"I'll take a look at the demo of the game you've made tomorrow, and maybe I can give you some advice." Liu Neng said.

Abel was noncommittal, in fact, he was already in a state of semi-abandonment of the game. This change in mentality has actually experienced a lot of handovers between heaven and man, but as long as there is any chance of salvation, he is not willing to give up so easily.

The next day, there was no no-show, and the two of them ran directly to Abel's company, which was actually next door to Riot. Abel was right, the company was almost empty by now.

The so-called company is just a small office. Originally, I rented two rooms that could seat more than 20 people. Now there is only one room left, with a few computer supplies piled on one side and a few people's desks on the other.

The other two didn't come, "I told you yesterday, they are actually part-time and have their own jobs. I go to work during the day and come back here after work to play games. ”

Liu Neng smiled and expressed understanding. Abel turned on the computer and gave him the current demo version to try it out.

A relatively cute sandbox game, the player controls the villain to make various tools, build houses, hunt, and breed animals. Players can explore some of the more dangerous places and encounter some powerful monsters. Players also craft equipment and weapons, and after domesticating animals, they can build their own homes. During the whole experience, the tension is actually very gentle, and there is nothing particularly tense in people's hearts.

About ten minutes later, he launched the game's interface.

Abel asked tentatively, "How does it feel?" ”

"I think there's room for salvation."

Abel smiled bitterly, "You don't actually need to comfort me, I experienced this game myself, the problem is that it's not fun, it's not nervous, it's not exciting, and players don't know why they want to play this game, there is no goal, no purpose, and it can't allow players to establish a long-term game goal, which is already a failed work." ”

"Not necessarily." Liu Neng tried hard to think about the vocabulary to comfort him, but after thinking about it for a long time, he gave up, "Although I don't know how to develop this game, I do think that he has room to save." ”

Liu Neng pulled out a piece of paper from the chaotic table, picked up a pencil, and swished on it, and in less than three minutes, a strange villain appeared on the paper. Then there are torches, campfires, surroundings, trees, grass, flowers, birds, and more.

But the style of painting is really unbearable.,It's probably just a little better than the casual graffiti of elementary school students.。

But the more Abel looked at it, the more he felt that this style of painting was a little more interesting.

One of the biggest problems with primary school students' indiscriminate graffiti is that the proportions and painting style are inconsistent. But after Liu Neng drew this character, the rest of the things were able to be in the same dimension as this villain very harmoniously.

The villain is still a two-headed body, but compared to the Q-style two-headed body in the game, it is too different.

The head is much larger than the body with a very thick line drawing, which is already 1.5 heads to be exact. The coloring of the characters is casually painted with a pencil, which looks a little dirty, and the eyes are even directly painted with small circles, and the exploding mountain-shaped hair and upside-down eyebrows appropriately outline the villain's confused and timid character characteristics.

"You draw this ...... I don't know how to evaluate it, although it seems to be rough and simple, but it can properly express the character of the character. Where did you learn this art style? I never knew you were still an artist. Abel was a little surprised, but he didn't quite understand, can he save this game by drawing this?

"Of course I'm not an artist, I just draw casually, but do you think this style of painting is suitable for your game?" Liu Neng asked.

Able shook his head, "I can't say it, but I think this style of art is quite interesting, but it doesn't seem to be suitable for my game." ”

"That was your game before, so naturally it wasn't suitable." Liu Neng took out a piece of paper again and solemnly wrote the word "theme" on it, "I want to ask, what is the theme of your game?" ”

"The sandbox? I've always believed that sandbox games shouldn't have a fixed theme for them. Abel Dao.

Liu Neng was stunned for a moment, and was suddenly a little confused, "It seems right to say that." ”

He thought for a moment before he thought about how to fight back, "It's true that a sandbox game shouldn't have a fixed theme, it can have more than one theme. If the player doesn't know what to do in the game, you can't erect a target for him, which is deadly. ”

"Yes, that's right, that's what I have a headache right now."

"We can use a way to build tension in the player. In fact, there are many themes in your game, you can build your own home and develop technology; You can explore and fight monsters; But without any sense of urgency, it's hard for players to grab on to these plays quickly. ”

"Means? What do you want to do? Abel asked.

"I think we can define this game as a survival game, and to survive is theoretically the only goal, in the process, you can build, you can fight monsters to get some resources, props, etc., it doesn't matter. The key thing is that these resources and items can help you stay alive and get longer. ”

Abel thoughtfully, "Go on." ”

"The most critical setting is that if you are in the game now, the player will be resurrected when he dies, and the things on his body will not fall. This setting must be changed! ”

"Change it to something on your body, and drop a part of it randomly?" Abel asked.

"No, change it, after death, all the previous efforts are reset, and the player needs to start over. Attributes, items, game progress, previously unlocked technologies, built houses, and domesticated animals will all disappear. If you want to play again, you'll have to start all over again! Liu Neng said categorically.

Abel was stunned, and his face became very strange, "But by doing this, you are expelling the player from the game, and the player will not buy it." ”

"Will buy it! I'm sure. He swore by it.

"I don't believe it, it's not normal!"

"Common sense is meant to be broken, and the other thing is, has there been this type of game before? If you can't find a second game like this, how do you prove that this isn't the right way to play? ”

"I still have reservations about this. But why be so cruel to the player, they didn't offend you. Abel seems to be joking, and he is also trying to straighten out his values.