Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

The lounge at Nebula Games HQ.

Chen Xu looked at the relevant data while drinking tea.

"Mr. Chen, the merchandise of "Final Fantasy" is selling so fast."

Beside him, Qin Yi had some emotion.

"It's normal. On the one hand, it's a new game project, which is currently very popular."

"And its characters are really good."

Chen Xu smiled and said.

It can be said that compared to the plot, the character design is a very important part of this game.

Because the various characters in the game can be said to be quite beautiful.

No matter which game it is, you can criticize its gameplay and criticize its plot.

But in terms of art and character design, Final Fantasy is impeccable.

The roles of Sephiroth, Zack, and Cloud are also really good.

And if you look closely, you will find that Sephiroth, Cloud, and Zack are all different personalities.

High cold, sunshine, introverted, everything!

"I feel that the profit of the follow-up peripherals is really not even less than the game!"

Meng Zuo, who was beside him, could not help but sigh.

"It's normal because there's more variety."

Hearing Meng Zuo's words, Chen Xu smiled.

The surrounding area is completely different.

This part of the figure is the least profitable product.

As small as mobile phone cases, keychains, and mouse pads, these joint names with low unit prices are the big ones.

"The only regrettable place is that this player is such a thief!?"

Chen Xu, who was leaning on the sofa, shook his head and watched the discussions of the online players and couldn't help feeling very emotional.

Why did he bring up that conversation before?

Of course, it is to distract the player's attention.

But I didn't expect these players to know him too well, like roundworms in their stomachs.

Instead of extinguishing that topic, it burned even more.

"Mr. Chen, your reputation, so players don't even have to think about it!" Ruan Ningxue complained next to him.

"That's right! In the past, Mr. Chen, you would try to struggle, but now it's useless to struggle." Yang Xin, who was holding a cup of milk tea, also sat down and said in agreement.

In the past, Chen Xu sent a knife to the player, which was to stab a candy again, and then pretended to change his mind, hoping to reverse the player's impression of him.

Two years ago, this method was really useful, fooling a large number of players.

But with the advancement of time, the games launched by Nebula Games over the years basically mean the same thing: showdown, stop acting, I just want to **** you!

"It's the same as the resistance. The player's resistance is 0 at the beginning, and then you pile up the player's resistance to 100%, Mr. Chen!" Yang Xin concluded.

"That's right, that's right, and in the past two years, other game makers are more inclined to shape the ending of a perfect family fun. This is also your credit, Mr. Chen!" Ruan Ningxue said.

Although games are commodities, excellent games are also a kind of artistic expression. Many designers with ideas often create some in-depth content.

The audience of Heishencan is too small, and it is likely to affect sales, so more designers choose to send knives to players in tragedy.

But under the Nebula Games banner, they basically grab a handful with their eyes closed, and seven out of ten in their palms are full of tragedies.

This also makes the player's psychological endurance stronger and stronger, and in case Nebula Games happens to produce a tragic game.

Players will naturally compare them unconsciously. If you can't rely on gameplay to win, and the plot accounts for a relatively large proportion, then this comparison of your own characters' tragedy is nothing but Nebula games, and your ability will be 80% useless.

But on the other hand, the big reunion is different. The tears and regrets that players shed on Nebula Games' side, they can make up for it!

The depth may not have any depth, but the sales are good!

Just after the end of "Final Fantasy", a large number of happy games were launched one after another, not to mention that it sold well.

"Don't tell me that I'm a wicked man. You look at the players and scold me, but the money in the wallet has never stopped. What does this mean? Duplicity!" Chen Xu smiled and turned towards Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue. The two said.

Hearing Chen Xu's words, the two people sitting on the sofa couldn't help but pouted.

"By the way, Mr. Chen, should we continue to reset our old games?" Qin Yi said to Chen Xu, thinking of something.

Game resets are a craze in the industry right now.

The most important point is that there is a trend brought by overseas Atari.

Several new games under its brand in a row, although they did not lose money, did not achieve much popularity, so Atari also changed its strategy and set its sights on its own old IP.

The original intention was to cut a wave of players' feelings, but they didn't expect a big sale, and even the sales of the reset version were higher than the original version.

All of a sudden, it led to a reset boom in the industry.

Among them, some classic games of Nebula Games have also been put on the agenda by players.

For example, "Monster Hunter: World" and "Dark Soul", the first batch of Nebula games that were launched on the PC, have players who have proposed reset plans.

Despite these games, the original Nebula games were also ported to the VR platform.

But it is the earliest VR version, not to mention the latest technology, even in the platform battle between Zeus and Universal a few years ago, these games have not launched the next-generation version.

And now that Universal and Zeus platforms have also launched pro versions with higher configuration, these old games of Nebula Games in the past are really nothing in terms of screen performance.

"Red Dead Redemption: Redemption", which shocked the industry at the beginning, can only be said to have performed well, and "Uncharted" is not a benchmark in the industry.

"Reset? There's no need for that, and the picture isn't really behind to the stage where it can't be played." Chen Xu shook his head and said he didn't need it.

The picture performance is indeed very old, but in fact, although there is no official reset, various folk picture enhancement MODs have never been less.

Even as a stand-alone game, there are a lot of new bugs that have been released in one or two years and stopped updating. Basically, players have launched the corresponding patches, and then they found Nebula Games through the community forum. To sum up A big official bug.

In this case, just resetting the screen doesn't really make much sense.

"However, I noticed one thing. Players have been reluctant to part with difficult games!" Chen Xu sighed with emotion.

Crowd: ? ? ? ?

"Mr. Chen, how did you notice it?" Qin Yi was a little confused. When he just said it, he could feel that Chen Xu didn't know how to reset this matter.

"Didn't you tell me? "Dark Souls" and "Monster Hunter: World", how obvious!" Chen Xu said seriously.

Can it be understood this way?

Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue next to them were shocked.

"However, if you say that, I think this direction is very good! We haven't done a difficult game for many years. The last time we did it was "Sekiro"."

Listening to Chen Xu's words, what did everyone think of, Qin Yi's voice trembled a little: "So President Chen...?"

"Didn't the players say that Final Fantasy is too uncomfortable to watch the tragedy? Let's have some fun for the players, um, the next project is decided to be the soul!" Chen Xu smiled slightly.

Ruan Ningxue, Yang Xin and others:…………

Are you sure you're having fun for the players, not yourself?

Everyone was numb.

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The popularity of the "Final Fantasy" game has been declining day by day at the beginning. After all, this is only a single-player game with a plot orientation, and there is not much replayable content. Unless you are an avid player, there is no need for the second week.

However, the popularity of the various characters in the game has not declined at all. The major video platforms are full of mixed cuts of charming characters such as Sephiroth, Zack, Alice, Claude, and Tifa, as well as various This kind of fan work has to make players feel that it is really a cow if you can beat it!

And at this time, a piece of news appeared that made many players explode.

That is, on the official blog, Nebula Games announced a news: the online press conference of the new project is about to be held, and President Chen personally introduced the type of the new project.

In an instant, countless players were shocked!

Isn't it not long since Final Fantasy went live?

According to the usual practice, Nebula Games are not allowed to fish for a while?

Why is it so productive this time?

‘Fuck, President Chen has released a new game again? This sow turned? ’

'No one has this frequency anymore! I just want to know if this project was established before Final Fantasy or after! ? ’

'I don't know what type it is! ’

'Online press conference? Holy crap, how many years? Mr. Chen personally held an online press conference! ? ’

Players are very puzzled, including the game media in the industry.

Although the new games under Nebula Games will also hold press conferences, unlike in the early years, Chen Xu will no longer appear in person.

But this time, Chen Xu actually went out in person?

Big news!

However, what makes many game media depressing is that the interview was completely rejected, even the media like Game Star and GameSpot, which have been closely cooperating with Nebula Games.

On the day of the online press conference, Chen Xu's live broadcast room was filled with countless players from all over the world.

Because the number of people is too large, even the official side has to limit the sending of barrage to five minutes, but even so, it continues to scroll like a waterfall, and even when the barrage is opened, the content of the live broadcast room can no longer be seen.

'Fuck! Why haven't we started yet! ? ’

‘Seconds are like years! It's been more than a hundred years, why hasn't Mr. Chen started yet! ’

'I don't know what type it is! ’

'It goes without saying that it must be big news! ’

In the expectation of countless players, Chen Xu's picture soon appeared in the live broadcast room.

But what surprised many players was that there was a white piece of paper in front of the screen.

At this time, Chen Xu's voice also came out.

"I believe that countless players are curious about what the new project we want to announce at the online conference today."

"Let's first understand the type of this unknown game, it will be an open world game with a huge map!"

As Chen Xu's words fell, countless barrages began to swipe.

'Fuck! Here comes the open world again! ’

'Zelda? Big cousin? The Elder Scrolls? wizard? ’

Countless players who like open world are excited!

Chen Xu's voice continued.

"This will be a game with ARPG attributes!"

Players who like "Red Dead Redemption: Redemption" can't help but sigh.

"The game has certain decryption elements, numerous weapon systems, and sidelines that players need to explore carefully."

Avid "Witcher: Wild Hunt" fans, sighed.

And the players of "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" and "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" feel a little trembling, because they all meet the standards!

"Finally, the theme of this game is an epic fantasy masterpiece!"

As Chen Xu's words fell, the barrage swiped frantically.

'Fantastic! Grab the root treasure! Awesome! ’

'Long live the Empire! ’

'Long live the Stormcloak! ’

'Invincible! Grab Genbao Invincible! ’

Countless people who like "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" sat in front of the computer and cheered.

But the next moment, the sound from the earphones and speakers made their expressions freeze.

"Yes! That's right, the name of this game is - "Elden Ring"! (EldenRing