Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 261 165. Kill me, Mr. President

After the tactical drinking session, Ken Akanishi told the president, "The demand seems not very clear yet. President, I suggest you do preliminary research and try to understand the program yourself first.

Then, form the project team as soon as possible.

If the planning can have a more clear and specific requirements document, we can start development.

You may still have no idea now. "

As the veteran of the company, and Qing Zhiyuan's senior, Akanishi Ken is already a veteran.

The decision made by the president is almost irrefutable unless you have very good reasons to convince him.

However, Akanishi Ken thought about this issue carefully when he went to pour water. He almost discussed the issue with Qing Zhiyuan, and he was the one who was persuaded in the end.

Moreover, after the operation just now, Akanishi Ken has understood Qing Zhiyuan's strategic intention. At this time, refuting the president through "the program is incompetent" is undoubtedly causing trouble for himself.

Qing Zhiyuan's coding level is not low. Maybe the president will figure out how to implement it one by one. As a program leader, Ken Akanishi will not be able to care about his face.

So after this tactical drink of water, Ken Akanishi has almost sorted out his future work.

Instead of going against the president, it is better to follow him and make some specific suggestions——

For example, planning comes first, and the program can only be started after specific needs are met. This is a tactical excuse for delaying the process.

"Yeah, okay."

Qing Zhiyuan nodded.

Akanishi Ken's attitude is impeccable, and you are too embarrassed to say anything else.

Moreover, planning first is the consensus in the industry.

You have to draw blueprints before building a house, let alone playing a game.

Today, Qing Zhiyuan came to Akanishi Ken and Sakata Taiji mainly to make them feel confident.

After sending away the programmer and art director, Qing Zhiyuan was not idle and immediately called Shinji Mikami and Gen Urobuchi into the conference room.

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"shooting game?"

Upon hearing this name, Shinji Mikami immediately became energetic and his eyes lit up.

Shooting games were actually born quite early.

It can even be traced back to 1984's Duck Hunt on the Rentendo Famicom.

At that time, in order to simulate the hunting scene, Rentian even developed an electronic gun for this game as a targeted attack weapon.

However, in principle, it is completely the other way around. It is not the duck but the gun itself that is targeted. When the cursor overlaps, the electronic signal is sent to the electronic gun to complete the shooting.

This game is of landmark significance. Although it was originally intended to simulate the real-life flying saucer game, it has achieved unexpected success.

This also shows that there are many potential user groups who like shooting games, but so far there is no very good shooting game to tap this group of players.

Now, what Qing Zhiyuan wants to do is just such a thing.

After listening to Qing Zhiyuan's idea, Mikami Shinji felt that the fire in his heart was suddenly ignited.

"Hmm, shooting with a controller is indeed not very convenient. Many times you have to predict in advance where to wait for the monster to enter the shooting range, but if you use a mouse... the sensitivity and accuracy will be greatly improved.

Maybe we can make a pretty good shooting game. "Mikami Shinji thought about it.

Seeing that this guy was interested, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Qing Zhiyuan also intended to hand it over to him.

After all, Mikami was the Hydra master who developed the "Resident Evil" series in his previous life.

However, Shinji Mikami only thought briefly and soon came up with many questions.

"Can the programmer agree to let us do this project?" Shinji Mikami said, "This platform is a bit big. The games we made before were all compatible with consoles."

"Actually, it's almost the same." Qing Zhiyuan said, "From Rentian FC to Sega MD, then to Sony PS, and now to computers for development, it's actually nothing."

And many programs are easier to develop on the computer.

"Well, then I'm relieved."

Shinji Mikami nodded.

"Then what are the requirements from the president for this shooting game?"

"Well, there are a few requirements. You just have to perform based on what I said."

Although it is said that a project is to be established, the projects set up by the president are never simple. In many cases, the span is very large, almost jumping from one game type to another, or cross-platform.

The programmers are all complaining.

Now we can only have a preliminary idea. Even Shinji Mikami himself intuitively felt that it would be good to make a shooting game on the computer, but he really wanted to get started but didn't know where to start.

For Qing Zhiyuan, pulling people up is the first step, which indicates that preparations for this game can begin.

But there are many remaining questions.

First of all, Counter-Strike is definitely not going to work.

Qing Zhiyuan didn't want to completely copy Half-Life. More importantly, he didn't even know the main plot of Half-Life. After all, when he grew up, this game was already considered an ancient game.

So the game needs to be repackaged.

But this is fine, a brand new game.

"There are several functions that are very clear." Qing Zhiyuan knocked on the blackboard and said.

"First and foremost, this is a shooter."

Uh-huh.

Shinji Mikami nodded.

Next to him, Xu Yuan Xuanxin complained, isn't this sentence nonsense?

You already know that you want to make a shooting game. If you don’t emphasize this point, can we turn it into a galgame?

"And it has to be a 3D, first-person shooting mode."

Qing Zhiyuan said, holding up his hands and making gestures, "It is equivalent to the position of the camera in our eyes. What we can see is the gun and the scene in front. The field of view can be rotated, but it must also try to simulate real humans. Perspective.”

"Well, that's what "Wolfenstein" is like." Shinji Mikami took over and said.

In 1992, a little-known game became popular on 386 computers around the world. This was the originator of FPS games - "Wolfenstein 3D".

This game created a new way to play, explore the map and kill enemies from your own perspective. This method was later called FPS, which is the first-person shooter game.

Of course, although this game is billed as a 3D game, it is actually just a pseudo-three-dimensional real texture effect created by ray tracing algorithms.

Many classic games such as DOOM and Duke Nukem were born under this algorithm, and FPS games use this game as the starting point.

Computer games in 1992 were actually quite recent, and people like Shinji Mikami, who were particularly knowledgeable about Western games, would naturally not let them go.

And knowing that the company wants to develop a 3D game, and "Wolfenstein 3D" also has 3D in it, Mikami must study it.

It can only be said that Shinji Mikami is serious.

Qing Zhiyuan was stunned for two seconds, nodded and said, "Yes, that's right."

Although I don’t know if the Wolfenstein he remembers is the same as what Mikami is talking about, but it is certainly true that the Wolfenstein series is also a very successful FPS game.

"Secondly, the technological level in the game should be modern. The firearms and shooting feel should be realistic."

Things like Overwatch with skills, or future battle royale... It's simply not supported by the current hardware level, and the cost of getting started is too high for players.

Nowadays, players haven't even gotten started with orthodox and smooth FPS games. You have to ask them to develop some fancy skills, or to run poisons or something like that. Isn't this embarrassing Fat Tiger?

Therefore, as the company's first shooting game, it is better to be simpler.

"Okay president."

Shinji Mikami recorded it in a small notebook.

He fully agreed with Qing Zhiyuan's idea.

The world itself has its own very unique charm. Making things like firearms realistic is the basis. It is not easy to be able to reflect the functions and feel of firearms in the existing world into the game and do it well.

Mikami Shinji is taking notes, and so is Urobuchi Gen.

But the more he recorded, the deeper his frown deepened.

Xu Yuanxuan looked at the rules and regulations on his notebook:

[First person shooting game. 】

【Real weapons】

There isn't much room left for you to express yourself.

To be honest, Lao Xu doesn't really like this form of propositional composition, especially in a modern setting with such a rigid frame.

He would rather have an unbridled imagination.

Even the previous demon hunters gave him much more room to play than this.

But the president clearly asked for [simple] [real]

What does this leave the script writer to do?

"Just do the most basic shooting battles, and then add some campaign modes as teaching and plot preparation. The core part should be that different players can form teams for shooting battles."

Qing Zhiyuan said.

"Eh?!"

Shinji Mikami and Gen Urobuchi raised their heads at the same time.

"Do you want to have a player-versus-player confrontation, president?"

"Yes, the core of this game is multiplayer online battle."

Nani? !

Both people were shocked at the same time.

There have not been many shooting games developed so far, and there are relatively few high-quality ones, but that doesn’t mean there are none at all.

But no shooting game has ever done a multiplayer online mode.

Including the idea of ​​online battles, Shinji Mikami learned it from Qing Zhiyuan.

Pokémon’s online battle currently only supports 2 people.

Like the multiplayer online game that the president is talking about now, or a shooting game, Shinji Mikami wouldn't even dare to think about it.

Even just thinking about this matter has exceeded his cognitive limit.

Seeing the two people looking confused, Qing Zhiyuan patiently explained:

"To put it bluntly, this game is used to simulate real war, it's just a small-scale battle."

"Look."

Qing Zhiyuan asked Lao Xu to stand up, make a gun-holding posture, and lurk behind him. He hunched over in front and made shooting movements.

He raised his head and looked at Mikami, "Mikami, what does it look like from your perspective?"

"My perspective..."

Mikami thought for two seconds and answered truthfully, "The table, the president, and Wada squatting behind. I can probably see so much from my perspective, and you occupy more of the field of vision in front."

It seems that the Wada in the back is a bit small. "

"right!"

Qing Zhiyuan nodded seriously, then asked Lao Xu with a smile, "Wada, what's your perspective?"

Lao Xu was stunned for a moment, then responded, "I can only see the president's butt, and Mikami, who is mostly covered by you. Next to him is the table, and there are two chairs against the wall in the distance."

“Excellent!”

Qing Zhiyuan stood up straight and asked with a smile, "So do you understand?"

"Different computers have different fields of view. To put it bluntly, it's still the same sentence——

Simulates real human vision. "

"And we must follow the 3D principle of near, large, and far. If the blocked part is not visible, it is really invisible. Moreover, there must be some [real hidden rules] in the game."

"Hidden rules?" Shinji Mikami and Gen Urobuchi frowned and asked in confusion.

"Well." Qing Zhiyuan explained, "For example, the wall itself has a blocking function, which not only blocks the player's vision, but also blocks the player's passage. At the same time, bullets are impenetrable."

"This is called a real physical collision." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"Then, there's the table."

"Wooden tables can be broken and cannot withstand bullets, so bullets can penetrate the table and hit the enemy."

"There are all these, and there are actually many more. Summarizing and refining these physical rules will be a very important task for project planners in the future."

The game looks simple, but is actually quite complicated to make.

It’s not that God said if there is light, there will be light.

First of all, you have to clarify what light is, what characteristics it has, its speed, vibration frequency, wave-particle duality... these can only be realized if they are completely filled in.

And developing a new game is the process of filling in these contents.

Mikami nodded, understanding.

However, as soon as he thought about things like [field of view], [occlusion], and [physical collision], he couldn't help but sweat for the programmers.

How to achieve it?

Just glancing in this direction is shockingly difficult.

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horrible.

terrible.

Is this something that humans can do?

Shinji Mikami couldn't help but doubt whether he had the ability to do it well.

But after taking a glance at the president, I immediately calmed down.

It doesn't matter if you don't have the ability, as long as the president has the ability.

Moreover, from the day Mikami joined the company, he had a vague feeling——

There is no game in this world that the president can't make.

Even if it is as detailed as the function of the program, the president can solve it easily, as if he already has the answer and is waiting for you to suddenly lend a helping hand when you are desperate.

The bottomless president is even more terrifying.

On the other side, Xu Yuanxuan's face was as twisted as a chrysanthemum.

Good guys, [Shooting Game] [Real] [Simple], now added [Multiplayer Battle]

He really doesn't have to think about how to implement it and how to provide requirements for the program like Mikami does, but——

These conditions were too restrictive. It was not just as simple as wearing shackles and dancing, it was simply equivalent to nailing him in a coffin and dancing.

"The rest is a matter of game packaging. Although it is gun battles and shooting, it should not use a realistic background, and it is also best not to let players from either camp play heinous villains.

This is a test of the script author's skill. "

Just at this time, Qing Zhiyuan looked at Xu Yuanxuan who said nothing.

The latter couldn't help but feel her anus tighten.

"Emmm... It seems like the content that can be written is very limited." Lao Xu bit the end of his pen, not daring to look into Qing Zhiyuan's eyes.

Pain, pain.

Kill me, Mr. President.

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