I play games in Zongman World

The art style, UI, combat effects and BGM elements are skillfully combined to make the boring turn-based combat interesting.

It can be seen that style is very important, especially for turn-based battles with relatively old combat methods.

"The turn-based system is not a shortcoming, what is lacking is how to make the turn-based combat interesting."

Immediately afterwards, Yi Chen showed the UI of the battle interface, and everyone immediately understood what he meant.

The common turn-based combat UI is that the commands are concentrated in a row of command boxes, and the battles, skills, props, etc. are neatly arranged, and then you can choose.

But now what Yi Chen shows is completely different, it can be said to be extremely full of features, never seen anything like it in other games.

Around the protagonist, there are different combat commands. Looking at the prompts above, I know that there is no need to move up and down to select one by one, just press the corresponding button.

"In addition to the battle UI, the UI design of other parts of the game should also move closer to this direction and make its own characteristics."

After showing a few more UI designs, Yi Chen looked at Yuan Shanlun: "Sister Lun, you can try to design the UI yourself later, and I will list what needs to be done for you."

Yuan Shanlun nodded seriously: "No problem, I will think about how to do it."

It was the first time she encountered something in this style, and it was indeed quite challenging.

Then, Yi Chen showed the setting draft of the main characters in the game, and briefly described the characteristics of each character.

"Hifumi, I have a task for you."

Yi Chen looked at Hi Fumi who suddenly became nervous after being named by him, and said with a smile, "During the period before the official start of development, you can try to draw some uniform designs for the protagonists according to the persona. In addition to the campus, a large part of the plot of the game is outside the campus, so we have to do more in the design of the uniform. You have a lot of experience in clothing, so I want to entrust this task to you. Is there a problem?"

"no problem!"

Hifumi's eyes were shining brightly, and she said excitedly, "I have drawn some before!"

"Is that so? Then you can show it to me later, and I will also give you some suggestions to see if there are any types of clothing that need to be added."

At this time, Ying Lili raised her hand.

"Yi Chen-jun, I also want to participate in the design of regular clothes!"

Ying Lili said with great interest: "Anyway, you also said to draw more, right? Then let me participate!"

"Do you want to participate too? That's no problem."

Yi Chen nodded, so he simply looked at Yagami Guang, Liangfeng Aoba and Mochizuki Hongye, "Sister Guang, Aoba, Taozi, how about you two? If you are interested, you can also participate, and finally we will start from From the design drafts you draw, choose the most suitable ones to put in the game."

The three of you looked at me, I looked at you, and finally nodded in unison.

Yashenguang looked at the character designs on TV, thought for a while and said: "The characters I drew in the past were all in fantasy style, and this is the first time I have come into contact with the modern style. I haven't drawn for a long time. It should be quite challenging for me. .”

"To be precise, it is not only the painting style, but also quite challenging for the program."

Haizi, who had been silent all this time, also spoke at this time, "Yichen, in terms of gameplay, the character's persona should be one of the cores, right? Let's talk about it."

"Okay, that's what I want to say next."

Then, Yi Chen talked about the combat elements of the game, as well as character growth and personality mask training.

There are many things involved in the game, including the plot that will be mentioned a little at the end. This impromptu meeting started from two o'clock in the afternoon to five o'clock in the afternoon.

When I came back to my senses, I didn't have much time to make dinner, so everyone could only order takeaway and deal with it simply.

After eating a piece of sushi, Aoba's mouth swelled and said: "Wuuu... I feel that the development of Persona will be many times more difficult than that of Hollow Knight. I originally thought it was a little more complicated."

Iijima Yuyin on the side said: "It's not complicated. The amount of text in the plot alone is not comparable to most rpg games today. Mr. Yichen, with us, can we really complete it smoothly?"

"Don't worry, I know what you are worried about, so for the next development, besides music, I will find two more outsourcing companies to help us complete some non-core content."

Recalling the balance in his bank card, Yi Chen said, "Well, there are still enough development funds, so don't worry."

For some development work that is not core content, some large companies in the industry will also choose to find outsourcing to complete, which can greatly reduce the workload of developers and shorten the development cycle.

Of course, in this regard, we must find an outsourcing company with quality assurance. Otherwise, there will be problems with the finished product, and it will take a lot of time to communicate and rework and modify, which is not worth the candle.

"By the way, speaking of music."

Ye Yueshizuku looked at Yi Chen, "Mr. Yi Chen, do you still want to find the company that made the sound effects for the Hollow Knight?"

Yi Chen shook his head: "No, let's talk about the music separately. The game music of Persona also needs to be styled. I have to think about it again."

With his current memory, he can completely hum the music of P5, whether it is the theme song or battle and daily bgm.

It's just that he doesn't have any professional knowledge in music, so he can't write it at all.

If you don't want to hand over all the music to the music company, then you can only spend time learning the basics of music yourself.

While chatting about everyone's questions about the game and eating dinner, time passed by little by little.

At 07:30, Yi Chen sat in front of the computer and started debugging the live broadcast software.

Because Xiao Tianchu wanted to appear on the screen, he moved the chair early and sat next to Yi Chen.

Watching his movements, Shinoda Chu asked: "Mr. Yichen, will we show the next two versions of the game?"

"Yes, show the NS version first, and then show the PC version, and show part of the scene separately, and a boss battle, no problem? By the way, I just got the barrage software, and I can already put the Chinese barrage Translated into Japanese, so I only need to translate your words."

"Hey! Is it possible to do this? I'm relieved."

Most of the language problem has been solved, and Shinoda Chu has no burden for the next live broadcast, and on the contrary is very much looking forward to it.

Chapter 180 Real Machine Demonstration

At [-]:[-], Yi Chen started the live broadcast, and planned to wait for the number of people in the live broadcast room to increase before officially starting. Before that, he could chat with the people who came first.

Five minutes after the live broadcast started, the number of people in the live broadcast room began to increase, and various barrages appeared.

Because of the translation function, although this translation occasionally produces some very rough machine translations, most of them are still very understandable by Shinoda Chu, so during the period before the start, he was also interacting with the audience with a smile, Yi Chen was translating on the sidelines.

In the leisure area on the other side, everyone gathered together to watch the live broadcast.

Yashenguang looked at Shinoda Chu's performance, and couldn't help but said: "She is really suitable for live broadcasting, and she can speak without changing her face."

Haizi said calmly: "People cannot be generalized, I can only say that you are too good at it."

"Tch, if you have the ability, do you go up?"

"Is it difficult?"

Haizi glanced at Iori, and responded, "After the game is released, there will definitely be two live broadcasts. How about we appear on camera together? Let you see if I can do it."

"Forehead..."

Yashen Guang immediately wanted to fight, but when she thought of appearing in front of the camera, she finally flinched, and turned her head rather arrogantly, "Hmph, I don't care too much about you."

Seeing her like this, the corners of Haizi's mouth turned up slightly, and he didn't continue talking.

Although she didn't say anything, she wouldn't let Yagami go so easily.

'Turn back and talk to Yi Chen, let this guy practice well, in the future he must become the face of the company and stand in front of the stage. '

As the producer and main planner, Yichen will be one of the famous characters in the future, and Yashen Guang, as the backbone of the art field, also needs to be in addition to the development In addition, there are other functions.

Like Aoba, Yagami Hikaru entered the game industry after graduating from high school. Although he has gained some fame in the past few years, the number of times he appeared in the media's attention can be said to be very few.

Regarding this issue, Haizi and Hazuki Shizuku had discussed it several times before.

In the past, the scale of Feiying Yuedong was like this. Although the games they made were good, they were not up to the first-line standards.

After joining Yi Chen's studio, Yi Chen's ability made them realize that the studio's development potential is huge, and they will definitely have a place in the game industry.

Under such circumstances, Yagami Guang, who had always been living behind the scenes, even if Haizi didn't bring it up, Yi Chen and Ye Yueshizuku would probably pick her up.

Turning his head, Haizi's eyes met Ye Yueshizuku's, and there was a tacit smile on their faces.

Inexplicably, Yagami Hikaru felt a little chill on his back.

The time came to [-]:[-], the popularity of the live broadcast room was rising, and there were already a lot of people. Yi Chen finally announced the official start of today's live broadcast.

Controlling the mouse, Yi Chen adjusted the camera's screen to the lower right corner of the screen in the live broadcast room, and then called up the opened NS main interface.

The game icon on the main interface is very streamlined, with only one Hollow Knight.

"Okay, our live broadcast has officially started. Today's live broadcast content has been announced in advance with everyone. It is the real machine demonstration of Hollow Knight, which will be released on November 11. There are two parts to the real machine demo atmosphere. The first is the NS version, the game It runs at 19P resolution and 1080 frames in host mode throughout the whole process, and then the steam version. In the two versions, we will show two different areas in the game and play for a certain period of time. The operation will be done by the person next to me, and we will work Ms. Hatsuya Shinoda will do the action design in the room, and I will be in charge of explaining it."

Holding the handle, Shinoda Chu raised his small fist and said, "Put it on me!"

This range of motion also directly caused a lot of fluctuations in her good figure. Many people in the live broadcast room bluntly said that there was nothing wrong with it.

Looking at the barrage, Yi Chen said helplessly: "This is really not my intention, forget it, let's do it first, let's enter the game."

Shinoda started the game for the first time, and read the prepared save file.

The demonstration part of the NS version is the Green Path, which is one of the early areas of the game.

Shinoda Chu, who got the game yesterday, has already passed this area, so she said confidently while holding the controller: "Green Path, let me show you how I broke through easily!"

Yi Chen on the side helped translate and said to her: "Don't rush too fast, our demonstration is to show the things in the game, not for you to speed pass."

"Oh~~Okay, I see."

Coming down from the initial area, Shinoda Chu controlled the protagonist to the entrance of the Green Path, and then walked in directly.

After entering, three enemies appeared in the immediate area, two flying and one ground.

Yi Chen told Shinoda Chu to stay away first, and then explained: "Everyone has played the trial version, and you should also know that there are many things that can be equipped in the game. These equipment can bring different abilities to the characters. At the beginning There is no double jump in the character, and this skill can only be obtained through the advancement process, so when encountering enemies on such steps and enemies in the air in the early stage, everyone should be careful to deal with them, otherwise it will be easy to get injured."

While Yi Chen was explaining, Shinoda Chu deftly moved his position, then dealt with the enemy in twos and twos, and walked to the next area.

"Every large area in the game has a different style. The area of ​​Green Path, just like its name, has a lot of green plants, and there are many traps related to plants. The waterway on the way forward , and you can’t jump down, otherwise you will be directly injured, and then you will be forced to transfer back to the place before you jumped down.”

Walking up a step, the audience in the live broadcast room saw some tiny spikes appearing on the ground.

Of course Shinoda Chu also saw it, and walked over quickly, and then the spikes on the ground suddenly closed up, biting the space, and then was taken away by Shinoda Chu a few times.

"Hmph~ Take it easy~~"

Shinoda Chu triumphantly controlled the character to move forward, but just as he finished speaking, he was hit directly by the enemy who swooped in from the air, losing a block of blood.

Sensing Yi Chen's gaze, Xiao Tianchu froze for a moment, and explained with a blushing face: "Mistake, mistake! I didn't pay attention just now, and I won't do it later!"

Then quickly eliminate the enemies in the air, jump over two platforms and move on.

In the area after that, Shinoda Chu concentrated his attention thoroughly, finally no more low-level mistakes, and after ten minutes of exploration, he came to the boss.

The boss of Green Path is Bumblebee, and the difficulty is not too high. Shinoda Chu, who has fought once, can easily deal with it.

But because Yi Chen had to explain, she couldn't solve the boss quickly, she had to shake for a while, so the difficulty came up directly.

Chapter 181 The essence of this game is the non-stop life and death

The boss of Bumblebee, Yi Chen didn't allow Shinoda Chu to win directly, and stopped in the middle of the fight.

"OK, the real machine demo of the NS version is here, how to fight this boss, after the game is released, everyone can explore by themselves."

Ignoring the barrage that asked to finish playing, Yi Chen smiled and asked Shinoda Chu to quit the game, and then switched to the PC version of the game interface.

"Before officially entering the game interface, we can take a look at the game's settings page. Unlike the NS version, the PC version has more settings for resolution and frame rate. In terms of frame rate, our highest gear is unlimited. Of course, the game does not have high performance requirements, and most computers can easily play with a stable frame rate of 1080P60. Now we choose 2K resolution, and the frame rate is set at the regular 60 frames. Then Turn on the frame rate monitoring software, and everyone can clearly see the frame rate in the game."

Seeing someone asking about the configuration of the test computer, Yi Chen did not hide anything, and said directly: "The computer configuration is what we usually use in our studio. The cpu is i9-10900K, the graphics card is 3090, the memory is 64G, the frequency is 3600, and other configurations Needless to say, it’s not bad.”

The configuration reported by Yi Chen made most of the viewers in the live broadcast room envious.

Seeing these bullet screens, Yi Chen said calmly: "No need to do this, generally playing games is completely overcapacity. If your monitor is 1080P, 30 series graphics cards, 3060ti and 3070 are definitely enough, even 2K screens are not enough. It can run most games smoothly at 60 frames. Game manufacturers will definitely take care of the computer configuration of most players when developing games. The most used graphics cards on steam these days are still 1050ti and 1060, and there are many 750ti. "

Yi Chen's words are indeed correct, but this does not prevent everyone from being envious of the computer configuration in the studio.

[Playing minesweeper with this computer is absolutely smooth! 】

"Well, indeed, even minesweeping will not drop frames 100%!"

After saying a word, Yi Chen let Xiao Tianchu enter the game.

The demonstration area this time is not the area at the beginning, but the ancient basin in the middle period, where there is also a boss, a broken container.

"Oh? Where is this area?"

After quickly reading the file, Shinoda Chu looked at this unfamiliar area and said, "My own file hasn't reached here yet!"

Then, with his eyes darkened, he walked towards the direction of the ancient basin under Yi Chen's reminder.

Glancing at the barrage, Shinoda Chu understood the above meaning through the translator, and immediately retorted: "I am indeed a member of the development team, but I am doing motion design, do you know the motion design? Map design is not I did it, isn't it normal that I don't know how to walk?"

After taking two steps, she saw an enemy rushing towards her.

"Ah, I know this monster, and I designed the movement. Alas! Why are you moving so fast!!!"

"Oh!"

He was directly hit by a jumping hack, and lost a block of blood.

Just as I was about to distance myself to observe the enemy's movement, a bug flew over from behind, staring at it in the air.