Pei Qian nodded slightly.
He was very inspired after this brainstorming session.
In order to avoid making the same mistake as Ocean Stronghold, he could not lower the threshold of the game. Instead, he had to raise it again and again. He had to ensure that the game would be very difficult and niche.
However, he had to pay attention to another problem. He had to try not to associate it with difficult competitions in reality.
It was best not to touch on themes like F1 or rally racing.
That was because racing was a very expensive sport. However, it was very popular around the world. Gamers could not afford to race on the track. Naturally, they would choose to experience it in the game.
It was best to choose content that ordinary people often experienced.
What content?
Of course, it was driving in the city!
At the moment, there were two types of racing games that were the most popular. One was rally racing. Although it was hardcore, it fully restored the experience of high-end competitions. The other was to lower the threshold of the game and turn off the damage. Gamers could drive freely in the city.
After all, most people had to obey traffic rules on their way to and from work. They had to worry about speeding, running red lights, and getting stickers all the time. They had to spend hundreds of yuan to repair the paint if they were scratched. They had to be very careful.
Of course, they had to race and crash as they pleased when they drove home from work!
Things like driving against traffic, rear-end cars, and running red lights were common.
Pei Qian thought about it. If he could combine these two types of games, learn from each other's weaknesses and make up for each other's strengths, wouldn't he be able to combine the content that gamers hated the most?
At that thought, Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, "I have two directions. You can take a look at them."
Everyone stopped brainstorming and looked over. At the same time, a look of admiration appeared on their faces.
Indeed, the gap between us and Boss Pei was too big!
How long had this brainstorming session been going on? Everyone was still discussing without any ideas. Boss Pei had already chosen a direction for the new game?
Good ideas were at his fingertips. Was this a genius game designer?
Everyone listened attentively.
Pei Qian cleared his throat and sorted out his thoughts. Then, he said, "First, we want to create a completely realistic racing game. In other words, a driving simulation game.
"We're going to invest a lot of money to create an extremely realistic physics engine for the game."
"Every car has to be modeled individually. The chassis, AB pillars, and body materials of different cars will have different data according to the situation in reality. This is to ensure that the result of every car's collision will be different, and the result will be exactly the same as the same car in reality."
"Everything else, such as the car's horsepower, driving experience, tire grip, and so on, must be consistent with the data in reality."
"When you play the home steering wheel game, you have to be infinitely close to driving in real life."
On the one hand, this was to spend more research funds, and on the other hand, it was to dissuade players even more.
Disassembling the car into many different parts with different data for each car would be a huge amount of work. It would be much more troublesome than using a physical collision system for all the cars.
Moreover, the damage suffered by different vehicles would be different depending on the collision, which could increase the players' losses.
For example, in many games, the front of the car would be dented when it crashed at more than 100 kilometers per hour, but it could still continue driving.
However, in the game that Pei Qian envisioned, the car would be wrecked at that speed.
"Second, the game has a car damage system that can't be turned off. If players crash in the game or have small scratches, they have to be dealt with according to the situation in reality. "
"The car has to be repaired if it's hit, the paint has to be redone if it's scratched. If it's hit someone else's car, they have to be held responsible and compensate in full."
"What's more, the driver in the car will be injured after the collision. He has to be hospitalized and pay for the medical expenses."
"Finally … we can consider developing a steering wheel for this game and let Otto Technologies do it."
Pei Qian felt that he had gone too far after saying that.
How was this a racing game? It was a driving simulator!
What's more, it was a driving simulator that even made people unhappy.
There were many inconveniences in the game that were exactly the same as in reality. One had to drive carefully and cautiously.
However, what about the fun of the game? But it couldn't be compared to driving in the real world.
After all, one could feel the vibration of the car when driving in reality, feel the G-force, and have a wide field of vision. This experience was multi-dimensional.
However, one could only stare at the screen when driving in this game. Most players could only use the keyboard and controller to control it. The immersive feeling was far inferior.
It was as troublesome as driving in reality. What's more, the overall experience was not as good. Who would play this?
What's more, driving in reality was not a particularly high threshold. Most families with slightly better economic conditions had cars.
Many office workers were tired enough from driving to and from work. Why would they continue to drive in the game after returning home and still have to abide by the traffic rules?
What kind of spirit was this? How addicted must one be to do such a thing?
One had to buy a steering wheel to obtain a better gaming experience. However, a steering wheel was not cheap either. A slightly better entry-level steering wheel would cost one or two thousand. A better entry-level steering wheel would cost more than three thousand. Some of the more high-end direct-drive steering wheels were even more expensive.
Adding on the pedals, handbrakes, H gears, brackets, and other accessories, the cost would be even higher.
What's more, the steering wheel and brackets took up space and easily collected dust. The cost was not just a matter of money. Most people would have to think carefully before buying.
All in all, Pei Qian felt that this idea was very good.
It accurately dissuaded most players!
To ordinary players, they would have to spend money to repair the car if they touched it even slightly. What's more, they had to abide by the traffic rules. It was not fun at all.
To most players with keyboards and controllers, it would be very difficult for them to control their vehicles to pass the second checkpoint, and it was not fun at all.
To those big shots with steering wheels and other high-end equipment, the content of the game was very boring. It was no different from driving in reality. Many professional racing games were much more fun than this.
The only people who would be interested in this game would be those who did not like racing but loved driving normally, right?
If there were really such players, why didn't they become online taxi drivers? They could satisfy their hobbies and earn money to support their families at the same time. Wasn't that perfect?
Pei Qian looked around. "What do you think?"
Everyone looked at one another.
Obviously, most people's first reaction was: not good!
It sounded like the design was quite against common sense.
However …
It sounded especially convincing coming from Boss Pei's mouth. It was as if behind this design that went against common sense, there was a brilliant idea that subverted traditional game design concepts.
Wang Xiaobin asked tentatively, "Then … Boss Pei, what should we call this game?"
"What should we call it?" Pei Qian thought for a moment. "Let's call it Safe and Civilized Driving!"
Wang Xiaobin, "…"
What the f * ck? Safe and civilized driving?!
Wasn't that the name of the driving test subject four? Was it really fine to use it as the name of a racing game?
Pei Qian was obviously very satisfied with this name.
It was very consistent with the content of the game!
This game encouraged people to drive safely and civilly. It was best to abide by the traffic rules and drive carefully. They did not skid or exceed the speed limit. They wanted to be good citizens in the game.
As for the gaming experience …
Hehe, Pei Qian always put the players' gaming experience at the very end of his consideration. What's more, he would always consider it in the direction of making it worse.
Looking at how everyone seemed to agree on the surface but were actually extremely confused and lost, Pei Qian knew that this brainstorming session was a huge success!
In fact, the so-called brainstorming session was nothing more than gathering everyone together to give him a little inspiration to create a loss-incurring game.
Pei Qian looked at his watch and stood up. "Alright, let's end today's brainstorming session here.
"The results are quite obvious.
"Everyone, digest the results of today's brainstorming session. You guys can decide how to design the game."
Pei Qian felt that the final form of the game had already been determined by him. There should not be any deviation.
Although he gave everyone full autonomy on the surface, Pei Qian was very sure that everyone would definitely do it according to his requirements.
In any case, as long as the game was successfully created according to his requirements, the final result should not be too bad.
…
After Boss Pei left, everyone in the conference room had not completely recovered from their daze.
Amidst the confusion, there was also a little admiration for Boss Pei.
Obviously, to Boss Pei, the brainstorming session was completed. That was because Boss Pei had already thought of the final form of the game and had given everyone sufficient hints.
However, to the others, the brainstorming session had just begun!
They could only say that Boss Pei was Boss Pei. The speed at which he designed the game was simply amazing.
A game from 0 to 100 only needed tens of minutes to be designed. Who else could be as talented as him?
However, to the others in Shang Yang Games, they had yet to figure out the few core problems of Safe and Civilized Driving.
According to the current conditions that Boss Pei had given them, they could only restore a very incomplete game.
Obviously, there were still many details that Boss Pei had not clearly mentioned. Everyone needed to work together to fill in these details.
However, to the people in Shang Yang Games, this was not the first time they had done such a thing. Thus, they only felt surprised for a short while before they calmed down and prepared to analyze the overall appearance of Safe and Civilized Driving in Boss Pei's mind.
Ye Zhizhou said very familiarly, "Let's follow the previous process. First, find out the suspicious points in Boss Pei's design, and then slowly analyze them.
"Coincidentally, this is a rare opportunity. Let everyone work together to find out the suspicious points.
"Little Yang, we'll start from your side.
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