Chapter 81 Alternative Plot

RPG games cannot be without plot.

Although this aspect is looked down upon and the plot is considered unimportant, this is an RPG game after all, and it would be inappropriate to have no coherent plot.

So, in the following few days, Chen Ba took Zhong Shengwei and Xiao Lu to stay up late to read a series of Western fantasy hero novels, and wrote a rough plot outline based on the game requirements.

Yes, a synopsis! It’s not wrong to call it an outline, after all, it’s just a brief introduction to the origin, process, and ending of the story.

As for the detailed story content, we have to hire specialized writers to write it.

The reason why they had to hire someone to write the game plot was that, on the one hand, Chen Ba and others had no time to think about the plot. After all, there were still a lot of things to do in game development!

On the other hand, the "gunman" hired by the studio is of very high quality. He has participated in the creation of plots for many fantasy-style RPG games and has a lot of experience with this type of story.

The plot is mainly divided into three parts.

That is, the Human Kingdom, the Orc Empire and the Elf Kingdom, each with an independent plot line.

The main storyline of the human kingdom belongs to the origin of the story of the entire game: the princess was abducted, and the temple wizard found a way to summon heroes through the books that had been sealed for many years.

The king took this very seriously, but when the news leaked out, it attracted the attention of the Demon King, who sent his minions to destroy the capital and search for the whereabouts of the hero...

The hero's experience in the human kingdom can be summed up in one sentence: hiding everywhere, developing quietly, and finally expelling the devil's minions! Then there was the call for help from the elf kingdom.

As the demon king was rampant and the country was in trouble both internally and externally, the ambitious Orc Empire still ignored everything and took the initiative to provoke a war with the Elf Kingdom. The brave men of Yasasi decided to help the Elf Kingdom and persuade the Orc Empire to put aside their disputes and unite against the outside world.

The Orc Empire was infiltrated by the Demon King's minions, the royal family was assassinated, and only a princess with fox blood was left to wander among the people.

As we all know, heroes saving beauties is a traditional custom and culture that must be experienced in the other world, and brave men are no exception.

So, by chance, the brave man rescued the orc princess with nine tails and furry ears, and helped her regain the throne and become the orc queen.

After the Orc Queen ascended the throne, the Orc Empire announced a ceasefire with the Elf Kingdom. Humans, elves and orcs joined forces with the remnants of the destroyed dwarves to form a coalition force to launch a general attack on the Demon King's army.

“The ending of the story may be beyond the expectations of many players.”

As the chief planner, Chen Ba had thought about the ending of the game long ago, and he guaranteed that this ending would definitely surprise many people.

The true identity of the devil is actually the kidnapped princess! In other words, the princess was never kidnapped by the devil. It was all a show directed and performed by the devil himself.

Everyone was kept in the dark.

"When the Demon King is finally defeated, he will return to his princess form and tell the hero a cruel truth."

Chen Ba said word by word: "This is a world arranged by people. The old demon king dies, the hero leaves, and new demon kings and heroes are born, and this cycle continues."

"People will forget what happened in the past. They will not remember the heroes who came before. They will only look forward to the arrival of new heroes to save them, and live in a cycle for the rest of their lives..."

"Tragic ending?"

Yang Dong said thoughtfully: "Hearing what you said, it seems that our game has a little deeper core?"

"That's right."

Chen Ba nodded and said, "Using the plot as a metaphor for the game itself, every time a player opens a new file, it is like a restart of the world for these NPCs. They forget the past and fall into an endless cycle."

How to break the cycle?

As long as the player is not stupid, he will know it by this time.

When the heroes disappear, a new demon king will be born, and then new heroes will appear to continue to defeat the demon king...

There is only one way to break the cycle, that is, after the brave man knows the truth, he chooses to stay in the Continent of Divine Grace and not return to the original world.

“Great!”

Yang Dong exclaimed: "In this way, players who have a strong sense of immersion in the plot and have a deep love for a certain NPC will often check out the game even if they have finished the game."

How to retain players

The core meaning of the ending of this plot is actually just one: to let the brave players know what impact their departure or starting a new game will have on these NPCs.

Commonly known as: moral kidnapping! Hero! Do you have the heart to abandon your wife and companions who love you and go away alone? Do you have the heart to see your former comrades forget your existence? If you can't bear it, then keep this archive and come back to check on everyone from time to time!

Although moral kidnapping is shameful, it may have a miraculous effect on many players who are nostalgic.

At least once this ending comes out, there will probably be some players who will be reluctant to uninstall the game "Shennonglu".

Even if I have already cleared the game, I will still go to the game to take a look when I have nothing to do. Even if I don’t do anything, I just want to take a look at my old friend and my beloved woman...

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

This is a skill Chen Ba learned from a business simulation game, which is to use the friendship between NPCs and players to increase the cost of players abandoning the game.

That’s right!

The business simulation game that Chen Ba was talking about was the once popular "Stardew Valley".

Players who have played this game should all know that although this game is simple, it seems to have a high degree of freedom and is not bound by any rules or regulations.

But once you get involved in it and gradually fall in love with the town and the NPCs in the town, the cost of abandoning the game will become very high.

Even though I feel like it’s not fun anymore and I don’t want to play anymore, I still feel itchy every once in a while and can’t help but go into the game to take a look at my “wife”, the people in the town, and my farm…

The "cost of quitting the game" in the eyes of ordinary people may be how much money was spent on the game and how long they played it.

But many people overlook one point, that is, the emotions invested in the game are also a cost, and it is even higher than the cost of simply spending money, making it more difficult to give up.

If you spend 100,000 yuan on a game, one day you may not want to play it anymore and you may never have the motivation to play it again.

But when I come across a game NPC that I particularly like, even if I haven’t played that game for a long time, I will still have the urge to “go play the game and take a look.”

This is the power of emotion!

Although it may sound ridiculous to play a game and become emotionally attached to an NPC, it is true and many games have this effect.

Chen Ba hopes that "Divine Grace Continent" can also have this kind of emotional effect, so that many players will like the NPC partners in the game from the bottom of their hearts.

Many years later, when I accidentally heard about the game "Shennong Continent", my mind would pop up with my friends and lovers who fought against the devil together...

If this is achieved, then the game can be considered a success.

(End of this chapter)