Zhong Ming sat down in front of the computer of the previous world architect, opened the plot folder, and looked at them one by one.

Tian Yuan sat next to him, and the little girl secretly glanced here from time to time, probably to see how the legendary genius designer worked.

As a result, Zhong Ming sat for an hour, just flipping through various plot documents, and didn't move a word.

Tian Yuan was curious, and wanted to know if Zhong Ming could save this plot, but he didn't dare to ask more.

Zhong Ming is also thinking about this issue.

This world architect is quite capable of writing.

I wrote about 30,000 words just for the basic setting of the worldview.

There are also side story plots of each chapter in the game.,There's also a lot of content.,The whole game is divided into eleven chapters.,The plot stories of the first three chapters have been written.,Each chapter also has a 10,000 or 20,000 words.。

Of course, these 20,000 words are not pure dialogue, and there are also some text descriptions in the game presentation.

For example, if the player controls the character to come to the boss, in addition to the dialogue, there are also some simple plot actions, scene changes, etc., which must also have text descriptions for easy understanding.

The pure dialogue text, with two or three thousand words, is also terrifying.

This includes quest dialogue, puzzle content, item descriptions, monster lines......

Especially the plot content, there are indeed a lot.

Zhong Ming looked at it, the plot is well written, and it is a good story out of the game.

But the problem is, the amount of text is too much, right?

Moreover, the later chapters are the closing stages of the plot, with many tasks and props, so you may have to run for 30,000 words.

According to this calculation, Zhong Ming has to write nearly 200,000 words!

Write 200,000 words in a month.

That must be impossible......

Even if Zhong Ming could burst his liver and write it, he wouldn't do such a thing, he would be full of food!

It's no wonder that no one took over the mess of the plot, so they didn't say whether they wanted to or not, and most people had to be scared off when they saw this structure.

Zhong Ming looked at the game's plot planning outline and fell into deep thought.

After a while, Wu Minghao came.

"How's it going, do you have a clue? I ordered takeout for everyone, let's eat first, and rest and rest. ”

Wu Minghao is also very concerned about the plot, after all, this is directly related to whether the game can be launched smoothly as scheduled.

Zhong Ming was silent for a moment: "It's hopeless, let's overturn and redo it." ”

"Huh??"

Wu Minghao was stunned at that time, and Tian Yuan next to him was also stunned!

Overturn the redo? Are you serious???

Wu Minghao hurriedly pulled a chair from the side and sat down, and persuaded: "Don't worry, don't worry, you can take a look again, there is really no way to save it, let's think about overturning the re-doing......

He panicked.

Indeed, this mess is not easy to clean up, and the big pit is not easy to fill, Wu Minghao knows it very well.

According to the previous plan of the world architect, the plot text of the entire game will probably reach about 300,000 words, and now it has been completed less than 100,000 words, and there is a big hole of nearly 200,000 words.

In a month, it is really difficult to fill in the big hole of 200,000 words.

However, you can't throw away the 100,000 words in front of you......

Seeing this situation, the idea of ordinary people must be to make good use of the first 100,000 words as much as possible, after all, the big framework has been built, and the plot of the previous chapter has been completed, and now it's thrown away, isn't that a blood loss?

Zhong Ming explained: "It's not that I want to be lazy...... Uh, well, I guess laziness is actually one of the reasons, but not the main reason. The point is, writing the plot like this is thankless and not interesting. ”

"Uh...... Then what do you mean......" Wu Minghao hesitated.

"Only the original world view setting is retained, and everything else is rewritten. However, the amount of text needs to be compressed a lot, and a plot text of 300,000 words is enough to compress to 50,000. ”

Zhong Ming's opening directly cut 300,000 into 50,000.

Tian Yuan couldn't help but say, "Fifty thousand...... Fifty thousand, a little less......"

Originally, she couldn't help but interject, but this time she really couldn't help it.

After all, 300,000 to 50,000 is really a bit too much......

Pure synopsis? It's dry, and readers don't like to read it.

But if you do it according to the previous way of writing, 300,000 is compressed to 50,000, which is basically impossible.

"Oh, by the way, and there's a little bit of gameplay change. I played it just now.,I feel like this difficulty is a little too low.,It is recommended that the damage value of the monster be increased by two notches.。 Zhong Ming said.

Wu Minghao was stunned again.

What is this for?

"Uh, does the damage value of the monster have anything to do with the plot......" Wu Minghao couldn't help but ask.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Of course there is, this, I'll make a detailed revision suggestion when I go back, you can take a look." ”

Wu Minghao and Zhong Ming chatted while eating, and the more they talked, the more empty Wu Minghao felt.

I can't understand what Zhong Ming is going to do!

Of course, Zhong Ming hasn't had time to explain to him yet, after all, such a big change is not clear in a hurry. But Zhong Ming said two points, one is to compress the text, and the other is to increase the difficulty of the game, both of which make Wu Minghao a little weak.

Instinctively feel ...... Not so reliable!

Of course, Wu Minghao didn't directly refuse, just waiting for the first chapter of Zhong Ming's rewritten plot to come out.

Moreover, the agreement has been signed, before Wu Minghao patted his chest and promised that the plot would be handed over to Zhong Ming, you can change it casually, and now it is not easy to change the hexagram, so you can only toss it by Zhong Ming.

……

The next day, Zhong Ming began to write the plot of "Fantasy Domain".

The big framework of the plot hasn't been modified too much, after all, the previous degree of completion has been very high, and the key is that these plots are designed to the game content, and the impact of rash changes is too great.

For example, some plots stipulate the types and characteristics of the monsters in the chapter, and if they are changed, the monsters in the game must also be changed, so that a change involves too much.

Therefore, Zhong Ming is just recreating under the original framework.

After eating so many literary fruits, Zhong Ming's plot ability has obviously improved a lot, and he writes quickly.

While writing the plot of "Fantasy Domain", Zhong Ming also took time to explain the specific design of "Ink and Smoke" to Brother Dahui and Zhou Sen, and the development work here is also going on as scheduled.

If the development of both studios goes well, then "Fantasy Domain" will be released in about a month, and "Ink and Smoke" will be more than two months later.

When you get to the end of the year, you can start thinking about moving the studio to the nest, and by the way, hire more people to develop some bigger games.

……

Wednesday afternoon.

According to the previous agreement, every Wednesday and Saturday, Zhong Ming will go to Fantasy Time Studio, mainly to communicate some issues face-to-face.

"The plot of the first chapter has been completed, the text is being uploaded, you can update the client, and you can go to the game to see it." Not long after Zhong Ming sat down at his workstation, he sent a message in the group to inform everyone.

The completion of the game of "Fantasy Domain" is close to eighty, and the previous chapters have basically been decided and will not be greatly changed.

Now Zhong Ming has finished changing the plot of the first chapter, re-uploading it, and configured various plot dialogues, task texts, and prop descriptions, etc., the completion of the first chapter has reached 100%, and you can directly enter the game experience.

Wu Minghao didn't say a word, he updated the game first and ran in.

After running the plot of the first chapter, Wu Minghao was confused.

What's the situation???

I don't have any special feelings, I just feel that the previous big plots are all gone!

Originally, the NPCs in it seemed to be a little talkative, and when they took the task, they couldn't wait to tell all the stories related to the task, but now it's okay, one by one, they have become a cold fan, and the words are ominous, and the feeling of wanting to speak and stopping makes Wu Minghao want to hit someone.

Moreover, after running it all over, Wu Minghao felt that the plot of the first chapter didn't seem to be clear!

It stands to reason that each chapter is a mini-plot.

There is a connection between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, but it is basically a new area, and there is not much connection.

But now, some of the holes dug in the first chapter have not been filled at all!

For example, there is a task in the first chapter, which is that the protagonist comes to a village, and there is a couple in the village, who are secretly attacking passers-by and nearby villagers to eat, on the surface, it is not visible, but in fact, the villagers will slowly decrease as the plot progresses.

At this time, according to the original plot design, the protagonist will find out that something is wrong by himself, and trigger some other tasks to slowly peel off the couple's disguise, and finally fight into the cellar where the two of them are hiding, and find evidence of their cannibalism......

But in the plot after Zhong Ming's revision, all these tasks have been cut, and there is no one left!

Couples in the village will still eat people, and the number of villagers will still slowly decrease, but there will no longer be any related quest prompts.

The entrance to the cellar is very hidden, and without the guidance of the mission, the player can only enter the cellar by deducing the location of the cellar through item descriptions and other villagers' words, and groping around the map.

And entered, directly faced a side boss battle.

Before changing the plot, players are mentally prepared to buy various supplies, repair equipment, and so on before entering. But after changing the plot, players are likely to think that they are just in a new scene, and they will never think that they may encounter a boss, and they will definitely be confused!

In short, the narrative is fragmented, and the difficulty has risen!

Outside of the first time, there are some holes that have not been filled at all!

For example, according to the original plot, this cannibalistic couple is actually controlled by a character in the second chapter, which is a foreshadowing for the boss battle in the second chapter. After defeating the couple, it can be analyzed through some information that the boss in the second chapter has a special thirst for blood, and the quest will guide the player to collect some blood as a prop to deal with the boss.

But this task was also cut!

Instead, the player searches through the cave and can find a scribbled notebook, which will reveal some information about the chapter 2 boss. However, it will not trigger quests, nor will it lead the player to collect blood, it is up to the player.

But the boss of the second level is still a relatively difficult threshold, and it is very difficult to fight without blood.

There are quite a few more similar changes, but all in all, the amount of text has really dropped!

In the past, Wu Minghao felt that the dialogue of the game was a bit too long, and he was worried that players would be too lazy to watch it, but now don't worry, whether players can realize the plot of this game is hard to say!

Wu Minghao was a little stunned and looked at Zhong Ming: "This ...... Will it work? That's a bit too much! And if you change it this way, one of the highlights of the game will not exist......"

Wu Minghao panicked.

Emotionally speaking, of course he trusts Zhong Ming, but no matter how much he trusts, there is a degree.

Zhong Ming's current change made him a little unacceptable, because one of the selling points of "Fantasy Domain" was the plot, and as a result, Zhong Ming clicked and directly cut off three-quarters of it, and the originally smooth plot became stumbling and secretive, which must be a regression in terms of player experience!

Moreover, some of these changes have affected the gameplay of the game itself.

Some bosses are easy to beat if they have special props, and these special props used to guide players to obtain them, but now they are not, all of them are hidden in some clues, it may be NPC dialogue, it may be a description of the props, and players may not be able to see it.

Although Zhong Ming marked these key information in red, it ...... Don't overestimate the IQ of the players, sometimes the IQ of the players drops, and the drop is shocking.

Zhong Ming smiled: "I know what you think, you see the players as too vulnerable, you have to trust the players." ”

Wu Minghao complained: "It's difficult! ”

Zhong Ming explained: "You have to be clear that the player group that Fantasy Domain is facing is not bracelet players, and that group of people will not know about this game at all. You're going to be dealing with indie gamers, which are completely different species from the average bracelet player. ”

The reason why Wu Minghao set the difficulty of the game very low is mainly because of the inertial thinking when making bracelet games.

In the world of bracelet games, an iron rule of designers is to "imagine the player's IQ as low as possible".

To put it simply, imagine that the players of your game are a group of elementary school students, assuming that they can't read any of the guiding texts at all, and they can't understand certain gameplay.

If the content of the guide is made to the extreme, to the extent that even elementary school students can understand it without barriers, then it will be considered a success.

Therefore, many players are complaining that the novice guide of the bracelet game is too mentally retarded! How stupid do players need to bootstrap this kind of low-level content?

But in reality, there are a number of players who need this kind of guidance......

The bracelet game is faced with a group of very impatient players, so it is necessary to give them a good enough guide to keep them playing, rather than running away because they don't understand the game.

However, now that Wu Minghao's role has been switched, what he is doing now is not a bracelet game, but an indie game!

These two groups of players are quite different.

The previous kind of plot, in Zhong Ming's opinion, is not bad, but it is not good.

At the very least, it's hard to impress these indie gamers with any lasting impressions, but it can annoy them.

The plot is bloated and verbose.

Too much guidance also makes people tired.

Therefore, Zhong Ming simply slashed with a big cut, the player is comfortable, and Zhong Ming himself is also comfortable, because he can type the keyboard many times less.

The original cramming plot may cause disgust among players and dissuade many people who are impatient to watch the plot.

Now, the plot is broken into countless small pieces, which is a kind of liberation for those players who don't want to watch the plot, and those who are interested in the plot will be stimulated to explore, killing two birds with one stone.

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