Chapter 1091 "Eternal Reincarnation" DLC Design Planning
Everyone hurriedly got up and welcomed Mr. Pei in, and Hu Xianbin gave up the most central position to Mr. Pei.
After Pei Qian sat down, his eyes swept around, but he didn't see Bao Xu.
"Bao Xu is traveling again?" Pei Qian asked casually.
In his impression, Bao Xu is indeed not often in the company, either traveling or on the way to travel.
But when you think about it, there doesn't seem to be any tourism activity lately, right?
The selection of outstanding employees was held in February and August, and now there are two months before the next selection, and there are no events such as annual meetings in the near future.
What about Bao Xuren?
Hu Xianbin hurriedly explained: "Mr. Pei, Brother Bao has been helping out at the snack market recently, and I don't know exactly what the situation is. Does he need to attend this meeting? ”
Pei Qian immediately shook his head: "No, I just asked casually." ”
This Bao Xu, what did he do when he went to the snack market?
Pei Qian was a little puzzled about what was the motivation for Bao Xu's behavior, and it didn't seem like he was the kind of person who liked to meddle with things?
But it doesn't matter, Bao Xu is not a gourmet.
Let him go to the scourge snack bazaar, it will always be less harmful than the scourge of the game department.
Anyway, in the next selection, it is estimated that Bao Xu will still not be able to escape the fate of accompanying you, he is already like this, do whatever you like.
Everyone took their seats, and the meeting continued.
Hu Xianbin said: "Mr. Pei, after we received the task of adapting "Eternal Reincarnation", we organized the designers of the department to read the original work as soon as possible, and now we specially invited the author to roughly finalize the specific content of this DLC. ”
"However, everyone's opinions are not particularly unanimous, and the specific form of this DLC has not yet been finalized."
"That's right, Mr. Pei, let's give you some guidance! What exactly is going to do with this DLC? ”
Everyone looked at Mr. Pei blankly, their eyes full of hope.
"Turning Back to the Shore" has also developed DLC before, with some new weapons, new props, and reincarnation mode and random mode, but the situation at that time was different from now.
The previous DLC only added some gameplay, the content was not particularly rich, and the price was set very cheaply, just to find something to do for the veteran players of "Back to the Shore".
And this DLC involves the copyright development of the book "Eternal Reincarnation", looking at Mr. Pei's meaning, it is obviously to show the essence as much as possible, and to make a heavy DLC, it is impossible to be simple and foolish.
But the problem is that if you want to change the content of the fandom into the game, you not only need to understand the plot thoroughly, but also make a special design corresponding to the plot in the game.
These changes may conflict with the original gameplay of the game, and there will be trade-offs.
As a result, it is not possible for everyone to reach an agreement quickly.
It just so happened that Mr. Pei was here!
As the father of "Turning Back to the Shore", Mr. Pei will definitely come up with a perfect solution!
Pei Qian pondered for a moment: "Uh...... Before I talk about games, I would like to briefly emphasize two things. ”
"The first thing, which has been notified before, must keep the copyright development of the works of the inspiration class confidential and do not leak it."
"The second thing is that within two months, that is, before August 1st, you can make preliminary preparations for DLC development, but don't officially establish the project for development."
Preliminary preparation is not the same as project development.
The concept of pre-preparation is relatively broad, for example, thinking about the specific method of DLC in your head, or coming up with a few drafts, or even repairing some art resources in advance, which can be regarded as pre-preparation.
If this is the case, it will not be considered as a new project and will not affect the billing.
But once the project is officially established, the development schedule is scheduled, and the release date of the game DLC is clearly planned, it will be considered a new project, which will affect the settlement.
Pei Qian stressed that the main thing is to ensure that the settlement is not affected.
Hu Xianbin nodded: "Understood, Mr. Pei." You mean that there is a lot of content to prepare for this large-scale DLC, so let's be sure to dig deep into the inspiration, prepare well, and then precipitate for two months before officially developing, don't be too impatient, right? ”
Pei Qian: "...... Pretty much. ”
Obviously, there is a deviation between the understanding of Hu Xianbin and others and Pei Qian's original idea, but since the result is very different, it will be fine.
Pei Qian said: "As for the design of the DLC...... Uh, how did you guys talk about it? ”
"I can give you a little advice at my discretion, but ultimately it's up to you to decide."
Originally, Pei Qian didn't plan to mix in the design of DLC, but he has a lot of things to do now, just a game's DLC, and he doesn't care about it.
But Pei Qian suddenly thought of something and changed his mind.
Until now, "Back to the Shore" has not been free!
According to the rules of the system, a single-player game that has been on sale for more than 10 months, and the current month's revenue has fallen to less than one-fifth of the revenue of the next month after the release, can be free.
But the problem is that the income of "Turning Back" is still very strong, and every time I see that it is about to fall to one-fifth of the next month's income, I can always miraculously rebound!
In this way, the sales of "Turning Back to the Shore" are always jumping repeatedly, but no matter how much you jump, you just can't jump to the standard of being free!
This made Pei Qian very painful and incomprehensible.
Who is still buying "Turn Back to the Shore"!
It's been two years since the game was released, so why are you still making money?
It's inevitable if you want to be free, it's too cheating!
Pei Qian felt that these people came to be abused one after another because the difficulty was not high enough.
It stands to reason that with the difficulty of "Turning Back to the Shore", it should be able to dissuade a large number of players. But after Qiao Laoshi released a very detailed and detailed strategy video, many people can always clear the customs as long as they follow the video and move forward steadily, and they can always pass the customs if they suffer a little.
Many new players came here, and they relied on these strategy videos to insist on playing until they cleared the customs, contributing to the sales of "Turning Back".
This situation can't go any further, and the difficulty must be turned up even higher!
Pei Qian plans to engage in a commotion operation.
Other games put DLC behind the main body, and players generally experience the game content of the main body first, and then experience the DLC.
But this time, Pei Qian wanted to put the DLC in front of the ontology.
It does not affect players who have already cleared "Turning Back", but if it is a player who has not played "Turning Back", after entering the game, he will first experience the content of the DLC, and then experience the ontology content of "Turning Back".
The DLC has a special screening mechanism: you must get through the content of the previous chapters before you can pay for the DLC; And through the DLC, there will be a 70% discount when you pay to buy the ontology of "Turn Back to the Shore".
It doesn't affect old players, but for new players, they will definitely be greedy for this seven-percent discount, which will lead to a decrease in the number of people who buy the "Back to the Shore" ontology, so that the sales of the "Back to the Shore" ontology can be reduced, and it will be free after meeting the system requirements?
The early month is free, and you have to make less money!
Of course, in order to take care of the emotions of players, there will be corresponding instructions before the main body of "Turn Back is the Shore" is free, and players who spend money to buy it in the short term can get a guaranteed refund service.
This plan is quite perfect, but there are two main problems in front of Pei Qian at present.
The first is the problem of difficulty, the difficulty of "Turning Back to the Shore" is already very high for him, or does he rely on the weapon of "Pudu" to get through, if the difficulty is increased, how can Pei Qian clear the game by himself?
The second is the plot problem, to put the DLC before the main body, to experience the DLC first and then experience the content of the ontology, there must be a convincing reason.
And Pei Qian hasn't thought about these yet.
He hadn't read the plot content of the book "Eternal Reincarnation" at all.
Therefore, Pei Qian plans to ask everyone about the discussion first, and then put forward his own views as appropriate.
Hu Xianbin handed over a piece of information: "Mr. Pei, this is the idea we compiled before and the synopsis of the story of "Eternal Reincarnation", you can take a look." ”
"What we're thinking about at the moment is to start with the identity of the main character."
"According to the story background of "Eternal Reincarnation", the whole story takes place in the period when the world of "Turning Back" has not yet collapsed. The protagonist is a powerful human warrior whose skills are transcendent, walking in the world, honing his skills, and becoming a generation of martial gods. ”
"But no matter how powerful a person is, he will usher in death, and in his later years, he tried every means to escape the fate of death, forcing the skilled craftsman to create a magic sword for himself that can slash souls, so that it is stained with the blood of a high-ranking monk, and let the witch Gu create a pill that can make him enter the dying moment, floating in the yin and yang worlds."
"When Black and White Impermanence came to ask for his life, this martial god used the magic sword to kill Black and White Impermanence, and under the drive of the magic sword, he slaughtered all the ghosts who came to arrest him, stepped into the underworld, and collapsed the entire six realms of reincarnation."
But at the last moment, he came to his senses and realized that he had made a big mistake driven by the magic sword, and the demons in the entire Infernal Hell were about to awaken. So he went deep into the Infernal Hell, and became the first prisoner. ”
"Our current idea is to assign an NPC to the initial village. After witnessing the Prison Suppressor for a week, players will get an item, which can be handed over to an NPC to travel to the DLC and experience the story content of "Eternal Reincarnation". ”
"And the game's combat system continues to be used, but some new weapons and props are added, such as special combo skills, execution skills, etc., highlighting the identity of the protagonist 'Martial Saint', in contrast to the weak protagonist of the "Turning Back to the Shore" itself."
Pei Qian pondered for a moment and did not respond immediately.
It can be seen that for Hu Xianbin and others, such a degree of change can be called quite "bold".
After all, this is just DLC, not a sequel, and not a new game.