Interstellar Energy Tycoon

Write requirements documents.

Design the gameplay.

Collect and use pictures, music, fonts and other materials.

Then start to learn and master the principles of game programming, and officially start the production of the game "Galaxy: Energy Tycoon" with the help of the free and open source Unity3D game engine.

That's right, Li Xingyang is the only one working on this entire game development project, and no one will help him share some tasks.

Considering that in the map of the game, there will be a space as large as a star system, a highly developed civilization planet, and randomly generated planets of large and small sizes, a very wide asteroid belt, and a main planet in the center. For sequential stars, the diameter of the entire map may be 1 light-year.

Of course, the scene in the game will definitely be scaled down to a large extent, and it will not be consistent with the real world, but the player controls a spaceship, and it will take at least ten hours to go from one end to the other end.

The map is extremely vast.

The civilized planet is the most important energy buyer's market. Players need to compete with various energy companies for the share of power supply on the civilized planet to obtain economic benefits. If the player cannot enter this market, they can also use their own The business we operate extends to the asteroid belt, and through mining the meteorite minerals in it, we can solve the problem of resource supply. Of course, it is the most convenient and fast way to recharge directly and buy it from the game mall, which will bring about a development speed like opening.

There is also a news broadcast system, which constantly introduces the development of the energy industry.

The biggest boss, the federal government, will integrate all resources on the civilized planet in the later stage, compete with players, and will never be willing to become a loser.

There may even be a war.

This requires the design of the interstellar war system. Players also need to study how to fight a war well, and can't just focus on farming and management.

In the end, when the energy empire run by the player occupies more than 99% of the federal energy market, the game can be considered a smooth pass and enter the next stage of online hegemony. Players will compete with players, and the loser will lose everything. , be exiled and become an interstellar miner, or spend money to change the map to reopen.

This requires the construction of a player-versus-player system in the network mode, and the scene is even more grand and spectacular.

In the later stage of the game, only the player with the strongest strength and the most number of stars will become the overlord of the galaxy and the greatest energy tycoon. This is definitely a very proud honor for the player.

It's just that the biggest problem brought about by such rich and gorgeous scenes and such complicated and interesting gameplay is that the development workload is too large.

Under normal circumstances, even a mature game development team of more than a dozen people would have to spend three to five years working overtime every day to produce such a game.

The game volume will not be less than 10G.

Now that Li Xingyang develops this game by himself, can it be done without spending ten years?

However, in fact, he thinks that he does not need ten years, nor one year, but about three or four months to complete the development.

This is not a joke, but with the help of some smart tools, he can greatly shorten the development cycle and improve the efficiency by dozens of times.

For example, the smart software "God-level Painter" he made before came in handy this time. With the help of this software to draw game picture materials, the quality is extremely high, not to mention the uniform style, and it also saves more than 90% of his drawing workload. .

With the help of Wenxinqianwen's automatic code generation function, except for a few core algorithms, most of the codes can be automatically generated except for a few core algorithms that need to be written by Li Xingyang himself, and all of them are high-quality codes with fewer bugs and high efficiency, and there are few places that need to be optimized.

As for the music materials, Li Xingyang did not spend money to buy some professional music library websites, but composed the music himself. In his mind, there are a lot of classic music that has been popular in the Red Star Federation, so he can just borrow it and use it. The quality of the music copy is naturally not bad.

in this way.

In the process of developing the game, relying on Li Xingyang alone, it went very smoothly. There were almost no problems that could block him. Even if there were, the problems were solved within a few seconds when he entered the state of 'ten times thinking'.

quick.

His efficiency is extremely fast!

At the end of June, his game development progress was 10%, and he could see a general framework.

In July, he reduced his time at the Xingyuan Material Company in the industrial park, and only guided there for two hours a day, and then immediately returned to the apartment in the business district, and continued to develop the game frantically. By the end of the month, the game development progress had increased to 60%.

In August, Li Xingyang's iron body was a little bit unbearable, his hair fell out badly, and he lost seven or eight catties. He had to slow down the pace, increase the rest time, and increase the daily exercise time to two For hours, soak wolfberry and ginseng in boiling water and drink it when you are thirsty, which curbs the body's development trend towards sub-health.

even so.

By the last day of August, the development progress of the game "Galaxy: Energy Tycoon" has reached 95.7%, and it will be completed in a few days.

Li Xingyang originally planned to go all out, add a few night shifts, and finish the game completely, but on the afternoon of August 31, he had to go back to the old community of Xingfu Garden, had dinner with his parents, and discussed some things.

at the dinner table.

My mother Zhang Huiying complained: "Son, although your father and I are completely free to raise you now, you can't come back once for more than two months, and you don't make many phone calls at ordinary times, saying that you are busy with your business. , but there is no need to be so busy, right?"

"Sorry mom, I've been really busy recently, and the new project has reached a critical stage, but it will be fine in a few days, and I can spend more time with you."

Li Xingyang said slightly apologetically.

"We don't want you to accompany us. The main reason is that the foreign trade company where your father works has received a very large order and asked your father to travel to the Philippines for three months. The Philippines is quite chaotic... Ten years ago, you When you were only ten years old, your dad went to the Philippines on a business trip. He was detained for more than a year and didn’t come back. Our family was almost over. I didn’t expect your dad’s boss to send your dad to the Philippines again this time. , can you persuade your dad not to go, the worst is to resign and quit, I will ask your dad to help you start a business."

Zhang Huiying rambled on, telling the reason why she asked Li Xingyang to come back. She wanted him to help persuade her father, Li Shengming, not to go on a business trip to the Philippines. After all, the accident more than ten years ago left a deep impression on Zhang Huiying Thick shadows, worry about another accident.

"Honey, the law and order environment in the Philippines is really much better now. Some cities are no worse than domestic third-tier cities. The company will also hire professional bodyguards to protect them. There will be no danger. Think about it, this time That Filipino customer was able to spend 300 million yuan to buy mining equipment, which shows that the economy there has developed, and the rich are especially rich. If the public security is bad and the business environment is bad, nothing will happen. I'm a billionaire now... I'll be fine on a business trip, and the chance of accidents is very low."

Li Shengming said with a wry smile. He had said this explanation more than a dozen times, but it had no effect on Zhang Huiying, so he could only look at Li Xingyang and say, "Son, this time it's a request from a big client. They want me to come over by myself, and the boss also said to reward me." A dividend of 1 point, which is 3 million, and reimbursement of all business trip expenses. If I don’t go, this list will be yellow. Tell me, the sincerity of the boss, the warm invitation of customers, and the expectations of the company’s employees. Is it okay not to go there in person?"

"Why isn't it appropriate? What will my son and I do if we go and can't come back?!"

Zhang Huiying said loudly immediately.

Li Xingyang didn't know what to say. From a rational point of view, he felt that he should support his father. Everything in this world was risky, so he couldn't give up because of choking.

But from the perspective of family affection, he should support his mother. He also has some impressions of the incident more than ten years ago. A ten-year-old lively and cheerful child. The role of father suddenly disappeared for more than a year, and his mother was worried and afraid every day. , Washing his face with tears, the impact is not small, and he also has a little shadow in his heart.

"Dad, I think there may be some problems with this business trip. To be on the safe side, I still suggest that you don't go and let your boss send someone else. It's not that you must, but out of responsibility, if you must go, I won't go." I will stop you, if something happens to you, I will find a way to get you back, you protect your personal safety, don't be brave, no matter millions or tens of millions, I will collect the ransom."

After thinking about it, Li Xingyang said solemnly.

"You bastard, I have company colleagues and bodyguards by my side, and I can also contact the local embassy. I have video contact with my family every day. The probability of accidents is zero. You should do more ideological work for your mother at home and take good care of her. She, just don't let her think about it, I will definitely come back in three months!"

Li Shengming insisted on his decision, especially the word "responsibility" in his son's words, which played a decisive role in his heart, because there was a person who made him have to go there in person.

"Okay, you go, I will take good care of my mother."

Li Xingyang nodded, and began to do his mother's ideological work, but seeing his father packing his clothes and luggage in the room, he felt that something was wrong, and he always felt that there was something wrong.

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