Chapter 74: Thousands of People, Thousands of Faces

The Shen'en Continent is not very big.

Here, in addition to the human kingdom where the brave man was born, there is also the elven kingdom and the dwarf kingdom, as well as the most powerful and most extensive orc empire.

The Dwarf Kingdom was destroyed because it was the first to come into contact with the Demon King's army, and only a few villages and settlements remain.

“This is a map of the world.”

Chen Ba's artistic skills were not very good, but drawing a sloppy map was not difficult for him.

On the apple-shaped map, to the west is the vast Orc Empire, which occupies almost half of the area of ​​the Continent of Shen'en.

To the north is the Eternal Forest, where the Elven Kingdom is located. To the east is the Human Kingdom of Bolton, and to the south is the former Dwarven Kingdom, now the Demon Realm.

"Although most of the Demon King's army bases are located in the former Dwarf Kingdom, this does not mean that other places are safe."

A dark vortex appeared on the PPT, and Chen Ba went on to introduce: "This is where the Demon King and his men are difficult to deal with. They can use the portal to invade any corner of the continent."

This is also the reason why the brave man in the story went to the Elf Kingdom and the Orc Empire to help.

Because of this portal, any place may be invaded by the Demon King's army, and the hero is like a brick that can be moved wherever needed.

"For town maps, make 10 at first."

"The number of NPCs distributed on each map depends on the situation. For example, in small villages and towns, there won't be many NPCs living there."

Chen Ba touched his chin and explained, "If it's a big city like the capital, then the map should be as big as possible, and there should be at least 2,000 NPCs!"

"so much?"

Yang Dong took a pen and paper and did some calculations. According to Brother Ba's idea, the number of NPCs in this game would reach a terrifying number of more than 10,000.

This is still the most conservative estimate.

After all, Brother Ba also said that we should make ten town maps in the early stage, and add more if they are not enough. If new maps are added, the number of NPCs will only be more exaggerated.

"These NPCs all have dialogues, right?"

"have!"

Chen Ba first confirmed Yang Dong's guess, and then added: "Not only will there be dialogues, but also exclusive personalities, and we strive to achieve a thousand faces for a thousand people."

Some are greedy, some are lustful, some are timid, some are brave, some are vain, and some are gentle and kind...

One kind of rice feeds a hundred kinds of people!

It would be meaningless if all NPCs were based on the same template.

Chen Ba hopes that in the game "Shennong Continent", there will be no two NPCs that are exactly the same, and that each NPC is unique.

“This is too complicated!”

Xiao Lu shook his head and said, "Brother Ba, have you ever thought that with so many NPCs, we can't make them up even if we make them up!"

"It's okay. I have a solution."

"I will write an automatic NPC generation program, and then let the program randomly generate NPCs." Chen Ba looked confident.

He tried the system.

The system's products must be top-notch! The system's automatic NPC generation program can only be described in one sentence: a little cow taking a plane!

With the help of the system, NPCs can have different faces for each person, ensuring that each NPC is unique.

Based on this premise, "Land of Divine Grace" becomes playable.

The brave man travels around the continent, looking for the partner that suits his heart best, and then constantly improves his own and his partner's strength, and finally defeats the devil and becomes the savior praised by everyone!

Because every NPC is different, players have to keep trying and making mistakes if they want to find a partner that suits their taste. This process is like a blind date, you don’t know how many blind dates you have to go through before you meet the right person.

"Players are all different!"

Yang Dong said thoughtfully: "Every player has different preferences. Some players may recognize the king at first sight after being summoned to the Shen'en Continent. There may also be players who have traveled across half the continent but still haven't met the right person."

“That’s right!”

"This is the Roguelike element contained in "Divine Grace Continent." Chen Ba nodded.

The main focus is on randomness.

This randomness is not only in the game, but also in the players. NPCs are all different, and so are the players. Given the limited number of players in a team, how can a hero find the right teammate? Some people will choose to make do.

Even if this NPC's personality is annoying and I don't like him very much, I'm too lazy to spend time training him, so I just leave it as it is.

Some people choose not to compromise.

I will never accept an NPC I don't like, no matter what. I would rather go on an adventure alone than bring a teammate I don't like.

You can play it any way you want! The game itself has no restrictions. If there is any restriction, it is that you need at least a brave player and two reliable NPC teammates to defeat the devil.

This is the minimum threshold.

It is impossible for a lone ranger to defeat the devil, even if you have spent countless resources and equipped the hero with maximum attributes.

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

Because the Demon King has a "naming" mechanism, and its attributes are explosive.

After saying this, let’s discuss the game’s professions and equipment.

There's not much to say about this one.

The combination of tank, warrior, priest and mage is deeply rooted in people's hearts. At most, a few detailed branches are made based on this system. For example, the mage is divided into ice magic, fire magic, thunder magic and so on.

The main thing is equipment!

The equipment system is relatively complex and can be divided into six categories according to the parts: weapons, clothes, gauntlets, pants, shoes and accessories.

But under each major category, there are several subcategories. For example, the heavy armor worn by a paladin is definitely different from the robe worn by a mage, or the light armor worn by an assassin.

Equipment can improve many five-dimensional attributes.

The so-called five dimensions refer to the five basic attributes of endurance, intelligence, agility, precision and strength.

In addition to these five basic attributes, there are also secondary attributes brought by equipment, such as elemental resistance, physical resistance, elemental damage bonus, stun, taunt, dodge, etc.

The levels remain the same.

For ordinary rare epic legendary artifacts, you can just use the old Western fantasy system without any deliberate modification.

This was the first time that Chen Ba felt that there were too many things to consider when making a game. With so many equipment and special attributes, it was really a headache to balance them.

Fortunately, there are templates for these.

Someone is responsible for equipment, professions, and map design, and he only needs to complete what he calls the "NPC automatic generation program."

After all, everything else is just icing on the cake, and the same goes for changing games.

But the variety of NPCs, especially such a large number of them, is not something that every RPG game can achieve.

If you do this well...

Even in the huge game category of RPG, "Land of Divine Grace" will become one of the best works.

"Wait a minute!"

Chen Ba, who was full of excitement and was about to shout out the system points, suddenly thought of a problem.

Will the Iron-Han-Han System do something weird again this time? It's a repeat offender!

Although the black technology is really powerful, it can't always have bugs! Sometimes Chen Ba even wondered if his system was a discarded second-hand product? Did he pick up a pair of worn-out shoes that someone didn't want?

(End of this chapter)