Chapter 467(1/2)
465. It’s simply outrageous!
The next morning, Cao Yang went to the company with a dark circle.
Last night, Cao Sining insisted on climbing to bed and sleeping with her parents. She was making trouble at night, which made Cao Yang not sleep well all night. Because Xiao Sining was restless and easily kicked the quilt, Cao Yang woke up in the middle of the night and found that the quilt on his body was swept away by his daughter.
Now I have a split headache and a little nasal congestion, which is probably a symptom of a cold.
As soon as he returned to his seat and turned on the computer, Zhuang Yurou put a breakfast on his table and carefully reminded him:
"Boss, I have sent you the itinerary for today. There will be a demonstration of the new game of Ghost Blowing Lights in Boxue Hall starting at 3 pm."
"oh."
When Cao Yang heard the word "Ghost Blows the Light", he suddenly became energetic.
Speaking of this game, it has been a while since the Ghost Blowing Light Project Team has spent a lot of effort on this game. After the entire art team returned from Northern Xinjiang, they have become dark for several times and become down-to-earth.
Didn’t expect that time would pass so quickly, and now the ghost blows the light can start the demonstration?
Cao Yang quickly checked the email. In addition to the itinerary sent to him by Zhuang Yurou, there was also an email sent to him by Cheng Xinghua, the main planner of the Ghost Blowing Light Project Team.
The email briefly reported on the progress of the Ghost Blowing Light project, and there was also an attached note, including many screenshots of the actual game scene of Ghost Blowing Light, which seemed to be of high quality.
"Well, this game must be the first heavyweight product this year." Cao Yang said confidently.
The little secretary smiled silently and didn't say anything. Which game Bomi Company is now not a high-quality product?
People in China are proud and proud of having a company like Bomi in China, and even she, the assistant general manager, is honored.
"You go with me in the afternoon?" Cao Yang said to Zhuang Yurou while browsing unread emails.
Hearing Cao Yang's words, Zhuang Yurou was so scared that her face was pale and she quickly took a step back.
"No need for boss, I'm still very busy. I have other things to do."
"Hmm?" Cao Yang raised his head and took a look.
This guy obviously didn't want to go with him to watch the Ghost Blowing Lights demonstration. What job is used as an excuse?
"Put the rest of the matter back, I need you to give me some advice on the female perspective."
"No."
The position of young secretary is not only to serve the boss, but also to help the boss organize documents, arrange meetings and itineraries. In addition, the assistant to the general manager also has the right to make suggestions, which is recognized by Cao Yang.
However, Zhuang Yurou is usually low-key and rarely makes any suggestions. The most important thing is to help Cao Yang manage and do odd jobs.
Speaking of the details of the company, the young secretary may be more clear than Cao Yang.
Because only in this way can the young secretary provide Cao Yang with accurate information as soon as possible when Boss Cao asks.
The game "Ghost Blows Out the Light" has passed the review and has obtained the version number. Of course, Zhuang Yurou knew about this, and she has also read some related information about the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" project.
So when Boss Cao suggested that she also go to watch and watch, Zhuang Yurou shook her head like a rattle.
To be honest, except for a few more mysterious things like Ghost Blows Out the Light series, such as Ghost Tomb and Dragon Qi, the others basically have relatively reasonable scientific explanations, so they are not considered supernatural, and can only be regarded as suspense adventures.
After making the game, the relevant bloody and uncomfortable elements naturally need to find ways to change them, mainly focusing on puzzle solving, which is a real adventure game.
Otherwise, if you do whatever you want, players will be scared, and some may find it exciting, but if they are not done well, they will be labeled as promoting feudal superstition and cannot even pass the trial.
But no one can tell where this scale is.
For example, worshiping ghosts and gods is feudal superstition, but cultivating immortals is not counted. Fairy tale-themed games are still very popular now, and no relevant departments have conducted any reviews on them to promote feudal superstitions.
So it is really important to wrap this thing.
This time, the Ghost Blowing Light was able to reach this point today. It has really gone through ups and downs. Not only was the difficulty of production, the program department used a lot of hair and time, and it was polished until the relevant technology was barely passed the test at the end of 2008. It was finally time to finally be satisfied with the project team itself.
Moreover, several versions of the interim arraignment were beaten back by the above because they were not qualified. The main reason was that this subject type was too easy to cross the line, especially the plot about tomb robbery for a long time. In the end, Bomi Company directly contacted the author of Ghost Blowing Light as an advisor. After polishing with the copywriting planners of the project team, it made appropriate adjustments to the plot and finally passed the review and obtained the version number at the beginning of this year.
But even with scientific explanations, many scenes of ghost blowing lights, including the mechanisms and monsters encountered in it, will still make people feel creepy without a final and sufficient explanation.
This is related to everyone's psychological tolerance. Some people are afraid of even the dark scenes, but some people think about how to grill the big bugs in Yunnan insect valley into skewers to eat.
Cao Yang smiled in his heart, not expecting that the arrogant little secretary who was usually afraid of something.
"Must go, female players are also very important players for us. Don't forget that there is another woman in the gold-touching trio."
"this……"
Zhuang Yurou had a bitter face, I am not a lieutenant.
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At less than 3 pm, the Bomi Building Boxue Hall was already full of people.
This is all the old practice of Bomi Company. When a new heavyweight game is released, it will be demoed internally.
What's more, the team that made the Ghost Blowing Light this time is still a very new team. It can be said that it is the first heavyweight game made by the Trail Blazers Studio group, so many people are curious and want to see how the level of this new team is.
So today's speaker, Cheng Xinghua, the main planner of the Ghost Blowing Light Project, was also worried, both nervous and excited.
Several other major studios have their own specialties, and their strength is obvious to all. The Trail Blazers have not yet proved themselves since their establishment. Today's Ghost Blowing Light is the first work.
However, this work is really of great significance to Bomi Company.
Because it is not only Bomi’s first 2A-level game with [exploration action], but more importantly, it is also a Qidian cooperation product under Bomi.
Since the Ghost Blows Out the Light was published at Qidian in 2006, it has gained a lot of fans due to its rich imagination, the author's profound geographical knowledge and description of ancient Chinese artifacts and funeral customs, as well as several protagonists and related adventure content.
The term [Fan Economy] has not become popular yet, but the fan market exists. The key is whether you can make the fit of this part more suitable.
Ghost blowing the light is a good attempt.
Cao Yang chose the theme of ghost blowing the light, not only because his works are excellent, but also because they have a lot of meaning in it.
Of course, if you simply consume the feelings of fans and make any product that is related to money, Cao Yang will definitely disdain to do this method, because he not only wants to make money, but also hopes to make money while standing.
Now the reputation of Bomi Company is more important than money, so he has strictly checked the game Ghost Blowing Light.
Repeatedly making new requests will almost drive programmers crazy.
Of course, the Ghost Blowing Light Team was still very powerful in the end. They overcame layers of difficulties and submitted a very good answer sheet after more than two years of polishing and submitting a very good answer sheet.
Today is the time to present the results to other departments within the company.
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It has not officially begun yet. There is a hustle and bustle in the Boxue Hall, everyone is chatting, and many people are discussing topics related to the ghost blowing light today.
"Mom, I didn't expect that ghost blowing lights can make games."
A girl from the Guofeng Studio Group said.
However, as soon as she finished speaking, she thought about it carefully, and added: "It's not that I didn't expect it, it's mainly because the production is too difficult.
I used to be sleeping in the quilt and watching ghost blowing lights, but it was really scary. Just reading novels makes me feel like I am in the scene. Every time the protagonist group encounters danger, I will sweat for them.
Many of the plots described by Tianxia Bachang are really too fantastic. I think about it myself, it is already very difficult to rely on imagination, let alone make the scenes described in the book and turn them into something real and visible.
This really tests the production team’s skills.”
"Yes, let's not talk about anything else, I think it's hard to even make a seldom ditch in Heifengkou."
"In the early stage of Kunlun Mountain, there was an ancient tomb of Dixian Village in the later stage, which was really difficult to do. What is the Swallow Bridge? Just thinking about it makes me feel that it is really difficult to restore the scenes in the book.
If you don’t do it well, it’s easy to be criticized by players.”
Novel adaptation games are sometimes more difficult than movie adaptation.
Many of the narrative shots in the movie are dysfunctional. Through a series of planned shots, you will have a more coherent experience, and there is no redundancy in this process.
But the game is different. Although the general plot and trigger points are set, the player's freedom is obviously much higher. At this time, you not only need to restore the content described in the book, but also add a large amount of [redundant] content.
For example, in the book, the lieutenant of the gold troopers entered from the A entrance. He only needed to describe the general shape and feelings of the entrance. However, when playing games, you not only had to make this entrance, but also the surrounding environment, even the weeds next to the entrance, the small animals in the weeds, and the crawling bugs... all of these must be done so that the players can get a relatively complete and real experience.
The difficulty of making the game suddenly increased by several levels.
However, compared with science fiction themes, those like "Ghost Blows Out the Light" that can find references in reality are easy to do, and generally they cannot deviate from it. Moreover, the closer you do it to the reality, the more you can bring an extraordinary immersive experience to players.
But if you want to make a science fiction theme like "Three-Body Problem" into a game, it is almost impossible, because even Liu himself did not describe what the Three-Body Problem people look like. If you make a science fiction game, unless you are original, if you are adapted from a novel, it is probably not as good as the readers' pursuit in their minds.
This is also why the Three-Body Problem in the previous life said that it would be made into TV series and movies, but there was no further text, and the pictures released were always unsatisfactory, mainly because the difficulty coefficient was too high.
"It's really difficult to make a game of ghost blowing lights. Anyway, I feel my scalp numb when I think about it, and I don't know where to start."
"Indeed, but looking at the world, only our company dares to make such a big deal, and others don't even dare to think about it."
"Hahahaha, indeed, our company is quite awesome when you think about it."
"That's not, maybe because of a ghost blowing light, the company's engine has been secretly developed to X4."
"Wow, how shocking it would be to really force the X4 engine?"
"Hehe, I also said it casually. Anyway, I heard that the programs of the Ghost Blowing Light Project Team have suffered a lot, and a team from the engine team has been specially arranged to guard the development to help solve difficult problems. If there is no X4, there will be an X3.5."
"The colleagues from the Ghost Blowing Light Project Team said that the actual machine effect was quite shocking, and the pictures attached to the email were also very awesome."
"You'll know when you look at the actual demonstration of Ghost Blowing Lights later."
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"This should be the first heavyweight game in our company that is adapted from a novel, right?"
To be continued...