Chapter 288: Warcraft and the Map Editor
After agreeing on the time, in the restaurant of Nebula Games, Yang Chen met Steven.
Unlike the rumors in the industry that Steve was very arrogant, as soon as he saw Yang Chen, the other party gave him a warm hug.
"It's a great environment, and it reminds me of what it was like when we first started our power storm, which was in a rented office building, where not only we but also employees from other companies were brainstorming and brainstorming every day, and we had new ideas almost every day." Taking off his hat, his smooth head looked very strong, Steven looked around the Nebula Games and said in admiration.
Yang Chen's hand holding the coffee suddenly paused, although it sounded like he was praising him, but how did this make him so awkward when it came to his ears?
"The Elder Scrolls OnlineSkyrim is such a game, and the freedom and the structure of the missions, including the structure of the story, make me feel like one of them."
"Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain is also impressive, and the long cutscenes are simply shocking, especially the long shots that use depth of field lenses and scene scheduling to shoot continuously, which is really fantastic."
To Yang Chen's surprise, the other party was also very enthusiastic, and it was a set of commercial boasting as soon as it came up.
"The performance of Epic Continent is also quite good, and the in-depth exploration of each character in the game also gave me a lot of inspiration." The courtesies were exchanged, and Yang Chen immediately replied.
"Actually, I wanted to meet you when Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain was released." Steven followed Yang Chen and said: "Originally, I thought that last year's Game of the Year should be the solo performance of "Epic Continent", but I have to say that "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" really gave me a lot of surprises. ”
"Of course, it also includes the performance mode of the plot in "Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain", which allowed me to overturn "Epic Continent 2" in development, and I am also very happy, because the appearance of "Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain" proves that Yang You are really an excellent game maker, so that I can look forward to our future encounters, but it is a little regrettable that we may not be able to play each other this year."
Originally, Yang Chen thought that the industry's rumors about Steven might be a little biased, but now when he heard the other party's words, he suddenly understood that the rumors were not unreasonable.
But how does this sound so déjà vu?
The Three Kingdoms boiled wine on heroes, and the heroes of the world were the kings and the ears?
I'm not Liu Bei!
Listening to Steven's words, Yang Chen thought a little absent-mindedly.
After a day of visiting Nebula Games, Steven fulfilled his wish and left happily.
"He came all the way to China just to blow a wave with you?" After filling the bowl of steel eggs with dog food at night, Wang Yaliang was a little stunned when he heard Yang Chen talk about what happened in the Nebula game today.
"It should be." Yang Chen was also a little confused about what kind of idea Steven had, at first he heard Steven want to come and talk to him, he thought it would be Power Storm who wanted to cooperate with them.
But then he realized, and it was entirely his thoughts, that it was Steven's personal visit, and as he said, it was really just a conversation.
"But the other party is indeed a very good game maker." Yang Chen threw the dishes and chopsticks on the table into the automatic dishwasher next to him, and pressed the button towards Wang Yaliang.
After chatting with Steven for a day about the experience of game production, Yang Chen had to say that the other party was indeed a genius, and a lot of understanding of game production made Yang Chen gain a lot.
Although they talked a lot, Yang Chen was more about the content of his dream memory, otherwise Yang Chen would still be a lot behind Steven by his own ability.
"Warcraft? What's next? Looking at the unsaved documents on Yang Chen's computer, Wang Yaliang asked with some curiosity.
"Hmm." Wiped the washed dishes and chopsticks again and put them in the sterilizer, and by the way, in the expectant eyes of the steel egg, picked up the small bowl that had been cleaned and washed it with water, and returned it with a trace of water stains in its bewildered gaze.
Sticking out his tongue and gently licking the water on the bowl, the steel egg let out a whimper, and the residual taste of dog food was gone.
While the steel egg was remembering the taste of dog food, Wang Yaliang was holding Yang Chen's laptop and watching the GDD about "Warcraft".
"RTS type of games? Same as Red Alert? ”
Sitting on the sofa, Yang Chen leaned his head next to Wang Yaliang: "No, this will be a game that is biased towards competition, and "Red Alert" is biased towards entertainment. ”
"And in this game, the core gameplay is not just RTS." Yang Chen thought of something and said with a smile.
A game that has been on sale for more than ten years, even if there are piracy reasons, still has hundreds of thousands of players around the world after more than ten years, especially during this period when the official has suspended the update of the game content.
It's absolutely unimaginable, but Warcraft 3 is a game that does it in a dream memory.
In the case of graphics, physics engine, everything is very backward, it can still maintain its vitality, and even become a tool for some platforms to eat bad money, and there are people who are willing to pay for it.
In addition to the emotional factor, what is more important is the game itself, and its great invention map editor.
Let the map maker use the map editor to make various mini-games, which can be RPG type maps, tower defense type games, battle games, and even be able to play simulation cultivation in it, FPS, only can't think of it.
"Sounds a bit similar to The Elder Scrolls Skyrim's modding tools?"
Listening to Yang Chen's introduction, Wang Yaliang said with some curiosity.
Although Yang Chen said yes, unlike having a dream memory, she could only use the existing ones to associate without a detailed concept.
Coughing lightly, Yang Chen shook his head: "That's different, because of the game itself, in fact, the mod tool of The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim is a little more complicated. ”
In fact, for the mod development tool of "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim", Yang Chen initially hoped that it would be like the map editor in "Warcraft", so that modders could give full play to their abilities and even change the game.
But reality proves one thing, in the face of this kind of mod tool that is very powerful, but changes the modeling aspect more, they are more inclined to make mods about Nako.
Although there are also many big guys who change the content of the game, because of the large and complex nature of the game, and the fact that mod makers usually generate electricity with love, even if Nebula Games will vote in the mod community for players to choose their favorite mods, and then officially give bonus support.
But for those who have the ability to make mods, it is obviously still a bit insufficient, so at present, according to incomplete statistics, there are probably more than 100,000 mods in the world in The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, and there are more than 40,000 mods included in the official mod community.
More of them are mods that belong to the kind of appearance that allow players to clearly see Naiko.
Yang Chen was also a little helpless about this, but after thinking about it, Yang Chen was relieved, who in this world could refuse a big and white bun?