Reborn to create a virtual world

What Lin Shu said was actually a question that the person in charge had never thought of before.

"Infinite Time and Space" is currently very popular, and the highlights are also very dense.Because the brilliance of artificial intelligence is too dazzling, this leads to the view of many laymen that the main selling point of "Infinite Time and Space" lies in artificial intelligence, and only in artificial intelligence.

But is that really the case?

In fact, artificial intelligence is the decisive key to "Infinite Time and Space", but it is not the only element that attracts players.On the basis of artificial intelligence, Lin Shu has done a good job of all the elements that affect the quality of a game.

"Infinite Time and Space" has been carefully designed in terms of the plot, gameplay, and the balance of the game's playable content distribution points.

He is usually busy with things and does not participate much in daily decision-making, but he has more experience in grasping the general direction than anyone in Xingzhe currently.This is an experience that only time and lessons can bring, and it is also Lin Shu's greatest reliance.

Lin Shu doesn't care that the person in charge lacks a basic view of the overall situation of the game, because at this time, there are actually very few people who have a view of the overall situation of game production.One reason is that although computer games have been developed in China for more than 20 years, the market is still not mature at all, and there are many speculators and few market players.It is very easy to understand that it is not easy to cultivate mature experience in an unstable market.Secondly, the current game technology is actually still in the process of continuous innovation, with many opportunities and changes. People who can grasp the overall trend themselves need high EQ and strong fashion sensitivity. Where is this kind of person? There are not many industries.

Therefore, there are not many companies with mature game production and operation experience in China at present. Among these companies, if there are experienced companies with accurate vision and a big picture, they must already be the core decision-makers. Although Cao Hui is currently in charge of " The operation and maintenance of "Infinite Time and Space" are actually not the core decision-makers, and it is understandable that they lack experience.

Lin Shu didn't have time to teach him carefully, but since he mentioned it, he is also an employee of his own anyway, so he still needs to mention it.He said: "Actually, in my opinion, if game planning has a discipline, it should belong to sociology. Whether a game can be successful or not depends mainly on whether it meets the pressure relief needs of players, and the pressure that different groups need to relieve is different."

"Those with high work pressure and those with low work pressure, those with physical activity and mental activities, casual players and competitive players, each player adapts to different content and rhythm." Lin Shu told Cao Hui carefully, "We plan For games, we must first understand why players play games, what is their purpose of playing games, and what are the actual benefits of games for them.”

"Some people play games to relieve the pressure of work and life. Some people play games to seek social interaction and fun. Others play games to escape the unsatisfactory reality... Different situations have different needs. Same. People who have a lot of stress to relieve don't want to design tasks that are too complicated and onerous, which can easily turn their game process into another form of work, which is very unpleasant. People who seek socialization and fun There will be a need for the game to have a lot of interactive and cooperative features that can serve as a bridge for them to communicate."

"Artificial intelligence itself belongs to virtual social interaction. Although NPCs are not as intelligent as real people, they have the advantage of being on call 24 hours a day, and their simple conversation ability can also socialize and relieve emotions with players. This is the core content of AI, and interpersonal communication It’s like this, there is a complete process, and players will really invest in their emotions.”

"Shortening this process will greatly reduce the overall effect. The current request to increase the chance of triggering the plot is actually just some players' desire for quick success and quick profit. They want to abandon all the game process and directly obtain rewards. It is not surprising that they have such an idea, but Manager Cao You know, it's not doing the company any good."

After hearing this, Cao Hui thought for a while before replying, "I understand. I'm thinking about how to ask the customer service staff to reply to them."

Lin Shu smiled, and said, "Try your tone carefully, and speak more eloquently."

Cao Hui nodded, and after turning around, he really thought of a pretty nice speech.

Later, when the customer service girl encountered a similar problem, she adopted this statement and replied softly: "This is an intelligent NPC. It's not an ordinary game task. What they do is not something we have rigidly arranged, right? So Everyone, don’t think that we can just arrange an event for everyone a day—when you make friends, it’s impossible for that friend to hit it off with you today, become like brothers with you tomorrow, and live and die together the day after tomorrow, right? Flash marriage Not so fast."

These words were said softly by the customer service girl with a smile, and it sounded like that.Although the players are still dissatisfied, it is not easy to force it.

Of course, there are also some bad-tempered, rambunctious ones who refuse to give up, claiming that the official setting is too unreasonable, and even threatening to stop playing again and again.At this time, the customer service staff tried to persuade me kindly and patiently.

In fact, their true feelings and tone of voice are totally incompatible.Some girls rolled their eyes after turning off the mic, and complained: "Where are there so many little publicities? I'm so used to them! If you don't play, you don't play, and you still have to bet on the company to change the settings? Is there anything wrong?"

This kind of anger is commonplace in the customer service department, so no one takes it seriously.The person in charge of shift scheduling saw her pouring water like a cow, so he said, "Go and play fitness games for a while! The machines were installed yesterday, and we installed eight sets on this floor, which can be used by almost every five people." One, it must be free now, go try it!"

The girl suddenly showed surprise and said, "So many?"

The manager smiled and replied: "There are only two or three units on other floors, and our floor has the most. The boss said that the customer service work is stressful, and this thing is suitable for venting, so install a few more units."

The girl suddenly felt less irritable, and after being grateful for Lin Shu's thoughtfulness, she rushed over to vent her anger.

In fact, threats are threats. Although there are many players who come here every day to complain and talk about things, the real effect of stopping the game has not been reflected at all.Even the number of registrations and online users of "Infinite Time and Space" is increasing every week with a figure that can be distinguished by the naked eye, and there is no sign of confusion at all.

Popularity is unmatched.

Such prosperity is naturally very eye-catching and even enviable.Recently, there are quite a few games imitating the setting of "Infinite Time and Space", but they are not very successful.

However, Beichen recently acquired a foreign company with artificial intelligence technology, which caused a brief heated discussion.As a large game company that once dominated at this time, Beichen was still relatively witty and competitive in many cases-they obviously knew very well that Xingzhe's biggest advantage lies in artificial intelligence.

Yang Ziqi once felt that artificial intelligence would not have a big role in the field of games - because of its huge data, its application in games is limited, and its intelligence cannot catch up with real people.

And reality proved him wrong.There is no unusable technology in this world, only inappropriate usage.Xingzhe's game broke his rigid impression of this technology.

Compared with the media's hot discussion about Beichen's move, it seems that Beichen will catch up with Xingze in the next moment, forming a battle between dragons and tigers, but Lin Shu just smiled after reading the news.

While everyone was still focusing on the NPC interactive system, Xingzhe was already moving forward. A new batch of expansion packs for "Infinite Time and Space" has been produced. Due to the sufficient personnel, the efficiency is higher than most of the current game companies, but the quality is not perfunctory.

At present, most of the employees in the planning department are roughly used to the writing rules of their own artificial intelligence and game systems, and they know how to design lines in order to maximize the dialogue logic error tolerance rate.This group of employees who are getting used to it will undoubtedly become Xingzhe's greatest asset in the coming time.

Lin Shu is also willing to spend money on employee training, and has set up a new company award called the Supervision and Education Award.After each new employee enters the company, he will directly get a "senior" as a supervisor.Supervisors are obliged to guide and teach newcomers, and this period lasts for three months.After three months, the newcomer can successfully adapt to the environment and perform well at work, and the supervisor can get a small bonus.At the same time, the newcomers with the best performance within three months will have their mentors get a week of paid vacation during the non-busy period of the company's business, and the newcomers will directly sign a formal contract and receive key training.

This is actually a bit like a master leading an apprentice in an online game, but it is really effective.Cooperating with various other courses and internal training, Xingze's employees grow extremely fast and the internal atmosphere is also good.Because of the large scale of the company, the relationship between different departments is poor, and the competition is strong, but for Lin Shu, it is also a positive performance.

Also because of the professional skills of the staff, the four expansion packs prepared this time are all of a high standard.Compared with the previous four worlds, it has made great progress in both architecture and custom shaping.

These four expansions are named "Wild Soul", "Golden Age", "Warring States" and "Dreamland", each of which has its own unique gameplay.

These four expansion packs will not be released immediately, or even at one time. After a considerable period of post-adjustment, they will be released one by one in a planned manner.

But there is no need for such a huge design team.

Before June, Lin Shu mobilized about [-]% of the employees in the planning department, and let them be seconded to Xingze Film and Television Company, and began to write several animation scripts in groups.At the same time, in the art department, a group of people who were most effective in the study of three-dimensional image design were also transferred by Lin Shu, and they were divided into two groups. One group designed advanced modeling actions, costumes and props for smart partners, and the other group Cooperating with the crew of "Afterimage of Death", he began to learn the post-production of three-dimensional movies.