Reboot the age of gaming

Chapter 205 The plot is fragmented! (two-in-one chapter, both 3100 and 3200 are added)
Zhong Ming sat down in front of the computer of the previous world architect, opened the plot folder, and looked at each one.

Tian Yuan was sitting next to him, and the little girl secretly glanced over here from time to time, probably wanting to see how the legendary genius designer works.

As a result, Zhong Ming sat for an hour, just flipping through various plot files without moving a single word.

Tian Yuan was curious, and really wanted to know whether Zhong Ming could save the plot, but she didn't dare to ask further.

Zhong Ming was also thinking about this issue.

This world architect can write quite well.

About [-] words were written just for the basic setting of the world view.

There are also side story plots in each chapter and level in the game, and there is also a lot of content. The whole game is divided into eleven chapters. The plot stories of the first three chapters have been written, and each chapter also has [-] to [-] words.

Of course, the [-] words are not the text content of pure dialogue, and there are also some text descriptions about the game display.

For example, when the player controls the character to come to the boss, in addition to the dialogue, there are also some simple plot actions, scene changes, etc., which must also be described in words for easy understanding.

The pure dialogue text has two to three thousand words, which is also terrifying.

This includes task dialogues, puzzle-solving content, item descriptions, monster lines...

Especially the plot content, there are indeed a lot.

Zhong Ming looked at it, and found that the plot was well written, and it was considered a good story apart from the game.

But the problem is, the amount of text is too large, right? ?

Moreover, the following chapters are the final stage of the plot, with many tasks and props, and it might take thirty thousand words.

Based on this calculation, Zhong Ming would have to write nearly 20 words!

In one month, write 20 words.

That must be impossible...

Even if Zhong Ming could write it in a hurry, he would not do such a thing, he would be full!
It's no wonder no one took over the mess of the plot, so I didn't say whether I would like it or not. Most people had to be scared away when they saw this structure.

Zhong Ming looked at the outline of the game's plot plan and fell into deep thought.

After a while, Wu Minghao came.

"How about it, do you have an idea? I ordered takeaway for everyone, let's eat first and rest."

Wu Minghao is also very concerned about the plot, after all, it is directly related to whether the game can be launched smoothly as scheduled.

Zhong Ming was silent for a moment: "It's hopeless, overthrow it and redo it."

"what??"

Wu Minghao was dumbfounded at the time, and Tian Yuan next to him was also dumbfounded!
Overthrow and redo?are you serious? ? ?

Wu Minghao quickly pulled a chair from the side and sat down, persuading him: "Don't worry, don't worry, look again, there is really no way to save it, let's think about overturning and redoing things..."

He was a little flustered.

Indeed, this mess is not easy to clean up, and the big hole is not easy to fill, Wu Minghao knows it very well.

According to the plan of the previous world architect, the plot text of the entire game should reach about 30 words. Now it has completed less than 20 words, and there is still a big hole of nearly [-] words.

It is indeed difficult to fill in the 20-character pit in one month.

However, that can't throw away the one hundred thousand words in front...

Seeing this situation, most people's thoughts must be to make good use of the first [-] characters as much as possible. After all, the big framework has already been set up, and the plot of the previous chapters has also been completed. If you throw it away now, isn't that a blood loss?

Zhong Ming explained: "It's not that I want to be lazy... Uh, well, I want to be lazy is actually one of the reasons, but it's not the main reason. The point is, writing the plot like this is thankless and meaningless."

"Uh...then you mean..." Wu Minghao hesitated.

"Only keep the original world view settings, and rewrite all other content. However, the amount of text needs to be greatly reduced. For a plot text of 30 words, it is enough to compress it to [-]."

With Zhong Ming's opening, he directly cut 30 to [-].

Tian Yuan couldn't help but said: "[-]...[-], it's a bit small..."

Originally, she had been refraining from interrupting, but this time she really couldn't help it.

After all, changing 30 to [-] is really a bit too much...

Pure plot summary?Readers don't like to read those dry ones.

But if it is done according to the previous writing method, it is basically impossible to compress 30 to [-].

"Oh, by the way, there is also a change in the gameplay. I played it just now, and I feel that the difficulty is a bit too low. It is recommended to increase the monster's damage value by two levels." Zhong Ming said.

Wu Minghao was confused again.

What is this for?
"Uh, does the monster's damage value have something to do with the plot..." Wu Minghao couldn't help asking.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Of course there are, this, I will make a detailed revision proposal later, you can take a look."

Wu Minghao and Zhong Ming chatted while eating, the more they talked, the more empty Wu Minghao felt.

He couldn't understand what Zhong Ming wanted to do!

Of course, Zhong Ming hasn't had time to explain to him yet, after all, such a big change can't be explained in a hurry.But Zhong Ming said two points, one is to compress the text, and the other is to increase the difficulty of the game, both of which made Wu Minghao feel a little weak.

Instinctively feel... not so reliable!

Of course, Wu Minghao didn't directly refuse, but was just waiting for Zhong Ming's rewritten Chapter 1 plot to come out.

Moreover, the agreement has already been signed. Before Wu Minghao patted his chest and promised that the plot would be handed over to Zhong Ming. You can change it casually. Now it's not easy to change your mind, so you can only bite the bullet and let Zhong Ming toss.

……

The next day, Zhong Ming started to write the plot of "Fantasy Realm".

The big framework of the plot has not been modified too much. After all, the previous completion is already very high, and the key is that these plots are designed to the content of the game, and rash changes will have too much impact.

For example, some plots stipulate the types and characteristics of monsters in this chapter. If they are changed, the monsters in the game will also be changed. Such a change will involve too much.

Therefore, Zhong Ming is only re-creating under the original framework.

After eating so many literary fruits, Zhong Ming's plot ability has obviously improved a lot, and he can write very quickly.

While writing the plot of "Fantasy Realm", Zhong Ming also took time to explain the specific design of "Ink and Cloud" to Brother Dahui and Zhou Sen, and the development work here is also progressing as scheduled.

If the development of the two studios goes well, then "Fantasy Realm" will be released in about a month, and "Ink and Cloud" will be more than two months later.

After the end of the year, you can start thinking about moving the studio, and by the way, recruit some more people to develop some larger games.

……

Wednesday afternoon.

According to the previous agreement, every Wednesday and Saturday, Zhong Ming would go to Fantasy Time Studio, mainly to communicate some issues face to face.

"Chapter 1's plot has all been completed, and the text is being uploaded. You can update the client, and you can go to the game to watch it." Not long after Zhong Ming sat down at his desk, he sent a message in the group to inform everyone .

The game completion of "Fantasy Realm" is close to [-]%, and the previous chapters have basically been finalized and will not be changed significantly.

Now that Zhong Ming has changed and re-uploaded the plot of Chapter 1, and configured various plot dialogues, mission texts, and item descriptions, the completion of Chapter 1 has reached 100%, and he can directly enter the game experience.

Without further ado, Wu Minghao first updated the game and went in for a run.

After finishing the plot of Chapter 1, Wu Minghao was at a loss.

what's the situation? ? ?
I don't feel anything special, I just feel that those long and long plots before are all gone!

Originally, the NPCs in it seemed a bit talkative. When I took the mission, I wanted to tell all the stories related to the mission. Now that it’s all over, each of them has become aloof, and the words are vague, and the feeling of hesitation makes Wu Minghao wants to hit someone.

Moreover, after running through it once, Wu Minghao felt that the plot of Chapter 1 didn't seem to be explained clearly!
It stands to reason that each chapter is a small plot.

There is a connection between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, but basically it is a new area, and there is little connection.

But now, some of the holes dug in Chapter 1 are not filled at all!
For example, Chapter 1 has a mission. The protagonist comes to a village. There is a couple in the village who are secretly attacking passers-by and eating nearby villagers. Slowly reduce.

At this time, according to the original plot design, the protagonist will find out that something is wrong, and trigger some other tasks, slowly peel off the couple's disguise, and finally enter the cellar where the two of them are hiding, and find evidence of their cannibalism ...

But in the plot after Zhong Ming's revision, all these tasks have been cut off, and there is not one left!
The couples in the village will still eat people, and the number of villagers will still gradually decrease, but there will no longer be any relevant task prompts.

The entrance to the cellar is very hidden. Without the guidance of the mission, the player can only infer the location of the cellar through item descriptions and a few words from other villagers, and explore on the map to enter.

But after entering, they will directly face a branch boss battle.

Before changing the plot, the players are psychologically prepared, and they will definitely buy various supplies, repair equipment, etc. before entering.But after changing the plot, the players probably thought that they had just arrived at a new scene, they would never think that they might encounter a boss, and they would definitely be stunned!
In short, the narrative is split and the difficulty has risen!
Except for the first time, there are some pits that have not been filled at all!

For example, according to the original plot, this man-eating couple is actually controlled by a certain character in Chapter 2, which is a foreshadowing for the boss battle in Chapter 2.After defeating this couple, some data analysis shows that the boss of Chapter 2 has a special thirst for blood. The mission will guide the player to collect some blood as a prop to deal with the boss.

But this task was also cut!

Instead, players search the crypt and can find a book of scribbled notes that, after reading, reveal some information about the Chapter 2 boss.But it will not trigger the task, nor will it guide the player to collect blood, it all depends on the player himself.

But the boss of the second level is still a relatively difficult threshold, and it is very difficult to fight without blood.

There are many similar changes, all in all, the amount of text has indeed dropped!
In the past, Wu Minghao felt that the dialogue in the game was a bit too long, and he was worried that the players would be too lazy to watch it. Now there is no need to worry, whether the players realize the plot of this game is hard to say!

Wu Minghao was a little confused, and looked at Zhong Ming: "This... can it work? The change is a bit too big! And with this change, one of the highlights of the game will no longer exist..."

Wu Minghao panicked.

From an emotional point of view, of course he trusted Zhong Ming, but no matter how much he trusted, there was a limit.

Zhong Ming's current revision made him a little unacceptable, because one of the selling points of "Fantasy Realm" was the plot, and as a result, Zhong Ming cut off three-quarters of it in a snap. It must be a step backward from the player experience point of view if you have to stumble and hide it!

Moreover, some of these changes have already affected the gameplay of the game itself.

Some bosses need special props to be easily defeated. Before, these special props were used to guide players to obtain them, but not anymore. They are all hidden in some clues, which may be NPC dialogues or prop descriptions. Players It's not necessarily visible.

Although Zhong Ming marked the key information in red, but... don't overestimate the IQ of the players. Sometimes the IQ of the players drops, which is shocking.

Zhong Ming smiled: "I know what you think, you see the players too fragile, you have to trust the players."

Wu Minghao complained, "It's hard!"

Zhong Ming explained: "You have to be clear, the group of players that "Fantasy Realm" is facing is not bracelet players. Those people will never know about this game. What you have to face are independent game players. It’s a completely different species from the average bracelet player.”

The reason why Wu Minghao set the difficulty of the game very low is mainly due to his inertial thinking when playing the bracelet game.

In the circle of bracelet games, an iron rule of designers is to "imagining the player's IQ as low as possible."

To put it simply, it is to imagine the players in your game as a group of elementary school students, assuming that they can't understand any guiding text at all, and they can't understand certain gameplays.

Make the guidance content to the extreme, to the extent that even elementary school students can understand it without barriers, then it will be considered a success.

Therefore, many players are complaining that the novice guide of the bracelet game is too mentally handicapped!How stupid a player is to guide such low-level content?
But in fact, there are really a group of players who need this kind of guidance...

Bracelet games are faced with a group of very impatient players, so they must be given sufficient guidance to keep them playing, instead of running away because they don't understand the game.

However, Wu Minghao's role has changed now, what he is doing now is not a bracelet game, but an independent game!

These two player groups are completely different.

In Zhong Ming's opinion, the previous plot wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either.

At least, it is difficult to impress these players who are keen on independent games, and it will make them feel annoying.

The plot is bloated and long-winded.

Leading too much is also tiresome.

Therefore, Zhong Ming simply slashed, the player was comfortable, and Zhong Ming himself was also comfortable, because he could save a lot of typing on the keyboard.

The original cramming-style plot may arouse the disgust of players, and persuade many people who are impatient to watch the plot.

Now, the plot is broken into countless small pieces, which is a kind of liberation for those players who don't want to watch the plot, while those players who are interested in the plot will be stimulated to explore, killing two birds with one stone.

　Both the previous chapter and this chapter are 4000 words

　　
　
(End of this chapter)