Chapter 263 Galaxy Emperor? (Happy New Year to everyone)
In fact, there are already many human-computer interactive games that Chen Ba described with multiple peripherals.
For example, the most classic fitness games!
It is not uncommon to hold a peripheral handle in your hand and then swing the racket to play table tennis, tennis, etc. towards the TV screen.
To put it bluntly.
This idea was not first thought up by Chen Ba. The industry has long begun to explore the content of human-computer interactive games.
However, it is indeed rare for fighting games to use such human-computer interaction methods...
"This interactive entertainment method has a fatal problem, or a flaw, which is that it consumes too much energy, and the players' enthusiasm does not get the proper feedback."
Chen Ba explained.
This kind of game may seem interesting the first time you play it, but after a few minutes you will feel exhausted and lose interest in playing it anymore.
Chen Ba believes that the reason is that the positive feedback provided by the game is not enough to support players to continue playing. After all, no one likes to do something stupid that is tiring and meaningless.
Chen Ba believed that the problem of wasting physical energy could not be solved.
After all, the purpose of these peripherals is to allow players to "move around". It can be said that they were not designed to be as worry-free and labor-saving as keyboard and mouse controllers.
Since the problem of wasting physical energy cannot be solved, let's change our thinking and make players feel that the consumption of physical energy is valuable, which is indeed a happy thing.
Simply put...
Anyone will get tired after playing games with this kind of peripherals for a long time. Chen Ba hopes that everyone will feel genuinely happy while feeling tired, and gain relatively good positive feedback.
"Can this be achieved by satisfying a middle school fantasy?" Xiao Lu asked.
“I’m not sure, but I can give it a try!”
There is a saying that Chen Ba still remembers vividly: A man is a boy until he dies! The game "Star Emperor" is already famous for its gorgeous fighting special effects. While retaining this shining point, it adds a new set of peripheral interaction modes to satisfy the second-year fantasies of these big boys, which may make them feel happy and satisfied.
He understood that feeling very well.
When I was a child, I would pick up a wooden stick on the side of the road and imagine myself as an omnipotent hero who could chop the flowers and plants on the roadside into two with just a few swipes.
This is the romance unique to men, and it is also the dark history that every boy hides deep in his heart and is too ashamed to talk about.
It's ok now!
Without any wooden sticks, you only need a set of peripherals, and you can experience the powerful feeling of the "Supreme Emperor" in the fantasy novels, who is invincible and powerful throughout the ages...
“That’s really cool!”
Although Lao Luo is old, he has no resistance to this kind of fantasy.
He said that if the effect described by Brother Ba could really be achieved, no no no...even if it was only half effective, he would be happy to pay for the peripherals.
Just think of it as buying yourself a "toy"!
The supreme emperor in fantasy fairy tales, with his unrivaled supreme power, is an exciting feeling even if it is just simulated through peripherals.
It would be even better if it were VR!
"If we can't use VR, our game must consider the target audience. If we use VR, it will discourage most players."
Chen Ba explained: "In fact, in my imagination, in addition to this set of official peripherals, Star Emperor 2 can also be played with traditional keyboards, mice and controllers."
These are for backward compatibility.
It's impossible, as Xiao Lu said, that in order to promote the more expensive peripheral sets, keyboard and mouse and controller players are not allowed to play this game? That's unrealistic...
But let’s be clear, although Chen Ba does not advocate VR, if players have VR devices, it is also possible to use VR to play "Star Emperor 2".
VR supported, but this is not a VR game!
“I understand!”
Yang Dong nodded and said, "We mainly promote official peripherals, but it is not mandatory. Players are free to use any device to play."
That's fine.
He was quite worried at first because Brother Ba, in order to create the so-called "next-generation fighting game", would simply cut off access to games using keyboards, mice, and controllers.
Now it seems that Brother Ba is not that extreme and crazy. He just added a set of exclusive peripherals based on the first generation of "Star Emperor" to provide a better gaming experience.
It's OK if you don't buy peripherals but only buy the game, just like the original "Star Emperor"...
"So will the role continue?"
Since it is the official sequel to "Star Emperor", Yang Dong really wants to know, will the characters in the first generation of the game appear in the second generation?
“It depends!”
"Some characters will appear in the second-generation sequel, and some characters will be abandoned." Chen Ba spread his hands.
There's nothing we can do about it.
"Star Emperor" has launched more than 60 characters so far. With so many characters, it is impossible for all of them to be reproduced in the second-generation sequel.
If the characters are exactly copied, then what's the point of everyone buying the sequel?
The majority of sequels will definitely have new characters, and only a few popular and loyal characters from previous games will have a chance to make a comeback.
certainly!
The protagonist of the previous game, Star Emperor, will definitely return. Just based on his name, this character will never fade out of the players' sight.
"However, although the Star Emperor is still in Star Emperor 2, he is no longer the protagonist."
"Who is the protagonist?"
"His son!"
Chen Ba smiled and said, "The life of the Star Emperor is already brilliant enough. To be honest, if we want to make a sequel, we can only make his son the protagonist..."
The Star Emperor is the main character ?
He was already extremely brilliant and had reached the pinnacle, so how could he still be the protagonist? It couldn't be that his cultivation was wasted and he had to start all over again, right?
That would be too stupid! Based on this premise, the protagonist of "Star Emperor 2" can only be his son, "Little Star Emperor", who was born a saint and has the potential to be an emperor.
"This arrangement is fine, but I have a question. In the plot of the previous game, wasn't the Star Emperor a... single guy?"
It was obvious that Xiao Lu was feeling very uncomfortable, and at this moment he finally couldn't help asking, "Since you have been single for ten thousand years and only want to pursue the immortal path, where did you get a wife and children?"
Chen Ba: “…”
OK, you hit the nail on the head! He had never thought about this before, and only after Xiao Lu reminded him did he remember that the Star Emperor was indeed a lonely single man.
"Then let's do this. When Star Emperor 2 is about to be released, we'll update the previous game with a new plot, saying that Star Emperor found the love of his life and had a child..."
Chen Ba thought about it, and probably felt that as they were both single, why was it that Star Emperor had someone give him a wife, while he had nothing?
So, he said maliciously: "However, there are unexpected events. In order to fight against the unrest in the restricted area, the Star Emperor neglected the safety of the mother and son, which led to the death of his wife and the whereabouts of his son."
The great mother resolutely sacrificed herself to protect her newborn child.
Family members, tears in my eyes! Although she was just a tool to introduce the main plot of the sequel, Yang Dong still felt that Brother Ba was too cruel to the Star Emperor.
Isn't it a joke that the emperor who protects all living beings could not protect his own wife and children in the end?
"No way, understand."
Chen Ba coughed and said, "If we don't arrange it this way, the starting point of the protagonist of the sequel will be too high. After all, he is born at the saint level, and he also has a very powerful father."
How can we tell a story like this? In order to make the protagonist's growth more difficult and his experience more legendary, necessary suffering is essential.
"In order to find his son and break the cycle of reincarnation to revive his wife, the Star Emperor traveled far away to the starry sky of the boundary sea. The people of Tianshu Star all thought that the emperor had fallen, and the story of the sequel unfolds from then on..."
According to the timeline, the plot of "Star Emperor 2" takes place about ten thousand years later.
That’s right!
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Ten thousand years have passed, and the Star Emperor has become history. Except for a few old antiques, no one remembers this supreme and powerful emperor anymore.
The protagonist, who had been sealed and hidden by his mother and was finally unsealed at this moment, began his glorious life of fighting against heaven and earth, defeating all the geniuses and becoming an emperor.
"He has no name?"
"No……"
Chen Ba shook his head.
It's quite embarrassing to say that the Star Emperor was originally an unknown boy. Because of his unique "star body", he was called Star Son by the world.
Later, he became an emperor and called himself the Great Emperor of the Starry Sky. He only had a Taoist title, but no real name...
And his son was sealed shortly after he was born, so how could he know who his father was? His memory was a fog, and he certainly didn't have a name.
But it’s not a big problem!
Although the protagonist is an unknown person like his father, as the son of the emperor, it is not difficult for him to get a domineering title.
It is worth mentioning that he not only inherited his father's starry body, but also mutated and evolved into a completely new physique, the galactic body.
So the title and other things had actually been decided long ago!
The protagonist of "Star Emperor 2" is the son of the previous protagonist Star Emperor, and his future title will be Galaxy Emperor.
"Why not a celestial body?"
"Are you stupid?"
Chen Ba rolled his eyes and said, "This is a fighting game. Each character has a unique skill set and position. If the father and son have the same physique, wouldn't that be repetitive?"
It must be a different physique, so that a new set of skills can be created to avoid the father and son sharing a set of skills. Apart from the different original modeling, players cannot tell who is who.
Speaking of this, Chen Ba also prepared an easter egg with malicious intent.
That is, in the game, the skill set of Galaxy Emperor is actually the counter pick of Star Emperor, which means it is a restrained and targeted choice.
Commonly known as the "natural enemy"! If you want to restrain a bucket warrior like Star Emperor, then choose Galaxy Emperor without a second thought. The father's farewell and the son's smile are simply too funny.
Of course, this is just a design Easter egg in the game mechanism, and it is not the case in the plot.
nonsense!
His father, the Starry Sky Emperor, was 10,000 years ahead of the others. It took him so long to become the emperor, so his son, as a rising star, would definitely not be able to defeat Old Deng.
"That's about it."
"There's no need to discuss the mechanics. We can just modify the mechanics from the previous game and apply them directly..."
Chen Ba felt that since it was a sequel, it had to retain some of the characteristics of the previous work.
Therefore, the game mechanics and details can be kept as they are. For example, the most classic "chicken blood optimization" and the road to immortality will definitely be retained in the sequel.
Maybe it needs to be upgraded!
Let’s not talk about the chicken blood optimization for now. This thing cannot be upgraded even if you want to. After all, it is a black technology from the system.
The key is the path to becoming an immortal. There must be some appropriate adjustments and upgrades. For example, the highest level before was the Immortal Emperor, but this may not be the case in the sequel...
But these are secondary.
The most important thing at the moment is to contact China Mirage Electronics, which Chen Ba is optimistic about, to discuss matters related to acquisition or cooperation.
That’s right, acquisition! Chen Ba decided to promote the peripheral set in “Star Emperor 2”. He would definitely not make wedding clothes for others. He must make the money himself.
Mirage Electronics is just the first choice. If they do not agree, Tianba Studio can also look for other companies to cooperate with.
“They had no reason to refuse.”
Huang Qing shook his head and said, "First of all, I checked and found that the current valuation of Zhonghai Mirage Electronics is less than 100 million yuan, which is a typical start-up company."
"How long such an enterprise can last depends entirely on the strength of the investors. Our entry is definitely a good thing. Otherwise, if the money runs out in a few days and no one invests, they will have to close down."
"And there is another point, that is, the sponsorship of the "Star Emperor 2" project comes from all the participating teams in the GAL League..."
That's the GAL League! As the famous "e-sports F1", the popularity of the GAL League is obvious to all. Being able to catch this big ship and become the exclusive "peripheral device" provider of the GAL League, Mirage Electronics took off directly.
Don’t think it’s outrageous!
The influence of e-sports F1 is more exaggerated than people imagine, especially on the PC host side, it is the authority among authorities.
Give me an example!
Logitech spent a huge amount of money to win the official mouse sponsorship of the GAL League, and designed a new product specifically for the GAL League that is no less inferior to GPW.
Then, this mouse sold out!
This is the terrifying influence of the GAL League. In the field of digital hardware, its ability to bring goods and traffic is absolutely the best in the world. Advertising on CCTV is not as effective as sponsoring the GAL League.
This is also the reason why Sansang sponsored the GAL League in the first year, cancelled the sponsorship in the second year, and immediately regretted it after replacing the dedicated monitors for the competition with Dell. In the third year, Sansang directly spent a huge amount of money to persuade a number of friendly companies to withdraw.
However, the competition for monitor sponsorship is not a big deal. After all, there are only a few companies that have the strength to compete for the "exclusive sponsor" of the GAL League.
The most competitive sponsorship is actually for beverage mineral water. Can you believe it?
Red Bull, White Silk and Coca-Cola are all so busy that their brains are almost jumping out of their chests. There are also several other giants in the beverage industry who are eager to try, and they are all aiming at the exclusive sponsorship of the GAL League.
Don’t ask them why they are so active! Audiences who love to watch the GAL League are loyal customers of these beverages. To put it bluntly, whoever wins the GAL League wins the market.
Under such circumstances, these beverage giants will have to raise prices desperately! (End of this chapter)