National Game Producer

"No?"

"Do you think this is appropriate?"

"It's appropriate. What could be inappropriate?"

Zhou Kaiyuan said with a smile, "As a professor, I think I am not as good as them. Who else is more qualified than them to participate?"

"..."

Yinsong was silent for a moment and said, "The accumulation of experience in new types of game design is generally lacking."

"So we need to get them involved even more."

Zhou Kaiyuan said, "Whether we let them participate in the compilation of game teaching materials or directly let them participate in educational reform, we can speed up the entire process and bring game education into a new era as soon as possible. Wouldn't that be great?"

"It's not bad..."

Yinsong frowned slightly, "But it is still too hasty to let a few students participate like this..."

"Think they're too tender?"

Zhou Kaiyuan laughed and pointed at the projection screen, "Just tell me, is this game qualified to be used as a model for game design...or can we compile a teaching material based on this game?"

"You can think of it as a template for novice tutorial design."

Yinsong thought about it, "As for the other parts... just a tutorial for beginners can't support a textbook, right?"

"..."

Zhou Kaiyuan opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing more, "Let's look at the game process first. When we see the next stage, I will explain to you how many aspects of this game are worthy of our analysis and study."

"Okay." Yinsong did not continue to be harsh.

He also knew that he was definitely not as good as the other professor in the field of gaming expertise.

If it is really because of his shallow knowledge that he made a wrong judgment about the game "Portal", he is also willing to accept the other party's correction and guidance.

However, he really didn't think there was anything wrong with his judgment.

The general gameplay of the game has been shown now. Is it possible that a new game will emerge later?

Those students shouldn't be so outrageous, right?

the other side.

Lao Qi is still continuing to advance the game process.

In the previous plot, the protagonist and the robot Whitley used the teleportation gun to reach the main circuit breaker room.

Whitley activated the escape lever inside and prepared to use the escape chamber to escape from the Aperture Science Laboratory, but he inadvertently awakened the laboratory's artificial intelligence "GLaDOS" (the artificial intelligence in the two-player cooperative mode).

During the conversation, "GLaDOS" revealed her past of being "killed" by the protagonist. Then, she captured the protagonist and the robot Whitley, sent the protagonist underground, and once again performed her job - killing the protagonist

Conduct experimental tests.

From here on, Lao Qi has flexibly used the dual portals of one blue and one orange.

In the puzzle level, two new things, lasers and refracting cubes, also appeared in the scene.

To put it simply, some mechanisms in the level need to be activated by lasers, and the player's task is to use the portal and refraction blocks to refract the laser to the receiving devices of those mechanisms.

Yinsong looked at the exquisite puzzle settings of these portals, lasers, and refraction blocks, and had to sigh, the creativity and imagination of those students were really amazing.

Next, Lao Qi encountered the combination of a portal and a bouncing pedal, and experienced the wonderful design of jumping into the portal from a high altitude, and then using another portal to fly across most of the scene.

When Yinsong saw this, he already showed a very emotional expression.

"How does it feel to fly around like this?" he asked Lao Qi.

"To be honest, I'm a little dizzy."

Lao Qi shook his head, "But after getting used to it, I feel okay."

After a slight pause for half a second, he added, "It's quite fun to play."

"Then let me play a level?" Yinsong asked tentatively.

"Um……"

Lao Qi pondered for two seconds and replied, "There is also an [Editor Resonator] in the cabinet behind you."

"Wouldn't that mean we have to start all over again?"

Yinsong suddenly became a little unhappy, "You can't even let me try it out?"

"No."

"You're already old, but you still can't resist temptation!"

"You can withstand the temptation, and you still want to rob me?"

"It's just a game, that's all?"

"As for that." Lao Qi didn't want to pay attention to him and continued to concentrate on playing the game.

Yinsong turned to look at Zhou Kaiyuan.

"Why, you still want me to help you get it?" Zhou Kaiyuan looked disgusted.

"Forget it, let's watch it first."

Yinsong shook his head, "It really doesn't work. I'll go home and experience it slowly."

As the game process continues to advance, the difficulty of the game levels becomes higher and higher.

It has become a common occurrence for Lao Qi to be stuck on a puzzle for five minutes.

Even if he didn't admit defeat in advance, Yin Song would definitely lose the bet in the end.

Of course, as Lao Qi became more and more proficient in the use of bouncing pedals, lasers, and portals, the time he spent getting stuck on puzzles began to gradually decrease. Sometimes, just by looking at the scene layout, he knew what he should do.

How to do this and you will never get stuck again.

At this time, the freshness of the game has actually begun to decrease.

Several familiar gameplay mechanisms, used repeatedly, will eventually increase the player's happiness threshold.

If this continues, although players will not get bored, they will lose their passion to some extent.

"It's almost time for this game to come to an end, right?" Yinsong asked.

"end?"

Zhou Kaiyuan glanced at him funny, "We're still far from it! This is just the beginning."

"But if this continues, this game will be meaningless, right?"

Yinsong looked at the screen, "Or is it that the 'Firebringer' didn't realize this at all when he was playing the game?"

"You'll know after you read it."

Zhou Kaiyuan smiled and shook his head, "I want to adapt this game into a teaching material, not just because of its previous designs."

Yinsong opened his mouth and was about to say something else when he saw that after Lao Qi entered the next level, a new prop appeared in the scene - a blue translucent light bridge.

"What is this?" Yinsong asked subconsciously.

Zhou Kaiyuan did not provide an explanation.

Because when Lao Qi saw the light bridge in front of him, he subconsciously opened a blue portal on the white wall at the end of the light bridge.

Then, the other party opened an orange portal on another white wall high up.

The next second, the blue translucent light bridge instantly passed through the blue portal, and then extended from the orange portal into the distance, not stopping until it hit the wall.

Lao Qi thought about it, jumped onto the light bridge, and walked along the light bridge.

Pass through the blue portal, come out from the orange portal, and step by step reach the end of the sky.

Under his feet was a pool filled with poisonous water.

Yinsong was stunned.

How can this kind of gameplay be possible?

Doesn’t this mean that as long as there is a white wall, players can use the light bridge to reach any location in the scene?

"After the previous gameplay mechanisms are familiar to players, game producers will add new gameplay mechanisms to the game to ensure the playability of the game and the freshness of the players."

Zhou Kaiyuan explained with a smile, "And the 'Fire Carrier' has achieved the ultimate in connecting the two."

He turned his head and looked at Yinsong, "This is what I told you before... new content that can be written into game design textbooks."

"..." Yinsong was silent.

From this point of view, it seems that "The Fire Bearer" has already considered everything?

Isn’t this kind of student a bit outrageous?

"Keep watching, there will be more surprises later." Zhou Kaiyuan said with a smile.

"..."

Yinsong looked at the projection screen blankly, "Are there more similar gameplay mechanisms in the future?"

“It’s not just a new gameplay mechanism, but also a more excellent scene map design.”

Zhou Kaiyuan's face showed a proud expression unconsciously, "How come the game I am optimistic about only has this little content!"

"...Is that so?" Yinsong asked confused.

The game continues.

As time goes by, Lao Qi and Yinsong have also seen more and more new props and new gameplay mechanisms in the game.

For example, the gravity field tractor beam can pull players to move;

Bounce gel and acceleration gel that allow players to jump higher and run faster;

There is also a portal gel that can turn a wall that was originally inaccessible to portals into one that can open portals.

During this period, the two gradually discovered that the props in front did not only have their original uses.

In addition to opening mechanisms, lasers can also be combined with refracting blocks to destroy guard robots;

In addition to allowing people to walk, the light bridge can also block ejected players and blocks at designated locations. It can also be used to block machine gun fire from guard robots;

In addition to pulling players, tractor beams can also be used to pull blocks, pull gels to designated locations, etc.

The continuous emergence of new gameplay mechanisms is not the key.

The point is, these new gameplay mechanisms are so fun and interesting, right?

After realizing this, Lao Qi and Yinsong were completely addicted...

"How is it? What are you thinking now?" Zhou Kaiyuan turned to Yin Song beside him.

"My thoughts... I feel that 'Firebringer' can already be the first person to design a new type of game." Yinsong looked at the projection screen and replied absentmindedly.

"They are the first people to design new types of games."

Zhou Kaiyuan laughed and said, "I guess they are not far away from being the number one game designer in China now."

"Well..." Yinsong did not retort.

"Firebringer"... is really a bit unbelievable!

It was his fault before.

There are indeed no new games behind this game.

But the gameplay mechanism and scene map design it currently displays are enough for some university professors to study for a long time.

As for writing textbooks…

Even if you can't compile a complete book, you can at least compile half a book by combining the previous games of "Firebringer", right?

"Now do you think it is necessary to invite them to participate in the reform?" Zhou Kaiyuan looked at him.

"I'll think about it..." Yinsong said thoughtfully.

"What are you still thinking about? Don't delay it for several years when the time comes!"

Zhou Kaiyuan raised his voice slightly, "If we continue to delay, we may have to waste two more batches of good seedlings."

"No delay, by the end of this year... no, I will definitely give you an answer before October."

"you sure?"

"Sure."

"Then it's settled."

Zhou Kaiyuan's eyebrows widened, "When the time comes, you can give them some honor or special status or something."

"Yes, I will consider it." Yinsong nodded.

…

Friday, the day "Portal" is released.

Six p.m.

He Jiu logged onto Weibo on time and posted a new update.

[Firebringer: "Portal" has been launched on the official game platform. Please remember to support it.

[By the way, more than a dozen foreign language versions of "Portal" are already being planned. If you have friends who want to practice foreign languages, you can change the voice and subtitles directly in the game.

[Finally, another notice was issued.

[Before the end of the summer vacation...that is, at the end of August, our team will release a new game, so stay tuned [Dog Head]]

As soon as the post was posted, it immediately attracted a large number of netizens.

Only ten minutes have passed, and the number of comments below the post has exceeded a thousand.

The sand sculpture netizens began to show their special abilities one after another.

[Zhuo! I’m still playing the game, so I thought I’d stop by and have a look, but I didn’t expect to receive such two exciting pieces of news! 】

[More than a dozen foreign language versions... Is "Firebringer" expanding the size of its team, or is it cooperating with someone? 】

[What, the "Firebringer" team is recruiting people? Can you add me? I'm not interested in the pretty girls in the team at all, I just want to participate in the production of new types of games [blush]]

[There is a new game at the end of August? Diarrhea-style update, right?]

【Still coming? I have been squeezed dry, there really is not a drop left! 】

["Portal" has been cleared, I'm bored again, the new game should be released as soon as possible. 】

[If you buy it, does it mean you have played it? 】

[Of course! I already bought the game, why should I spend time playing it? 】

[The friend who said before that he wanted to buy "Portal" for his family to give it a try is still there? In fact, I can also be a lucky person. I want to play "Portal" and the new game at the end of August~]

…

He Ji liked the last comment and then logged out of Weibo.

The games made by the big "Firebringer" are getting bigger and bigger, and he doesn't plan to let "Firebringer" go back to making those small-sized high-quality games.

Let the arduous task of promoting small-scale high-quality games be left to small accounts.

'Well, since we have to hide it from other people in the team, we can't make games with too obvious features...and in order to save game production time, we must return to our original intention and continue to make games 'automatically'...'

He Ji thought for a moment and soon came up with an idea.

Let’s make a card game next.

A completely innovative card game is too eye-catching, so let’s combine it with the existing models in the current game circle and make a meat pigeon card game.

The choice of meat pigeon card game...

There seems to be quite a lot of them.