Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 279 183.3+2? ! What the hell is this?

After signing the confidentiality agreement, Shinji Mikami gave the script of "Princess Mononoke" to Hideki Kamiya.

After Kamiya also had a certain reading foundation, the meeting was reconvened.

Hideki Kamiya is wearing a leather jacket and a magic mirror hanging around his neck, giving him a very cyberpunk feel.

No matter how you look at it, this newcomer with a Chinese character face is the most fashionable among the group, but in fact Kamiya is the younger brother among them.

After he entered the conference room and sat down, his heart was filled with excitement.

Kamiya himself didn't expect that he would be able to attend a meeting of the big guys not long after joining the company.

The most important thing is that this is "Princess Mononoke".

A joint fan game named by Studio Ghibli.

How many people dream of participating in the development, but so far there has been no news at all in pokeni.

Mikami-senpai really doesn't deceive me.

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"Kamigu, have you read the script?" Qing Zhiyuan asked straight to the point, "What do you think?"

Several other people also looked at Kamiya Hideki.

To be honest, Akanishi Ken didn't quite understand why the president wanted such a newcomer to participate.

They didn't have a very good impression of the new Kamiya either. He always felt like he was a bit nervous and very straight-forward in his speech. He always gave people the feeling that he didn't think too much about what he did or said.

The key is that Kamiya has only been here for such a short period of time that he has not yet mastered many of the basics of game production, and it is impossible to say that he has any game production experience.

If such a guy joins the "Princess Mononoke" project team, Akanishi Ken can only understand that the president needs someone who will not be constrained and affected by experience to provide creative ideas.

Maybe it's a very interesting thing for the president, and Mikami can also get more inspiration.

But for Ken Akanishi, it was a disaster.

You are all responsible for providing ideas, and we are the poor guys who need to be responsible for implementing them!

When Kamiya Hideki was asked this question by the president, his eyes immediately lit up, "

sharp!

so amazing!

Simply a masterpiece!

The script of "Princess Mononoke" is so good, far exceeding my expectations. It is worthy of being the work of master Hayao Miyazaki.

This animated movie..."

"etc."

Seeing that Hideki Kamiya was about to give a speech about watching the movie, Qing Zhiyuan quickly interrupted him.

"No, what I mean is, what type of game do you think "Princess Mononoke" would be better made into?"

"Hmm... Is it going to be a game?"

Hideki Kamiya regained his enthusiasm and began to enter thinking mode.

"With such good animation performance, it would be a pity not to use it. Otherwise, how about it be made into a galgame?"

Taiji Sakata clenched his fist and said that this guy Kamiya really knows art.

Qing Zhiyuan shook his head, "If we can't make it into a galgame, are there any other plans?"

"What about a two-dimensional combat RPG with a bird's-eye view? I see The Witcher..."

Before Kamiya finished speaking, the president shook his head again, "Is there anything else?"

The Kamiya boy was slightly startled.

Ah?

Why, none of these work?

Then he glanced at the big guys present with the corner of his eyes, and everyone had a smile on their lips.

"We have already mentioned what you just said." Shinji Mikami explained in a timely manner.

Ah~ I see.

Hideki Kamiya nodded as if he suddenly understood.

No wonder the president denied it so quickly.

So what else is there to say?

Looking up again, I found that everyone had the same confused expression on their faces. It seemed that no one could come up with a plan that was approved by the president.

Isn't the president too picky?

"Then...how about making it a 3D game?" Hideki Kamiya said.

"Eh?"

Everyone suddenly raised their heads and looked at the young man like he was an idiot.

Are you Baga?

"Princess Mononoke" is 2D from the animation source. You want to make such a game 3D?

Does this guy Kamiya really know what 3D means?

"Made into a 3D game?"

"Is it possible to play a 3D action game?" Hideki Kamiya said, "I watched the company's internal demonstration of "Pokémon 3D World" last time, and it was very shocking. If Pokémon 3D is a game for all players, it is suitable for all ages. , a family game that can allow most people to participate.

So why can't the same pattern be copied to other types? "

"Pokémon 3D World" corresponds to Super Mario in the 3D genre.

So what Kamiya wants is that in the future, it can also correspond to "The Witcher" or other different types of games in the 3D genre.

3D is a good carrier, the key lies in how to use it.

However, Kamiya’s speech was too incredible for everyone.

So everyone shook their heads when they heard it.

"But... have you ever thought... this animation itself is 2D, so it may not be suitable for 3D production?" Sakata Taiji kindly reminded.

It can only be said that this young man is still a newcomer, and it is good to have ideas, but they are a bit unrealistic and take things for granted.

This is the result of completely ignoring implementation issues and whether they correspond or are suitable.

Kamiya should have had the idea of ​​making a 3D RPG game very early, but he should not have applied this idea to "Princess Mononoke".

"Ah! Indeed."

Qing Zhiyuan slammed his fist, "Why didn't I think of it? The idea of ​​making "Princess Mononoke" into a 3D action game is so great!"

"ha?!"

Everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Everyone can laugh at what Kamiya said just now, but who would have thought that such [violent remarks] would be approved by the president.

President, are you kidding me?

Taiji Sakata immediately spoke, "President, have you ever considered whether Ghibli would allow us to make a 3D game?"

"Yes." Shinji Mikami also agreed, "The animation tone of "Princess Mononoke" itself is here, and it seems to be too different when made into a 3D game."

After all, today's 3D games can almost be made to look like building blocks.

If you want to create a good-looking Princess Mononoke, it's really difficult.

Even if it can really be created, PS may not be able to play this game.

“If you want to make it beautiful and refined enough, the higher the number of polygons required for the model, but the higher the number of polygons the model requires, the more expensive it will be to run on PS, and it may not be able to run properly.

No, you definitely can't run. "

Ken Akanishi also raised questions from the perspective of a programmer.

Judging from the current situation, except for the naive Kamiya Hideki and the occasionally a little nervous president who still insists on going his own way, everyone else feels that this is an impossible task.

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but burst out laughing when he saw everyone's reaction.

"Well, it's definitely not a 3D game like that."

Qing Zhiyuan said, "Make it a 3+2D model."

"ha?"

Ken Akanishi and Taiji Sakata looked at Qing Zhiyuan in surprise. Every word in the president's words was recognized individually, but why couldn't they understand it when put together?

It is completely unimaginable what 3+2D is.

"I'll describe it to you and you'll understand." Qing Zhiyuan smiled, then took a marker from the side and started drawing on the whiteboard.

He first drew a three-dimensional coordinate diagram.

"Then, actually all 3D can be decomposed into 2D graphics facing the camera, right?"

Just like taking a photo, although you are taking a real 3D scene, the photo is flat. You can also draw graphics based on the photo.

"Yeah." Takeru Akanishi raised his hand, "But you can't handle it when turning. You have to make up all the sides."

He understood what Qing Zhiyuan meant, which was equivalent to if it was facing the camera, then this surface could be displayed using 2D hand-drawing, and the other parts would be empty.

For example, in this 3D scene, there is a cube, but only the side facing you is patterned, and the other sides are blank.

Although everything looks normal from this angle, once the perspective changes, the cube will become distorted.

"That's right."

Qing Zhiyuan snapped his fingers, "This is the effect I want."

The reason why he came up with this idea was actually completely inspired by Hideki Kamiya.

In his previous life, this guy Kamiya had a very well-received masterpiece called "Okami", and its Japanese name was [okami].

An ink style 3D game.

Among them, a large number of 2+3 mode combinations are applied.

If you look carefully, you will find that many parts of the scene are actually films.

It's like a movie screen.

Although you can adjust the viewing angle to raise or lower it, the scenes in the game are definitely not 3D effects that conform to normal cognition.

"Look, I first dismantle the game scene. The first thing is the ground. As for the ground, we will make it into discontinuous planes."

The reason why it is made discontinuous is mainly to match the gameplay.

"This layer of physical collision is created by the program, which can greatly reduce the cost without actual drawing."

"But what the artist needs to do is draw a fitting 2D patch in the scene."

"Then let me tell you the essence."

Qing Zhiyuan laughed happily, "You see, the mountain is shaped like this, but from a program perspective, the collision of this mountain can be a regular cuboid, or it can be made up of multiple cuboids spliced ​​together, and each face is different. is a 2D plane.

Or it can be made into a ring belt, which is a separate patch in total.

Just like the skybox in the scene. "

Skybox is one of the most commonly used technical means in 3D games. It is equivalent to the world where players live on a square platform, and the outermost circle of this square platform is surrounded by a ring like a circular movie screen. Surrounded.

Then as long as the artist makes a 2D texture in this ring, it can actually give people a real "far view" feeling in the game.

Because it is a ring, no matter how you turn the camera, it actually looks the same.

By now, everyone has understood...

Although it is a 3D game, the president plans to split the model into a three-dimensional structure with [faces].

Then the surfaces cooperate with each other to create a 2D effect.

In this way, although it is a 3D game, your perspective can also change, but no matter where you turn, what you see is a 2D effect.

To be precise, ensure that your camera is always facing a movie screen, or a world composed of multiple consecutive movie screens.

And in this way, the number of model faces is also saved, and it is estimated that it can really run on PS.

Everyone's minds were buzzing.

Shinzu Makoto slapped his thigh and couldn't help but want to stand up and cheer for the president, but when he saw the bitter face of the art director Sakata-senpai, he shrank back in fear.

Oh my god!

The president is really a genius.

It's amazing that he can come up with such a weird production method!

and……

Xinjin Cheng silently simulated in his brain:

In this way, you will have a strong movie-watching experience. Although it is a 3D game, it presents the experience of a 2D animated movie. It can be perfectly connected with Miyazaki-senpai's animation. It is really amazing.

President Sai Gao!

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At the scene, Shinji Mikami also had the same excited expression.

The imaginative space in Mikami's brain suddenly widened. If it weren't for the implementation plan given by the president, he would not have dared to think in the direction of 3D games.

All at once it was clear.

The door to a new world has been opened!

At the same time, Shinji Mikami was also shocked by Qing Zhiyuan's creativity and problem-solving ability.

Having a president like this is really reassuring.

It is precisely because pokeni has Qing Zhiyuan's powerful sight ability that the planners and producers can imagine, create and realize their ideals with confidence.

Kamiya Hideki was confused. I just mentioned a 3D game. Why did everyone react so strongly?

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"Emmm... It sounds possible at first glance." Ken Akanishi thought hard for a long time, but he had no way of knowing what kind of pits there would be inside.

But it sounds like you can give it a try.

Several other people folded their hands and fell into deep thought.

Especially Sakata Taiji, the pain in his heart is just a little less than that of Akanishi Ken.

Such a weird production method really kills the programmers and artists.

Especially the amount of art work is huge, equivalent to drawing each scene separately.

"How to deal with the character?" Ken Akanishi asked.

He stood up and gestured, "Because the character itself needs to move. If I run forward, running to the left and running to the right are definitely different. Does this mean that the character also needs to be a 3D model? , otherwise continuity cannot be guaranteed.”

"But this way, it doesn't match the animation." Sakata Taiji added happily.

"Discontinuous cross-patching." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"It doesn't need to be continuous. Because we have to adapt to the animated movie. In the animation, the male and female protagonists, and even each character can have close-up shots from different angles. Just use these shots as the corresponding character scenes in each direction.

For example, the right side, front side, left side, and back side all use animated images. "

"To be precise, we only do 8-direction veneers. If that doesn't work, we do 16-direction veneers." Qing Zhiyuan said.

In fact, this is also done in the game [Okami].

The image of the protagonist "Amaterasu" is a dog, but this dog is definitely not a 3D image in the true sense. He is a very typical character drawing method in 2D RPG, with different textures in multiple directions, so turning and running The action of getting up is not continuous.

But this does not affect the players' experience at all.

Even if you don't pay attention, you won't notice that it is not a 3D character.

On the contrary, the okami game has an extraordinary gaming experience with its unique painting style, unique ink style and 2D-like 3D effects.

It's like walking into a Japanese ink painting.

In terms of the quality of the work, it can definitely be called a masterpiece.

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After some discussion, Akanishi Ken and Sakata Taiji no longer had any questions to ask.

There was only one thing that made Ken Akanishi hate him so much.

hateful!

Kamiya, why are you going to watch the Pokémon 3D demonstration if you have nothing to do? !

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