"Fantasy Domain", under the spread of enthusiastic players, began to spread rapidly!

First, Tang Ying and other big anchors tried it out, and the show worked very well, and then it began to spread rapidly among independent gamers!

Moreover, what Wu Minghao didn't expect was that the plot design of "Fantasy Domain" was highly praised!

The quality of Fantasy Realm itself is excellent, and at the same time, its features are also very prominent.

This kind of difficult game spreads very well!

Especially after several big anchors were abused to death, many fans also fell into the pit out of curiosity and competitiveness.

In the process of going deep into the game, in addition to the hardcore difficulty, unique art style, and perfect world view planning, the way the plot is told has also become a very attractive shining point!

For many players who are new to this game, the plot is not felt at first, or the plot is very little.

After entering the game, after a simple initial guidance, there is basically no limit to where you like to go.

In the first chapter, there are more than a dozen different side-scrolling scenes, and these scenes are distributed at different entrances, and the difficulty of the monsters is also different, and the degree of freedom is very high.

Players feel free and don't have to be bound by the plot at all, and those who are bent on advancing the game don't have to be confined to the framework of the story.

However, as the game experience deepens, these players will find that the story is actually everywhere!

A pool of blood was found on the ground, and there was a plot;

Picking up books in the cellar, there is a plot;

Get a prop and have a story;

Repeatedly talk to a certain villager, and there is also a plot!

These plots are very scattered, it may be one sentence, it may be twenty or thirty words; Half of it may be useless and half useful; Or possibly, some kind of metaphor, or implication.

However, these plots are basically useful, and if you dig closely, they all hint at a certain piece of the game.

As long as you follow the plot exploration, you will inevitably find hidden elements in the game, whether it is a hidden scene, or a hidden side quest, or just a truth that has been sealed in the dust......

For example, in the first chapter of the cannibal couple, many players may find some clues, such as why the villagers disappeared mysteriously, why some children were kidnapped, and why there were mysterious blood stains on the ground outside the village......

If the player ignores all of this, it is likely that there will be a very embarrassing situation where they have picked up a task from a villager, but when they complete the task, they come back and see that the villager is missing! Naturally, the task cannot be handed in again.

If the battle in the cellar is triggered before then, those villagers will survive and get more quest rewards in the future.

This fragmented plot design greatly stimulates the player's desire to explore, as if everyone is transformed into a great detective, searching for various clues in the game, and never tired of it.

What's even more lacking is that some of the stories in the game are not fully told at all!

For example, in Chapter 4, there is a very powerful boss, a strange man in a black cloak, who will indiscriminately attack all passers-by wearing heavy armor, whether it is a player, a monster or an NPC, as long as he appears in the scene wearing heavy armor, he will be attacked indiscriminately.

The player can choose to avoid him by simply changing their clothes; You can also choose to kill him in the early stage and get the good rewards.

During combat, he lets out a wild, shrill laugh and sometimes cries out loud, and his attacks change between crying and laughing.

After defeating him, one token will be obtained, and in chapter six, after defeating the soul of a beautiful woman, another token can be obtained in the woman's tomb.

The two tokens look like the same style, and each other's names are engraved on them. Could it be that this beautiful woman was killed by a gangster or monster in heavy armor, which caused the strange man to go crazy and attack all passers-by in heavy armor indiscriminately?

What kind of story has happened between them?

There are no conclusions, only hints. There are a lot of props in the game, and each prop has an ominous description, revealing a little bit of unknown secrets to the player, as for the hidden truth behind it...... It's up to the player to make up for it.

Many players are completely fascinated in the process of brain supplementation, and even a little stunned, for the plot discussion of "Fantasy Domain", directly on the forum was topped hundreds of floors, and the most terrifying thing is that when players continue to explore a certain puzzle, it leads to new puzzles, and even leads to new side plots......

This kind of plot design makes many players work tirelessly to clear certain difficult chapters over and over again, exploring clues in all corners of the map, and looking for those secrets hidden by the designers.

And these people are also nicknamed "illusionists" in honor of their research in the game Fantasy Realm.

"Fantasy Domain", inexplicably, is on fire!

……

A week later, Shimmer Studios.

Zhong Ming has just finished meeting a few new features of "Ink and Smoke" with Brother Dahui.

A month has passed, and although Zhong Ming is busy with the plot of "Fantasy Domain", the development progress of "Ink and Smoke" has naturally not been put down at all.

After this period of development, the framework of "Ink and Smoke" has already been built, and the progress is not bad.

Of course, in terms of unique combat systems, art styles, etc., it is definitely not enough to make them, and they need to be slowly adjusted to a point where they are good enough and satisfying enough.

Overall, it's a lot of work.

was busy when Wu Minghao sent a message.

"Zhong Ming, we're planning to have a player meeting this weekend, do you have time to come over?"

Zhong Ming was stunned for a moment, and replied, "Player meeting? I don't have much to do on the weekend, where will the meeting be? ”

Wu Minghao: "It's in a hotel near our company, I'll send you the address." There's nothing special about it, it's just to give back to the players, give away some small gifts on the spot, and then tell the players the inside story of creation, share the next stage of planning, and so on. I have a feeling that players are going to have to ask about the story, and if you don't show up, I might be a little overwhelmed. ”

Zhong Ming smiled: "Okay, then I'll go." ”

Wu Minghao quickly sent the address of the hotel.

It seems that the sales and popularity of "Fantasy Domain" are really good, otherwise Wu Minghao would definitely not be in the mood to hold any player meetings.

The scale of this player meeting is not large, maybe only one or two hundred people, all of whom are fans of "Fantasy Domain", and most of the core players are from Ming'an City, of course, there must be some people who came from other cities by plane.

Although the eggs are delicious, there will always be people who want to see the hens that lay them. These die-hard fans of "Fantasy Domain" naturally want to see Wu Minghao and the entire design team of "Fantasy Domain".

The nature of the meet-and-greet is similar to that of many authors and comic book authors signing and selling books, and players come all the way to see the creators on the one hand, and to get some souvenirs on the other hand.

For the studio, it also helps to unite players, and it can also communicate with players on the spot, listen to their opinions, and better improve the game.

……

Sunday.

Shimmer Studio didn't work today, so Zhong Ming got up after a lazy sleep and made some lunch by himself.

Now that there are more people in the studio, there are always various ingredients in the refrigerator at home, and Zhong Ming cooks a few dishes when he is in a good mood, which is healthier than ordering takeout.

Eat and drink to your heart's content, take a taxi, and go to the player meeting in the afternoon.

I arrived at the hotel venue in advance and found Wu Minghao.

Wu Minghao was directing the hotel staff to arrange the scene of the meeting. Including the placement of seats, some banners, posters, peripheral arrangements, etc.

Zhong Ming looked at it and found that it looked quite like that.

Games with a unique art style, such as "Fantasy Domain", have the opportunity to sell game merchandise.

In the case of gratifying initial sales, Wu Minghao also intends to sell the collector's edition of "Fantasy Domain".

The digital version costs 10 yuan, and the collector's edition costs 48, which contains a small figure, a model of the sword used by the protagonist, a small charm, and an activation code, which you can enter in the game to get a random set of collector's edition character skins.

Of course, the small figures of the various characters in the game are also sold separately at night, basically ranging from more than 20 to more than 30.

These figures can be customized by relevant companies, and they are very fast to make, basically a batch can be made in a week. A batch will be given away at the site of today's exchange meeting, and a part of the collector's edition of "Fantasy Domain" gift boxes will also be sold on the spot.

As soon as Zhong Ming arrived, Tian Yuan ran over and stuffed him with a collector's edition of "Fantasy Domain", which was a benefit for the team's main creators.

Open the collector's edition gift box, take out the figure inside to play with it, it feels good, you can put it on the desk as an ornament.

"The figure is good, and Shimmer Studio can also customize some in the future."

Playing with the surrounding thing, it was Wu Minghao who walked in front of Zhong Ming. In fact, Zhong Ming also had this idea for a long time, but the games produced by Shimmer Studio, "Latent Red Path" and "Working Dog Survival Manual" are not suitable for action.

After "Ink and Smoke" is made, you can give back to the players with some figures.

Soon, the Fantasy Realm player meetup began.

Wu Minghao, as a producer, of course, was the main speaker, talking about the mental journey of quitting his job and starting a business, and also talked about a series of setbacks encountered in starting a business and making games.

Including where the idea for the game "Fantasy Domain" came from, how the prototype was born, and how to improve it.

The players in the audience listened attentively, and every now and then burst into laughter or applause.

Wu Minghao spoke lightly, and many difficulties were also brought in a few words, mainly to share some interesting things in the entrepreneurial process, which caused the players to laugh for a while.

Of course, the creators present all know that interesting stories are only a very small part of entrepreneurship, and most of them are difficult and not enough for outsiders.

After that, there are some links, such as the main art of the game painting on the spot, drawing players to give gifts, giving away some small gifts on the spot, preaching the follow-up development plan of "Fantasy Domain", and so on.

The last part is the free question session for the players.

Zhong Ming also took the stage with the other main creative members, ready to answer various questions from the players.

"Okay, then the Q&A session has officially begun, and players who have questions can raise their hands to ask questions."

As soon as Wu Minghao's voice fell, a male player in the front row immediately raised his hand, and the staff handed over the microphone.

"Excuse me, what is the relationship between that crying and laughing weird in the game and the woman's soul? Who killed that woman? ”

Wu Minghao didn't expect the first player to ask about the plot, and looked at Zhong Ming, who was sitting next to him: "This question will be answered by the designer of our plot." Oh yes, and many of you may know that our project has changed a bit......"

Wu Minghao briefly introduced the problem at that time, praised Zhong Ming, and by the way, advertised Zhong Ming's game "Ink and Smoke".

The microphone was handed over to Zhong Ming.

Zhong Ming pondered for a moment: "Uh...... You guess. ”

The player who asked the question looked confused.

Zhong Ming smiled: "I don't want to spoil the content of the game, these need to be figured out and experienced by yourself, and if you explain it clearly, it won't be interesting." ”

Another player asked, "There seem to be more than three main endings for Fantasy Realm so far, which one is the official true ending?" ”

Zhong Ming said, "Hmm...... What you like the most is the true ending. ”

Wu Minghao wiped his sweat beside him, and there was no one in such a perfunctory conversation.

But looking at the way the players looked, why didn't they seem to be angry at all, but still excited?

It feels like someone has come up with a difficult riddle, and then the person solving the riddle can't ask for the answer, but gets even more excited......

Another player raised his hand: "Okay, I understand your intentions!" So may I ask, is this plot design intentional? Is it to expand the freedom of the game, or to stimulate the player's desire to explore? ”

Zhong Ming thought for a moment: "Probably...... It's all there. But the most important thing is to meet the deadline, because if you don't write like this, you won't be able to catch up with the game. ”

The player looked confused: "Huh? ”

Zhong Ming nodded: "That's right, it's mainly because of lack of time, so I can only write like this." And I'm not a professional story designer, so why do you think I'm a game producer who writes the plot, I think I'll have to hire a dedicated story designer to do this work in the future. ”

"Poof!"

"What the hell, it's okay to be lazy just to meet deadlines?"

"If you don't believe it, it's just running a train with your mouth full! Not a single punctuation mark can be trusted! ”

"Such a good plot is just in a hurry? Blind bragging! ”

"It's boring to pretend to be too forced! It's obviously a plot that was written with great effort, and it has to be pretended to be an understatement, hehehehe! ”

Zhong Ming and Wu Minghao glanced at each other helplessly.

In these years, no one believes the truth??