Gu Fan continued: "Going back to the previous question, why do I think that high school is a more universal, unfree and painful stage?

"Because students are actually the most powerless group of people to resist.

"Although adults have their own pains, and in most cases the problems they encounter in adulthood are far more difficult to solve than in school, but adults are different in that they are relatively free.

"In this society, once they make up their minds to lie down and rot, then it is actually very difficult for the outside world to interfere with them.

"But unlike students, they are minors, incapacitated to act autonomously, and are subject to parental control. They have no social experience and are not mentally prepared to really lie flat.

"That's why there are often electronics factories that go directly to colleges and universities to pull students for internships, and the wages are much lower than that of ordinary workers, and then students don't go to school and don't get graduation certificates......"

Lilith seemed to understand a little: "I see...... It seems that Azazler chose this subject and really did some research.

"This "Henggang Middle School Simulation" is really our fierce rival against heaven!"

Gu Fan nodded, this game was also quite challenging for him.

Because in Gu Fan's impression, there was once a similar game, but after that game was put on the shelves, it directly "received a flood of bad reviews", and the production team ran away directly.

Whether it is from the perspective of collecting negative emotions or from the perspective of losing money, it can be regarded as a great success.

If Azazler really made such a game, it might really be able to make a comeback.

"Then what should we do now, Gu Fan?" Lilith was also nervous.

Gu Fan's expression was indifferent: "Mr. Li, don't worry, we still have time, let me think about countermeasures."

"In addition, I need you to clarify one thing, is this game a story-oriented game that students experience from the first perspective? Or a business simulation game that plays the role of a principal?

"It's going to be a direct decision on how we play next.

In addition, there is another point, that is, we must compress the overall budget of "Henggang Middle School Simulation" as much as possible within 1 million.

"Considering the price of this game, if the budget exceeds this number, I'm afraid it will be a bit unreasonable."

The total budget is the sum of all the money spent on development, operation, and purchase of art assets.

The price of this game is only 6 yuan, and if you sell one copy, the game company can only make a profit of four yuan or even less, so the cost of 1 million will require more than 200,000 copies to start making a profit, which is obviously too difficult.

Lilith nodded, "Yes, I'll keep the budget of this game as low as possible!"

"I'm going to continue to spy on the intelligence on Azazler's side, you should hurry up and develop Ascension!"

After Lilith finished speaking, she left full of fighting spirit.

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Wednesday, October 30th.

Ascension has officially entered the development process.

Although Wei Chengjie still had too many puzzles about this game, considering the existence of the "Strange Tales of the Anti-Heaven City", he did not ask Gu Fan, but followed Zhou Yang's suggestion and honestly planned the development plan and assigned work tasks according to the content of the design plan.

Gu Fan glanced at the development plan, and it was almost the same.

After all, Wei Chengjie is also a senior game producer, and his ability in this area is beyond doubt.

Gu Fan only roughly shortened the construction period of the part he was responsible for, and then slightly adjusted the work tasks that several programmers were responsible for, and adjusted some relatively important functions to himself.

The tasks were clearly assigned, and everyone began to get busy.

Compared with the original editor, the beta version of Vientiane Editor does not have as many fixed templates, so the amount of program development is also larger.

However, fortunately, after the expansion of recruitment, Reverse Heaven Games has a few more experienced programmers, so it can still be developed in more than two months.

In fact, the volume of "Ascension" is not very large, although it is an action game, its main scene chapters are actually only five or six, and there are some scenes that can be reused.

The pressure caused by the setting of the two sets of worldviews is mainly focused on art resources.

"Mr. Gu, I've finished drawing a picture, look, is this okay?"

Xia Shiqing asked weakly raising her hand.

Gu Fan came to her computer: "Well, I'll take a look." ”

At this time, Gu Fan was still a little apprehensive about Xia Shiqing, after all, Gu Fan didn't know when she would suddenly turn into Xia Mier without warning.

But fortunately, there is still a big difference in the feeling between the two people before and after the transformation, as long as it is not Xia Mier who deliberately caused trouble, he should not admit his mistake.

Gu Fan looked at the picture drawn by Xia Shiqing.

It's a two-in-one scene, half a picturesque and beast-infested world of Xianxia, and half a dark, dull and mechanical sci-fi world.

The screen basically depicts all kinds of elements, such as landscapes, buildings, character costumes, vehicles, monsters, and so on.

And many elements on both sides correspond one-to-one.

For example, in the Xianxia world, the buildings are pavilions suspended in the air, while in the science fiction world, they are all kinds of mechanical floating cities;

The fairies in the fairy world with fluttering clothes have become robots in the science fiction world;

There are a large number of floating ships in the world of Xianxia, and under the urging of the magic circle, the sails are puffed up and the oars slide naturally; In the sci-fi world, it becomes a large mechanical spaceship, with flames and blue light spewing from the bottom of the ship.

And the various beasts and flesh monsters in the world of Xianxia have also become various large machines in the science fiction world.

I have to say that this picture is still very technical.

This is not simply two styles, in order to complete Gu Fan's requirements, at least two things need to be done:

First, the two styles must be unified in spirit, that is, they must be a little "crazy", so that people can feel that the SAN value is falling when they see it.

It must not be that the world of Xianxia looks fairy and the science fiction world looks very technologically advanced, which is not in line with the connotation of the game.

Second, the various elements of the two worlds must be strictly corresponding, and after they are corresponding, they must naturally not contradict each other.

Because the two worlds will be seamlessly converted, the terrain of the same place is basically the same, and the collision volume is also the same.

If not, it's likely that the player switches worlds and gets stuck in a wall, or falls to their death.

Moreover, if the difference between the two worlds is too great, then the player will only feel that they are two different worlds, and will not feel that they are mentally ill, so the mental damage caused to the player will be greatly reduced.

But there is a big difference between the architectural styles of the Xianxia world and the science fiction world.

The buildings of the Xianxia world are all traditional buildings in the Chinese style, there are archways, temples, and cornices on the roof, which is quite normal in the Xianxia world, but if it is in the science fiction world, a mechanical high-rise building has cornices, which will feel very strange when you look at it.

will naturally make people feel that the world of Xianxia is real, and the world of science fiction is fake.

The effect that Gu Fan wants to achieve is to make it difficult for players to distinguish the real from the fake.

Therefore, the two worlds must not only correspond strictly, but also have their own characteristics, and both look like they are real.

This is indeed not something that ordinary painters can control.

However, judging from the current situation, Xia Shiqing seems to be very good at this style.

"Well, it looks good. But I think something is missing. Gu Fan said seriously.

Xia Shiqing was a little puzzled: "Missing something?" ”

"Yes." Gu Fan nodded, "There is a bug missing!" ”

He pointed to the picture on the monitor: "You see, although you can vaguely feel a kind of 'madness' from the picture style, this feeling is not strong enough.

"I thought I could add something to these two worlds that looked like bugs.

"For example, a floating island is out of order, and there's a problem with the texture; Some of the elements in the scene are molded, and the chairs are inlaid in the trees; In the distance, a man was dragging his intestines along the road, still wondering how to pick them up; A man in period costume is holding a bottle of gasoline and drinking it all......

"Adding more elements like this would be more in line with the theme of our game."

Xia Shiqing nodded: "Okay, Mr. Gu, I understand, I'll change it again." ”

She picked up the pen again and began to revise.

Gu Fan looked at her for a while, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how could a good girl be possessed by an angel? What a sin.

It's still unclear what conditions are required for angel possession, maybe this girl's magical painting style and more introverted personality are also related to this? However, Gu Fan is not in the mood to study these things for the time being, so let's make a game first!

(End of chapter)