Chapter 203 Brainstorming

In the conference room, Su Jinyu and several other members of the "Don't Starve" project are brainstorming, thinking about some fun about this game.

"According to the store manager's tip, this is a survival game, right? Then, all settings should be built around survival."

"The two most critical factors are various materials that support survival and various negative factors that threaten survival."

"What kind of materials and negative factors should there be. Think about the real world, temperature, climate, monsters, food... These can all become game content."

"That is to say, the core fun of this game is that the player manipulates the protagonist to survive in a completely unfamiliar world. He must explore the entire map to constantly collect supplies and use them to fight against various negative factors that threaten survival."

"Well, considering this level, the prototype of this game already exists, and the core is not bad, it looks more fun."

"Then there are some specific designs. The player needs certain values ​​to intuitively feel his own survival status. For example, the simplest example, the value of health."

"When attacked by monsters, frozen, burned, etc., the player's health will drop. When it drops to 0, he will die and the game will end."

"What else is there? The name of this game is "Famine", and obviously the store manager also wants us to add the attribute of hunger value. Players must search for food, and if they are hungry, the health value will also slowly decrease, Maybe reduce the movement speed or something."

"It looks like the goal is clear."

"But there are still flaws. I always feel that there is something missing besides these two factors."

"Yes, the two factors are not rich enough. For example, weather such as rain, snow, hail, and extreme heat will definitely have an impact on people in reality. But how is it reflected in the game? Blood will drop when it rains? Or Rain deducts hunger points? It feels unreasonable."

"Moreover, if there are only two attributes, it will make people feel that this character is not a living person, but a dummy who only knows how to eat and drink, and it will be very indifferent."

"Yeah, it seems that there should be another attribute..."

Everyone was thinking when Chen Mo came in.

"Add another attribute, spirit value." Chen Mo said.

Su Jinyu's eyes lit up: "Mental value? Is it used to express the player's mental state?"

Chen Mo nodded: "Yes, bad weather and some bad events will cause the player's mental value to drop. Similarly, the mental value can also be recovered through some props."

"After the mental value drops to 0, the character will fall into a state of mental breakdown. At this time, he will start to have hallucinations, the color of the whole world will start to change, and some monsters similar to nightmares will start to attack him."

"If the player can defeat the nightmare, they can restore a certain amount of spirit. If the player is killed by the nightmare, the game is over."

Su Jinyu thought for a while: "This design is good! In this way, the three attributes of hunger, health, and spirit can basically express the character's state well. Wow, the store manager is still amazing."

Chen Mo smiled: "It's nothing, you can definitely come up with it after thinking about it for a while. This is basically an inevitable design."

Su Jinyu said: "Manager, you can brainstorm with us too. I thought about it and found that there are really many interesting places in the game "Don't Starve". If you enrich the settings, it must be a great game. game!"

Chen Mo rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, if this game is boring, what can I ask you to do. Complete your homework independently, this game is for you to develop ideas, don't always expect me to teach you everything."

Su Jinyu pouted, "Ow."

Chen Mo changed his words and said lightly, "Dichao Interactive Entertainment is going to make a VR version of the "Darkness"-like game."

Su Jinyu was stunned for a moment.

Immediately surprised, he said, "Ah? When? What should I do? Store manager, why aren't you in a hurry?"

Chen Mo leaned back on the chair: "What's the hurry? They are making VR games. I'm in a hurry, and I can't do it now."

Su Jinyu said anxiously: "Then what should we do? Dichao Huyu and these people are really, they know how to plagiarize our ideas!"

Chen Mo motioned her to be calm: "It's okay, you calm down first. It's hard to say whether the theme of "Diablo" can be changed to VR, it will probably take a lot of time to fill the pits and pave the way, the fastest and fastest It will take a year to do it.”

Su Jinyu said: "Then, let's speed up the store manager, make a simple VR game to test the water in half a year, and then change "Diablo" into a VR game in half a year!"

Chen Mo said speechlessly: "I think too much, even if I fight chicken blood, I can't do it so fast. It's okay, I'm telling you about this to remind you that the progress of "Famine" should be faster, because I think Use this game to test players' reactions."

"I have a corresponding development plan for the next game, which may be a slight adjustment in the order. Now it is very unwise to disrupt our deployment for the sake of mutual entertainment with the Emperor Dynasty. "

"My plan is that "Famine" will be launched in two months, that is, at the end of September. Of course, this is the initial version. After the launch, a lot of new content will be added based on player feedback, and various MODs will be opened for players to play freely. "

"Reaper of Souls will be developed in three months, and will be set aside for another two to three weeks for testing, which will be launched in mid-November. After that, "Diablo" will be put on hold for a while."

"By November, the player feedback collected by Don't Starve is almost the same, and everyone will free up their hands to prepare a VR game to compete with the new game of Emperor Chaoyu Entertainment."

"Okay!" Su Jinyu clapped her hands and said, "Then I will speed up the progress here, and try to make the demo of "Famine" as soon as possible, and everyone will work together as a staff member."

Chen Mo nodded: "Well, but don't worry too much, 2 months is a lot of time, and the quality must be guaranteed."

...

About the game Don't Starve.

Its success does not need to be repeated. Whether it is in terms of sales or word of mouth, it is an independent game that can be written into a classic.

The reason why Chen Mo chose this game for everyone to practice is not only considering that this game is suitable for divergent thinking, but also to test the acceptance of sandbox games by players in this world.

The so-called sandbox game is a type of game evolved from sandbox games. It often has large maps, many elements, high degrees of freedom, and strong creativity. Creativity is the core gameplay of this game, that is, allowing players to use the objects provided in the game to create what they want.

There are also some games with a high degree of freedom in this world, but in Chen Mo's opinion, they are not particularly successful sandbox games.