Chapter 873 - Environmental Interaction Mechanism (Three Changes)
The 39 lucky ones were in a large conference room at the headquarters of Thunder Interactive Entertainment, anxiously waiting for Chen Mo's arrival.
These people are all fresh graduates who have been selected at various levels, and the judges believe that they are fresh graduates with excellent ability, and they are also graduates who are qualified to work in Thunder Interactive Entertainment after being screened by Chen Mo.
These people have different specialties and different types of games they are good at, but their faces are filled with excitement and joy.
How can it not be exciting to be able to enter Thunder Interactive Entertainment as soon as you graduate, work with the best designers in China and even in the world, and jointly develop game works that shock the world?
A lot of people are exchanging contact information, and some people have known each other since the time of the Game Design Contest.
However, they have one final test.
Chen Mo will personally come up with a question, and this question will determine whether they can go further within Thunder Entertainment.
If you don't answer well, you may be assigned to some relatively marginal R&D project teams, and only those who answer to Chen Mo is particularly satisfied will be eligible to enter the core and front-line R&D team.
Of course, these marginalized project groups are not necessarily bad, and may even make more money.
In fact, almost every game of Thunder Interactive Entertainment is a high-quality game, if a fresh graduate is "unlucky" to be assigned to the stable operation of "Honor of Kings", "League of Legends" or "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", it is also still a bombardment, maybe the project bonus alone can make people envy to death.
However, after all, these fresh graduates are selected from all over the country, and the acceptance rate is lower than that of the TOP2 universities.
After waiting for a long time, Chen Mo pushed the door and came in.
Everyone knew Chen Mo, so the entire conference room instantly became silent, and these graduates were all sitting upright, looking at the young man in front of them with some curiosity.
Well, I finally saw the living Chen Mo!
The real person seems to be younger than the photo.
And...... No shelves at all.
However, it seems that there is a very strong aura, or rather...... Very strong self-confidence.
Chen Mo smiled and looked at the people sitting in the large conference room.
"Hello everyone. They all know me and what I'm here for, so I'll make a long story short. ”
"First of all, congratulations to all of you for successfully standing out through this game design contest and getting the opportunity to enter Thunder Interactive Entertainment. In the future, I hope that everyone can stay true to their original intentions, always maintain their enthusiasm and passion for the game industry, and work together to make better games for players. ”
"Although you have all been given the opportunity to enter Thunder Entertainment, next, there is one last question, which is my personal test for everyone."
"It's not a difficult topic, but it's not easy to stand out. Your time is short, only three hours. ”
"In three hours, in this conference room, write a draft of the system design."
Chen Mo paused and continued: "The students who answer the best questions will get a very excellent opportunity: to directly participate in the development of my new project. ”
As soon as the words fell, many people's eyes were already shining.
Be able to directly participate in Chen Mo's new project!
It also means that the next 3A masterpiece that shocks the world will have its own name in the final list of production credits!
Obviously, this is simply a dream for newcomers. Because the R&D teams of large companies and big IPs have relatively fixed personnel in order to ensure R&D efficiency, many companies let newcomers go to edge projects to practice first, and only after accumulating a certain amount of experience and being mature and reliable enough will they be transferred to core projects.
And this time, everyone had the opportunity to directly participate in Chen Mo's new project?
Even if it's just a soy sauce and a visit to learn, it's a blessing for Sansheng!
Everyone looked at Chen Mo expectantly, wondering what kind of questions he would ask.
Chen Mo looked at the time and asked, "Everyone here, how many people have played Dark Souls?" ”
Almost all of them raised their hands.
Chen Mo nodded, and asked again, "How many people have cleared the customs?" ”
This time, less than a quarter of them raised their hands.
Seeing that those who didn't get through were a little flustered, Chen Mo smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, this won't affect my judgment of everyone." Designers are not professional gamers, as long as the game's mechanics are clear and thorough, if you really don't fit in, there is no need to force yourself to be abused. Okay, this is just a small episode, you all know, Dark Souls is made with the Pangu engine, right? ”
Everyone nodded.
Chen Mo: "Do you think the combat system of "Dark Souls" is good enough? Is there more room for improvement? ”
Everyone looked at each other.
Yes or no?
A large part of the reason why "Dark Souls" can get the game of the year comes from the bonus points of the combat system, and this combat system even directly affected a large number of later 3A masterpieces, and even produced a new word called "soul battle", such a classic combat system, if you want to find faults, you have to weigh how many pounds and taels you have, right?
But to answer that this system works flawlessly? Chen Mo will definitely not be satisfied.
Seeing that no one dared to say it, Chen Mo smiled: "Okay, I'll answer for you." Dark Souls' combat system is special enough and very well developed, and for this game, it's basically mined to the extreme. ”
He paused: "But...... This doesn't mean that there is no room for improvement in Souls-based combat, and this combat system can be better in another type of game. ”
"I mean, environmental interaction mechanisms."
Chen Mo saw that most of the people were confused, and explained: "In Black Soul, everyone should have used terrain killing, right?" For example, Brother Knife, you can seduce him to jump off the cliff by himself, which is actually a very realistic environmental interaction mechanism. ”
That is, your combat behavior interacts with the environment to cause some kind of result that is beneficial or harmful to you. Dark Souls acquiesced in this approach, as 'Falling Down' is what would happen in real combat. ”
"This kind of environmental interaction mechanism will make the battles in the game seem more realistic, and it will also make the ways to win more diverse."
"Yes, we encourage players to use a variety of tactics to achieve victory, which is what many people call meme: 'Mean Outlander'. Players love the design and will use their ingenuity to the fullest at times like these. ”
And this time the title is: "
"Design a unique combat system around the 'environmental interaction mechanic'."