Noboru Uesugi led the team to choose the first level.

After pressing OK.

A few Pokémon jumped up and jumped in.

Let's go.

The little star flickered and then switched between the entire game screen.

[Level 1: Bee Farm]

The camera gives a distant view from the air -

A turquoise farm with many fruit trees, and guards patrolling through the trees and grasses, and sweet bees patrolling back and forth to protect the orchard.

But judging from the black smoke from the bodies of the many sweet bees, it is probably possible to tell that they must have been infected by the so-called virus.

The cheerful BGM rang out.

A few children operate their own Pokémon to move forward from the starting point.

Since it is a multiplayer game, the game becomes a multiplayer perspective that cannot be rotated.

This multiplayer view is made up of two parts, one of which is the camera control area that is set in different areas of each level.

The other part is programmed to make camera corrections based on the number of people in the team and position.

To put it simply, it's about finding a central camera location that allows all players to find themselves on the screen without having some players disappear off the screen.

That is to say, for most games, the player is likely to be in the center of the screen all the time, such as FPS, TPS, and other single-player games, no matter how you turn the camera, unless you go to the edge of the map and are stuck by an obstruction, you will be in the center to ensure that the field of view is as open as possible.

In multiplayer games, the center of the camera is likely to be off, and if it is a triangle of three people, then the center of the camera is likely to be at the center of the triangle, rather than with a player as the core.

The advantage of this is that it takes care of each player's experience.

For side-scrolling games, it's even simpler, I don't take care of anyone, I just move backwards with the progress of the game, so it's also called a time reeling game.

It was the first time for everyone to experience such a fresh 3D game, so they were extremely happy.

……

"Pickup Pickup~"

Uesugi controls Pikachu at the front of the group.

A key to attack, B key to jump.

You can walk with either the joystick or the D-pad.

But after playing for less than 10 seconds, Uesugi has already discovered-

In this game, the joystick is much easier to use than the D-pad.

The D-pad can basically only control movement in four directions, while the joystick will be more precise and will bring a huge increase in sensitivity.

This allows him to dodge monsters while performing actions that are difficult to control, such as going in circles or running in a certain diagonal direction.

Extremely flexible in action.

And this kind of flexibility is something he has never experienced in previous games.

"It's the first time I've thought the PS handle is so easy to use."

"yes, yes. It turns out that the role of the joystick is like this, I used to complain that the D-pad is enough, why do you have to do it so complicated. ”

For children, the weight of the handle must be more sensitive than that of adults, so many children didn't like Sony's dual-stick handle very much.

But now, they have all changed their perception of this controller because of a Pokémon 3D, which simply subverts their perception for so many months.

……

So far, everyone's Pokémon have only one initial skill.

For example, Uesugi's Pikachu has only one lightning strike right now.

It unleashes a small circle of lightning around Pikachu that can defeat enemies if they can touch them.

As soon as I climbed the hill, a sweet bee flew over.

Uesugi pressed the A button, and Sweet Bee was struck by lightning, and then made a fainting motion, falling from the air to the ground and shattering into a cloud of air.

The whole [Bee Farm] is a small maze level, as a novice first level can be said to be very simple, in the process Pokémon can also get some corresponding items on the tree or in the treasure chest to help better pass the level.

The four friends played very devotedly, just after the first small corner, the fat bear found a big metal treasure chest, opened it, his little fire dragon immediately changed its appearance-

Four balloons of different colors were tied to the body of the little fire dragon, and the little fire dragon flew up after it.

The corresponding operation instructions also appeared on the screen: [Press the L key to go up, and the R key to go down.] 】

"Wow, there's a balloon!!"

"Oh my God! I'll fly! ”

"My little fire dragon will fly!"

"You can fly before you evolve!"

The little fire dragon itself does not have the ability to fly, which is the case in Pokémon's animation and game design, and only has wings after evolving into a fire-breathing dragon can it have the ability to fly.

And now, with balloons strapped to your body, you can fly without evolving, can you believe that?

Seeing the fat bear's little fire dragon flying, the other friends also showed extremely surprised looks.

"Oh my God, Fat Bear, your little fire dragon can actually fly?!"

"How? I want to fly too! The skinny monkey, the owner of the Jenny turtle, also shouted anxiously.

"Open the treasure chest, after opening the treasure chest, the balloon will come out, and if there is a balloon, you can fly!" Fat Bear shouted.

"Ahh I'm going to pop a balloon out too. ”

"I want to play with balloons, too!"

The children were immediately impressed by Pokeni's creativity.

They all scramble to get balloons to play with.

The joy of children is as simple as that.

Not only is there a balloon prop, but even the shoulder button design of the handle has been successfully revitalized through this prop.

This time, Fat Bear experienced the subtlety of this handle design through his own personal experience.

It seems that a few extra buttons and joysticks are now useful, and they make your hands hold very naturally and operate exceptionally smoothly.

Aside from being a little heavy, there's almost nothing to complain about.

At the same time, the fat bear is also controlling his little fire dragon to fly high.

There are several scattered fragments of golden stars on the rock floor above, in addition to a large green pentagram.

"Pentagram! There is a green five-pointed star! ”

Fat Bear shouted.

Several other friends were also very excited, "Let's see, what's the use of the pentagram!" ”

The fat bear received the order, nodded happily, and rushed towards the pentagram.

Jingle bell.

As the cheerful sound sounds, the pentagram flies directly into the upper left corner of the interface after it is obtained.

Only then did the crowd realize that there was originally a white pattern in the shape of three five-pointed stars in that position, and one of them turned green.

Star fragments are used to increase points and be used for Pokémon players to clear and rank in the future, while pentagram stars are important items used to unlock later levels.

In this process, the most important thing is to collect the small green five-pointed star, because the later levels need to use the five-pointed star to unlock.

The further back you go, the more you need to be in the number of pentagrams.

"Oh, that's no use." Fat Bear said.

In fact, what everyone thought in their hearts was whether the pentagram would be some kind of magical prop that could strengthen Pokémon or change behavior patterns like a balloon, but it didn't come to any use.

Although the friends were a little disappointed, they were still very happy.

"Come on! Let's see who gets to the finish line first! ”

……

Who knows that the fat bear hasn't experienced it for long, and his hands haven't been hot yet, and as soon as he flew up to pick up something, he was punctured by two sweet bees flying over, and then the little fire dragon fell from the air.

"Ahh Damn, my balloons are gone! ”

The other children let out a slight laugh.

Children's happiness is so simple and pure, sometimes you can laugh for a long time when you fall on the street.

And at this moment, another little friend, Reiko, found another prop.

A little elf appeared in the treasure chest, a small ball of light to be exact, just like the night elf in Warcraft, and his whole body flashed with light.

After emerging from the treasure chest, the little thing was not restless, and ran to other places with all its might.

A hint of surprise flashed in Reiko's eyes.

Nani?

Is it still alive?

And you ran as soon as you came out?

Where is this going to work?

Reiko is also a [veteran] gamer, so without saying a word, she quickly controlled the wonderful frog seed to chase after her.

duangduangduang！

As soon as the light ball was eaten, the size of the frog seed quickly increased.

The implementation of this function is also very simple, that is, the model is enlarged year-on-year, and then the program side makes a difference over, and the effect is enlarged within one second.

But the response was surprisingly good.

As soon as she ate it, Reiko's eyes were about to fall out in surprise.

"Ahh

"Look at me, look at me!"

"My Wonderful Frog Seed has become so big!"

It's hard for other friends not to notice this [gigantic] wonderful frog seed.

Because it was so big, the image of the Wonderful Frog Seed alone took up almost half of the screen, and Pikachu was pitiful in front of him, like a small seed.

"Quack! That's amazing, isn't it? Now it's up to me to play! ”

Reiko let out a strange cry from her mouth, and controlled the wonderful frog seed to stride forward.

In order to match the effect of the gigantic transformation, Pokeni also made the ground shake and the corresponding effect, and every time the Wonderful Frog Seed advances, there is a feeling of shaking the sky.

After being gigantic, the Wonderful Frog Seed is also in an invincible state for a certain period of time.

Enemies that it trampled on and touched were defeated and disappeared.

So the next short section of the level can be said to be quite easy, and Reiko opens the way in front, which can be said to be unscrupulous.

As soon as she ran a few steps, Reiko exclaimed, "Ah! Yes! ”

In the middle of the screen, the ground of the Wonderful Frog Seed suddenly cracked, and then its huge body fell from the cracked ground.

The friends were so surprised that their jaws were about to drop.

"Huh?! What's going on? ”

"You can still fall!?"

But in the next second, Uesugi and the skinny monkey burst into laughter.

Because this scene is so good at poking the children's laughter, the [chubby] wonderful frog seed fell into the ground because it was [too heavy].

It's like seeing a guy slip and fall on the street.

But not long after laughing, everyone exclaimed again, "Reiko, look, there's a passage down there, you keep walking!" Hurry up! ”

It turns out that all this was designed by Pokeni -

After becoming huge, the passage to the basement level can be opened due to the weight of the weight.

But if you don't make it to the chest, you won't be able to discover the secret.

Sure enough, in this second basement floor, Reiko found the pentagram of the second lesson.

"Great!" Reiko laughed happily.

"I didn't expect the second pentagram to be hidden in such a place."

"Mmmm, that's funny!"

"It's so funny!"

The crowd cheered.

The laughter in the room could be described as deafening.

And Uesugi's parents, who were watching TV and drinking tea below, couldn't help but shake their heads helplessly when they saw this.

Seeing the mother who was about to get up and go upstairs to teach the children, Uesugi's father quickly held her down:

"Forget it, it's almost summer vacation, and it's a weekend, so let's be happy with the children."

……

After getting the third five-pointed star, several friends successfully passed the first level.

At the end of this level, in order to increase the sense of ritual of passing the level, Pokeni designed to add a [Purification Gem], when the final destination is reached and the Purification Gem is obtained, this level is considered to be over, and at the same time, the Pokémon on the screen will make victory gestures, which is very celebratory.

The Purification Gem is also set in line with the world view of the 3D world, as long as you collect 7 Purification Gems, you can change the entire world of Bodal and restore the world to its original appearance.

"Great! Attack the second level! ”

The people raised their right hands.

The second level is called the Enchanted Forest, and the monsters in the forest have changed from the sweet bees in the first level to fruit gnawing insects.

Naturally, there are more trees in the forest, and with the help of balloons, you can fly from the top of the trees.

Moreover, the entire Enchanted Forest has a level structure of height and layers, and some large trees can be directly three stories high.

If you don't have a balloon, you'll have to climb up the hill to jump to the top of the tree.

In addition to fruit gnawing insects, there are also round spiders.

The presence of these two Pokémon enemies suddenly makes the difficulty of the game rise by several steps.

The round spider will suddenly fall from the tree, and there will be a small filament in the middle of the screen, and it will fall down the small filament.

If you're not careful, you'll get hit by it.

It's really hard to prevent.

And gnawing fruit worms is even more deceptive.

Fruit worms may disguise the appearance of apples, and eating real apples in this level can actually earn points, but if you accidentally get a [fake apple], then this fake apple is to shake it twice, and then turn around, revealing the part of the worm to attack the player.

"Ahh It's scary! ”

Uesugi let out an exclamation.

Immediately after being bitten by a fruit worm, Pikachu quickly becomes smaller.

Degraded into the appearance of Pichu.

Pichu is a small light yellow mouse Pokémon with a pink accumulator on its cheek. It has black patterns on the periphery of its ears and a black tail.

After evolution, it will become Pikachu.

And now, Uesugi Sheng, who was bitten for the first time, suddenly became this little bite, and he didn't react for a while.

"Oh my God! I can still be small?! ”

"Giggle......

The friends rolled on the bed with a smile on their stomachs.

……

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There is one more chapter in the evening.

In addition: mourn the author's death due to lung cancer in July

He's the same editor as me, and although I don't have much to do with him, it's still a little uncomfortable to see a young author gone

At the same time, I should also encourage myself to exercise well, and write more favorite works for readers while maintaining health.

Thank you.

There is one more chapter in the evening.

(End of chapter)