Chapter 5: NPCs Are Alive!
At 08:00, all the members of the game development team pulled down the electric switch together, and at the moment when the electric switch fell and was powered on, all the servers in the huge room were lit up, and their game "Unknown World" was officially launched for testing.
Five years ago, the game planner posted a post on a game forum about his vision of the game.
At that time, the game operator was also playing that game, and after seeing this post on the forum, he immediately became interested in the game described in the post. The content of the post reads:
Today I turned on my computer, logged in to the game as usual, and looked at the familiar game screen, and I suddenly realized that the game had become a burden for me, and it was like an invisible mountain pressing on me.
I play games for pleasure, to pass the boring time in my free time, not to brush up on endless copies, and to do boring activities one after another.
I think some people will say, you can not do it.
I just want to laugh about that. Can the current game do anything other than farm dungeons? How do you become strong without doing activities? I'm just an ordinary player with a salary of 3,500 yuan a month.
I can't afford to spend hundreds of items in the game store, and I only rely on the activities of the cheating dad every month to enhance my strength, barely keeping up with the game version.
How I wish there was a game with no main quest, no fixed plot, no recharge store, and complete freedom.
NPCs are alive, sentient, and able to converse with the player. Just like a player, they can develop a relationship with you and have a story with you.
The only plot of the game is your adventures in the game, and every decision and action will affect the future development.
If I were asked to do the planning, I would set the story in another world, and the player would take on the role of someone who has traveled to another world. The NPCs in the game will be hostile to players from other worlds, and players need to hide their identities to develop themselves and strengthen themselves.
Even if you don't have friends to play with, you can enjoy the fun of being a lone wolf alone.
Players can also occupy countries, or develop their own forces to build nations. Life players who don't like fighting can also play farming, and thrilling and adventurous players can explore the ruins and enjoy the thrill of getting rich overnight.
The game has no mall and recharge, no dungeons and cheating activities, all resources are produced in the wild, the career system is free, and players can develop freely.
There is not much content in the post, and there is no sense of picture, and there are many views and few comments. Maybe it's the same dissatisfaction with the game.,Game management thinks the game described in the post is pretty good.。
After reading the post, immediately share the post with a friend who knows how to program. And asked his friend: "Look, can the description in the post be realized?" ”
A friend who knew how to program, that is, the person who was later in charge of the development of the game program, was also attracted after watching it. At that time, he replied to the game operation: "It's difficult, and it's big. ”
"Does that mean you can do it?" Game Operations.
"Forehead ......"
"Then let's try it."
"Forehead ......"
"I'll leave a message to the author of the post now, and I'll get to work when I reach him."
"Okay. But don't get your hopes up, according to what the post said, NPCs are all alive, and that requires tens of thousands of AI chips, and they are all high-end chips. That's not cheap. ”
"Money doesn't matter." After simply replying to his friend, he left his contact information under that post and said, "Let's make it happen!" ”
In the game world, three men and one woman slowly walked out of the woods, they stood on the opposite side of the cave, and the woman looked at the cave and said, "The goblins should all be in the cave." ”
The woman was wearing a light blue dress, a black peaked sunshade hat on her head, silver earrings on her ears, a gold necklace around her neck, and a short 12-centimeter wand with a light red gem set at the tip of the wand in her right hand. On the middle finger of the other hand is a ring set with the same gemstone.
"Judging from the two goblins that ran out, the level of the goblins in the cave will not be low, this trip is not easy." The man who spoke was covered in light armor and had a sword pinned to his waist.
Two other men, one in leather armor, held a bow in his hand, and a quiver on his back and waist. One was dressed in a taupe cloth coat with a red cross around his neck.
The four of them walked to the entrance of the cave, there were four goblins three or four meters away from the entrance of the cave, and there were eight more about two or three meters inside, all of which were Lv5 level, and all of them were sleeping.
The sword-wielding man was silent, thinking about what to do.
"How about I use an arrow to get rid of a few of the cave's mouths first?" The man with the bow said.
"I agree." The man with the red cross badge around his neck agreed, and from the cross around his neck, it was not difficult to see his priesthood.
The sword-wielding man thought for a moment and said, "Randy, what do you think?" ”
Randy, the only woman of the four, is a magician by profession and is in a relationship with the sword-wielding man Ao.
Randy's voice was gentle, "I'm okay with that. ”
"Okay, then let's get rid of this one first." After speaking, he looked at the magician Randy: "Give Lyons a buff." ”
Lyons is the name of the archer, and with his attack power, it is almost impossible to kill a level 5 goblin with one arrow.
"Low-level strength enhancement Lv3." Randy pointed his wand at Lyons, chanting a magic spell in his mouth. A pale yellow magic circle is drawn out of thin air on the front of the wand, and after two seconds, the spell is chanted and the magic circle is completed. After the magic array was formed, it flew directly towards Lyons, and disappeared instantly after touching Lyons's body, and a light yellow light flashed on his body.
After the magic was released, he pointed the wand in his hand at the quiver on Lyons' back: "Sharpening Lv2." A light blue magic array appeared out of thin air, and after flying the quiver, blue light flashed on the quiver.
Low-level Strength Enhancement: Strengthens the target so that it is strengthened. Lv3: Strength +60, effect duration 75s.
Sharpening: Sharpens weapons and increases their attack power. Gain +60 damage for 45 seconds.
Strengthened Lyons, he felt a steady stream of power pouring out of his body. Raise your right hand, pull an arrow from the quiver on your back and place it on the bowstring.
Aim the tip of the arrow at a goblin's head, let go of your right finger, and the bowstring instantly pushes the arrow out.
The arrow is shot at the goblin's head, and the red -2221.55 appears from the goblin's body, killing the goblin instantly.
The right hand takes out an arrow from the quiver again, puts it on the bowstring, pulls the bow to aim, and then releases the hand to fire.
After all 12 goblins were eliminated, Randy held his wand high above his head in his right hand and whispered a magic spell in his mouth. The green magic circle is slowly drawn at the top of the wand, and after 10 seconds, the spell is chanted and the magic circle is drawn.
"Perception Lv1" pointed his wand at the cave, and the formed magic circle instantly shrank, flying into the cave in the blink of an eye.
After three or four seconds, Randy looked solemn.
Perception Lv1: Indicates the number and level of enemies within a certain range. Channel time: 10 seconds, cooldown 120 seconds, MP cost 285 points.