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Chapter 73 Utopia

"How does it run? Does it get stuck?"

Tang Yao quickly gathered her thoughts and turned to the main business.

"No... But this is just a small part, and the entire game is still uncertain."

Sun Gong's expression was still strange as he replied.

"so……"

Tang Yao hesitated for a moment, then thought about it for a moment before negotiating, "Then let's make the DEMO first... I'm planning to divide the work a little bit, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Kang Ming asked curiously, "How exactly is it divided?"

"You are responsible for the system modules, building the system framework of the entire game, basic functions, etc."

Tang Yao thought about it carefully and said, "Shi Wanglin will be responsible for combat and levels, focusing on character combat, such as skills, equipment, monster AI, etc. Finally, Sun Gong... will be responsible for backend server architecture design and optimization."

"Because there are relatively few people, we've only divided the tasks roughly. It doesn't mean that each of you will only do the tasks mentioned above... This is just to help you do your work better."

Tang Yao said seriously, "After we finish the demo, we will add more people based on the situation during that period."

"no problem."

Kang Ming agreed immediately.

"……Um."

Sun Gong and Shi Wanglin looked at the things on their phones, then looked at Tang Yao and nodded.

"Now let me tell you what our DEMO aims to achieve."

Tang Yao glanced at Sun Gong's cell phone, asked Kang Ming to hand her some paper, then pulled a chair over and sat down, starting to write something.

soon.

She raised her head and held up the paper in her hand to show the three people: "You have seen the effect of the dynamic character illustration just now. The effect is indeed good. Therefore, the DEMO must first produce the first part of the level of Chapter 0 of the game. I will provide the plan for the specific completion.

This will also be the first level that subsequent players will play, so it is very important. We need to use this level to verify the fundamental issues of the product, such as whether the integration of the theme and gameplay is appropriate, whether the art style and technical implementation can achieve the initial goals, and whether there are some basic obstacles that are difficult to solve.

Oh, by the way, the combat system also needs to be verified."

Yes.

Tang Yao wants to use Fate Stay Night as the first chapter of the game, or even as a guide level, because if she wants to make Fate... Fate Stay Night is something she can't avoid no matter what.

In fact, without this pioneering work, many settings would be difficult to explain clearly.

In Tang Yao's game, the setting of Chaldea will still be there, and the player's role will not be replaced, but Tang Yao plans to insert Fate Stay Night into the very beginning of the game.

As for how to insert it, it’s very simple——

In the year 2004, a never-before-seen "unobservable area" appeared in a certain city.

Chaldea assumes this is the cause of human extinction and decides to carry out the sixth experiment, which is still in the experimental stage - time travel back to the past.

But before that, Chaldea planned to observe the Fifth Holy Grail War taking place in that city in a parallel world at the same time...

This is roughly how the story unfolds. Anyway, players can play the role of a Master, either as an observer or as a substitute Master of the Humanitarian Continuation Organization (Chaldea).

In short, the goal is to let players play until fate stays night.

The plot of FGO itself is actually very good, but there is a prerequisite... that is to start from the fifth chapter of the first part, because the previous chapters are really too watery, full of the feeling of making a fortune and running away. The visual novel feels like being in prison. After all, even if it is a useless cute visual novel, the reading experience is still light and clear.

However, the first four chapters of FGO not only have a boring plot and poor performance, but the text itself is also very dry and difficult to read. Various professional terms, complicated names, backgrounds, and settings are densely packed in, and it seems like you are not reading a story, but a dry explanation of the settings.

Tang Yao really doesn't dare to use these things to fool the players... Although due to the times, the game will most likely be successful if it is done this way, but when the game really starts to take off, how many new players will choose this game?
But then again, although the early plot of FGO was bad, the underlying settings of the Fate series, the world view of the game, and the mode of storytelling combined with history are really excellent... Starting from Chapter 1.6, after Mushroom died, the plot started to become super exciting, and then this game has been an evergreen on the best-selling list.

This also proves the excellence of its model.

That worldview is really good, you can really add anything to it.

Therefore, Tang Yao's purpose is very simple, which is to take advantage of the time when the second game has not yet risen, and use the aftermath of the popularity of Fate/Zero to divert players into the game, and then in the game... let readers seamlessly transition to become players.

So how can we make them seamless players? The prologue of the game is a direct sequel to Fate/Zero... Fate Stay Night!

This not only deepens players' understanding of FATE's settings and worldview, but also seamlessly introduces the game's first card pool. With a comic and a high-quality prologue, it's a great way to make a fortune...

Then, it’s the idea of ​​FGO, where players play themselves and go back to the past...

Theoretically, by doing this, as long as the IP is thoroughly established, then in a world where second-tier games have not yet emerged, as the first second-tier game, or a second-tier game of extremely high quality, it will be no problem to maintain revenue for ten years.

Of course, the first few chapters of fgo need to be rewritten, but only the first few chapters.

After everything was going well, Tang Yao didn't even have to worry about it. She could hire someone else to write the rest of the story.

As long as FATE's worldview can stand up.

"Then, the DEMO will also create a card pool and implement the card drawing gameplay."

Tang Yao put down the paper in her hand, placed it on the table again, wrote the second word, and showed it to the three people: "This is also the most important thing. You have all read the plan... You should understand what I mean."

Kang Ming and the other two nodded again.

The main revenue point of this game is card drawing.

“Finally, it’s the basic system that connects the previous things together.”

Tang Yao finally wrote down one word: "This is what the DEMO needs to produce...Any questions?"

"..."

Kang Ming and the other two looked at the A4 paper in Tang Yao's hand and shook their heads together.

Tang Yao nodded with satisfaction: "Then according to the division of labor just now, we will move in this direction!"

"Okay...but we're fine."

Kang Ming hesitated for a moment, then looked at Tang Yao: "But if we divide the work among the three of us, is it really okay for you to do it alone? After all, you have to do all the planning, art, and project management yourself... and the battle system involves 3D modeling..."

Upon hearing this, Sun Gong and Shi Wanglin also looked at Tang Yao.

"...I'll see if there are any suitable people and try to recruit a few."

Tang Yao was silent for a moment, and felt that the workload was a bit too heavy... Although she was very capable now, this was not a solution.

But it is a bit difficult to recruit the right people.

"actually……"

Kang Ming turned his head to look at the door and suggested, "You can ask Si Jinliang again... Mingyu Technology also makes games..."

"Catch one and grab it hard, right?"

Tang Yao was a bit amused and said, "I would like to, but their company only has an operations team left, so where can they find someone suitable... Forget it, I'll ask Si Jinliang next time I meet him."

"Ah."

Kang Ming didn't say anything more after hearing this, because he was not good at this kind of thing... The only way he could think of was to poach people from Mingyu Technology.

"Let's get off work first. No one has eaten yet... I'll treat everyone to a meal."

Tang Yao hesitated for a moment... and decided to be worldly-wise for once.

"...There's no rush to eat."

Kang Ming was about to agree, but suddenly thought of something and asked curiously, "Now that the direction of the studio has been confirmed, it seems there's still one very important thing that hasn't been decided. What's the name of our studio...? Should we choose one?"

"Ah—I don't think I've told you this yet..."

When Tang Yao heard this, she put down the A4 paper in her hand again, picked up the pen and started writing.

Kang Ming, Sun Gong and Shi Wanglin were all a little curious.

soon.

Tang Yao finished writing, raised the A4 paper again, and chuckled, "The name of the studio has been decided. Our studio is called - Avalon, the ideal hometown."

(End of this chapter)