On a sunny afternoon, "Hollow Knight" was also quietly put on the official website of the number one player.

Although the number one player company has also made some warm-up promotion for "Hollow Knight", compared to the previous FPS game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".

"Hollow" feels more like a stepmother's child, focusing on moisturizing things silently.

In addition to die-hard fans who pay special attention to Ready Player One, many passers-by don't even know that Ready Player One has released a new game.

However, the player belongs to the player.

Major game manufacturers are still paying close attention to the dynamics of the number one company.

As a rising star game company, the talent of the company's president and chief designer can only be described as horror.

Fantastical type!

Wonderful gameplay!

Fascinating plot!

He can do some very unpopular little games.

He also has a deep grasp of the psychology of the players.

The plot class that was abandoned by many manufacturers can regain vitality in his hands.

Even if it is a hot card draw class with some aesthetic fatigue, he can also play flowers.

On the FPS track that the giant network news took action to suppress.

With "Jedi", he created the history of the Blue Star game circle, so that players who had always been scattered before showed amazing cohesion for the first time!

And what's even more terrifying.

A game designer who has accomplished so many feats in the industry in one go.

It is not a battle-hardened old man who has reached his old age.

On the contrary, he was young!

However, the age of 23 years old is more than the year of fighting!

His future is bright!

Therefore.

The news of the release of "Hollow Knight" exploded in the industry in an instant.

All manufacturers, large and small, are getting their hands on the game for the first time.

And the analysis starts from the CG stage.

Even the behemoth of Tengjing game, after the success of "Jedi", a special research group was established.

Appointed Bao Jingbi, who has a wealth of game design and is now the game director of his own company's large-scale online game "Legend of Blood".

Let's take a good look at this "Hollow Knight"

See if there's anything to be desired.

Then take it and use it yourself.

Originally, before the emergence of the designer.

The reputation of a genius designer has always been firmly held in Bao Jingbi's hands.

Although he is not the originator of the kacha genre, he is definitely the initiator of carrying it forward.

The desire reflex principle of the Skinner box has been improved, the game is advocated to be played in fragments, and the lottery mechanism has been dismantled.

What 10 times must get skin fragments, you can repeatedly get the characters you already have, but you don't give additional uses, and the major holiday packs must be purchased, otherwise you will never be able to unlock the full experience of the game.

The "Legend of Blood", which is currently being worked on, was originally only a medium and half level in Tengjing's hands.

After passing through his hands, a new [Siege Battle] mechanism was added to the game, and the equipment also has a chance to drop after the death of the local tyrant during the siege war, which can be picked up by other players.

In order to protect the weapons they spend money on, local tyrant players need to buy a large number of [explosion-proof charms], and the explosion-proof charm is not 100% drop-proof, it also has an enhancement level, and the enhancement level will fail when it is finished, and it will return to zero in an instant.

Civilian players will also spend a lot of money to buy [Detonation Charm] in order to be able to explode the boss's heavy krypton weapon and sell it on the market, the higher the enhancement level of the detonation charm, the higher the probability of bursting the boss's weapon, and there will also be a probability of zero after being strengthened to a certain extent.

This kind of 'using the equipment built by the local tyrant as a gimmick, and then using it to trigger a war between the local tyrant and the civilians' is a big law of mutual exchange between the left and right hands, and it can't even be called an empty glove white wolf.

People have at least two hands empty-handed.

He has nothing, he belongs to nothing, what do you want to do.

This set of operations that exploded people's desires also instantly made "Legend of Blood" ferocious, and became a frequent visitor to the top ten of Tengjing's game turnover list.

Whether he is a genius designer in the gaming world is debatable.

But at least in the eyes of the company, he has made the game turnover reach new highs, which is absolutely valued.

But now.

The company's top management is discussed in a three-day two-headed meeting.

But what he said didn't like to listen to him very much.

Recently, these executives have been saying, 'What are the engravers doing?' and 'What would the engravers think if they were engravers?'

That's it.

What makes Bao Jingbi even more unacceptable is that.

The above actually sent a message to let himself lead a small team to analyze the new game "Hollow Knight" and see what is worth plagiarizing.

Bao Jingbi broke the defense in an instant.

Disgusting!

Disgusting to death!

What is my Bao Jingbi's identity?

What kind of stinky fish and rotten shrimp is he Kejin?

All the games he has developed now are stacked together, and the running water can't even touch half of the waist of "Legend of Blood", which he is currently mainly responsible for.

Not to mention the large-scale online games that I used to be responsible for.

You asked me to study him?

This gave Bao Jingbi the feeling that he was accustomed to praise and praise as a top student in the class who studied all year round, and then one day suddenly a transfer student came to the class, and the teacher asked him to study the transfer student's composition and see how the transfer student wrote.

I'll learn from your mother!

Do you really think that the "War Annihilation" that smashed the network news will be able to show off its might?

People's "War Annihilation" was not a popular work of Netcom, what is worth bragging about.

Don't you believe that you asked him to drag down the "Tintin Tornado" of People's Network News to try it?

Can he? He can't do it! He doesn't have the ability, you know!

Although in my heart I was already disgusted.

But with the decision from the board above, he didn't have the courage to say, 'I don't!' ’

Then barely take a second look.

The members of the special team were called and put the CG of "Hollow Knight" in the conference room

As soon as he saw the picture, Bao Jingbi immediately smiled.

What the hell is this......

You're here to bring me all the cartoons?

Jiang Lang is done, right?

And it's the kind of animation that the style of painting is biased towards young children.。

The characters are not beautiful at all, they are even minimalist, sketched by a few line strokes.

The battle scenes that flashed quickly in the CG hit the simplicity on the screen.

There are no cool and dazzling special effects, and there are no tons of weapons to choose from.

The protagonist who looks like a skeleton knight has only a nail weapon with a cold glow from beginning to end.

What about the pattern?

You don't have a game with any tricks, how do you attract players, how do you stand out from the crowd of competing games?

And it's not hard to tell from the short CG.

This is an action-packed game.

This couldn't help but make Bao Jingbi laugh even more.

"Director Bao, what are you laughing at...... the employees don't know why.

My own director didn't seem to be in a good mood today.,But since watching this CG.,It seems like I'm happy.。

Bao Jingbi turned off the projection screen and said with a smile.

"I laughed at the moment when the designer had empty ideas but thought of himself as high, and always wanted to do what he thought was the type of game according to his own bizarre ideas, and this time I am afraid that it will overturn."

"Looking at this CG, it is full of loopholes, and I can boldly announce that his life of this game has come to an end."

The employees looked at each other.

Yes?

People's games have just hit the shelves......

And that's the end of it?

Bao Jingbi said again.

"If I were to make this game, I would have to fill the details with the action performance alone. There are so many action design directors in the department that are not vegetarians. ”

"But look at his performance in that CG just now."

"Monotonous, boring, and unified moves, in a number of flashing boss battle screens, the character controlled by the player has one action from beginning to end, slashing forward. Then hold on to death and add a few small skills, and then it's gone. ”

"If it were you, would you play an action game like this?"

After a few words, the employees fell into thought.

Although Director Bao's words reveal a bit of arrogance, his analysis seems to be reasonable.

Action games on Blue Star are considered a small category.

It was mainly swept out by the fighting genre that was derived from it.

In order to distinguish it from fighting games, action games have begun to take a different approach in the past 20 years.

It has gradually moved towards a hardcore genre with 'complex settings, fancy attack methods, and multiple parts of the character can be active and attacking'.

Although some threshold players have been abandoned, they have also won the support of some niche hardcore fans.

So as to take deep root in the game market of Blue Star.

You say it's unpopular, but that's it.

But if you want to say that no one plays it, that's not true.

Besides, the kryptonite tricks of action games are among the best on Blue Star.

Hands, elbows, legs, fingers, palms, heads and other attack parts can be spent to draw high-level armor or coats of arms, allowing players to enjoy the thrill of large numbers.

Over time, players have become accustomed to the positioning of action games.

That is - the multi-limb attack method of the hardcore genre + large numbers and cool skill performances + a variety of kryptonite systems = action types

And at present, the promotional CG of "Hollow Knight" reveals shabby and poverty everywhere, with a single move and a simple painting style.

Not to mention the action genre, if you throw it in the fighting game next door, the fighting players will have to pinch their noses and go.

"Seems to be the case......

"Just looking at this CG really doesn't really arouse my desire to play."

"Do we still want to experience the actual content of this game?"

Employees whispered discussions.

Bao Jingbi was assertive: "Have you done your own work?" If you have this time, hurry up and do your own work, I'll carry it for you, and I'll write an analysis report to the top when I get back. ”

Hearing this, the employees were immediately delighted.

They are drawn on an ad hoc basis from various departments of the company.

But the work at hand is indispensable.

If you take the time to play the game from start to finish, you'll have to be busy until after work.

Now there are people who are standing up one by two.

"Thank you, Director Bao, we'll go back first."

"Thank you, Mr. Bao."

After the employees left, Bao Jingbi also turned off the experience machine on the side.

casually pulled over a report form and wrote something casually.

To the effect that after in-depth experience and discussion among the group members, the game "Hollow Knight" is lackluster, and the advantages are not obvious, admittedly, it is indeed the sincerity of the number one player company, but Bala Bala Bala, what is written behind is even Bao Jingbi himself has forgotten.

Anyway, black can't be brainless and embarrassing, and a little more praise will make it look more real.

What?

What if "Hollow" takes off, and I will be held accountable by the above?

Don't be funny.

For example, this kind of research seminar has not been held by the company hundreds or dozens of times in recent years.

After each game becomes popular, the company will conduct corresponding research and analysis.

There are no less than 10 meetings led by himself.

Every time I have a vicious eye, as long as I say everything I can do at a glance, no one can get up.

To get to this day, there is nothing real, do you really think that I am embarrassed to hack "Hollow" here?

In your own eyes.

"Hollow" is a game that is also sure to die.

At best, they can only get the support of some of their die-hard fans.

But this little bit of water is unlikely to attract the attention of its own board of directors.

Therefore, he does not need to worry that the leader will find out that he has cut corners.

Anyway, from the results, they are all violent deaths, and it doesn't matter how they died violently.

"Let me learn from him?"

"Heh, he's pretty much the same as me." Putting down the pen, Bao Jingbi said proudly with a little contempt.

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"Okay, dear viewers, friends, and employees, hello everyone, here is the live game of the new game "Hollow Knight" produced by Ready Player One Company brought to you by Wang Laoju Live Broadcast." A mouth and a rented person who was anxious to return it seemed to have Wang Laoju, and after opening the live broadcast, he 'prayed' at the speed of light, and directly clicked into the homepage of the official website of the number one player.

During most of the company's operation, it can be described as a high-yield sow, and high-quality works are frequent.

The massively multiplayer FPS online game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" developed last month sold 4 million copies in the first month, kicking the door to [Dacheng].

The company also relied on "Jedi" to move up a level, and was happy to mention an A-level game company.

From only a few hundred or thousands of fans at the beginning, to now the players who just follow the official website in order to receive first-hand information have exceeded the million mark!

Wang Laoju is also one of the watchlists.

As soon as he received the news that "Hollow Knight" was on the shelves, he started broadcasting at the speed of light.

A large number of water friends began to gather in the live broadcast room in just a few minutes.

"Hello chairman."

"Lost, so early today?"

"! This company has a new game? The pigs in the production team don't dare to give birth like this......"

"Why is Kebao a god!"

"In less than a year, seven games have been released...... Except for the original "Origin of Species" due to the small base, the other six are all high-quality starts, and "Jedi" is known as a masterpiece, what kind of new game is it? ”

"Hurry, hurry! Bring it up! I'm going to starve!! ”

Under the gossip of the barrage.

Wang Laoju also quickly clicked to download and install, and glanced at the introduction of the game type by the way.

Action game.

The combination of free stand-alone + in-app purchase is not uncommon on Blue Star.

In a short time, the installation was completed, and at the urging of the barrage.

Wang Laoju clicked on the game interface.

The opening UI that catches your eye is a dark and deep interface.

The four block letters of "Hollow Knight" are presented directly above the screen, and unlike the pitch-black background, the font is white and bright, and fluorescent effects are also added, which looks like it exudes a faint light.

It's as if you're fighting against the darkness behind you.

The piano background music also plays soothingly, but the tune is sad and empty, and every note seems to tell the story of whose past.

After Wang Laoju pressed the button of [Start Game].

The opening UI fades out, and a phrase gradually appears on the black screen.

"In the distant wilderness, the mention of your name is full of awe and regret

No one can tame our savage souls, and you have accepted the challenge

Under the palest gaze, you professor, we change, and our instincts are redeemed

You have brought the bugs and beasts worlds they never dreamed of

————From the Elegy of the Hallownest, written by the teacher Monomont."

Soon, the opening monologue subtitles disappeared.

The opening CG is presented.

In a dimly lit room, objects bound by chains were suspended and sealed in mid-air.

The shape of the shell appears to be that of some kind of arthropod.

But the chains of this imprisonment seemed to be worn out, and the shell that had been used to seal something had burst out of multiple cracks, and orange light continued to seep out of it, as if it would be lifted from the seal at any moment.

And the picture camera turns.

The next moment, the camera is zoomed out.

Beside a desolate and abandoned house made of snail shells, a small anthropomorphic beetle that looks like a stag beetle with two jaws walks slowly at the far end of the camera, its white skull with no facial features and only a pair of black, hollow eye sockets.

Carrying a sharp bone nail with a cold texture, a windbreaker wraps its whole body, and the tail of the windbreaker is torn, swaying with the wind, which seems to be a metaphor for it has been wandering and practicing for a long time.

After a few steps, it stopped at the edge of a steep cliff.

Raise your head and look into the farthest distance in silence.

In this compositional palette is filled with a lot of gray and black oppressive images.

In the far reaches of the line of sight, there are thousands of lights.

It seems to be guiding it.

The next moment, the nameless little knight leaped and jumped off the cliff.

At this time, the role dominance is also handed over to the player.

Wang Laoju, who had been silent for a long time, saw the end of the CG picture, so he spoke.

"This game looks like a world view from the perspective of a bug, and I really like the simple art style."

"There's an indescribable feeling of freshness and cleanliness."

As he spoke, the little knight had landed.

Wang Laoju manipulated the little knight, followed the novice guidance integrated into the background, and began to explore the gameplay.

What surprised Wang Laoju was that.

This game is billed as an action genre though.

He was even ready to spend half an hour figuring out the order of various moves.

The result is a three-minute experience.

Just a few buttons.

Left and right are moving, and up is interaction and dialogue.

Jump, long press the jump button to jump higher, tap is a short jump.

And then there's the attack.

The little knight quickly pulled out the bone spike behind his back and slashed forward.

And then......

And then it's gone.

Wang Laoju was shocked.

Is this game really the pursuit of an ultimate refreshing?

The picture is clean and the moves are single.

Is it a bit inappropriate to put it in the category of action games that are known for being hardcore and don't even understand the moves without memorizing the moves......

But since it's already open, let's experience it first.

Putting aside his thoughts, he looked at the camera.

"Good staff, it took me 3 minutes to get a complete grasp of how to play this game."

"As an action game, it's much simpler than I imagined, and the moves are relatively simple, so I guess the process won't be too long, let's see if we can finish it in one go and then broadcast it."

Recommend a friend's book, the seedling stage, the theme is a copy of the otherworldly game, the protagonist Goldfinger is a clearance strategy for mastering major games, interested brothers can go to the collection to take a look~

(End of chapter)