"Player?"
When Stone heard this word, he said he didn't quite understand it.
The players he knew were probably those guys who hung around in casinos, hoping to get rich every day, but in the end they were caught by gangs and thrown into remote places to be eaten, and spent the rest of their lives paying off their debts.
Many people have misunderstandings about gangs, thinking that gangs like to lend money at high interest rates and like to cut off people's hands and feet when the other party can't repay the loan. In fact, this is not what gangs do at all.
If you can't pay back the loan sharks, the gangs will just lose money. Their severed hands and feet won't even sell as well as pork. The gangs aren't that cruel.
They just sometimes make you an offer you can't refuse.
Therefore, when Lu Ban mentioned the players, Stone was a little slow to react to what he meant.
Trist was knowledgeable and had heard some of the opinions. Most importantly, he understood that silence was golden. Moreover, he could not casually respond to what Lu Ban said, otherwise it might lead to an embarrassing situation.
The old chosen one.
Xia had been to Lu Ban's world before and had some idea about players, but she didn't understand what the players Lu Ban was talking about were related to their current mission.
We can't let those players come to the Kingdom of Darkness.
"Yes, actually, I developed a gaming device in my world. You can think of it as a drama that a single person can watch and participate in. I think I can try to bring them to this world."
Lu Ban explained.
He has made some changes to the quagmire, and now it has become the birth point for players.
"You mean, is it a bit difficult to let them travel here?"
Trist found it somewhat strange that after not seeing Lu Ban for a while, he actually had mastered the technology to allow people to travel to foreign lands. This was a bit beyond Trist's imagination.
He thought of what Lu Ban mentioned that he would die in his world in the future, and suddenly felt a little sad.
"Allowing people to travel to a foreign land physically is probably something that only certain special creatures or beings of higher status can do. Of course, I can't let them come here. Besides, this place is too dangerous. If they travel through it physically, they will lose their biggest advantage."
Lu Ban explained.
"The change I made to this quagmire is that it can create mimic creatures to a certain extent. Then, I used some methods to let the players in my world project their consciousness onto these mimic creatures, so that they can complete the summoning."
"Almost like a necromancer."
Xiaya thought Lu Ban’s idea was very fantastic, but in a foreign land, everything was possible, so she still chose to believe Lu Ban.
"So we start summoning now?"
"No, we have to wait a little longer."
Lu Ban said, picking up another branch from the ground.
"What are we waiting for? What preparations are needed for the summoning?"
Stone asked in confusion.
“It will take some time to publicize it.”
As Lu Ban spoke, he closed his eyes.
At the same time, in his home, a drop of Lu Ban gradually swelled up and turned into the appearance of Lu Ban.
However, due to its insufficient mass, Lu Ban only looks like a paper man and cannot be seen at all when viewed from the side.
Paper man Lu Ban quickly turned on his computer, created a document, and then sent it to the work group.
Shi Ming, the person in charge of Silent Games, was the first to see Lu Ban's document.
His expression changed from confusion, to shock, to longing and anticipation, and finally to complete excitement.
"Sure enough, there is such a use."
Shi Ming was impressed by Lu Ban's brilliant idea.
After Morning Star was produced, Shi Ming felt that this thing would definitely bring about a new revolution to the human gaming industry.
[The Conjuring] is just an appetizer, an attempt. What can really bring about a qualitative change in [Morning Star] is undoubtedly the open world game.
Just like the emergence of several MMORPGs in the past, which brought about a new era in Internet games and the huge and real world impressed all players, the open world of virtual reality will definitely revolutionize the entire gaming industry.
After all, the open world with keyboard, mouse and controller is ultimately realized by players through specific operations. Although what you see is what you get sounds good, most games are just plays arranged within a certain framework. Now an opportunity is in front of players. Should they continue to hold on to those old games or embrace virtual reality? The answer is self-evident.
However, the only thing Shi Ming was worried about was the production schedule of the game.
Although some game companies release an open world game a year and are jokingly called canneries, that is because they have very mature supporting tools and different studios release them in a staggered manner. In fact, a game still needs two to three years to develop.
As for Lu Ban, this is both virtual reality and an open world, so it will take at least four to five years to realize.
However, Lu Ban's second document was soon delivered.
Shi Ming was stunned when he saw it.
Because this is promotional material.
Lu Ban asked Shi Ming to go to some domestic and foreign game forums to recruit the first batch of testers, and the first round of closed testing would begin tomorrow morning.
"When exactly did he do this?"
Shi Ming couldn't help but sigh.
Before [Morning Star], Lu Ban actually only used Shi Ming's assembly line, factory, channels, registration materials, etc. Shi Ming was not involved in the specific game development business.
As a game practitioner, Shi Ming knows very well how difficult it is to develop an excellent open world game.
To develop a high-quality open world game, you need hundreds of excellent software engineers to debug and create day and night, an art team of nearly a thousand people to provide realistic textures and materials for the game, a planning team that dares to innovate and focuses on details, a powerful game engine that can support various designs, and a talented producer with excellent vision and talent.
Shi Ming didn't dare to say whether Lu Ban was such a person, because judging from [The Conjuring Night], Lu Ban didn't actually make many breakthroughs in the gameplay. The excellence of [The Conjuring Night] lies in the immersive experience after combining with virtual reality technology, and the gameplay is exactly the same as Lu Ban's earliest interactive video.
To paint a picture on canvas with a computer is innovation, but to interpret it with pixels is creation.
Open world is a game type that players are passionate about and has long been popular. All game manufacturers will also make innovative interpretations on this type of game, leaving Lu Ban with few ways to play.
However, despite his doubts, Shi Ming still followed Lu Ban's instructions and posted the test announcement on forums and some social media, and also invited some well-known players to experience it.
Instantly, the players exploded.