The Creator of the Second Dimension

In Ningjiang Manga, there are authors who will queue up for signings until they are outside the venue, and of course there are authors who are not interested.

Zhou Zun is one of them.

His booth is located at No. 47, Area C, Doujin District, at the end of a booth.

This should be a relatively good location, because people who visit the exhibition usually follow the S-shaped path to look at the booth. There is a lot of redundant space here, which is suitable for gathering people.

But Zhou Zun's booth was empty, and most people didn't even look at it.

At the stall next door, there was a long line of fan clubs selling beautiful girls' swimsuit paintings, which spread to Zhou Zun's side. The stall owner apologized to Zhou Zun while he was busy, and Zhou Zun could only accept it with a wry smile.

Looking at the CD on his own table, Zhou Zun felt helpless and sighed.

There are five different covers, and on the cover is a slightly juvenile female character with a bun face. Compared with the beautiful girl in a swimsuit next door, it looks like something for children no matter how you look at it.

But on the large screen connected to the laptop used for demonstration, there are dazzling light spots and complex bullets.

Yes, the work sold by Zhou Zun is a completely original barrage shooting game, which is commonly known as a [beep——] machine game. This kind of game usually appears on arcade machines, and is also called a coin-eating machine, because most of them The bullet hell shooting games are very difficult.

But Zhou Zun's game is even more difficult.

The usual barrage shooting games are battles between planes. The bullets go straight. As long as the reaction speed is fast, it is still acceptable.

However, the barrage in the game made by Zhou Zun presents complex and changeable geometric patterns, and even levitates and retreats. The boss battle is divided into multiple stages, requiring a high degree of attention and reaction speed, which can be called an explosion of difficulty.

This is also what Zhou Zun is proud of. He believes that the barrage game he designed is currently the most difficult barrage game.

"Fantasy Spiritual Biography", "Fantasy Seal Record", "Fantasy Dream Time and Space", "Fantasy Faraway Township", "Fantasy Strange Talk", these five games are all independently produced by Zhou Zun, from programming to art, to The music was done by Zhou Zun alone, it was his hard work.

However, due to the painting style of the bun face and the extremely high difficulty of learning, Zhou Zun's game is not a hit. Even if someone occasionally stops to listen to the music composed by Zhou Zun in the noisy environment of the comic exhibition, it will be because of the painting style and difficulty. And persuasion.

Originally, it was difficult for an unpopular stall owner like Zhou Zun to squeeze into the venue of the Ningjiang Manga Exhibition, but his junior was one of the members of the organizer of the Manga Exhibition, so he was able to get a place.

It's a pity that in the past four years, the total number of game discs he has sold is less than three digits. In the fifth year of this year, he has not sold a single one so far. This is a huge blow to Zhou Zun.

In fact, he already had the idea of ​​quitting the doujin market when he was making the last one, "Fantasy Strange Talk", and went back to inherit the brewery in his hometown with peace of mind. Now that the manga exhibition has been going on, Zhou Zun already feels that he will spend the rest of his life. Gotta spend time with the hops in the brewery.

At this moment, a small figure appeared in front of Zhou Zun's booth.

It took Zhou Zun a while to confirm that the other party was not in the wrong line next door.

This is a girl who looks young, wearing a light green dress decorated with lace and a small soft hat slanted on her head. She looks elegant and dignified, just like the rich daughters in those manors.

The girl stared at the large computer screen that Zhou Zun used to demonstrate for a while, then spoke with a clear voice.

"Can I have a try?"

Zhou Zun was stunned. This was the first time this year that someone was interested in his work. He hesitated for a moment before taking out the controller and connecting it to the computer.

"But let me remind you first, my game is very difficult, you have to be mentally prepared."

It is no exaggeration to say that even the designer Zhou Zun himself may not be able to pass the game in the number of lives set by the game, which shows the difficulty. He thinks that a girl will probably drop the controller in the first wave of mobs up.

After briefly explaining the operation, Zhou Zun handed the handle to the other party.

The girl manipulated it at will, and soon died on the first wave of mobs.

"Just look at me and say"

Before Zhou Zun finished speaking, he saw the girl start over.

This time, she seemed to be a different person, with precise operations, moving around the map with ease, and dodging all the bullets perfectly.

"No way"

Zhou Zun saw that she had quickly reached the first boss, and a large number of barrages with complex geometric figures suddenly appeared on the screen, and the game music also changed accordingly.

Zhou Zun was a member of a band in college, and he never gave up music after work. The music he composed for the game is a fusion of various genres, full of fantasy, and very catchy. Unfortunately, no one who played the trial before could hit the second boss at all. stages.

At this time, the powerful operation of the girl made the battle screen look colorful, and with the music, there was a majestic feeling, which made the guests at the booth next to it look over.

The girl broke through the level all the way, and even the boss deliberately designed by Zhou Zun, which was difficult to beat at first sight, was perfectly defeated. It even made Zhou Zun a loyal fan of whether this kid came to the venue after practicing at home countless times before.

But what the girls are playing now is Zhou Zun's new work this year, "Strange Tales of Fantasy", a masterpiece of fantasy that no one has played before except Zhou Zun. The difficulty of this work is designed to be inhuman. Zhou Zun can confidently say that even he himself can't pass the level!

However, the girl's skillful technique was breathtaking, and gradually, a crowd of onlookers gathered around her.

It was approaching noon, and most of them had finished their morning battles and were going out to eat lunch to recharge their energy. When they passed by Zhou Zun's stall, they were naturally attracted by the gorgeous barrage battles and pleasant music.

Seeing this, Zhou Zun didn't froze, but turned up the sound on the screen so that it could be heard farther.

The girl was still standing in front of the screen, her movements were not fast but accurate, and she looked relaxed, just staring at the screen with no other distractions.

About 30 minutes later, the girl finally came to the final boss. This boss has five stages, each of which is more difficult than the last. Even Zhou Zun didn't think about the solution in the last stage, because he felt that no one could reach this stage.

But this girl did it!

Several times, she nearly got hit, most recently by a single pixel.

The onlookers also tensed up because of this, and dared not make a sound, for fear of affecting the performance of the girls.

The ten-minute high-intensity boss battle was coming to an end. At this moment, several barrages with no track to follow suddenly came from all directions on the screen!

Zhou Zun was also stunned. After thinking for a while, he realized that this was a test barrage that he forgot to remove. Only this demo version had it, but it was gone in the official CD.

If the previous barrages could be avoided as long as they found a pattern, the current ones can only be avoided by reflexes. While avoiding, they must also avoid the normal barrages.

This is simply impossible! ! !

Zhou Zun gasped when he heard everyone, as if the villain in red and white clothes on the screen was about to be torn apart by bullets the next moment.

At this moment, Zhou Zun heard the intense sound of pressing keys, and he followed the sound.

I saw the girl's fingers pressing fiercely on the handle, but the handle didn't move at all. Every button she pressed was just right, without excessive force, and it stopped abruptly when the key was triggered. Her hand speed was extremely fast, so For a moment, Zhou Zun even saw an afterimage.

Victory or defeat is only a moment.

The girl nimbly avoided all the random bullet screens, and defeated the boss with one shot!

It wasn't until this moment that everyone's high-hanging hearts were relieved, and they let out an exclamation at the same time.

Amidst the people's noise, Yi Qianqian returned the handle to Zhou Zun, and Zhou Zun was surprised to find that the buttons on the handle were rubbed and hot due to frequent pressing in a short period of time.

The girl looked at the name of the producer on the clearance screen, and said to Zhou Zun lightly.

"The game is good, but the difficulty can be improved."