Chapter 9: Plot and Characters

Liu Li answered, leaned in front of the computer screen, and checked the design draft that Lin Le had corrected.

After reading it, Liu Li found that the plan she had designed with great difficulty had basically been changed, and the expression on her face suddenly lost its brilliance and looked bitter.

Lin Le didn't ignore the girl's mood, and said softly: "Your design draft idea is very correct, without your inspiration, I can't perfect the game so smoothly."

In the future, if this game succeeds, you will be the biggest contributor. ”

Hearing this, Liu Li suddenly radiated, and said complacently: "Hey, I'm not a big deal, what the senior said is too exaggerated." ”

Then, she seemed to think of something, and said with a confused expression: "I just don't understand, why change it like this, I think the Q version of the cartoon style of the Three Kingdoms theme is quite good." ”

Lin Le pondered for a while, and said meaningfully: "It's very simple, the theme of the Three Kingdoms is very popular with the public, but I hope for an original IP with a broader future in the future."

You have to know that the soul of the card mobile game is the character, as long as the person is set up and sought after by the player, the game will naturally become popular.

After that, we will be able to publish character peripherals, cooperate with other companies in copyright, and publish anime, comics, etc.

As for the Q version style, even if it's cute, it's too limited.

Compared with the mainstream beauty characters, it still has a little less advantage. ”

"It is worthy of being a senior, and the vision is long-term." Liu Li's tone revealed admiration.

Lin Le had an unfathomable attitude: "Senior sister, if you still have any doubts, just ask." ”

"The card mobile games introduced by the seniors before are all built-in recharges, and I have copied them in a similar way, which feels quite easy to make money.

But if you change it like this, without recharge and crown membership, the profit gap is one in the sky and one in the ground. ”

Lin Le shook his head and said righteously: "Senior sister, the most important thing in making games is to bring happiness to players, nothing else matters. ”

Hearing this, Liu Li looked ashamed, the senior was so noble and idealistic, but he forgot his original intention and fell into the eyes of money.

"Senior, it's my luck to be able to work with you." Liu Li's words were sincere, and there was a bit of admiration in his eyes when he looked at Lin Le.

Seeing this, Lin Le smiled secretly in his heart, as if he had fooled his senior sister again.

.......

Then, Lin Le went straight to the topic and said: "Senior sister, you see that the design draft has been decided, let's assign the follow-up work." ”

"I'm more familiar with card mobile games, program templates, numerical balance, gameplay systems and other basics, and I'm an assistant to handle it."

"And as the chief designer, you happen to have written light novels, writing game world views, plots, and setting card characters, mobs, bosses and the like should be very good at it.。

Speaking of this, Lin Le remembered something again and added: "Our card mobile game wants to be light and easy to use, and the selling point is the card characters, so the plot is simple and straightforward, not too complicated." "In fact, the plot of the card mobile game seems to be unimportant, but it is actually a killer feature that attracts players.

The successful "FGO" in the previous life, "Honkai Impact III" used the plot to shape the characters.

Then, it is natural to make a hand, [Say you like him, let the player krypton 80,000. JPG】。

Lin Le used to be happy with this, but now for the goal of losing money, this kind of thing is absolutely not allowed to happen, so the plot is just done casually.

Of course, these thoughts can't be told to Liu Li.

....

Hearing Lin Le's arrangement, Liu Li's eyes lit up and she was full of energy: "I understand, the main plot of the game is simplified, and the focus is on setting card characters." ”

"So, how many card characters do we need to design for our game?"

"50 initial card characters." Lin Le explained: "In addition, I also have to trouble you to come up with a set of art resources that match the game's plot and setting, operation UI, music and sound effects, etc. ”

You only need to provide the design requirements for these necessary materials, and I am responsible for going to the resource station to purchase and customize. ”

Lin Le's division of labor was very clear, and Liu Li quickly understood.

She seems to be confident about the job, and she says, "Designing game stories and characters is like creating fantasy worlds, which is what I love the most, and I am confident that I can do it well." ”

"Senior sister, your momentum is good, keep it up."

Lin Le smiled and encouraged.

"Uh-huh." The school girl nodded vigorously, looking straight and cute.

For the ability of the younger sister, Lin Le is 100% assured.

After all, it is not easy to create an original game plot, structure the world view, set up characters, etc., any of which is not easy.

Even if you are a professional, you have a headache for a long time.

And Liu Li, this girl, seems to have forgotten that her light novel submissions have been rejected.

To do the plot and character setting at such a level, it is inevitable that it will be a mess.

Subsequently, seeing that the business was done, Lin Le saw that the time was already more than six o'clock in the afternoon.

So he announced that today's work was over, and invited Liu Li to a high-end restaurant for a big meal, he said that he had a treat, which was a celebration of the schoolgirl joining his studio.

The school sister readily agreed.

.......

After dinner, Lin Le sent the schoolgirl to the door of her community.

"I'm busy with card and mobile games at night, don't go too far, just rest when it's time to rest."

"Well, senior, goodbye."

Both sides said goodbye.

Back at home, Liu Li can't wait to get into her room, and unlike ordinary girls, her room is full of anime elements, highlighting a house character.

For example, there are posters of various anime characters on the wall, the bookcase is full of light novels, and the pillow and quilt cover of the magical girl Sakura are naturally indispensable figure cabinets, which are full of all kinds of exquisite figures and scenery, and she is obviously a hidden female tyrant.

Turn on your computer.

Liu Li boarded the genesis editor, created a new design document, and thought about the plot and characters of the card mobile game.

I thought about it for a while.

Liu Li wrote two simple game plots on the design document.

In the first, the player takes on the role of a brave man and recruits various companions in the game, with the goal of defeating the terrifying Demon King.

The second is the story of the player traveling to ancient times, recruiting chivalrous guests, eliminating violence and peace, acting chivalrous and righteous, and finally becoming the leader of the martial arts alliance.

The main reason is that the audience of other worlds and martial arts is wide, so Liu Li gave priority to writing it.

However, after careful consideration, she felt that it was unreliable.

Because these two themes are rotten on the street, not only is it easy to cause aesthetic fatigue, but also lacks a shining point that players like.

After the veto, Liu Li continued to brainstorm, "I remember what the senior said before, the soul of a card mobile game is the character. "In other words, a game can only be popular if players recognize and love the card characters."

"In that case, my game plot should be focused on character building."

"So what kind of character does it take to be easily liked by players?"

Liu Li felt that she had found a breakthrough, and she was just one step away from solving the puzzle.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Li still didn't understand.

Rubbing her eyebrows, Liu Li leaned back on the computer chair and looked up at the sky in frustration.

At this time, she noticed a poster of an anime cute girl posted on the wall of her room.

"Yes, the easiest thing for players to love is, of course, a beautiful girl!" At this moment, the clouds were plucked out.

Liu Li was ecstatic, she felt that the ideas for designing the plot and characters were opened, and the inspiration in her mind was like a spring.

[Game Name: "Rebuilding Civilization"

Game plot: In the wasteland era, the order of human society has been seriously damaged, and most of this world has been occupied by monsters that have emerged from the dimensional space.

Players will take on the role of a wise and brave commander who leads a group of Valkyries with special abilities to reclaim the lost homeland of humanity.....]"

[The card characters of the game are all set as Valkyries with various loving attributes.

For example, well-behaved and charming, I see a cute schoolgirl who is still pitiful.

Blonde hair and red eyes, a proud figure of the tsundere queen.

Three have no facial paralysis and a cold senior sister with superior IQ.

Gentle and cheerful, empathetic maid sister and so on.

Each of them has its own personality and characteristics.

After all, according to the senior's idea of simplifying the main plot and highlighting the card characters.

In order to enrich each character, players can increase each other's favorability in the process of fighting side by side with them, and once they reach the full level, the characters will open their exclusive love plots...."

Setting up fifty card characters can be difficult for others. But Liu Li started writing light novels in junior high school, and failed to submit until she graduated from college.

The beautiful girl character settings she wrote have long exceeded fifty.

In order to contribute, every character, gender characteristics, appearance, figure, daily dress, what you like and what you hate, are detailed to the extreme,

After all, as a setting maniac, she treats every character as her own daughter.

"Thanks to this opportunity, the daughters I worked so hard to set up finally have a place to use." The corners of Liu Li's mouth curled up with a smile of relief.

I was busy until three o'clock in the morning, and Liu Li modified some details of the fifty card characters according to the template of her "daughter".

At this time, Liu Li was still in good spirits, she browsed the design draft she had written, and muttered in surprise: "What, such a delicate design draft, I actually made it?" ”

Liu Li couldn't believe it and fell into deep thought.

Soon, she figured it out.

I can go so smoothly thanks to Lin Le.

If it weren't for the fact that he once said that he would focus on card characters, he would still be at a loss.

"Could it be that from the beginning, the senior asked me to be the chief designer, just to hone me."

The more Liu Li thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case.

Otherwise, I would definitely not let such a novice be directly responsible for such a large game project.

The girl's heart was moved, and she decided to spend an all-night tonight and complete the work as soon as possible to express her sincere gratitude to Lin Le.