Game Entertainment Empire

With the start of a new game selection, a medieval-style picture scroll is displayed in front of you. The flags of the eight characters on the big map correspond to the orange colors that can be selected as the main plot.

Randomly selected a merchant's flag, entered the game, and looked at the picture that appeared on the screen, Lin Jiayi could not help but sit up straight.

He didn't watch the previous promotional video, because he has always believed that the promotional video of the game's quality is deceptive, and whether it is fun or not can only be seen in the game.

Originally, he was curious about where the tens of millions of dollars spent on this game went, the soundtrack, the text performance, or the CV?

But now he understands that many of them are estimated to be spent on art resources.

Zhuo Qing, who was at the side, heard Lin Jiayi's surprised murmur and also came over. After seeing the scene of "Octopath Traveler", he also showed a surprised and unexpected expression.

"Integrating 2D characters and 3D scenes, assisting modern photography special effects, filters and light and shadow, plus special fisheye lens and tilt-shift photography techniques."

As a ten-year-old veteran in the game industry, Zhuo Qing could almost see the characteristics of this picture at a glance.

It is not beautiful and rare, nor is it amazingly incredible, it can only be said that the pixel art style is very comfortable to watch.

But that's enough!

Lin Jiayi never thought that a pixel game could be made like this. The pixel matrix itself is high-definition enough, and the real sea surface with texture fluctuations. Even with the breeze blowing, Lin Jiayi also saw the texture fluctuations of the water surface. Deliberately made the frame-dropping vegetation swing of retro pixels.

The combination of retro and modern expressions made Lin Jiayi feel an incredible sense of visual impact.

A new door opened in Lin Jiayi's heart.

It turns out that pixel games can be made like this!

Of course, this is Lin Jiayi’s feeling when he saw this pixel-style game, because he understands the deep meaning of it. For most ordinary players, the first impression when they see this picture style is probably——Oh, it’s not bad. oh!

Although it is in the style of pixel bitmap, bitmap does not mean low resolution. The whole game is still produced in high-definition format. Where necessary, such as menus, characters, and super high-quality vertical graphics, etc. are modern high-definition. ;

As for the part of the dot matrix, a lot of details and different depths of field are added to the background, and the characters also have details such as facial expressions and movements that were difficult to handle in old games.

The two combine for a retro but not ancient expressiveness, almost an innovative creation for pixel game representation.

"This is not just a game that only targets JRPG players." Taking a deep breath, Lin Jiayi said to Zhuo Qing who was beside him.

If it is as pixelated as "The Binding of Isaac", then this game can only become a niche game no matter how good the plot is.

But this kind of retro but not ancient picture style has a much wider audience. In a sense, this can be regarded as redefining the new generation of pixel style, although this definition is useless for most manufacturers. of.

"It's really capricious." With a wry smile on his face, Lin Jiayi shook his head and sighed.

How did this retro but not ancient picture style come from?

It's a waste of money!

It can be made into 3D but must be made into a combination of 2D and 3D pixels. Isn’t this capricious?

Independent manufacturers that only make pixel-based low-cost games cannot afford the money; manufacturers who have the money to make this style have no need to do so.

Compared to people in the industry who were amazed at Yang Chen's innovation of pixel game screens, ordinary players thought much simpler.

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Just like Zhang He, just seeing the ingenious combination of 3D scenes and 2D characters combining retro pixels and modern painting style,

It has already set off memory ripples and I can't help but chop my hands. Compared with the 'old guys' who have been immersed in the game world, ordinary players who have not experienced the era of pixel JRPG, some of them still have "Isaac's Game" because of the popularity. Combined with the excellent game "Octopath Traveler", players who have entered the pit of "Octopath Traveler" can't help but marvel at the game at this moment.

Is the picture great?

It's not great, but it's true that there are modern picture techniques added, such as real particle effects, water and even beautiful snow, or the glowing sand walking in the desert.

But after all, this is still a pixel of a dot matrix image, even if it is a high-definition resolution dot matrix image, it is still a pixel.

It's just that compared with the ordinary cheap pixel style, the pixels in "Octopath Traveler" give people a very comfortable feeling. Even many players who don't like pixel style, after seeing the pixel picture of "Octopath Traveler", although they will not immediately I like it, but at least I can accept it and not hate it.

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At noon, Chen Shu, who had worked overtime until midnight the day before, got up from the bed, walked into the study and looked at her brother Chen Ran who had just finished the college entrance examination this year and indulged himself in playing games, and mercilessly took the mouse out of his hand take away.

"What are you doing, old lady!" Looking at Chen Shu snatching the mouse away from his hand with a dazed expression, Chen Ran really wanted to resist, but after judging his status in the family, he decisively admitted , showing an innocent look.

"Look at the latest reviews of the games I developed, and don't you like playing games? Why don't you play the games developed by your older sister?" Chen Shu said confidently.

"I don't like playing JRPG games, and what's so interesting about pixel art games." He also knew about Chen Shu's work, and he had heard about the game "Octopath Traveler".

At first, he paid attention to it because of his older sister, but later he said it was a pixel style, so he didn't bother to pay attention.

He didn't even pay attention to the preview video and some demonstrations released by the publicity.

What age is this? Still doing pixel style? Isn't this a joke?

Even if it's the company where my older sister works, and the art that my older sister is in charge of, I don't want him to play with it.

"Wow, sister, don't you play games very much? Why are there so many games in your game platform account? And the time is quite long? When did you play?" Seeing Chen Shu log into the official game platform, With a lot of game inventory and the game market displayed in the upper right corner, Chen Ran was shocked.

"I can't play it if I need to work. It's all sent by the company. A while ago, didn't I work overtime at the company every day at 10 o'clock in the evening, and I didn't go home until 11 o'clock? I just played games and watched movies in the company to find inspiration." Chen Shu Said very honestly.

"So good!? Playing games and watching movies at work? Isn't there overtime pay!" Chen Ran opened his mouth wide.

"You think too much. Although the company's benefits are good, how can it be possible to pay you overtime pay? After all, this is considered spontaneous overtime, and it is not required by the company." Chen Shu rolled her eyes: "However, The company has subsidies and reimbursements for taxi fares and supper expenses."

When it comes to remuneration, Chen Shu is quite satisfied. Although the salary is only average, the working environment and pressure are really much better than the game company she worked for before.

At least I won’t give myself a lot of tasks. On the surface, it’s OK to finish this week’s tasks, but in fact, you can’t finish it at 996 every day. As for overtime wages?

The company didn't ask you to work overtime, it was you who voluntarily worked overtime because you couldn't complete the workload.

And more importantly, Chen Shu feels that she can learn a lot, such as the creation of game concept paintings, which she did not have the opportunity to do before.

Although the current working hours are the same as before, and sometimes even later, Chen Shu feels very motivated.

Because she understands that this is a kind of charging for herself.

"Okay, call me when you're done." Looking at the computer with regret, Chen Ran sighed inwardly.

"All right, all right!"