After about an hour, when Wu Lang returned to the room, he found that the two old men were still stuck in the boar god.

What's going on?

Did you quarrel for more than an hour?

Called here an hour ago and still here an hour later?

No progress at all?

Or are they not playing the game at all?

Goro Miyazaki stood by and watched silently for a while, and finally understood-

The old man's reaction really didn't work, it was too weak.

It makes people anxious.

He just couldn't stand it anymore.

"That...... If you can, please let me try this game too. Goro Miyazaki bowed slightly beside him and said seriously.

[Otherwise, let me come]

In this case, it will inevitably be too hurtful.

Old man Miyazaki is okay, Suzuki-san is such a good person, there is no need to hit him.

Huh?

The two old men raised their heads and looked at the young man behind them with big eyes.

Then they exchanged glances with each other.

Yes!

Why didn't you think about it earlier?

A young man like Wu Lang must be more interested in playing games than us!

Toshio Suzuki blinked: Didn't Goro also play the game of Rentendo when he was a child? He should have been allowed to play this a long time ago.

Why do you have to torture me, an old man?

Hayao Miyazaki is: Let Goro play the game, is it really good?

Toshio Suzuki raised his eyebrows: It's okay, it's definitely okay, he's a young man with a quick reaction and likes to play games.

It's just so good that your father and son can grow together.

It seems to be the same thing.

The two old men stood up at the same time.

"Okay, you can give it a try. After all, it's also the first animated game adapted by our studio. There must be a lot of ideas and ideas. ”

Toshio Suzuki shoves the handle to Goro.

"Okay, thank you Suzuki-san."

Goro Miyazaki sat down in Suzuki's place.

Then Uncle Suzuki pulled a chair from the side and came over, and the two of them, one left and one right, sandwiched Goro in the middle.

Well?!

Goro Miyazaki frowned, are they going to watch from the sidelines too?

That's too much psychological pressure.

Hayao Miyazaki said in a disdainful tone, with concern, "Wu Lang, are you really okay?" It's a hard game. ”

How difficult the game is, the two old men don't know anything in their hearts.

The main thing is that when you don't have enough skills, you can't detect what the difficulty ceiling of the game is.

In short, judging from Toshio Suzuki's performance just now, Miyazaki thinks that the "Princess Mononoke" game is very difficult.

At least it's a lot harder than the upside-down Patma, LL and the like they've played before.

"It's much harder than a galgame." Miyazaki said, "It's a 3D action game. ”

Toshio Suzuki said: Isn't this nonsense?

It's not the same type of game, one is a game where choice is greater than effort, and the other is a game that you can't necessarily play if you work hard.

There is simply no comparison.

"Don't worry, Wu Lang will definitely have no problem."

Toshio Suzuki said with a smile next to him.

Miyazaki, this guy, is not honest at all, saying something [difficult, difficult], it looks like he is hitting Wu Lang's self-confidence, but in fact, he cares about his son and is afraid that he will make a fool of himself in front of others.

But—

Wu Lang may not be able to understand this little bit of caution.

Sure enough, the more Miyazaki said this, Miyazaki Goro was provoked to anger, "Bad old man, don't underestimate me!" ”

The bad old man is actually not an insult from Wu Lang, he usually calls Miyazaki like this, but it is a kind of affectionate name.

After making "The Blooming Hillside of Poppy" in his previous life, he finally got a compliment from Hayao Miyazaki, and Wu Lang also said this to the camera:

[Bad old man, you have to give me a good life! 】

Although Miyazaki is very strict with him, it can be seen from Goro's performance that he still respects and loves this father from the bottom of his heart.

It's just that both father and son are in the pit, smelly and hard, stubborn and not honest.

The corners of Miyazaki's mouth twitched twice, good guy, you didn't understand what I meant at all, did you?

Toshio Suzuki watched it funny next to him, and hurriedly rounded the field:

"Don't worry, Wu Lang is so young and has a quick reflexes, hasn't he liked to play games since he was a child, there must be no problem." Toshio Suzuki watered on the side, "And the young people have a flexible brain, and they are much more receptive to new things than we old guys."

Maybe he'll see something in this game that we haven't been able to see.

You might even be able to unearth a treasure trove of inspiration. ”

Most of these are Toshio Suzuki's sincere words.

If the person who hopes that Wu Lang can become a talent in the world is Hayao Miyazaki, then the second person next to Hayao Miyazaki is Toshio Suzuki.

How he longed for another young Hayao Miyazaki in Studio Ghibli.

Especially since the father and son are so similar in temperament, it's hard not to pin your hopes on Wu Lang.

Young people have a lot of momentum, and they're very good at discovering new things, so maybe Wu Lang can really learn something.

According to Suzuki's idea, it would be nice if Seichi Won was a member of Studio Ghibli.

However, this is completely impossible.

Then, it's good to be able to train Wu Lang.

……

After Wu Lang took over, he experienced it for a while, but he was infinitely shocked in his heart:

"Ale, can the current games do this kind of thing?"

The two old men looked at each other, and you realized?

The visual impact of the whole game is quite strong, in Wu Lang's view, the game graphics performance, obviously a 2D animated movie feeling, but it has a 3D experience.

It's an amazing feeling.

When he first got started, Wu Lang thought it was a 2D game, but when he rode Yakelu to fight the boar god, he realized that it was not the case at all.

If it's a 2D game, spinning, running, and everything can't be so smooth and smooth.

It's like stepping into the world of Princess Mononoke.

The last time I played the game, Wu Lang remembered that it was more than 3 years ago, and when it came to action games, it was still a side-scrolling fighting game.

He didn't even play the Diablo and The Witcher series of P Society.

The only newest game I came into contact with was POKENI's LL, but that was also involved as a concept artist.

Even after the whole game was completed, Miyazaki Goro did not have any contact with the Pokeni staff.

I didn't expect the times to move so fast, and the game could be so terrifying in such a short period of time.

"It's terrible, the current game can actually do this."

Goro Miyazaki said.

"How long has it been since you've played a game?" Hayao Miyazaki asked with a frown next to him.

Toshio Suzuki looked up in a little amusement and panicked, looked at Goro Miyazaki and then at Hayao Miyazaki.

Isn't this question Miyazaki you should know best?

But if you think about it carefully, it's understandable that Miyazaki doesn't know, this guy is so focused on his work that he has very little time to stay at home.

What's more, since Wu Lang got a job, he moved out of the house.

……

Wu Lang has never played PS, and Toshio Suzuki still teaches hand-in-hand:

"The left stick can walk, you see, if you want to steer, use the right stick......"

"As soon as you stop, the game system will automatically help adjust the position of the camera."

"Uh-oh." Goro Miyazaki nodded earnestly, indicating that he had been taught.

It turns out that in this world, not only the game has undergone earth-shaking changes, but even the controller has changed so much......

What have I been through over the past few years?

While lamenting the novelty, Goro Miyazaki also became excited.

Such a new era is really interesting.

Miyazaki stared at a pair of big eyes, and he was full of confidence just now, but when he saw that Wu Lang didn't know anything and wanted to be taught by Toshio Suzuki, he was so disappointed and suspicious.

It's all right, kid.

I haven't even touched the handle of the PS, is he really capable of defeating the powerful role of the boss?

Miyazaki lit a cigarette a little impatiently next to him, and wanted to talk about Wu Lang, but he was afraid to talk about him, so he could only sigh and obediently close his mouth.

……

After a while, Wu Lang was a little skeptical about life.

"Dodge this way, the boss is going to release skills!"

"Yes, yes, run, run, spin, go around the back of its ass, yes, yes!"

The two old men were very excited and commanded the whole process.

"Stop! Run, oops!! ……”

A large word "death" appeared on the screen.

What the hell am I playing this game for?

I had to listen to these two old guys babbling in their ears......

The head is going to explode.

In short, Goro Miyazaki regrets it very much.

It's all my own fault, Suzuki-san has a good time, why do you have to make your own decisions and snatch the handle from others?

The most uncomfortable thing is-

Originally, there were only two old men in this room, and no matter how bad Suzuki-san was, he only had to listen to the nagging of an old man in Miyazaki.

However, now it has become Wu Lang who has to listen to the nagging and command of the two old men alone.

One on the left, one on the right.

It's really hard.

The pain makes people feel the urge to open the window and jump from here.

However, even if you jump, you can't die.

Because Studio Ghibli is only two stories high.

……

Fortunately, Goro Miyazaki is still young, and his learning ability is nothing to say, and he has the experience of playing games, so the speed of getting started is also unusually fast.

Not long after he died, Goro was almost familiar with the game's mechanics and could fight very smoothly and confidently.

Successfully kill the BOSS, the moment the boar god falls.

All three jumped up from their chairs at the same time, excited.

Shouted loudly, "Great, finally defeated it!! ”

There happened to be a staff member passing by the door, and it was Miss Honda, Miyazaki's assistant.

Seeing three big men shouting and jumping excitedly in the room, I couldn't help but have some doubts about life-

Miss Honda frowned, the corners of her mouth grinning outward.

What's going on?

How do you feel like a few people are crazy?

……

At the end of the evening, everyone got up to say goodbye to Miyazaki and Suzuki-san, and after saying hello, the three men were still indulging in the game.

Otherwise, a man is a teenager until he dies.

To some extent, the three men have not changed much in this regard, and when they play games, they will be excited, they will be excited, and they will dance with their hands.

Even the onlookers have strong feelings.

There are even times when they forget that Princess Mononoke is an animated movie we made.

By the end of the night, Goro Miyazaki had fully mastered the game.

If anything, it is probably that the previous Ashidaka was a novice who had just begun to learn martial arts, and now Ashidaka has been tempered to perfection and has become a generation of grandmasters.

While playing the game, the three of them also commented:

"Pokeni is amazing." Hayao Miyazaki crossed Jiro's legs and muttered, "What about adding a lot of dramatic conflicts?" ”

When Ashidaka encounters a samurai robbery, he fights them and defeats the guy on horseback......

Miyazaki's eyes sparkled, "It turns out that there is such an operation, so let's apply it to the animation in the future, and the scene of chasing on the horse is also very interesting." ”

When Asdidaka first meets Shan and White Wolf, Princess Mononoke and the others leave from across the river.

Miyazaki hurriedly waved his hand and said excitedly, "Quick, go over and see, what will happen if you catch up with Shan at this time?" ”

What's going to happen?

These are all things that are beyond Miyazaki's original vision -

What if it was at the time.

In linear cartoons, there is no such asdrop, the audience is pushed forward by the plot, and they don't think about this problem, Miyazaki's own picture is played according to time, and there is no second possibility.

But the game is different.

Here, Miyazaki felt a strong desire and curiosity.

It's like meeting real people in the real world.

A princess mononoke that is beyond their control, they have their own life trajectory and behavioral logic, if you meet such a person, then what will you do.

What will happen after doing these things is something Miyazaki would love to see.

Of course, Qing Zhiyuan also has his own ideas -

You think this is the future era of artificial intelligence, and the dialogue and behavior of the NPCs you see in the game are all manually filled by us, so if you want to be like a real person, wait another 20 years.

So when Miyazaki followed his father's command and went around to the other side of the river, it was impossible to find anything.

Procedurally speaking, this section is just a cutscene, and even the model is not loaded into the game, and when the animation is finished, the other side of the river is empty.

How is it possible for you to find out where Princess Mononoke is?

So a few people returned with a feather and felt very sorry.

"Ah, that's a pity, if only Yaklu could cross the river." Miyazaki said uncomfortably, "If I had designed it, I would have to make Yaklu swim, and I should even put some rocks in the middle of the river that can be crossed or something, so that it can be real." ”

"Jaklu himself knows how to swim. Right? ”

Miyazaki turned around and asked for their opinions.

"Uh-huh." Toshio Suzuki and Goro Miyazaki nodded in response.

However, in fact, it's not that Qingzhiyuan doesn't want to do it, but-

I can't do it.

With the current level of hardware, coupled with software development, it is impossible to achieve a decent water effect, let alone allow Yakelu and people to swim in the middle of the river.

In 3D games, water is the most difficult to express, and Unreal Engine has also iterated several versions, and it is not as good as Unreal Engine 4 to have a decent water effect.

Now at this point in time, if you want to do water and swim, if Qing Zhiyuan knows what Old Man Miyazaki thinks, he will only say that you are embarrassing me.

……

It was almost late at night when the hungry men stopped.

Looking at the time, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening.

"Don't go back to cooking today, Suzuki-san, I'll ask you to go to the restaurant." Hayao Miyazaki said seriously.

I have to say that although it seems a little too much today, not to mention the abandoned work, and also take the lead in playing games in the company, but a few people are in an inexplicably good mood.

Even now, when I think back to the content of the game, I still feel that it is delicious, and I keep chewing and reminiscing in my mouth.

……

A few people found a rao grill restaurant, ordered a few beef, and two bottles of sake, and sat down to chat.

This is the second time that Wulang has eaten out with the two old guys since returning to Ghibli.

The first time was on his first day back at Ghibli, and in order to celebrate his arrival, Suzuki-san held a special banquet for all Ghibli employees.

However, in a real sense, it is the first time that three people have sat here in a small scale like this.

It felt like a family.

Of course, Suzuki-san plays more than just the role of a mother.

During the banquet, Goro Miyazaki poured a glass of sake for each of the two elders, and everyone chatted while eating.

"By the way, Wu Lang, do you have any experience after experiencing Pokeni's game today?"

"If you have any lessons......

Wu Lang touched his chin and muttered, "Maybe the development of the times and technology is really amazing." ”

"Uh-huh." Toshio Suzuki nodded in agreement, "It's really developing quite fast." ”

Who would have thought that in just a few years, the game would enter the 3D era, and P Company would be able to achieve this level of 3D games.

If you don't really experience it, it's not convincing at all.

"So I'm thinking about ...... too"

Goro Miyazaki crossed his hands and thought seriously, "Since the game can do this to this extent, can we also try to make 3D animations?" ”

"Huh?"

Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki were taken aback at the same time and looked at Goro in disbelief.

"It's the same in principle, right, since game consoles can do it, then animation can do it too, right?"

"3D games? 3D animation? ”

The two old men frowned, and they really couldn't imagine what it was like.

If this game of P Company expresses a 3D effect, then isn't it very close to the general animation we do?

However, if you think about it, it doesn't seem to be like that.

3D actually feels very three-dimensional.

"Also, I was thinking," Miyazaki continued, "that the art resources in Pokeni's game should be several times larger than ours, because the amount of content to be filled is much larger than the size of an anime."

But they took less time than we did.

Ghibli was made for more than 2 years, and their game was only made for about a year, so does that mean -

Are more industrialized processes and more advanced technologies, such as computer drawing, the future of painting? ”

"What kind of are you talking about?"

Hearing Goro's words, Miyazaki was very angry and had a seizure on the spot.

Such a disobedient son.

"If you look at Leonardo da Vinci's paintings from thousands of years ago, are they outdated today?"

"A lot of things, very classic things, not only do they not go out of style, but they also become more glorious with time."

"There are some things that cannot be replaced by machines!"

"Do you understand?"

"As a painter, you need to have a sense of awe for your paintings! Without this sense of awe, you can't grow into a master! ”

Toshio Suzuki hurriedly grabbed him, "Why are you so angry, or outside, Wu Lang is still a child, and it's not a good thing for young people to have ideas?" ”

Wu Lang's face was pale, and he sat on the spot with his hands folded without saying a word.

Damn old man.

The good mood of the day is suddenly gone.

……

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There is another chapter in the evening (end of this chapter)