Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

Song Ren felt a sense of relief every time he cleared a horror game.

The only exception was when I was playing Resident Evil: Village.

After all, in addition to the puppet hall, the game is more underworld, and the big lady in the front and the machine in the back are more fun to shoot, and the picture of Ethan walking towards sacrifice at the end is also moving.

As for some players guessing that Ethan is actually not dead, and that he has written a small essay of tens of thousands of words, Song Ren does not believe it at all. Anyway, he is dead as the protagonist of the game.

In this way, if there is a sequel in the future, the harvest will be full of surprises, which can be said to be a steady profit.

And this time playing "Fireworks" once again made Song Ren feel the feeling at the beginning.

Ingots, paper figurines, white lanterns and other traditional funeral supplies, as well as horror legends such as ghosts hitting walls and conjuring souls.

Except that Song Ren felt a little bit of fear at the beginning of the game because of the background and environment of these Chinese funerals, the whole game is not scary at all.

No ghosts even appeared throughout the whole process, he just frightened himself.

When Lin Lixun and Teacher Chen came to Zhao Xiaojuan's studio and learned about some of his past events, Song Ren actually didn't have much fear in his heart at that time.

As the game progressed, the fear became less and less, and it was replaced by a kind of sadness and discomfort.

It's dressed in the guise of a horror game, but essentially portrays a sincere story that reflects social reality.

Wait until the player progresses with the game, uncovers the truth in the game little by little, and fully understands the plot of the game.

This sense of fear was replaced by another kind of heaviness.

Especially the last children's song "Outside the Long Pavilion, Along the Ancient Road..." directly broke his defense.

Because there is one more heroine who died under Nebula Games.

Although Mr. Chen Qingsui's ending is an open ending, the various hints of death in the game, coupled with the many evildoers of Nebula's game, made players mourn.

Regarding the whereabouts of Chen Qingsui, Song Ren felt that in all likelihood, he was gone.

While sighing, Song Ren also exited from the game warehouse first, then opened the Nebula game APP on his mobile phone, entered the trophy achievement list, and silently sent the "Fireworks" clearance achievement he just obtained to Zhang Yi.

No need for extra words, an achievement trophy is enough to express his meaning.

At the same time that Song Ren started to provoke Lao Zhang, many online players who cleared Fireworks were also discussing various topics in the game intensely.

After all, there is so much to argue about in this game.

'what! This plot, stop the knife, stop the knife! ’

"Finally understand the meaning of the slogan "Speaking science, breaking superstition" at the beginning! ’

'What the hell! Playing a horror game, it didn't scare me to pee, but I saw it in tears! ’

'It's obviously a horror game, and it's over when it's scary, why are you so tragic! ’

'So everything is a world where Lin Lixun communicates with the dead? Only the beginning and the end are the real world. Teacher Chen, who is investigating with Lin Lixun, is just a ghost. Did the people from the newspaper drown in the end? ’

'Although there is no explicit statement in the game, it is implied through every link, such as the red umbrella, the unsent resignation letter, and finally the phantom of Teacher Chen. ’

'certainly not! Isn't the last photoshoot realistic? ’

'That's right! Teacher Chen must still be alive, just like what Ye Jingshan wanted to do in the end, to live in another identity. ’

'On the surface it looks like a horror game, but the plot behind it describes a tragedy in the context of a cycle of poverty. ’

'It's so frustrating! ! ’

'Fuck, I thought it was a horror game, but I cried when I played it! ’

'When the last nursery rhyme was played, everyone was in tears! ’

'May the other world be free from feudal superstition and sin, only pure fireworks and beauty and happiness. ’

'Feudal superstition kills people! ’

'My body will not rot in the dirt, I will die in the sky like a bird. ’

The game flow of "Fireworks" itself is not long.

Although some decrypted content is interspersed, it is basically possible to pass it step by step.

No need to think at all.

In one night, for most players, the game has been cleared.

On Nebula Games' community platform, countless players have posted their feelings in the community forum.

Especially for some players who were originally afraid and chose to learn about the game through video and live broadcasts, thinking that they would not be injured in this way, they never thought that this game even had a knife hidden in it.

At the end of the finale, it was inserted brightly, that is Chen Qingsui in the game.

The main reason for the decrease in the sense of horror during the game, apart from the fact that the plot and the game are really not scary, is that the character Chen Qingsui will come to Lin Lixun's side soon after the initial stage, and follow him to investigate this massacre.

There is a companion next to her, and she is also a good-looking girl, so this fear is naturally reduced a lot.

But in the end, this unexpected knife can be said to be a chilling player.

Of course, it's not just Chen Qingsui. It can be said that every key character in the game is given depth and emotion.

Some of these characters are hated, some are loved, and some are pitiful.

They are fictional in the story, but they allow players to see the real, vivid and vivid faces in the real market.

Tian Xiangrong and his wife turned to superstitions of ghosts and gods for help, and their thoughts gradually became distorted and terrifying. For the resurrection of their son, they sacrificed their daughter-in-law and poisoned her sleeping pills, which caused chills on the back.

But these all exist in reality. The title at the beginning of the game is "Talking about science and breaking superstitions", but there are still countless people who still believe in superstitions of ghosts and gods.

Zhao Xiaojuan is eager to leave her sick in-laws, leaving this gloomy home. She once came to this small town for love, but now her emotions have been wiped out.

Like a long-trapped bird, she was eager to hover, eager to see the colorful world outside.

Ye Jingshan was abducted and sold to this mountain village. His adoptive parents regarded him as their own but concealed the fact that he was bought. In order to repay the kindness of his adoptive parents and adoptive mothers, he gave up his career as a forensic doctor.

He didn't know the truth until the end, but his adoptive father and mother never treated him badly when he was raising him. Such a conflicted mentality made him unable to leave this mountain, and could not leave under the name of Ye Jingshan: Ye Jingshan, forbidden in the mountain.

Chen Qingsui was originally an undercover reporter looking for clues about reselling cultural relics, but her teaching experience and her own story made her want to sincerely help those children here who have never been out.

But in the end she disappeared because of interest. Although the game did not clarify whether she was dead or alive, many players actually hope that Teacher Chen would just leave incognito instead of being killed.

Birds trapped in cages, leaves banned in mountains, spikes falling off clear water.

Trafficking, superstition...

The story is fictional, but doesn't the thing that led to the story still exists in reality?

Even compared to games, reality is more bizarre and profound.