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Chapter 156 60 How did this happen? !

Chapter 156 60. How is this done? !

December 1993, 5.

Tokyo.

Pokeni Co., Ltd.

In a small meeting room of ten or so square meters that can barely accommodate ten people, it was crowded with employees of Company P.

Today is a very special day for pokeni.

Because the producer Mikami Shinji will demonstrate the upcoming new game in the conference room——

The Witcher

Even if it is not the employees of this project team, they are full of curiosity about this game.

The pokeni company is not big, and everyone usually works together. Although they have watched this game before, it is the first time for such a systematic display.

Mikami Shinji's palms were sweating.

He has never been more nervous than today.

After all, "The Witcher" is his first game to be released as a producer, so it can be said to be very meaningful in life.

The company's internal display is also an idea proposed by the president Qing Zhiyuan.

One is equivalent to giving the company's employees a chance to learn, even if it is to observe and complain, they may find some design problems from the demonstration.

This is a very rare test. After all, everyone is a game maker and has experience. The perspective of thinking is completely different from that of players, and they can look at the game itself from a more professional standpoint.

Of course, even if a design defect is found at this stage, it is impossible to correct it, unless it is a particularly large loophole.

The other is also equivalent to the glory within the company, allowing members of the project team to show their achievements to others.

If done well, it will undoubtedly be a very strong confidence boost.

If you don't do well...

Know your shame and be brave, Qing Zhiyuan can only think so.

In the previous life, there was such a tradition within Netease. Just after the game was developed to a certain stage, people inside the company could experience it. This test is called the company's internal test.

Many very valuable opinions and suggestions will be collected.

If the company's internal test fails, then the project will most likely be gone.

It simply cannot reach the stage of PR testing (small-scale number distribution test).

If Qingzhiyuan can HOLD, generally there will be no problems in internal tests, unless pokeni employees have been able to create works that are 30 years ahead of the times.

Otherwise, with his knowledge of the future and professionalism, there is no possibility of overturning.

Of course, Noble Academy is an exception.

……

In the small meeting room, only Qing Zhiyuan was sitting on a chair.

The main reason is that it is really too small, there is no extra space at all, and in order to facilitate other employees of the company to come and watch, in addition to the necessary equipment such as game consoles and TVs, all the tables and benches in the conference room have been emptied.

In this way, some children who are crowded in the corner can't see it.

So the people in front basically sat on the ground, and those behind stood against the wall.

Qing Zhiyuan gave a chair because of his status as the president, which seemed very strange, but everyone was so engrossed that no one cared about it at all.

Now there is no good viewing equipment, such as a big screen, a projector that can be connected to game equipment, none of these, if you really want to let everyone see clearly, you can only use shooting equipment like a TV station Go live.

The problem is that pokeni is a game company, and there is no need to do this kind of thing.

Everyone just take a look and experience what is called [Game Demo].

……

The TV is not big, only 32 inches, but it is already the largest TV in this era.

This is because pokeni is a game company. For the usual testing and demonstration, it is much larger than the average home TV.

This thing looks like a big box, and Qing Zhiyuan is somewhat nostalgic for the LCD TV in his previous life.

However, the development momentum of liquid crystal materials is very rapid now, and it may not be possible to see them in a few years.

He also didn't know if his arrival would trigger the so-called butterfly effect.

At least in the game industry, Qing Zhiyuan still pushed forward, like Diablo, which was several years ahead of schedule.

Galgame is the same.

……

After tidying up the equipment, Shinji Mikami held the game controller and prepared to demonstrate it to everyone.

Start the game, and the TV screen goes black.

Then came the pokeni logo.

It was followed by the words [Demon Hunter].

Select a new game from the initial menu, and that's the official start.

[In 206 of the new era, the battle between humans and blood races has become fierce...]

"Wow."

Everyone let out a low cry.

I want to see what the opening of this legendary big production looks like. It is said that "The Demon Hunter" is particularly good in terms of action. After a lot of hard work, the president also specially asked the programming team to write the new action. Support architecture.

Nourishes...

at this time.

A mosaic pattern appeared on the TV, and the game progress was also stuck.

The legendary flower screen.

"Eh?!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, no one thought that the game would be blurred at such a critical moment!
Qing Zhiyuan opened his eyes slightly, thinking that Mikami's luck is really good.

Shinji Mikami frowned severely.

Who would have thought that such a problem would be encountered during a presentation in the company.

He hastened to look for help to Akanishi Ken, the boss of the program department.

Akanishi became nervous all of a sudden.

He coughed, stood up and looked around and said, "Don't worry, everyone, the game hasn't been officially released yet, and the good product rate is actually not 100%, try another cartridge."

……

After changing the cassette, "The Witcher" finally runs smoothly.

Akanishi took a long breath of relief.

Out of the corner of his eye, the president is quite calm.

The president is worthy of being the president. Without a bit of courage and a big heart, I really can't do this position.

Qing Zhiyuan said that these are small scenes. When Microsoft demonstrated the operating system in public in the previous life, there were quite a few blue screens.

calm down.

This is just an in-house demo.

"But Akanishi-san, remember to check again later to find out what caused it. The good product rate cannot be 100%, but it must be controlled as much as possible.

If the players get such a cassette, they will be in a bad mood. "

"Good boss."

Akanishi Ken squeezed a cold sweat silently.

……

This time the demonstration was obviously much smoother. Mikami controlled the heroine and began to chop melons and vegetables to fight, and blood clans of different shapes attacked in twos and threes.

The heroine is holding two very futuristic technological guns in her hands, in a half-squatting posture, and the whole walking and attacking movements are very beautiful.

When she was running, the artist specially added a long red scarf, tied around her neck, and stretched backwards in order to take care of the visual experience from the overhead angle.

Coupled with the long tuxedo skirt of the heroine, when shooting, it is called a heroic figure.

Mikami directly made a combo.

Blink, stab, shoot, roll...

clap clap clap...

The whole body of the hit monsters shone with golden light, and then burst open one after another.

"Wow wow wow..."

There was warm applause in the front row, and colleagues in other departments of the company were stunned.

This set of moves is so simple, even horizontal fighting games can't do this, right?

"how did you do that?"

The Diablo programmer asked.

"The Demon Hunter" has not only taken a step forward in terms of the sense of impact and fluency of movement, it is obviously made on the basis of Diablo, and now it is like two different games.

"Is it the set of motion detection used in fighting games?"

The judgment mechanism of fighting games is relatively mature. It is judged by the attack box and the hit box. If there is an overlapping area, it is judged as a successful hit, and the damage caused by hitting different parts is different.

The programmer of "The Witcher" shook his head, "No, this is through range detection, and it's actually not as detailed as fighting games."

Just kidding?
Fighting games only need to make a background, and all game functions are used to provide combat.

If we want to do this in this game, the memory overhead will be too large.

It is impossible to stuff so many monsters and levels, so it is impossible to use such a fine judgment of being hit.

"However, there is one thing that is consistent with fighting games. In this game, the damage coefficient has bonuses for different parts."

"Huh? How did you decide?"

"Hey, guess what?"

The expressions of the programmers changed.

Because they realized a terrible truth -

In The Witcher there is a Z-axis.

Because only in this way can the torso and head be distinguished.

For general 2D plane games, only X and Y axes are enough.

In other words, although "The Witcher" is a 2D game in performance, it is already a 3D game in terms of the underlying logic of the program.

What the hell is this?

2.5D game?
"If you have to say it, let's change it from [-]D to [-]D." Ken Akanishi explained, "You should pay attention to observe that the knock-up effect is done in the game. When the monster is knocked into the air, it moves upwards on the Y-axis from the perspective of the [-]-D plane. There is an offset, but if there is a Z axis, then it should actually be flying towards the Z axis.

We made a projection to make it look like a 2D chess piece standing on a 3D chessboard. "

"Nani?!"

Akanishi pouted.

Do you think this is my credit?
This fucker is the idea provided by the president. The ghost knows how his brain is so long that he can think of such a complicated way.

Just horrible.

In short, under Qing Zhiyuan's suggestion, the team of "The Demon Hunter" has made an incredible product, at least unique among 2D action games, and far ahead.

Qing Zhiyuan clasped his hands, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Best-in-class motion feedback.

There will be a little distortion, but it's not a big problem.

With a few more iterations of the game, it is estimated that the action game can be done quite well.

Just for this sense of shock, it will take several years for the top game manufacturers in the world to catch up.

"I can't see it, I can't see it..." The colleagues standing behind became a little anxious.

The first wave of monsters was cleared, and Shinji Mikami continued to explore.

At this moment, a row of bats popped out from an ancient tree in the middle.

Everyone was startled.

Mikami himself was taken aback.

As if asking—

I actually did this kind of design?
But when his eyes were shifted to the row of bats, a vampire suddenly jumped out from the corner of the wall and rushed towards him fiercely.

slap~
Mikami's bloodline immediately dropped by half.

But before he could react, a gunshot suddenly appeared in the shadows.

A spark flashed, and the light penetrated the protagonist's body.

There was only a scream from the TV, and the heroine fell to her knees clutching her chest.

The screen turned black and white, and a large line of [Game Over] appeared

Shinji Mikami's face turned pale, as if he couldn't believe that this was a game he designed.

"Eh?"

Everyone let out a low cry again.

"What happened just now?"

"It seems that Mikami was killed by a monster?"

"Huh? Really, are the numbers in this game so scary?"

"You can tell when he holds a gun. He loses blood in an instant when he fights monsters. It feels almost like modern warfare."

This can also be regarded as a creative numerical design by Mikami——

In order to allow players to experience the thrill of soaring adrenaline, the game has greatly enhanced the attack power.

In other words, although this game is an ARPG, it will be more like a shooting game in terms of experience.

The benefits are obvious, every strike is quite pleasant, and a large number of monsters can be killed in an instant.

At the same time, the operating requirements for players have become higher.

If you don't dodge and recover blood in time, you may be killed by monsters in seconds.

Mikami blushed for a while, saying that today's demonstration was really a failure.

If I knew earlier, I should have made the numerical design simpler.

But, this situation is also expected, and Mikami and the others still have a hand.

So he manipulated the handle and quickly pressed up, down, left, right, up, down, BAAB.

unlimited blood.

It is usually used for QA to run tests, otherwise it is easy to die if you encounter powerful monsters and cannot handle it yourself.

It is the legendary 【Game Cheats】

Sometimes other developers use it for internal testing, but after it was released, it was discovered by players and turned into an easter egg.

But it also adds a lot of fun to the game.

……

Mikami's demonstration was completed, and he showed some of the creative [action combo] part of the game, as well as monsters and bosses. Although the process was full of twists and turns, the task was still completed.

Action combos are a very unique creation in The Witcher.

There are 6 buttons on a pair of handles, and players can choose to freely combine 6 skills, and each skill is connected with actions.

For example, one picks up, catches a horizontal knife in the air, then jumps and chops, and then lands with a ground-cracking slash...

This is a very handsome set of moves. Although each of them is an independent skill, it produces a wonderful chemical reaction when connected together.

Don't underestimate this design, because it has fooled art students so much.

Because the player does not necessarily use the skills in this order, it is very likely to become an upward slash. At this time, it is easy for the player to flicker in the air.

The action is distorted.

Qing Zhiyuan actually has a way to solve this problem, but he feels that the time is not ripe yet, and he will wait for the development of software and hardware in the future.

In the end, everyone just let him go. It’s time to skip frames and skip frames. If you can’t connect, you can’t connect. After all, the butchers in Diablo are often ghosts and beasts. We still care about this?
……

clap clap clap...

There was warm applause in the conference room, and colleagues all said that "The Witcher" was really wonderful.

"Convinced, sincerely convinced. Producer Mikami is too strong, right?"

To be able to achieve this level in just over a year, Shinji Mikami is already regarded as a top producer in China.

"Isn't this the pinnacle of action games?"

"As soon as "The Witcher" comes out, I don't know how the outside world will evaluate it. I think Famitone's Platinum Palace has already been booked."

"Well, I am very much looking forward to the players' reactions."

"Shouldn't the blade be sent this time?"

"Hahahaha, it's hard to say, the blade has nothing to do with Mikami's demonstration just now, it's mainly about Wada."

……

Hearing what they said, Urobuchi frowned fiercely beside him.

Qing Zhiyuan, on the other hand, was a happy person throughout the whole process, smiling very happily.

the most important is--

The Witcher works really well.

The next step is to wait for the verification of the market.

……

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