Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

The research and development of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" has been successfully established, and secret research and development has begun within Nebula Games.

During this period of time, the progress of the switch side has not stopped.

For players, the open world exclusive masterpiece that Chen Xu mentioned earlier is more like a pie of a boss.

That is, the reputation of Nebula Games and Chen Xu's reputation have kept many players looking forward to it.

If it is an ordinary game manufacturer, it will be a word 'Bah! ’.

However, although the open world masterpiece is a cake, there is still a bit of dry content.

That is, during this period, many third-party game manufacturers have ported some classic games to the switch platform.

Although many of them are cold rice, they still add some soy sauce and eggs to fry them when they log in to the switch platform.

With the switch's unique somatosensory gameplay, many game manufacturers have specially reset their classic games in high-definition.

I have to say that compared to many game makers in the previous life, especially Japanese companies such as SE, they dare to sell a few hundred or two hundred high-definition textures. Twenty years ago, it was almost the same, isn't it authentic?

It can be said that the major game manufacturers in this parallel world reset, it can be said to be very conscientious, and there is no need to say more about the improvement of the picture.

Regarding the operation, the new adaptation of the switch platform was also carried out, and some even added new plots and content.

Regardless of whether it is good or bad, at least the sincerity is in place. Of course, this is also related to the stricter review system of Nebula Games.

For example, the collapse of Atari in the previous life, many people thought that it was caused by the alien ET, but in fact it was an inducement.

But the real reason is the variety of spicy chicken games on the Atari platform.

Therefore, whether it is the Nebula game platform on the PC or the switch, Nebula Games pays more attention to the review of the game.

Except for the game.

The popularity of the switch overseas has also slowed down temporarily.

Although Alien Cloud Games did not continue to announce the sales of the switch.

There are many third-party statistics companies, but they have been paying attention.

After all, these data statistics companies have their own sources of information channels, and it is not difficult to want statistics.

The Switch has sold 7.2 million units worldwide.

The rate of growth, while not as fast as when it first went live, is maintaining a very healthy curve.

The industry is also constantly discussing this.

"The global cumulative sales of switch seems to have exceeded 7 million!"

"Yeah, and some of the third-party independent game makers on the board are selling pretty well."

"Success is definitely a big success, but sales are slowing now, mainly because there are too few games."

"Are you less? Not a lot. Counting the games in the membership library, there are always 60 or 70 games from the first and third parties on the switch."

"It's all small indie games and ported games, and they don't have much purchasing power. Except for one "Super Mario: Odyssey" and "Animal Forest", other games don't have much appeal."

"That's true, but there's no way around that. After all, the function of the switch is placed here."

"However, didn't Chen Xu say before that he wanted to make an open world?"

"I think it's enough. After all, this function is too stretched."

"I don't think so. Since Chen Xu dares to speak out, he must have a plan."

"But Tenghua and NetDragon's open world masterpieces are also in the second half of the year!"

"Mainly, there is no conflict. According to Chen Xu, this is an exclusive game on the switch platform. They are logged in VR. Does it matter if the platforms are different?"

"That's what it says."

Amid the controversy in the industry, the time soon entered September.

During this time period, major manufacturers have also started to announce their own games.

All works of open world theme.

Open world, now the word is not a new word.

After "Red Dead Redemption: Redemption", it is a rare thing for major game manufacturers to say that who has never made open world games.

For a moment, the players fell into surprise and confusion.

The surprise is that there are so many masterpieces to choose from. The tangled thing is that I don't know which one to buy. After all, the money in the player's wallet is not unlimited.

But what many people didn't expect was that at this juncture, Chen Xu also got involved.

On the official blog, Chen Xu sent an updated official blog message.

'Promise your switch exclusive open world game, the development progress is quite gratifying! ’

An ordinary sentence.

Well, of course there's more than just one sentence.

Because there is also a picture of the original game painting.

On a rock, a blond young man in a blue coat stood on the rock and looked into the distance.

He holds a sword and shield in his hands, and a bow and quiver on his back.

A volcano in the distance spewed thick smoke, and the clouds blocked the sun that was about to set on the mountain, but the light that passed through was still very dazzling.

Forests, mountains, rivers, and in that far direction.

There is a castle surrounded by dark red aura standing there.

At the same time on the right is the name of the game: "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild".

After watching it, all the players were excited and surprised.

new game! ? Is it really the open world of the switch platform?

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild?

Why does this name feel a little bit of a middle-two fantasy style?

And it turned out to be a cartoon rendering art style?

In an instant, the players discussed it.

"So the new game looks like this? It's like a cartoon character?"

"It is estimated that Chen Xu has no choice, after all, the switch function is placed here."

"What are you talking about, I think it feels good! It looks very good, and it feels like a watercolor painting."

"But how do you do an open world with this art style? Like Super Mario Odyssey? I still don't understand."

"You can understand, you are not playing the game here, but from the original painting, this game must have a combat system."

"Don't guess. Let's wait until the game comes out. After all, Chen Xu has never disappointed anyone."

"Don't say it, didn't Mr. Chen say that the progress of the game's development is quite gratifying? The game should be coming out soon, won't you know when you just look at the finished product?"

"So the protagonist of the game is called Zelda, this name sounds a little strange."

There was a lot of discussion, and finally several conclusions were drawn.

The first one is that this game should not be a puzzle-solving game like "Super Mario: Odyssey", but must have combat elements, or else the sword, shield and bow and arrow are useless?

The second one is that the game has an art style of cartoon rendering. Of course, the actual effect is not clear, but the original painting does not look so bad.

The third point is that the protagonist's name is Zelda. After all, isn't the name of the game the Legend of Zelda? The whole story should refer to the story of how the protagonist Zelda in the game became a legend. At the same time, refer to this cartoon Style art, the game's story should not be too heavy.

The fourth point, and the most crucial point, is that the game development progress is quite gratifying, and it may not be long before they will be able to play it.