Chapter 37: Line Drawings and Soundtracks
"Albelicker, he is a swordsman who died in the country, because of the betrayal of his former friends, he became an exile after the country fell and lived in seclusion in the town, he is not young and he doesn't need to have that kind of handsome uncle flavor, he is more like a ronin, if you don't have a concept, you can go and watch a movie about this."
"Just like the face mask in Peking Opera, different colors of the face mask represent different characters, and the same is true for eight travelers with different experiences, each of whom has a story behind it, you have to watch the plot more, innocent businessmen, pious priests, dancers with firm beliefs, each of them is different." Yang Chen looked at Chen Shu and said very seriously.
Listening to Yang Chen's words, Chen Shu nodded thoughtfully, although there were still some ambiguities in many places, but she almost had a little idea.
After Chen Shu left, Wang Yaliang next to him tiptoed to Yang Chen's front and looked at the line drawing on the table.
"What a picture! Doesn't that meet your requirements? Wang Yaliang looked at the line drawing on the table and said in surprise.
"It's not enough to be pretty." Yang Chen shook his head and said.
Although he is not a professional in art, he has been in the industry for several years after all, and he also has some understanding of it.
Whether it's good or bad, whether it's suitable or not, he can tell, although Chen Shu's line drawings are already good, but compared with the dream memory, the gap can still be clearly found.
It can be different, but you can't be too bad.
"By the way, Chang'an Studio's game seems to be almost completed, and they have already carried out preliminary publicity." Suddenly thinking of something, Wang Yaliang said to Yang Chen.
"So fast?" Yang Chen was a little surprised, their game didn't even finish the demo, and other people's games were almost ready?
"I don't know, anyway, the preliminary publicity has already begun, and even the official website of NetDragon has been launched." Wang Yaliang said: "In addition, there are many players who are looking forward to our new games, and I don't know how to answer them all day long under our account. ”
Wang Yaliang said that he was a little distressed by this, although "The Binding of Isaac" is only a small game, but the excellent sales and gameplay, and the same type of follow-up caused by it, all of which made Yang Chen gain a large number of player fans.
Coupled with the previous coincidental 'mutual confrontation' with Chang'an Studio, players are looking forward to their new work, especially when Chang'an Studio has started pre-promotion.
"Don't worry about that, it's not yet time for publicity, there are a lot of things in the game that haven't been solved yet, and if everything goes well, we will have at least nearly a month or so to complete the development of the game." Yang Chen shook his head lightly and said.
Compared with the development cycle of one or two years in the dream memory world, the current complete game industry chain, coupled with more advanced game development technology, allows the development of games to save a lot of time, such as 3A level games in the dream memory, even if it is the kind of annual goods, large factories need about three years of development cycle, but in reality, it only takes a year or even less time.
However, for ordinary small factories and small studios, it is still not so easy to develop games.
For example, for the same game, with the same development cost, Chang'an Studio and Yang Chen will develop it, and the time required by both parties is completely different.
It may take two or three weeks for the Chang'an studio to complete the production of the game and then carry out the post-test plan, but Yang Chen may take more than a month.
Because Chang'an Studio's channels in the industry are much wider than Yang Chen's, Yang Chen may still need to talk about the places developed by himself, including outsourced things such as art.
However, Chang'an Studio only needs to give the content of the work to the other party, and then the other party gives a price, and the two parties can start work immediately if they reach an intention.
This is the gap in resource channels.
The game is in full swing in development.
Chen Shu, who was at home early on Saturday morning, was watching the plot about the game with her mobile phone in her hand, as well as the character design, but then she thought about it and took out the laptop from her room, put it on the table and opened a document.
She has to write biographies for the eight protagonists in the game, and she needs to have a deeper understanding of the experiences and personalities of the eight protagonists, so as to help her better complete the creation of the characters.
Entering the game industry, she has not yet been smoothed out of her dreams, and she will do her best to achieve what she wants, because she understands it very clearly.
It's not just about making the game better, it's a very rare experience for her.
At the same time, in the Nebula office, Wang Ye, Li Ran and Ye Bin were also working overtime after making an appointment, and they were also discussing some details of the design of the game.
They all work overtime on their own initiative.
There are generally two kinds of people in the game industry, one is full of enthusiasm for games and hopes to make better games, and the other is that they have been smoothed out and don't think so much anymore.
Even after the former's usual work, there is no extra overtime pay, and even they will get together in groups to discuss how to make the game better.
It can be said that the game industry, like a magnet, is full of people with two extremes.
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"What are you looking for?"
In the bedroom, Wang Yaliang, who was chewing on a popsicle, looked at Yang Chen who was sitting in front of the computer strangely.
Cutting to the next song before it finishes is not finished, it doesn't look like you're listening to a song.
"I'm looking for music, music for the next game." Putting down the mouse in his hand and listening to the repertoire style of a game music producer, Yang Chen shook his head slightly.
"Octopath Traveler" is a game, some people think its plot is great, some people think its plot is rubbish; Some people like the combination of retro pixels and modern technology, and even feel amazing for it, and some people think that this kind of picture is nothing good, it is just high-definition mosaic;
But one thing is undeniable, that is, the game soundtrack in "Octopath Traveler" is really fantastic, and it can almost be cleverly integrated with the plot and scenes in the game, giving people a kind of enjoyment.
If Yang Chen in the dream memory of "Octagon Traveler" gave him a score of 8, then at least two points should be added to the soundtrack.
"The soundtrack does matter!" Wang Yaliang nodded.
Although I don't know much about games, I know a little bit about the importance of soundtracks.
For the plot promotion and character building of a game, in addition to the copywriting plot, the soundtrack is one of the most important.
It's not as good as the music in the dream memory, Yang Chen is not worried about this, although the game music in the dream memory is very good, but the music of some games in reality is not lost to it, and it is even more brilliant.
may be different in the details of the music itself, but Yang Chen believes that in terms of feelings, it will be the same in the end.
Of course, the most important of these is to have enough talented musicians to make the soundtrack, and where to find talented musicians? Of course, I found it with money.
Yang Chen doesn't know much about music, but with the comparison in the dream memory, Yang Chen can still judge the good and the bad.
The game and cultural entertainment industry in reality is no worse than the world in the dream memory.