Chapter 18: How to Make Civilization More Fun
The brain-controlled operation may have to wait for a while, and the opening time of the first test of "Civilization" is also unknown.
"Finding Civilization" is still resetting the cooldown, and "cultivating civilization" has become Wang'an's only pastime besides surfing the Internet.
At the same time, it's also the entire game content of Civilization.
"I don't think it's a good idea," Wang'an counted the 14 new hairs that were thinning on the top of his head over and over again, "When players enter the game, they just do multiple-choice questions each time, and then watch the situation unfold?
Different from his real holographic God perspective, players are observing the development of civilization through various display devices, 99% of them are likely to use mobile phones and computers, and 1% are likely to use VR equipment.
This sense of substitution is far worse than him.
"The game is all about giving players the most real real-time feedback, whether it's positive or negative, so that players can quickly see the results after making a choice. At present, although the feedback on "cultivating civilization" is timely, it is not strong enough. ”
"So how do you improve?"
Wang'an thought about the gameplay of "cultivating civilization", and muttered: "Maybe you can, record every choice of the player." ”
"Records?"
"Yes, record. Every choice must have a time, place, person, and key description, so that players can remember it as soon as they see it...... Book. ”
"Books?"
"In the form of a book, record every choice faced by the player's race, and the outcome of each choice. Books can be called "The Book of Civilization", "Civilization", "Civilization Collection", etc., each choice occupies a page, the choice and the result are separated, the choice is recorded first, and the result is recorded when the dust settles. ”
Wang'an's eyes flashed with an elite light.
Every choice is a domination of fate, a dedication of energy, and a temporary concentricity.
The advantage of this is that it allows players to review their every choice at any time, and reinforces their feelings for the race and civilization they have cultivated, just like the children they have worked so hard to raise.
Players will temporarily leave the game due to real events, need to sleep, etc., but the evolution of civilization will not be paused by this time.
When a race encounters an event while the player is away and makes a choice, the player who is not present at that time has the right to know the details afterwards.
What Wang'an is ready to do now is to let players gain a sense of mission, responsibility, and ritual in the process of the game, as if they are really cultivating a civilization, and every time an important event happens, they must make a decision!
"I see, I understand, that is, the development results of each choice should not only be presented to the player in a video, but also recorded in words for players to review!"
"It's not just the text, if there are some scenes that are very worthy of taking pictures, you should also take screenshots of those scenes and freeze them on the photos. Rather than blurring and simplifying text alone, it is more intuitive to have a key photo. Wang'an said.
When he himself experienced "cultivating civilization", every time he made a choice, he always felt that something was missing.
Now, what is missing, there is nothing to hide:
First, the written record that can be reviewed.
Second, the shocking photo image!
The apes pounded their chests and roared under the bread tree, shouted excitedly as they first mastered the flames, and wept in mourning when their leader died......
After making these choices, the most memorable moments presented should be taken separately and accompanied by a short explanatory text for people to recall!
"It's too strong, it's worthy of you! Such a good method will definitely have a very perfect effect! I'll do it, I'll do it well, big guy, how do you think I'm doing?"
A book appeared in front of Wang'an's eyes, and the cover had a simple pattern spreading, woven into four deep and heavy characters:
The Book of Civilization.
Wang'an: "???"
Just say "I'll do it", the next second "I'm done", and then immediately take out the finished product?
That's too fast, isn't it?
Wang'an's scalp was numb, and when he turned the page, he saw a photo of a group of prairie apes beating their chests and yelling under the bread tree, and a few written records:
The apes are afraid to move forward and want to give up, and as their leader, you decide?
A: Let's go back.
Selected: B: Stick with it.
C: It's so noisy today (pretending not to hear and trying to change the subject).
So, on the first day of the first month of the first year of civilization, on the Horqin steppe, the steppe ape clan that was about to perish, under your decision and inspiration, regained their courage, united as one, and vowed to complete their original decision:
Walk through every corner of the world until you find the most livable land and the most beautiful scenery!
After reading it, Wang'an frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said:
"Not enough. '[Selected] B: Hold on', 'Horqin Prairie' and 'Steppe Ape' are all color darkened, and the latter two can be clicked to view details, 'Horqin Prairie' shows the specific location on the map, and 'Prairie Ape' shows the race profile. ”
Although you can still click to view the details, it seems to be a bit mismatched with the carrier of "book", but this is not a real physical book-
Even if it's really a physical book, it can be a physical book in the magic world, the kind that can click to view the details!
"Okay, no problem, big guy, how do you think now?"
The "Book of Civilization" was revised in a second and became completely in line with Wang'an's requirements.
Wang'an flipped through a few more pages, and after confirming that it should be enough as the first test, he nodded: "Yes, let's do it first." Emphasizing the change of race after the player's choice gives the player a sense of how useful their choice is. ”
"No problem at all! By the way, big guy, how do you get it when it comes to talking?
"Talk?" Wang'an thought for two seconds and said, "Speaking of which, there is one more thing I forgot to ask you: a group of players cultivate civilization together, what about the speed of time?"
Adjust it faster, one minute of reality is equivalent to the past few months in the game, when something happens, you need to choose, the player must not have reacted, the countdown is over, and the game experience is extremely poor.
If it is not adjusted or slowed down, it is likely that the player will not be able to wait for the multiple-choice questions for a long time, although the player has time to do the multiple-choice questions, but the waiting process is undoubtedly extremely painful.
Usually adjust it very quickly, until an event occurs and then return to the original speed, or even adjust it to slow speed-
There are so many players, each player encounters events at different times, but they are all in the same game world.
When one player encounters an event, the other players wait en masse?
It's certainly not a problem!
"There's no need to worry about that, we just need to adjust the time flow rate of each player to different degrees, and here's how it works...... You see, it's simple!"
Wang'an: "???"
Simple?
Do you call it simple?
Looking at the dense number symbols and operation formulas that he didn't know what to do, he couldn't help but wipe his cold sweat.