Chapter 9 The Legendary PPT Entrepreneur
This is a ppt slide file, with a long row of slide pictures and presentations.
While clicking on the slide, Abin introduced to Li Ang, "Let's go ahead, we're an open sandbox game. Although it's pixel-style, the actual map is very large. Look, this is a map summary, divided into nine states in the Central Plains, as well as four foreign regions of the Western Regions, Northern Hu, Southern Xinjiang, and East China Sea. Each state has four or five cities, five or six sects of the rivers and lakes, and seven or eight rivers and lakes for players to explore freely..."
"I understand what you mean." After listening for a while, Li Ang nodded: "But the map is so big and it is a sandbox game. Is the framework of the entire game too big? Such a large framework will be very difficult to develop. Just for the three of you, isn't it too..."
"I naturally know the difficulty of the game development, so we will talk about this later." Abin waved his hand and continued: "I'll introduce some of the contents of the game first."
"Okay, you said." Li Ang refused to comment.
So Abin continued to introduce: "Although our game is in pixel style, it is a martial arts game after all, and its art style is more realistic, which is different from the cartoon style on the market now. These are some of the character pictures and scene pictures we made first..."
Li Ang looked at these settings carefully and saw that Abin and the others were careful in setting the settings. Although the character model was simple, the color scheme was natural, including old men, beautiful women, reckless men, young men, and young girls. They were all ancient and had their own characteristics, which was very rare. Various scenes were also very distinctive. The sand seas in the Western Regions, the grasslands in the northern border, and the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River were all very well drawn, which shows that the artists were powerful.
So, Li Ang praised without hesitation: "The artists in your studio are very good, not much worse than our Tiansheng."
"What's good? Which of the three of us looks like an artist? These settings and original paintings were specially packaged and asked someone to do it, which cost a lot of money!" Abin waved his hand and said, "Let's continue talking."
As he said that, he clicked on the next ppt slide and introduced: "Of course, art style is part of it. For martial arts games, the most important thing is the gameplay, the battle mode! Our "Martial Arts Myth" is different from the turn-based and chess-based games on the market, and uses real-time combat mode!"
"Oh, what kind of real-time combat mode? How to show it?" Li Ang sat upright.
"This is exactly what I want to say." Abin's face was filled with a hint of smugness: "If you fight, the specific operation is that the player uses the mouse to manipulate the characters' movements, and then uses the keyboard to control the characters to make moves. You can also use the mouse scroll wheel to switch various martial arts. Of course, this requires the player to drag various moves to the shortcut bar first... You also know that Western arpg games, such as the "Dark God of Destruction" series, focus on equipment. The better the equipment, the more powerful the characters are. And our game is different. Our game is a martial arts game, and we focus on martial arts itself!"
He opened another slide and explained in detail: "A variety of equipment is just the conditions for using martial arts, and it does not improve the character's strength much. The martial arts of that one is the core of our game and the most important part of supporting the entire game combat system!"
"We have many martial arts in this game, which are roughly divided into three categories, namely internal skills, moves, and light skills, which players can freely match. These martial arts are also divided into quality levels, namely white big road martial arts, green low-level martial arts, blue intermediate martial arts, purple high-level martial arts, and golden magical martial arts books."
"Let's talk about internal strength first. Internal strength is the most important factor that determines the player's attributes. According to the quality of internal strength, the number of cultivation layers, and the nature of internal strength, players can obtain different basic attributes and attribute growth. For example, this "Pure Yang Gong" is the unique skill of Qingzhou Chunyang Palace, and the internal strength of purple level. Players can get the teaching after entering the Pure Yang Palace and becoming a personal disciple. After practicing, they can obtain the internal strength of the "Yang" attribute, which has nine levels in total. According to the time of cultivation, they can slowly improve the player's attributes, strength, agility, return speed, etc., as well as the enhancement effect of masculine moves, offsetting the internal strength of the "yin" and "toxic" attributes, and restraining the effect..."
"Of course, there are limitations in the cultivation of internal skills. You cannot practice any skill. If you practice "Pure Yang Gong", you will not be able to practice the Yin attributes and cold attributes of "Ice Silkworm Gong". If you practice, you will only get into a demon, reduce the character's attributes, and in severe cases, you will even be zeroed. However, you can also practice high-level internal skills with the same attributes as the "Great Sun Jing" and obtain higher attribute bonuses... Of course, internal skills can also be abolished. After abolishing the transformation skills, you can switch to other exercises..."
"Then there are moves. Internal power determines the player's attributes, and moves determine the player's attack effect. Of course, you can also regard them as skills. Different moves also require the cooperation of different weapons, such as sword technique. If you don't have sword equipment, you cannot use it. However, moves are different from the skills in other games. The moves have no cooling time, only the limitation of internal power attributes, and there is no internal power. This is also consistent with the settings in ordinary martial arts novels... Most moves require internal power consumption, and different moves consume different internal power. Some powerful moves consume extra internal power. Of course, internal power can be replenished by meditation, taking pills or automatic rebirth. High-level internal power cultivation reaches its peak, and the speed of rebirth is still very fast..."
"There are usually several moves in a martial arts type, and the expressions are different. For example, this top-level golden martial art "Dragon Palm", its attack effect is to send out a golden flying dragon! Just as shown in this dynamic picture, with one palm, a dragon flew out and hit the target. The dragon head, front dragon claw, rear dragon claw, and dragon tail, four parts can cause four attacks on the enemy, with a distinct sense of blow and a slight blow
The retreat effect is very powerful. The martial arts of Dragon Palm Technique contains nine moves, equivalent to nine skills, and players can use them freely. For example, this move "Kanglong You Repent" has a strong momentum and is extremely powerful. The dragon is also emitted with a very large amount of internal force, but the damage is extremely high, and it also has a knock-off effect. For example, this move "Shisheng Six Dragons" is a group attack move, which can emit six dragons from all directions in one move. Although the damage is smaller, the coverage is extremely large..."
"In order to show the different characteristics and sense of strike of various moves, most moves have certain special effects. In addition to the above mentioned knockback and knockout, there are also attack special effects such as staggering, knockdown, pulling, falling, penetrating, and fighting cows across the mountain. For example, the moves in "Sky Mai Sword Qi" are the penetrating effect, this "Yin Snake Finger" is the rigid effect, and this "Blizzard Fist" has a slowing effect..."
"Then there is light skills. There are several uses of light skills. One is to rush. For example, if you learn this green light skills "Flying on the Grass", your movement speed will increase a lot, and you can save a lot of time by rushing from one place to another. There is also a kind of pursuit that is used, such as this purple "Eight Steps to Cicada", which is the best light skills for short-distance pursuit. The AI intelligence in our game is very powerful. If the boss finds that he can't beat it, he will run away and will gather his companions. Practice this light skills to the highest level, and you can use it in a row for eight instant movements, which is equivalent to eight flashes in "Silver Bear Alliance"! Whether you chase enemies with residual blood or avoid boss's ultimate moves, it is very useful..."
"There is another type of combat, which is usually used in boss battles. For example, this "Gaogua Chain Step" is a light skill that is good at close-fitting combat. It can move freely between the eight points around the boss. After use, eight points will be formed around the boss, like a nine-meter grid. Just right-click the eight points, and the characters will quickly move on these eight points to avoid the boss's attack. Of course, the boss's attack range is quite large, and it may have three or four points in one move. If you want to avoid them all, players need to predict it. However, in the future, when you encounter some bosses who can attack a large range of group attacks, this personal light skill will be useless..."
"Also, internal skills, moves and light skills are sets. If you use them together, there will be bonuses in attributes. Players complete all novice tasks in Daohua Village and become familiar with the basic operations, they can get rewards for a complete set of green martial arts. "Bagua Zhang", "Bagua Heart Method" and "Bagua Chain Step", if you use the three gates together, the set effect will be activated. Every step taken in the battle, the attack power of the palm technique will increase by one percent, which is very useful when fighting the boss."
"Then how do you get these martial arts?" Li Ang asked.
Abin explained: "There are three main ways to obtain martial arts. One is to do tasks, complete tasks, and get rewards. One is to enter the sect. When the player leaves Daohua Village, he can go to various sects to participate in the introductory assessment. After passing the assessment, he can become a disciple of the sect and get martial arts teachings. The other is to fight monsters, such as the last mission of Daohua Village to leave the village, and the first boss bandit king, if he kills him, he will have a chance to drop the tiger-headed sword in his hand, and the martial arts "Five Tigers Broken Sword" he used..."
"You said this is a sandbox game, how do you reflect the mission? How do you trigger it?" Li Ang asked again: "Also, what is the main gameplay?"
"We use fixed tasks and random tasks trigger mode for missions! As for martial arts games, we must have the characteristics of exploring the world alone! The kind of courageous move forward in the face of unknowns." After thinking about it, Abin said: "This game is a sandbox game, and the pursuit of freedom! Players leave the novice village and enter the world, they are completely free! He can go to the big sects to participate in the assessment, enter the sect, become a famous young hero. He can also join the evil sects of the demons and become a big demon. He can also not join any sect, and be a free and free ranger, travel around the world."
"You can even go to the Western Regions, enter the Daxue Mountains, worship Dalun Temple, and enter the Huanxi Sect among the three sects of Dalun Temple. Learn the "Great Joy of the Heaven and Earth Yin and Yang Competition", and after completing your studies, you will return to the Central Plains to be a flower-picking thief."
"But you also see that Daohua Village is in the heart of the Central Plains, and the journey to the Western Regions is very far away. There are no props or facilities for instant movement in this game. He must control the characters to go to the Western Regions one by one. But rushing to the road requires physical energy and dry food. He must find an inn to rest and buy dry food. In order to get on the road, he also needs to buy horses and buy horse grass. These all require money, so he must raise travel expenses. Along the way, he has to find some to trigger some tasks to make money."
"For example, when you come to a new city, there are many NPCs. These NPCs have their own story backgrounds. After reaching a certain reputation, attributes, or identity requirements, you can receive these tasks. For example, some tasks can only be taken by heroes with famous Jianghu, some tasks can only be taken by people with superb internal skills, some tasks can only be taken by magic envoys, some tasks can only be taken by magic sects, some tasks can only be taken by some adventure props, tokens, red handkerchiefs, embroidered shoes, etc. There are also official bulletin boards in the center of the city, and some fixed tasks such as arresting thieves in the Yangtze River and destroying bandits outside the city..."
"For example, randomly triggered tasks, the time in the game is not constant. Every time a certain time comes, some major events will happen in each city. If the player happens to be in this city, he can participate in these major events. For example, when he goes, he will have the chance to be instructed for martial arts, or the boss will come to the door, and the player will try to turn the tide and gain fame in the world. For example, the daughter of the city lord is in a martial arts competition and kiss. The player will participate, defeat all opponents, and defeat the daughter of the city lord, and he will be able to carry the beauty. The two of them travel together in the world, and the players can control two characters at the same time. There are also some undecided paradise. If the player encounters and goes through their tests, he may be accepted as disciples by them and learn the golden level magical power book..."
"These random tasks are also prompted. Each city in the game has a place called 'Youjian Inn' where players can control the characters to rest, replenish dry food, feed horses, and, most importantly, inquire about information!"
"For example, the new issue of the Heavenly List, Earth List, and Human List are out. Players can see if their characters are on the list and where are their positions? For example, two Heavenly List masters fight on the top of a certain mountain, then players can control the character to watch the battle and improve their understanding. For example, the heroine of the So-and-so list and the Emei Sect are heroes and righteousness. After killing several evildoers, players can go over to meet her, make friends with her, and cultivate feelings. For example, if a strange phenomenon appears in a certain mountain, and a treasure may be born, then players can control the character to participate in the snatch..."
"Of course, players can also not participate in these things, or they cannot defeat their opponents after participating. Then the martial arts celebrity may be killed by their enemies, and eventually become a task of investigating the truth and avenging them. Then the daughter of the city lord may marry someone else and become a pair of heroes with others many years later. Then the paramita may accept others as disciples, and may become the enemy of the protagonist in the future. Even the female hero of the Emei Sect will be defeated and captured by a certain evil sect, and will die of humiliation, triggering a war between the Emei Sect and that evil sect..."
Abin's eyes shining and passionately emphasized: "I want to create a living world. The protagonist was eighteen years old when he left the village, and his life span was one hundred years old. During the eighty-two years he had been in the world, the entire martial arts world was alive! According to the established arrangement, all kinds of things happen at all times! Players can control the characters to roam in this world with all their hearts! To participate in those events and influence the entire martial arts world!"
"But, isn't it too difficult to develop the effect you mentioned? Such a big map, such a big sand table world, and this huge interactive task system..." Li Ang expressed doubts.
"Hey, I also know that the three-legged cats in my studio must not be developed. They must have a large team and the R&D funds are also required." Abin sighed: "But... I'm not afraid of you making fun of it. I have gone to many companies to recommend myself, none of them are willing to invest. Brother Ang, you have been in the high-tech development zone. Do you know anyone? For example, some investors? Or some investment managers in some large companies?"
"I know a few people..." Li Ang looked a little puzzled: "Although your game creativity looks good, it is too difficult to develop. Moreover, in your current studio environment, even if I bring people here, do you think they will be willing to invest money for you?"
"Oh! Brother Ang, don't worry about this!" Abin's voice suddenly rose, and he patted his chest and promised: "As long as you can bring people over for inspection, I can create a regular studio!"
"How to do it?" Li Ang expressed confusion.
"You don't understand this." Abin laughed: "This office can be rented! It's the kind of office space that is a regular office building with hundreds of square meters. It can actually be rented! I have asked, it's about 3,000 yuan a day, dozens of office compartments, computer desks, chairs and water dispensers are available! The company logo, company logo, company name, etc. can also be made temporarily! It's just posted on it at that time, and it doesn't cost a lot. Even those employees in suits can rent it. It's 120-day, and you'll be sitting in front of the computer from morning to night. There's really no difference between acting."
"There is still such a business?" Li Ang opened his mouth wide.
"Yes." Abin sighed: "Now investors are becoming more and more smart. You can just use a ppt to cheat, oh, no, you can get investment. So, there is a supply if there is demand. There is a formal place that can greatly increase the chance of investment! When the investor's money arrives, it will not be easy to solve the problem of office space?"
"Okay, I'll go back and ask for you." After hesitating for a while, Li Ang agreed. Although Abin's game creativity is difficult to develop and there are some flaws in the setting, it is indeed a good idea. He decided to help Abin.
"Brother Ang, you are my dear brother!" Abin's face was obviously filled with joy, and he repeatedly promised: "Don't worry, if I really invest, I will definitely not forget your benefits!"
"Oh, by the way, how much has your game been developed now?" Li Ang asked after thinking about it.
"Well..." Abin's voice suddenly weakened: "Just these in the computer..."
"Just this ppt? These pictures and texts?" Li Ang expressed his confusion: "Hasn't your studio been open for two or three years? Haven't you developed anything? Nothing at all?"
"Yes, it's been running for two or three years." Abin's face no longer had a smile and sighed: "I have developed several small projects before, but they all failed. I have done more than a year of outsourcing the program for others, and I haven't earned much money..."
"Hey, you said that it's time to use PPT to deceive investment. Now investors are not fools. Even if there is a regular office space, who will invest without some practical things?" Li Ang advised: "I think, no matter what, you have to make something first. For example, the content of the novice village and Daohua village should be developed first. At that time, you can demonstrate the basic gameplay of the game to investors, so that they can play the boss battles outside the village and feel the charm of the game, so that they can..."
"Brother Ang, I understand what you said." Abin interrupted Li Ang and begged with his eyes: "But you have also seen my current situation and are not afraid to tell you that I don't have much money anymore and I don't have enough manpower. Development will definitely not be able to develop... I have nothing to do with you, so you can help."
Seeing the lonely expression on Abin's face, Li Ang really wanted to say, "I can lend you if I don't have money", but he opened his mouth but still couldn't say it.
Finally, he patted Abin on the shoulder: "Okay, I'll ask you when I go back to see if they are interested. If there is any news, I'll notify you then."
Hearing Li Ang’s promise, Abin smiled again, nodded repeatedly, and thanked him continuously.
After chatting for a while, Li Ang said goodbye.
In the living room, two Internet-addicted teenagers are still sinking into "Heroes·League", while the other is fighting in "do·ta2".
Abin kept sending Li Ang to the door, saying, "If you find an investor, call me directly. I will make arrangements in advance. My phone will not turn off for 24 hours..."
Just as he walked out the door, Li Ang seemed to suddenly remember something and turned around: "Oh, by the way, besides you, are there anyone else in our class who runs their own game studio?"
"And Sister Bai." Abin's face was obviously a little jealous: "But Sister Bai is not a studio, it can be regarded as a game company. Compared with her, my small broken studio is just a world."
"She is so big?" Li Ang was a little surprised: "Do you know the address of her company?"
Chapter completed!