When he stood up from the computer desk, Liu Kewei grabbed the cigarette case and lighter on the desktop in his hand, and habitually walked to the seat of the fat man. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The info guy was staring at the monitor with a frown, one hand clenched into a fist on his cheek, looking pensive.

Liu Kewei knows that the work arrangement of the fat man today is to design the plot dialogue: the lines that the characters and NPCs express in the way of dialogue in the game.

Suddenly recalling Manager Wang's words yesterday, Liu Kewei forcibly swallowed the greeting he had blurted out from his mouth, slowly turned around, and walked to the reception room alone.

Push open the metal door and walk onto the cramped balcony. The sun was shining well this morning, and there was a slight drunken feeling on the body, which made people lazy and want to doze off.

Light a cigarette and lean on the railing to look out at the cityscape of the riverside from the height of the 24th floor, where cars on the road are the size of peanuts and pedestrians look like grains of rice. If a person with a fear of heights is standing here, it is estimated that his heart will beat violently.

More than a week has passed since that concert. He was very happy that he was able to persuade the copywriter who had the idea to change his mind that night to stay, I don't know if it was his super-level performance in that conversation that touched the fat man, since he returned to Hangzhou, he seemed to have changed as if he was a different person, and gradually hid that untimely character, and he didn't take the initiative to express his opinions in the planning department, and he seemed very low-key, but the tasks assigned to him were done as well as they could.

Although he is still a newcomer, all the work he has just come into contact with needs guidance from others, but everyone in the planning department can see that he learns quickly, which is completely different from the general novice planner who has just entered the industry. He is familiar with games and text creation, but he still lacks experience in game production, and in time, he can completely support the work of copywriting and planning, and this day may come soon.

However, last night's words of Manager Wang, but the original obstruction that has been obscuring Liu Kewei's vision has been completely removed, the former boss, today's boss's boss expressed a very clear tendency: in order to maintain the stable operation of the planning department, they, Manager Wang's "descendants", it is best to keep a certain distance from other plans. It is best not to take the initiative to ask about the planning of the two parts of copywriting and numerical values, let alone interfere.

Liu Kewei couldn't help but let out a wail in his heart, Lao Cao's side is okay, there is not much interaction between the system and the copywriter, but for himself and Xiao She, he can't do it if he wants to turn a blind eye to the copywriting work, there is a saying in the game development industry called "Level copywriting is not separated", when Manager Wang was still the main planner, he said it every day, whether it is the scene design plan or the placement of NPCs, which does not involve the development of the plot?

"I guessed you would be here, the weather is nice today, right?" A familiar voice came from the reception room behind him, "Lao Liu, why didn't you call me for smoking?"

When he turned around, he saw the big face of the fat man who smiled lightly, Liu Kewei reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth in response to a weak smile, sure enough, people who don't know anything are happy.

"I saw that you seemed to be busy just now, so I didn't bother. Liu Kewei replied.

The fat man took out the cigarette box and lighter disappreciably, sat on the plastic stool, and beckoned to Liu Kewei heartlessly and said, "Well, I was thinking about some problems just now, and I have a little clue, so I will come to you to chat." ”

Liu Kewei took two steps and did not enter the reception room, but stopped at the door, quietly keeping a short distance.

"What do you have in mind?" he said with a smile, but the smile was faint, faint, almost invisible.

The fat man looked up at Liu Kewei, who was standing condescendingly at the door, his height of more than one meter and eight meters almost blocked the sunlight outside, "Don't you sit down and say?" ”

"It's okay, I've been sitting for too long, and I want to stand for a while. Liu Kewei shook his head, "That's it." ”

The fat man shrugged his shoulders and said disappreciatively: "Regarding the dialogue, I wonder if I can add a little variation." The scheme designed by the system side, I feel that it will make the player feel the same, lacking an immersive sense of substitution. ”

What other changes can be made to the plot dialogue, isn't it just the fixed lines of the characters or NPCs? What special features can be figured out about this kind of expression with a clear purpose and a single role?

Liu Kewei tilted his head in confusion, "To be specific, give an example." ”

"For example, the simplest example of a line is the one that is, 'Please pour me a glass of water. The fat man held up a finger, "If you are a player, the game ID is called 'Curly Hairy Wei', here, I hope you can see 'Curly Hair, please help me pour me a glass of water.'" ’”

"That is, the ID of the player, what difference can this have, isn't it the same meaning?" Liu Kewei still looked like he didn't understand.

"This is just the simplest example. But I think this is the biggest difference between the game and other carriers such as novels, comics, movies, television, etc., and it is also the biggest advantage, that is, the game itself can directly interact with the individual player!" The fat man clenched his fists excitedly, "It may seem bland, but this immersive sense of substitution is unique!"

Liu Kewei frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I still don't understand your thoughts, you can give a more complicated example." ”

A more complicated example: The fat man rubbed his forehead and thought about how he could better express his thoughts.

"Our six realms are the Heavenly God Dao, the Demon Spirit Dao, the Earth Immortal Dao, the Bodhisattva Dao, the Human Dao, and the Netherworld Dao, right? Assuming that the three camps are gods and Buddhas, immortals and humans, demons and ghosts, then, when players who have joined different camps, when facing NPCs in the same camp, should the attitude, tone and content of the dialogue be completely consistent?" The fat man said very slowly, in order to make it easier for Liu Kewei to understand word by word, "If it were you, what you want to say when facing allies or enemies should be very different, right?" Friends come with wine, jackals come with shotguns!

Liu Kewei rubbed his chin and unconsciously walked to the table and sat down after falling into deep thought.

"I probably see what you mean, that is, to design different dialogues for different players and choose the corresponding solution in the game?"

"That's right, that's what it means. The fat man nodded vigorously.

That's a good idea, but only if that many players pay attention to this thoughtful design. But among the 100 players, how many of them will have the patience to read those long and annoying dialogues sentence by sentence? Liu Kewei expressed pessimism about this, at least when he plays the game himself, he almost never reads the dialogue, and directly clicks enter or left-clicks to skip over.

"You're adding more work to yourself, and at the same time to adding work to Lao Cao and the program. Liu Kewei smiled reluctantly, "Don't talk about asking for trouble, but also bring trouble to others, is it necessary to do this? Isn't it okay to write such a thing as dialogue? Aren't all those popular games in China doing this." ”

"I feel the need. The fat man had a serious expression, "The most important thing for the audience to invest in is the sense of substitution in the work, and the key to creating a sense of substitution is the feeling of details. ”

"The problem is that few players will take the dialogue seriously, right?" Liu Kewei couldn't help but say this.

"Even if there is only one audience, you have to finish the performance seriously, isn't it?" The fat man was unmoved, "As long as there are people who can watch it, we should try our best to provide the most perfect reading experience, this is the author's mission." I think it's no different in game development, as long as we can do it. ”

Silently staring at the serious and stubborn expression of the fat man, Liu Kewei felt that he was not actually convinced, but he could no longer persuade the other party.

For practical reasons, he is not optimistic that this painstaking work attitude can bring any fundamental changes to the "money" of this project.

However, from a logical point of view, the other party's motivation to insist on making efforts is legitimate and reasonable, and this attitude and practice will only bring benefits without the slightest disadvantage, except that the copywriting planning in front of him will pay several times more than the workload in the dialogue design, and the Cao system will have more maintenance work on the planning documents and procedures of the dialogue system to slightly modify it.

The cost of realizing this idea is so great, with six years of experience in the industry, he can even immediately estimate how much substantial work will be added to Lao Cao and the program, well, accurate to the hour.

Only the copywriting part has to pay more, he can't estimate, he has not done the relevant work of copywriting planning, and he doesn't know to what extent the fat man intends to apply this kind of "dialogue that varies from person to person".

It's just that he believes that the benefits of an idea should not be large, and it is not the kind of expected benefit that can be seen immediately, and it may even have a negligible impact.

There should be a small expected return, corresponding to a large degree of investment, in his eyes, this is completely a cost-effective solution.

Is it worth it? He really can't give this answer, after all, he is not a fat man, and he feels that he has no position on this issue. Inexplicably, he remembered a sentence that he didn't know where he looked.

"I don't agree with you, but I support your right to speak. ”

Who said that? It seems to be quite famous. Liu Kewei smiled weakly, poked the cigarette butt that had burned to the end in the ashtray, and no longer continued to make efforts to convince.

"At the next planning meeting, you can put it forward, see everyone's opinions, and then let Xu Zhuce make the decision. ”