The creative source of "Land Abandoned by Gods" is not a game in the original world, but an online novel that Zhong Shanze once liked very much - "The Lord of Mysteries".
The general plot of Lord of Mysteries is about the collapse of modern society with the awakening of the old gods. The official plot begins after five eras.
Before everything was destroyed, there was a Chinese man who recited the magic circle left by the Lord of Mysteries. As a result, it became one of the opponent's collections and turned into a cocoon tied to Origin Castle.
When the outside world has become the fifth calendar, this Chinese traveler is released from the Source Castle into the real world. At first, he thought that he was just activating the magic circle and traveling from the earth to another world.
In short, after some ups and downs, this time traveler finally became the new master of mystery, and wanted to fight against the alien gods to protect his hometown.
The Forsaken Land is an important scene in "Lord of Mysteries". In terms of geographical location, it is located in today's European continent.
During the Cataclysmic Era of the Third Calendar in the novel, another ancient human awakened from the former Ukra nuclear leak site - Chernobyl.
After some opportunities of his own, this ancient human conquered or eliminated the overlords of the old era, and claimed to be the ancient sun god to rule the world.
However, as his strength gradually grew, the omniscient and omnipotent awakened in his body. In order to escape this fate, he planned to form the Redemption Rose, allowing himself to temporarily fall to escape the fate of being taken away.
As a result, there were some flaws in the plan. During the war that caused the ancient Sun God to fall, the entire European continent, where he once lived, was affected by the war and lost contact with other regions.
The European continent was destroyed by the God War, and the living environment became extremely dangerous. It was shrouded in darkness all day long, and people could only struggle to survive here.
By the time the Chinese protagonist appeared in the fifth calendar, there were only a few city-states left in the entire God-Abandoned Land. Fortunately, the protagonist finally seized the opportunity at the last moment to redeem the God-Abandoned Land.
Zhong Shanze remembered that before he time traveled, when he was reading the novel "Lord of Mysteries", someone talked about it in a post, thinking that he could make a game around the land abandoned by the gods.
Zhong Shanze agreed very much with this idea, but the book friend who made the suggestion wanted to make an action game based on the extraordinary system.
Zhong Shanze feels that as a Crusu-style game, it is not easy to connect it with the action genre.
After all, games must be digitized, especially a combat game. However, once Cthulhu is digitized, it loses its most essential existence.
Therefore, in Zhong Shanze's own vision, it would be better to intercept the creative idea of "God's Abandoned Land" and make it into a strategy game.
That is to say, we do not care about what the protagonist experienced in the original text, nor what the supporting characters experienced in the original book. Instead, we place the virtual stage between the third calendar and the fourth calendar, that is, the ancient sun god. In the chaos of death.
The promotional copy written by Dai Wenguan at this moment is based on Zhong Shanze's idea, and he is talking to everyone in the audience:
"As for the background setting of the game "Land Abandoned by Gods", my current plan is roughly like this. This was once a beautiful world ruled by the God-King, until the day the God-King fell."
When he said this, the picture on the PPT automatically changed, and the daylight gradually dimmed on the picture, creating a scene of the end of the world. This was specially made by Dai Wenquan by a painter:
"It was a horrific catastrophe. The sun was replaced by darkness. Monsters began to rampage across the continent. People who lost the protection of gods had to rely on their own strength to survive on this continent."
"The role that players need to play in the game is the settlement of people after this cataclysm. Players need to use their own strength to lead them to survive on this continent abandoned by the gods."
As the pictures passed by, more drafts planned by Zhong Shanze appeared. Some of the ideas he came up with were placed here, attracting the attention of the participants.
Xiao Han looked at the screen very intently, and at the same time he was still thinking in his heart, comparing games with similar themes on the market with this "Land Abandoned by Gods".
The game theme of "The Forsaken Land" is, to put it bluntly, a very common simulation city type, but there is no doubt that "the genius" Dai Wenquan has achieved new breakthroughs based on the old theme.
Rebuilding the city under the theme of doomsday? Xiao Han, who was born into a gaming family, can recall many similar game works if he recalls for a moment.
However, it can be said that there are very few magical elements added to doomsday themes, and the few films they do have are completely different. They are usually rebuilt after the war, not when the end of the world is in progress.
Thinking of this, Xiao Han couldn't help but nodded. It was indeed Dai Wenguan who had given him another surprise. As Dai Wenguan continued to explain, he found that the surprise was not over yet.
"In the game, players need to maintain the daily operation of the city, carefully arrange the teams that go out to collect, guard the defense within the city, pay attention to the balance of the population structure, and do everything possible to make your city survive."
"The world after the cataclysm is very dangerous. Monsters can be described as weird, and humans also have corresponding countermeasures."
What is presented on the screen at this time is the extraordinary ability in "Lord of Mysteries", that is, the twenty-two ability paths, from fortune tellers to monsters.
Zhong Shanze did watch "Lord of Mysteries" when he was still alive, but it was long forgotten. Fortunately, he watched it again after entering the Lord God's Space.
Because in the main god space, you can also redeem the ability of "Lord of Mysteries", so having a certain understanding of those twenty-two paths is an essential quality for a reincarnation person.
"Twenty-two paths represent twenty-two abilities, and each of them has nine sequences. The higher you go, the more powerful you are, but it also means the more chaotic you become, the greater the possibility of degenerating into a monster. "
Of course, these twenty-two paths are all usable in the real world in the novel, but not necessarily in the game.
So what is shown now is only the first draft. After the official development of the project, certain adjustments will definitely be made to make it suitable for game presentation.
After hearing Dai Wenguan's introduction, Xiao Han became more and more certain about the game. He originally thought that the magical elements were just old-fashioned tactics and animal husbandry, but he did not expect that such a complex system was specially developed.
And with Dai Wenguan's introduction, Xiao Han discovered that although this set of extraordinary abilities was complicated, it could form its own logic. It was even enough to write a novel specifically using this extraordinary ability, regardless of the game itself.
After nearly half an hour of introduction, Dai Wenguan’s explanation finally came to an end, and there was a burst of warm applause. The new project he planned, "The Land Abandoned by God", was unanimously approved.
