As Zhong Shanze's thoughts flowed, a majestic mountain range rising straight into the sky rose up in the virtual world, and he himself stood on the top of this mountain, overlooking the vast sea of clouds below.
This is Buzhou Mountain in Zhong Shanze's heart, and this mountain peak is so high that it seems like you can reach out and touch the stars hanging in Cangqiong Mountain, and the clouds below almost become elliptical with the ground.
Why is Zhong Shanze standing on the top of Buzhou Mountain now? There's no reason why I have to do this, I just think it's cool.
Sometimes inspiration comes so suddenly. At present, Zhong Shanze has not even set how the plot will develop, but he has already used this beautiful scene as the game's opening interface and the location of the final battle.
After looking at the magnificent scene in front of him for an unknown amount of time, Zhong Shanze finally said the following words to himself: "Grandness is the prehistoric period! Epic is the prehistoric period!"
The meaning of the first sentence is that the basic point of this game is "big". No matter what the plot is set to be in the future, at least in the first work of the series, the basic point of "big" must be firmly grasped. Whether it is a grand scene or a huge enemy, in short, it must be "big" without thinking.
As for the meaning of the second sentence, it is to allow players to witness the advancement of history in the game and turn this game into a series.
When the plot in many games officially begins, there are unknown young men from the fishing village like Li Xiaoyao, and there are demon hunters like Geralt who have been famous for more than a hundred years, but they have already happened in history.
The last enemy they faced was the Moon Worshiping Leader, the overlord who had controlled the Miao territory for decades, and the Wild Hunt was a mythical existence that could be traced back to ancient times.
Therefore, according to Zhong Shanze’s thoughts on the game, the world of Qingyu Company should not be like this. The legends and history of this world will continue to be improved as the games advance from generation to generation. In each new game in the series, players will play the role of The protagonists of the era, and the traces left by their actions will become the legends that the next generation of protagonists will hear.
It's just a pity that according to this setting, the most suitable one is a sandbox game, but Zhong Shanze doesn't need to verify it. With the experience he left when developing the machine, he can know that the current holographic technology cannot do this. Therefore, it can only be made into a game with a linear plot.
However, although it can only be a game with a linear plot, it can be set in this way. Each generation will have slightly different choices. These different choices will not have a fundamental impact on the final plot, but they will be used in the next generation. manifested in some way.
It can be seen that this is much different from Zhong Shanze's original expectation, but there is no way this is due to technical limitations. It is already very good to be able to achieve this step.
Therefore, since the legend is created step by step by the protagonist of the series, there is no need to rush for the first work in the series. There is no need to tell the background story in a book like "Buddha is the Tao", so you can use the background of the prehistoric times to pass through many parts. The series completes the game to complete this world view.
Therefore, what Zhong Shanze has to do next is to first recall in his mind what major events there are in the prehistoric world that can be used as the plot of the game.
Speaking of major events in the prehistoric times, the first one is naturally the creation of the sky by Pangu, which is the origin of the creation of the Chinese mythology system (Note: However, the legend of Pangu was actually only born in the Three Kingdoms).
So what will be the next big event after Pangu opens the world in the Great Desolate River? It seems that Hongjun defeated Luohu and then joined the Taoism. He then preached in Zixiao Palace and accepted Taishang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian leader, Jieyin, Zhunti and Nuwa.
Then the first three overlords were born in the world. The scales were respected by the dragon, the birds were respected by the phoenix, and the beasts were respected by the unicorn. These three families robbed Sansan Dog belt at the beginning of the Longhan Dynasty, leaving only Sixiang, Kong Xuanhe and others. It is now the time for lichs and lichs to stand side by side with the remaining species like Dapeng.
The leader of the witch clan is the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the leader of the demon clan is the Second Emperor of Dongtian. In the end, the lichs fight, and Gonggong is furious at Buzhou Mountain, and both clans abdicate.
After the collapse of Buzhou Mountain, Nuwa patched up the sky, so the human race flourished. The most populous ones were the Chan Sect of Yuanshi Tianzun and the Jie Sect of Tongtian Cult Leader. Finally, with King Wu's conquest of the gods, the Jie Sect disintegrated and the Western Sect - also That is Buddhism - taking advantage of the trend, it is booming. Manjushri and Samantabhadra were originally Taoist figures, so it is said that "Buddha is the Tao".
As for other Honghuangliu novels that followed, it was supplemented, that is, the battle between heaven and Buddhism, which is embodied in the plot of Journey to the West.
Since it is said that players should witness the plot history of the game world, it stands to reason that the first part of the series should be Pangu Kaitian, but the question is, what is it worth making into a game?
This is not to say that this legend is not shocking. Zhong Shanze considers it purely from the perspective of a game producer. Since it is Kaitian, there is no definite enemy. The final boss is Kaitian, who has no consciousness. This means that some small games and plot demonstrations are used to express Kaitian. sky.
But this game process can only last for ten minutes at most. Any more will be very boring. And is the first part of the Prehistoric series only this small amount? That's it? That's it?
Zhong Shanze thought about it for more than ten minutes, and even though his head hurt, he didn't even think of a solution. The closest solution to the problem is that there was actually a society before the beginning of the sky. Pangu's opening of the sky did not really split the chaos, but just split the old world. ——The creative source is "Infinite Horror".
But this idea was passed by Zhong Shanze himself, because it was inconsistent with the prehistoric purpose - players create and witness legends. The result of this was that there were already legends before the birth of Pangu, and what would those legends be?
Therefore, Pangu Kaitian can only be used as a background story unfortunately and cannot be made into a normal stand-alone game. At most, it will appear as DLC or memories later.
Since there is nothing in Pangu Kaitian that can be used as game content, you can try to use your brains from Hongjun. Hongjun’s battle with Luo Hu before he joined the road... But this is not in line with Zhong Shanze’s purpose of letting players witness history, so just Like Pangu Kaitian, it can be released as DLC later.
The lecture in Zixiao Palace is also similar. After all, Pangu Kaitian still has a battle in the process. What can you do with the lecture in Zixiao Palace? Is there anyone who dares to challenge Hongjun at this time?
Then Hongjun Hedao can only let it go. We can talk about the first tribulation of the Dragon and Han Dynasty among the original three clans. This plot is also very suitable for making a game, but... Zhong Shanze found that he could not remember the names of any dragon, phoenix and unicorn - it was difficult Don't make Ao Bing the protagonist.
So Long Han also skipped the first tribulation? Anyway, it’s just a group of wild beasts fighting for hegemony, and it doesn’t conform to the history of any civilization? Wait, Zhong Shanze suddenly looked back and realized that he had skipped a lot of plots. Now he finally understood why those game companies didn't do what he did and let players witness history. It was really impossible.
So after thinking about it for more than ten minutes, Zhong Shanze finally made a decision - no more! Throw these memories to Dai Wenguan, and then ask him to take them to Qingyu Company. Why are you thinking about them all?
