entertainment threesome

When he stood up from the computer desk, Liu Kewei grabbed the cigarette case and lighter on the table and walked habitually to the fat man's seat. The guy was frowning and staring at the monitor, making a fist with one hand.

He held his cheeks up and looked like he was thinking hard.

Liu Kewei knew that Fatty Zhai’s work schedule today was to design plot dialogue: lines that characters and NPCs would express through dialogue in the game.

Manager Wang's words from yesterday suddenly came to mind. Liu Kewei forced himself to swallow the greeting he had blurted out, turned around slowly, and walked to the reception room alone.

Pushing open the metal door, I walked onto the small, cramped balcony. The sunshine this morning was very good, and it gave me a slightly drunken feeling, making me want to doze off lazily.

Light a cigarette, hold on to the railing and look at the street scene of Binjiang District from the height of the 24th floor. The cars on the road are only the size of peanuts, and the pedestrians are only the size of rice grains. If you are a patient with acrophobia standing here

, I guess my heartbeat will definitely accelerate violently.

More than a week had passed since the concert before he knew it. He was very happy that he was able to convince the copywriter who was interested in leaving that night to change his mind and stay. He wondered if it was because of his superb performance in that conversation.

The nerdy fat man was touched. Since returning to Hangzhou, he seemed to have changed. He gradually hid his inappropriate personality. He did not actively express opinions in the planning department and seemed very low-key. However, he was assigned to

He tried his best to complete all his tasks well.

Although he is still a newbie and needs guidance from others for all new jobs, everyone in the planning department can see that he learns very quickly and is completely different from the average novice planner who has just entered the industry. He is familiar with the game and is familiar with it.

As for text creation, I just lack experience in game production. Given time, I can fully support the work of copywriting and planning independently, and this day may come soon.

However, Manager Wang's words last night completely lifted some of the obstacles that had previously blocked Liu Kewei's vision. His former boss and today's boss expressed a very clear tendency: In order to maintain the stable operation of the planning department,

It is best for them, the "direct relatives" of Manager Wang, to keep a certain distance from other planners. It is best not to take the initiative to inquire about the two parts of planning work, let alone interfere.

Liu Kewei couldn't help but wailed in his heart. Lao Cao was fine, there wasn't much interaction between the system and the copywriters, but for him and Xiao She, it was impossible to turn a blind eye to the copywriting work.

, there is a saying in the game R&D industry called "Level copywriting does not separate families." When Manager Wang was still Wang's chief planner, he said it every day. Whether it is the scene design plan or the placement of NPCs, which one is not involved?

To the plot development?

"I guessed you would be here. Is the weather nice today?" A familiar voice came from the reception room behind him, "Old Liu, why didn't you call me to smoke?"

Turning around, he saw Fatty Zhai's big face with a light smile. Liu Kewei reluctantly raised the corners of his mouth to respond with a feeble smile. As expected, only those who don't know anything are happy.

"I saw you seemed busy just now, so I didn't bother you." Liu Kewei replied.

The fat man took out his cigarette case and lighter nonchalantly, sat down on the plastic stool, waved to Liu Kewei carelessly and said: "Well, I was thinking about something just now, and I have some ideas, so I came to see you.

Chat."

Liu Kewei took two steps and did not enter the reception room. Instead, he stopped at the door and kept a short distance quietly.

"What do you have in mind?" He said with a smile, but the smile was very light, so light that it was almost invisible.

The fat man raised his head and looked at Liu Kewei, who was standing condescendingly at the door. His height of over 1.8 meters almost blocked the outdoor sunlight, "Why don't you sit down and talk? You may not be able to finish what you said in just a few words."

"It's okay. I've been sitting for too long, so I just want to stand." Liu Kewei shook his head, "That's all."

The fat man shrugged and spoke nonchalantly: "As for the dialogue, I wonder if I can add some changes. I feel that the system's design will make the players look the same and lack an immersive sense of immersion."

What other changes can there be to the plot dialogue? Isn’t it just the fixed lines of the characters or NPCs? What special features can be figured out from this kind of expression with a clear purpose and a single function?

Liu Kewei tilted his head in confusion, "Be more specific and give me an example."

"For example, the simplest example, there is a line of dialogue: 'Please pour me a glass of water.'" Fatty Zhai raised a finger, "If you are a player, the game ID is called 'Curly Wei', here

, what I hope you can see is 'Curly Way, please get me a glass of water.'"

"That is, adding the player's ID. What difference does this make? Doesn't it mean the same thing?" Liu Kewei still looked like he didn't understand.

"This is just the simplest example. But I think this is the biggest difference between games and other media such as novels, comics, movies, TV, etc., and it is also the biggest advantage, that is, the game itself can directly interact with individual players.

!" Fatty Zhai clenched his fists in excitement, "It may look ordinary, but this immersive feeling of being on the scene is unique!"

Liu Kewei frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I still don't quite understand your idea. Please give me a more complicated example."

A more complicated example? The fat man rubbed his forehead, thinking about how to express his thoughts better.

"Our six paths are the divine path, the demon spirit path, the earthly immortal path, the bodhisattva path, the human path, and the netherworld path, right? Assuming that the three major camps are gods and Buddhas, immortals and humans, demons and ghosts, then, they have joined

When players from different camps face NPCs from the same camp, should the attitude, tone, and content of their conversations be exactly the same?" Fatty Zhai spoke very slowly, in order to make it easier for Liu Kewei to understand word for word, "If it were you, what would you say?

There should be a big difference in what you say to your allies or enemies, right? When friends come, there is wine, when when wolves come, there are shotguns! Do you understand?"

Liu Kewei rubbed his chin, lost in thought, and unconsciously walked to the table and sat down.

"I probably understand what you mean, which is to design different dialogues for different players and choose corresponding solutions in the game?"

"Yes, that's what it means." Fatty Zhai nodded vigorously.

This is a very good idea, provided that so many players will pay attention to this thoughtful design. But among a hundred players, how many people will have the patience to read those long and annoying dialogues sentence by sentence? Liu Kewei said

This means that he is pessimistic. At least when he plays the game himself, he almost never reads the dialogue and just clicks Enter or left-clicks to jump.

"You are increasing the workload for yourself, and at the same time increasing the workload for Lao Cao and the program." Liu Kewei forced a smile, "Not only are you causing trouble for yourself, but you are also causing trouble for others. It is necessary to do this.

Is it this level? Isn’t it enough to write dialogues casually? Isn’t that what popular domestic games do?”

"I think it's necessary." Fatty Zhai said with a serious expression, "The most engaging thing for the audience is the sense of immersion in the work, and the key to creating a sense of immersion is the feeling of details. Every detail that can strengthen the audience's identification is important.

It’s worth spending more time to figure out.”

"The problem is that not many players will read the dialogue carefully, right?" Liu Kewei couldn't help but point this out.

"Even if there is only one audience, you have to complete the performance seriously, right?" Fatty Zhai was unmoved, "As long as there are still people who will watch it, we should try our best to provide the most perfect reading experience. This is the author's mission. I

It should be no different in game development, as long as we can do it."

Silently watching Fatty Zhai's serious and stubborn expression, Liu Kewei felt that he was not convinced, but he could no longer persuade him.

For practical reasons, he is not optimistic that this painstaking work attitude will bring any fundamental changes to the "money path" of this project.

But logically speaking, the other party's motivation to insist on making efforts is legitimate and reasonable. This attitude and approach will only bring benefits and no harm at all, except that the copywriter in front of me has to spend several times more on dialogue design.

In terms of workload, the Cao system needs to slightly modify the planning documents and procedures of the dialogue system, which will require more maintenance work.

The cost of realizing this idea is just that high. With six years of experience in the industry, he can even immediately estimate how much actual workload will be added to Lao Cao and the program. Well, it can be calculated accurately to the hour.

Only he couldn't estimate how much more effort would be required for copywriting. He had never done any work related to copywriting planning, and he didn't know to what extent Zhai Fatzi planned to apply this "dialogue that varies from person to person".

It’s just that he believes that the benefits brought by this idea should not be great. This is not the kind of expected benefit that can be immediate, and may even have a negligible impact.

The expected return should be very small, which may correspond to a large amount of investment. In his eyes, this is completely a solution that is not cost-effective.

Is it worth it? He really couldn't give this answer. After all, he was not a fat man. He felt that he had no position to speak on this issue. Inexplicably, he remembered a sentence he didn't know where he read it.

"I don't agree with your point of view, but I support your right to express your opinion."

Who said this? It seems to be quite famous. Liu Kewei smiled weakly, put out the cigarette butt that had been burned to the end in the ashtray, and stopped trying to persuade.

"You can bring it up at the next planning meeting, see everyone's opinions, and then let Chief Xu make the final decision."