When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay

Gu Fan continued: "Going back to the previous question, why do I think high school is a more universal, unfree and painful stage?

“Because students are actually the group of people who are least able to resist.

"Although adults have their own pains, and in most cases the problems they encounter as adults are far more difficult to solve than when they were students, one thing about adults is that they are relatively free.

“In this society, once they make up their mind to lie down and die, it is actually very difficult for the outside world to interfere with them.

"But students are different. They are still minors and do not have the ability to act independently and must be controlled by their parents. They have no social experience and are not mentally prepared to truly lie down.

"That's why electronics factories often go directly to vocational colleges to recruit students for internships, and the wages are much lower than ordinary workers. And then students are not issued diplomas if they don't go to school..."

Lilith seemed to understand a little: "I see... It seems that Azazel really did some research when he chose this subject.

"This "Henggang Middle School Simulation" is really our formidable enemy in heaven!"

Gu Fan nodded. This game was quite challenging for him.

Because in Gu Fan's memory, there had been a similar game, but after that game was put on the shelves, it received "bad reviews" and the production team ran away.

Whether it is from the perspective of collecting negative emotions or from the perspective of losing money, it is considered a great success.

If Azazel really made such a game, it might actually be able to make a comeback.

"Then what should we do now, Gu Fan?" Lilith was also quite nervous.

Gu Fan's expression was indifferent: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, we still have time, let me think of countermeasures.

"In addition, I need you to clarify one thing. Is this game a story-based game that uses students as the first perspective? Or is it a business simulation game in which you play the principal?

“This will directly determine how we play next.

"In addition, there is another point, that is, we must try our best to compress the overall budget of "Henggang Middle School Simulation" within 1 million.

"Considering the price of this game, if the budget exceeds this number, I'm afraid there will be no way around it."

The so-called total budget is the sum of all the money spent on development, operation, purchase of art resources, etc.

The price of this game is only 6 yuan. If you sell one copy, the game company can only make a profit of 4 yuan or less. So the cost of 1 million would require more than 200,000 sales to start making profits. This is obviously too difficult.

Lilith nodded: "Yes, I will try to keep the budget of this game as low as possible!

"I will continue to spy on Azazel's intelligence. You should seize the time to develop "Ascension"!"

After Lilith finished speaking, she left with fighting spirit.

…

…

Wednesday, October 30th.

"Ascension" has officially entered the development process.

Although Wei Chengjie still had too many questions about the game, considering the existence of "Ghost Stories from the City Against Heaven", he did not ask Gu Fan. Instead, he followed Zhou Yang's suggestion and honestly followed the design plan. Plan development plans and assign work tasks.

Gu Fan took a look at the development plan and saw that it was pretty much the same.

After all, Wei Chengjie is also a senior game producer, and his ability in this area is undoubted.

Gu Fan just roughly shortened the construction period of the part he was responsible for, and then slightly adjusted the work tasks of several programmers, and adjusted some relatively important functions to himself.

The tasks were clearly assigned, and everyone began to get busy.

Compared with the original editor, the fixed templates of the Vientiane Editor beta version are not so rich, so the amount of program development is also greater.

Fortunately, after the expansion of recruitment, Nitian Game has several more experienced programmers, so it can still be developed in more than two months.

In fact, "Ascension" is not very big in size. Although it is an action game, it actually only has five or six main scene chapters, and some scenes can be reused.

The pressure caused by the setting of two sets of world views is mainly concentrated on art resources.

"Mr. Gu, I have finished drawing a picture. Do you think this is okay?"

Xia Shiqing weakly raised her hand and asked.

Gu Fan came to her computer: "Well, let me take a look."

At this time, Gu Fan still had some lingering fears about Xia Shiqing. After all, Gu Fan didn't know when she would suddenly turn into Chamille without any warning.

But fortunately, there is still a big difference between the two people's feelings before and after the transformation. As long as Chamille didn't deliberately cause trouble, he shouldn't admit his mistake.

Gu Fan looked at the picture drawn by Xia Shiqing.

This is a two-in-one scene, one half is a fairy world with picturesque scenery and wild beasts, and the other half is a dark and gloomy science fiction world full of machines.

Basically, all kinds of elements are drawn on the screen, such as landscapes, buildings, character clothing, vehicles, monsters, etc.

And many elements on both sides correspond one to one.

For example, in the world of Xianxia, ​​the buildings are pavilions and pavilions suspended in the air, while in the world of science fiction, they are various mechanical floating cities;

Immortals with fluttering clothes in the fairy world have become robots in the science fiction world;

In the world of Xianxia, ​​there are a large number of floating ships. Under the urging of the magic circle, the sails swell and the oars slide naturally; in the science fiction world, they become large mechanical spaceships, with flames spitting out and blue light emitting from the bottom of the ship.

The various beasts and flesh-and-blood monsters in the world of Xianxia have also become various large-scale machines in the world of science fiction.

I have to say that this picture is quite technical.

This is not just about creating two styles. To fulfill Gu Fan's requirements, at least two things need to be done:

First, the two styles must be unified in spirit, that is, they both have to be a little "crazy" to make people feel that their sanity has dropped when they see it.

The world of Xianxia must not look fairy-like and the world of science fiction looks very technologically advanced. That would not be in line with the connotation of the game.

Second, the various elements of the two worlds must strictly correspond, and once they are matched, they must look natural and not inconsistent.

Because the two worlds will be seamlessly converted, the terrain of the same place is basically the same, and the collision volume is also the same.

If it is different, it is very likely that the player will switch worlds and get stuck in a wall or fall to his death.

Moreover, if the difference between the two worlds is too big, then the player will only feel that they are two different worlds, and will not feel that they are mentally ill. In this way, the mental damage caused to the player will be greatly weakened.

But the architectural styles of the fairy world and the science fiction world are very different.

The buildings in the Xianxia world are all traditional Chinese-style buildings. There are archways, temples, and cornices on the roofs. This is quite normal in the Xianxia world, but in a science fiction world, a mechanical high-rise building has cornices. , this will seem quite strange when you look at it.

People will naturally feel that the fairy world is real and the science fiction world is fake.

The effect Gu Fan wants to achieve is to make it difficult for players to distinguish between true and false.

Therefore, the two worlds must strictly correspond to each other, and each must have its own characteristics to make both worlds look real.

This is indeed not something that ordinary painters can control.

However, judging from the current situation, Xia Shiqing seems to be very good at this style.

"Well, it looks good. But I think something is missing." Gu Fan said seriously.

Xia Shiqing was a little confused: "Is there something missing?"

"Yes." Gu Fan nodded, "There is a bug!"

He pointed at the picture on the monitor: "Look, although you can vaguely feel a kind of "epilepsy" from the style of the picture, this feeling is not strong enough.

“I thought we could add something that looked like a bug to both worlds.

"For example, something went wrong on a certain floating island, and there was a problem with the texture; some elements in the scene were out of mold, and chairs were embedded in the trees; there was a person dragging his intestines on the road in the distance and still wondering what to do. Connect the intestines; a man in period costume is drinking from a bottle of gasoline...

“Adding more elements like this will better fit the theme of our game.”

Xia Shiqing nodded: "Okay, Mr. Gu, I understand. I'll change it again."

She picked up the digital pen again and began to modify.

Gu Fan looked at her for a while and couldn't help but sigh, how could a good girl be possessed by an angel? What a crime.

It’s still unclear what conditions are required for angel possession. Maybe this girl’s magical painting style and relatively introverted personality are also related to this? However, Gu Fan is not in the mood to study these things for the time being, so he should make games first!