In April, all the way to the haze, the warbler flies and the grass grows.

The warm spring sun shines on the body, making people exude a warmth from the depths of their hearts, and the limbs and bones seem to be full of strength.

On the last day of spring break, Jiang Yu went out in the morning light, carrying a little tiredness that could not be erased, as well as fine floating dust in the air.

After boarding the tram at the nearest station and taking out his mobile phone to confirm the time, Jiang Yu looked at the blurred figure on the glass behind him and tidied up his clothes a little.

He was invited to go out today, to the company whose name he had never actually met since he came into this world.

"Jianghe Software".

……

After confirming his identity at the front desk, Jiang Yu took the elevator under the guidance of the staff and went straight to the top floor. After stepping out of the elevator, with the visitor's sign on his chest, Jiang Yu walked down the slightly lonely and empty corridor to the deepest door.

After hearing a familiar "please come in" from inside, Jiang Yu took a deep breath and pushed open the heavy solid wood door.

The soft lighting and early morning sunlight illuminated the entire office, and the figure who had not seen each other for a long time, whether it was the predecessor or himself, was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at this side with a smile.

The sunlight leaked out a little behind him, as if his whole person was plated with a layer of brilliance, Jiang Yu looked at this figure that was the same as in his memory, and his lips twitched a few times, wanting to say something.

But before Jiang Yu could speak, the other party had already spoken.

Jiang He looked at his son, who had not seen him for a long time, with a faint relief in his eyes, and said calmly: "You are here." ”

Jiang Yu exhaled lightly, his body was no longer tense, he nodded, and responded calmly: "I'm here." ”

Jiang He walked towards Jiang Yu, naturally put his arm around his son's shoulder, pulled him to the sofa for the guests and sat down, pointed to the laptop on the glass table in front of him, and said seriously and seriously: "Then let's talk about this plan." ”

Jiang Yu nodded, looked at his father, who was completely different from the one on the phone, with a little strange emotion in his heart, closed his eyes slightly, and then opened them again, the expression on his face was a little confident and awe-inspiring, and said, "Of course." ”

He's here today because he wrote the "Dark Souls" proposal yesterday

Jiang He changed his casual posture, clicked on the plan document on the desktop with his mouse, and said: "However, before the question session, let me confirm that Xiao Yu, you took out this 'plan' to show me that it is for me to set up the project, not to find fault or point you out, right?" ”

Jiang Yu pursed his lips and didn't speak, just nodded seriously.

"I see." Jiang He also nodded, and his tone became serious and serious again, "Let's talk about the creative part first, the 'suffering' you emphasized in the article should mean high difficulty, and the mechanics that players interacted with before were also more interesting, and the background and deliberately fragmented and puzzled related information also made players feel refreshed with a sense ......of immersion and exploration."

Jiang Yu held his breath and didn't speak, according to common sense, there will be a turning point soon.

Sure enough, after praising the merits of this plan, Jiang He changed his words: "However, as far as your project itself is concerned, it is very bad." ”

Very bad?

Jiang Yu didn't expect that the problem at the beginning was actually here, and the whole person was completely stunned.

Jiang He turned his gaze to the laptop screen and continued to talk: "You need to understand the difference between business planning and general planning first, the gap between them is huge, just like galgame and RPG. ”

"When you write a general project, you can fill in the content as much as you want, even if it is to write a historical background of 5,000 years, it doesn't matter, anyway, it's just for ordinary people. However, when writing a business plan and showing it to manufacturers, you need to understand the three most critical elements of the plan that needs to be recognized by professionals. ”

"Concept, object, benefit."

"A good business case needs to emphasize these three elements as concisely and clearly as possible."

"The so-called 'concept', to interpret it, is 'what is a fun game'. You consciously embodied this, but it was not clear and concise enough to distill a precise keyword. Ah, of course, 'suffering' may be one, but it's more of your own term, and it's hard for others to understand. ”

"And the 'object' is naturally the group for which the game is oriented. Generally speaking, it can be summarized by labels such as 'national and high school boys', but in order to target specific consumer groups, more explicit words such as 'certain generation', 'light readership', and 'animation fan group' are usually used. ”

"As for the final 'benefit', usually, this is actually the main reason why a business plan can not be passed. What will players gain from this game? What wishes are fulfilled? What sense of accomplishment do you get? As a planner, you need to clearly understand the main needs of your audience and be able to satisfy or stimulate their conscious or latent desires. ”

"Ah, by the way. You didn't deny that this is a 'proposal', so I'll only look at it from the perspective of a proposal. However, in fact, this document is more like a set of settings than a proposal book, with sketches of characters and maps, as well as detailed level settings, points and thresholds, character biographies, etc., which are actually unnecessary for a project book. ”

"Maybe it's because of yourself...... The author's experience itself. Speaking of this, Jiang He subconsciously glanced at his son, and the meaning in his eyes was a little complicated, "When you write a business plan, you subconsciously want to write more detailed." ”

"But this is also written and that is written, and in the end it becomes a hodgepodge of proposals, except for exposing the creator's lack of confidence in the most important ideas, it will have no other effect, and it will even make people think that you are a layman."

"Hmm...... But you're a layman, and I didn't say anything about it at the end! ”

After saying a lot of words in one breath, Jiang He smiled and looked at Jiang Yu, who pursed his lips tightly and looked entangled, and a strange pleasure rose in his heart.

He saw his fledgling self in his son.

Some nostalgia, some emotion, but more of it, it is the kind of psychology that as a person who has come over, I can't wait to give advice. And after this object became a son who gradually couldn't win in various games a few years ago, it was inevitable that he would have a bit of a nervous mentality.

Jiang Yu didn't have the energy to pay attention to Jiang He's expression, it was better to say that his mind was completely occupied by the words "plan book" and "setting set" now.

It turns out that I thought I had been writing a proposal all along, but in the end, I was working hard to produce a set of ideas? But it's no wonder, after all, I was in the last world, how could I possibly find any game project, and the great thing is to pay for it when the official setting set is launched.

But Akasaka Zhuyin's plan ...... Ah, yes! That person has been appointed as a producer and planner by the manufacturer, so what is written naturally only needs to be understood by the same kind of creators, and it is difficult to see it with excitement.

After thinking about the various reasons, Jiang Yu calmed down, turned his head to look at his father, and asked seriously, "I understand." But I still want to ask, do you find this game interesting? Do you have a desire to make it? Desire to build such a world from nothing? ”

"Interesting." Jiang He replied without hesitation, "So I was just pointing out the shortcomings of this proposal, thanks to your detailed description of the world view and setting, I already have a deep understanding of the world you have created." ”

Speaking of this, Jiang He paused, as if organizing words, and then continued: "Whether from the perspective of the player or the producer, this is undoubtedly an interesting but uncertain project, but when I think of where I can block the players, I am even more interested, and I almost want to make it immediately!" ”

The apprehension and worry in Jiang Yu's eyes disappeared, he looked at his father, laughed, and secretly said that the creature of the producer is really carved out of a mold: "So, I'll go back and rewrite the project, if you think it's okay, Dad, how about taking it to your company's game department to officially set up the project?" However, I won't be dictating to the production process, but at least I would like to have some level of supervision. ”

"Supervision?" Jiang He raised his eyebrows, looked at Jiang Yu, who seemed to be sure that he would definitely agree, with a playful expression, "This thing is not easy to give out." Even if I agree, stinky boy, you are a rookie, can you command that group of arrogant professionals? ”

"Professionals...... Yes. Hearing this word again, Jiang Yu sighed slightly, "Don't worry about this, I just don't want this project to become a mediocre or even clumsy work, it must be the kind of super masterpiece that is enough for players and fans to be able to praise a 'masterpiece' after ten or twenty years!" ”

Looking at Jiang Yu, who insisted on it, looked absolutely like this, and didn't look back after breaking through the south wall, Jiang He smiled, shook his head and said, "You kid is really ...... Well, I'll consider it when you can come up with a proposal that convinces everyone on the production team. ”

Selfishly, Jiang Ha would love to make this game. But as the president of a company, he also knows that insisting on going his own way is the way to die.

Because it's not an obvious project that can be successful.

Regardless of the existence of creating an IP from scratch, the extremely high probability of failure is "sex", let's just say that the Black Souls series of the last world also had a good response to the previous work "Demon Souls", so there was a "Dark Souls" series and Miyazaki Hidetaka who accumulated and jumped to the altar in one breath.

However, thinking of a difficult iron game that also came from the hands of Hidetaka Miyazaki, thinking of the reputation of that game that started low and went high, and the sentence that came out of nowhere and finally carried forward in the post bar, "Hidetaka Miyazaki, fell off the altar", Jiang Yu couldn't help but feel the urge to laugh.

Ahem, let's get down to business.

In this world, there has never been a game with elements such as "high difficulty" and "death punishment" as selling points, and the hardcore is to the extreme.

Generally speaking, trying to broaden the audience as much as possible is what a game manufacturer should do. A wide audience represents higher sales and an increase in the popularity of the manufacturer itself. Even with the rest of its works, there are better sales channels.

However, "Dark Souls" is in essence, as if it is saying that it is different from those bewitching sluts outside, and directly rejects those players who "operate" at the level of publicity and novice teaching, even if it is a player with considerable experience in action games, if you rely on your skills to "mess up", it is easy to be beaten to death by a group of mobs, or fall into the producer's loving trap and die on the spot.

At least until they master tumbling and bounce, and even more advanced Kamenka elevators. After all, compared to the weak fire and weak thunder who are busy smearing pine resin, it is really a better solution for weak doors and weak elevators and weak backstabs.

Jiang Yu was not surprised, and nodded in response: "That's it." But I'd be grateful if you could show me the underlying code at that time. ”

Jiang He looked at Jiang Yu with some surprise and asked curiously, "Are you still interested in these now?" ”

"Should I say I'm interested?" Jiang Yu's tone was a little strange, "It's not so much that I'm interested in code, it's more like something like an obsession or habit, right?" ”

Jiang He naturally didn't understand the hidden meaning of Jiang Yu's words, but he didn't plan to delve into it. To be honest, this plan that his son showed him...... Let's call it a plan, it's really refreshing for him.

Thinking of this, Jiang He couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Yu, are you interested in taking a look at one of the company's recent game projects?" ”

Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows, thinking of some news he saw last year, and said in surprise: "That VR game? Can I go see it too? ”

Jiang He smiled, naturally not explaining that the project team had completely stopped working recently, because it was impossible to launch that game until the basic equipment and network transmission speed became widespread. He just waved his hand at Jiang Yu, motioned to follow, and then walked to the elevator by himself.

Jiang Yu hurriedly followed, and then the two took the elevator to a certain floor in the middle, and as soon as they walked out, they went through a strict security check before being allowed to enter by the security personnel.

However, after walking a few steps, a white "colored" mechanical gate similar to that that can only be seen in science fiction movies appeared in front of him, and after swiping the card and double verification of the iris, Jiang Yu followed his father through the corridor that was not too long, and came to a wide space.

In the center is a huge centralized server, and the lights are flashing on and off. There is a platform built on top of the server that occupies an area of equal area, and it is not clear what it does. Directly in front of it is a large screen, below which is a row of computers, and the room is also dotted with computers on the left and right sides.

Jiang Yu looked at this space with a great sense of science fiction and was a little stunned. And at this moment, with a slight sound of electricity, the platform above the central server suddenly lit up, projecting something that made Jiang Yu directly turn from stunned to frightened.

It was a giant rock and steel castle floating in mid-air.

The projected 3D model is lifelike, and the solemnity and solemnity that is very similar to this steel floating city are on your face.

But Jiang Yu could only feel frightened.

He stared at the steel floating city in front of him, and whispered in a difficult tone, "Ain...... Grande? Why...... Over here? ”

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