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Chapter 80 On the right track
Two weeks later.

Ji Xiu, who was writing the game script, waited for Zuo Yi's reply.

The base construction of the Horror Game Department has been completed. It is located next to Yunhai Lake in District B of Starlight City. It covers an area of ​​68 acres and was built by the machine construction team in 12 days.

Ji Xiu is not unfamiliar with this area.

When Xia Gengzhu's soul first came to him, he received a text message to meet him. The location was in a hotel near Yunhai Lake.

On the same day, the game facilities and personnel were relocated with the help of the team sent by Zuoyi.

From this moment on, the Horror Game Department was officially established.

As soon as he arrived at his new residence, Ji Xiu was shocked by the environment.

The game base is built in a lush green forest, along a wide road leading directly to the nearby Yunhai Lake, with beautiful scenery nearby.

There are eight initial buildings in the base, of which the main building is shaped like a spaceship about to take off.

The background music also changes after the mutants appear.

In contrast, even the muted sound of the rain seems to have become pleasant to the ears at this moment.

The shouts and curses came from far away, and the gray-haired old man led the three young figures through the rain curtain and hurried along the trestle towards an old fishing boat.

"Master, this fishing boat looks very dilapidated. It is probably a ghost ship floating on the sea. I'm afraid there is no place to find anyone to compensate for the damage."

A brief black and white scene flashed back, heavy rain flooded the vision, the white-haired old man's lips trembled, and a hoarse voice of panic burst out from his throat:
"The Horned Dragon...how could it be the Horned Dragon?"

The screen follows the ups and downs of the fishing boat. Pulling back, with the sudden flash of lightning, you can see the white-haired old man and his three apprentices suddenly bending over and vomiting. A ferocious figure also appears in the darkness at this time. It is after human beings have been polluted. mutant monster.

The sharp string music suppressed the heavy rain, making Ji Xiu's mood tense instantly. The music seemed like a sharp blade hidden in the dark, suddenly piercing the heart.

It can be seen from the various facilities equipped that Zuo Yi has strong expectations for the horror game department.

This is obviously a problem that Zuo Yi took into account in the high-intensity working environment, where many members of the game department need to stay up late and work overtime.

If you fail to complete the task, the end will be miserable.

The basement level of the main building is a cafeteria. Zuo Yi has equipped them with two teams of chefs who operate in shifts every 12 hours to ensure that they can have delicious meals no matter when they arrive within 24 hours.

After boarding the ship, "rumbling" thunder sounded in the virtual scene constructed by the projection, thunder flashed in the gloomy sky, and the scene became bright and dark. The camera followed the white-haired old man and his three apprentices into the fishing boat, and the screen area narrowed. What is presented is a moving picture that can be illuminated by a flashlight.

"Master, do you want to call the police first?"

"Brother, go to sea and make money!"

This splash of color amplifies in the picture, and the scene switches to black and white.

The shrill shouts passed, and the scene, accompanied by the sound of bones breaking and shattering, climbed through the window and climbed into the sky.

Ji Xiu's office is on the 16th floor of the main building. Through the window glass, you can clearly see the lakeside view.

Although the apprentice was confused, he still worked according to the master's request.

Ji Xiu came to the eighth floor where the virtual scene test team was located, and was led by the team leader to the center of the test scene area.

……

In the recall scene, a naked young man stood at the stern of the boat, supporting his body with one hand, waving the clothes in his hand towards the man standing on the shore:

When he saw the ambiguous word "Ceratopsian" on the hull of the ship, his expression was obviously startled, and a touch of color appeared in his cloudy eyes.

At this moment, he heard the sound of the rising and falling tide hitting the rocks. A gap opened in the darkness, like eyes gradually opening while sleeping, and the picture was gradually opened.

At this moment, one of the men reached out and pointed to the parking spot not far away, which was occasionally illuminated by the swaying street light:
"Master, there was a beast parked next to us, and the fresh paint was rubbed off, XXX."

Snapped!
As the switch was pressed, a black curtain rose around him, shrouding Ji Xiu in a dark environment.

After 35 days.

Broken masts, holes in the deck, dents caused by impacts... The hull was covered with dense barnacles and moss, and the entire ship looked dilapidated, as if it would be knocked to the bottom of the sea by the undulating waves at any time.

The rusty roadside hanging lights swayed violently in the wind, making a "squeaking" sound from friction. The torn fishing nets hanging on the iron railings flew into the distance with the roaring sea breeze and merged into the darkness.

The picture advances along the fingers of the young figure, and the light and shadow are interlaced and condensed. A dilapidated fishing boat full of age appears in front of Ji Xiu's eyes.

Under a system with clear rewards and punishments, while enjoying enjoyment, you also need to pay equal value.

This also puts great pressure on each group member.

"Damn it, this rainstorm is coming so fast...hurry up and close the sails."

The heavy rain became heavier and heavier. After the white-haired old man and his three apprentices locked the fishing boat on the shore, they set up a hanging ladder and climbed onto the fishing boat from the side.

What appeared in front of us was the scene of an old fishing port. The sky was a leaden gray, and the dark clouds seemed to be surging and pressing down. The dense raindrops poured down like a torrent, falling into the sea water and splashing white water.

Looking down at the sensing device he was wearing, Ji Xiu gave a thumbs up to the staff outside the test area, signaling the start of the test.

The white-haired old fisherman held his neck high and squinted under the swinging light. He looked through the rain curtain and carefully looked at the old fishing boat.

The dilapidated fishing boat docked on the shore was swaying in the storm, and the canvas on the boat was rustling, as if it would be torn to pieces by the storm at any time.

Faced with his apprentice's persuasion, the white-haired old man ignored it and led his apprentices to continue exploring the depths of the fishing boat, trying to unravel the doubts that had been buried deep in his heart for many years.

Looking up, the ceiling above is filled with projection devices that can assist in presenting the content in the virtual scene.

When they reached the hanging ladder leading down from the cabin, a low roar suddenly came from the darkness below.

The white-haired old man ignored his apprentice's complaints and realized that the fishing boat was the horned dragon that had lost contact that year. He immediately asked his apprentice to find a cable and prepared to use the tractor on the shore to pull the horned dragon to anchor.

The piano in the background plays an uncoordinated rhythm, with a creepy rhythm, mixed with the faint sound of the violin. A red light spot appears on the fishing boat of the Horn Dragon from the bird's eye view, and the bird's eye view continues to zoom in. Stretching out, the picture spread rapidly outward from the fishing port, and more and more red light spots appeared until most of the foggy sea city was covered.

The scene faded away at this point.

Snapped!
A crisp switch sound sounded.

The light and shadow cast on the ceiling shrank into a straight line, then disappeared, and the black curtain was retracted.

Ji Xiu was very satisfied with the initial experience.

Facing the expectant eyes of the staff outside the curtain, Ji Xiu smiled and gave a thumbs up:
"The preliminary test has passed. Let's go have lunch. In the afternoon we will conduct a preliminary experience test of the game scene."

After receiving his affirmative reply, the staff outside the curtain could not help but cheer excitedly, unable to conceal their excitement.

Ji Xiu can completely understand this.

After all, as long as it passes his review, it is equivalent to passing Zuo Yi's review. He has absolute say in creating horror games. At this moment, Ji Xiu lowered his head and looked at the water stains on the ground and the water drops hanging on his body.

During the experience just now, he thought that the cold and biting feeling of rain hitting his body was the result of the feedback simulation from the sensor worn on his body.

But when he saw the water stains on the floor, he realized that the test team had installed sprinklers on the ceiling of the test area.

Ji Xiu:......

But this is completely understandable. After all, he is currently conducting a preliminary simulation test, and there are two completely different modes for players to experience the game.

During the experience, the scene presented in front of him was a virtual image pieced together by the image projection device on the ceiling above his head. The real feedback he obtained mainly relied on the sensing equipment worn on his body, and there were many problems in the degree of realism. shortcoming.

However, the way for players to experience the game must be to enter the game chamber, allowing the body to connect with the neurofeedback system to achieve an almost perfect immersive feedback effect.

Therefore, in terms of realism, the game warehouse must provide a stronger sense of immersion.

The scenario testing he is currently conducting is to gradually import modeling and other content into the virtual engine, and then build an identical scene in the virtual platform. This requires a step-by-step process.

During the testing session in the afternoon, Ji Xiu experienced the main gameplay content of the game.

The game scene presented this time was built after the team went to the fishing port area of ​​Wuhai City to scan the physical buildings, but the painting style of the buildings was modified.

The scene in the first act is painted in a dilapidated apocalyptic style. The streets are full of rubble and collapsed buildings. The sky is gray and there are columns of smoke rising from burning buildings in the distance.

As a resister of mental pollution, he needs to escape from the blockade in a harsh environment.

The crisis at the beginning of the horror game mainly comes from food, mutants, and survivors, and the three are intertwined.

Ji Xiu asked the team to use a mental feedback device to make players feel hungry in real time and realize that if they cannot find food within the limited time, they will die.

Real hunger will increase the player's sense of urgency, realizing that they need to find food as soon as possible, and becoming anxious.

But if you want to find food, you have to face mutants hiding in the dark, and even attacks from other survivors. This process is full of unknown risks.

This kind of fear cannot be suppressed by relying on self-encouragement.

Even if you keep convincing yourself that this is just a false scene, the pictures you see and the feelings you feel in your body will block self-hypnosis.

It's like watching a horror movie. Even if you tell yourself that everything in the movie is fake, the visual stimulation will still make your adrenaline surge.

The sense of immersion created by virtual technology is much stronger than that of movies. It simulates the real environment from all angles such as vision, hearing, and smell. Even if you know it is fake, the sensory impact of the scene will not be affected at all.

But this time I experienced discipline repair and found many problems.

A completely open world, players are absolutely free to explore the game and can try to escape from the blockade in any direction.

Ji Xiu was so imaginative that he chose to go through the sewers. As a result, he found that the models in the sewers were still the original ones scanned and had not been modified. There were no mutants or other survivors placed in them to pose a threat to the players.

There were problems with the preliminary test, which Ji Xiu could completely understand, but the problem discovered during the test made him aware of a more serious potential problem.

Player’s imagination!
In the world before time travel, players' imaginations in the game were unparalleled, and all kinds of tricks were endless.

The creative team and test team only have a few people, which is far incomparable to the huge player base.

Problems that the game team cannot find can be easily discovered by the player group through their numerical advantage, and the game can be played until the bug is fixed.

This time he discovered that he could leave through the sewers. With the player's imagination, he might be able to find various unexpected clearance routes, which would make the game lose its original meaning.

At the end of this test, Ji Xiu held a plenary meeting in the name of management.

As usual, he first praised the team's efforts and the surprises discovered during the testing process.

But after the praise ended, he began to talk about the problems encountered during this test, focusing on the safe evacuation environment in the sewer.

When it comes to sewers, he doesn't mean for the team to fix sewer evacuation route problems.

What he wants is a solution that prevents players from cheating and escaping from the first scene, a solution that treats both the symptoms and the root cause.

Faced with the questions he raised, no one on the team gave an answer.

Just as Ji Xiu was waiting for them to come up with a reasonable solution, a member of the planning team raised his hand. When Ji Xiu nodded, he stood up and suggested weakly:
"Can we set up the mutants to be refreshed regularly around the player, or let the mutants detect that the player has left the established route and actively track the player's location for hunting?"

"Okay, you have the preliminary experience of being a qualified dog planner."

Hearing these words, Ji Xiu couldn't help but admire.

In the world before time travel, it is true that the game team serves the players, but it is more about the battle of wits and courage with the players.

The game team he formed is completely the latter. Serving players can be directly banned. The battle of wits and courage with players is the core of the team.

Players must not be allowed to easily pass through game loopholes. This is a problem that the game team must avoid as much as possible.

During this meeting, Ji Xiu decided to teach the game team a lesson.

Tell them what a player is.

The founding team had never had any contact with players. When Ji Xiu asked what a player was, their thoughts could be described as naive.

The summary of players in their eyes can be described in seven words:

Game story experiencer!
This explanation is not wrong, but it only applies to some players. The vast majority of players will not explore according to the route set by the plot. They are more like spoilers of the game plot.

In the world before he traveled, players had countless titles, one of which was the "Fourth Natural Disaster", which was enough to prove the player's destructive power.

What the team needs to contend with is the unexpected thinking of the players.

The original intention of a horror game is to collect the power of fear, so it is necessary to ensure that the game content cannot appear outside the framework.

……

After the meeting ended, Ji Xiu returned to the office and began to think about a new problem.

Should horror games also have clear reward and punishment mechanisms?

Mandating game length cannot completely solve the problem of the output of terrifying power. This will inevitably give birth to a group of bad players, which can be called "hang-up players" in the gaming field.

This group is often the most timid and the most likely to provide the power of fear.

They didn't dare to experience the game and chose to hang up at the initial point. After hanging up for a long time, they were offline, and they were perfunctory.

In order to eliminate this problem, Ji Xiu felt that he had to find Zuo Yi to design a complete reward and punishment mechanism to prevent idle players from appearing.

(End of this chapter)