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Chapter 377 The Preliminary Plan of the Haunted House

October 1, Wednesday.

Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were sitting in the coffee area of ​​Moyu Internet Cafe, each holding a laptop, typing on the keyboard quickly.

Both of them seem to be full of ideas, their fingertips are non-stop, and only occasionally when they are sorting out their thoughts, do they have time to stop and take a sip of the coffee on the table.

The two of them are working on a haunted house project.

During this time in the United States, everyone's experience was like a dream, but a nightmare.

The Foggy Mountains State Mental Asylum is the former site of an abandoned hospital, also known as the scariest haunted house in the world.

During these five days, the tourist team experienced this haunted house "a small number of times" completely, and the bitterness in it is simply indescribable.

The impression is too deep, and there are too many insights. Even in the past few days, when I dream every night, I can often "gain some new insights" and "relive some blurred memories".

Therefore, after returning to Jingzhou, Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were full of ideas, and couldn't wait to write down their travel experience and use it to take charge of the haunted house project.

However, it is not copying, but criticism and absorption.

I wrote all day yesterday, and wrote all morning today. Under this efficient working mode, the basic plan has almost been written.

"Come on, let's check it out." Chen Kangtuo suggested.

Two people send each other the document written in the notebook.

Since their return to the present, the two of them have not had much communication, mainly to avoid interfering with each other's ideas.

Two people each come up with a plan. After full discussion, the two plans can be combined to achieve the best effect.

Of course, both of them have a consensus on the plan, which is the general direction of the construction of the haunted house that Mr. Pei once proposed.

Mr. Pei's opinion must be the core standard and cannot be violated.

"Let the courageous people have nowhere to spend money, and discourage the timid people", these are the original words of Mr. Pei.

After Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong went through the standard process for reading comprehension, they roughly summarized the following two key points:

Open three projects, and the degree of terror will gradually increase;

Charge the daredevil less and the daredevil more through discounts and refunds.

In this way, it can not only guarantee the reputation of the haunted house, but also ensure the profitability of the haunted house, while taking into account different customer groups.

It's just that the two of them have never had a good idea about what kind of project they want to do.

That's why we need to go to some successful haunted houses to get materials.

Now that we have the material and the scare, the key lies in the specific plan.

The two browsed through each other's plans.

Chen Kangtuo was a little surprised: "It seems that we have consensus on many aspects, maybe because we have all worked in the game industry, so we are used to solving problems with game thinking?"

Hao Qiong nodded: "Well, maybe."

There are several points in the plan of the two people who can't help thinking of going together.

The first project, which is not too scary, is suitable for multiplayer social games.

Chen Kangtuo's idea is to make a more classic horror escape room, while Hao Qiong's idea is to change the gameplay of "BE QUIET" and make it a live-action version of "BE QUIET".

Of course, the two of them have no good ideas so far, they just have a simple general direction.

The second project, moderately scary, serves as a transition to the third project, which is mostly single-player.

The venue for this project may be small, but the horror effect will definitely not be bad. Only those who pass this project are eligible to challenge the third project.

The two people have the same views on this project, and they both use a narrow space of a few square meters or more than ten square meters as a single experience.

It’s just that Hao Qiong made an additional point, which can be done with containers. The interior of the container is decorated with various scenes, and pulleys are installed below, so that several different items can be adjusted at any time, so that players can’t guess which item they want to experience.

The third project, with the highest degree of horror, is dedicated to restoring everyone's experience in the "Smoky Mountain" mental hospital.

However, the plans given by the two people are not the same as the routine of the "Smoky Mountain" mental hospital.

At present, most of the haunted houses are not so perfect in terms of rhythm.

Some small haunted houses in China are basically a route, from the beginning to the end, and there is no extra exit if you want to leave halfway, so you can only bite the bullet and continue walking.

Fortunately, there will be no staff interaction in this relatively simple haunted house, and the fright is not so strong. Almost everyone can walk the entire distance.

For larger haunted houses, the process is longer and the degree of fright is higher, so it is necessary to leave enough safety exits. Once tourists can't persist, they can leave through the safety exits at any time.

Of course, enough surveillance cameras should also be installed to observe the status of tourists in real time.

For a super-large haunted house like the "Smoky Mountain" Mental Hospital, it is natural to arrange more safety exits, and there must be staff on standby at any time to take out tourists who cannot persist.

But after the two visited this haunted house, they both came up with a common thought: this haunted house is too wasteful for most people to stick to it!

In fact, the first day everyone went to challenge the haunted house was not smooth.

Bao Xu and Hao Qiong were defeated in less than 10 minutes, and Lin Wan and Li Yada lasted for more than 20 minutes.

Of course, Li Yada was forced by Lin Wan to persist for so long, otherwise she might have retreated as soon as she entered.

According to everyone's observations, this reaction is not an exception.

After most tourists bought tickets, they were terrified just after watching the short film that exaggerated the atmosphere in the waiting area.

Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong agreed that it was a pity.

It is too wasteful to spend so much effort to make such a scary haunted house, but persuade more than half of the tourists before entering the door.

As the saying goes, pigs have to be fattened before they are killed.

Just like a game, if you make a game that suffers, it is normal for some people to be dismissed at the first level, but if more than half of the people are dismissed at the first level, it can only be said that the difficulty setting is limited. question.

The difficulty should be gradual. Even if it makes the players suffer, they must master the degree well, and they cannot really be abused and run away.

If your own haunted house has no brains to copy the routine of the "Smoky Mountain" mental hospital, there will only be one result, that is, no one cares about it.

Because the "Smoky Mountain" Mental Hospital has a reputation as the scariest haunted house in the world, and the number of visitors is guaranteed.

And my own haunted house was built on the outskirts of Jingzhou city, so it is not well-known in itself, and it is impossible to attract tourists from all over the world for the time being. If the threshold is too high, it will definitely not be able to recover the cost.

Therefore, every visitor is important.

Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong each came up with some solutions.

Hao Qiong's plan is to sell tickets that can be entered multiple times, while deliberately lowering the initial level of terror.

In the initial process, arrange some more fun, but not so scary links, first find a way to keep tourists.

At the same time, each ticket can be entered multiple times, and the ticket price can be set higher, which is equivalent to giving tourists a certain buffer time, so that they can calm down before entering the challenge.

That's what Hao Qiong and the others did in the US. In fact, the first time it was very scary, they couldn't remember what they played, and they were in a state of complete bewilderment.

But after entering, with a certain psychological expectation, the haunted house becomes interesting.

But for normal tourists, it is impossible to line up again, pay for tickets again, and suffer the second time, so naturally they will not experience this feeling.

Therefore, Hao Qiong believes that the ticket can be directly set to enter multiple times.

In this way, even if some tourists are temporarily intimidated, since the tickets are still allowed to enter again, after a period of time, his mentality calms down and he will come to play for the second time.

In this way, you can gain a group of repeat customers.

And Chen Kangtuo's plan is to design the haunted house as a circular route, with a safe house in the center.

After passing each small stage, players can enter the safe house to rest and adjust their emotions.

Like the "Smoky Mountain" mental hospital, most people can't stand the haunted house for more than an hour at a stretch, which means that most people can't browse the whole process of this haunted house.

This can be said to be a serious waste of resources.

Therefore, Chen Kangtuo felt that some methods in the game could be used to solve this problem.

Many horror games have settings such as "Save Points" and "Safe Houses", which are designed to allow players to take a break from the highly tense spirits, relieve their tension, and then continue to advance the subsequent process.

Therefore, Chen Kangtuo felt that the mechanism of the safe house can be added to the haunted house, so that players can constantly adjust their mentality during the game and not be easily scared off.

Although the plans of the two people are different, they do not conflict and can completely coexist.

After reading Chen Kangtuo's plan, Hao Qiong was a little worried: "With this arrangement, will our haunted house be cleared quickly? If tourists can clear the level once, they will definitely not come again?"

Chen Kangtuo shook his head: "I think the ultimate purpose of the haunted house is not to scare the tourists so that they can't pass the level. If the tourists are scared away at the first level, no matter how good and scary your subsequent procedures are, they will not be able to pass the level." what sense?"

"Giving tourists the ability to play the whole way, naturally there are many opportunities to scare them."

"In fact, no matter whether tourists have played the whole haunted house or not, there is a high probability that they will not enter the same haunted house again."

"If most visitors are put off at the beginning, then they will definitely not rate the haunted house very highly, which is not good for word-of-mouth. Other new tourists read the reviews and say that the haunted house scares people away from the beginning. , will most likely be dissuaded.”

"Since this is the case, finding a way to allow tourists to play for a while, step by step, and leave them with some deep impressions and thoughts will be more conducive to our reputation and attract new tourists."

Hao Qiong thought for a while, then nodded: "Well, that's the reason."

"Then, should we report the progress to Mr. Pei first, or come up with detailed plans for each project first?"

Chen Kangtuo said: "There is no way to come up with all the detailed plans at once. The first and third projects are relatively difficult to design. They take up a lot of space and the gameplay is complicated. They need to be discussed in the long run."

"For these two big projects, we will set aside roughly the space first, recruit people, and work slowly."

"The second project is composed of many small projects. It is relatively simple and easier to do. Let's roughly finalize the second project first. Then show the whole plan to President Pei."

"After Mr. Pei nodded, we can start construction. During the construction of the second project, we will slowly consider the first and third projects."

(End of this chapter)