This is the ninth art

Chapter 95 First experience of "The Witch's House"!Is this a sleazy and vulgar work?
Gao Junfeng actually has no objection to Chu Jun.

He made his mark in an industry at a young age, and it was still a niche game industry.

This alone has crushed many people.

But he didn't dare to compliment Chu Jun's idea of ​​building a haunted house.

"Five floors are required, the area needs to be large, at least hundreds of staff members are required to work continuously, and some links need to be designed by agencies." This is the big framework that Chu Jun explained at the beginning.

Everything means that countless funds are being burned.

With only fifteen days left, it is impossible to build a five-story building.

But it is not without ready-made solutions.

The splicing building separates the five floors and builds them at the same time.

In the end, the five-story building was stacked up layer by layer with a crane like a stack of arhats.

Of course, this splicing building cannot be as stable as a real building.

In addition to using the latest shock-absorbing and weight-reducing building materials, the maximum load-bearing value of each floor was also tested.

Based on the load-bearing value of the fifth floor, after repeated tests, the number of tourists entering each batch of haunted houses has been established to ensure the safety of tourists.

"Only 100 people can be admitted in one batch? It's far from being able to put tourists in there." Gao Junfeng frowned slightly after learning the result.

Generally speaking, holidays are the peak season for amusement parks.

Especially for theme festivals like Easter, Halloween, and Snow Festival.

The daily flow of passengers in the amusement park can be as high as tens of thousands of people.

The facility project manager is paid according to the passenger flow of his own project.

Although the haunted house is not a must-play item for tourists, it is far inferior to a series of items such as roller coasters, carousels, and jumping machines.

But in a day, thousands of people can flow in.

But according to Mr. Chu's design.

You have to wait for the first 100 people to experience it before you can put another 100 people in.

It is really hard to say whether 1000 people can flow in in one day.

"Ah." After calculating this number in his heart, Gao Junfeng's expression was painful.

Helpless, Tian Xu, the immediate leader, fully supported Mr. Chu, delegating all legal rights to him except 'planting bombs in the amusement park'.

In this regard, Gao Junfeng has no temper.

He, the person in charge of the haunted house, doesn't even need to control the field a lot of the time.

Every day, I saw Mr. Chu wearing a yellow hard hat, and he came early in the morning earlier than anyone else.

If the workers haven't come yet, he will hold the hammer and tap and fill in some small details.

There was nothing wrong with Gao Junfeng at the scene, and Chu Jun told Gao Junfeng in a friendly manner: "Manager Gao, if you have nothing to do, you can go to other places and I will help you count the full attendance at work."

Gao Junfeng: "..."

Except after the haunted house is built, he can say 'on site'.

The rest of the time is spent gathering with the heads of various facilities, smoking a cigarette, and bragging.

Looking at the haunted house in full swing from afar, he sighed and shook his head.

"Last year, our roller coaster project carried 2 passengers throughout the day, and the machine never stopped from morning to night. I don't know if there is any hope of reaching a new high this year." The manager of the roller coaster lit a cigarette as the annual highest load. There is nothing wrong with customer projects.

"Our merry-go-round has also reached 1.5 person-times, and it's a soft hand to get bonuses." The manager of the merry-go-round also smiled.

The carousel facility itself is not interesting, but it can't resist the children's love.

The main group of holidays is a family with children playing, and then young couples.

But whether it is children or little girls, they are all interested in the gorgeous exterior of the carousel.

Even parents and boyfriends will accompany the ride.

"We also reached 1.3 million people last year, and hope to be even better this year."

"Speaking of which, I remember that the Haunted House had 6000 visitors on Halloween last year, right?"

"But this year, Lao Gao is going to be miserable. According to the layman who doesn't understand anything, the limit is 100 people each time... A play experience takes an hour anyway... Lao Gao can count as a success if he can keep [-] this year. .”

"Hahahaha, it's too pitiful."

A group of people laughed happily as if they had been poked at the point of laughter collectively.

Someone patted Gao Junfeng's shoulder sympathetically.

Then he shifted the topic to the flow of his own facilities, talking about how many bonuses he got last year, and the manager with a high traffic flow, how hard he spoke to Mr. Tian, ​​and his words were all showing off.

Only Gao Junfeng was left smoking in the corner.

Happiness belongs to others, he has nothing.

"The big deal is that I don't want the bonus this year." Gao Junfeng thought bitterly, crushing the cigarette with his foot.

……

Finally, under the intense work rush.

The construction of the haunted house themed in "The Witch's House" was completed ahead of schedule.

A five-story mansion is gorgeously located.

It shows off its shabbyness delicately.

Even Chu Jun, who watched it being built day by day, knew that all the materials inside were brand new.

But from the perspective of the outside world, the walls appear old gray and white.

There was even moss growing on some of the windows.

The courtyard outside the mansion was paved with a layer of disorderly lawn, enveloping the whole mansion.

It looks like an abandoned mansion in the forest that has been in disrepair for a long time.

It's a bit like the classic opening of a horror movie. The expedition team died one after another in a haunted house in the forest.

"Can this really attract many tourists?" Gao Junfeng questioned.

He is not the person in charge of the themed haunted house, and he doesn't know the details inside.

If only from the appearance, this haunted house is not really new.

In horror films, the subject matter can even be said to be used badly.

It's not just Gao Junfeng who is puzzled.

When Disney made the second announcement, it used the haunted house theme picture of "The Witch's House" in the dynamic.

Instantly attracted a lot of doubts from netizens.

"That's it?"

"Is this the haunted house with the same name as the "Witch's House" that I've been talking about?"

"It's the setting of a haunted house in the forest again. I've been sick of seeing this theme in horror movies!"

"Shouldn't the game of "The Witch's House" be the same?"

"Throw it away! Junyue also posted an official blog. Judging from the CG picture given, it seems to be almost the same as the real building!"

"I'll come first! The owner of this house is a soul who died unjustly. Through a series of ingenious designs, he tricked her persecutors into the house, and then tried every means to kill her. In the end, the revenge was successful! Then the game reviewer said 'This game tells us not to bully the weak at will, and the profound truth that good and evil will be rewarded', kick me if I guess right."

"Wow, if it's really what the upstairs said, then this game is too boring... It's not as good as a purely thrilling horror game like "Late Night Jungle". When you are scared, it can really promote blood circulation."

"Thank you Disney for taking half a month out of his busy schedule to fool us."

"Isn't Junyue Company solely responsible for this? I heard that the theme haunted house was also built by the boss of Junyue Company."

"To be honest, although I am a fan of Junyue games, I think Brother Chu Zi might not be suitable for making horror-themed games."

"I feel the same way. Brother Chu Zi's creativity exploded in every game before, and many of them were pioneering works of classification. But judging from what is currently displayed in "The Witch's House", it is inevitable that some of them fall into the cliché."

"Inspiration is somewhat exhausted."

at the same time.

Shiyou Company, General Manager Office.

Gong Bin looked at the many comments on the Internet.

This time I really put my heart into my belly.

In just two months, he has experienced the feeling of being on a roller coaster.

Ups and downs along the way.

When he first learned that Jun Yue was going to Jiangzhong to set up a branch, Gong Bin didn't take it seriously.

But deep down I felt the pressure.

Even with his repeated psychological hints, Junyue Company has nothing to be afraid of.

How far can a company supported only by the creativity of a boss go?

But from the act of 'transferring Disney's business order' to Jun Yue, Gong Bin knew.

In fact, there is some fear in my heart.

Otherwise, there is no need to use such a trick to delay the development of Junyue Company.

Then, when Disney officially announced the cooperation with Junyue Company.

He was relieved.

Disney has always been picky, Junyue will definitely not be able to produce a game that satisfies them in two months!
Ever since, I have to hurry up and let my subordinates work overtime to start another stand-alone game - Slaughter City.

It is a reset version of the previous signature turn-based game of Shiyou Company.

This time, the turn-based system is abandoned, and the real-time combat method is adopted, and a different "Slaughter City" is going to be re-released

The project started after the King of Fighters 97 became popular half a year ago.

Since the overall setting framework remains unchanged, it is only necessary to change the gameplay from turn-based to real-time combat, and weaken or enhance some equipment balances.

In half a year, it can be regarded as a seventy-seven-eight-eighth.

Seeing that Junyue Company was held back by Disney, Gong Bin inquired about the company's peers again.

Almost none of the big companies have plans to launch new games in November.

Small companies or individual studios are hardly a concern.

Therefore, Gong Bin came up with the idea of ​​grabbing the top spot in November's new tour list.

Shiyou Company is mainly engaged in stand-alone games, and has a little dabble in the online game market, but it does not account for the company's main revenue.

If it is said that online games don't rely on the rankings very much, they rely more on regular and quantitative announcements and advertisements.

Then the stand-alone game is very fancy on the comprehensive ranking list.

Because it is a buyout game after all, you need to spend money before you can play.

In order to avoid lightning and stepping on pits, players are more willing to choose games that are at the top of the rankings.

After so many years of experience in the industry.

A new game is released every month, and the number one game attracts more than twice the number of players than No.2 just because of the list effect.

"No matter how you think about it, the new throne in November belongs to our tenth tour?" Gong Bin's thoughts had just come to an end.

Then I learned that Junyue had already completed "The Witch's House", which took only one month.

It is also scheduled to be released on November 11st.

Thinking of Junyue's previous brilliance, whether the No. 11 new game in November can be won by Shiyou Company.

It's really hard to say...

Thinking of this, Gong Bin's mood was instantly gloomy.

This evil company...

In a month's time, other companies may still be writing the game's planning and framework.

Jun Yue directly made the game...

However, after seeing the comments of many netizens on the Internet.

Gong Bin's mood brightened instantly again!
Everyone is not optimistic about "The Witch's House"!

I think this is still a horror game in the skin of a horror movie.

And the setting is very old-fashioned.

What kind of woods, what kind of haunted house, the uneven plot is also the vulgar revenge line in the movie.

Things that are badly played in other industries are not attractive at all.

And dare to sell it for 50 yuan.

They all said they would not do it.

5 bucks is about the same.

"Knock knock."

Just then, the game director knocked on the door.

Ask respectfully.

"Mr. Gong, the reset version of "Slaughter City" has entered the final stage of testing. Is it still scheduled for November 11st?"

Gong Bin nodded confidently: "Well, the plan remains the same."

"However, "The Witch's House" will also be released at the same time. Although our game theme and genre are completely different from "The Witch's House", the influence of the rankings..." The game director showed embarrassment.

"Don't worry about the leaderboard." Gong Bin intertwined his hands and leaned back, with an even bigger smile on his face: "It is impossible for a game with an outdated theme to compete with our reset version of "Slaughter City". The game not only changes the gameplay, but also has feelings in it.”

"If Junyue Company is willing to be number two, then let them go."

"okay, I get it."

……

Finally, the off-season of games on November 11st is ushered in.

The difference is that November is the harvest season in late autumn.

In the game industry, November is undoubtedly a cold winter.

It is recognized in the game industry that among the four months of March, April, November, and December, it is the most sluggish game off-season.

If you look at it separately by year.

Before March and April, it was the Spring Festival, and going forward, it was connected to May Day and summer vacation.

And turning the page forward in November, there is a big festival of National Day + Mid-Autumn Festival.

Going forward, there is also New Year's Day, and then comes the new year's winter vacation and Spring Festival.

Only the months of 3, 4, 11, and 12 have the least holidays.

Moreover, the main paying groups of games are students and young people.

March and April are at least the beginning of the spring of the year, and everyone has just set goals and has not yet begun to work hard.

And in November and February, it was already the end of the year.

Whether it's the end-of-term test that the school will conduct, or the KPI assessment that social animals will face at the end of the year.

The pressure is rising steadily.

The time for entertainment will be compressed to the extreme, not to mention games that do not account for a high proportion of entertainment items.

Therefore, November and February belong to the approaching winter in the game industry.

Game makers are more willing to put treasure on after New Year's Day.

Wang Chi is also a victim of the cold winter of the game.

As a writer of Huaxia Culture Daily, he is also a different kind of editor.

From the "Internet Literature" section that I was in charge of at the beginning, it was transferred to the "Game" section.

Although there are very few people reading newspapers these days, the way the news is presented is just a different carrier.

From paper to online form.

Everyone's demand for news is not low.

In particular, the ultra-high-speed development of the game sector in the second half of the year has almost tripled compared to last year's economic growth!
Therefore, many passers-by began to pay attention to the game industry.

Being transferred to the game section, Wang Chi felt that he had been promoted invisibly.

Every time you write content, you can get more than 10 hits.

This number is not comparable to the mainstream cultural editors of Huaxia Culture Newspaper.

But it can be regarded as standing out in a niche culture, with a monthly bonus of several thousand.

Many editors in charge of the 'marginal section' are envious.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long.

Wang Chi found that he was gradually unable to write anything...

Under the seemingly explosive growth of the game industry, it is difficult to conceal its empty shell.

Where does a song sound good, whether the arrangement is excellent or the lyrics, what singing method is used, and where is the resonance point.

These can all be boasted.

A dance, a building, a novel, a film.

The artistry of each mainstream culture is rich and varied.

What about games?

Wang Chi has written a game column for several months.

Except for a very few games such as Kaishanzuo, you can still boast about its extraordinaryness, where it is interesting, and what impact it has brought to the industry.

But the rest of the game is nothing more than pulling out the taller one from the shorter one, grabbing the most eye-catching part of it a little bit, and modifying other aspects with your own writing skills.

Even so, Wang Chi couldn't stand the weekly game column evaluation.

Gradually, he found that he seemed to have no more games to write...

After writing it down, it's just bragging about boasting.

How is this game fun, what are its gameplay, where are its highlights, what is its status in the industry, and what impact has it brought.

But he found that almost none of these games had any soul.

In other words, there is no story.

As for the gameplay, the gameplay of the same type of game is actually quite different.

This leads to a very serious problem.

The homogeneity of the game is serious!
Every week, the number of hits of his Huaxia Culture News--Games column keeps dropping every week.

From the peak of 15 hits, it dropped to 10.

Then drop to [-], [-].

Up to now, each issue has only a meager [-] to [-] hits.

It became the bottom column in the editorial department.

We must know that the audience of Huaxia culture newspapers is as high as nearly ten million.

Some groups even guard the WeChat official account of Huaxia Culture Daily, and must read every issue.

Tens of millions + traffic, only [-] to [-] hits...

This made Wang Chi feel frustrated.

Later, there were many negative voices.

"Let's just say, forget it if you don't stop publishing. The content reports written in the past month are quite boring."

"In each issue, I first praise the gameplay, then praise the painting style or sound effects, and then talk about the development history of this game. Give me a pen, and I can write, really."

"Don't you have any eye-catching game themes? If this continues, cancel the subscription."

"Sigh." Wang Chi sighed helplessly as he looked at all the comments.

Next door, the "Internet Literature" section, which I was originally in charge of, has become more and more popular with its "Weekly Guide You to Read Good Books" column.

Especially in the past few months, several blockbuster works have been published consecutively.

Such as "Father Han Gaozu", "What to do if the heroine ran out of the book", "My wife is wrong" and a series of popular books.

Let the popularity of the column "Take you to read good books every week" rise.

Last week, it even faintly broke through the 20 click mark.

With the comparison, Wang Chi was even more sad.

The editor-in-chief also came here to ask Wang Chi what's going on recently, and why the number of clicks on the game column has dropped so quickly.

With the volume of the Huaxia Culture Newspaper's tens of millions+, each issue only has [-] to [-] hits.

how did you do it
If this continues, we may consider canceling the game column.

"Although the development of the game industry is fierce, but without a soul body, it will eventually decline."

"It's just a matter of time."

Wang Chi sighed and opened the document.

Complaints are complaints, the work still needs to be done.

It's time to submit the manuscript again, and he hasn't written this week's game column yet.

And to make matters worse, it happened to be just in time for the cold winter of the game.

There are very few big companies publishing games this month, and most of the game works of small companies have flaws, making it difficult to enter the room.

Wang Chi opened the Ggame platform and glanced at the list of new works this month.

Ranked first is the reset version of "Slaughter City" by Shiyou Company, a domestic game giant.

With a comprehensive score of 8.3, it ranked first in the list, in just half a day.

It sold close to 3 copies.

Although there are a lot of sentimental party elements in this, I also played "Slaughter City" when I was a child

The price is relatively close to the people, only 38 yuan a piece.

Just buy it and read on.

No.2 is a little-known small company, with the theme of the Three Kingdoms as the background, and focuses on tower defense games.

Although there is no innovation in the gameplay, the theme of the Three Kingdoms has always been a hot spot.

Therefore, it also won a comprehensive evaluation of 7.8 points.

Look all the way down.

"Huh? I remember that Junyue Company collaborated with Disney to release a game? It's called Witch or something, why didn't I see it?" Wang Chi looked more and more strange.

A while ago, Disney did a lot of publicity, and many passers-by knew that such a game was about to be released.

But on the day of release on November 11, why is there no movement at all?

Finally, Wang Chi found the game "The Witch's House" at the 47th place that was about to turn the page.

Overall score unknown.

Because sales are less than 1000 copies...

A comprehensive assessment cannot be made.

"Is this game so bad?" Wang Chi remembered that the columns he wrote before, and the issues with the most clicks were games under Junyue Company.

Therefore, he still has a good impression of Junyue games.

I didn't expect the new game to be released, so I went straight to my grandma's house...

Even the debut works of many newcomers can't compare.

It's hard to believe this is a company with nearly 200 million players.

I thought about it.

Wang Chi still chose to buy.

A copy of 50 yuan is undoubtedly a premium for this theme and the production cost of 2D horizontal pixel style.

It belongs to the situation that if you change a company, even one copy may not be sold.

But I bought it just to thank Junyue Company and Chu Jun for providing me with the previous materials.

He doesn't intend to play.

That's right...

Wang Chi is not interested in this kind of horror games, and with the setting of witch + forest abandoned house, it has really been used badly...

Nothing could arouse his curiosity.

Wang Chi turned his head and went to play the reset version of "Slaughter City".

Write while playing.

[You must have played this game! The reset version of "Slaughter City" will bring you back to your childhood dreams! 】

"As we all know, Slaughter City, as an old turn-based classic game, tells the story of a soldier who fell into a cult, with the last remnant of his conscience, fighting against the monsters in the whole city. But this time, Shiyou Company is very bold. Abandoning the turn-based gameplay and adopting real-time combat..."

Playing, writing and writing.

Wang Chi stared at his manuscript suddenly and fell into deep thought.

wrong……

Still not right.

It just doesn't feel right.

When I was young, because there were no games to play at all, games with a little plot like Slaughter City were already shocking at that time.

But from the perspective of an adult, the core of this game is still empty.

It's still a bad vulgar love setting of the "Save the World" series.

Especially now that there are more and more types of games, Slaughter City can no longer be called brilliant.

In addition to feelings, it is not even as good as No.2No.3 games.

Of course, the latter, Wang Chi, also went to play.

The feeling after playing it...

how to say.

It is a well-matched opponent.

"The quality of this month's new games is really..." Wang Chi couldn't comment anymore.

The game Cold Winter lives up to its name.

"If this continues, the number of hits for the new issue will probably drop to a minimum." Wang Chi opened his Ggame game library again.

Want to see what good games I missed.

You can look around.

In the end, there was only one Witch's House left that he had never played.

"Why don't you... give it a try?"

Even so, Wang Chi also made three rules for himself.

If this game is really too scary and scary, uninstall it immediately.

Never touch it in this life.

If it's not really helpless, who would want to play a horror game that is 'famous for being scary'?

With some awe, Wang Chi swallowed.

With trembling fingers, he opened the game "The Witch's House".

What catches the eye is an interface outlined by children's sketches and colored pencils.

The entire screen is covered in three monotonous colors of blue, blue, and yellow.

Gives a slightly depressing feeling.

The options of the game interface are very intuitive.

"The Witch's House" written in the center

Below is
new game

carry on
sign out

There are only three options, and the middle column is grayed out.

Click New Game.

The picture went dark.

The light emerged in an instant.

A cute little girl with blond hair and double ponytail braids appeared in front of Wang Chi.

Around the screen is a forest texture.

"This should be the heroine of this work, Viola."

As for why a foreigner's name was used, Wang Chi also expressed his understanding.

After all, considering the domestic conditions...it would be very difficult for many things to pass the review if they were not exported abroad.

"The operation is also very simple. Control the movement up, down, left, and right, and then the blank space represents interaction...does it mean interacting with items?"

With a mutter, he manipulated the protagonist Xiaowei to start walking around up, down, left, and right.

Soon, he found a lost letter on the ground.

Open it and have a look.

It was found that it was a letter from Xiaowei's father.

The content of the letter reads: "You can go to the forest to play, but don't get too close to the depths of the forest, come back early--Dad."

"It's not so much a letter, it should be a note left behind, right? For example, the father who went out to work left a note for his daughter as an order." Wang Chi explained to himself, continuing to control Xiaowei and began to explore.

No abnormalities have been found so far.

But there are only two ways to go.

One is up and the other is down.

The rest are blocked by vast forests.

A road sign crosses in the middle, and you will get a prompt after interacting.

↑The home of...

↓Forest exit

"Although I didn't write it carefully, it should be the home of the witch if you go up, right? After all, the name of the game has been given very clearly."

"If you go down, does that mean you can go out directly?"

As soon as the words fell, Wang Chi shook his head again.

"...As expected, I can't get out."

After he manipulated Xiaowei to go down, he could see a large field of thorny roses blocking the forest exit.

Tip must be cut with sharp things.

Xiaowei has nothing on her but a 'Papa's note'.

"Then we can only go up."

In addition, Wang Chi also found a black cat in the scene, squatting on the tree stump.

After interacting with it, I found that this black cat can speak human language.

"Are you awake?"

"Humans are dangerous in this place!"

"Do you mean to remind me to go back quickly? But the problem is that the exit below has been blocked..." Wang Chi ended the conversation with the black cat.

Suddenly, an archive prompt popped up.

Only then did he suddenly wake up.

It turns out that the black cat means the game save point.

"In other words, if you see this black cat later, does it mean that you can save halfway... This setting, I feel that a lot of fear has been alleviated."

The source of the fear comes from the lack of firepower, and the infinite resurrection skill of save points is also equivalent to a part of firepower.

Therefore, Wang Chi looked at the black cat again, becoming more friendly.

The choice left to him now can only be up.

Manipulate Xiaowei all the way north.

Not long after, a gray and white foreign-style building appeared in front of him.

What made Wang Chi feel a little strange was that the door of this house was actually open.

On the small tree stump beside him, he saw the black cat again.

"Good guy, can you teleport..."

But since the game shows that it is the Witch's House.

What's wrong with a cat who can do magic, is it too much?

"Speaking of which, isn't the designer a little too prepared for a rainy day? He obviously gave the save point just now, so why give it now..."

Continue to choose to talk to the black cat.

"...Huh? What's wrong with you?"

When this text popped up in front of his eyes, Wang Chi was stunned.

If this cat is just a save point, will it talk too much?

And it feels weird too.

Why does it ask itself what's wrong...

It always feels like it knows something.

Press the space bar and the interaction continues.

"Oh, so it's because the flowers are blocking the door, so you can't get out, right?"

"Then do you want to go in and have a look? Go into this house, you can't get out anyway, right?"

The more Wang Chi played, the more strange he felt.

There is something wrong with this black cat!
It always kind of lures the player into the Witch's House.

"Could it be that this black cat is a witch?"

"It's too easy to guess..."

"Sure enough, there is still a reason for the poor sales. Many players probably get refunded directly after playing here? Is that why the sales can't increase?"

"Although it can be felt that the designers have worked hard to create a plot for this game, this is different from other horror games."

"But the plot is indeed a bit naive, but anyone who has watched a few horror movies should be able to guess that this cat was transformed from a witch."

"What about the next plot? Naturally, this cat lures the innocent and poor Xiaowei into the house, and then makes all kinds of scary faces, trying to scare the player?"

Wang Chi was a little disappointed.

Not only is the plot a bit young, but also there are save points in the game, and the painting style is still pixel style.

Reduced a lot of fear elements.

Even as a horror game, it doesn't feel qualified enough.

Not to mention trying to intersperse the plot in it.

It seems that this time, the game produced by Junyue is a bit different...

This is a standard bad job reservation.

"But let's play it first, after all, it cost 50 yuan."

Wang Chi sighed regretfully, and no longer had expectations for this game.

He planned to play casually for a few minutes, see how the character died, and then quit the game.

Then continue to write your own game new issue.

In any case, "Slaughter City" is much better than "The Witch's House".

(End of this chapter)