National Game Producer

Thursday is the test day for the competition.

In the afternoon, Wang Yuncheng took He Xu and Yu Suai to the additional test site.

Since there were only six people from three teams participating in the additional test, the officials did not prepare other competition venues and directly booked three rooms in the hotel as the test venue.

The person in charge of the additional test first gathered the six people together and asked each team to come up with a game theme, and then He Jiu and He Ji, who came first in the provincial competition, had priority in selecting.

"Science fiction."

"military."

Two teams from Anseong Middle School each submitted a theme.

There is no doubt that these two themes are directed at He Ji and the two.

However, after hearing the theme reported by the other team, both teams showed ugly expressions as if they had eaten flies.

——In the case of He Jiu's team giving priority to the theme selection, which team's theme He Jiu and He Ji chose means that the selected team can only produce the theme provided by the other team.

The second, third and second place finishers in the competition have no right to choose the theme at all!

"Science fiction?"

"military?"

How do you make a game like this?

He Xiu and Yu Suai looked at each other.

"Follow the original plan?" He Jiu raised his eyebrows lightly.

'Whatever...' Yu Suai turned her head and tried hard to suppress the upward curve of the corners of her mouth.

He Xu smiled and said leisurely:

"We produce love themes."

Four competing students: "???"

Two leading teachers: "..."

Person in charge of additional examination: “…”

The four competition students from Anseong Middle School couldn't help but turn around to look at the person in charge of the additional examination.

Is this a subject they can do?

The person in charge of the additional examination was silent for a moment and said to He Ji and the other two:

"The first one will choose the theme."

If there is no objection, it is acquiescence!

Can you really make a love game?!

The four students from Anseong Middle School were all shocked.

It’s better to do science fiction/military themes!

If you can't do well in games, it's a small thing, but if you create a love story that makes the grading teacher embarrassed, that's the real social death.

These two people from Anseong No. 2 Middle School are so vicious!

the other side.

He Chu and Yu Suai only discussed it for less than ten seconds and unanimously chose the theme of "science fiction".

Afterwards, the three teams each entered the hotel room.

The competition and additional examinations have officially begun.

"Do you have any ideas?" Yu Suai asked.

"Yes." He Ji nodded.

"What did you think of?"

"all."

"..."

"Just kidding, just kidding."

He Hu walked to his desk and sat down, and said with a smile, "I just thought that there is no need to innovate the game type anymore, and I can just continue to make simulation business games like "Stardew Valley"."

"Simulation business game..."

Yu Suai repeated it in a low voice, feeling that this new term was quite appropriate.

"Also, I have another idea." He Xu leaned back on his chair and tapped the table with his fingers.

"What?"

"I plan to wait until the game is finished and try to open up some modification permissions in the game so that players can freely add some game content they want."

He Xi thought slowly and said slowly.

In this world where the vast majority of games are text-based AVGs, whether or not the permission to modify the game is enabled will not actually have any impact on either the game content itself or the game producers.

When players play text avg, they just want to watch a story. Who would be bored and modify the game content?

But games such as business simulation, sandbox survival, and open world RPGs are different.

Whether these games have mods (modules) modified and made by players themselves, they are completely different games.

Game producers never need to doubt players’ imaginations, and can always trust players’ creativity.

In many popular mod games, some self-made mods by master players may even have much richer content than the main game.

It can be said that it is precisely because of the existence of mods that the playing life of many games will be continuously extended.

"Open modification permissions?" Yu Suai could understand most of it, but not completely.

"Take "Stardew Valley" as an example. A simple modification is to add some new items, props, NPCs, etc.; a more complex modification can be to directly add a town or city to it..."

He Xun explained with a smile, "Reasonable modifications can increase the player's gaming experience; unreasonable modifications will definitely destroy the player's gaming experience. Players need to consider these themselves."

Can players add items, props, NPCs, or even new towns to "Stardew Valley" by themselves?

...If enough changes are made, wouldn't this become a new game?

Yu Suai opened her mouth slightly, feeling that it was super interesting just thinking about it!

"Do you want to try it?" He Jing asked.

"I think!" Yu Suai nodded without hesitation.

"Then let's make the game first."

"Well, you tell me and I listen."

"Why don't you help me think about it?" He Ji looked at her.

"There are specialties in the art industry. You are responsible for the overall structure and I am responsible for the art UI. This is good." Yu Suai said with a smile.

"I thought you would try to improve this subject to the top of the grade."

"You are enough."

"..."

He Xu was silent for two seconds and asked, "What if you don't have me anymore?"

"Then concentrate on studying."

Yu Suai seemed to have considered everything a long time ago and answered without thinking, "Human energy is limited. I can't spend too much time on things I'm not good at, trying to force myself to be omniscient and omnipotent... I have this time."

, maybe I’ve already broken through several levels in what I’m good at.”

"That's right..."

He Xu thought for a while and then asked, "Then what are you good at?"

"As for the subjects, they should be biology and chemistry."

Yu Suai frowned slightly and thought seriously, "When I choose a major in college, I may also focus on these two directions."

"Want to engage in scientific research?"

"Well, probably."

"How was physics?"

"Fortunately, it may be a little worse than biology and chemistry."

"oh……"

He Zhu nodded thoughtfully, "Then let's make a space colonization game that requires a certain knowledge base."

When it comes to science fiction-themed business simulation games, the first things that come to his mind are "Rim World", "Factory" and the domestic game "Dyson Sphere Project".

However, these games require a large amount of knowledge and work. Even with the assistance of the [Editing Resonator], it would be difficult for two people to complete them in three days.

Therefore, he could only settle for the next best thing and choose to make a simplified version of "Hypoxia" first.

After the game is finished, we will focus on the issues of permission modification and module production.

"Do I want to participate too?" Yu Suai asked curiously.

"You must participate!"

He Xu chuckled and said, "This game is made by a top student, so it's really perfect."

At that time, let the reviewer have a good taste of what a truly hard-core business simulation game is like.

Compared with those games, "Stardew Valley" can really be regarded as a refreshing game...