Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

In the project room of Nebula Games, Chen Xu guided Qin Yi and the others to develop "Curse of Blood".

Although it is a souls game, compared with "Dark Souls", "Bloodborne" is still very different.

For example, in the battle mode, compared to the battle rhythm of Black Soul, there is no doubt that the blood source is much faster.

Don't look at the 20 blood collection bottles, the real death rate is much faster than that of Black Soul.

In addition, considering that the carriers of PC and VR are different, the development of the game is aimed at the lens, which is almost a cumbersome thing, as well as the art materials of the game. Both platforms need to be produced separately.

"Well... the trap design here is too obvious. It's not the first time for players to come into contact with new soul-based games. There seems to be no monsters in this corner, but we put a white light on it. How could players be easily fooled? ?" Chen Xu looked at a collection point designed by Qin Yi and denied it.

If the player has not been exposed to soul games, it may still be overshadowed.

but now?

It's just this simple, obviously there is no way to overcast the player.

When the player sees this kind of scene, his first thought is probably: how could he, Chen Xu, be so kind.

Therefore, it must be collected carefully. At that time, the hidden monster will be discovered by the player immediately?

How can it bring the unexpected sense of surprise to the players?

Without the sense of surprise, how disappointed would the players be?

"In the game, we have to do the real thing, for example, the two collectibles here, don't design lurking monsters or mechanisms, wait until the third or fourth, we are adding mechanisms and monster settings, not asking for the number. But there must be quality!"

"And here we have added the settings of two Yin people in front of us. When it comes to the third and fourth, we can also not join. The player picks up the props carefully, but finally finds himself fighting with the air. , which is actually a trap."

"At the same time, there are some relatively basic chain traps, one on the surface and one in the dark. The traps that make the player's attention focus on the bright surface, but the real killer move comes from the dark."

Looking at Qin Yi, Meng Zuo and others, Chen Xu was sitting here on the development machine, and simply sketched the design of several locations.

"Understood Mr. Chen." Qin Yi and the others swallowed silently, took a napkin from the table and wiped the sweat from their palms.

"We must give players a kind of surprise and surprise. After all, players are all heroes who have experienced fire." Chen Xu reminded again.

As for suffering?

Isn't everyone playing this game just to suffer? If players can't suffer in the game, can they live up to their conscience?

You must know that the corporate culture of Nebula Games, "everything for the players", is something that should never be forgotten!

Leaving his seat, Chen Xu stretched and walked towards the reception room.

Next, he still has interviews for this part of the game.

It is mainly through media channels to reveal a little news and content to players.

After all, apart from the previous easter eggs, players don't even know the name of this game, and online players also have a lot of confusion. Chen Xu can't answer them one by one on the official blog.

In addition, there are many media who want to interview him, so this time Chen Xu also agreed to two.

One is the foreign media GameSpot, and the other is the domestic game space.

"Mr. Chen!" Seeing Chen Xu walking into the reception room, Game Time and the reporters from GameSpot stood up to say hello.

"Hello." Chen Xu smiled.

The reporter on the game space-time side is Li Ye, and he basically does all the interviews on Nebula Games. Speaking of which, the other party is the first reporter who has interviewed Chen Xu.

As for GameSpot, there is a middle-aged man named Liu Yue, who is responsible for the content editor of GameSpot in China.

The two people sitting opposite Chen Xu were also a little excited. After all, this is big news, and the two of them were given the opportunity to be interviewed for the first time in the world.

The camera crews of the next two have already set up the camera.

"Let's go straight to the topic here." Chen Xu smiled as he looked at the two reporters.

The two obviously had discussions, and GameSpot's Liu Yue was the first to ask: "Okay, then, Mr. Chen, let's get to the point. The first question is also a question that many players care about, and that is Mr. Chen, yours. Is the new work a soul game?"

"The new project is called "Bloodborne Curse". As for whether it is a soul-based game, I can only say that it will make players feel some familiar flavors." Chen Xu smiled.

Hearing Chen Xu's words, Li Ye next to him smiled knowingly, obviously this was a side admission, which also made him very excited.

"Then Mr. Chen, how difficult is "Bloodborne" compared to "Dark Souls"?" Li Ye asked a more crucial question.

"It depends on the player, and the combat system of "Bloodborne" is very different from "Dark Souls"," Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Just saying that, maybe you don't have any concept, here we also prepared a demo of the real machine for you." Chen Xu said after a pause.

Then he stood up and turned on the prepared big screen, and took the handle from Lin Rou, the assistant next to him.

The eyes of both Li Ye and Liu Yue who were sitting there lit up.

Real machine demonstration! ?

This is explosive news!

And a windfall! ?

Under the gaze of the two, the game screen was played on the big screen.

Of course, the cutscenes are skipped directly, mainly a demo based on the battle test.

The hunter in the game is standing in the ward area of ​​the Yousefka Clinic, not far from a half-blooded werewolf biting a corpse.

"First of all, the number of blood bottles carried by players in the game will be greatly increased. Players can carry 20 blood bottles, and after killing monsters, monsters may drop blood bottles, which greatly increases the fault tolerance rate of the game."

While talking, Chen Xu controlled the hunter in the game to walk in front of the werewolf.

I only saw the werewolf in front of him let out a roar and suddenly rushed towards the hunter.

Then the hunter controlled by Chen Xu in the game came to the back of the werewolf with a flexible dodge. Taking advantage of the werewolf's stiff state after making a move, he charged the werewolf with a slap and stumbled directly, and then his right hand moved towards the werewolf's kidney. Take it hard.

'Pfft! ’

With a dull sound, a string of blood flowers shot out from the werewolf's body and fell to the ground. A white light appeared on the body, and Chen Xu picked up exactly two blood bottles.

"Mr. Chen, this is it!?" Seeing the hunter's handsome kidney attack in the game, Li Ye and Liu Yue were excited for a while.

Although they are reporters, they are also players.

They are also full of expectations for this mysterious game.

And the kidney attack in front of me, combined with the visual effect of the bleeding, is simply too handsome and shocking!

"This is the execution action in "Curse of Bloodborne": visceral crit, when the monster is in an unbalanced state, it can be used, just like the backstab and execution in "Dark Souls", of course, in Bloodborne, players need It can only be triggered by charging from behind." Chen Xu said with a smile.

Listening to Chen Xu's introduction, the two were very surprised, although the judgment of this visceral crit was a bit harsher than that of Black Soul.

But the key is that the game can carry 20 blood bottles, and killing monsters can also replenish blood bottles?

If Chuan Huo could have 20 blood bottles back then, any hero Guda and any Xin Wang would be younger brothers!

"In addition, there is a special mechanism in the game, that is, the player will fall into a state called virtual blood after being attacked. At this time, as long as the player attacks the monster, he can **** the lost blood back."

"This is to encourage players to greed for knives and attack?" Li Ye asked Chen Xu.

Players who have played Dark Souls and Monster Hunter know what kind of behavior is the most dangerous.

That is greed.

Generally, players who like to be greedy for knives are either masters and those who are high and boundless.

Or it belongs to the existence of the grass three feet high on the tomb.

And the mechanism of "Curse of Blood" encourages the greed of knives, which is simply too crazy!

"Well, yes, this mechanism is mainly to encourage players to take the initiative to attack, but also to show a major feature of "Bloodborne"." Chen Xu smiled and nodded.

"A major feature?" Liu Yue and Li Ye were confused.

"Yes, one of the things that players criticize in "Dark Soul" is that wearing bloated armor is too ugly, and the rolling action is also very unsightly like rolling in mud."

"So in "Curse of Blood", we banned the armor style of medieval knights in Europe and replaced them with British and Victorian clothing styles, look at the hunter's trench coat, look at this three-cornered hat."

"Including tumbling, it has also been changed to a more elegant dodge in the game." Chen Xu controlled the characters in the game and performed two tumbling and dodging.

"Then Mr. Chen, will the hunter suit in the game have defensive attributes?" Li Ye seemed to realize something.

"That's definitely there, but it won't have the defense power of Javier's suit. Of course, we can't just weaken or strengthen the game, and we don't need to wear heavy armor. Players are faster and more flexible in the game. , so it is easy to avoid the monster's attack, which allows the player to perform better operations." Chen Xu concluded with a smile.

While speaking, Chen Xu controlled his character to find the first villager with a torch. Facing the opponent's attack, he directly dodged and came behind him with a charge to hit him straight, followed by a visceral crit. Very easy to write.

It seems to be quite easy. It is faster and more flexible, and it is easy to avoid enemy attacks.

Watching Chen Xu's demonstration, the two were surprised.

"Then Mr. Chen, are there any shields in this game?" Liu Yue asked a very crucial question at this time, and it was also a question that online players paid more attention to.

"Shield? Of course there is a shield! But it's a bit different from Black Soul. The shield in "Curse of Blood" doesn't come on stage, and it's not very useful." Chen Xu said with a smile.

Hearing Chen Xu's words, Liu Yue and Li Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

It is good to have a shield, and it is good to have a shield. As for the so-called bad use, they have ignored it.

They were relieved, but they didn't notice that the smile on Chen Xu's face became extremely bright at this time.