This Online Game Developer is Definitely Problematic

A turn-based online game that hadn’t been updated for half a year, had a development budget seven times that of its competitors, yet only made a tenth of their revenue—a total failure. A game t...

Chapter 6 Planning

Chapter 6 Planning

The next day.

In the morning.

Lin Yao suddenly sat up from the bed. After a moment of confusion, she looked around and recalled where she was. Then she yawned innocently, rubbed her long hair that suddenly became fluffy after sleeping, and jumped off the bed.

She staggered downstairs, brushed her teeth and washed up.

Ten minutes later.

Lin Yao finally woke up with difficulty.

She walked out of the bathroom while tying her long hair, then gently shook her ponytail, wiped the water drops on her face with the back of her hand, and came to the dining table.

There was still a note at the bottom of the cup.

[Well done... Don't do it next time. The dishes I made are also in the refrigerator. Remember to wash the dishes - Lin Xi. ]

Lin Yao froze with the note.

At least give a compliment... No, she seemed to have praised, but why did it sound so much like scolding.

It was like saying that Gouzi ate the meal she cooked, made four dishes and a soup for herself overnight, and then patted her on the shoulder and told her to be nicer to herself...

The most prominent thing was the incongruity. Tsk

.

Forget it.

Anyway, we don't see each other often, so it's not good if the relationship is not good.

Lin Yao put down the note and was too lazy to worry about it.

She heated up her breakfast, changed her clothes after eating, and went out to work.

...

Nine o'clock in the morning.

Lin Yao came to her seat on time, turned on the computer, got up and poured herself a glass of water, and then opened yesterday's document again.

Where was it yesterday?

Oh, the beginning and the solution to the current high prices in the game.

Then I have to write about the existing game system and even the architecture.

The first is the problem of player stickiness.

The social system of this game is almost non-existent.

Lin Yao plans to add multiple gameplays and subsystems, including gang system, marriage system, home system, sworn brotherhood system, etc.

, and optimize the existing channel system, team system, friend system, etc.

This must be done.

For turn-based games, social interaction is an inevitable part, and when it comes to turn-based game social interaction, we have to talk about this mess of gangs, marriage, homes, etc. This is the background of game social interaction.

"Well... to let players add friends, they must first form a team."

Lin Yao took a sip of water, hesitated for a moment, and began to describe the design plan starting with the team system.

This game also has a team system, but it has not been fully utilized.

First of all, Lin Yao plans to add some tasks to the conditions that only when there are more than 3 people can they receive the task, and only when the team is full can they get full experience, to encourage players to form a team.

This is the first step.

Then it is time to encourage the team to chat.

First of all, it is necessary to optimize the channel system, subdivide the team, world, gang, current and other channels, give a certain degree of privacy, and facilitate communication at the same time, add a world announcement function, and on this basis, you can also add a preset rich emoticon package. The emoticon package of Fantasy Westward Journey, which originated from Dahua 2, is definitely a stroke of genius.

Then optimize the friend system. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a built-in QQ. Many Fantasy players probably forgot all the shortcut keys, but they can't forget the subconscious alt+F.

Then you can also use a formation system that can only be opened by a full team to improve the team's combat effectiveness...

Lin Yao tapped the keyboard with his fingers, and he immersed himself in it as he wrote.

She felt a steady stream of ideas coming up, all kinds of thoughts bursting out, like a constantly diverging mind map. As soon as the prototype of an idea came up, it immediately diverged, and then the solutions for several classic turn-based online games on Earth came up, allowing her to quickly determine the functions and gameplay.

This was like a brainstorming session, and also like an apocalypse.

Lin Yao typed faster and faster.

The number of words in the lower left corner of the document slowly increased.

Gang system, marriage system, channel system, team system, friend system.

System design plan, world view packaging plan, and some numerical plans.

Original painting requirements table, scene original painting requirements table, action requirements table, sound effect requirements table, UI, GUI requirements plan.

Lin Yao straightened her waist, looked at the computer screen, her beautiful eyes lit up.

The planning plan and related planning requirements and other written documents were quickly typed out.

Four hours in the morning passed in a flash.

But Lin Yao was still outputting, she was still outputting... no, inputting.

This was actually very rare for her, who was proud of taking advantage of troubled waters. After all, she ran off work on time yesterday.

She didn't notice anything unusual, and even forgot the passage of time, staring at the computer screen.

Soon.

A plan based on the mature turn-based online games on Earth was slowly formed and gradually perfected.

Click.

Type the last letter.

The slender white fingers left the keyboard.

Lin Yao slightly pulled out of the apocalypse-like state, glanced at the plan with 60,000 words, which basically determined the structure of most subsystems, and pondered.

The next step is the gameplay. It

is useless to just add and optimize the system. You also need to add the gameplay you want to match, so that players will not feel bored, and players must have clear growth goals and a growth curve that can be planned.

When it comes to the gameplay and structure of turn-based online games.

Then we have to mention one person.

Although this person is a bit weird, apart from his personality, he is indeed an excellent game planner.

The most well-known turn-based online game in Lin Yao's previous life, "Fantasy Westward Journey", was actually derived from Westward Journey Online. This person proposed 30 pages of modification suggestions for Westward Journey Online. In the end, he directly won the opportunity to establish the project of the new game, and led the construction and determined the production of most of the gameplay. In the end, this game Fantasy Westward Journey was born.

Now many of the unique gameplays, systems and activities of turn-based online games, such as the marriage system, imperial examinations, fishing, etc., are actually from his hands.

It can be said that without him, there would be no Fantasy Westward Journey that can be operated for nearly 20 years in the future.

Later, this person left the pig farm, started his own business, and created "Shenwu", the only turn-based online game on the market that can compete with Fantasy. He transformed from a game planner to an IT tycoon ranked among the best in the country. Of course... it also brought a lot of lawsuits.

But no matter what.

He is indeed a genius in the turn-based online game type.

When it comes to the gameplay of turn-based online games, it is almost impossible to avoid the two games "Fantasy Westward Journey" and "Shenwu".

Before coming here, Lin Yao was an Internet addict, and she had played both games.

The underlying architecture and related systems of these two games can be said to be very similar, but there are still differences.

Which game should be used as the gameplay?

Lin Yao gently pressed the J key, pondered for a while, and finally decided to focus on "Shenwu".

It's not that Fantasy Westward Journey is not fun, but that the gameplay of Fantasy Westward Journey is too complicated.

After nearly 20 years of operation and the baptism of four generations of main planners.

Lin Yao can't remember the subsequent versions of this game very clearly...

Hmm.

It must not be that she is too bad, she only knows how to fight sea caterpillars when playing Fantasy.

Lin Yao smiled shyly, and her slender white fingers were placed on the keyboard again.

Now that I have decided.

Let's write it down first.

Although there are differences between the two games, most of the gameplay is still the same.

Lin Yao only takes Shenwu as the standard, and it is not that she ignores Fantasy and grabs a game to make money.

To be really picky, these two games are just a grandfather and a grandson, otherwise the companies behind the two games would not sue each other...

You can't say that the grandson looks like the grandfather, nor can you say that you forget the grandfather by copying the grandson. The gameplay can complement each other.

"Then first... let's increase the game level to 120."

Lin Yao muttered to herself, and gently tapped the keyboard again.

Let me say here that the content of the game development and operation in the whole book is definitely distorted. After all, the system has come out, and this is also to serve the plot. Readers who are really engaged in related work can just read it for fun.

In addition, please vote and follow up reading... Now follow up reading is very important. I will try to write 6,000 words a day for the first 100,000 words, and then I may update 4,000 words until it is put on the shelves. Please...

(End of this chapter)