Because spiders don't taste good.
As an excellent student, Ishikawa Dong immediately heard the problems in Chen Ya's plan.
This doesn’t mean that mature game paradigms cannot be changed. Of course, the big names in game design can make changes, and they can make big changes.
Previously, Hideki Kojima created a food delivery simulator called "Stranded", which subverted all the conventional game styles and still sold like hot cakes.
Because Kojima is already a big shot, people of his level have reached the realm of perfection, and even picking up flowers and flying leaves can hurt people. The things he modified all contain his own understanding and are not random changes.
But even for a giant like Kojima, his subversive work "Stranded" still received mixed reviews, and many people said it was not fun.
This shows that without a dozen or so skills, it is still difficult to overturn the traditional ways.
If even the big guys are like this, what about Chen Ya who has no experience in game production?
Ishikawa Dong looked at Chen Ya with great hesitation.
Chen Ya said: "Listen to me first, in the second level of our game, we have 15 types of bricks."
"15 kinds?!"
Ishikawa Dong was shocked.
"H-Hmm, this, this, this many bricks are added to the second level. Doesn't this immediately increase the difficulty level of the game?"
"That's normal," Chen Ya nodded. "Like I said, our game is extremely difficult. It's normal for the second level to be this difficult."
Ishikawa was lost in thought for a moment, then he thought of a certain Miyazaki guy who designed a series with the word "Soul" in its name, and thought of a certain Black Knight, a certain Guda...
It seems that it is not impossible to put a boss with extremely high gradients at the beginning of the game.
"Well, what about the third level?" Ishikawa asked.
He thought, the difficulty of the third level should be adjusted down a bit, right?
"Ah? There is no third level." Chen Ya said.
"ah?"
"Um?"
"ah?"
Chen Ya looked at him: "What gave you the illusion that there was a third level?"
"Ah?"
"As I just said, our game is extremely difficult, with a pass rate of only 0.1%," Chen Ya said. "The pass rate for the second level is only this high. Almost no one can pass it, so there is no third level."
“Ah, this…”
Ishikawa Dong was confused and didn't understand, but what Chen Ya said seemed to make some sense.
"Well, well," he said, trying to gather his thoughts. "Even if only 0.1% of players complete the game, once the player base increases, there will still be many people who complete it. Then they'll ask where the third level is. What should we do?"
Chen Ya said, "It's very easy. We write 'one level per day' at the beginning of the game. They can only play one level per day. The next day, they have to start from the beginning again."
Chen Ya paused, then continued, "What I said just now about a 0.1% pass rate is actually a conservative estimate. 0.01% is too high. You should try your best to make the second level so that no one can pass it."
Ishikawa Dong was a little choked: "Well, then, I have another question. Even if there are 15 types of bricks and several layers, the clearance rate will still be very high. It must be difficult to maintain such a low clearance rate, right?"
Chen Ya said: "That's even simpler. You set the number of bricks in this game to a random number."
"Random numbers?"
"That is, it doesn't have to be a multiple of 3," Chen Ya said. "At the end, some bricks will only have two, or even just one, and they'll definitely get stuck in the slots, and you'll definitely not be able to pass the level."
Ishikawa Don's eyes almost popped out.
"To successfully clear the level, you need at least ten of the fifteen brick types to have random numbers that are multiples of three, right? Calculate the probability. I haven't calculated it, but it's definitely less than 0.01%."
Ishikawa Dong wanted to pound the keyboard after hearing this.
What, what is this?
It's too casual, so casual that it's outrageous!
If these words had not been said by Chen Ya, whom he respected, he would have thrown the keyboard in his face.
A game, even a super difficult one, needs rewards.
The more difficult the part, the richer the rewards should be, so as to attract players to continue to challenge.
For players in a match-3 level game like this, completing the game is their reward!
However, what Chen Ya said almost completely removed the reward part from the game.
Then, this game only has difficulty, no rewards!
It’s no exaggeration to say that this is a punishment game!
No... Ishikawa thought, this can't be called a punishment game.
This thing isn't even a game.
Chen Ya clapped his hands to bring him back to his senses and said, "Did you understand what I just said?"
"I understand, but I don't fully understand," Ishikawa Dong swallowed, "Brother Ya, do you really think this thing is valuable as a game?"
"It's worthless," Chen Ya said. "It's not even a game."
"……"copy
It turns out that Chen Ya knew this, and he even thought the same as Ishikawa Dong.
"but……"
Ishikawa Dong wanted to say something, but Chen Ya stopped him:
"I know what you want to ask. I know this isn't a game, because our current goal isn't to make a game."
Ishikawa Dong quieted down.
"What kind of games do you think are real games?" Chen Ya asked, "Playing marbles, taking pictures, playing chess, are these games?"
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