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Chapter 198 Xuanyuan Award Project Launch

The first day after the New Year's holiday.

Li Zongzheng came to the company to punch his card and started his daily work.

The project of "Xuanyuan Sword Scar of the Sky" has entered the preliminary planning stage, and this stage can be said to be the most important in the entire development work.

This includes setting the core gameplay of the game, system function design, scripts, values, copywriting, execution, etc. To put it bluntly, it is to discuss clearly the problems that may be encountered in the process of developing the game, and finally write them down on paper and assign them to various departments implement.

As a professional game designer, Li Zongzheng is well aware of the importance of this job.

Only by writing all the structure of a game on paper can the entire development team move in a coordinated and orderly manner, instead of relying entirely on the original development of the abandoned "Emei Swordsman" After setting up the project with enthusiasm, it was only in the end that the problem was found in the script. As a result, after the entire game interview, the game was completely different from the one in the original project proposal.

Although "Cultivation Simulator" reborn from Nirvana was an accidental success, Li Zongzheng didn't want every success of his to depend on accidents.

So this time he summed up the previous experience. From the establishment of the project to the present, he has held more than ten large and small meetings. Basically, he communicated with the professionals in the team about possible problems or suspected problems. Over opinion.

However, what makes Li Zongzheng a little confused is what type of game should be made.

Yes.

Up to now, he has not reached an agreement with other partners in the project team on this most basic question.

First of all, the sandbox is definitely not acceptable.

Unlike "Cultivation Simulator", this time they not only have a script, but the core selling point is the script.

Third-person action game?

There is nothing wrong with it, but the development cost may be a bit over budget. Moreover, the "Xuanyuan Sword" project itself is based on the plot, and it seems to be putting the cart before the horse when it focuses on actions and special effects.

And it seems that there is nothing new in doing so, it is difficult to stand out from the many popular martial arts games on the market...

Although Li Zongzheng wants to create a masterpiece that can be regarded as a work of art by players and talked about for many years, it is not enough to just be popular.

Whether a game is successful or not ultimately needs to be tested by the market, except for those small creative productions born for awards, the ideal he pursues must be sold first in the final analysis!

Thinking of this, Li Zongzheng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed for a while.

But fortunately, he has a lot of powerful generals under his command. Du Ziteng, who had been "studying" his own game on the computer all morning, suddenly had an idea and said.

"Why don't we... how about making it a war chess game?"

War chess?

Li Zongzheng was slightly stunned, and said with a frown.

"Make it into a chess game? Can it work?"

"It's better than the side-scrolling turn-based or text-only adventure games we discussed yesterday. That kind of outdated gameplay will definitely hit the market now," Du Ziteng continued with a helpless expression, "War chess... Let's put Make the character model more beautiful, and the skill special effects more beautiful, it should be quite a bonus in the hearts of the players."

"Battle chess is not bad."

Hearing Du Ziteng's idea, Liu Ye's eyes lit up.

But the reason his eyes are bright is not because of how good the idea is, but because he has been reading novels all morning, and he has kept his head down for too long, and when he looks up, his eyes are somewhat gloomy. .

Seeing that Liu Ye also agreed with this idea, Li Zongzheng looked at him and asked.

"You also think it's good to make war chess?"

Liu Ye nodded and said.

"Well, compared to third-person perspective action games, I think using turn-based gameplay to slow down the pace of the game may help players immerse themselves in the plot story. We can make the 3D perspective and combat perspective seamless The one that connects, and then switches to the war chess mode during the battle, actions, attacks, and spells will consume the corresponding action points, and when the action points are exhausted, the current character's turn will end."

Li Zongzheng fell into deep thought.

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Seems interesting?

Jiang Lecheng, who was sitting by the side, was watching a drama, but after hearing Liu Ye's idea, he was also attracted by the discussion, and interjected.

"Also, we can incorporate development elements into the game, such as setting several professional frameworks, and then allow players to add NPC teammates other than the protagonist group to the team according to their own preferences."

"That's right! We can also add pen to these NPCs, and give them side plots other than the main one!" Du Ziteng, who had opened his mind, added excitedly.

The background of the story of Xuanyuan Sword Sky Scar is the end of the Sui Dynasty, which happened to be a time when capable people were born in large numbers.

In addition to Chen Jingchou and other protagonists, there are a large number of other characters appearing in the script, but there is no further expansion of their plots in the script.

If you want to add nurturing elements, this part is undoubtedly a breakthrough!

However, when he heard that he was going to add a pen, Liu Ye suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, and said hastily.

"I don't think it's necessary to add more pens. The script is already very good, and adding more pens will be superfluous—"

"I think it's a good idea!"

Suddenly interrupting his words, Li Zongzheng, who was still hesitating before, somehow showed an expression of excitement this time, and continued with Du Ziteng's words excitedly.

"We can add pens without changing the main storyline, so that the NPC characters can be more full, and at the same time enrich the game's development elements... I think it's better to integrate the collection elements into it! Let players not only complete In addition to the main task, you can also get fun from character collection and character development!"

After listening to Li Zongzheng's words, apart from Liu Ye who was grimacing, the eyes of everyone sitting in the office shone brightly.

Especially Du Ziteng, with a melancholy expression on his face.

"Damn, I want to play what I said!"

Jiang Lecheng, who was sitting on the side, also had bright eyes, and said with great interest, "This idea is really good, I bet, if we follow this idea... our game will definitely sell well!"

Liu Ye said with some worry.

"This... There are too many integrated elements, will it look a bit nondescript? Or let's use the template of the war chess game to do it. I don't think it is necessary to add pens to NPC characters..."

"Why is it unnecessary!" Li Zongzheng interrupted him, and continued in a decisive tone, "It's decided! Our new project will be a war chess game! Starting today, the Xuanyuan Sword Sky Scar project is officially approved! Then I will distribute the work to various departments..."

Speaking of this, Li Zongzheng paused for two seconds, then continued without delay.

"Liu Ye, I'll leave it to you to add to the sub-plot! Within three days, I want to see the outline and script of the plot. Let's try to finish this part before the end of the year!"

Liu Ye nodded with a bitter face.

"yes……"

Fishing is impossible.

He could already imagine the despair of being overwhelmed by the manuscript.

"There is also Jiang Lecheng," Li Zongzheng continued to look at the original artist in the team, and said, "I will leave the standing drawing and original painting of the character to you!"

Jiang Lecheng stood up excitedly, and said energetically.

"Yes! Leave it to me!"