Almighty Game Designer

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Designers of many board games believe that board games are very simple, so no newbie guidance is required. Anyway, players who have come to play are basically played in reality, impossible does not understand the rules.

But this view is actually wrong.

There are subtle differences in the playing methods of chess and cards in various places, such as Mahjong, eating, bumping, playing, and various types of cards. The rules of mahjong are different in different regions. Like a player who only plays the national standard mahjong, he sees blood mahjong. I want to play, but if I don’t have a novice guide, it will be very violent, and it may be very painful to just explore it by myself.

There are even a group of players in reality. They rarely have the opportunity to play chess and cards, and Landlord plays unfavorably. But they also want to raise the level so that occasionally they don’t lag behind when playing cards. These people come to play in chess and card games, and they hope to have some novice tips.

Like Tencent Chess in the previous life, it has done very meticulously in this respect. Basically, a novice enters the game, as long as they understand the rules a little, they can continue to play smoothly along the way, and with the continuously playing cards to complete the task, you will get a lot reward.

Chen Mo has even made a domestic Twisted Fate Mobile Game such as “I’m MT”. The numerical stimulation at this level is basically pediatrics, no difficulty.

The second aspect is the playing field.

In fact, the game field is mainly designed for Poker. The characteristics of Poker are very suitable for the game field. Some people even do not play the hall table, only the game field.

The so-called playing field means that everyone pays a certain registration fee. The system collects the registration fee and everyone has the same bargaining chip. Players are randomly assigned to different tables, and people are constantly being eliminated, and finally take the 1st place or the top few to win the prize pool.

In fact, the playing field is similar to the survival game. On the one hand, players are required to be stable, because once the game is not stabilized, the whole game is over, and the ultimate goal is to enter the money circle. On the other hand, it requires players to be good at seizing opportunities, using good cards to expand their chips as much as possible, and consuming opponents’ chips.

Like the lobby table, players often lose a lot of chips because of impulsiveness, and the winning or losing is uncontrollable. But in the game field, players will lose at most one ticket, and even if they stick to the end, they can even get more than ten times the income.

Therefore, for many players, they prefer the playing field. Although the playing field may lose more (multiple purchases of tickets but never entered the money circle), the frustration experienced by players is very weak.

In the previous life, there were some games like Landlord and Mahjong. But the popularity of the game field should be Poker.

There is no Poker in this World, so the development of the playing field is also seriously lagging behind. Chen Mo just perfected the rules of the playing field, which will also become a major gimmick in Thunderbolt Chess.

There is the Thunderbolt Gaming Platform. There are currently five games on Chen Mo’s hands, namely “flappybird”, “Plant Vs. Zombies”, “I’m MT”, “Lifeline”, “Thunderbolt Chess” (Landlord, Mahjong, Thunderbolt Poker).

Here the overwhelming majority is Mobile Game, while “Plant Vs. Zombies” and “Thunderbolt Chess” are both mobile phones and computers.

The Thunderbolt Gaming Platform on the computer side is the main Platform for Chen Mo games. On the Gaming Platform on the computer, the game will be regularly discounted and promoted. You can share the dynamics of each game friend, view the game records, and so on.

Of course, these functions don’t need to be completed all at once, just increase slowly. The Thunderbolt Gaming Platform on the computer side is controlled at about 10M. Of course, if the following crazy add functions, it may be increased to 100M, but the early stage is still smaller, saving players from dissatisfaction.

The Thunderbolt Gaming Platform on the mobile phone is even smaller. It only exists as something similar to the App Store. The size should always be controlled at about 5M. Even if more new features are added in the future, the size cannot exceed 15M.

……

On Monday, Zheng Hongxi officially joined the company.

Chen Mo thought about it and let Zheng Hongxi work on the Experience Store computer for the time being. Considering that there will be more and more people in the future, Chen Mo is thinking, is it possible to make more money in the future, consider changing to a larger Experience Store or studio.

Of course, it’s a bit early to think about it now. Although Chen Mo is rich now, he still can’t make such a struggle.

In the past 2 days, Su Jinyu has basically completed the basic framework of “Lifeline”, because this is just a text adventure game, the rules are very simple, the interface is nothing more than a chat window, and it is very fast to do.

Chen Mo told Zheng Hongxi: “This is a text adventure game. This game is mainly for plot. You only need to set the background according to this background, plan the options, and enrich the storyline.”

Zheng Hongxi looked at the design draft given by Chen Mo and was a little surprised.

“It’s that simple? The whole game is presented entirely in chat?” Zheng Hongxi asked.

Chen Mo nodded: “en. So whether the player buys it or not depends on the plot.”

Zheng Hongxi: “… The pressure is slightly greater. Is it really okay to undertake such an important task on the first day of work?”

Chen Mo said: “This is an important task. Think about how you will write the Azeroth universe yourself, or even the official novel.”

Zheng Hongxi: “Then… I will work hard.”

Chen Mo patted his shoulder: “It’s okay, don’t worry. If you don’t write well, you will rewrite it.”

Su Jinyu Tucao said: “It doesn’t play a comforting role at all! Store Manager!”

After handing over “Lifeline” to Su Jinyu and Zheng Hongxi, Chen Mo went back to the second floor to develop board games.

……

Three days later, Zheng Hongxi showed Chen Mo the first draft of the plot plan for “Lifeline”.

The first draft of the plot plan is mainly to define a large framework, including how many branches and how many endings the whole plot has, each step has several options, what results each option will lead to, and so on.

This first draft is drawn with a flowchart, and the plot of each step is a summary, very short.

Chen Mo took a rough look at the first draft of Zheng Hongxi, which planned more than 70 steps of the plot, and 4 Grand Finale.

“Well…not bad.” Chen Mo said, “but it has to be rewritten.”

Zheng Hongxi: “…”

Chen Mo explained: “First of all, the plot should have gradients. Your current planning, the timeline is very confusing. In this game, the time inside and outside the game is the same. The characters in the game have to wait 8 hours for the player, which is the real 8 hours. . This time is to create a sense of authenticity for players.”

“And you obviously didn’t notice this when planning the plot, unaware of the impact of time on the rhythm of the plot.”

“Second, your early Middle-Stage and later plots are about the same level of tension. In fact, they should be continuously improved, especially the plot of the last Outlast stage. It should not be so plain. Maybe you can add a little more scary elements, such as… Mutated aliens.”

“Also, the content is not rich enough. You have to double the selection step to more than 120 steps, and the ending will increase accordingly. There should be 90% of the failed endings. Players must be careful. Some key steps must each The steps are all right to complete the happy ending.”

Zheng Hongxi listened carefully, and finally nodded: “Well, I understand, I will change it again.”