On September 27th, Ye Shenxi was invited by the student leaders to deliver a keynote speech entitled "Game Mechanism Innovation" in the auditorium of the Interactive Media Building.

Of course, Wang Shucheng and his seven-member investigation team were also at the scene, and to their surprise, they didn't expect Ye Shenxi to be so popular in the United States...... Their personal experience is in this kind of game-related major, when the students here see Ye Shenxi, they feel like Chinese star chasers who see Korean stars......

It's not so crazy, crying dad and mother, crying for heaven and earth, and crying all over the ground...... It's just that Wang Shucheng and the others are also workers on the education front, so they can't think of a game producer, or a businessman, who has such a high ...... in the school Popularity.

It's a bit of a refresh.

Maybe it's like the film and television school, and the star alumni who came out of the drama school will be like this when they return to school.

Those students will still cover their mouths when they see Ye Shenxi appear in the school, and then say "Oh My God!" ”

will also take out his mobile phone and take pictures of Ye Shenxi, forming a circle, or stepping forward to ask for a group photo, and the gestures of the few of them don't look so trendy.

will also take out paper and pen, rub it up and ask Ye Shenxi to sign, and some who don't have a small notebook will directly ask Ye Shenxi to sign on the clothes or backpack......

Naturally, there is a course in this major called Game History, which describes the development of video games, and some of the most important figures in this history are mentioned. At this time, Ye Shenxi naturally could not enter this ranks, and he and his works still needed time to precipitate their historical status.

Besides, he really began to become famous around the world, but it was only when "Survival" was launched on the FG platform in August last year and became famous? That has to be counted from the beginning of this year...... It's too late to update the textbooks......

But historical status and popularity are naturally two different things, most of the gamers are young people, and Ye Shenxi completely fits their aesthetics, young, handsome, experienced legends, rocket-like rise, amazing wealth, and the "exoticism" on his body...... These qualities are very attractive.

And the students of related majors in these schools regard him as an idol, and also regard him as their own goal, the object of pursuit and worship. In terms of popularity, if you distinguish according to the kind of stars who draw a line in the entertainment industry, then he can also be called a first-line game producer.

The auditorium was small enough to accommodate less than 200 students, but there weren't many students in this major, but there were some students from other majors who were interested in games.

Ye Shenxi mentioned in his speech: "At E3 before, I also talked about the word "innovation" with many excellent game practitioners in the United States, because everyone knows that games are a very creative field, it contains a lot of emotional and subjective factors, we all want to play fun games, interesting games, but these words are relative, so in fact, there are many fields that can bring the so-called innovation experience." ”

"The first one,The easiest thing for everyone to think of is definitely the gameplay,This should be what everyone usually thinks about the most,I believe that you in the audience should have a lot of thoughts since childhood,What kind of game do you want to complete,This idea has gradually grown into an ideal in the process of growth,With such an ideal,You walked into this school,Choose this major,Intend to learn relevant knowledge,Accumulate foundation,And then realize your ideas。

"Is that so?" Ye Shenxi also had an interactive ......

"Yes!" The students are also very face-saving and positive.

"I won't talk much about that, but I'm going to save my creativity for my own games."

"Hahaha......"

"The second is from technology. Beginning with 1948's Cathode Ray Tube Entertainment Device, the world's first video game as we know it, we have undergone many technological innovations in the past 60 years, each time bringing a new medium to carry the game's content, and developing new games in this way. Now that this step has gone to the mobile phone, with the maturity and rise of smartphones, we should soon usher in a round of mobile games. ”

"Of course, this explosion is for the touch screen, which is a way that many players have never experienced before, and it will also lead to a whole new type of game design."

Ye Shenxi found that some students in the audience raised their hands, and before they reached the question session, they looked like they couldn't wait to ask questions.

He didn't mind, paused slightly, and motioned for the student who raised his hand to ask a question.

It's a white student with heavy glasses.,It's a very healthy type in this major.,It can be seen that he usually participates in physical exercise.,Instead of staying at home to play games and study.。

The white man with glasses took the microphone handed over by the staff: "Hello, Mr. Pasca, I'm a student majoring in interactive media and games. We happened to be conducting a research on the mobile game market recently, and we believe that the national mobile game market is likely to be as high as $1.5 billion this year, of which EA alone may earn more than $100 million in the mobile game market, but it seems that this seems to you to have not yet entered the explosive period? ”

Ye Shenxi nodded: "Yes, this market can only be said to be growing at present, not an explosion." The United States is one of the most mature regions in the world in terms of the gaming market, but in some markets that have developed relatively late, mobile games will have a better soil. Because in the future, mobile phones will definitely be the most popular personal smart electronic devices, and new gamers will also be the most accessible to games on mobile phones. ”

"We will be in touch with the mobile phone for longer and longer, and as it develops, it will also become a terminal where more and more solutions can be realized. Calls are just the basics, visual text communication is an extension, then listen to music, watch movies...... Now that it's been realized, there are games, 3D games...... This is what is happening, and more and more functions will be integrated in the future, until slowly and perhaps one day it will seem like you can just bring a mobile phone with you when you go out. ”

"It seems like a digression, but I mean, not everyone has the heart and time to play on a specialized gaming device, mobile phones are undoubtedly their best choice, there will be a lot of people in this part, and they will also become gamers because of mobile games, and then some of you may also need to shoot games for them, not so hardcore, but casual and fun enough, and the gameplay that can play the most on the mobile phone."

This is just an episode, not the focus of Ye Shenxi's words, the white glasses boy sat down thoughtfully, and Ye Shenxi continued: "Yes, we still have virtual reality equipment. Everyone should have learned the first virtual reality craze in the nineties of the last century, don't try to lie to me, I have read your textbooks, it is mentioned. ”

"Hahaha......"

"The boom retreated because it didn't give us a revolutionary experience, but it was extremely expensive. And in the near future, when the second wave of VR hits, the effect will be significantly improved, the cost will be significantly reduced, and there will be many games based on VR equipment at that time, imagine ......"

Ye Shenxi stood up and pretended to put on a helmet: "I brought a VR headset now, and what I saw was the game screen of a VR game I just bought, ah, this is a war game, and I am a soldier." ”

"Do I need to top up my money to open up the general's role options?" Ye Shenxi asked.

There was another burst of laughter from the audience.

Then Ye Shenxi made a posture of drawing a bow and shooting arrows, according to the archery posture he learned when he watched the Olympics, standing upright sideways, pulling the string, his chin was close to the contribution, and then released and shot an arrow.

"Yay! I hit an enemy! ”

Ye Shenxi "took off the helmet", and then looked around: "Yes, maybe this is a way of playing in the near future, just now this helmet can let me enter an immersive battlefield through immersive 3D images, and then the operator in my hand can accurately locate the position of my body and hands, and realize the operation process of pulling a bow and shooting arrows just now in the game." ”

There are some students in the audience and some teachers, some of whom are also from well-known game companies, and at this time, they also imagined with Ye Shenxi's words, what kind of gameplay might be produced by such equipment, and how to design the game.

"Do you know what I imagined the ultimate game we could possibly achieve? Have you seen "The Matrix"? ”

"I've seen it!" Almost all the students in the audience answered like this.

"I think it's a bit cruel to have a metal tube in my head...... It's not rosy at all. Ye Shenxi's right thumb and index finger made a gesture to pinch something, and then threw it into his mouth......

"I just took a pill, and yes, this is Fisoa's latest game released on September 27, 2032, Getaway 23, which is the 22nd sequel to the legendary RPG Getaway released in 2010."

Everyone seemed to be immersed in the strange description of the man on stage, and didn't notice that he secretly revealed "the ...... of "Getaway" produced in 2010"

The estimated release time seems to be advanced, even if the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 are actually about the same time, but this is the difference between 2010 and 2011......

Ye Shenxi continued: "It seems that this game has never launched a Gaiden series? ”

"Poof......haha" The audience was amused by him again.

Wang Shucheng and the seven of them were also amazed when they watched Ye Shenxi do whatever he wanted on stage, at ease but able to control the atmosphere of the audience.

I have a lot of talent as a teacher.

Ye Shenxi made the action of taking the pill and said: "The future I expected should be like this, I ate this game, and then quickly fell asleep, in the dream, I entered the world of leisurely travel, and all my sensory experiences are extremely real,...... I've actually lived in that game world for 50 years, spent a lot of wonderful lives, met a lot of people, and had different stories, but in reality it's only been less than an hour. ”

The first reaction of the students and teachers in the audience was not "The Matrix", but the scene in the promotional animation he showed at E3.

At that time, many media in the United States used movies such as "The Matrix" or "Soul City" or "Hackers from Another Dimension" to interpret it, but was the original truth still a dream?

"You can imagine how we would have designed the game if it was in that pill......"

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Ye Shenxi's speech continued, and then he talked about two other innovations, artistic innovation, and emotional innovation.

The former is too easy to understand, a new art style, game theme, or music, to design the game, Ye Shenxi didn't talk too much.

And the latter is the focus of his speech to these students today...... Innovation about emotion.

He started with Tetris, and even mentioned some real-life games such as Tetris, which make you more and more proficient in a skill, challenge higher scores, and faster times, so as to achieve a sense of achievement.

The sense of accomplishment is the ultimate goal of this kind of game, and it is also a very beautiful emotional experience for human beings, which is difficult to obtain in other mediums such as movies and music.

In the Virtual Life series, we experienced socialization, when there weren't even as many online games, but it allowed us to find a sense of human connection and emotional connection in a single-player game.

And in "Survival", we feel the boundless loneliness, a person who first walks from the bomb shelter to the snowfield and then just wants to survive.

There are many more, Ye Shenxi wants to tell them that we still have a lot of emotions to realize, which can be put into the game to be expressed, and even on the basis of establishing this emotional prototype first, in order to express these emotions to design the game.

The meaning of the game includes that, and it would be a great thing to be able to experience real emotions from it.

A chance encounter with a stranger, a passing shoulder;

After trekking through mountains and rivers, I finally came to the door of the house, and then saw the faint light through the window;

Passing by the grave of a veteran, there is only one boot in front of the grave.

What kind of emotional experiences will there be in these moments?

Ye Shenxi asked the students in the audience, and they also fell into deep thought.