When Masaharu Yamada went to the game store, he was taken aback, and there was a long line in front of the store until he turned around the corner.

It's enough to show how popular the game is today.

"It's scary."

Luckily, he played on the school's baseball team when he was in high school, so he was quite fast.

Not long after Yamada arrived, he was followed by a group of office workers in black suits.

"Ah~ Damn, so many people!"

……

Finally squeezed into the store, a cold light flashed under the store manager's glasses.

"Hey, why is you alone today, little brother?"

"That...... They asked me to come over and help with the purchase, so they didn't come. Masaharu Yamada said.

Everyone is an old acquaintance, although the store manager has never known what the names of these people are, but it is not uncommon for them to act collectively.

"Oh, the one with glasses and a little high hairline, doesn't he come by himself every time?"

The manager is talking about Furukawa Hirozer.

More often than not, he sees Furukawa acting alone.

And Furukawa is a die-hard fan of P Company, and the store manager thought that Furukawa would rush here as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that it was this young brother who came first.

"Glasses?"

Yamada took the game from the shelves and wondered who the store manager was talking about.

"Yes, it's the one who usually comes over to buy pokeni games at the first time, and many times he's alone."

"Ah, you said Furukawa-senpai."

The store manager thought to himself, ah, it turns out that his name is Furukawa.

Yamada nodded, "He has a date with a girl, so he can't come for the time being." ”

Speaking of Furukawa's predecessors, Masahru Yamada is on fire.

If you have a woman, you forget about your brother.

However, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Yamada himself is still single, and he was ruthlessly rejected when he confessed to his first love some time ago, and the reason for the rejection was that he was not aware that he was liked by Yamada at all.

The pride was shattered.

"Huh?!"

Hearing Yamada's words, the store manager let out a sigh of surprise.

I didn't think that there would be a girl like that in a dead house?

It's been so many years, and the store manager has calculated it himself, Furukawa has been around for about 7 or 8 years, and every time he buys games here, he's never seen this guy bring a girl over.

Sometimes there will be two or three friends of the same sex, but it will certainly not be girls.

I thought that such a person would always be lonely for the rest of his life, but I didn't expect to be able to date a girl?!

Losing a good customer.

The store manager felt bitter and sad, but there was an inexplicable emotion in his chest, and he silently blessed Furukawa Hiroze.

If such customers are gone, they will be gone, and I wish you could find true love.

It's really not easy.

……

It was already past 10 o'clock in the evening when Yamada finished buying the game disc and rushed home.

Tired and hungry, the whole person is not well.

However, Yamada still gave priority to calling his brothers and telling them that they had bought the game disc.

"Furukawa-senpai, I've already bought the disc of Princess Mononoke that I wanted."

"Ah, thank you very much, can you bring it over on Monday, I have an appointment with Miss Xuezhu tomorrow."

"Okay, it's okay, you guys go play, I'll clear the game by myself." Yamada said.

"Then please, enjoy the weekend."

As he spoke, the other party hung up the phone.

Damn it!

Can't Furukawa-senpai hear that I'm talking back?

Forget it.

Then after informing Kinoshita-senior and Hayamikawa-senpai that they would bring the game disc over on Monday, Yamada began to cook instant noodles to fill his stomach.

Even though it was already 11 p.m., Yamada decided to try Princess Mononoke

Otherwise, it's too aggrieved.

In addition to the aggrieved ones who have been queuing for so long, there are also seniors who they like very much, who suddenly broke away from the masses and became high-minded.

This hurt Yamada.

"Damn."

"Forget it, this is not good for Furukawa-senpai, I hope Furukawa-senpai can be with Miss Xuezhu, and I can introduce a beautiful young lady to me in the future."

While comforting himself, Yamada turned on the TV, opened the game box, and put the disc into the game console.

Everything is ready, just waiting for a good cooling.

At that moment, there was a knock on the door outside.

Huh?

Yamada jerked his head up, his eyes filled with infinite doubt.

He looked at the wall clock on the wall, and it was already 11:10 p.m.

It's so late, who's going to come?

When I opened the door, I saw that it was Hirosawa Furukawa standing outside.

"Huh? Furukawa-senpai, how did you come here? Yamada asked differently.

"I still couldn't help but come over, as soon as I heard that the disc of Princess Mononoke had been bought."

Hiroshi Furukawa said with a smile.

"Ah, so you came here to get the CD?"

"Well, I'm going to take Junna to experience it tomorrow."

Belch......

Yamada didn't know what to say for a while.

Furukawa's predecessor came over in person, and he was very happy, yes, but he always felt that he smelled the sour smell of love.

"Haven't you already seen the Princess Mononoke movie, and do you still want to experience the game?"

"Well, it's because I've seen it that I want to know what's different about the game." Hiroshi Furukawa said with a smile, "Also, you can play games and develop a relationship with Junna." ”

Hiroshi Furukawa had a happy smile on his face.

For this man, being able to play games with the girl he likes is probably not going to be happier than this in the world, right?

……

Yes...... Damn, it was pretended by Furukawa's predecessors again.

After sending off Hirosawa Furukawa, Yamada sat back down.

I just feel that the house is full of the sour smell of love.

However, the mood is inexplicably completely different from before.

Since Furukawa-senpai came over in person and took the game.

Masaharu Yamada's whole world has become brighter.

"Ah~ Sure enough, Furukawa-senpai is Furukawa-senpai, even if he has a girlfriend......"

Hmm&...... It should be considered a girlfriend, right?

I don't know if Furukawa-senpai confessed to Miss Yukitake.

"But even so, Furukawa still loves games."

Originally, I thought that after he had Miss Xuezhu, he would lose the reason to play games, but he didn't think that he was a real love for games, not just ordinary toys to dispatch loneliness and make himself more comfortable.

This made Yamada Masaharu feel extremely gratified.

The moonlight is hazy, and it's a good time to play the game.

If you don't play games, are you still waiting for a young lady to give you a hug?

So Yamada happily started playing the game.

……

Princess Mononoke! Initiate!

The screen goes black, and the logo of Pokeni, which is still familiar, appears on the screen.

Here's the iconic slogan:

[Game is life]

[Here, start an unprecedented journey of life]

But the slight difference from previous games is -

This time, the prompt words are presented in the style of ink.

It's like the ink floating on the water, or the curling smoke in the sky.

After the words appear, they slowly disperse, and this feeling is really artistic.

Yamada Masaharu just saw this beginning, and before he could enter the game, he had already let out an infinite sigh.

Pokeni really put his heart into it.

In order to fit "Princess Mononoke", such an artistic expression is adopted, which is antique.

In fact, what he didn't know was that Qing Zhiyuan was a Chinese in his previous life, and he played more ink style games than he imagined, and even for the ink style, Qing Zhiyuan was very persistent.

It's just that there are no particularly accessible Chinese-style classical games.

It's hard to come up with a "Princess Mononoke", of course, you have to implement it.

The screen lit up again, as if the sun was breaking through the dark clouds at dawn, and the brightness of the picture was constantly changing, brightening little by little.

At the same time, the sound of birds and running water can be heard in the picture......

In the picture, there is a large green forest, and the distant mountain peaks are hidden in the sea of clouds.

Nearby is a small black-stone walled city with smoke rising from its rooftops.

An idyllic view of the landscape.

Hisaishi's music sounded slowly, beautifully, and in Yamada's mind, there was a bright moon.

Below, there is a green forest of peaks and mountains.

Infinite vastness and beauty.

It was as if some mysterious power had struck Yamada's mind.

It's fascinating.

Ah, it's worthy of the soundtrack of Master Hisaishi, which is also too good.

With the start screen in front of you, it's perfect.

If there is such a place in reality, no, there should be such a place in reality, Yamada Shoji thought to himself.

I had seen a report about "Princess Mononoke" before, and he remembered that in order to be a good Princess Mononoke, Hayao Miyazaki also took Jean Hisaishi and Qing Chiyuan out to shoot together.

Ah, if that's true, then the reality of this place must be very beautiful.

He also wanted to experience it once.

Press the button and select [New Game]

The game has officially begun.

……

The camera barely cuts, but hides the fonts in the main screen, and then the entire game starts slowly floating.

It was at this moment that Masahru Yamada was surprised to find out -

He originally thought that the initial interface was a 2D image, but he didn't expect it to be a real 3D scene.

The camera advances slowly, then zooms in constantly, like your eyes, floating in the air, leading you to witness the world.

The subtitles slowly emerge from the bottom, and it really feels like watching a movie in a movie theater.

[Once upon a time]

[This country is covered by a large forest]

【On this land】

[Lived the gods that have existed since ancient times]

The camera slowly descends, and only then does there a transition from the original vista to the vast mountains gradually change to the ground.

Skim over the dense treetops, glide over tree trunks, and slowly descend to the ground.

Yamada Masaharu was shocked for a while, a little confused, is this a 3D scene or a 2D picture, or is it directly put into the game the animation made by Hayao Miyazaki?

I don't understand it at all.

Judging from the language of the camera just now, it seems to be a 3D effect, but when the camera transitions to the forest, the details are slowly presented, giving him the illusion that he is watching a 2D animation.

How exactly is this done?

Although Massaharu Yamada is not a gamer, he is in the instinct of a programmed ape, and he is extremely curious about it.

In fact, the production process of this section is spliced together by two animations.

The first paragraph is indeed what Masahru Yamada saw.,3D big world scene built by pokeni.,It's just that this scene can't run people.,It can only be used for CG.。

Through the performance of this segment of the footage, and then made a difference excessive, because the whole game is rendered with the animation debugged by Qing Zhiyuan, so from the entire façade, it is like watching a movie.

When the lens is moved down, it is possible to maintain a stable 2D feeling inside.

Then when the 3D to 2D connection, it is easy to do, and the second half of the connection part is completed by Shinjin Cheng through computer drawing.

Proper 2D animation.

In other words, from the very beginning of the game, it is a veritable combination of 3D + 2D.

Even though it's an anime, it shows Pokeni's superb game development skills and wisdom beyond ordinary people's imagination.

If it weren't for Qing Zhiyuan, it is estimated that no one in the entire era would have thought of using such a splicing transition method to complete the opening animation.

As for the friends and businessmen, it is estimated that they will not be able to figure out the mystery of this if they want to break their heads.

……

The next part is all 2D interpretation, which is shown through the actual images in some animated films:

In the dense woods, the camera zooms in and you can see a lush variety of plants.

In the distance, there was a small stream that shone brightly, as if someone had broken it and crushed it and sprinkled it into the river.

Nearby, a small squirrel jumped up the trunk of a tree.

Birds spread their wings along the branches.

Everything is a beautiful sight.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred-

One after another, the trees fell, and at the same time, a massive monster covered in countless terrible cursed insects slid through the woods.

Everywhere they passed, the flowers and trees quickly withered and withered, turning into a puddle of mud.

The monsters were covered in curses, and these bugs looked terrifying, like earthworms, but they were all black.

The monster as a whole takes on the appearance of a round spider.

On the pavement it crawled on, it left a long black trail like corrosive mud.

……

"Terrible."

Seeing this, Yamada Masaharu couldn't help but hug his arms and rub them to make himself warmer.

At the same time, goosebumps all over his body rose.

……

The picture came to an abrupt end, and the whole music became high-pitched, with a few big words written in the very center of the TV set -

Princess Mononoke

The camera shifts, revealing a large green jungle and villages hidden among the mountains.

Some man-made watchtowers stand on the road outside, and behind them are some earthen houses, which are scattered and look particularly classical.

Unlike "Onmyoji", "Princess Mononoke" feels a little older to Masahru Yamada.

Quaint, to be precise.

The subtitle reads:

【In a quiet town in the East】

[People live a quiet life without fighting with the world]

[However, all of this will change dramatically because of the arrival of something.] 】

The camera switches again, this time in the middle of the frame stands a teenager wearing a blue shirt with bulging hair tied in the back of his head.

The camera is a tail-chasing shot, that is, a third-person perspective, but it is located diagonally above the actor's back.

The boy stepped on the green jungle, and an earthy yellow mountain road zigzagged into the distance.

At this point, the game really puts the right to act and operate in the hands of the player.

The next part is a piece of instruction.

In fact, it is very simple, first teach Yamada how to use the joystick to walk, run, jump, steer, etc......

……

Looking at the game screen in front of him, Massaharu Yamada was still a little suspicious of his eyes.

Because no matter how you look at it, this game is like watching an animated movie.

I have the illusion of sitting in a movie theater and experiencing "Princess Mononoke" made by Hayao Miyazaki.

The color of the picture, the overall style of the painting, and all the structures of the characters, all give people a very 2D illusion.

The hook edge is very noticeable, the normals are also prominent, shiny or something, unusually soft and harmonious, but lacking realism.

It's like being in the middle of an anime.

"Can this be called a 3D game?"

And it's action-oriented.

Why doesn't Masaharu Yamada believe it?

In fact, until now, Masahru Yamada hasn't figured out what this 3D action game is all about.

In his imagination, a 3D real-time action game should be like Pokémon 3D World.

But when it comes to single-player RPGs, I don't know much about it.

But now that the novice is being taught, he has a little bit of understanding-

The so-called 3D action games probably simulate the feeling of real people playing in a 3D world, right?

It's just that the image doesn't make it possible for him to relate it to 3D.

……

But this suspicion lasted less than a minute or so.

When Massaharu Yamada flicked the right stick according to the beginner's instructions, the whole game scene also rotated.

To be precise, he is turning from the perspective of the male protagonist Asidaka, looking at every place in his sight.

As the field of view changes, so does the scene, but it's all very continuous and natural.

It's as if Masasharu Yamada has gone around in a circle in the real world.

"Wow, it's really 3D!"

Masasharu Yamada couldn't help but let out a sigh.

Hayao Miyazaki's ever-changing animation world is full of fantasy.

All at once it came to life.

Embark on an adventure in such a world.

Oh, my God.

It's so interesting, isn't it?!

Pokeni is like a hex.

Masaharu Yamada was conquered by the game at once, all his previous doubts vanished, and he had infinite anticipation for the next adventure.

……

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There should be another chapter in the evening

Today's author's birthday, maybe to celebrate in the evening, there may not be this chapter, if you don't see it after 11 o'clock, don't wait any longer.

Thank you.

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