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Chapter 306: The Windy Man

Chapter 306 A Man Like the Wind

There is still a big gap between the media of game animation and ordinary live-action TV series.

Unless the works are deliberately realistic. They

are generally full of exaggerated artistic expressions.

This is not derogatory.

The reason why the second dimension suddenly went from a niche to mainstream culture in Lin Yao's previous life is because of its virtuality. It escaped from the real world and created a very unique two-dimensional world. The reason why

most comic adaptations fail is that they want to directly copy the exaggerated and artistic two-dimensional world to the real stage.

Then there is a strange smell from the inside to the outside...

It would be strange if it didn't fail.

The rare successful examples of comic adaptations are all either relatively realistic themes, or they have been drastically adapted, or... they go a step further and are more two-dimensional than the second dimension... and use more exaggerated artistic processing to dilute the strange smell.

For example, the very famous "I'm the Big Brother".

It just runs all the way in the direction of insanity.

Kanna Hashimoto also ran all the way from a pure girl to a sand sculpture...

and games are more exaggerated than most animations and comics because they are highly interactive. Except for interactive movies like "The Invisible Guardian", most games are also virtual and mixed with all kinds of weird powers.

This world pursues realism, either it is a realistic theme itself, or it is a horror game...

No, horror games also have things like hand-washing war gods...

So it is impossible to follow reality.

Linmu Studio's game "Witch" has been confirmed to be a magical story. Lin Yao herself is an artist and the founder of visual design and art style.

Because the expression method involves weird powers, she has always pursued expressiveness.

Whether it is the initial concept or the action design, it is the same idea.

Zhang Seng's middle school energy and exaggeration.

In real-life film and television dramas, they will be directly brushed off.

But here in Lin Yao, it is indeed very suitable.

He obviously also plays games and knows very well what kind of expressiveness the game needs.

Lin Yao is indeed quite satisfied.

However.

She did not reply to Zhang Seng immediately, but expressed her gratitude, and then watched the performance of the last female artist.

The three of them quickly completed the basic test.

"How is it?"

Lin Yao looked at Chen Qiuwen.

Chen Qiuwen pondered for a moment: "Shu Xiangming is relatively poor, basically not considered, Zhang Seng is quite good, the performance is in line with the visual design, but the fame is a bit bad... As for the actress, it's average, barely acceptable."

"Yeah."

Lin Yao nodded: "Then let's use Zhang Seng for the male lead. As for fame, it doesn't matter if he doesn't have it. The most important thing is that the game is fun. It doesn't matter if there are these extra bonuses. He really meets the standards. As for the female lead, I think she has rich expressions. As a witch, there is no large-scale action scene. She is almost standing and casting spells. She can do it."

"Yeah..."

Chen Qiuwen nodded in agreement, and then smiled bitterly: "However, the most important male lead, the male lead controlled by the player did not choose a famous artist, it feels lonely to choose..."

"There is no way, that Shu Xiangming is famous, but he does not meet the requirements, not as good as some special actors..."

Lin Yao shook her head: "We are making games, so let's focus on the game."

The Eye of Judgment also has Kimura Takuya.

But it is still not beyond Yakuza.

Although the plot is much better than the Yakuza series, the game lacks eye-catching content. Even with Kimura Takuya, it is not more appealing than the Yakuza series.

In the end, the game was forced to be removed and modified due to the reality of another actor.

So, compared to fame, Lin Yao still thinks that Zhang Seng, who likes games and knows how to perform, is more reliable.

...

The motion capture actor has been confirmed.

This is the first time in China that a real actor has been used in a game. Although Zhang Seng is not famous, another female artist Xu Chunjing is quite famous.

After this matter was confirmed, some rumors spread.

But it did not attract much attention in the gaming circle.

Because at this time... Most players are still immersed in "Heroes".

"Heroes" is still an early access version.

Linmu Studio updates very diligently.

Almost a new hero a week.

There are also a lot of skins.

Some of these heroes and skins are newly made.

But most of them have been completed and are just being tested and adjusted, and have not been launched with the early access version.

Because it is just a test, it can be launched without any problems, so "Heroes" has been updated really fast during this period.

Combined with the game's terrifying upward momentum,

the popularity it has gathered is so exaggerated.

Now many middle-aged and elderly people who don't play games know about this game. When they see a young person sitting in front of a computer and opening a game-like page, they ask if he is playing a game called "Hero"...

Many people who don't play the game have noticed this game when they hear others ask this question.

You can imagine how popular it is.

Players have also experienced a wave of changes.

The game mechanism has been understood.

Players have begun to rank on a large scale.

At the same time, the wind-like hero from last weekend also came out...

and instantly became the new favorite in the middle lane.

However, because of the mixed crowd,

there are more people who are bad at playing than those who play well.

Now the legend of the question mark chasing E is circulating everywhere in the world...

and inside Linmu Studio,

the "Hero" project team is full of energy as they see the game running towards the phenomenal level step by step.

On the other hand,

the "Witch" project team is a little painful...

It's not that they have encountered any troubles.

But they are experiencing the pain of changing their working methods and feel a little uncomfortable.

In the past, such masterpieces of Linmu Studio were all led by Lin Yao.

But now it has become a motion capture operation, and many staff members are very uncomfortable with the captured movements,

and it takes a certain amount of time to adapt. But it is much more convenient.

No one denies this. It

's just that you are not used to it. Get used

to it slowly.

Lin Yao alone will one day be unable to handle the increasing workload, especially after the scale is expanded.

She knows this best.

Even if there is an apocalypse, she can't just do nothing and work, right?

So this motion capture production attempt can never be stopped.

Lin Yao was actually very uncomfortable, but she could only bear it... For example, she clearly had a picture in her mind, knew how to express it, could draw it, and then she could give it to the animator to animate it.

In this way, both the action and the expressiveness could be optimal.

But now they had to find a way to make the motion capture actors understand, instead of just going straight in...

In short, the "Witch" project team was moving slowly forward in discomfort and pain.

Obviously, the efficiency was a bit slow when using motion capture.

But Lin Yao believed that this was only temporary...

Well, I hope...

At the same time.

After the inertial motion capture was verified, Linmu Studio also officially notified Zhang Seng to serve as the motion capture actor and face model for the male protagonist of the game.

Zhang Seng was very excited to hear the exact answer.

Then he carefully proposed to visit Linmu Studio.

Chen Qiuwen agreed to his request.

He came to Linmu Studio on the third day of the interview.

Then he was led by Chen Qiuwen with excitement and visited everywhere.

But he was a little disappointed. He

didn't see Lin Yao.

Lin Yao was not in the studio today.

He went out to see the venue.

The headquarters venue of Linmu Studio.

(End of this chapter)