Chapter 40: New Game "The Legend of the Wo Long"
Gu Fan was in a good mood, while Lilith was in a bad mood.
Although it was just a small game to do casually during the recruitment period, such an unbelievable and tragic failure made Lilith disappear for another two days.
But after all, it was a powerful hellish demon, and by the time Gu Fan saw Lilith again, she seemed to have adjusted her mentality and couldn't wait to start the development of the next game.
It's just that Gu Fan felt a little surprised that Lilith didn't directly bring the design plan of the finished product this time.
Instead...... I plan to discuss it with Gu Fan a little.
"I have a question, do you humans, especially Orientals, have any special 'uneasy' things?" Lilith asked such a question very seriously.
Gu Fan felt confused: "Difficult to settle? That's too much. ”
Lilith said seriously: "It's not an individual grievance, it's better to be a group in nature, and it's a more profound kind. ”
Gu Fan was still confused: "What are you asking this for?" ”
Lilith sighed, "Oh, it's a material!
"I ran out of what little inspiration I had in Hell with several games in quick succession, and this time I went back thinking about what the new game should do, but I never had a clue.
"I wondered, wouldn't it be appropriate if you humans had something particularly difficult to reconcile and make a game of it?"
Gu Fan was silent for a moment: "You mean, find a particularly difficult thing to draw from?" After making a game, you still don't let players get what they want in the game? ”
Lilith happily patted the arm of the massage chair: "That's right! That's what I mean! ”
Gu Fan couldn't help but secretly give a thumbs up, okay, you are really not a good person!
If someone else says that they want to make such a game, it must be so that players can make up for this "unhappiness" in the game, so that these stories full of regrets have a perfect ending.
But what about Lilith?
For the sake of negative emotions, she can be completely inhuman, and can even sell her soul to demons.
Oh, she's a demon herself, that's fine.
In short, Lilith wants to make a game with a theme that makes many people "uneasy", in the game, not only will she not make up for regrets, but will reproduce regrets or even emphasize regrets, bringing greater psychological trauma to players, so as to generate more negative emotions in batches.
So, what should you choose?
Gu Fan fell into deep thought.
This choice must be made carefully, if you really come up with that kind of particularly outrageous game, such as a pure love game that ends up full of minotaurs, Lilith's negative emotions have been earned, but Gu Fanke will be ruined.
Therefore, it is better not to choose a subject that is directly related to reality, the risk is too high.
Gu Fan thought about it seriously for a long time, and then said, "How about the historical theme?" ”
Lilith was stunned for a moment: "Historical theme? Is this very 'uneasy'? Can it generate a lot of negative emotions? ”
Gu Fan nodded: "Of course you can!" Moreover, it is more cost-effective than ordinary realistic themes! ”
Lilith frowned a little suspiciously, "You tell me more." ”
Obviously, she didn't believe it from the bottom of her heart.
If it's a realistic theme and is based on things around most people, then this game must be more resonant. And what about historical themes? After all, it's too far away from most people, and even if there is really something to calm down, it may not be able to cause enough mental damage to the player, right?
Gu Fan shook his head slightly: "That's not likely." You know, history is a wonderful thing, and the regrets that human beings encounter in daily life are simply insignificant compared to the regrets in history.
"What regrets can ordinary people have in their daily lives? It's nothing more than that I didn't get into the university I wanted to go to, I didn't catch up with the person I wanted to love, I was alone, I didn't get anything, etc.......
The corners of Lilith's mouth twitched slightly: "Isn't that enough?" ”
Gu Fan shook his head slightly: "Of course it's not enough, these regrets are easy to forget with time, and they may not necessarily cause a particularly wide range of resonance."
"Because most people will gradually figure it out, they will gradually become detached, and they will even become numb.
"But the difficulties in history are different.
"Look at this."
Gu Fan said, took out his mobile phone to find a popular Q&A website, and simply searched for a few keywords on it.
Then Lilith saw a lot of jaw-dropping questions.
"Give Zhuge Liang 2,000 college students, can the Northern Expedition succeed?"
"Give Zhuge Liang unlimited fried chicken burgers, can the Northern Expedition succeed?"
"Give Zhuge Liang a million cats, can the Northern Expedition succeed?"
"Give Zhuge Liang 500 AKs and 100,000 rounds of ammunition, can the Northern Expedition succeed?"
"If Zhuge Liang can live to be 104 years old, is it possible for the Northern Expedition to succeed?"
There are so many questions like this that you don't have to repeat for several pages in a row.
There are those who send supplies, those who send generals or Ming Jun, and those who directly send black technology.
All the questions are still hot, and even these people are really seriously discussing or ridiculing how history might develop in this situation.
For example, someone replied under the last topic: "If Zhuge Liang really lives to be 104 years old, it is difficult to say whether he can help the Han family, but Dawei should have been saved." ”
Lilith had black question marks all over her face, which was obviously puzzling to her.
"You humans...... So boring. ”
Gu Fan shook his head slightly: "This is what you don't understand, right?" This is the great power that the historical It's hard to peace.
"Take Oriental history as an example, one Zhuge Liang and one Yue Fei can be said to be the top 'difficult to peace', and they are also regrets that belong to the whole of China.
So much so that two thousand years have passed, and there are still countless netizens who willingly send them bullets, instant noodles, ballpoint pens, notebooks and other materials, hoping that they can succeed in the Northern Expedition.
"Do you say that this kind of regret can be compared to the small fights in daily life?"
Lilith looked at the questions carefully, then nodded thoughtfully, "Indeed, you have convinced me a little. ”
Although she is a Western demon and cannot empathize with this emotion, she can still roughly understand how deep this obsession is through questions and answers on the Internet.
"Okay, I see! Then you wait two more days, and I'll come back to you when I'm done with the design! ”
Lilith found her way and was fighting again.
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Two days later, Lilith brought her a written design.
Gu Fan glanced at the name of the game: "The Legend of the Mandate of Heaven Wolong"!
Just looking at the name, I can't see anything, it can only be said to be decent, Gu Fan guessed that the core gameplay of this game may be a traditional strategy class or a JRPG feeling.
The former is represented by the "Three Kingdoms" series of games, while the latter is represented by "The Legend of Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms", both of which have left a strong mark in the history of games.
But taking a closer look at the core gameplay, Gu Fan almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.
"Why is this a little game of yours?"
Gu Fan was shocked, because this game is not a traditional strategy game or JRPG at all, its game system is very streamlined, and the game content has been cut a lot, this kind of volume can only be regarded as a small game or an independent game!
In traditional strategy games, players can do a lot of things, such as dealing with internal affairs in the city, collecting taxes and collecting food; You can arrange troops and capture generals; You can conquer cities and seize cities......
In the strategy + JRPG genre game, players can also control the protagonist to make decisions at some major points in history, enhancing the sense of participation.
But in "The Legend of the Mandate of Heaven and the Dragon", there are many ways to play it, and even if there is, they have been completely castrated!
If traditional strategy games can sell for 298, then the castrated "Legend of the Mandate of Heaven" can sell for 98 is already very good.
Lilith was right: "I'm just trying to collect negative emotions, why make the game so complicated?" ”
Gu Fan was really difficult to refute for a while.
After all, Lilith is just a demon from hell, and she makes games purely for a dish of vinegar and dumplings, and as long as she can make sure that she collects enough negative emotions, she doesn't care if the game is fun or not, and whether the content is substantial.
In the same way, she doesn't care about the price and reputation of the game.
Gu Fan continued to look down, trying to find a hole in this game that could be drilled.