can make Mr. Pac-Man jump very high;
There are blue apples, which make Mr. Pac-Man smaller;
There are purple apples, which make Mr. Pac-Man run fast;
In addition, there are colorful apples. When Mr. Pac-Man eats them, an object will fall from the sky. It may be a supreme lightsaber or a DL-44 heavy blaster.

If Evelin could understand the design of jumping high, throwing bullets, becoming invincible, and running fast, because these ideas are very common, then when she saw the lightsaber and blaster...

She was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Oh - Ethan - you really are -"

"I really don't know what to say now -"

"Lightsaber? DL-44?"

"Is that why you asked George for the rights to all the Star Wars games?"

Evelin put away the manuscript and looked at Ethan with surprise.

And this inquiry also made Ethan happy.

"Yeah~"

He shook his eyebrows, clasped his hands, and cosplayed Skywalker, "Pac-Man picked up the lightsaber."

"That's a cool thing to think about, right?"

Before he finished speaking, he waved his hands.

It seems to be explaining the game settings, but it is more like cutting down the enemy.

That's right!

The reason why Ethan asked George Lucas for all the game rights to "Star Wars" and stated that he wanted to incorporate "Star Wars" elements into other games was because he had a great imagination!Want Pac-Man to wield his lightsaber to kill enemies?
Mario’s creativity is awesome?
Ah--

Master Ma is in Niubi, can he hang me with Pac-Man wielding a lightsaber?

what? !

When my Pac-Man swings his lightsaber——

"I want to hit ten!"

Hehe ~
　Note: ① As written in the article, in reality, Namco's "Super Pac-Man" still sold more than 1 units in North America. There is no way, Pac-Man is an IP that is also great, but it is not as long-lasting as Master Ma. .

　　
　
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