It is said that there is no limit to the material collection, but in fact there are still some restrictions on the speed of material collection.
Otherwise, Lu Zhixing could just buy a plane ticket, fly to the sky, look down at it, and collect information from the entire Jinghai City. That would be fine.
There are three major restrictions on the materials used in life-playing games.
The first is distance. Lu Zhixing must be within ten meters of the target. For example, if he wants to use his own Internet cafe, he has to be in the Internet cafe or within ten meters of the Internet cafe, and it won't work any further.
The second is the size. The maximum target for collecting materials cannot exceed a complete building, let alone "Jinghai City".
The second is time. When collecting materials, the Life Playing Game will automatically scan the entire target. The larger the target, the longer this time will take. Usually it ranges from 10 seconds to 1 minute.
With Lu Zhixing's limited points, these three conditions were not restrictions for him. After all, he could not afford the materials for such a large building.
But now that I have an hour of free time to collect information, I have to plan my route carefully.
It is precisely because of these restrictions that Lu Zhixing mainly uses shared bicycles to collect materials.
Because if you take a car, you cannot park in many places and you can only walk within ten meters of the target, which is troublesome.
Lu Zhixing carefully planned the route on the map, especially focusing on the important building areas in the game.
According to his original plan, "Ordinary Life" would be centered on Jinghai University and include buildings in one or two surrounding streets. Of course, there must also be necessary elements such as construction sites, express sorting centers, fast food restaurants, shopping malls, etc.
After planning, Lu Zhixing set off immediately.
He first pedaled hard on his bicycle and took materials from Jinghai University and surrounding buildings. Then he took materials from a nearby shopping mall. Finally, he spent ten minutes taking a taxi to a relatively remote suburb of the city and spent the rest of his time there. Materials were taken from express sorting warehouses, electronics factory workshops and a construction site.
Of course, he also pays great attention to efficiency when collecting materials. He does not collect all materials, which would be a waste of time. For example, at a construction site, he only needs to collect materials from the area necessary for moving bricks.
After a lot of busy work, I finally collected all the main content I wanted to collect.
There may be some scattered resources left that haven't been taken into account, but that's not a big problem. Just use the points you've saved so hard to get materials.
"But here comes a new problem. There are so many materials. I draw them bit by bit in the editor. I will have to draw them until the end of the year of the monkey...
"Forget it, let's not think about it for now."
It was almost noon when Lu Zhixing returned to the rental house. He ordered a takeaway and immediately lay down to take a nap after eating, preparing to attend Professor He Cheng's class in the afternoon.
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At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the lecture theater was already full.
All the students from the School of Game Design were present and no one skipped class.
Because today is the day when Professor He Cheng announces the final ranking of the assignments.
This assignment is actually very tight. Just over a month has passed since the assignment was released. Therefore, for most students, they have done almost nothing in this month except revising the design draft in the dormitory. .
Some people even didn't even go to the welcome party in order to revise their manuscripts. In the end, they still couldn't get into the top three, and they were filled with regret.
If when the homework was first assigned, everyone still had some unrealistic fantasies, by now, the vast majority of the students were completely sober.
After the first round of screening, two-thirds of the plans have been eliminated. These students can only team up with the students who have not been eliminated to improve other people's plans.
As for the remaining one-third of the plans, after continuous improvement and screening during this period, the plans that are expected to win the top three are gradually locked into a few works.
Most people know that they are definitely out of luck.
However, when they came this time, they were still full of curiosity and expectations.
They want to know: Which three games are in the top three? And what is the special reward that Professor He Cheng is talking about?
This doubt has been bothering everyone for a month, and it will finally be answered today.
In the audience, many students were whispering.
"Who do you think will be number one?"
""Ordinary Life" by Lu Zhixing? It is said that his design draft was very good. Even Professor He was full of praise for it."
"Indeed, from a design perspective alone, "Ordinary Life" is a well-deserved number one."
"But isn't it said that there is a big problem with the cost control of this game? Professor He said that we need to help the top three to make the game. If "Ordinary Life" is developed normally, the investment will be tens of millions? Or even hundreds of millions? Professor He Are you crazy?"
"How could Professor He pay for it himself? He must be looking for investors."
"Investors are not stupid either."
"I think Professor He will put it in fourth place because of 'poor cost control'. Or even if it enters the top three, he will definitely change the design and change the original VR game into a general PC game , resources have also shrunk across the board, so as to ensure that it can be produced at a lower cost."
"Well, let's see what Professor He thinks."
The class bell rang, and the lecture theater quickly became quiet.
Professor He Cheng looked around at everyone: "Are all the students here? Okay, it's almost time to announce the rankings of the last assignment.
"However, before announcing the rankings, I would like to talk about the evaluation criteria of this design plan. In other words, how I specifically selected the top three."
He paused for a moment and continued: "First, the design draft must be completed to a high degree. This includes the most basic format of the design draft, the accuracy of the language, the completeness of logic and details, etc.
"This is easy to understand. As a designer, writing design drafts is a basic ability. If you don't even have this ability, let alone making games by yourself, no one will even work as a handyman in a game company.
“Second, the subject matter must be novel and the gameplay must be creative. Even if you imitate some successful games, you must also make your own innovations.
"The plans of some students are obviously copying some successful games. Copying is not a problem. After all, you are all still students and you have to learn and grow. But if you just copy without any originality, it will be very disappointing. .
"Third, you need to control costs. You have to consider how much it will cost to make the game, how much of the finished product will achieve the effects you originally designed, and how profitable the game will be in the end.
"Of course, this is a hidden requirement. After all, the knowledge of cost control is still only partially understood by many people who have entered the game industry. But from now on, you must establish the awareness of cost control. Therefore, I also understand this. will be included in the selection of the top three plans.”
As soon as this statement came out, some students in the audience began to discuss quietly.
"Then, "Ordinary Life" is definitely dead."
"Yeah, it feels like Professor He has almost made it clear."
However, these discussions soon became quiet, because Professor He Cheng had already begun to announce the list of the top three.
"Third place, "Dream of the Sea."
“This is a story-oriented art-based independent game. Compared with other similar projects, it stands out because on the one hand it has a well-written plot, and on the other hand it has a clear art style. With these art style concepts, I can be sure that it will be an excellent art game.
"Second place, "Endless Swarm of Insects."
"This is a science fiction-themed, pixel-style rougelike game. Its design is actually relatively simple. Players resist the endless swarms of insects on endless alien planets that are constantly attacking them, and gain experience by killing enemies. , upgrade various skills, and then build a powerful BUILD through random combination of skills.
“The reason why it came to the second place is because it does a good job in the meat pigeon gameplay, the combination of various skills is very exciting, and it is very good in cost control. As a pixel style game, it only requires a small amount of It is possible to get high returns on investment, which is a typical example of small and big.
"So I think its overall rating is higher than that of "Dream of the Sea."
As the second and third place were announced, the students in the audience burst into exclamation.
Indeed, everyone was convinced when these two games ranked second or third.
When it comes to game design, everyone’s ideas are actually pretty much the same. It’s the details that really make the difference.
"Dream of the Sea" can write a more touching plot and give a specific style of painting that suits the game, while "Endless Swarm" can design a complete meat pigeon gameplay system by itself, and its ability to control details is far greater. Outperforming other students, it is reasonable to gain Professor He's recognition.
What about number one?
It’s not easy to guess, but “Ordinary Life” should be ruled out first.
Because the second and third companies all have one thing in common, that is, cost control is in place. Especially "Endless Swarm" can be ranked higher than "Sea Dream", mainly because it has better cost control and is more likely to be commercially successful.
After all, Professor He is not a philanthropist. He helps students develop games. Although the profits are shared by undergraduates and graduate students, and he does not take any money, the prerequisite is that the game can recoup its costs.
You can't go bankrupt just to help students make a game, right?
There has been so much paving the way before, and the issue of cost control has been repeatedly emphasized. It would be unreasonable for "Ordinary Life" to be ranked first.
Everyone looked at Professor He Cheng expectantly, waiting for him to announce the results.
Professor He Cheng paused and said: "First place, "Ordinary Life"."
As soon as this statement came out, all the students in the audience were stunned.
"ah?"
Most of the people had incomprehensible and baffling expressions on their faces.
A student in the front row raised his hand weakly and asked: "Professor He, didn't you just keep emphasizing the issue of cost control..."
Professor He Cheng chuckled: "I did emphasize the issue of cost control, but I never said that cost control is the only criterion, right?
“If the completion of the design draft is high enough and the gameplay is novel enough, then it doesn’t matter if the cost control is a bit poor.
“And if a game design draft is particularly complete and the gameplay is particularly novel, then even if a lot of points are deducted for cost control, its overall score will still be higher than other games.
“That’s the case with ‘Ordinary Life’.”
The students in the audience looked at each other.
Well, that makes sense. After all, there is a campus line in "Ordinary Life" that requires songs and sketches, and Lu Zhixing actually wrote these materials in reality, and made it the most popular movie in the history of the academy. A popular welcome party.
But Professor He promised to develop these games! "Ordinary Life" ranks first. How many millions do you plan to invest in it?
Professor He Cheng smiled: "I know what you are thinking, so it is almost time to reveal the special reward.
"This special reward is...
"Taiqing Editor Level 1 permission internal testing qualification.
"Didn't you guess it? Hey, I knew you couldn't guess it. After all, you don't even know what this is, so how could you guess it?
“Simply put, this internal testing qualification allows you to use the latest consciousness-connected VR technology to directly generate illusory materials from the imagination in your mind.
"Of course, this is just a test version. There will definitely be various unexpected problems in the process of generating materials. For example, some people have good ideas in their minds, but they are completely unable to generate any specific pictures, while some people think It is completely incomparable with the generated things...
“Only a few people can use the imagination in their minds to generate some vague materials, and then they have to use AI technology to improve them, and then modify and adjust them later.
“But no matter what, with this thing, our cost of making games will be greatly reduced in the future.
“I happened to have a few friends on the official platform, so I got two internal beta qualifications and gave one of them as a reward.
"This is the mysterious reward I give you."
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