Is it not a galgame?

December 1993, 12.

There is still more than a week before the Chinese New Year holiday.

Qing Zhiyuan received a call from Famitone.

"Hi, I'm Famitsu, and I'm Koichi Hamamura, the editor-in-chief. Is this the president Qing Zhiyuan?"

"Yes, I am. What can I do for you?"

"It's like this. We want to conduct a round of game selection in the year-end Famitsu Annual Magazine, called [Famiton Game Awards]. At that time, we will select the best game for the award based on different awards, such as the best plot. Award, Best Picture Award... etc., I hope to invite your company to participate."

The most famous column of "Famitsu" is the "Cross Review" where four editors serve as reviewers to score new works. Each reviewer needs to give 1 to 10 points from the four dimensions of picture, music, plot, and gameplay. Then add up the four scores to get the score of the work, and the highest score is 40 points.

评分35分以上的游戏称为白金殿堂，32-34分称为黄金殿堂，30-31分称为白银殿堂。

However, this scoring system was ruined abruptly by pokeni.

P Society tells players with facts that works with weak gameplay may have a plot that can blow up the sky, and they can also become kings.

And now, Famitone was forcefully forced by pokeni to come out with a [Famitone Game Award].

According to the time course of the previous life, the Famitsu Grand Award is a video game award established by Famitsu in 2005. The selection is based on factors such as reader votes, sales volume, and topicality.

Now it is equivalent to 12 years ahead of schedule.

The scalability of this setting is obviously much stronger. Now Famitone’s initial set of awards includes:
【Best Game of the Year】

【MVC (Most Valuable Creator/Team)】

【Best Script Award】

【Best Game Screen Award】

【Best Game Soundtrack Award】

【Best game character】

...Basically, some very basic and high-gold awards, but with the development of time and the continuous changes of the industry in the future, it can be expanded to be similar to [Best RPG Award] [Best Shooting Game Award] [Best Action Award] Category game award] [player's favorite award] and so on.

It is much more scientific than the 4-dimensional scoring mechanism, and it is very topical if it is reviewed once a year.

"Huh?" Qing Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't quite understand.

It's not that I don't understand what these awards are for, but I don't quite understand why I have to call myself.

"It's like this. The galgame "Bedding Man" released by your company this year has received unanimous praise from players, and it is very hopeful to win an award, so we would like to invite pokeni to use "Bedding Man" to participate in Famitsu's year-end game awards Selection." Hamamura explained over there.

"If you are interested, I hope to pay a visit and explain the selection mechanism in detail to the president in person."

"Well... that," Qing Zhiyuan asked hesitantly, "then after winning the award, will there be any bonus?"

This kind of media awards is just a gimmick, talking about doing whatever you want and being a player.

If you really want to do it, according to Qing Zhiyuan's idea, you should pay some bonus.

If you want to be authoritative, there is no reason for not paying for nothing.

But there was a long silence on the phone.

"Well, that's how it is." Hamamura Koichi explained on the other end of the phone, "For this award, voting will be held between January and February every year, and the targets are games released in the previous year. Voting is open to the public. , After the end, it will be broadcast live on TV in March, and the game winners of various awards will be promoted on TV.

Being able to win awards will definitely bring higher value and benefits to the game itself. "

Eh?
After talking for a long time, there is no bonus?
What do you want me to do if you have no money?

I wanted to say no, but I swallowed the words.

Qing Zhiyuan intends to support Guo Letong and Famitong in the ring, but after thinking about it carefully, Famitong is above Kadokawa Bookstore, so he can't afford to offend him.

"Understood, then let's use "The Bed Man" to run."

"alright, thank you very much!"

Hamamura Hongyi hung up the phone, his whole back was wet.

"Terrible. How come there is a feeling of facing an enemy?"

……

As the year approached, Qing Zhiyuan became busy instead.

After he figured it out, he decided to write the game "CLANNAD" by himself, so he was busy writing the script during this time.

I often write in the dead of night, and even when I feel like I'm coming up, I can type like flying.

Every time it's off-duty time, when passing by the president's office, the program director Ken Akanishi can't help but sigh:
"Terrible, the president is trying to force us to death."

"That's right." Art director Taiji Sakata echoed, "Who dares to take the lead if the president doesn't leave work?"

"Forget it, forget about him."

While talking, Akanishi Ken left the company with his briefcase.

Sometimes, Qing Zhiyuan was overly involved, and sat in front of the computer crying, and the next moment he thought of the crying reactions of the players after the game was released, he became happy again.

Seeing the president like this, the little HR muttered in his heart——

Could this person be going crazy?
……

After a week, you're done.

After Qing Zhiyuan printed out the first version of CL's script, the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Just as he was about to find Ma Zhizhun, this guy came to him on his own initiative.

He knocked on the door of the president's office, "That...President, I have rewritten a script, please advise."

Qing Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, and beckoned him in, "It's just right, I also have a script for you to read."

The two exchanged scripts with each other, and each other's eyes lit up.

Here, Ma Zhizhun is holding Qing Zhiyuan's printed script, which says [CLANNAD] in English.

I know every letter, but I don't know what to pronounce when put together, and I don't know what it means.

Turn to the first page, fortunately there is an explanation on it:

[CLANNAD is the abbreviation of Celtic CLANN As Dango.

CLANNAD - family, family, family, kinship.

Of course, it can also be understood as a family in a broader sense, that is, the entire town where the characters live. 】

It's so bullshit.

Maeda Junxin thought, the president is really knowledgeable, he even knows Celtic.

And this work is worth looking forward to.

……

Qing Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows, indicating that I know a ghost, and I know it all through you.

But he quickly focused on the script in his hand:
"LIFE-LINE"

lifeline?
lifeline?
In the previous life, there was a text adventure game called Lifeline, which was specially designed by Apple to promote its smartphones and watches.

But obviously this script written by Ma Zhizhun is not the same thing as that one.

【Quack...】

[Noisy voice. 】

[I wonder whose prank this is.But the moment the door was pushed open, the whole person froze——

At the door of my room, is a little baby. 】

Eh?
Did the hero have a little daughter from the beginning?
Good guy, I asked you to write family love, do you really write it?

You are a person who just graduated from high school and has never even been in a relationship. Do you know how to raise a child?

But the complaints belong to the complaints. Qing Zhiyuan read the beginning and was quickly attracted.

Ma Zhizhun is worthy of being the tear-jerking demon king. This writing style and this skill are absolutely nothing to say. It is super delicate and fascinating. It nourishes the soul like a trickle of water.

And the characterization is quite good, each character has its own unique background information, it is also a good plot line if taken alone, combined, blending with each other but forming a new living thing...

Everyday is warm and warm, stabbing your heart from time to time.

Quite CL style.

Shocking.

……

Looking at it, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but have a sore nose, and tears fell down unsatisfactorily.

Looking up again, I found that Maeda Jun sitting opposite had the same expression.

Maeda quickly turned his head away in order to cover up his [Macho man shedding tears], and wiped the corners of his eyes with a tissue.

"That... I got something in my eye."

"Me too……"

Qing Zhiyuan grabbed the tissue and blew his nose hard, but he still couldn't restrain the urge to cry.

Two big men were sitting in the office looking at each other tearfully.

There's no one left.

The little HR Akane Ayase was about to bring the drinker in, when she saw this scene just as she opened the door, she was stunned for half a second, and then backed away.

"It's scary... It turns out that only the president is abnormal, and now there is a phenomenon of human-to-human transmission."

……

After reading it, closing the document, Qing Zhiyuan fell into the sadness just now and couldn't extricate himself.

Two people sit facing each other, silent in each other's world constructed by the other.

well.

Qing Zhiyuan wiped the corners of his eyes with a tissue.

This is the Ma Zhizhun in my mind.

Sure enough, he had to take off the pressure on him in order to write a good script.

Thinking about it carefully, Qing Zhiyuan felt that the name LIFE-LINE was really good, and he connected all the content at once.It's not just a lifeline.

There are also meanings of continuation, inheritance, and fetters in it.

This is life and living.

Even, a strange feeling emerged in his brain——

LIFE-LINE can be a sister game with CL.

Qing Zhiyuan exchanged his ideas with Ma Zhizhun, and the other party agreed very much.

"President, you are amazing. You can write such a strong script as CL. I am completely moved." There was still a trace of sobs in Maeda Jun's voice.

"So, from the present point of view, although the two games are different from each other, they are emotionally common. When the time comes to release CL first, and then push LL, then players may be able to find each other's missing from the two games. The sorry part.

This can be regarded as a unique supplement. "

"Yeah." Jun Maeda agreed very much.

"So, what should be used as the core hub to connect these games together?" Qing Zhiyuan thought.

There was a very hazy imagery in his brain.

The tearjerker trilogy of the key company actually has no connection or continuity with each other, which limits their brand value to some extent.

And Final Fantasy is much smarter. Although the plots of each generation have nothing to do with each other, they are all independent games with complete plots, and even the worldview is different, let alone the relationship between those characters.

But they share the same name.

Chocobos, cacti, and moogles are also universal.

"If we have a link to connect several galgames of Pokeni, then we will definitely get a stronger chemical reaction."

"Ah~" At this moment, Maeda Junichi slapped his thigh, remembering a trivial detail, "Didn't it be mentioned in "The Man of the Reverse Degree" that there is something called [Mermaid Tears]? Tears can fulfill a person's wish, but it can also bring an unforgettable love."

"Huh?" Qing Zhiyuan's eyes lit up, "Maeda-san, your idea is very good. And I think, even if we don't use the [Mermaid Tears] setting, let each other's characters play a cameo role in other games as passers-by. , which is actually quite good.”

It is equivalent to an easter egg, and the guest appearance of the character is equivalent to connecting the world.

Fortunately, the backgrounds of these games are all modern cities, so they all make sense.

"Yeah, this is good."

Jun Maeda was very excited, "The duvet man and the hedgehog girl can make guest appearances in CL, and the Tomoya family in CL can also appear in the life-line. There is no so-called sequence in time, and players can interpret different things from this game. Same thing."

"That's right. Players can understand that Quilt and Hedgehog are indeed together, or that they met Friends by chance in a certain period of time before..."

This kind of cameo will be used a lot in future Marvel movies, some are pure easter eggs, some are gimmicks used to guide the next movie, in short, as long as players like them, they will notice, and can also Create heat and spark topics.

The two discussed for more than an hour, and basically finalized the main line.

Ma Zhizhun’s new script is not a big problem, but some details must be paid attention to. This young man obviously has no experience in giving birth and raising children. It is necessary for him to study and experience it seriously.

Nothing else.

……

The script was basically finalized, without further delay, Qing Zhiyuan called Ishino Mika into the office the next day.

"Woooooooo..."

After reading CL's script, Ishino Mika burst into tears.

Why do you want to show me this for Chinese New Year?

What am I doing wrong?
"It's too cruel, President."

if not?
Qing Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows.

CL is the king of the tearjerker game.

"So...?" Mika Ishino sobbed and asked with tears in her eyes.

"Isn't "The Bed Man" already finished? It's time to develop a new game." Qing Zhiyuan said, "Don't worry, the project will be established after the year, and the producer will still be you."

"what?"

Ishino Mika was taken aback for a moment.

Qing Zhiyuan said, "Since there is already a "Guy in the Bed", why don't you take advantage of the situation and push it to name the tear-jerking queen Mika Ishino."

"That..." Mixiang Ishino cried, looked at Qing Zhiyuan, then looked down at the script in front of her, "I dare not accept... I'm afraid of being sent a blade."

Qing Zhiyuan frowned severely.

"catch!"

"Must pick up!"

……

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