National Game Producer

Friday at noon.

Shendong University Town.

Xiaoyun, who had previously abandoned Li Nansheng because of "Plants vs. Zombies" and "Invisible Guardian" and "cheated" on Firebringer, was now happily dragging his high school friend Susu along with him.

A small hotel outside the school.

After entering college, the two of them had significantly more free time.

The extra time was naturally used by the two of them to play games.

Right now, the two of them just plan to go to a small hotel together and play the new game "Firebringer" quietly for a day.

"I heard you say before that you seem to have started playing Lin Nansheng's game again?" Su Su, with a baby-fat face, chuckled and looked at her friends beside her.

"Well, the main reason is that he has recently started to make new types of games, and the quality of the games is quite good."

Xiaoyun nodded indifferently, "Since the 'ex' has changed his mind, I don't mind giving him another chance to continue to be ordinary friends."

Of course, the most important thing is that the other party recommended "Ori" on Weibo a few days ago.

Shared hobbies are, after all, the best tool to bring two people closer together.

"One is the 'predecessor' and the other is the 'current', so what does 'where is Su Ai' mean?"

"We are juniors and juniors. Can I still compete with juniors to compete with juniors?"

"If it's you, it's really possible."

Su Su pretended to be suspicious, and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, "I remember you praised the junior student named He Ji last week, saying that he was very handsome and very close to your ideal type.

.”

"I just appreciate it... I like him, but I don't necessarily have to possess him."

Xiaoyun defended without changing his expression, and then quickly changed the subject, "Hey, I don't know what kind of new game 'Firebringer' will be released today. I hope it won't be as difficult as 'Ori'."

She had previously been exposed to the new type of game "Firebringer" through Susu, and then based on these new types of games, she found more other new types of games, which naturally included those games of "Where is Suai"

.

A few days ago, she had just experienced "Ori and the Blind Forest" and was tortured to death by the various battles and parkour content in it, but she continued to play happily and was not willing to let go.

"You changed the topic too abruptly..."

Susu curled her lips, but did not continue to worry about it, "What you should worry about now is not whether the game is difficult or not, but what if the new game of 'Firebringer' does not meet the expectations of netizens, or

If the quality of the game itself is not good enough, then his game will most likely be overshadowed by next week’s new games, and in the end, no one will even care about it.”

"That's definitely not the case!"

Xiaoyun shook his head, "Since 'Firebringer' has chosen to release a new game at this time, it means that he has full confidence in his game. The quality will only be better than the previous game, not worse, otherwise

He can definitely wait until next year to release a new game."

"Well, you're right to say that...but I'm just worried!"

Su Su frowned slightly, "It's hard to find such an interesting game producer in the gaming industry. If he is suppressed by others, we will lose a lot of games to play in the future."

"Don't worry, it won't happen!"

Xiaoyun held her hand and said confidently, "In the face of absolute strength, all the 'marketing hype' and 'smear and suppression' are just paper tigers and completely vulnerable!"

Susu couldn't help but turn her head and glance at her.

Absolute strength...

Vulnerable...

This guy has completely transformed into a "fire bearer", right?

…

ten minutes later.

The two came to the small hotel room.

After simply tidying up, the two of them put on the [Editing Resonator], logged into the official game platform, found the new game "Firebringer" released twenty minutes ago, and directly chose to purchase and download it.

The game is called "The Stanley Parable".

Judging from the in-game screenshots on the store page, this is a first-person 3D game similar to "Labyrinth".

As for the introduction of the game...

There is only one sentence in the store:

【This is a game where the less you know, the more complete the experience you can get.】

"The Stanley Parable... Judging from the name, is this a fable?" Xiaoyun asked doubtfully.

As we all know, "fables" are literary works that use fictitious stories or personification of natural objects to illustrate a certain truth or lesson, often with satirical and admonishing meanings.

Make "fables" into games, or present "fables" in the form of games...

This is really a "bold" attempt.

"If the meaning of preaching and admonition is too strong, it will be counterproductive, right?" Su Su became even more worried.

"Well, it should be fine..." Xiaoyun comforted in a low voice.

"You have no confidence anymore?"

"It's not that I don't have confidence, it's that...hey, let's move on to the game first. It's useless to worry too much now."

"Well... I also hope that I'm overthinking it." Su Su muttered in a low voice.

The size of the game is not large and it will be downloaded within a few moments.

Susu clicked into the game immediately.

The initial interface of the game is surprisingly simple.

Except for the four options on the left side [Start Game], [Load Game], [Settings], and [Exit], there is only an office scene left.

It is worth mentioning that there is an old-fashioned computer that is turned on on the desk in the background.

The picture on the computer monitor was exactly the initial interface of the game in front of Su Su.

Therefore, in the picture on the computer monitor, there are also office desks and old-fashioned computers, and the old-fashioned computers continue to display office desks and old-fashioned computers...

This is an infinite loop!

And when Susu started to move the selection cursor in the initial interface, the interface in the old computer actually changed accordingly.

——Although this is just a novel design that is not too amazing, it still gave Susu a pretty good opening experience.

The idea of ​​"fire bearer" is always so novel and interesting...

Click the [Start Game] option to officially enter the game world.

The opening is a narration introduction.

The narrator's voice is warm and mellow, his words are clear and round, and he has the air of a broadcaster and host.

...And it seems a little familiar?

【This is the story of a man named Stanley.

Stanley works in a company in a building. He is employee 427.

Employee 427's job is simple: sit at his desk and press buttons on his keyboard.

The display will tell him the instructions: which button to press, how long to press it, and in what order.]

When she saw this, Su Su subconsciously muttered to herself... This job is so boring.

Then, the narrator also explained at the right time, saying that others also found this job very boring, but Stanley was the only one who enjoyed every moment of giving instructions, as if he was born for this job.

【Stanley is happy.】

【However, one day, something strange happened.

[Stanley sat in front of the computer and did not receive any new instructions for a whole hour.

[No one came forward to explain, no one asked him to go to the meeting, no one even said hello to him.

【It seems like he is the only one left in the whole company.

[Stanley sat in his seat for a long time, and finally regained his senses and consciousness.

[He stood up from the desk and left his office.]

The narrator's voice ends here.

The game officially begins.

Susu controlled Stanley to turn around and look around.

Because it is a first-person perspective, coupled with the immersive effect of VR glasses... it feels as if she has really entered the game world.

'This is like a real game...'

Su Su murmured, then stood up and walked out of the office.

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

In fact, I originally wanted to write "Beginner's Guide", which would focus on the stories of game producers, but I felt that the layout was too small, and if it wanted to fit in with the story in the book, it would have to be magically modified, so in the end I changed it to "Stanley's Guide". fable".

Although "The Stanley Parable" is an old game, it was popular back then, so I guess there should be many game novels about this game...

But it doesn’t matter, I haven’t read it anyway, and I don’t know how others write it, so I’ll just write it according to my own ideas.

And the next chapter is still a big one, so I will update it later (try to write it during the day~)