Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 156 60 How is this done? !

Chapter 156 60. How is this done? !

May 10, 1993.

Tokyo.

pokeni co., ltd.

In a small conference room of about ten square meters that could only accommodate ten people, it was packed with employees of P Company.

Today is a very special day for pokeni.

Because producer Shinji Mikami will demonstrate the upcoming new game in the conference room——

"The Witcher"

Even employees who are not part of this project team are full of curiosity about this game.

The pokeni company is not big, and everyone usually works together. Although we have watched this game a lot, this is the first time that we have seen such a systematic display.

Mikami Shinji's palms were sweating.

He had never been so nervous as he was today.

After all, "The Witcher" is his first game to be released as a producer, which can be said to be very meaningful in his life.

The company's internal display is also an idea proposed by the president Qing Zhiyuan.

One is equivalent to giving the company's employees an opportunity to learn. Even if they are watching and complaining, they may be able to discover some design problems from the demonstration.

This is a very rare test. After all, everyone is making games and has experience. Their thinking angle is completely different from that of players, and they can look at the game itself from a more professional standpoint.

Of course, even if a design flaw is discovered at this stage, it is impossible to correct it, unless it is a particularly big loophole.

The other one is also equivalent to the glory within the company, allowing members of the project team to show their results to others.

If done well, it will undoubtedly be a very strong confidence boost.

If not done well...

Know your shame and then be brave, Qing Zhiyuan can only think this way.

In the past life, there was such a tradition within NetEase. As soon as the game was developed to a certain stage, it could be experienced by people within the company. This test was called an internal company test.

Many valuable opinions and suggestions will be collected.

If the company's internal testing fails, then the project will most likely be lost.

It simply cannot reach the stage of PR testing (small-scale number allocation test).

When Qing Zhiyuan can HOLD, there will generally be no problems in internal testing, unless pokeni employees have been able to create works that are 30 years ahead of the times.

Otherwise, with his understanding and professionalism of the future, there is no possibility of overturning.

Of course, prestigious colleges are an exception.

…

In the small conference room, Qing Zhiyuan was the only one sitting on the chair.

The main reason is that it is really too small, there is no extra space at all, and in order to facilitate other employees of the company to come and watch, except for necessary equipment such as game consoles and TVs, all the tables and benches in the conference room have been removed.

In this way, there are still some children crowded in the corner who can't see it.

So people in the front basically sat on the ground, and those in the back stood against the wall.

Qing Zhiyuan was given a chair because of his status as president, which seemed very strange, but everyone was so focused that no one cared about it.

There are no good viewing equipment now, such as large screens or projectors that can be connected to game equipment. If you really want to let everyone see clearly, you can only use shooting equipment like a TV station. Live broadcast.

The problem is that pokeni is a game company and there is no need to do such a thing.

Just take a look and experience what [game demonstration] is.

…

The TV is not big, only 32 inches, but it is already the largest TV in this era.

This is because pokeni is a gaming company, and for daily testing and demonstrations, it is much larger than the average home TV.

This thing looks like a big box, and Qing Zhiyuan almost misses the LCD TV in his previous life.

However, the development momentum of liquid crystal materials is very rapid now, and it may not be possible to see it in a few years.

He didn't know whether his arrival would trigger the so-called butterfly effect.

At least in the game industry, Qing Zhiyuan still pushed forward. For example, Diablo was several years ahead of schedule.

The same goes for galgame.

…

After organizing the equipment, Shinji Mikami held the game controller and prepared to demonstrate to everyone.

When I start the game, the screen on the TV goes black.

Then the pokeni logo appeared.

Followed by the words [Demon Hunter].

Select a new game in the initial menu, and it officially starts.

[In the year 206 of the New Era, the battle between humans and vampires has become fierce...]

"Wow."

Everyone let out a low cry.

I want to see what the opening of this legendary big production will look like. It is said that "The Witcher" is particularly powerful in terms of action. A lot of hard work has been put into it, and the president even asked the programming team to write new actions. Support architecture.

Zhi...

at this time.

A mosaic pattern appeared on the TV, and the game process was stuck.

The legendary flower screen.

"Eh?!"

Everyone was dumbfounded. No one expected that the game screen would be corrupted at such a critical moment!

Qing Zhiyuan opened his eyes slightly, thinking that Mikami was really lucky.

Shinji Mikami frowned severely.

Who would have thought that a demonstration in a company would encounter such a problem.

He quickly cast a look for help at Ken Akanishi, the boss of the programming department.

Akanishi Ken suddenly became nervous.

He coughed, stood up, looked around and said, "Don't worry, everyone, the game has not been officially released yet, and the yield rate is actually not 100%. Try another cartridge and try again."

…

After replacing the cassette, "The Witcher" finally started running smoothly.

Ken Akanishi breathed a sigh of relief.

Out of the corner of his eye, the president seemed quite calm.

The president is worthy of being a president. Without a little bit of courage and a big heart, he really wouldn't be able to hold this position.

Qing Zhiyuan said that these are just small scenes. In the previous life, when Microsoft demonstrated the operating system in public, there were many blue screens.

calm down.

This is just an internal company demonstration.

"But Akanishi-san, remember to check again later to see what caused it. The yield rate cannot be 100%, but it must be controlled as much as possible.

Players would feel terrible if they got such a cartridge. "

"Okay president."

Ken Akanishi broke into a cold sweat silently.

…

This time the demonstration was obviously much smoother. Mikami controlled the heroine and started to fight like chopping melons and vegetables. Vampires of different shapes attacked in twos and threes.

The heroine holds two very futuristic technological guns in her hands. She is in a half-crouching posture, and her entire walking and attacking movements are very beautiful.

When she started running, in order to take care of the visual experience from a bird's eye view, the artist specially added a long red scarf, tied around her neck and extending backwards.

Coupled with the heroine's long tuxedo skirt, she looks heroic when shooting.

Mikami immediately launched a combo.

Flash, thrust, shoot, roll...

Bang bang bang bang...

The monsters that were hit flashed with golden light all over their bodies, and then exploded one after another.

"Hua Hua Hua..."

There was warm applause from the front row, and colleagues from other departments of the company were stunned.

This set of moves is so awesome, even a side-scrolling fighting game can't do this, right?

"how did you do that?"

the Diablo programmer asked.

"The Witcher" has not only taken a step forward in terms of combat feeling and smooth action. It is obviously based on the foundation of Diablo, but now it is like two different games.

"Are you using the same set of motion detection from fighting games?"

The judgment mechanism of fighting games is relatively mature. It is judged through the attack box and the hit box. If there is an overlapping area, it is judged as a successful hit, and the damage caused by hitting different parts is also different.

The programmer of "The Witcher" shook his head, "No, it's through range detection. It's actually not as detailed as a fighting game."

Just kidding?

Fighting games only need to have a background, and all game functions are used to provide combat.

If we want to do this in our game, the memory overhead will be too great.

It's simply impossible to pack in so many monsters and levels, so it's impossible to use such precise hit determination.

"But one thing is consistent with fighting games. In this game, the damage coefficient is increased according to different parts."

"Huh? How was it determined?"

"Hey, what do you think?"

The faces of the programmers changed.

Because they realized a terrible fact——

There is a Z-axis in The Witcher.

Because only in this way can the torso and head be distinguished.

For general 2D plane games, only the X and Y axes are enough.

In other words, although "The Witcher" is a 2D game in terms of performance, in terms of the underlying logic of the program, it is already a 3D game.

What the hell is this?

2.5D game?

"If you insist on talking about it, let's convert it from 3D to 2D." Ken Akanishi explained, "Please pay attention. In the game, we have a knock-up effect. When the monster is knocked up, it moves upwards on the Y-axis when viewed from the 2-D plane. offset, but if there is a Z axis, then it should actually fly towards the Z axis.

We made a projection to make it look like a 3D chess piece standing on a 2D chessboard. "

"Nani?!"

Akanishi Ken curled his lips.

Do you think this is my credit?

These are all ideas provided by the president. Who knows what kind of brain he has to think of such a complicated method.

Just terrible.

In short, with Qing Zhiyuan’s guidance, the team of “The Witcher” has created an incredible product, which is at least unique and far ahead among 2D action games.

Qing Zhiyuan crossed his hands and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

Best-in-class motion feedback.

There will be a little distortion, but it's not a big problem.

With a few more iterations of the game, it is estimated that the action game can be made quite good.

Just for this sense of impact, the world's top game manufacturers now have to spend several years chasing it.

"I can't see, I can't see..." The colleagues standing behind became a little anxious.

After clearing the first wave of monsters, Shinji Mikami continued to explore.

At this moment, a line of bats jumped out from an ancient tree in the middle.

Everyone was shocked.

Mikami himself was also shocked.

As if asking——

I have actually done this kind of design?

But just when his gaze was diverted to the row of bats, a vampire suddenly jumped out from the corner and rushed over fiercely.

Pa~

Most of Mikami's bloodline immediately dropped.

But before he could react, a gunshot suddenly appeared in the shadows.

There was a flash of sparks and light penetrated the protagonist's body.

A scream was heard from the TV, and the heroine fell to her knees, clutching her chest.

The screen turned black and white, and a big line of [Game Over] appeared.

Shinji Mikami's face turned pale, as if he couldn't believe that this was a game he designed.

"Eh?"

Everyone let out a low cry again.

"What just happened?"

"It seems that Mikami was killed by a monster, right?"

"Huh? Really or not, are the values in this game so scary?"

"You can tell when he holds a gun. When he fights monsters, he loses all blood instantly. It feels almost like modern warfare."

This can be regarded as a creative numerical design by Mikami——

In order to allow players to experience the thrill of adrenaline surge, the game has greatly enhanced attack power.

In other words, although this game is an ARPG, the experience will be more like a shooting game.

The benefits are obvious. Each strike is quite satisfying and you can kill a large number of monsters in an instant.

At the same time, the operational requirements for players have become higher.

If you don't dodge and recover blood in time, you may be killed by monsters in seconds.

Mikami felt ashamed and said that today's demonstration was really a failure.

If I had known earlier, I should have designed the numerical values simpler.

However, this situation was expected, and Mikami and the others still had a plan in mind.

So he controlled the handle and quickly pressed BAAB up, down, left, left, right, right, up and down.

unlimited blood.

It is usually used for QA people to run tests, otherwise it is easy to die if you encounter a powerful monster if you can't control it yourself.

It’s the legendary [Game Cheats]

Sometimes developers use it for internal testing, but it is later discovered by players after it is released and becomes an easter egg.

But this also adds a lot of fun to the game.

…

Mikami's demonstration was completed, showing some of the creative [action combos] part of the game, as well as monsters and BOSS. Although the process was full of twists and turns, the task was completed.

Action combos are a very unique creation in "The Witcher".

A pair of handles has 6 buttons, and players can choose to freely combine 6 skills. Each skill is connected by actions.

For example, an upward move, a crosscut in the air, then a jumping chop, and then a ground-breaking slash after landing...

This is a set of very handsome moves. Although each one is an independent skill, they create a wonderful chemical reaction when connected together.

Don't underestimate this design, because it will fool the art students.

Because players may not necessarily use skills in this order, it is very likely that they will become upward picks followed by ground slashes. At this time, it is easy for players to flicker in the air.

The movement is distorted.

Qing Zhiyuan actually has a way to solve this problem, but he feels that the time is not mature enough now and will wait until the software and hardware develop in the future.

In the end, everyone just let him go. It's time to skip frames. If you can't connect, you can't connect. After all, the butchers in Diablo are often up to no good. Do we still care about this?

…

Bang bang bang...

There was warm applause in the conference room, and colleagues all said that "The Witcher" was really wonderful.

"I'm convinced. I'm sincerely convinced. Isn't Producer Mikami too strong?"

In just over a year, to be able to achieve this level, Shinji Mikami is already regarded as one of the top producers in the country.

"This is already the pinnacle of action games, right?"

"When The Witcher comes out, I don't know how the outside world will evaluate it. I think Famiton's platinum palace has been booked."

"Hmm, I'm very much looking forward to the players' reactions."

"You won't be sent a blade this time, right?"

"Hahahaha, it's hard to say. The blade has nothing to do with what Mikami demonstrated just now. It's mainly about Wada."

…

Hearing their words, Xu Yuanxuan frowned fiercely beside him.