Say Yes To Making Bad Games, What the Hell is Titanfall? Chapter 220

  Chapter 220 Your next tower defense, why is it tower defense

this…

  Gu Sheng didn't know how to explain to Yan Sheng.

  Because the names of these two studios were all based on "JOJO's Bizarre Adventure"!

   And there is no JOJO in this world.

  So for a while, he didn't know how to answer Yan Sheng's question.

However!

   Just when he was thinking hard and preparing to say a few perfunctory words.

   Then I heard the little Nezha beside him speak:

   "Mr. Yan, we have been cooperating for so long, and you must have heard of our golden spirit,"

  “[Golden Experience Studio], as our foundation, is the studio we first established, and has the deepest understanding and development of the golden spirit,”

   "We are committed to bringing players an innovative gaming experience, and the golden experience comes from this,"

   "As for [Steel Chain Finger Studio], the English name is STICKYFINGERS, which comes from the album of the same name by the Rolling Stones,"

   "I think Mr. Gu meant to pay tribute to the credo of 'A rolling stone never grows moss', and hope that our team will always maintain vitality and motivation,"

   "Meanwhile STICKYFINGERS literally translates to 'little theft',"

   "Although the name is petty theft, but it intends to fight in the game circle..."

Speaking of which.

  Shen Miaomiao shrugged, raised her eyebrows and smiled:

   "A little metaphor from a supernova."

   Say it.

  Shen Miaomiao gave Gu Sheng a sneaky look, her big eyes were shining brightly, she raised her eyebrows slyly like him: How about it, I understand you!

  Gu Sheng, on the other hand, was dumbfounded.

  I'm blanching! Awesome!

   Didn't little Nezha study finance?

  How do you do such a good job in reading comprehension?

   What kind of royal interpreter is this?

  This answer is exquisite and profound, with extensive references and lofty intentions.

   is simply a perfect answer.

   There is a kind of beauty of "the reading comprehension has been deepened, and the author actually didn't think so much".

   "Ah... yes!"

  Gu Sheng is a shameless person, so he nodded to Yan Sheng when he turned around, affirming the full score of little Nezha's reading comprehension:

   "That's what it means, and it's also Mr. Shen's hope for the company."

   Hiss—! !

   Heard the words!

  Yan Sheng couldn't help taking a deep breath, looking at the pair of Bi people in front of him, his eyes flashed with approval!

   "Okay, okay, okay,"

   "Golden experience, steel chain fingers... What a good name!"

   "Mr. Gu is extremely talented, and Mr. Shen is far-sighted. Why don't you worry about the rise of the Golden Wind with two leaders, and why don't you worry about the rise of the Huaguo game circle?"

   "It's an honor for Yiyou to cooperate with Golden Wind!"

  Gu Sheng grinned, showing an awkward yet polite smile:

   "Uh hehehe, we are also honored, and honored..."

   Waved his hands and watched Yan Sheng's car go away, Gu Sheng heaved a sigh of relief.

Beside   , Shen Miaomiao bumped him with her shoulder: "Hey, how is it? Is the explanation just now correct? Is there a tacit understanding!"

   "Yes, that's right, it's absolutely right,"

  Gu Sheng pointed his thumb repeatedly, full of praise for Little Nezha's reading comprehension:

   "You let me say that I am not so good. Mr. Shen is really far-sighted, and his position is really high. He is admirable. He is a role model for me to learn from!"

   "Humph! That's—"

  Gu Sheng's praise greatly benefited Shen Miaomiao, she put her head on her hips:

   "Little comrades can have such a high level of ideological awareness, let's go, I invite you to drink milk tea!"

"Why-"

  Hearing this, Gu Sheng waved his hand:

   "Where does the leader talk about the so-called close Zhu Zhechi? It's not that I have a high level of ideological awareness. The key is that the leader teaches well!"

   "Yeah—I'm getting goosebumps!"

  Shen Miaomiao's scalp was numb from the blowing, she hurriedly rubbed her arms and grinned:

   "No wonder my dad makes you coax him like he's lost his mind, you're so good at flattering!"

  Game Succubus, Electronic Daji, well-deserved reputation!

   The two walked into the drink shop downstairs while talking and laughing.

   Ordered two cups of milk tea, and the two found a seat by the window to sit down.

   "Any ideas for new projects?"

  Shen Miaomiao took a sip of milk tea and asked Gu Sheng.

   Now there is still one month before the launch of the mini-game plan to go overseas. The time is not short or long.

  If they start the production immediately after establishing the project, it is completely achievable to cooperate with outsourcing to develop a small game within a month.

  But if too much time is delayed in project approval, the production time will be stretched.

  So the most urgent task is to first determine what to produce and start the work.

   "Hmm...no idea..."

  Gu Sheng also took a sip of milk tea, looked out the window, and frowned slightly in thought.

   Rather than saying that he has no ideas, it is better to say that he has too many ideas.

  Since it is going to be a dual-platform interoperable game between PC and mobile phone, the first thing to consider is the requirements and carrying capacity of mobile games.

  Because the inclusiveness of PC is far stronger than that of mobile phones, when considering dual platforms, we must first start with the shortcoming of the mobile platform.

   But even so, there are too many game options.

  He can do roguelike cards like Slay the Spire.

  You can do it This is a survival strategy game like mine war.

  You can do simulated business operations, and even do horizontal actions.

   In addition, such as Angry Birds, candycrush, ski adventure, etc., can also be ported from mobile phones to PCs.

  The volume of these games is not considered large, and one month is completely enough.

  There are so many choices, diverse and dazzling, I don't know how to make a choice at all.

   And at this moment, Shen Miaomiao had a sudden whim, and looked at Gu Sheng with her small face: "Why don't you make me a carrot?"

   "Defend the radish?" Gu Sheng turned his head to look at Little Nezha: "Is that from Thunderbird Games? We do copyright infringement."

   "It's that type, it doesn't have to be to defend carrots," Shen Miaomiao said, "It's the kind of game where you build a fort to fight little monsters, you can defend anything."

Tower Defense.

   There is no doubt that the game type of defending radish is the most standard tower defense game.

  This is a good category.

  Gu Sheng's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Why do you suddenly want to do tower defense? Don't you want to defend your carrot?"

   "Hmmm... kind of boring,"

   Speaking of this, Shen Miaomiao smacked her lips:

  “Whether it's the level design, the types of monsters, or even the design and gameplay of the map, it's always the same in the later stage.”

  The problem Shen Miaomiao mentioned has actually existed in the domestic game market for a long time.

   Since Defend the Carrot is a free game.

  So, in order to ensure long-term profitability, the production team has to keep updating the game.

   But the problem is that the gameplay of tower defense is now fixed. No matter how hard the production team tries, it's nothing more than iterating on the types of monsters and defense towers, and constantly increasing the difficulty of the game, such as increasing the monster's blood volume, shortening the travel distance, setting up scene obstacles, and so on.

  However, such an update is only forcibly prolonging the life of the game, and it is not even considered an innovation, let alone a second spring for the game.

  Players will only get more and more tired after playing, and then reduce the game time until they completely lose interest and get out of the pit.

  This process is irreversible and has no solution.

   Because that's what all tower defense games do—

  Set a route for the monsters to travel. Players create defense towers to attack monsters, and upgrade the defense towers to protect the target from damage.

  As many years as tower defense games have appeared, this model has lasted for as many years.

   In fact, it is very simple to make changes to this solidified game type.

  For example, adding multiple upgrade branches to the defense tower, each upgrade branch route has different effects, and after the defense tower is upgraded to a certain level, it is endowed with functions such as absorption and fusion...

   That's right!

   What I'm talking about is "Balloon Tower Defense", which was known as one of the "Three Tower Defenses" in the previous life!

   Gu Sheng's first reaction was this game.

   Think about it again. Compared with defending carrots, balloon tower defense has increased the playability of defensive towers, but the significance of this innovation is actually not that great.

   The monsters still follow the established route, and the defense towers still stand on a wide range of corners, or traditional tower defense.

  The same is true for another item of "Kingdom Defense" of the three major tower defenses.

  In this way, the three major tower defenses only have the last option...

  Gu Sheng secretly smacked his lips.

  I'm sorry, because I have too many games in my hand, and almost every genre has one or more epoch-making works.

  Games are infinite, but my lifespan is limited. I am afraid that I will not be able to finish the games in the system treasure house in three lifetimes.

  So, in terms of game selection, I can only choose those Wang Zhlevel works.

  I also want to play a 6, but my hand is full of bombs.

  Alas... Sure enough, a systematic life is so plain and boring.

  Come and play with four 2s!

   "Then don't defend the carrot,"

   Gu Sheng took a sip of the milk tea, and he had already made up his mind:

   "Defend your brain!"

   "Defend... brain?"

  Next day!

  Golden Wind meeting room!

  Yuki covered his head with both hands, as if he was afraid that Gu Sheng would eat his brain.

   "I don't understand, Director."

  Earlier today, Secretary Chu called all members of Steel Chain Finger to the conference room for a meeting, saying that there was a project to be handed over to them.

  Everyone was very happy to hear that.

   After all, it is a newly established studio, the more idle the more uncomfortable (mainly because the salary is too generous, and the money is not safe if you don't work).

   Especially Sato and Yuki.

  Before the establishment of Steel Chain Finger, they were originally involved in the production of the "Escape from Heaven" project.

  As a result, a new studio was established, and a wave of promotions came directly from the people who came, becoming the leader of the studio, and also evacuated the Escape Project Team.

  Suddenly had nothing to do, which made both of them uncomfortable.

  I heard that there is a new project plan today!

  The employees of Steel Chain Finger Studio were very excited and entered the conference room one after another to wait for arrangements.

   The result was unexpected!

  The director asked them to protect their brains as soon as they spoke!

  Everyone was shocked!

   Oops, Mr. Gu won't be producing some other horror games from the underworld, will he?

To know!

  There are 9 steel chain fingers, and more than half of the members have done PT under Gu Sheng's hands!

  The final testing phase of the game was so grueling!

  The game I made scared myself half to death, which is really rare in the industry.

  Now, the director is aiming at the minds of everyone present when he speaks.

  Seeing that everyone looked terrified.

  Gu Sheng knew they were thinking too much.

   Hehe smiled:

   "Don't be nervous, we're just going to make a small game this time, a small tower defense game,"

   "A small game to block zombies and protect your brain."

  Hearing this, everyone, look at me and I look at you, the prototype of this game has already appeared in my mind——

  On the winding route with twists and turns, zombies marched towards the end of the level in groups.

   And there are various defense towers standing on both sides of the road.

   There are ordinary ammunition, flame-breathing, discharge, and nuclear bombs that need to be paid to unlock.

   By the way, there are also types of zombies.

  Didn't the company launch a zombie-themed Road to Survival before? Moving those special infected people here can not only enrich the fun of the game, but also gain the player's emotional bonus.

  When the game is made, isn't it because Qin Shihuang took the plane and won the sky?

   Good guy! !

  Listening to the discussions of the employees in Steel Chain Finger Studio, Shen Miaomiao was shocked.

   You really deserve to be seasoned veterans!

   You don't even need Lao Gu to speak, he can create a comprehensive tower defense game through discussion!

  And not only the theme and gameplay are well-designed, but even the aspect of emotional bonus is also thought of.

   It can be called a fully automatic game production machine.

   Fortunately, this is a new project, so there is no need to worry about making a profit because of the high sales of the game. Anyway, the main project is just a tool list for her to increase the rebate multiple.

However!

   Before she nods!

   Then Gu Sheng said with a smile: "It's a good idea, but unfortunately the homogenization is still serious, and it's not much different from other tower defense games on the market. Do you have any other ideas?"

this…

  Hearing this, the members of Steel Chain Finger were speechless.

  Director Gu's words hit the nail on the head.

   The serious homogenization is indeed the fatal shortcoming of the plan they just discussed.

   But the question is, if you look at the tower defense games in the entire game market, are they all doing this?

  We want to innovate, but where do we start?

  Today's tower defense game system is like a poured fortress, solid and reliable, and it is impossible to start.

  It is easier said than done if you want to dismantle it.

   "Don't be so limited in thinking." Seeing this, Gu Sheng smiled: "Your next tower defense, why is it a 'tower' defense."

   As he spoke, he saw Gu Sheng turning his side and pressing the remote control in his hand.

   On the projection screen behind him, a game cover suddenly appeared!

  A street runs through the peaceful and harmonious town in cartoon style.

  On the right side of the street, green-skinned zombies exuding wise eyes are crooked and funny in shape. Some carry briefcases, and some wear ice cream cones.

  The left side of the street is full of vitality. Plants of various shapes are firm in their faces, guarding the edge of the garden like loyal little soldiers, preventing the invasion of zombies.

   And at the top of the cover is the name of the game.

   Composed of PLANTS with green plant colors and ZOMBIES with tombstone texture—

   "Plants can also block zombies, and gardens can also become battlefields,"

  Gu Sheng watched the stunned crowd spread their hands:

   "Relax, let's play Plants vs. Zombies."

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   The back pain was unbearable. I forced myself to type up an extra chapter of the manuscript yesterday, but the quality was not satisfactory to me, so I deleted it.

   Xiaobu thought that he couldn't add updates just for the sake of adding updates. He wanted to ensure the quality first and then the quantity, so I would like to say sorry to all the readers. I will update normally this week, and after I have a little rest, I will make up the updates for you next Monday!

   Thank you for your understanding orz

  (end of this chapter)

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