When a new game is selected and started, a medieval-style picture is displayed in front of you. The eight character flags on the big map correspond to the orange colors that can be selected as the main plot.

After randomly selecting a businessman's flag and entering the game, Lin Jiayi couldn't help but sit up straight as he looked at the picture that appeared on the screen.

He did not watch the promotional video beforehand because he has always believed that promotional videos about the quality of a game are deceptive, and whether it is fun or not can only be seen in the game.

Originally, he was curious about where the tens of millions of dollars spent on this game was spent on, whether it was the soundtrack, text performance or CV?

But now he understands that a lot of it is probably spent on art resources.

Zhuo Qing, who was on the side, heard Lin Jiayi's surprised muttering and came closer. When he saw the scene of "Octopath Traveler", he showed the same expression of surprise and surprise.

"The fusion of 2D characters and 3D scenes, assisted by modern photography special effects, filters and light and shadow, plus special fisheye lenses and tilt-shift photography techniques."

As a veteran of the gaming industry for more than ten years, Zhuo Qing could see the characteristics of this picture almost at a glance.

It's not that it's unusually beautiful, nor that it's incredibly stunning. It can only be said that the pixel art style is very comfortable to look at.

But that's enough!

Lin Jiayi never thought that pixel games could be made like this. The pixel matrix itself was high-definition, and the real sea surface had texture fluctuations. Even with the breeze blowing, Lin Jiayi also saw the texture fluctuations on the water surface, and

Deliberately made into a retro pixel-like frame-dropping grass and trees swinging.

The combination of retro and modern expressions gave Lin Jiayi an incredible visual impact.

A new door opened in Lin Jiayi's heart.

It turns out that pixel games can be made like this!

Of course, this is Lin Jiayi’s feeling after seeing this pixel style game, because he understands the deeper meaning. For most ordinary players, the first impression when seeing this style of graphics is - Oops, not bad.

oh!

Although it is a pixel bitmap style, bitmap does not mean low resolution. The entire game is still produced in high-definition format. Where necessary, such as menus, fonts, and ultra-high-quality vertical graphics, etc., it is modern high-definition.

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As for the bitmap part, a lot of details and different depths of field are added to the background, and the characters also make changes in expressions, movements and other details that were difficult to process in old games.

The combination of the two becomes a retro but not ancient expression, which is almost an innovative creation for the performance of pixel games.

"This is not just a game that is limited to players who love JRPGs." Taking a deep breath, Lin Jiayi said to Zhuo Qing next to him.

If it has a pixel style like "The Binding of Isaac", then this game will only become a niche game no matter how good the plot is.

But this retro but not ancient picture style has a much wider audience. In a sense, it redefines the new generation of pixel style, although this definition is of little use to most manufacturers.

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"You are so willful." With a wry smile on his face, Lin Jiayi shook his head and sighed.

How did this retro but not ancient picture style come about?

It's a waste of money!

It can be made into 3D but it has to be made into pixels that combine 2D and 3D. Isn't this arbitrary?

Independent manufacturers that only make low-cost pixel games cannot afford the money; manufacturers that have the money to make this style of game have no need to do so.

While people in the industry marvel at Yang Chen's innovation in pixel game graphics, ordinary players think much simpler.

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Just like Zhang He, just seeing the ingenious combination of 3D scenes with retro pixels and modern painting styles and 2D characters has already set off ripples of memory and can't help but pick up the game. Now the 'old guy' is immersed in the game world.

Compared with us, ordinary players who have not experienced the era of pixel JRPG, some of whom have the excellent game "The Binding of Isaac" because of its popularity, and got into "Octopath Traveler", can't help but marvel at this moment.

The game is coming.

Is the picture great?

It's not outstanding, although it does include the addition of modern graphics techniques, such as real particle effects, water and even beautiful snow, or the glowing sand when walking in the desert.

But after all, these are still pixels of a bitmap image. Even if it is a high-definition resolution bitmap, it is still a pixel.

Just compared with ordinary cheap pixel style, the pixels in "Octoward Traveler" give people a very comfortable feeling. Even many players who don't like pixel style will not immediately like the pixel style after seeing the pixel graphics in "Octoward Traveler".

I just like it, but at least I can accept it and not hate it.

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At noon, Chen Shu, who had worked overtime until midnight the day before, got up from the bed, walked to the study and looked at her brother Chen Ran, who had just finished the college entrance examination this year and indulged himself in playing games, and mercilessly took the mouse out of his hand.

Take away.

"What are you doing, sister!" He looked confused as Chen Shu snatched the mouse away from his hand. Chen Ran wanted to resist, but after judging his status in the family, he gave in decisively.

, showing an innocent look.

"Look at the latest reviews of the games I developed. Don't you like playing games? Why don't you play the games your sister and I developed?" Chen Shu said confidently.

"I don't like playing JRPG games, and what fun is there in a pixel-style game?" He also knew Chen Shu's work, and he had heard about the game "Octoward Traveler".

At first, he was quite concerned about it because of his elder sister, but later he said it was a pixel style, and he was too lazy to pay attention to it.

I didn’t even pay attention to the trailer video and some demonstrations sent out for promotion.

What age is this? Are you still doing pixel style? Isn’t this a joke?

Even in the company where my elder sister works, and the art that my elder sister is in charge of, I don't want him to play with it.

"Wow, sister, you don't play games very much, don't you? Why are there so many games in your game platform account? And the duration is quite long? When did you play?" Looking at Chen Shu logging into the official game platform,

Chen Ran was immediately shocked by the large number of game inventory and the game market displayed in the upper right corner.

"I can't do anything without playing when I need to work. It's all given by the company. A while ago, didn't I work overtime at the company at ten o'clock every night and didn't go home until eleven o'clock? I just played games and watched movies in the company to find inspiration." Chen Shu

Said very honestly.

"So good!? Playing games and watching movies at work? Doesn't that mean you get overtime pay!" Chen Ran opened his mouth wide.

"You are overthinking. Although the company's benefits are very good, how can it be possible to pay you overtime pay? After all, this is considered voluntary overtime work, and it is not required by the company." Chen Shu rolled her eyes: "However,

The company does subsidize and reimburse taxi fares and late-night snack expenses."

When it comes to remuneration, Chen Shu is quite satisfied. Although the salary is only average, the working environment, atmosphere and pressure are really much better than the previous game company she worked for.

At least you won't give yourself a lot of tasks. On the surface, you can finish the tasks this week, but in fact, you can't complete it if you don't do 996 every day. As for overtime pay?

The company didn't ask you to work overtime, you worked overtime voluntarily because you couldn't complete the workload.

And more importantly, Chen Shu feels that she can learn a lot of things, such as the creation of game concept paintings, which she never had the opportunity to do before.

Although her current working hours are the same as before, sometimes even later, Chen Shu feels very motivated.

Because she clearly understands that this is a kind of charging for herself.

"Okay, call me when you're done." Chen Ran looked at the computer with a little regret and sighed inwardly.
Chapter completed!