Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

After completely clearing the level, Zhang Yi was still full of emotion when he saw the UI returning to the game's starting interface.

The first 10,000 places obviously have nothing to do with him.

As for the achievement of customs clearance, obviously he has already achieved it.

Now he is very happy.

Not because of money.

It is well known that prostitution is for pleasure.

Just like Nebula Games often gives players some games that are like a plus one.

And are these games masterpieces?

Not really.

Is it a premium indie game?

Neither.

Except for some special festivals, the free gifts are generally small games that many players joke that dogs don't play, but as long as they are given, players are still excited to get them.

Whether to play or not, or even to download or not, is another matter. As long as you look at the inventory and add one, the sense of gain is full.

And now Zhang Yi has a similar idea, that is, this ticket to Silent Hill is totally worth the money.

At the same time, he also received a CDKEY, a special gift for good friends.

Even when he went to the place where Lao Song held a party, he passed by the flagship store around the Nebula Game at the door and found that there was an official figure selling "Silent Hill".

He bought one without hesitation, and added another thickness to the gift he gave to Lao Song.

Of course, it's not the figure of the more tempting nurse and sister, but the third brother with a machete.

Compared with a wallet he bought in the mall, there is no doubt that the highlight of his present today is the third brother's figure and the CDKEY he worked so hard to create. Zhang Yi hopes that his good brother Song Ren can remember at night, The joy I had in the small town of Silent Hill before.

This is him, wanting to show the most sincere brotherhood.

Looking back on his experience in Silent Hill, he can say that he loves and hates this game.

A great horror game, and there's always a reason it doesn't feel so scary.

Of course this is an afterthought, actually?

Is Silent Hill scary? It can be said to be very terrifying, and even makes many old players feel more terrifying than "Escape".

Because its horror doesn't come from powerful monsters or a surprise route design, but more from a feeling.

It is obviously a not very scary environment. After adding a little bit of rendering, it seems that there is a magic power that can penetrate the bone marrow immediately, making everyone shudder.

This is a kind of terror on a spiritual level, a strong psychological suggestion.

Every element in "Silent Hill" stimulates the deep feelings of players.

It does not rely on external factors in the game, but through the stimulation and induction of the game environment to stimulate fear in the player's heart.

At the same time, what is even more amazing is that the plot of "Silent Hill" is also about the topic of psychology.

After the customs clearance, many players also made a summary of the various monsters in "Silent Hill" and their representative meanings.

The faceless and armless monster encountered at the beginning, the main attack method is to breathe poisonous mist, which is dubbed by many players as the shooter.

This monster symbolizes James' distress during Mary's illness: unable to touch or hold her, as if his hands were tied.

The twisted body of the monster symbolizes the twisted body of the sick Mary due to the pain of the disease.

At the same time, the monster's attack method - spraying poisonous mist, also metaphorically said some vicious words during Mary's illness to cause damage to James.

In addition, the embodiment of sexual repression of the mannequin James, consisting of two lower bodies, can be regarded as a monster without thoughts and only desires.

The nurse with a swollen face in the hospital symbolizes Mary's delusions caused by James' sexual repression during her hospitalization. The nurse's face is wrapped in something, which is also a metaphor for Mary's suffocation and death at the end.

The triangle head is a reflection of James' tyranny and guilt, representing James' judgment and punishment for his crimes.

Because James felt powerless about his crime, he couldn't hurt the triangular head and could only escape helplessly, watching it kill Maria again and again, recreating James' crime of killing his wife.

It can be said that the entire game is not just a story of a love tragedy presented to the player.

It also presents a content that is deep enough to have a kernel.

"Old Zhang, thank you so much!" Song Ren looked at the third brother's portrait on the packaging with a pained face.

"You're welcome, who are our brothers and who?" Zhang Yi laughed: "Have you played Silent Hill? I specially gave you a CDKEY."

Hearing this sentence, Song Ren showed a smile that made Zhang Yi feel a little bad.

"You must have played it before, by the way, old Zhang, which ending do you like?" Song Ren said without a trace.

"Which ending? How many endings are there in this game?" Zhang Yi was stunned.

"There are three endings in the game, don't you know?" Song Ren was very surprised.

Zhang Yi was completely stunned.

He really doesn't know about the multiple endings of "Silent Hill".

In fact, this is also the case for most players. After being scared to get through from the beginning, they thought the game was over.

But who knows, this game has multiple endings.

Some players left Silent Hill with Lola after getting through the game.

Some players choose to drive into the lake with Mary's body after killing Mary, and sink to the bottom of the lake with Mary forever.

Other players ended up killing Mary and then leaving Silent Hill with Mary.

These different endings also affect the recognition of each player's game story.

And the design of "Silent Hill" also surprised many players.

After all, a horror game actually adopts a mode with multiple endings?

Do these endings have different meanings?

And how did these endings come about?

Like "The Witcher: Wild Hunt" and other games with multiple endings, generally speaking, players are given a variety of choices in the game.

But "Silent Hill" is completely a line model.

It is exactly the same as "Uncharted" and "The Last Survivor", there is no choice of dialogue or behavior at all.

Triggered cutscenes are also fixed.

So if it's just a superficial clearance, I really don't know how many endings this game has, just like Zhang Yi now.

"It's okay, old Zhang, it's not ashamed if you didn't get through the other endings. After all, this game is quite scary. It takes some courage to satisfy different endings." Song Ren pretended to comfort.

"By the way, Lao Zhang, I have already completed the entire game. I have already broken 100 platinum trophies on the Nebula game platform. It's really not easy!" Song Ren thief laughed.

Zhang Yi was silent for a few seconds, looking at the old thief Song Xixi with a smile on his face.

At this time, a sentence suddenly appeared in his mind, "If you fight with the dragon for too long, you will become a dragon yourself; if you stare at the abyss for too long, the abyss will stare back."

When he was thinking about giving Lao Song a big gift at the birthday party, the other party seemed to have already thought about how to return the gift.