Friday, January 7th.

The game of the sun.

"Welcome to the big guy!"

As soon as Ruan Guangjian walked into the office area, he saw the employees of Yuyang Games on both sides of the road to welcome and applaud warmly.

Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin stood at the front, with the four big words "thirsty for talents" written all over their faces.

Ruan Guangjian was a little flattered, and hurriedly said: "Don't don't, don't be so polite." ”

"I'm just done with my work over there, come and hang out casually, you don't have to worry about me, don't delay your work."

Lin Wan smiled and said, "No, no, no, you are too modest, Big Brother Ruan." ”

"As the original artist that Mr. Pei relies on the most, it can be said that your art has given the soul of Tengda games, and a large part of the sales of Tengda games are so high, a large part of which is due to you!"

"You and Mr. Pei can be said to be the best partners. Now come to the game, even if it is just a casual point, it will definitely benefit us a lot! ”

"Come, please take a seat, this is a good workstation reserved for you, you are always welcome to play games!"

Everyone led Ruan Guangjian to a separate station, which had just been vacated, next to Ye Zhizhou and diagonally opposite Wang Xiaobin.

Ruan Guangjian sat down at his workstation and took out the hand-painted tablet he was carrying: "Your workstation...... Teng standard matching? ”

When he came to the game, he had a feeling of returning to Tengda.

The office environment is so similar!

Whether it's a spacious office space, a spacious desk, a comfortable ergonomic chair, a high-end computer and a dual-screen monitor, it's exactly the same standard as Tengda.

Lin Wan nodded: "Yes, although Yuyang Games is a subsidiary of Tengda Games, they are actually indistinguishable from each other. Mr. Pei has always treated all employees equally, and never distinguishes between three, six, nine and so on. ”

"The office environment here has actually been rearranged for a few months after moving here, and it has been rearranged according to the standards of Tengda Games."

"This kind of arrangement seems to be easier to stimulate the enthusiasm of employees."

Inspire your employees to work?

Well, it's true that working in such a comfortable place does feel very different from working in those aggrieved, cramped workstations......

Ruan Guangjian listened to Lin Wan's introduction to the situation of Yuyang's game while turning on the office computer.

It's pretty good, from Tengda games to Yuyang games, seamless, the office environment is very familiar, and there is no need for extra time to adapt.

"This is the game we are developing, "BE QUIET", is a horror-themed game, big guy, you can play it casually and give advice." Lin Wan pointed to the game icon on the desktop.

SO FAR, "BE QUIET" HAS REACHED ITS SECOND MAJOR VERSION, AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE PROGRESS HAS PASSED.

It's just that there is still a certain distance from the actual online sale.

Pure feature development is very fast, but for a game to survive until the official release, it also has to repeatedly fine-tune various gameplay and details, and fix a large number of bugs, and these subtleties in the later stage cannot be ignored.

As soon as he heard the horror theme, Ruan Guangjian's face changed, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "Horror game? No, no, I'm the most afraid of horror things! ”

"If I knew that the project you were developing now was a horror game, I wouldn't have come!"

"What are you like Midnight Phone, Worm, Chainsaw Maniac, Ghost Forest, Resurrection Night, Flash, Ghost Record, Curse...... I'm scared to death after reading this! ”

Lin Wan was embarrassed, and a question mark slowly floated out of her head.

Ha?

I'm most afraid of horror themes, but none of these classic horror movies have been left behind, and I've seen them all?

Lin Wan didn't know how to answer for a while.

She thought for a moment and said, "It's okay, our game is still in the development stage, and it's not scary at all." ”

"Not scary at all?" Ruan Guangjian said, reluctantly clicking on the icon of "BE QUIET", "Then I'll just play a little bit." ”

Lin Wan nodded: "Okay, you experience it slowly, if you have any opinions, it's okay to tell me, and it's okay to talk to Ye Zhizhou." ”

Ruan Guangjian put on his headphones and quickly entered the game.

Lin Wan secretly pulled Ye Zhizhou and whispered: "Look at the big guy, he said that he is timid, don't scare him." Stay tuned, understand? ”

Ye Zhizhou nodded: "Don't worry, leave it to me." ”

Before the two of them finished speaking, they heard Ruan Guangjian next to him "ah", and let out a small exclamation.

When you enter the game, the screen is a dynamic game scene.

In the mad village, the night was shrouded, and the light blue strange flames were burning, reflecting a mad villager with bloodshot teeth and eyes, who was next to the light blue strange flames, wielding a machete, chopping something.

The light was dim, and you could faintly see the chopping thing splattering with dark red blood.

When loaded, the scene will suddenly darken a bit, and the mad villager who has been chopping something next to the pale blue flames will suddenly get up and walk off the screen.

Then, before the player can react, the mad villager's face will suddenly poke its head out of the right side of the screen, appear in the player's field of vision at great close, let out a sickly, arrogant grin, and then slash down the bloody hatchet knife in his hand towards the camera!

Accompanied by screams, the screen is quickly covered in blood, and then the title of the game appears, after which it officially enters the game.

Ruan Guangjian was frightened by this scene just now, and the whole person almost jumped up from his seat.

Ye Zhizhou hurriedly said, "Are you okay?" ”

Ruan Guangjian nodded: "It's okay, it's okay...... Yes! ”

Not long after entering the game, I was startled by a little mouse in the scene that suddenly ran past.

Ye Zhizhou: "......"

Suddenly, there were doubts about whether Ruan Da could successfully experience the whole game and put forward corresponding art modifications......

He thought for a while and suggested: "Big guy, why don't you look at the art resources directly, including the original painting and modeling, and look at these directly, the level of shock should be okay." ”

Ruan Guangjian shook his head: "That's definitely not going to work!" ”

"From the concept to the concept to the concept to the modeling, to the scene, every step of the way, the concept changes. For example, from concept painting to modeling, part of the concept artist's thoughts will be misinterpreted, and the modeler will add some of his own ideas. ”

"No matter how hard you try, it's hard to avoid this situation completely."

"So, I have to see the actual scenes in the game so that I can feel the disharmony in the whole art atmosphere and make targeted changes."

"Don't worry, I'm okay, it's okay."

Seeing that the big guy was scared twice in a row and insisted on experiencing the game, Ye Zhizhou couldn't help but be a little moved.

Look, what is called professionalism!

The big guy is obviously very sensitive to horror themes, but at this time he is trying to overcome his inner fear in order to make the game better, this spirit is really touching!

……

It didn't take long for Ruan Guangjian to fill the office area of Yuyang Games at a glance, and even Lin Wan, who was in the director's office, could faintly hear it.

It's just that everyone didn't have the slightest idea of snickering, but admired Ruan Guangjian even more.

I'm scared like this and still insisting, this is true love!

It can only be said that the success of the big guy is not accidental, but an inevitability, just this kind of indomitable perseverance is not something that ordinary people can have!

And Ye Zhizhou, who was sitting next to Ruan Guangjian, inexplicably developed a feeling of little pride.

Our game, the horror effect is so good?

In fact, Ye Zhizhou had no bottom on the horror effect of this game before.

This is the first time that Yuyang Games has done a horror game, although the people in the design team have also played horror games for a long time, and Lin Wan and others also went to the haunted house to learn materials, but after all, there is still some lack of experience.

Moreover, the main gameplay of this game is networked, relying on "scary people", rather than scaring people with set processes and mechanisms.

But now the game hasn't started testing at all, there are no players in it, it's all AI, and this scary level must be discounted.

Coupled with the art resources that have not yet been fully put in place, the gameplay that has not yet been perfected, and some small bugs, Ye Zhizhou feels that the completion of this game is far from enough.

But now, it can scare Ruan Guangjian like this, does it mean that this game has a good horror effect for ordinary people?

Just thinking about it, Ruan Guangjian quit the game and took off his headphones.

Ye Zhizhou just wanted to comfort him, but found that Ruan Guangjian's face was ruddy, his complexion was excellent, and even the whole person looked a little excited.

Ye Zhizhou: "? ”

This situation was something he didn't expect.

Is this the same person who was scared by a mouse just now?

Ruan Guangjian said sincerely: "Director Lin didn't lie to me, this game is really not scary at all. ”

Ye Zhizhou: "? ”

What's the situation, wasn't it you who was scared and screamed just now?

Ye Zhizhou vaguely felt that something was wrong, and Ruan's definition and performance of terror did not seem to be uniform......

Before playing: No, I'm scared of horror themes.

In the process of playing: screaming in fright.

After playing: Well, it's not that scary, really.

Moreover, it gives the impression that he is not hard-mouthed, but from the bottom of his heart.

Ye Zhizhou hurriedly took out a small notebook: "Then big guy, tell me your opinion." ”

Ruan Guangjian's mental state was very good, not at all like he had just been frightened, but he was still a little excited.

"I think the gameplay of this game is almost in place, but it just lacks the kind of detail and atmosphere."

"It is through these small details that the atmosphere of horror is added and the player is more likely to get a sense of substitution. How can you do a good job in a horror genre? The key is to look at the details! ”

"For example, I really like the scene at the beginning of the game!"

"I usually use the number of decibels and frequency of my screams to judge whether a horror genre is good or not, and obviously the opening scene of the game is very good."

"However, this kind of content alone is still a bit small, and some small aspects are not taken into account."

"For example, you could add a setting where when something scary is near, the player will hear the sound of their heartbeat, and the closer they are, the faster the heartbeat!"

"This deceptively simple sound effect will be very useful for setting off the atmosphere!"

"For example, the darker the art style, the better, and too low visibility will indeed exacerbate the player's nervousness, but always playing in this environment where visibility is too low, players will feel very depressed, and they will want to quit the game and rest after not holding on for long."

"So, limit the player's field of view to a degree that is neither too bright nor too dark...... I may not be able to tell, I'll find you a picture, and you can see how this effect. ”

"Another example is the little details. Although there are some scary mechanics in the game now, they are all relatively large and lack small ones. What is a small mechanism? For example, the strange wind and grass, the slow movement of objects on the table, the inadvertent appearance of a bloody handprint on a piece of glass......"

"This small scary mechanism may not be visible to some people, but in a highly tense situation, after seeing it, the effect may be even more scary than those monsters that suddenly pop up......"

"It's not difficult to do, the key is to be patient......"

Ruan Guangjian kept talking, and Ye Zhizhou quickly recorded it in the small notebook.

While Ye Zhizhou was recording, there was only one thought in his mind.

"It's called 'being more afraid of horror genres'?"

"Ruan's perception of himself, is there something wrong???"

"He's just screaming a lot when he's playing horror games, but in fact, his tolerance to horror genres is much stronger than that of ordinary people......"