……

Koganei, Tokyo.

Studio Ghibli.

Goro Miyazaki was sorting out the storyboard, and when he passed by Miyazaki's studio, he happened to see a strange scene:

There is a television in the studio.

In front of the TV, two chairs sit Suzuki P and Miyazaki.

The two old men looked unusually excited.

Goro Miyazaki was taken aback.

Glancing at it, the TV was filled with a Princess Mononoke game.

He relaxed a little.

"Ahh Go right, go right, yes, don't go over there, you'll meet a wild boar over there, we can't beat it. Hayao Miyazaki commanded.

Toshio Suzuki frowned fiercely, "Then who can we beat?" ”

"Ah......h

Miyazaki was silent.

"Otherwise, let's go back to the original place and fight the samurai or something, I think archery is quite interesting." Hayao Miyazaki said.

"Okay."

Toshio Suzuki frowned and made a compromise.

After a while, the two of them quarreled again.

"No, no, you have to get out of the way, or you'll be hacked to death!"

"Yes, yes, go to the left, hit him!"

"Spank him!!"

Miyazaki was unusually excited, and his old face turned red.

"Otherwise, I'll play with you, okay?" Toshio Suzuki said unhappily.

"That ......" Miyazaki smiled, and was about to say something, but was preempted by Toshio Suzuki:

"You're going to say that you have dirty hands again, you just painted, right?"

Toshio Suzuki said without raising his head.

"Huh."

Miyazaki smiled and scratched his head.

"You know that."

"Isn't it, you only have this excuse, can't you still play because of a hand injury?" Toshio Suzuki said disdainfully.

"Huh? It's not impossible. ”

"Ah~ Miyazaki, can you face your own problems?"

Goro Miyazaki looked at it behind his back.

Good guys, these two old men have nothing to do, do they? Play games here early in the morning.

And it's very noisy.

But, Hayao Miyazaki, what are you doing here?

Overwatch?

Is it so fun to watch Suzuki P play games?

Goro Miyazaki felt extremely confused, and he didn't see the old man sitting next to him watching when he was playing games at home.

Not only did not see him, but he didn't even see Miyazaki's people for a long time.

It was a better time, but it was also because he joined Studio Ghibli.

"Hey, two grandfathers, is it really good to play games during working hours during the day?" Wu Lang said jokingly.

Hearing Goro's voice from behind, Miyazaki himself was startled.

He quickly stood up and tidied up his clothes and hair in a bit of a panic.

He fed a cigarette to his mouth, but he didn't light it, so he just held it in his mouth and wiped his hand on his apron with some embarrassment.

"That, that......"

Yes...... White teeth.

Being caught by his son and being lazy is simply terrible.

Wu Lang must be very disappointed to see such a father, right?

How can you be strict with Wu Lang in the future, how to educate your children?

Am I really an irresponsible guy......

"So...... I'll just ......"

Miyazaki was about to leave here to prepare for a new work, but he didn't have the slightest idea of leaving.

I'm even thinking about the [humanoid monster boss] at the beginning of the game

At this time, Toshio Suzuki smiled at Goro Miyazaki.

Seeing Miyazaki's embarrassed appearance, he was very happy, and even wanted to laugh.

It's been a long time since I've seen this guy Miyazaki embarrassed, but I didn't expect him to be quite restrained in front of his son.

"It's part of the job." Toshio Suzuki said to Goro, "We're playing Princess Mononoke games. ”

"Yes, yes!"

Miyazaki's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slammed his fist and said, "We're also working, Princess Mononoke is a spin-off of our movie, I have to see how the game goes, right?" ”

"The movies have already been released, and the follow-up is the peripheral products to be made, and Suzuki-san and I are working on the game content."

"It's really not easy to adapt an anime into a game."

Hayao Miyazaki said calmly.

In fact, the two old men had only now completed the part of the novice teaching, and it had already taken their whole lives to defeat the few samurai in front of them and run to the top of the mountain.

Not to mention the post-experience content.

"Well, Wu Lang, do you want to come and play together?" Toshio Suzuki invited, "You're also involved in the animation production, so it would be a shame not to try the game." ”

"Hmm...... I'll try again later, I'll go to work first. ”

Goro Miyazaki bowed slightly to the two old men and politely said goodbye.

Seeing Goro leave, Miyazaki finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah~ It's terrible, it's such a terrible thing to be seen playing games by my son."

"We're working, working."

"Yes, yes, yes, work, this is also very important work." Miyazaki laughed evilly.

This guy ......

Suzuki looked at Miyazaki silently with his eyes open.

It's really thick-skinned.

I didn't blame myself at all, and I went downhill.

……

So the two old men continued to sit in front of the TV and started playing games.

"The controller of the new console is pretty good." Toshio Suzuki said, "Have you noticed that my operation has become smoother as well?" ”

Miyazaki was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "No." ”

"But, I just hacked a samurai to death."

"I think, let's not get too close, isn't it good to shoot arrows from afar?" Hayao Miyazaki said.

"But they'll come to you." Suzuki complained, "How can you hit with a bow and arrow just when they catch up?" ”

The two of them stopped talking and concentrated on playing the game.

After passing the novice instruction, he chased the merchants up the hillside.

The boar god, who had turned into an evil spirit, rushed out, trampled over the body of one of the samurai, and rushed down the hillside.

Then another cursed insect was entangled, and his body began to swell, becoming the first boss in the game-

【Cursed Humanoid】

"Hmm...... It's kind of scary. ”

Miyazaki gasped, and the transformation effect was more visually striking than he had imagined.

He doesn't really know much about games, but he can clearly feel the impact and sense of substitution that games bring to players, which is really powerful, and he doesn't lose to movies at all.

You can even learn something from it.

Toshio Suzuki was even so frightened that he almost flew out of his handle.

"Huh? Not bad, the change of this place. ”

Miyazaki clasped his hands and whispered in admiration.

There are some changes to the game, which are to be informed of Ghibli's side.

So Miyazaki actually knew about these additions before.

For him, as long as the main line has not changed, the relationship between the characters, the role setting has not changed, and the final idea has not changed, everything else is easy to say.

(It seems that there is not much left that can be changed.) ）

It's called dancing in shackles.

Qing Zhiyuan wants to make major changes to the plot, how can Old Man Miyazaki agree to this kind of thing?!

So I had to work the gameplay and performance.

……

As far as this part of the early stage is concerned, although Pokeni has added some content, Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki feel that it is just right when they experience it.

There is even a kind of echoing effect.

At the beginning of the game, through the invasion of outsiders, hunting, and then merchants profiting from it, selling hides and heads of rare animals......

This series of conflicts is actually quite obvious.

It's basically a microcosm of the whole Princess Mononoke story.

At the beginning, it reveals the greed of human beings and the backlash of nature, and at the same time brings out the contradictions.

In fact, Miyazaki is quite satisfied with this.

Games are different from animation, animated movies need to pay attention to duration and rhythm, and the amount of information for a movie to shoot a 2-hour content is definitely limited, so there are trade-offs.

You must also grasp the sense of rhythm, and you need to be interlocking and relaxed, so that the audience can be firmly fixed in your position.

But the game is different, the game itself is a way to play and stop, you can save and come again, and it is very fragmented and has no time limit.

Then there won't be so many restrictions on itself, not only is there no limitation on the length and amount of information in the plot, but it even needs to be filled with a lot of things in order to make the players have a better experience.

For example, the dialogue content of each NPC, through their speech, as well as the item information collected in the game room and field, more stories and side content can be pieced together......

These are all things that the game needs to accomplish.

Therefore, Miyazaki Hayao agreed with the changes of P Society, and even gained a lot of inspiration from it.

There were things he had never imagined.

But when I played it, it lit up.

"Huh? Is that how I designed it? ”

Huh? It turns out that there is still this kind of operation?

Huh? So it's okay to behave like this?

……

This part of the game, from the beginner's tutorial all the way to the first boss fight, amazed Miyazaki.

The addition of this part immediately has the effect of echoing from beginning to end.

In the future, players will dig out more details from it, such as the greed of human nature, the profit-forgetfulness of businessmen, and the big guys don't care about the life and death of the bottom at all......

Fishing for the best of the water, especially short-sighted, wars between people, plunder......

And so on, in fact, they have been abbreviated here, and they are hinted at in the small details.

Sei Chi Won was able to understand his work to this extent, and to deepen and transform it, which made Miyazaki extremely happy.

Moreover, the game's graphic performance, walking mode, and battle content ......

These amazed Miyazaki.

"I didn't expect the current game to be able to do this to this extent."

"Isn't that right?" Toshio Suzuki gritted his teeth and said while fighting the boss, "Pokeni's technology should be considered the best in the world, and it should be easy to do it to this extent." ”

Although he said it was simple, Suzuki P himself was not confident.

The graphics in the game, the experience is too silky, and there is a feeling that Qing Zhiyuan has created an animated world.

"This is the world of Princess Mononoke as I imagined it." Miyazaki lit himself a cigarette next to him, took a deep breath, and exclaimed, "We present the game to the audience in a linear way.

They are designed for the audience to explore and discover in the game.

It's a harder kind of work. ”

Hayao Miyazaki said seriously.

At the same time, this is also the most real and profound feeling I have felt after watching it for a long time.

In animation, you draw a storyboard according to the storyline, and then make a picture according to the storyboard, and finally process it into a movie, which is actually relatively simple.

For example, in the beginning, Ashidaka discovers that the boar god demon is attacking the village, which is only a matter of a few minutes in the cartoon.

When drawing, you only need to show the key picture, as for how the boar god came to be, what is around, how it acts, many continuous action frames are actually not completely drawn.

But the game is different, the game has to put everything in the setting, it is real.

Even if you turn your camera and don't look at the boar god, it's attacking the village.

Therefore, Miyazaki especially admires Qing Zhiyuan and thinks that they have done great things.

In particular, the game fills the world view of Princess Mononoke, putting many small details in it waiting for players to discover and explore, and it can also achieve good gameplay, not for players to watch a movie.

What's more, players have a very intuitive and good experience in it.

Take out the whole plot part, then fight monsters, ride Yaklu to run through the mountains, explore the world, and search for information......

That's interesting in itself.

Even Miyazaki felt that he could play with bows and arrows himself for a year.

No, it should be a year to watch Toshio Suzuki play with bows and arrows.

The gameplay is already quite remarkable.

What's even more remarkable is that such a game can actually make movie-like animation effects.

Miyazaki can feel this all the time, as if his Princess Mononoke world has come to life.

Ashidaka lived.

Shan lived.

The forest of mythical beasts is alive, and even the elves are alive.

That's how it feels.

To achieve this level, how much time, manpower and resources are needed, and how difficult it is, Miyazaki is not very clear.

However, he is proud of Cheong Ji Won from the bottom of his heart, and he is proud that Pokeni has been able to do this level of his work.

It's really remarkable.

……

This collaboration is equivalent to laying a solid foundation for the future of Studio Ghibli and Pokeni, and they have a strong sense of trust in each other.

Whether it's the quality of Miyazaki's own animations, Hisaishi's music, or the game itself, it has reached a new level.

Such a union is perfect.

Even Hayao Miyazaki was thinking in his heart -

It seems that many works in the future can follow this path.

But what to do with the next anime, so far Miyazaki has no clue.

After making Princess Yulin, he decided to give himself a big vacation, and then go out for a good trip to gather some inspiration by the way.

Of course, before the trip, he still had to play the "Princess of the Forest" game with Toshio Suzuki.

After all, this is "Princess of the Forest"!

It's an adaptation of Princess Mononoke that I spent countless efforts to create.

Hayao Miyazaki watched Toshio Suzuki play the game, and he was very happy and excited throughout the whole process.

It's like watching your own kids put on a show.

Of course, the child here does not refer to Suzuki-san, but to the game Princess Mononoke.

Very fulfilling.

It's really rewarding, and it's a point of pride just to look at it.

Especially when he saw Toshio Suzuki being tortured to death by the game, Miyazaki was extremely excited and happy.

Secretly covering his mouth and laughing on the side.

At this moment, he seemed to experience the mood of a game developer a little bit -

I managed to make a game that would be so unsatisfying if it were so easy for players to complete the game.

This time, the feeling of watching "Princess Mononoke" is really different.

I used to play the games of the P club.,Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki are in a camp.,Always thinking that the game would be a little simpler.,It would be nice to be able to clear the customs.。

And when Princess Mononoke was his own child, he always hoped that the child could work harder to defeat these players.

Every time he saw Toshio Suzuki being killed by a monster, Miyazaki laughed unusually happily.

……

Cha~

With a crisp bone sound, Toshio Suzuki was hit by the humanoid demon again, and the whole person let out a miserable scream.

Asidaka fell to the ground.

A large word "death" appeared on the screen.

"Ah~ Isn't this game a little too difficult?" Toshio Suzuki sighed silently.

He's already died under this boss as many as 3 times.

Tears were thrown out.

Toshio Suzuki lifted his glasses, put them on his forehead, and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.

It's not that I'm really beaten to tears, it's just that when I'm older, I'm a little tired from staring at the TV for a long time.

Hayao Miyazaki gloated beside him, "Is it possible that it's because of Suzuki that you can't do it?" ”

"So you're coming? Can you do it? "Toshio Suzuki is not happy.

"Hmm...... Look at my hands......"

Miyazaki spread his hands out and showed him the gouache he had in his hand.

Colorful, both hands are flowery.

This guy ......

Toshio Suzuki rolled his eyes.

……

Two old men sat in the room, playing games and complaining.

Hayao Miyazaki's command was loud.

After a while, Toshio Suzuki died again.

I finally beat the first boss, went to the boar god, and was tortured to death again.

"Miyazaki-san, when you were painting, did you ever think that the boar god was so powerful?" Toshio Suzuki quipped.

"That'...... That's for sure. ”

Hayao Miyazaki stiffened his mouth, "You must know that this is the mountain master who guards the mountain, if you don't have this ability, how can you protect it?" ”

Damn, this guy is serious, and he has a point.

But it's all complete nonsense.

……

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There is another chapter in the afternoon

(End of chapter)