The basics of game design, from getting started to entering the grave

The movements of Wang Shuo's hands stopped.First, he glanced at Jiang Qiuqi's computer screen, then looked at the time in embarrassment, sat down resignedly, and put his bag aside.

"You are forcing me to work overtime." He shook his head helplessly, "Nine o'clock Guild has other tasks, and it seems that I can't keep up."

"Hey." Jiang Qiuqi smiled flatteringly,
"Master, you can apply for overtime pay by the hour."

Wang Shuo's mood improved visibly with the naked eye.He immediately entered the state and dragged a chair to sit beside Jiang Qiuqi.

"Go ahead."

"I just want Master to help me see how the plan is going." Jiang Qiuqi adjusted the zoom ratio of the document, and moved away from Wang Shuo.

"An inch of time is worth an inch of gold. Save some money for your cousin, and I'll just look at it from you."

"Good master." Jiang Qiuqi stopped talking.

"Give me the mouse."

She obediently handed it over.

"Here, why do players need to know how much the daily reward is?"

Wang Shuo pointed at the UI designed by Jiang Qiuqi with the mouse and asked.

In Jiang Qiuqi's design, the rewards for daily sign-in are all visible, even on the first day of sign-in, you can also see the content of the last day's awards.

"It's just to let players know what to give, so it's more attractive."

"Think about it again?" Wang Shuo guided her again.

"The first point, according to what you wrote, the timing of the sign-in pop-up is after logging in every day. Most of the current players are used to the point-and-click operations after going online. Few stop to look at the rewards. Tell them that it can't increase sticky.

Furthermore, even if he reads it carefully, let alone two hours of playing, he can forget it after playing for 10 minutes.It's better to set up a sign-in push and tell them regularly. "

Jiang Qiuqi nodded slowly: "Master is also reasonable, and according to my observation, the reward for signing in is actually not too big, and the player may dislike it and be stingy if it is released, so they will stop playing."

"Hahaha, that's not enough." Wang Shuo smiled and shook his head.

"Some games are released, it really depends on the attractiveness of the rewards. And what I meant just now, I just want to confirm what your thinking is, and there is no one to criticize you.

You remember, planning is like this, there is no absolute right or wrong, as long as the words are reasonable and can convince yourself and others. "

"Good master!"

"Think about it again here. I guess you still have to take papers on weekends, so you can write it down yourself, and I won't give you notes."

After Wang Shuo finished speaking, he stared at the screen for a few seconds, and couldn't help preaching again: "Remember, design is not black and white."

Black and white?

Jiang Qiuqi didn't want to understand it for a while, but felt that Wang Shuo was hinting at her, and didn't want to tell her the answer directly.

She silently took out a pen and a notebook, and wrote down the key points of the revision.

"Go back and think about the above UI issues. What should be highlighted? This should be combined with your logic below. They are not separated, but should be the bones and flesh of your system."

Jiang Qiuqi nodded frantically.

"Let's talk about the logic. The timing of your activation really only pops up every day when you go online."

Wang Shuo frowned slightly.

"I want to criticize you on this point, the observation is not careful enough. Let me ask you, what is the definition of 'daily'? It pops up when I go online, and I go online again after I go offline. Is it popped?"

Jiang Qiuqi thought for a moment, raised his head and replied:
"Uh... every day is a natural day, 24 hours? When you go online, you only log in for the first time every day. If you don't get it, you will also log in next time."

"Well, the latter one is not bad, remember to add it. If you think it's long-winded, you can simplify the language. Regarding the concept of 'daily', think about it. If you design it this way, will every player's reward time follow their own? gone?"

"No, what I mean is that there must be a time for the system to refresh... Hehe, I understand, Master. I need to clearly write down when to refresh every day."

Before Wang Shuo frowned even tighter, Jiang Qiuqi found the correct answer.

He continued to read, and watched a piece of logic for 5 minutes before speaking again.

"This part is okay, no big problem."

Hearing Wang Shuo's approval, Jiang Qiuqi was a little happier.His tone just now wasn't harsh, but there were so many questions and they were reviewed face to face. Her self-confidence was really hit.

"Your reward..." Wang Shuo hesitated to speak, opened his mouth for a long time, and finally turned into a sigh.

"It is true that there is no particularly detailed plan now, and it is normal that it cannot be written.

But I can tell you about the idea. The main question is what is the value of your rewards, and on which day are the rewards of special value placed.

For example, if you play games, have you found that the rewards on the third and seventh days are the best?In fact, this is a consensus in the industry. You also mentioned it in the design purpose above, which is to improve the retention in the past few days.Therefore, the rewards for these two days will be special and of higher value. "

"Uh-huh."

Jiang Qiuqi understood Wang Shuo's meaning: The little apprentice has already thought about it here, so I won't go into it for the time being. I just say a few words, the teaching session is coming to an end.

"Let me look at the configuration table again." Wang Shuo dragged the mouse to the end of the document.

"It's okay, basically there is no problem, but it can be considered to be more general. For example, continuous sign-in and non-sequential sign-in can also be controlled and made in the form of enumeration."

"Yes." Jiang Qiuqi's eyes lit up, and he immediately wrote it down in his notebook.

"There's nothing else." Wang Shuo breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the time. "It's only half an hour, and you won't be charged overtime."

Jiang Qiuqi watched him slide back to his work station, his body was as brisk as if he was going to fly.

Master really likes to go to get off work.

"Well...Master, I have other things to do tomorrow, and I want to start other studies as soon as possible next week. Can you wait until I finish my revisions today?"

She opened her mouth cautiously, shrinking her neck inward, for fear that Wang Shuo would rush over and hold her down and beat her up.

"..."

Hearing her words, Wang Shuo stopped the movement of the backpack and took a deep look at her.

"Don't let your cousin pay today's overtime pay, do you feel uncomfortable?"

Wang Shuo put the bag down and sat down again.

"You change it, and call me when you change it." He took out his phone and temporarily entered the "Do Not Disturb" state.

Seeing him staying, Jiang Qiuqi hurriedly took advantage of his complete memory to revise the plan.

After about an hour, she finally finished.

"Uh... Master, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long."

Jiang Qiuqi felt a little guilty. She thought it would take 10 minutes to complete the modification, but who knew that it had been so long since she had been thinking about it, re-drawing the diagram, and modifying the logic of the connection.

"It's okay, it's just playing games with pay." Wang Shuo put down his phone and came to her side.

"Yes, the rewards for ordinary dates are designed with small icons and light-colored backgrounds. The grand prizes are emphasized, the display area is enlarged, and some special effects are added to show that you understand my hint."

Wang Shuo nodded, expressing his appreciation to her.

He flipped through a few more places, but didn't raise any objections.

"It's okay. I need to take a closer look at some small details. I'll save them until Monday. I'll give you a detailed comment before making changes. Isn't it too much?"

Just changed it once, no problem.Jiang Qiuqi was too happy, so he nodded in agreement.

"Hey, why don't you leave? Come and see my play plan!"

Chu Jukun got out of nowhere and interrupted Wang Shuo's plan to go home again.

Explanation of terms: enumeration—similar to classification, the main function is to control different types in the same column in the table. (It can be simply understood as a type)

ps If I don’t update one day, it must be Zelda who has killed me