National Game Producer

When the game screen returned to light again, Zhang Jingchuan discovered that the game scene had changed from night to day, and in front of him, there were several beasts eating the corpses of his comrades.

One of the beasts had already walked up to him.

At the critical moment, the [Titan] in the distance sat up and shot the beast, while also driving away other beasts.

Only then did Zhang Jingchuan regain control of Cooper's body.

He walked up to [Titan] and saw Captain Lastimosa suddenly flipping out of [Titan]'s cockpit.

Lastimosa lay on the ground, dying.

...He only breathed his last breath.

Noticing Cooper's approach, Lastimosa opened the pilot's special helmet and gave instructions to [Titan]:

"BT, transfer authority to the new pilot, connect to BT-7274."

Then, he sat up again like a flashback, reached out and grabbed Cooper's shoulders, "Cooper, put on my helmet and jumping device, get on my Titan... This time it's real, be careful.

!”

After saying that, he fell to the ground and completely lost his vital signs.

The game screen went dark for a while, then slowly lit up again.

Accompanied by a sad background music of the death of a hero, Cooper has built a grave for Lastimosa with stones.

When Zhang Jingchuan saw this, although he didn't have much emotional fluctuations in his heart, he was more or less slowly coming to terms with it.

Especially recalling the scene where Lastimosa was besieged and killed by several enemy Titans; and the scene where the enemy cut off the ears of his comrades after killing them, made him unable to calm down.

The enemy's despicableness and arrogance gave him the urge to continue playing and avenge Lastimosa and his comrades.

He admitted that in terms of mobilizing players' emotions, "Firebringer" at least passed the test.

As for whether it is excellent or not, that depends on the subsequent plot development.

Turn your attention back to the game world.

Zhang Jingchuan put on the special pilot helmet that Lastimosa left for him.

After the helmet detected his personal information, it left several icons in the lower right corner.

They respectively represent the pilot's unique stealth skills, grenades, and firearms.

Under the firearm, the magazine ammunition amount and total ammunition amount are also displayed.

To put it simply, this is to change the form of displaying UI directly on the game screen into the form of displaying UI on a helmet.

In a sense, this can also be regarded as a design that enhances the player's sense of substitution and immersion.

'There are quite a lot of ideas...'

Zhang Jingchuan curled his lips and muttered in his heart with some sourness.

…Why can’t I think of this small design that improves the player experience?

While thinking, he quickly came to [Titan] BT's side.

Helmet analysis showed that the type of [Titan] in front of me was a Pioneer-class Titan, and it was currently in a state of low battery.

Subsequently, the helmet issued a task to find the battery, and marked the location of the battery directly on the screen.

In this situation, Zhang Jingchuan could only lament that "black technology is awesome".

The next step is to follow the coordinate instructions to go to the crashed rebel landing cabin and obtain the battery.

Along the way, he has to deal with not only the beasts on the planet, but also the IMC infantry and robots.

At the same time, he also obtained a lot of broadcast and communication information about friendly and enemy forces.

After a hard fight, he successfully got a battery and returned to [Titan] BT.

When installing the battery, Zhang Jingchuan discovered that the Titan had three battery slots. Except for one battery that was intact, the other two batteries were all missing!

'It's not that the battery is out of power, it's that the battery is missing...'

Zhang Jingchuan thought for a while and suddenly realized... In the attack last night, the enemy [Titan] that attacked Lastimosa from behind actually did not attack the [Titan] BT, but the [Titan]

BT's battery was "stolen"!

'So it turns out that war can still be fought like this...'

Zhang Jingchuan installed a battery on [Titan] BT with some humor.

[Titan] BT "awakened" quickly.

BT: "Are you okay, Pilot?"

Cooper: "No problem...who are you?"

BT: "I am BT-7274, a Vanguard Titan, belonging to the Predator Legion of the Resistance Army SRS. You can call me BT."

‘Is it [Titan]’s artificial intelligence?’

Zhang Jingchuan continued to look down thoughtfully.

Cooper: "BT...understood."

BT: "My system is rebooting and I need a third battery to speed things up...I'll be here for you."

'You still have to make a trip, right?'

Zhang Jingchuan curled his lips and immediately went to the next coordinate where the battery could be obtained.

He originally thought that along the way, he would be as "boring" as before.

Unexpectedly, after having two batteries, BT could already chat with him remotely through the Pilot helmet.

...This artificial intelligence named BT is much cuter than he imagined.

For example, when the enemy uses drones to broadcast messages to persuade them to surrender——

[All rebels, listen, IMC will escort the surrendered soldiers to Angel City Prison. If you know what’s going on, surrender to the IMC search force as soon as possible! 】

BT: "Pilot, I suggest you not to surrender to the IMC. The voice pattern analysis shows that they are lying."

‘You don’t need to say this?’

Zhang Jingchuan almost laughed out loud.

This artificial intelligence is too upright!

But at this moment, two options suddenly popped up on the screen.

1. [Don’t worry BT, I’m not going anywhere.]

2. [Do you think I’m that stupid, BT?]

this……

Zhang Jingchuan was almost dumbfounded.

This is a first-person shooter game, right? Isn’t it a love development game?

What does it mean to suddenly give options?

Or is this the real conspiracy of the "Fire Bearer"?

Zhang Jingchuan forcibly stopped his thoughts and turned his attention back to the options.

Obviously, according to the idea of ​​​​a love development game, option one is to say that high emotional intelligence plus favorability is the argument; option two is to say that low emotional intelligence is minus the degree of favorability.

Although he really wanted to choose the second option, in order to "grow up", he finally chose the first option.

After making the selection, he felt a little uncomfortable.

What the heck is it to play "love development" with artificial intelligence...especially with an artificial intelligence with a male voice?

Although in the eyes of many military fans, mechas are really just like wives.

But this does not include him!

He wouldn't treat a mecha as his wife!

BT: "Understood, but I really suggest you leave quickly. The IMC recovery team is coming soon."

‘I haven’t even gotten the battery back for you yet, how could I leave!’ Zhang Jingchuan complained in his mind as he hurried on.

After another fierce battle, he finally got the second battery back.

At this time, the enemy had also discovered his whereabouts and was sending reinforcements towards him.

Zhang Jingchuan quickly installed the last battery on [Titan] BT, and then established a neural connection with the other party.

Then, [Titan] BT squatted down, opened the front hatch, and invited him to enter the cockpit.

Now you can really drive a mecha!

Zhang Jingchuan sat up straight unconsciously.

He originally thought that someone like himself, who did not have an extreme love for mechas, would not be too emotional when faced with a situation like this.

However, in fact, just standing outside the cockpit, he was already extremely hot inside.

Excited heart, trembling hands...

Fortunately, these do not affect his operation.

After trying his best to calm down, he entered the "body" of [Titan] BT.

The front hatch closes automatically.

BT: "Protocol 1, connecting to Pilot. Neural connection..."

After a strange sound effect, the neural connection was successfully completed, and Zhang Jingchuan became BT's agent pilot.

BT: "Protocol 2, stick to the mission. The order is to continue to carry out the 217 special mission - rendezvous with Major Anderson."

At this moment, there was loud gunfire outside [Titan] BT, and enemy troops were attacking!

BT: "Protocol three, protect the Pilot."

As soon as he finished speaking, BT started completely.

Next, Zhang Jingchuan faced the [Titan] BT operation tutorial.

[Titan] BT has features such as a vortex shield that can reflect bullets and shells, a shoulder-fired rocket capsule that can launch rocket launchers, and a large and handsome conventional firearm.

After Zhang Jingchuan tried the operation for a while, he almost couldn't help but scream "Ouch!"

It’s so fun to play, isn’t it!?

Opening the mecha from the first-person perspective in the game is just like the real thing!

This feeling, this pleasure...

Compared with this "Titanfall", "Duty Duel" is simply scum!

As for "Wasteland Planet"...

He can only say that the game quality of "Waste Planet" is "a bit" far away from "Titanfall".

‘Then it’s time to fight those mercenary pilots and avenge Lastimosa, right?’

Zhang Jingchuan groaned silently in his heart.

At this time, there was a knock on his office door.

He immediately paused the game, took off the [Edit Resonator], and said "Come in" to the person outside the door.

Then, a middle-aged man in a suit and tie walked in.

Zhang Jingchuan was stunned: "Why are you here?"

The other party is one of Yun Yi's main persons in charge in the field of games, and he is usually responsible for liaising with the persons in charge of elite game studios like them.

Logically speaking, if the other party wants to communicate with him, he can just call him directly... Even if he really wants to communicate in person, he will at least make a phone call in advance.

A situation like this where someone comes to your door without saying a word...

"Is something wrong?" Zhang Jingchuan asked in surprise.

"Nothing happened."

The middle-aged man grinned and said, "Isn't your new game just released? I just came over to check on the situation... and then let you know by the way, let's go have a dinner together tonight."

"Dinner party?"

Zhang Jingchuan hesitated and said, "The 24-hour game sales results haven't been released yet. Is it appropriate to go to a dinner party at this time?"

"It's appropriate, what can be inappropriate!"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "With the quality of your game, even if you can't make a huge profit, you can still make a small sum, right?"

"Uh..." Zhang Jingchuan looked hesitant after hearing this.

The middle-aged man caught the change in his expression instantly and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Can't you even make a small profit?"

"I'm not sure." Zhang Jingchuan shook his head.

"Then you get your money back?"

"This...can't be certain."

"..." When the middle-aged man heard this, his expression changed instantly, "What's going on?"

"Because the opponent is too strong..." Zhang Jingchuan lowered his voice with some guilt.

"opponent……"

The middle-aged man frowned, "How did you promise me yesterday? You said that your "Wasteland Planet" would never lose to Teng Lin's "Duty Showdown", and you also said that it would be crushed in the end.

The advantage makes them unable to raise their heads...

"What are you saying are all lies?!"

"I'm not talking about Teng Lin, or Duel of Duty." Zhang Jingchuan said with a bitter smile.

"Not Teng Lin?"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, "Is that the 'Fire Bearer'?"

After a pause, he asked with some confusion, "But wasn't their game just released less than an hour ago?"

At this time, many people may have just downloaded the game and are about to click on it; many people may not even have bought the game yet, and are busy chatting and having lunch at this time!

Even if someone buys and downloads "Titanfall" immediately, the experience time of less than an hour should not be enough for them to see the overall quality of this game, right?

He didn't understand very much.

"I've been playing for four to fifty minutes, and I'm already a little shocked." Zhang Jingchuan explained.

"Just a little?"

The middle-aged man looked at him and said, "If the gap is not big, you wouldn't be so unsure, right?"

"..." Zhang Jingchuan was speechless.

"A little bit" is of course a euphemism.

He just didn't want to admit that there was a big gap between him and the "Fire Bearer".

The middle-aged man looked at his expression and understood everything instantly.

"So, you think you have lost, right?" he asked expressionlessly.

Zhang Jingchuan felt a chill in his heart.

He knew very well what the other party meant when he said these words.

In a large company like Yunyi, changing the person in charge of the middle and lower levels is as casual as eating and drinking.

He is not capable of sitting in his current position, so the other party will naturally not mind replacing him with someone more capable.

"It's not that our strength is not enough, it's that our opponent's strength is too strong..." Zhang Jingchuan tried to explain.

"Is there any difference?" the middle-aged man asked.

"..." Zhang Jingchuan opened his mouth, but didn't know how to refute.

The two do seem to mean the same thing.

"The quality of the game cannot be compared, so why can't you think of other means?" the middle-aged man asked.

"Other means?" Zhang Jingchuan was stunned.

"Such as secondary charges."

"Second charge?"

"It means splitting a game into two parts and selling them...the two parts can be the game plot, the gameplay mechanism, or even the characters...As long as the players can feel that they bought one of them, it will

I just have to buy another one." The middle-aged man expressed his thoughts.

"And then raise the price?" Zhang Jingchuan asked.

"Or you can continue to add new content and continue selling." The middle-aged man continued.

"Well, the premise is that the players have to buy it, right?" Zhang Jingchuan hesitated.

"This is the problem you should solve."

The middle-aged man glanced at him and said, "How about it? After using this method, can you surpass the 'Fire Bearer'?"

"emmm..." Zhang Jingchuan said nothing.

"Isn't this enough?" the middle-aged man said in surprise.

"Well, it's hard to say."

"You... where is their game? Let me see!"

"I'm playing...How about I demonstrate it to you?" Zhang Jingchuan asked.

"Then you go ahead and play." The middle-aged man nodded.