Number One Game Designer

Chapter 442: The rise and fall of R&D scale

For the action production in the game, this aspect is also a matter of development.

For example, in the earliest games made by many manufacturers, the protagonist had animals and various characters, but as the game developed, the fineness of the protagonist that the player can control has been increasing.

For example, the first image of the plumber, Mario, was drawn in a 16*16 pixel grid, but now, the protagonist’s costume is far beyond this size.

So under this trend, what many players don't realize is that there are more and more protagonists, clothes and equipment that they control.

The naked body basically does not exist. If it is not for the plot and the like, the official can't wait for the protagonist to have a full body armor. If it is a modern city game, the windbreaker is basically standard.

This is not only reflected in the protagonist, but also in supporting characters and dragon sleeves. Basically, they have clothes or armor covering the entire body.

The problem here is of course not to say that if you wear too little, it will lead to vulgarity and the like, but because it is still a laborious task to deal with the character's muscle performance.

The progress brought by the hardware level is far from simple character model refinement. It makes the small workshop-style games that Japanese style is good at gradually lagging behind the times. It brings the production of pipelined games with division of labor and cooperation, and requires official crafting of the games you care about. detail.

Above this, the performance of the character’s muscle lines is abandoned, or given up as a last resort, because if the protagonist can perform a lot of actions, the texture of these actions will take a month of effort, so the simplest treatment in this case The way is to cover a layer of clothing or armor, so that the player does not pay attention to this aspect.

And now Lu Tao's job is to record all the habits of an animal, including the habits of foraging and courtship, fighting and grinding teeth. Then analyze the actions step by step and apply them to the game perfectly.

For this job, Lu Tao's assistant meticulously implemented, but there are still questions, and will ask them at any time:

"Ms. Lu, does it really make sense for us to do this? After all, there are basically no games on the market that have been textured."

At this time, Lu Tao was already recording the resting state of a monitor lizard with a camera in the built observation post, so he was more relaxed.

"Of course there is a meaning." Lu Tao's appearance is very leisurely. He now feels that he has a taste of foxes and tigers, because the African leaders here are basically responsive to his requirements. Lu Tao feels that he wants to be theirs. The chief is afraid that it is not a problem. The current observation station is nominally work, but the carpeted central air-conditioning freezer bar is readily available. It is a game production environment that Lu Tao could not dream of when he was in Yinling.

"At the very least, what we are going to do is a big monster. The size is at least four or five times that of the player. It is not ruled out that it will be popular in the future and make some bigger monsters."

"And the body is large, and the details are multiplied, such as texture. Even if the traditional protagonist of the game does a half-naked character, most players will not find anything wrong, and at most play for a long time. I feel a little uncoordinated after I get out of it. This sense of dissonance is also magnified in the monster."

"And our boss’s philosophy in making games is to spare no effort. Don’t let go of the protagonist who can do a good job. Ordinary games will try our best to do every armor for the player. The muscle performance effect we create is just like the protagonist’s. The armor is very important."

The assistant nodded, seemingly understandable, but then curiously said:

"I have also seen some of your drafts. Those in the design are all behemoths, but are many of the habits really the same as they are now?"

Lu Tao couldn't laugh or cry: "I just made a behemoth similar to a dinosaur, but I didn't say that I would completely recover the dinosaur."

"But..." Lu Tao thought: "If you can calculate the dinosaur's habits based on this and then refer to it, it would be a good idea."

Seeing Lu Tao who was full of energy for a moment, the assistant was speechless for a while.

At this time, the phone in the room rang, and the assistant picked up the phone. On the phone was an authentic Trump:

"Sir, I sent the potsa's monitor lizard from somewhere else. I wondered if the boss Lu should be interested in it, so we hurriedly sent it."

The assistant is not from Sichuan, but after thinking about it, I understand what it means. After all, Trump is not difficult to understand, but after understanding it, he is refreshed, because it is actually a Saturnian monitor lizard that was sent!

The largest lizard in existence is undoubtedly the Komodo dragon, which is also a lizard species that Lu Tao has always wanted to observe and record, because this Komodo dragon, also known as the Komodo dragon, can grow up to three meters in length and weighs one. A hundred kilograms is considered a giant, and even more rare is that it has a strong offensiveness and is very valuable for reference. It's a pity that this monitor lizard is only found in Indonesia and it is an endangered species. Lu Tao's original plan was to drop by to Indonesia when he returned to China and spend a week to collect data.

On the African side, we have to retreat. The Sacramento dragon lizard sent by the team this time is second only to the Komodo dragon. Although the weight is not high, the average body length of this species of lizard is two. Compared with it, the prairie monitor lizard that Lu Tao devoted himself to recording is now a younger brother.

Holding the microphone, the assistant turned around and said: "Teacher, the local garrison sent over the Sachs monitor lizard!"

Lu Tao was also surprised, and immediately commanded: "You guys, let go of this in the box now, let go now. Free up the place, and we will have the little cutie move in immediately!"

The assistant has seen pictures of the Saskatchewan monitor lizard. What is particularly impressive is the super long tail of this lizard species. After thinking about it, the assistant shook his head: After studying for so long, Mr. Lu’s aesthetics has also undergone subtle changes. .

...

After May is June, the weather is getting hotter, and there are also many players who are worried by Hongyi this month.

This time it was not because of the game or anything, but because Hongyi has not released any news related to E3 so far.

Therefore, many players who regard E3 as a current game event are a little hesitant:

After waiting for a long time, I thought that I would see Fang Xi by E3, hear about Hongyi’s new game, and ask him when he will play the game. As a result, in this posture, Hongyi may not participate in E3 at all. ? This is not a good sign for them.

As for the media's natural love for Lenovo, for them, this signal can be interpreted even more, such as Hongyi and E3 turning faces, such as the possible cold war in the game industry.

In short, news is flying all over the sky, but not much credible.