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"Um...isn't this a bit too risky?"

Everyone was very surprised when they heard what Lao Liu said and immediately recovered from the shock brought by Yunmeng.

Then the first reaction was: The boss is too impulsive.

Their confidence in "Bubble World" is based on careful polishing and spending far more time than all previous works.

Because the timeline and chapter-by-chapter plot content of "Bubble World" alone total more than 50 pages.

The grand sense of history and mission are all based on step-by-step atmosphere creation, which means that they must spend a lot of time to guide players into the story.

They only dared to make this story after they had a base of "loyal fans".

Even so, everyone was still undecided on how to design the opening chapter of the game and discussed it over and over again.

And such a story, no matter how you think about it, is not suitable for hastily making a demo, allowing players to casually pick out from probably hundreds of demos, thinking about other demos while playing, and still give a Super high rating.

This is simply unrealistic!

Unless, after this demo is made, it is really determined to be [Outstanding] by [Cradle Project], directly promoted to the only level, and is picked up by Lin You and given special treatment.

Of course, if it can really achieve that step, "Bubble World" will almost lock in success in advance.

The "milestone" that everyone is looking forward to will have a gold content beyond imagination.

The only problem is:

The risk is too high!

In case Yunmeng failed to take a liking to it, the players felt it was just average. As a result, not only were they not eligible to participate in the [Cradle Project], but the studio's next big news was leaked in advance - the players' impression was not good... …

That’s not the end of the world!

But now the little fire in Lao Liu's heart was burning brightly, his courage was completely full, and he immediately asked:

"If other participants are burning the boat and coming up with their best ideas, but we are looking forward and backward and making demos with the mentality of 'handing in our homework', is it possible for us to succeed?"

"What if other participants retain their strength?" one member asked.

"Then we must go all out! Use the best creativity to crush them all at once!" Lao Liu was filled with enthusiasm.

And his enthusiasm was contagious to other members of the office.

Ever since——

"Done!"

"This is an opportunity to truly turn "Bubble World" into a planet and be embedded in the virtual world forever! I will regret it if I miss it!"

"Go! Even if [Outstanding] can't be obtained, isn't [Excellence] within reach?!"

"You must be outstanding, you must be outstanding! Let's hold a discussion meeting now! Get excited!"

…

In Qianshan Studio, everyone was excited and took action immediately.

And this kind of scene is not uncommon in the Daxia game development circle at this moment.

The first batch of development teams who passed the review and received the development requirements immediately forgot about their off-duty time and started emergency discussions with great excitement.

The [Outstanding Clause] at the end of [Project Development Requirements] ignited the enthusiasm of all developers in one fell swoop. They all came up with the strongest and best ideas of their respective teams and devoted themselves fully to the production of the demo.

Although they are not yet able to enter the [Cradle Project Development World], after the application was approved, the module development tools in their hands have once again received reinforcements, which are completely sufficient for making game demos!

Not only the teams that have applied, but even those who have not received a reply yet, are waiting for a response and are already thinking in advance whether there are any suitable ideas that can be used for demo production.

One thing that players have guessed is indeed correct: there will be a surge of high-quality game demos without waiting too long.

Even in the announcement of [Project Cradle], these demos will only be open for trial play on a small scale, and in the end only 10 will be improved into complete games, which will be released with the release of [Project Cradle].

But for those demos that are unsuccessful, the development team will not give up casually. Many of them will eventually be produced, but there is a high probability that they can only be released in the form of modules.

*

On the other side, here in Yunmeng, Lin You is also having a meeting with the [Science Fiction Game Department].

The external development team is indeed an important help, but Yunmeng itself cannot be weak.

Lin You was assigning tasks to them right now:

“Your mission, like the development team participating in the [Cradle Project], is also based on the planets in the solar system. On those planets, design interesting gameplay or space-themed stories.

Of course, your development requirements list is somewhat different from theirs.

I ask that you not let yourselves be so unrestrained and come up with such outrageous things as 'stabbing each other with chip spears', 'driving a spaceship to fight with bayonets', 'mechanical undead and biochemically modified priests falling in love and killing each other' - at least for now. no. "

At this point, Lin You noticed that Qiu Lixin's expression became a little strange, so he asked, "What's wrong? What do you want to say?"

Qiu Lixin blinked, "I just want to say that as expected of a boss, I just mentioned a few examples, and they are all so interesting."

"Stop flattering me here." Lin You shook his head.

"No!" Qiu Lixin yelled, "I really find it interesting! I really want to do it!"

"Then bear with it for now." Lin You shook his head, "At this stage, players are just entering the universe for the first time. We must try to lower the players' acceptance threshold as much as possible, and at the same time enhance the players' sense of immersion."

"And if we want to do this, we must ensure the consistency of this interstellar universe as much as possible."

"Since we have given freedom to the development team other than Yunmeng, we can only do it ourselves when it comes to dancing in shackles - it should be done by ourselves."

"After all, the manufacturing, maintenance, and combat systems of the entire space station and spacecraft were all set up by us. Only by doing it ourselves can we ensure that it will not go astray to the greatest extent."

"Boss!" Qiu Lixin raised his hand like a primary school student.

Lin You looked at him speechlessly, "Say."

"Give us some guidance!" Qiu Lixin wailed, "The NPC also gives us reminders when it releases tasks. You have to give us some directions, right?"

"Alas." Lin You sighed, "Isn't that what I was about to say? Why are you so anxious..."

"Oh, okay!" Qiu Lixin nodded obediently, but in fact, he didn't believe it at all.

Because in Yunmeng, the reputation of the boss as a hands-off shopkeeper is almost as good as his incredible talent.

The best way to get help from your boss is to interrupt him in advance and put forward your needs before he finishes speaking and runs away.

Otherwise, when he finishes explaining his mission, he will run away at a speed beyond your imagination, and you won’t be able to stop him!

After Lin You thought about it for a while, he easily came up with the direction——

“The most intuitive impact of the universe is that it can create a variety of extreme environments beyond imagination.

Starting from here, creating a completely different extreme environment can easily give players a huge sensory impact and create the illusion that the universe is huge and the planets are rich in types.

To put it in more detail——

A solid metal ball composed entirely of iron and nickel: Psyche.

A molten hell with more than 100,000 volcanoes: Venus.

A never-ending hurricane, an endless storm that can be seen from space: Jupiter.

Ocean planets that are completely covered by oceans and have almost no land: Titan, Titan.

The extremely cold abyss completely surrounded by glaciers: Europa, Europa.

You can even design a green planet covered in ice and covered with forests..."

In the virtual office, everyone quickly understood what Lin You meant: to make games and gameplay with completely different backgrounds and environments.

But everyone is still confused about what kind of game and how to play it.

"As for the specific gameplay, let me give you an idea: take Glacier World as an example." Lin You continued.

"Imagine that humans built a city on a glacier planet, but due to an accident, external assistance was cut off. The remaining people could only rely on backward coal mine resources and steam power to fight the severe cold."

"Players need to take orders in times of crisis and become city managers, manage resources, arrange manpower, and find ways to save the city."

"Ah?" Qiu Lixin was surprised, "In the interstellar era, you rely on burning coal for heating?"

"What's wrong? Don't like it? Then you can change it to oil, natural gas, or something else. As long as it can serve the core gameplay and aesthetic style of the game, it doesn't matter."

Qiu Lixin blinked and suddenly understood:

As long as the environmental differences of different planets can be fully demonstrated, the most basic development purpose will be achieved!

Thinking like this, he instantly came up with a lot of new ideas. As long as he changed the background, he could fit it into these frameworks!

Even "Hunter: Call of the Wild" allows you to drive a spaceship and hunt in the "green forest covered by ice shells", let alone anything else!