Chapter 224 The Wonderful Use of Merit

Zhonghai, Magic Dragon Studio.

As one of the top game studios in China, Magic Dragon has a very good reputation in the industry.

Their representative work, the Magic Sword series, is also a well-known domestic fairy-tale RPG masterpiece!

This time, Chen Ba brought people to the Magic Dragon Studio to visit and learn. In fact, he wanted to learn from the Magic Dragon Studio and exchange development experiences with them.

This is also a common occurrence.

In the domestic game industry, there are only a few studios that make stand-alone games. They communicate and collaborate with each other frequently, and everyone knows each other privately.

“This shouldn’t be…”

Zhong Shengwei muttered, "Normally, we are at odds with these peers. You are not happy with me, am I not happy with you?"

"Do we have to make a game and they have to come out and mock and belittle us, or even challenge us and hire trolls to smear us?"

"Isn't it?"

Chen Ba: “…”

This kid, has he read too many novels?

How can there be such a brainless villain in real life? Maybe your new work will collide with it, but in that case, it’s usually enough to just say so.

As for mocking and degrading, or even hiring trolls to blacken the games of other companies, this is not uncommon, but that requires the other companies with particularly high hatred values! Under normal circumstances, everyone keeps to themselves, you go your way and I go mine, how can there be so many intersections? Moreover, the group of people who make stand-alone games in China have a sense of "heroes cherishing heroes" with each other. They communicate frequently in private, and there is no so-called communication barrier.

"The mobile game and online game circles may be a little chaotic, and the relationship between large companies may be more tense and sensitive."

Chen Ba explained: "As for our small workshops and teams that exist in the form of studios, there are not so many requirements."

Although Dragon Studio is far away in Zhonghai, Chen Ba is not unfamiliar with them, because Dragon Studio also participated in the development of the 3A game "Global Evolution".

Therefore, the meeting between the two sides was relatively friendly and harmonious.

The person in charge of the Dragon Studio also took Chen Ba to visit their wall of honor, introduced several games they had developed in the past, and introduced several core members of the studio.

"It's such a pity for the Demon Sword series."

After visiting, Chen Ba said with regret: "I was born at the wrong time. During my peak period, I didn't encounter a good era when players supported genuine products."

There are seven generations of the Demon Sword series.

Among them, the third generation is recognized as a masterpiece and is also the most fun generation of magic sword game to date.

It's a pity that in that era when pirated and cracked versions were rampant, Shadow of War 3 did not generate huge profits for Dragon Studio, and all the profits were taken away by pirates.

Magic Sword 7 was just released last year and the performance was pretty good. It barely sold more than 1.2 million copies on the Steam platform, which can be considered to have recovered the production costs.

"In fact, this should be the last generation of the Demon Sword series!"

Xu Hong, the boss of Dragon Studio and known as the "Father of the Demon Sword" in the industry, sighed: "The Demon Sword series has been with us for more than ten years, and it is time to say goodbye."

Their new work is also a fantasy theme, but it is not the Magic Sword series.

The Magic Sword IP will remain at the seventh generation and there will be no sequels. It will be replaced by a new game series called "Shushan".

"Shushan?"

After listening to Xu Hong's introduction to "Shushan", Chen Ba nodded and said, "It sounds good. Your game should be a big seller!"

"I'll lend you my good words."

Xu Hong smiled and said, "Why are you interested in the Xianxia theme? Could it be that... Tianba Studio's new work will be a Xianxia game?"

“Probably yes!”

Seeing Xu Hong's serious expression, Chen Ba quickly waved his hand and explained, "But don't think too much. This time we are not making a stand-alone game, but an MMORPG multiplayer online game."

"Online games..."

"Then you should check out games like Ni Shui Han, Tian Dao, and Jian San!"

Xu Hong explained: "We at Magic Dragon Studio have never made an MMO, so we don't have any suggestions for you. You've come to the wrong place."

"I've come to the right place. I've learned a lot of new things from you guys!"

For example, flying with a sword!

This is actually a very interesting system. The Dragon Studio has specially designed a set of actions for flying a sword. The effect is smooth and neat, full of a sense of fairy chivalry.

This is one of Chen Ba’s gains.

In addition, during his visit, he also learned about many unique settings and corresponding forms of expression of fairy-tale games.

For example, the "multi-currency" system! In traditional RPG games, the currency system is generally quite monotonous, with the same old three things like gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins. There is really nothing new to say.

But in Xianxia games, the currency system alone is a whole discipline. Copper coins and silver are the first-level currency, and spirit stones are the second-level currency. On this basis, a third-level currency can also be added.

This is a rather complex system, which is more complex and more representative of Chinese culture than traditional gold, silver and copper coins.

In addition, there is another point in the fairy-tale game that deserves attention, that is "naming"! The Dragon Studio has a special naming tool that can give the moves, skills, characters, weapons and equipment, map scenes and other elements in the game an ancient and fairy-like name.

Don't underestimate these names.

Once some names are marked, you will know that they come from a fairy-tale game, and you can even guess a little bit of their functions and effects. This is the benefit of the name.

For example - the Water Control Technique!

Just by hearing the name, players can probably guess that this is a skill related to the "water element". The effect should be to drive and control the water element. See? This is a change brought to a fairy-tale game by giving it a suitable name!

certainly……

Xu Hong also said with a smile that instead of making up stories in this regard, it would be better to read more books, not just online novels about immortals and heroes, but also stories about gods, ghosts, and folk tales.

If you read more books and have more knowledge in your head, you won't be afraid when naming or writing a plot, and you won't make a fool of yourself.

“That makes sense!”

Chen Ba agreed deeply.

He just didn't read enough books and has nothing in his head, so the game plot writing of Tianba Studio is always disappointing, attracting countless complaints from players.

If he had read more books, would he still be like this? As the saying goes, a visitor from afar is a guest.

As it was approaching dinner time, Xu Hong enthusiastically ordered a table of delicious dishes to entertain Chen Ba and his group who had come from afar.

At the dinner table, Xu Hong asked whether Tianba Studio would participate in this year's China Overseas Game Expo and received a positive answer.

You must definitely participate in the exhibition.

Now that you are here, it would be a shame not to visit the exhibition.

What's more, the news that Tianba Studio is about to develop a new game must be announced to the public at this exhibition, otherwise where will the attention come from? "Announce it to the public at the exhibition?"

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

Xu Hong took a sip of tea and asked with a little curiosity: "So soon? I thought you would announce it to the public after some time!"

“We’ve always been fast…”

While biting a big crab, Xiao Lu explained to Xu Hong: "Mr. Xu, have you forgotten the title of the Quickshooter of our Tianba Studio?"

“Hahaha, it’s true!”

Hearing this, Xu Hong couldn't help but laugh and said, "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten that your Tianba Studio is indeed fast, and you are a well-known quick shooter."

It was more than fast, it was almost like riding a rocket! When others were still planning games and hadn’t even finished their PPTs, Tianba Studio had already started a new game project.

When others finally created a new folder and were ready to start formal development with great confidence, they looked back and found that Tianba Studio’s new game had started to take appointments for early testing!

It's simply inhuman...

If Rockstar had this development speed, let alone GTA6, I'm afraid they would have completed GTA100 by now.

After joking, Xu Hong took the opportunity of toasting to inquire about Tianba’s new game.

Chen Ba lowered his head and thought for a while.

Anyway, we will be announcing our participation in the China Overseas Game Expo in a couple of days, so it doesn’t hurt to reveal a little bit now. Old Xu is still reliable.

So, he picked up the general framework of the game and told it to Xu Hong.

The new game is an MMORPG online game.

A fairy-tale theme, the main way to play is to play the role of a cultivator, adventure in the vast world of cultivation, and eventually become a true immortal roaming the world!

The game has multiple realms.

Qi training, foundation building, golden elixir, Nascent Soul, spirit transformation, fusion, return to the void, Mahayana...

To put it bluntly, it was stitched together! Chen Ba was not ashamed and publicly stated that his settings were all stitched together from the novel.

Bad news: Stitched! Good news: All sewn in!

The essence of the game is still the standard MMORPG process of leveling up, fighting monsters, and completing dungeons.

Upgrading means improving your cultivation level. Killing monsters can't be called killing monsters, it should be called exterminating demons and bandits. Going to a dungeon can't be called going to a dungeon, it should be called exploring a secret cave! PK is also available.

Cultivators are full of vigor and vitality, and the world of cultivation is extremely cruel. Killing people and robbing treasures is commonplace, isn't it? Therefore, the game has a PK system.

However, in order to limit fighting and PK behaviors between players and protect relatively weak players, Chen Ba added a "merit" system.

The so-called merit is naturally the merit of heaven! This thing is very common in those prehistoric novels, and the benefits are obvious. It can reduce the difficulty of heavenly tribulation, increase the speed of cultivation, and can also be used to refine magic weapons, etc.

Anyway, merit is rare...

Wanton killing will increase evil spirit, which will erode merit and bring various ominous curses, such as being struck by lightning when walking, being covered with red hair, etc.

Doing good deeds, fighting demons and defending justice can gain merits. The game encourages everyone to do good deeds and be a good person, and not to kill people and steal treasures all day long, and do all kinds of bad things.

Unless you don't need merit and don't mind the ominous curse...

But that's impossible.

In this game, merit is the most awesome game currency! With enough merit, you can play even better than the players who pay for the game.

“Is this true or false?”

Xiao Lu got a chicken leg from somewhere and said as he ate it, "It's even better than playing with gold. Isn't that merit too abnormal?"

"Of course!"

"Otherwise, how can there be such a saying as "one can become a saint by doing good deeds"? Think about it! If one has enough merits, one can even become a saint, so what does this little bit of effect count for?"

Chen Ba set merit as the third-level currency, and he naturally had his own plans.

Players who spend money on this game can certainly have more fun, but they still can't compare to those who have merit. After all, merit is something that cannot be obtained even if you spend money on it.

In other words.

The currency used for krypton gold is spirit stones, fairy jade and other secondary currencies, which are only one level higher than copper coins and silver.

Merit is a third-level currency, and its status is even higher than that of second-level currency. Moreover, merit cannot be exchanged and cannot be purchased with real money.

Boy, cultivation is not about fighting and killing, but about merit and virtue, do you understand?

(End of this chapter)