Yang Shu's English is still alive, but she is also a graduate of Communication University, and like her, she often goes to foreign art exchange forums and websites to check information, observe other people's works or something, and it is not a big problem to communicate with colleagues here.

And she is also quite good-looking, at the age of 24, she is the youngest in this branch without fresh graduates. In addition, there are mostly Americans here, enthusiastic and unrestrained, and generous, and the process of integrating this girl's team is quite smooth.

She has such a stupid temperament, and international friends still eat this set.

Salmon Studio's office environment is actually the best among all the companies in the world, in addition to the lounge inside the staircase, showroom, game hall, gym, library and other leisure facilities, there is a swimming pool on the open-air platform on the second floor, which is not decorated, and the water will be changed every 5 days...... There is an open field in the compound outside the company, and there is a small basketball court and beach volleyball court, and a sand pit has been dug in a lush grassy field, filled with sand and set up a net.

These facilities are, of course, open to employees around the clock.

The company does not rigidly limit the working hours and venues of employees, and it is about three o'clock in the afternoon, which is the sunny time.

Ye Shenxi first found Yang Shu's workstation, but there was no one; Lounge, no one; Games room, no one; Gym, no one.

Calling the mobile phone, the iPhone4 on Yang Shu's desk vibrated ...... He fumbled around and walked out into the courtyard, the beach volleyball court.

On the field, two men and two women, four employees wore T-shirts and shorts for a normal game.

Both sides are a combination of a man and a woman, but it is obvious that the strength of the two sides is not balanced, especially the yellow woman who teamed up with the young man Robin, not to mention the technical dishes, and she is also short-sighted.

Not to mention the unsteady reception, the smash is weak and weak, it is difficult to jump, the offense is unorganized, and you have to immediately hold a pair of glasses when you run two steps.

Ye Shenxi was really aggrieved from a distance.

Obviously, it is Yang Shu he is looking for, but it makes him easy to find......

After getting closer, the four employees greeted him very simply, some called him "BOSS", some called him "Mr.Ye", and more directly called his ID "Pasca" or simply "Pass", which seemed more close.

Several people greeted each other with a very calm attitude, unlike in Funan and Huangpu, the company also allows employees to go to the rest room to rest or exercise during working hours, even so, those people still can't hide their hearts when they see him during working hours.

"Boss, are you coming?" Robin, a white guy in a group with Yang Shu, asked Ye Shenxi.

I don't know if he plans to go back to work after resting, or if he really can't stand being in a group with Yang Shu.

Ye Shenxi shook his head, motioned for you to continue, leave me alone, and then asked, "What's the score now?" ”

Robin said: "2 to 13 ......" does not need to be explained, those who understand will naturally understand, which side is 2.

The four of them still play against each other according to the scoring method of the regular game tiebreaker, and the first side to win by 15 points must be two points or more ahead.

"It's almost time to match, you guys decide the winner first."

After two goals, the game was over, and Yang Shu didn't judge the landing point, the hitting position was off, and he directly lifted the ball out of the sideline, and Robin couldn't save it.

The match point game was a high lob ball of the opponent, almost five meters high, and then Yang Shu judged the landing point this time, but the hand did not follow, the volleyball fell directly, and Piaji hit her head with a bang.

"Ahh The girl didn't dodge, but luckily they were playing beach volleyball, not shot put.

“Are you OK？” An Indian programmer from the opposite group ran over and asked in a strong curry-flavored accent, which made Ye Shenxi feel a sense of déjà vu. He's the culprit for this ball.

Yang Shu shook her head, her head was quite strong, and it hit her forehead, and her skull was tough after all.

The other three went back to work, Ye Shenxi called Yang Shu to stop, he was specifically looking for her.

The two walked side by side on the lawn of the company's yard, and Ye Shenxi asked, "How are you doing these days?" Accustomed to it? ”

In the past two days, except for work, Xia Qingyu didn't take much care of her, and the people in the company were more kind, so Ye Shenxi was also more at ease. But after all, it was he who abducted a little girl from another family to Seattle, who was single and uprooted from home, so it was better to care.

"That's good." Yang Shu said.

"I'm afraid that no one will talk to you, and you will feel alienated alone."

"No, I'm trying to fit into the team."

In China, Yang Shu basically works in addition to work, and usually plays with Chen Xiaofan, eats at a table at noon and afternoon, and maybe plays games together when he goes home. One is stupid, and the other is overly active, but it is a perfect match. Ye Shenxi has never seen this kind of exercise with a few people, she really deliberately wants to integrate into the team quickly.

After two and a half years, I've matured a bit.

"It's good, it's okay to exercise more with everyone. Are you still used to living in a place? ”

Also for her convenience, the company rented him an apartment in Chinatown, Seattle's Chinatown is not called Chinatown, but the International Zone, although this side is also almost all Chinese, and there are very few people from other countries and even Asian countries, but the government insists on using the name International Zone. It is about less than 10 kilometers away from the company, and it is very convenient to go shopping and commute to work.

"It's convenient."

"What about the food...... Ye Shenxi himself felt a little long-winded.

"Will's house is almost finished, and I can show you the first draft this afternoon."

"It's fast, can there be both?"

"Yes, two."

The scene that Ye Shenxi asked Yang Shu to paint is Will's home, and Will is the name of the protagonist, and this is also where the story begins.

In the story written by Ye Shenxi himself, there will be two important plot nodes here, the first is of course the beginning of the process, the player will escape from this place with Will, and even the entire town, and also find out that there are human mutations.

The other is in the middle, where Will wanders around outside, has some stories, and gets to know some people before returning here, and then seeing the house that has been completely destroyed.

The living room, kitchen, bedroom, and his lawn and potted plants that he had carefully manicured and maintained.

It was all gravel, bricks, wood chips, and powder.

This kind of scenario...... Of course, he would pick up a picture frame on the ground with a photo inside.

Will would look at the picture for a moment, the expression on his face would not fluctuate like it had when the initial disaster broke out, he had calmed down a lot, but he still had some emotion, and then put the photo in his pocket.

This is a kind of conflict that Ye Shenxi wants to create, after returning home, although he has been mentally prepared, most of the entire human world has fallen, and the town in his hometown was originally the first town to break out of the crisis.

But the meaning of the word home itself will still make you look forward to it, awaken some beautiful and warm memories, and maybe still maintain a sense of anticipation, not completely destroyed, and there may be some remnants that someone may have regathered here to start rebuilding.

Then you will see the reality of the final devastation, which contrasts with the beautiful and warm memories of the game, and brings players a complex emotional experience mixed with shock.

The two are not only talking about the building of Will's home, but also referring to the town, including the street scene, the interior of the mall, the police station, the supermarket, as well as Will's house itself, and the basement and more than a dozen subdivisions.

Some of these scenes are accessible to the player before and after, so they also need art to complete two copies, one before and one after the disaster.

For artists, this is a huge amount of work.

Fortunately, there are enough art on the Qingyu Network now, and Yang Shu himself is only responsible for the conceptual design, and more detailed work will be handed over to others.

This was the first work she had done since she officially joined the team, and there were other things that needed to be produced, including a metropolis, a forest, a dock, and a warehouse, to set the art style and tone for the project.

As for the character, she herself is still thinking about what kind of image the protagonist Will should be. Ye Shenxi's several requirements are that this is a middle-aged man with a mature appearance, and after experiencing some stories, his heart will also become mature and resolute. People with life experience can actually see it from their faces, no matter what, at least they are not white-faced, jade-faced Langjun, personable, and suave.

The costumes won't be hip-hop, with big gold chains and caps, and air force or something. Rather, it's a standard American uncle's outfit, a cotton shirt, plus jeans and leather boots.

This is a Chinese-American mixed-race living in the United States, whose nationality is American, with strong hair on his face and a sigh of scum.

Well, this story will also be put in the United States......

In China? Zombie siege?

Anarchism, dystopia, ruined cities, exile forces and wandering bandits?

That's thinking too much......

Those cities will also use the real name of the American metropolis, go back and try to restore some of the landmarks, such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the White House, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty and the Pentagon.

"Did you do what I had asked you to do?"

"Yes."

Ye Shenxi's needs for the scene are also, it will be very dirty, but not disgusting, this is not "Resident Evil"; Buildings will be broken, but zombies have a limited ability to destroy buildings after all, and not all scenes have traces of armies and their firefights, as well as detonating nuclear bombs and turning cities into ruins, this is not "Fallout" and "Mad Max", or "Survival";

Most of the buildings will be relatively intact, and some streets will have dense plants, and the traces of civilization will be very obvious.

Different scenes carry different stories and will have different art styles, and players also need to be fresh and exciting, and they don't like to be interspersed with scenes with the same tone for a long time. These distinct scenes need to be integrated into a complete whole.

The details are very much in need of polishing, and it's not simple.

"Okay, send it to me directly when you're done later." Ye Shenxi said: "You should already have an overall idea in your heart, how about the homework you reviewed?" ”

Ye Shenxi also gave Yang Shu a list of movies, so that she could make up for the lessons, and review what she had watched, as a reference, and also look for inspiration.

Including Romero's death trilogy "Night of the Living Dead", "Dawn of the Living Dead" and "Zombies Out of the Cage", as well as "Dawn of Death", "28 Days of Shock" and "28 Weeks of Shock", as well as "I Am a Legend", which made Ye Shenxi know Yang Shu.

Forget about "Crowd Corpses Playing Across the Line", it's too disgusting, and I don't plan to go this way.

She is even allowed to watch movies while she is at work.

"Well, I've read it, and I have a score in my heart."

"Don't take the initiative to ask you every time, take the initiative to find me for acceptance when you have your own output."

This is one of Yang Shu's shortcomings, he doesn't like to be disturbed by others during the creative process, so Ye Shenxi can only often go to her by herself and ask her for things to see. Otherwise, for example, after painting for a week, he finished painting, and finally showed Ye Shenxi that the whole thing was right, and he had to change everything, which would delay his work.

Ye Shenxi was both worried and helpless about this.

"Oh, forgot, I'll pay attention to it later, have you figured out the name of the game?" The girl didn't know if she was deliberately changing the subject or serious.

"I've figured it out."

"What's your name?"

"Nobody Survived."

"Ah...... How to call it that? Does Will die at the end? ”

"Don't understand ...... so bluntly"

"What do you mean? Then you can be blunt. ”

"Survival doesn't necessarily mean life, it can also be human nature, how can you talk to a fan Yes, I will upload it directly to the planning document after I finish writing, and you can see it for yourself when the time comes."

……

When writing the story of "No One Survives", Ye Shenxi's feelings were completely different from "Survival", although the former was ...... There is no story...... Copywriting-related work is not done by him personally.

It's just that in "Survival", he wants to show players the loneliness of roaming the ruins of the city alone, and the desire to survive.

In "No One Survives", it is the warmth and deception between people, the struggle and the choice.

If we talk about the essence and core meaning of wasteland-themed works, here it is. In the post-apocalyptic era, survival has become a cherished luxury, and the few resources of this survivor compete for it, and they will also form various organizations to fight for each other, and they will do whatever it takes.

How should we choose in order to survive?

The cultural disconnect, the symbol of power and power, the meaning of religion, the order that does not exist......

At the same time, in the zombie theme, they are facing the threat of a common enemy, and the game in the context of this kind of external and internal troubles is what Ye Shenxi wants to excavate.

Human nature is hard to change, unless it is the power of time, and there are great changes. After going through that, you can correct yourself and become a hero.

This kind of hero is not necessarily to destroy the enemy and save all of humanity...... Ye Shenxi didn't want to do that, after "Getaway", he wanted to create an ordinary and ordinary protagonist. This 17-banned game, maybe there will still be personal heroism, but it won't be so second-class. This is a story for adults, but in this experience to understand some meaning, to find oneself, and the meaning of life.