Chapter 26 Mountain
"Hey, Lao Lu, why are you calling me?"
Tang Yunpeng picked up a mouthful of rice and put it into his mouth, then vaguely called Lu Maru back.
He didn't answer a single call this morning, and he was coordinating the drastic reforms of "Pandemonium 2" in the project team.
It wasn't until lunch that I had time to call Lu Mayu back.
Recently, the entire Legend of Demon World project team has been operating at a high load, and many employees have already set up shop in the office, with the intention of coexisting with the project.
However, these are all voluntary.
The game Ori has such a mysterious magic power. It is just a demo video that lasts only a few minutes. It not only made everyone in the design team burst out with great creative enthusiasm.
It also made the young game producers on the development team feel a long-lost vitality.
And all this is because, with the rich experience of these design team veterans, the entire Ori's wonderful design was systematically deconstructed and posted on the office wall:
1. Semi-open (non-linear) map: Players can continuously explore hidden rooms and hidden props during the game. Some hidden rooms also contain the producer’s easter eggs and game side plots.
2. Rich puzzle-solving elements: Many levels in the game are very interesting to solve puzzles. Different old and new mechanisms can be combined into new puzzles. There are no meaningless items in each scene. The main line puzzles must be carefully combined with plot clues. Discover the mystery and deduce the correct solution.
3. Real-time combat: In addition to safe houses, there are a large number of mobs in each area. For special terrain and special mobs, players must not only be familiar with basic operations, but also use corresponding skills and equipment to deal with them. However, if the skills are sufficient, Go high and be reckless, and that's the essence of action games.
4. Excellent novice guidance: Invisible guidance induces players to spontaneously explore the map, explicit guidance of the most basic operations/rules, training levels are arranged to strengthen players' memory and understanding after acquiring new abilities, and concise UI information is intuitive and easy to distinguish.
In addition to the above four points, Ori contains many more wonderful designs.
It is like a treasure. Every time it is excavated, it can bring a new gaming experience to these game makers.
It’s no wonder that Ruan Nan, the leader of the design team, gave this game a “big mountain” rating.
If Luo Bai were present, he would probably express his sincere admiration for these producers who are at the forefront of the game production industry.
It is rare to be able to analyze the game type "Metroidvania" so thoroughly in such a short period of time.
Not to mention, Ori is just a demo.
Of course they should be impressed. After all, this is a game type that has never appeared on Blue Star. It is a pioneer that enjoys a high status in the entire history of earth games.
Under this classification of game types, there are countless masterpieces.
"Hollow Knight", "Ori Series", "Cave Story", "Dead Cells"...
Although many games only have Metroidvania elements and are not pure, it is undeniable that this game type has huge influence and playability.
A brand-new game that is enough to create a category. Blue Star is about to usher in a blowout in this game industry. How can we not let these game creators who love this industry deeply dedicate their youth?
"What? You delayed the ticket without saying a word, why can't I just call and ask?"
Lu Maru asked back, but listened to the chewing sound on the other side and said doubtfully,
"So busy? Call me back while eating?"
"I'm quite busy. There's a new direction for "Legend of Demon World 2". It's definitely a subversive change. I promise you won't be disappointed this time.
The project team's time is also very tight. I have to rush back to work as soon as possible after eating. ”
Tang Yunpeng lowered his head and ate quietly.
"Promise you won't let me down? Wow~ You're quite confident. What direction can you tell me in advance?"
"You will know when you play."
"You're trying to cheat on me." Lu Mayu said angrily. He just listened to the laughter from the other side and had no intention of asking further questions.
He has not forgotten his original purpose of making this call:
"By the way, Old Tang, let me ask you something. Do you know 'Oh ruai'?"
Tang Yunpeng, who was still gulping down his meal, was immediately stunned. Ori, this word has been in his dreams for the past two days.
"You..."
Just now he had said it confidentially with a relaxed look, but now with such a big reaction, Lu Maru naturally understood something.
He raised his eyebrows and asked rather strangely:
"The new ideas you call are not brought by Ori, right?"
But the time doesn't seem to match up. The delay in "Legend of Demon World 2" was before the video was released.
"A friend happened to be attending the Independent Games Festival and took a video to show me. Wow...it's amazing. I never thought that I could make games like this."
Tang Yunpeng's tone was a little melancholy.
No matter how good Ori is, it's still someone else's work.
When will I be able to make a game like this, even if it is just a demo, but at the first glance I can realize that this will lead the development of the entire gaming industry?
"In more than a month, do you think you can make the game like Ori?"
Lu Maru frowned and asked.
He didn't care about Tang Yunpeng anymore, Lu Maru was just testing him.
For more than a month, it was impossible to copy Ori, let alone what was shown was just a demo. Lu Maru was worried that Tang Yunpeng would copy it.
This is serious stuff.
Normally, Lu Maru would not doubt Tang Yunpeng's character, but now Tianxing is like a bird after all, and it is difficult to say about human nature.
Tang Yunpeng shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"More than a month? You think too highly of me. Just Ori's art, you asked me to work on it for a year and I couldn't finish it. It's so beautiful...
I just dismantled Ori's design concept and tried to follow this concept to organically combine it with the original Makai Legend style.
I, Tang Yunpeng, still want to save face. I can't do such things as plagiarism.
Do your best and let fate dictate.
However, this can be considered a trick on my part. ”
After speaking, Tang Yunpeng laughed at himself:
"I just took advantage of Ori not coming out yet to shamelessly collect some money in the country."
Hearing Tang Yunpeng's words, Lu Maru just sighed.
Game producers like Lao Tang are bound to be coerced by capital.
If he was just an independent game developer, maybe he would wait until Ori came out and release the game as a student.
"You get busy."
"See you later."
(End of chapter)