Number One Game Designer

Shuiran has a relatively complete lounge in the magazine office of "GAME World". If it is a busy season, he will directly use the company as his home, but usually he will go back after get off work.

Because of staying up late, Shuiran got off work early in the afternoon and returned to the courtyard before the evening rush hour.

"Come back so early today?"

When Shuiran entered the door, he saw his second uncle sitting in the yard. Although Wangjing City was no longer hot this season, Shuiyuan still moved a recliner in the yard, lying on it comfortably, holding a It seems to be something from a little book.

Shui Ran didn't answer, but instead asked, "Second Uncle, when did you come out to rest again?"

My second uncle changed his identity, or changed his interest after failing to create games before. After the establishment of "GAME World", although he was still considered a proletarian in Wangjing City, at least they had such a courtyard house in Shuijia. No worries about food and clothing, so Shuiyuan changed his interest at that time, found a wood factory in the suburbs, worshiped an old craftsman as a teacher, and developed a new interest.

What Shuiran admired most when she was a child was probably the second uncle who gave her the world of popular science games at that time. At that time, Shuiyuan was full of vigor and disdain for the world. At that time, he believed that the domestic game market had great potential to be tapped. Ren's company, which was already considered a giant at the time, now looks like what Shui Yuan said at the time was not wrong at all, but it is a pity that he was not the one who finally did this.

Shui Yuan, who was still playing games at the time, liked working or taking a nap in this small yard. He said that the sky could give him inspiration. understand many things.

However, since Shui Yuan was forced to shift his interest to carpentry, he couldn't see this scene very much. It wasn't until today that Shui Ran saw his second uncle move out the reclining chair again.

"Also, I thought the recliner was broken and thrown away."

This recliner is an old-fashioned bamboo recliner, which should be older than Shuiran.

"It's broken." Shui Yuan sighed and touched the handrail, "After all, it's an old item, and it's been stored in the utility room for several years, but Er Bo, I learned carpentry, so I just used it here. It took two days to fix it by myself, and this kind of object still needs to be nostalgic."

Looking at Shui Yuan, who was touching and knocking on the deck chair, Shui Ran was in a daze for a moment, as if he saw the second uncle who had no mottled white hair.

But she is not the kind of sentimental person, she was in a trance and said: "I have finished the review of "Octopath Traveler", and it will be published on all media tomorrow morning, including our paper media and Weibo, as well as my own. apps and the like.”

After thinking about it, he still added: "I played it, and it feels... amazing. I didn't expect this game to be so beautiful."

Shui Yuan nodded, and said proudly: "After all, it is the brainchild of a group of old guys. We may all be remembering that era while doing it. How do you say the one-sentence evaluation in your evaluation?" A little curious.

"The romance that doesn't belong to this generation." Shui Ran said.

"It doesn't belong to this era, what you said really turned us into a group of old antiques." Shui Yuan curled his lips a little disapprovingly.

"It's a generation, not an era." Shuiran corrected.

Shui Yuan just nodded, with a satisfied look, and then asked impatiently like an old craftsman who made a good thing:

"Specifically, what do you think of this game?"

After deliberating for a while, he said calmly: "I like it very much, especially this unconstrained style of narrative, but I also gave the game to someone in the same office for a try, and she said that she saw my shadow in the dancing girl."

Shui Yuan laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Hahaha, your colleague is quite accurate. I actually used your appearance as a reference when I created this character."

"ah?"

"Ah what, it's not like you don't know that current producers like to leave their own easter eggs in the game,

That is the producer's signature for this game. A character as strong as Boss Fang Xifang has also laid down his own Easter eggs in Left 4 Dead and Eternity. How could we old guys let it go? "

"So you put me in the game?" It's not enough to be angry about this kind of thing. Shuiran thinks it's a bit weird. Generally speaking, shouldn't this kind of thing be letting yourself go? Shuiran originally thought that her second uncle would let one Like a magic stick mentor like a great sage, or put an NPC who is an old beggar on the surface, but is actually a peerless swordsman, but I didn't expect...

"It's not really included." Shui Yuan waved his hand and denied: "It's just that I am responsible for the character shaping of two characters out of the eight protagonists, and it is really difficult for me to let my second uncle shape a girl, so I just Filling in this role while recalling you, ended up like this.”

"To be serious. This game should actually thank you." Shui Yuan brought it into his memory when he said it.

"A total of eight protagonists in this game need to be shaped in depth, and if you want to shape them in depth, you need a prototype that you can refer to. Therefore, it is conservatively estimated that the actual prototypes for the eight characters to refer to are close to 20, just like shaping that character. Priest, I also spent a month going to church, and became friends with a priest."

"The role of the dancer is even more powerful. She is the most successful character I created just by referring to you. She has all the advantages and disadvantages of your current self, and also has the innocent character of your childhood. , she is a combination of an adult you and a child you, she is the best character in my opinion."

What my second uncle said is not complicated and easy to understand. As an editor, Shuiran naturally does part-time coding in her spare time. She also knows that in cultural creation, the images of many creators often have a prototype , because for most people, shaping the world view and shaping the story itself is already a lot of work. In this case, shaping the life of a character is just adding workload to yourself, and in this case , it is the easiest thing to pick a prototype from reality to process.

Many people will choose the people around them, and some people will also look for inspiration in history, and some people even draw their prototypes from the newspapers they read while eating in the morning. And the prototype of his second uncle was collected from himself, Shuiran can only say that it is a bit unexpected and reasonable.

"How does it feel to finish this project?" Shuiran was a little interested in his second uncle's comeback to make games, and suddenly wanted to interview him.

"May I ask Mr. Shuiyuan, one of the main creators of "Octopath Traveler", now that you have finished this game and your dream has come true, what are your plans for the next life plan?"