Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

"The fire-proof girl is gone, and the old man in the wheelchair is gone. Can't you upgrade "Curse of Blood"? Isn't it too difficult?" Song Ren, who returned to the hunter's dream through the lantern, wandered around a little bit. worry.

At the beginning, he was full of confidence, but after experiencing the hospitality of Yanan's warm people, as well as the greetings from Brother Banzhuan and the werewolf, now he is really full of malice.

The first is the lantern, which is equivalent to the storage of the bonfire in "Dark Soul", and he has found two so far.

One is at the Yousefka Clinic and the other is in the middle of Yanan.

Over at the bonfire party, after all, he is also an old player who has played many soul-based games, and clearly understands the importance of parkour.

So he died twice at the bonfire party at the beginning, but later he chose to parkour directly and found out that it just had to keep running.

Although the villagers at the bonfire party were enthusiastic, they would not let him die.

But when he got to the sewer, the scene was different. The big rat on the ground floor, the mutant werewolf with a spear and a sickle on the second floor, and the Yanan villagers who shot in the distance all made him suffer a lot.

The blood medicine on his body was almost gone, and he accidentally died here, and the echoes of blood accumulated before were all gone.

But in the game, so far he has not found a fire girl, and the lantern cannot be upgraded.

The wheelchair man at the beginning also disappeared.

Although his intuition told him that the quiet and beautiful doll in the flowers should be the fire girl in "Curse of Blood".

But he didn't know how to activate it at all.

I bought three blood bottles from the store with the only five hundred echoes of blood on my body.

Song Ren continued to explore, of course, the residents he met along the way would still give the most sincere greetings.

For example: mean stranger, or simply swearing, etc.

Anyway, the attitude is extremely unfriendly, that is, there is no such function in the game.

Otherwise, Song Ren really wanted to split the gate open with an axe to let them know what hunter was.

Of course, apart from these unfriendly villagers, Song Ren also found some quest NPCs similar to Gilbert's before.

For example, in a room on the other side of a dog cage passage, there is an old lady.

When knocking on the door during the period, he will ask the hunter where there is a place to take refuge.

However, it is obvious that Song Ren has not advanced to the later scene, so he can only answer automatically and cannot trigger this task.

Then the old lady's words became as mean as the previous Yanan villagers.

Then he walked down the ladder in front and passed through a narrow clock tower. Song Ren also saw a female NPC dressed as a crow.

This is the second appearance and friendly NPC Song Ren has encountered in the game besides the wheelchair old man in Hunter's Dream.

She persuaded the hunter to leave early, because all the people in Yanan went crazy, and then gave Song Ren four reckless hunter marks, so that he could return to the hunter's dream without losing the echo of blood.

It's different from the hunter's mark that comes with it, because the hunter's mark that comes with it is just a fool.

Losing all the Echoes of Blood directly, Song Ren felt that as long as the player didn't pay attention to the introduction, no one would use it.

After all, you can still pick it up after being killed by a monster. It's really a waste of time to use this thing.

And now this reckless hunter's mark is obviously much more friendly.

"Thank you, Sister Bird, although this thing is of no use to me." Song Ren looked at the crow NPC in front of him and said gratefully.

You must know that before this, Song Ren was actually a little panicked in his heart.

The main reason is the art style of "Curse of Blood".

Unlike the previous "Dark Souls", although there is darkness in the title of the Dark Souls game.

Except for the catacombs and the sick village.

In fact, most of the scenes are not linked to the darkness, which is a kind of gray feeling.

But "Curse of Blood" is completely different, and the atmosphere of the whole game seems very depressing.

For example, after running through the bonfire party, there is a brick brother knocking on the door of the fountain, and you can hear the cries of crazy women and the crying of babies. The tops of the spires of every house in Yanan, and the so-called blood therapy mysteriously started with the game, creating a very underworld atmosphere.

It can be said that at first glance, most players will even think that this is a horror game, and it feels that there are few good people in the game.

In "Dark Souls", the player returns to the Fire Sacrifice, and there are Fire Girl, Disheartened Brother, Rudous with his leg chopped off, and shop NPCs.

But in "Bloodborne Curse", it is really dead silence.

Including Gilbert, the player-friendly NPC, can only talk across the room.

As for the old man in the wheelchair in Hunter's Dream, he disappeared without a trace.

So seeing this crow NPC now really makes Song Ren heave a sigh of relief.

Silently memorizing this crow NPC, Song Ren felt that this must be a quest NPC, which is also a feature of soul-based games.

That is, there are no useless NPCs, each NPC has its own role, or plot.

Leaving from Sister Crow, Song Ren walked through a staircase and used a windmill to kill a group of crows. Here he got a prop [Knowledge of a Madman]

"Hey! Isn't this thing a prop for Easter eggs in Nebula World?" Song Ren was surprised when he saw the glowing skull in his hand.

After thinking about it, Song Ren crushed it.

Then he saw the existence of an eye mark on the UI, and the number behind it changed from 0 to 1.

"What is this?" Song Ren didn't understand a bit.

However, according to the previous conjectures about this item in Nebula World, this is Spirit Vision?

Wait until it's high enough to see things it couldn't see before, like NPCs or hidden roads?

Song Ren walked forward while guessing, where there was a lit room, and he was able to open a shortcut to the first Brickman.

"It's much more convenient to run the map now." Looking at this trail, Song Ren breathed a sigh of relief, at least he didn't have to go through the gloomy sewer.

Then Song Ren talked to the lit room next to him. The NPC inside was a little girl with a very cute voice. She wanted Song Ren to help him find his parents.

'Who are you? ’

'I don't recognize your voice, but I recognize the smell...'

'Are you a hunter? So, can you please find my mother? ’

'My dad went out hunting and never came back, my mom went to find him, but now he hasn't come back...'

'I am alone...and scared...'

'Thank you, my mother wears a ruby ​​brooch, it's big and pretty, you can see it. ’

'Oh, right! If you see my mom, please give him this music box and it will play one of Dad's favorite songs, and if Dad forgets us, we'll play it to him and he'll remember. ’

'Mom is stupid, she forgot to bring this music box when she went out! ’

"Don't worry, little sister, I will help you find your father." Looking at the music box in his hand, Song Ren also took over the task.

"Then, let's go back and buy some blood bottles first. This one is bad luck and didn't burst any blood bottles." Song Ren looked at the few blood bottles, and after thinking about it, he still used the reckless hunter's mark. .

After all, he now bears nearly 3,000 echoes of blood on his body, and if he loses it, he will feel distressed for a while.

Switch to the reckless hunter's mark, Song Ren uses it directly.

However, after returning to the Hunter's Dream, Song Ren was surprised to find that the abandoned doll that had been lying in the flower bed before was actually alive.

"Hey? This puppet is alive? It can be upgraded!" Song Ren was surprised after the conversation. At the same time, on the ground next to the puppet, he found two props, the [Summoning Bell] and the [Silent Blank].

Obviously, this is a prop used to summon NPCs, which is similar to the previous Black Soul.

"So I used the knowledge of the madman to open it? By the way, Lao Zhang may not know it yet, and he is still suffering!" As an old soul player, Song Ren quickly figured out the reason, and then he Thinking of something, he smiled and took the initiative to connect Lao Zhang's voice.

"Old Zhang, Lao Zhang, do you know how to level up, how to revive a doll?" After clearing his throat, Song Ren said in a very calm tone, feeling excited at the same time.

beg me! Please, I'll tell you!

"I know, isn't that just adding a spirit vision? Have you beaten that cleric boss? This boss is a bit difficult. Although the fire is weak, the position on the bridge is too narrow. I have not beaten Father Gascoigne. Also, this NPC, the priest, is just a weak chicken! It seems like a mad dog, it will attack anyone, but the damage is ridiculously low!" Zhang Yi's voice came from the voice channel.

Song Ren, who was standing in front of the puppet girl, was stunned.

This is not what he thought!

It seems... Lao Zhang knows more than he does!