Strange game designer

Chapter 4 A horror game studio that doesn’t make horror games
The heavy rain was still falling, and Gao Ming didn't feel too scared, but his inner emotions were a little complicated.

It was already dawn, but Gao Ming found after searching on the Internet that heavy rain had blocked roads and flash floods broke out. Now no vehicles could approach the tunnel at the junction of Hanjiang, Xinhu and Hanhai.

"Hopefully that tunnel won't be blocked by flash floods."

Unable to figure out the reason why the game became a reality, Gao Ming could only accept this absurd fact: "I don't know if it's too late to delete those game designs now. It seems that I have to go to Night Light Game Studio."

When he was working part-time as a game designer, he had collaborated with Nightlight Game Studio many times, providing the other party with a large number of game design plans and suspenseful murder case ideas.He now wants to delete all the game plans he designed to see if he can remedy it.

After a simple breakfast, Gao Ming put his photos into his backpack, put on his raincoat and set off. He was a person with a very strong execution ability.

Heavy rain washed over the city, and dark clouds enveloped everything. Gao Ming took a taxi to Hanhai Beicheng District.

In fact, according to his original plan, after quitting his job as a psychological counselor, he would come to Nightlight Game Studio for an interview and become a real game designer.

The reason why he got into this industry is also very simple. There are no horror games on the market that he likes to play, so he wants to design his own.

At nine o'clock in the morning, under the guidance of the cleaning lady, Gao Ming found the office of Night Light Games.

Night Light Game Studio is affiliated to Motu Technology, the largest gaming platform in the country. It is one of the many game studios under Motu Technology. It specializes in suspense and thriller games. However, it is now in a stage of transformation and their life is not easy.

"Are you sick?! Are you sick?"

Through the glass door, Gao Ming heard the roar in the office, and he looked inside the door.

Several staff members were sitting at their workstations, and a game scene was playing on the big screen in front of them - the male protagonist in ordinary clothes was secretly watching the video of his own death while playing a spiritual game with his dead wife in a haunted house.

"What the customer requested is a relatively new interactive love game! You guys just made this thing for me in two weeks?!" Manager Gou, the head of Night Light Game Studio, stood at the table with a dark face, because it was too much Angry, his general belly heaved up and down, and the wig on his head almost slipped off.

"Don't you want to be different from other love games on the market?" The office is not big, and Wei Dayou is sitting at the door, looking like he is ready to run away at any time. He is a game planner and programmer at Night Light Studio and a fitness fanatic.A few years ago, he was forced by his boss to have no choice but to seek help online for a relatively novel game planning plan, and that's when he met Gao Ming.

Originally, he just completed the task, but who knew that the game design plan Gao Ming gave him directly won the Most Creative New Gamer Award that year.

Wei Dayou was also a very down-to-earth person and immediately explained the truth to the company. The organizer of the competition changed the original author to Gao Ming, and Gao Ming officially entered the game industry.

"I set you apart from the love games on the market! I'm not asking you to go back to your old career and play horror games!" Manager Gou grabbed his wig and threw it on the table. The few strands of hair left on his head were covered with sweat. Wet.

"Everyone has been working overtime for two weeks, and we have tried our best." Xia Yang pushed up the flat mirror, squinted his eyes slightly, and kept a smile on his face, as if all the troubles in the world had nothing to do with him.Perhaps it is because of his good mentality that the 37-year-old looks like he is in his early 20s.He is the main artist of the studio and has won international art awards. His painting style is crazy and weird, which is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

"Try your best!" Manager Gou slapped the table hard: "There are only a few customers, so you still have to kill them all, right?"

"Innovation, strong interaction, gradually getting closer, sweet love, until death do us part, I designed it exactly according to your requirements." Wei Dayou dug out the message that Manager Gou sent at that time.

"I'm so sweet to you!" Manager Gou glanced at several subordinates in the office and held his remaining hair with both hands: "Our company has a total of 41 game studios, and we are ranked No. 40. There has been no decline at all. There is no space! If we continue to mess up, we will disband and be kicked out of Magic Map Technology!"

Unlike other studio members, Manager Gou was sent from Motu Technology Corporation. It is said that he offended someone, so he was forced to start all over again.

Although he is bald and has a greasy belly, he is the most enthusiastic person in the studio. He is extremely unwilling and desperately wants to prove himself again. "Three days! I'll give you three more days. You have to come up with a normal love game for me no matter what!" Manager Gou picked up the wig, angrily picked up his extra-large thermos cup filled with wolfberries, and stepped forward. He walked out on his fat legs, but happened to bump into Gao Ming at the door.

Manager Gou's eyelids twitched slightly when he saw Gao Ming. He had worked with Gao Ming many times and knew Gao Ming's design style and philosophy.

He still remembered the first time he saw Gaoming's design plan. Seventeen of the three thousand words in the brief introduction involved blood and horror, which also deeply shocked Mr. Gou.

"Good morning...you didn't come for the interview the day before yesterday, so we hired a new person." Manager Gou's eyes dodge: "She will come to work in a while."

In the past, when the studio was making suspense games, Manager Gou and Gao Ming had a great time working together, but now that the studio is giving up on horror games, Gao Ming's arrival is a bit embarrassing.

"I'm not here for an interview." Gao Ming saw through Manager Gou's worries at a glance. He is a very nice person and doesn't like to cause trouble to others, so he took the initiative to speak: "I encountered some things that are difficult to explain. I may have to provide the information to All your game designs will be taken away and destroyed."

"Destroy? Those plans will all be classics once they are made!" Wei Dayou left the work station directly and walked to Gao Ming's side: "What stimulation have you received?"

"I may not make horror games in the future." Gao Ming patted Wei Dayou on the shoulder: "Another piece of advice for you, try not to go out at night these days."

After hearing Gao Ming say that he does not make horror games, Manager Gou regained his enthusiasm: "Xiao Gao, I heard that Dayou said that you resigned from the prison. How about you come to me first and find a job? What do we think about you? Your ability is very recognized and you don’t need an interview at all!”

"just forget it."

Gao Ming communicated with everyone and finally convinced Wei Dayou to open the cabinet where the files were stored in the studio and rummage through all the game design plans he had provided over the years.

There is a long cycle to making a game, and the initial investment is huge. Many game design ideas cannot find investment, so they can only be sealed first.

Frankly speaking, if Nightlight Studio were not preparing to transform and give up horror games, it would be difficult for Gaoming to get back these game ideas.

After patiently sorting out his hard work over the years, Gao Ming roughly divided the games he designed into five levels according to their dangers: criminals, rumors, omens, sly words, and strange stories.

Criminals is a game adapted from real cases. The danger comes entirely from people. It focuses on reasoning and evidence collection, and is consistent with realistic logic.

The rumors are also based on murder cases, interspersed with some weird and terrifying stories, but most of those stories are false, and the real danger is people.

Games at the level of Omen are different. Horrible things begin to show signs, the worldview collapses, and the source of danger comes from various curses and weirdness.

The fourth dangerous level is trickery. In this kind of game, trickery will really appear.

The fifth level is ghost stories, which means that everything within a certain range is unsafe, the rules have been changed, and everything may be a ghost, and ghost stories will continue to expand and grow, affecting more people.

In fact, there is a sixth level of danger - out-of-control weird stories. Gao Ming has also designed such completely desperate games. He came here mainly to destroy the most desperate games, hoping that they would not become true.

"36 criminals, 25 rumors, 5 omens, 25 sly words, 31 strange stories, 4 out-of-control strange stories... I have been really diligent these years."

(End of this chapter)