Although Pei Qian said that Interactive Adventure games were old-fashioned, he knew very well that the other meaning of old-fashioned was stability!
Interactive Adventure games were a rather old and stable type of game. They could be said to have lasted for a long time.
Pei Qian had the memories of his previous life. He knew that as an independent game, China's Parent, had used a similar production method to Interactive Adventure games and was still a huge success!
Pei Qian would not allow that to happen.
That was why he wanted to completely abandon Interactive Adventure games!
Pei Qian cleared his throat and continued.
"My idea is to make a three-dimensional flowchart."
"That's right, a complicated structure like a spider web.
"The grids on the flowchart are rooms, and the lines on the flowchart are corridors."
"The players walking along the corridors are the process of choosing the branch of the flowchart. The different rooms are the results of this choice!
"In every room, there are doors that lead to the corridors, representing the different choices of the players.
"Do you understand what I mean?"
Everyone nodded and then shook their heads at the same time.
Understood and didn't understand!
With Pei Qian's description, most people could imagine the form of the game.
Flowcharts drawn with software such as Visio were very common in games and other industries.
They were mainly used to represent certain logical relationships and procedures.
For example, a program would be triggered from the initial conditions and go through a series of decisions before finally producing a result.
From the outside, the flowchart looked like it was made up of countless squares and diamonds with words written on them. These squares were connected by many arrows.
If all the squares were replaced with three-dimensional rooms of different sizes and the arrows were replaced with corridors, the entire flowchart would become a huge maze.
The main character would be walking in this huge maze. Every door represented a certain choice. When he finally reached a room at the end, that would be the ending of the game.
What they didn't understand was, what kind of game was this?
They had never seen it before!
They had never heard of such a game overseas, much less in China!
Would it work?
He had created so many exquisite 3D models and made such a huge scene. In the end, he had created a game where the player could only walk around?
Why did it feel like … something was wrong!
However, no one questioned Pei Qian.
Did not understand?
It was right that they did not understand!
How could ordinary people guess Boss Pei's train of thought?
Only the two bosses, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu, could barely guess Boss Pei's intentions. The rest of them were too far behind!
Lu Mingliang knew this very well. Hence, he took out his little notebook and kept recording.
Fortunately, Boss Pei was very detailed this time. There was no need to guess.
As long as they followed Boss Pei's instructions strictly, they would not go wrong!
Lin Wan raised her hand and said, "Boss Pei, I think this is a rather novel design! But won't it be boring for the players to keep walking in here? "
Bored?
It was better to be bored!
That's the effect I wanted!
However, Lin Wan's question reminded him of another hidden danger.
Wasn't this … not radical enough?
If it was purely for boredom, it probably wouldn't be able to have an absolute effect on players …
What if they liked the feeling of making a choice so much that they resisted the boredom and instead indulged in it?
Pei Qian's eyes drooped as he fell into deep thought.
"Got it."
Pei Qian suddenly thought of a good idea. "We can add voice-overs in the game!"
"Voiceover?" Lin Wan blinked in confusion.
It was not uncommon to add voice-overs in the game. However, that was mainly in the opening cinematics.
If voice-overs were added during the game, it would greatly affect the immersion of the game.
Pei Qian sniggered.
Why add voice-overs?
It was to affect the immersion of the players so that they would not be able to continue playing!
Not only that, I want to add personal information in the voice-overs. I want to mock the players mercilessly, make them angry, and make them curse!
Make them feel that their character is being insulted. That way, they would give the game a bad review and not recommend it. The reputation of the game would then collapse. Wouldn't that be the end of the game?
Think about it. Every time the players made a choice, the system voice-overs would mock the players …
A game that insulted the players!
Sour!
Any player with a bit of backbone would probably smash their mouse, right?
Pei Qian coughed lightly and explained, "Voice-Overs are a way for us to interact with the players.
"The players keep running around inside. It is indeed very boring. That is because they are like outsiders, a bystander. They would easily lose interest.
"We use voice-overs to communicate with them. For example, if they choose the wrong option, voice-overs A would be triggered. If they choose the right option, voice-overs B would be triggered.
"That way, the players would receive feedback every time they make so that they wouldn't feel lonely and bored!"
Lin Wan nodded her head furiously.
Indeed, Boss Pei was the one who could come up with such a good idea!
What was a genius designer?
That was it!
Lin Wan could not help but recall her experience at Sun Strike Studios.
Back at Sun Strike Studios, they would often have such meetings to brainstorm on the details of the game's production.
However, the atmosphere was completely different!
That was because Zhou Muyan would always ask, "Are there any other games that do something similar?"
If the answer was yes, Zhou Muyan would analyze if the game's method was successful. If it was successful, he would only adopt it.
If the answer was no or if there were other games that had done it before but failed, the idea would be scrapped without hesitation.
That was not the only case. Most domestic games companies were doing the same!
For the sake of safety, most designers did not dare to try and make mistakes. Instead, they preferred to learn from past cases.
That was why many games became the same, as though they were carved out of the same mold.
As for Boss Pei's method, Lin Wan could not help but feel respect for him.
He did not care if there were any successful precedents and was brave enough to be the first to try it!
His method was several levels higher than Sun Strike Studios and Zhou Muyan!
Lin Wan was even more convinced that Pei Qian was a genius designer!
As for Lu Mingliang, all he could do was to take notes in his notebook.
However, he did not understand why Pei Qian was doing this.
However, he was clear of his own capabilities and would not raise any objections. All he had to do was to follow Boss Pei's instructions!
Now that he had successfully convinced everyone, Pei Qian was in a good mood.
It was a great feeling!
This project was completely within his control!
"Three days to finish the design draft, a week to finish the entire process, and two weeks to finish all the art resources. Any problems?" Pei Qian looked at Lu Mingliang.
Lu Mingliang nodded his head immediately. "Don't worry, Boss Pei. I'll definitely complete the task!"
With that, he added guiltily, "Boss Pei, if I can't finish it, can I apply for overtime?"
Overtime was a privilege that only outstanding employees could enjoy. He was not sure if he was considered as an outstanding employee in Boss Pei's eyes.
Pei Qian thought for a moment and nodded. "Sure, but you can't work past 9 PM. Although you're still young, you have to take care of your health. "
"Yes!" Lu Mingliang was extremely touched.
Apart from Tengda, where else could there be such concern?
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