Guanghua City, Guanghua Art Institute.

GGAC, the Global Game Art Concept Competition, has entered the official selection stage after the preliminary selection.

During the preliminary selection, participants only need to submit a demo, or submit a design concept draft and accept on-site questioning, but after entering the formal selection stage, all the entries will have to compete in real time.

Is there a bug in the game?

Have an alternative resource?

The art style isn't new enough?

Didn't get the results you expected?

Not getting the details in the game right?

Neither.

When it comes to the official judging stage, all games are required to have the highest degree of completion, and any slight flaw in the game may be deducted points by the judges.

Zhong Ming still came to the venue on time, and this time the venue was no longer the student activity center that was a little picky before, but was replaced by a central auditorium.

Guanghua Art Institute will choose this place when holding some evening parties, or holding large-scale events and competitions.

There were a lot of spectators, some of them were students from Guanghua Art Academy, and some of them were from Guanghua City and even other cities, all wanting to see if there would be any interesting new games emerging from this global game art concept competition.

In the past, GGAC has also held many games, and the games that have won the first prize, some of them are popular, some are not, but no matter how they perform in the market, at least in terms of artistic value, they are not low.

There may be some games that are not popular because the gameplay is not novel enough, or the depth is not enough, so they don't sell a lot of sales, but the art level of these games is definitely very high.

Most of the viewers who came to see GGAC came for the word "art".

The judges also entered early, and the competition had not yet begun, and the judges were also exchanging their views on the competition.

Wu Zhicheng looked at the official list in his hand and said with emotion: "There are more good games this year, last year, I can feel that many contestants still focus on playing tickets, all for a prize, and the games they do are not very serious." However, this year, most of the games have a very high degree of completion, and even if they do not participate, they can be taken out separately and can be noticed by players as independent commercial games. Hey, Professor Kim, which one do you like? ”

Du Mingxian laughed: "Do you still need to ask which one Lao Jin is optimistic about, it must be "Ink and Smoke", the producer didn't know what ecstasy soup he poured into Lao Jin last time, so that Lao Jin admired this game, oh, strictly speaking, it should be a five-body cast!" Not only did he play by himself, but even other people in the Calligraphy Association were also promoted by him, you say that the evil door is not an evil door. ”

Jin Xi snorted: "Lao Du, you have something to say, let me tell you, you don't do calligraphy, you don't know how valuable this game is!" This producer is a genius calligraphy master, and even Chairman Qian is highly praised! I tell you, pay attention when grading, if the score is too low, it will be difficult to get along with our calligraphy association! ”

Wu Zhicheng smiled and said, "No, Professor Jin, you give this game platform like this?" ”

Jin Xi nodded: "What's the matter, no?" ”

"Of course, we are all judges, and the evaluation is both gameplay and artistry, and if it is a particularly artistic work, then of course it is necessary to focus on it." Wu Zhicheng said, "However, the specific situation of this game depends on the effect of the trial display." ”

"Anyway, I'm optimistic about "Ink and Smoke", and the display effect is ...... That's certainly not going to be bad. Jin Xi said.

That being said, whether the specific display effect is good or not, Lao Jin has nothing in his heart.

After all, a well-written game design is not the same thing as a well-written game.

Just like a movie, if the script is good, will it be good when it is filmed? Not really.

can only say that if the script is well written, the movie will have the possibility of making a good movie, but if it is handed over to a bad director, a good book will not be saved.

Making a game is similar to making a movie, many times even if the designer's ability is fine, but the art of the project is not good, the program is not good, and the game is still sparse, and many times a good idea will be in vain.

There are all sorts of ways to drag your feet.

These judges at the scene have not seen the final version of the game, and even if Lao Jin likes "Ink and Smoke" very much, if the effect of the live display is too poor, then there is no way to be too partial.

Soon, the competition officially began.

The host first conducted a simple series of performances and thanked the organizers, partners, audiences, judges and contestants of the competition.

The leader of the organizer made a relatively short speech, which slightly raised the value of the entire competition.

After that, it's time for the official judging.

The order of the finals is not based on the original order of registration, but by the judges.

According to the submitted demo and the effect of on-site questioning, the entries were roughly sorted from poor to excellent, so as to ensure that the good works were evenly distributed throughout the competition, and at the same time to ensure that the overall level was gradually rising.

This is to ensure the effect of the competition, save the first one and get the best game, but the result is that the next crab is not as good as a crab, then it is not interesting.

The judges were very tired, and the audience was also drowsy and had a bad impact.

The first producer took the stage.

"Hello judges, viewers, everyone. My game is called Deep Sea Journey......"

The first game, the response was good.

"Deep Sea Journey" is an indie game, based on the ocean scene, there are many unique scenes and monster designs, all of which are taken from some scenes and creatures in the ocean, making people feel as if they are in the blue underwater world, the scene is beautiful.

The second game, with average performance and mediocre response.

In the fifth game, the lethargic audience was again interested, and there was applause.

The order is arranged in advance, to a certain extent, to ensure the effect of the program, but the specific score depends on the performance on the stand.

The review of each game is divided into three parts: the producer's display and explanation, the audience's voting, the judge's comment, and the scoring.

Finally, the final ranking is determined by the audience voting and the judges' scores.

There were 340 spectators and 16 judges.

The votes of the judges are counted as 10 votes per person, so that a full vote is equivalent to 500 votes.

In the end, in the unlikely event of a tie, the judges' votes will take precedence.

On the one hand, the audience has more votes than the judges, which can avoid favor votes and shady scenes to a certain extent, and on the other hand, the weight of the judges' votes is not low, which can ensure that the artistry of the game itself is comprehensively considered.

Many of the producers on stage were quite nervous.

After all, many people are used to making games with their heads bored, and they are really not very good at facing this kind of scene.

Game by game passed quickly.

Du Mingxian poked Lao Jin next to him: "This year's batch of games is of good quality." ”

"Hmm." Lao Jin responded very perfunctorily, and said in his heart, you Lao Du, don't always have nothing to say.

Du Mingxian looked at the order of the competition: "The next one is "Ink and Smoke". ”

"I'm not blind, I'll look at the order table myself, you're not annoying." Lao Jin was speechless.

Since the last time Lao Jin's attitude towards "Ink and Smoke" and Zhong Ming took a 180-degree turn, Du Mingxian has always made fun of this matter, and Lao Jin himself is annoyed.

Just wait for Zhong Ming to hurry up to the stage and educate these people with the finished product of "Ink and Smoke"!

Of course, Lao Jin himself is also very much looking forward to "Ink and Smoke", after all, this is the first work he has seen that integrates the art of calligraphy into the content of the game, of course, he doesn't want to see Zhong Ming play smashed.

……

"The next entry is "Ink and Smoke" from Shimmer Studio, please come to the stage!"

Zhong Ming stood up, tidied up his clothes a little, and went on stage.

Offstage, some audience members were discussing.

"Shimmer Studio? It's kind of familiar. ”

""The Latent Red Path", "Working Dog Survival Manual", they all made it!"

"Oh oh, "Working Dog Single Handbook", I have an impression."

"What a single manual, a survival manual! Can you remember your name crookedly? ”

"It's really a well-known studio, and it's even coming to participate in this competition? This game should be exciting! ”

"I also think that "Latent Red Road" is a masterpiece! I've always felt that this producer is a genius and I don't know what the game will be like this time. ”

"Is this the producer? Looks so young. ”

Shimmer Studio is also a little famous.

The two word-of-mouth indie games have made the name and logo of Shimmer Studios engraved in the hearts of many players, and they have added a lot of impression points to themselves before introducing the game.

On the stage, there is a large screen that will display the game screen in real time, and there is also a small window that will show the operation at hand.

Of course, for most games, this small window is useless, after all, there are only a few ways to operate, hand rubbing, or keyboard and mouse, or controller.

However, for "Ink and Smoke", this small window is still more important.

Zhong Ming didn't say too much, nor did he exaggerate and describe the game content of "Ink and Smoke", many places were simply mentioned in one sentence, and more importantly, players could feel the unique charm of "Ink and Smoke" through their own eyes and ears.

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Entering the game, the first is an opening CG.

CG is not complicated, it is presented in the form of an ink painting scroll. As the scroll unfolded, the black clouds of the ink wind gathered, and a ferocious beast was born, with teeth and claws, and the distant city was shrouded in its shadow......

At the same time, a deep voice tells the background of the story.

"According to legend, in ancient times, there was a vicious beast in China called Nightmare."

"The birth of the Nightmare Beast, the reason is unknown, there are rumors that the Nightmare Beast can weave dreams......"

The background of this story was told to the judges by Zhong Ming when he was questioned, but now it is shown in front of the players in the form of CG.

This kind of simple dynamic CG doesn't cost much, and it's not difficult to do, and the dubbing can be recorded directly by asking the voice actor, but the effect is excellent.

When talking about "the scholar uses pen and ink and painting scrolls to fight the enemy, borrows the momentum of the landscape in the painting, and uses poetry and calligraphy as a sword", the background melody suddenly turns excited, and the picture on the CG turns, and there is a scene of the scholar fighting the monster in the nightmare.

The scholar holds a scroll in his left hand and a brush in his right hand, and opposite him, there are ghosts and ghosts, indescribable terrifying monsters!

The scholar unfolded the scroll with a shake of his left hand, and the brush of his right hand brushed a little bit on the scroll, splashing ink to draw a boulder covered with moss.

After that, the scholar flicked the brush, and the boulder suddenly broke away from the painting, changed into the real world, and smashed down towards the monster in front of him! Several monsters couldn't dodge and were crushed under the boulder, turning into puffs of black smoke that quickly dissipated.

The other monsters were even more angry, and more and more black qi condensed into monsters and gathered together.

A three-legged monster uprooted a big tree next to it and threw it at the scholar, who waved the brush in his hand lightly, and the big tree flew in the air, and was suddenly erased out of thin air and disappeared!

The scholar didn't stop at all, the brush in his right hand continued to trace on the scroll, and the thunder loomed in the sky, and suddenly, one after another thunder fell from the sky, smashing the monster in front of him!

Finally, the scholar splashed ink and inscribed poems on the scroll in his hand.

"Lie down at night and listen to the wind and rain, and the iron horse glacier falls into a dream!"

A few strong and powerful characters appeared on the picture scroll, and the sky suddenly changed, and the wind and rain were blowing!

The ice and rain were sprinkled, the frost was biting, and a heavily armored cavalry suddenly appeared out of thin air, and the golden iron horse swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger!

Those ghosts and spirits wailed one after another, and were languished by the ice rain, and were swept away by the cavalry troops of the Jin Ge Iron Horse, and soon turned into black smoke and quickly dissipated.

Eliminated the strong enemy, but the scholar's expression was still solemn, his eyes looked into the distance, on the top of the mountain, a cloud of black gas lingered, and the beast was still there waiting for him to fight.

The CG ends, and the game screen officially begins.

The CG content is not too much, it is only less than three minutes, but this CG has firmly attracted the attention of all the audience.

"Ink style! It's kind of interesting! ”

"Moreover, this way of fighting is quite interesting, this is the legendary magic pen Ma Liang?"

"Looking at the content in the CG, the drawn things can be directly turned into reality, and the battle with painting and calligraphy? It's kind of handsome. ”

"I give full marks for this idea, and I also give full marks for the painting style! I just don't know if it's fun. ”

"Not necessarily, not really. This game is mainly based on this concept, I can't think of a good way to cram the content of painting and calligraphy into it. ”

"It's actually pretty good to have this concept!"

The audience was watching carefully, wanting to see the real picture of the game.

Zhong Ming didn't sell it either, and started the game directly.

"Ink and Smoke" can be played on both the computer and the bracelet, this time it is displayed with the bracelet, but a special hand-drawn tablet is prepared next to it.

Enter the game, the classic side-scrolling layout, drag the virtual joystick, the scholar starts to move, and starts to fight with the monsters generated in front of him.

The first two minutes are mainly to show the basic operations, including running, jumping, attacking, defending, etc., there is nothing to say, the action is smooth, the scene is beautiful, and in the side-scrolling game, there is no doubt that it belongs to the level of a boutique game.

Soon, the system began to guide the use of drawing skills to overcome obstacles.

A very high cliff appeared in front of the scholar, and it was impossible to cross it with a double jump.

Zhong Ming clicked on the [Painting] skill with his right hand, and drew a circle with a light hook on the virtual screen of the bracelet.

A large rock that looked exactly like this circle appeared out of thin air and landed on the ground, and the scholar stepped lightly, crossed the cliff, and continued to move forward.