The strongest game producer

When Xiao Gou was using his brains, thinking about how to make a version of Shan Hai Jing to abuse people, Red Dog's new two studios, which were about to be promoted, came to show Xiao Gou the finalized script of Silent Hill [-] with trepidation.

Like the first two studios, these two studios were also filled with self-doubt by Xiao Gou.Xiao Gou provided them with a lot of social news, as well as a lot of classic horror movies as materials, and asked them to do their homework before writing the script.

These two people who were terrified of ghosts were so scared of ghosts that their eyes were black and black after reading the material and writing their homework. It is said that they lost sleep. After watching it, Xiao Gou felt that he was a bit too much, so he asked them if they wanted to change the title.But these two said that the hardship has been eaten, and now they can face ghost movies calmly, and there is no need to change.

Well, in fact, there is still a little bit of fear, but you have to persist if you are afraid, otherwise the pain will be for nothing?At least let yourself feel the experience of fear and share it with other players.This is what game designers do.

In short, I cannot suffer alone.

With this awareness, the two broke out with greater motivation.The entire game company was frightened by the crazy expressions of these two people.Under such madness, the two of them went smoother than those of the Immortal Sword Team. At least they didn't have to rework too many times, and the final draft was handed in much earlier.

But at the last minute, they were still very nervous.

When Xiao Gou was working as Silent Red Butterfly, he specifically emphasized that the use of psychological horror games in holographic games may have some bad influence on the players.Now that the holographic technology has been updated, it is more sensitive to capture the player's emotions, and the review of horror games is more stringent, so there should be no obstacles to the production of Silent Hill II.

And Silent Hill [-] actually doesn't have a strong horror element.In Xiao Gou's previous life, the monsters in Silent Hill II were all the embodiment of the inner evil and fear of the characters in the game.Players will still be frightened when playing. After the game is over, there are mostly sighs and emotions, but there is not much residual sense of horror.

Red Dog's Silent Hill II does not apply the original plot of the original character, but the core content is still the same.The three characters chosen by the player all have a "sense of guilt" deep in their hearts.This kind of "guilt" is not necessarily the fault of that character, but they think it is their own fault in their hearts, and they are very painful about it, and even forget this memory.But even if they forget this memory, their lives are not happy, and they are often awakened by nightmares, but they don't know why.In this way, they were attracted to the small village of Silent Hill, where they met the monsters embodied in their hearts in the other world.

After clearing the level, the characters get a "salvation" of their own choosing - which may not be redemption in the eyes of the player.But Xiao Gou hopes to let the players have an ending that is imperfect and even sad in the eyes of outsiders. For the characters, it is "salvation", even if it is death or oblivion.

Xiao Gou's only request for this game is this, and he has no request for other people to set up a plot.As for the system, the horror games on the market are already very mature. If you learn more and watch more, and add your own imagination, it should be fine.If there is really no brain hole, Xiao Gou said that he can help them make holes in their heads.

When the draft was finalized, Xiao Gou was very satisfied with the game system.There is a map in this game system that is particularly interesting. The players' sight is covered by thick fog, which makes them almost blind, but they get a "weapon" that can be located by sound waves, just like bats.By making sounds, they can "see" monsters on the map through sound waves and avoid them.But monsters are also attracted to sound.

This kind of setting that if you want to avoid monsters, you have to attract monsters will definitely make players feel very exciting.

This kind of gameplay appeared in Xiao Gou's previous game, and the response was very good.Now in the holographic game, I don’t know how many players will cry in anger. It is worth looking forward to - even if they are not frightened by the monster, the players must be very angry when they see the monster being attracted by their own voice.

In addition to the gameplay, the plot of the game is also remarkable.The three optional characters in the game are very close to the Chinese society.

The first optional character is a middle-aged man.The man's family was not considered wealthy, but he and his wife were childhood sweethearts, they had a very deep relationship, and their family background was very harmonious.But the wife was diagnosed with leukemia, the treatment process was very painful, and no match could be found, and the middle-aged man did not have enough money to keep his wife in the hospital.In the end, at the request of his wife, the middle-aged man took his wife back home and waited to die.When his wife died, the middle-aged man’s guilt and longing for his wife made him “forget” that his wife died of illness at home, and only “remember” that his wife died of illness in a hospital;

The second optional character is a young woman.The young woman was molested by a relative when she was a child. She was ignorant and didn't know what happened to her when she was a child. It wasn't until the other party went too far and raped her, causing her serious physical trauma. This incident was not exposed.Her mother died young and was raised by her father alone.Her father was very angry and was hacked to death by the man in the process of arguing with the man, who was also sentenced to death.She grew up in an orphanage, and because of mental stimulation, she forgot the past;

The third optional character is a young man.The man once had a very good male friend, both of whom were close cabinets, and had a crush on each other, but because the society at that time did not support homosexuality, it was even regarded as a mental illness.So neither of them confessed.Later, the man decided to accept the "forced" marriage by his family. His friends were very opposed to it, thinking that it was wrong to cheat an innocent woman.He obeyed his friend and told his fiancée about his situation, but his fiancée's family and his parents approached his friend and publicized that his friend was a mentally ill homosexual, and finally that friend committed suicide.After he learned of this incident, he was overwhelmed by guilt and fear of hurting others. While in a trance, he forgot about his friend's suicide.

There are three optional characters, the female in the middle is completely innocent, and the other two male characters can be said to be wrong or right.Things are pretty miserable for them.But it is true that you "caused" the death of others because of your own reasons. This kind of guilt does not mean that you can dissipate if you rationally think that you are wrong or right.Although the three of them forgot the past events because of mental stimulation, these events became their lingering nightmare.They are in a trance, unable to live like normal people, and often have self-destructive tendencies in their hearts, but they don't know why.

Until they received a letter from a dead "important person" from an unnamed small village in Silent Hill, they were unconsciously attracted to this small village and started this horrible journey.

This game is called "Silent Chilling", which means death and new life.The name is in the same line as "The Silent Red Butterfly", but Xiao Gou always thinks of the name "When the Chilling Cicadas Cry" unconsciously.

So Xiao Gou asked them to put the season when the plot took place when Han Chan appeared, which was a bit of a problem.

All three have three similar main endings.One was with important people in the other world and died in reality; the other was completely forgotten and was rescued by the police, and never remembered these things again; Feel alive.

For bystanders, the last option seems to be HE, but for the parties, it is not necessarily HE.

There is no problem with the plot, Xiao Gou mainly looks at the monster setting.He provided classic monsters such as the triangular head of Silent Hill, the swollen nurse doctor, etc., and they were also set according to this expansion.There are four main types of monsters in Silent Hill II. The first is the monster that represents the fear of hospitals; the second is the monster that represents the fear of sexual desire; the third is the fear of violence; the fourth is the fear of public opinion. of fear.

In addition to the four main monsters, there are also a few scattered and unrepresentative wandering monsters.

After reading the setting of this monster, Xiao Gou thought to himself that Red Dog might release another game with a very controversial plot.I don't know how the finished horror game is, whether it has a chance to hit the awards.

After Xiao Gou modified some details and asked them to delete some systems and plots that were insufficient or cumbersome due to their own inexperience, he let them do it freely.

"As the first holographic horror game of Red Dog Games, if you don't do well, it will discredit Red Dog Games. Maybe the media will say that Red Dog Games is not good at making horror games, so you must work hard, you know?" Xiao Gou saw that they could withstand the pressure quite well, so he continued to pressurize them very happily. When he saw their pale faces, he felt very relieved.

Young people, you still have to exercise under high pressure.Xiao Gou, who is not old himself, thinks seriously.

After the plot of Silent Hill [-] was known by other game studios, they looked at the heads of those two studios with strange eyes.

What about the story that you agreed to be afraid of ghosts and what you agreed to not watch?The system you set up seems terrible, and the plot is also very tangled.You said that you were afraid that you were not good at talking, but you were so ruthless in your actions. Is it because you were forced too hard by Mr. Xiao, and you are mentally abnormal?

The two persons in charge looked at the ceiling with sighs on their faces.Yes, if you don’t shrink back under persecution, you will become perverted under persecution.Now the two of them are two perverts, and they must let the players enjoy the pain they have encountered.

Red Dog Games employees:  …

Their eyes turned to the remaining programmers who followed Xiao Gou first.

The programmers who didn't work alone or didn't reach the promotion time shook their heads.I'm not I didn't, just the two of them, we are normal people.

Even Zhang Tan and Wu Haoyu said that they are not in the same group as those two people, they are very normal, and Immortal Sword II is also very normal and positive, not as dark as these two people.

They joked in front of Xiao Gou and asked Xiao Gou to judge, Xiao Gou said seriously: "This is easy, if you fight, whoever has the biggest fist will listen to him!"

Red Dog Games employees:  …

Let's go, let's go to work.

Xiao Gou was very sad, this group of people really couldn't take a joke.

Qiao Hong: "Are you kidding? Do you really want them to fight?"

Xiao Gou said: "It's fine to fight in the game instead of fighting in reality. Da Qiao, what are you busy with recently? The construction has already started, so you don't need to keep track of the progress every day, right?"

Qiao Hong said: "I don't check the progress often, I feel a little uneasy."

This is Red Dog's first costly super project.Whether it will make money or not in the future, let alone whether the Red Dog Paradise will be built well or whether there will be quality problems, he has no idea.

Although he has tried his best to check the qualifications of the other party during the bidding, he has also strictly controlled the contractors, trying to prevent them from giving money to the contractors, and the contractors ran away, and the migrant workers could not get the money. Social news like Red Dog can't let Red Dog get off the stage.

For this reason, they would rather spend more money and spend more snacks.

When it was really in operation, Qiao Hong realized that spending more money is not a little bit earlier, and spending more money is a lot of effort.No wonder many companies know that this will happen, but they still can’t cover everything. In the end, the intermediary money is stolen and spent. Migrant workers can’t get their wages, and the company has already paid the money.

Although Qiao Hong has been exhorting and exhorting now, he is still a little scared in his heart.

Xiao Gou was very calm.Although there are a lot of social news, but there is no news, and there are many things that everyone gets money.Migrant workers can’t get money, either Party A really has no money, or the contractor owes gambling debts or other things outside, and takes the money away, and would rather spend the money in jail.

The former Red Dog will definitely not owe other people’s project money, while the latter only needs to control the payment process and sign a good agreement with the other party, and there is no problem in the end being exempted from liability.

Qiao Hong couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard what Xiao Gou said so lightly.Is this a question of disclaimer?Do you think it is enough to be exempted from liability?Do you know that in today's society, people are sometimes distributed according to their troubles?

Xiao Gou slapped his head: "Distribute according to the alarm? This is also a very good game theme. How about a voice-activated game that is allocated according to the alarm for the next mobile game?"

Qiao Hong: "..."

Qiao Hong: "How can you relate anything to the game? Forget it, you can make your game, and I can worry about engineering matters."

Xiao Gou immediately squeezed Qiao Hong's shoulders and thumped his back with a smile on his face: "I'll trouble Da Qiao, but Da Qiao, you really don't have to be so nervous. Remember what I said before? We want to become Xiao Papi and Qiao Papi, The most unscrupulous and hateful capitalists. We have tried our best, and it is enough not to break the law. Those social influences will not affect our performance. Those of us in high positions must be as hard as iron..."

Qiao Hong hit Xiao Gou on the head with a backhand: "Shut up."

Seeing Qiao Hong's smile, Xiao Gou made a "V" proudly.

Knowing that Xiao Gou was deliberately making him laugh, Qiao Hong shook his head helplessly.Xiao Gou said it lightly, from the benefits of Red Dog employees, and the money that Red Dog donates to charity every year, he knew that it was not the same thing when Xiao Gou was doing it himself.

But Xiao Gou's teasing made him feel a lot easier.He did what he could do first, and he really couldn't take care of the things that could be covered up by then.It's useless to think so much now.

……

When Xiao Gou was working as a Monster Hunter, the nominations for the third best game of the year came out. Although Assassin’s Creed was on the list, Xiao Gou knew that according to the current taste of the World Games Organizing Committee, the possibility of Assassin’s Creed winning the award was not high. .

Red Dog's three holographic games this year have all been nominated. In addition, there are also many nominations from other game companies.The theme of Stella's game is still the ruins of the doomsday. From the plot point of view, the possibility of winning is the greatest.

The story of this game is after the third world war, the world is flat, a man who lost his family in the war, survives numbly in the ruins.Later, he met a dying little girl, because the little girl was very similar to his dead daughter, he had an attack of kindness and saved the little girl.Later, the father and daughter depended on each other, lived in the ruins, escaped from the ruined group of centralized power and dictatorship, and embarked on a new life of freedom.

But judging by Xiao Gou, this game is no longer a game.From the perspective of the game, this game is really not very interesting. The fights are very common shooting fights, etc., and there is very little time to fight monsters. The shooting of bosses is no different from mobs.

Stella's explanation is that this game is as close to reality as possible. The bosses are all ordinary humans, so the combat mode must be the same as that of mobs, and everyone is not beyond the scope of humans.Players can quite understand that the selling point of this game is the plot. This is a classic "interactive movie game" and cannot be "putting the cart before the horse".The game is flawless, and the gameplay system isn't its downside.

Xiao Gou himself has a negative evaluation of this, although for the sake of influence, he will definitely not say it.

In Xiao Gou's view, the game itself is still a game, not a holographic movie or anything else. Interactive movie games and interactive movies are also two different things.This game almost completely abandons "playing" and just allows players to "watch". Xiao Gou doesn't think this is a "real" game.

Xiao Gou believes that the doomsday-themed game that Stella collided with Honghuang back then is better than this one.In terms of gameplay, the game's monster settings are very careful. Various zombies and monsters have different behavior patterns. Players need to observe carefully to get the way to pass the level.And various props and weapon systems are also very interesting. Players can develop different combinations to pass the level fancy.In terms of gameplay, this game is very good.

In terms of the plot, the plot of that game is similar to "The Last of Us" he played in his previous life. The plot is impeccable, and the possible choice of saving a person or sacrificing a person to save all mankind , It also gave both sides enough chips to make players fall into a dilemma, rather than leaning towards one side.

Although in the final ending, the protagonist chose to be selfish, he also said that he was willing to bear the crime.Instead of saving strangers, he just wants to live with the one he loves the most.That is to say, Stella did not stand on the usual standpoint of Western human rights. It is wrong to criticize the other party. He also admitted that the protagonist is selfish. The protagonist thinks he is guilty and is willing to bear the crime.This kind of ending is in line with the character design, and it also makes players feel that the ending should develop like this no matter whether they accept the ending or not.

But in this game, Stella is too "kitsch" for the Western politically correct worldview.The organization that the protagonist and the adopted daughter rebel against forces people to work, and then uses the labor in exchange for the poor food that can only survive for themselves.Although this organization is not corrupt, there is no warmth or any kind of compassion at all. For example, the old, weak, sick, and disabled, who are either abandoned or supported by those who are willing to support them, the organization will not show them any mercy.

The little girl belongs to the weak who are "abandoned". After the protagonist adopts the little girl, he must give the little girl a part of his labor income. kind of dangerous place.That's how the plot unfolds.

The protagonist's "humanity" was awakened by the little girl, and he felt that this organization was too cruel and authoritarian, and that people under the control of this organization had no other pursuit except to live.A person without humanity can no longer be called a human being.Therefore, he finally destroyed the organization's base camp together with the free organization outside, distributed the food and materials stored by the organization to the poor dying people equally, and then left this "living base" with the little girl to go to a farther place. A wider place of freedom.

After Xiao Gou watched it, he felt that there was no problem with the plot.But if you think about it carefully, this is a big problem.This organization looks inhumane, but in fact it guarantees the survival of the most people to the greatest extent.As for it not allocating resources to those who have no productive capacity, this is also in line with the law of human social development.Society can provide welfare only when resources are abundant.Are you raising benefits in the ruins?I'm afraid it's not mentally handicapped?

And the final ending is also very tricky, yes, open the warehouse to release the food, and then what?After eating this meal, everyone is happy now, but there is no guarantee in the future.Originally, the granary in the base could guarantee the life of the people registered in the base who can be used as labor force for about half a year. If there is any major disaster in the future, everyone can survive for a while.You are fine, all sent.So if there is a severe winter or something else, and everyone can't find food and drink for a while, wouldn't they all wait to die?

As for forced labor, there is no freedom or anything... Do you still demand an eight-hour working system at this time?

However, such a plot is obviously very suitable for the overseas market. Although the response in China is mediocre, the World Games is not a one-word speech in China.Huaguo's Red Dog has been the best player of the year for three consecutive years. This year there is a foreign game that can be played, and Xiao Gou has "degenerated" and did not make a game that "deeply analyzes society". Naturally, they would like Stella to win the award.

Xiao Gou complained in his heart, and knew that the possibility of Stella winning this time was greater than that of the three games of Red Dog.The only one who can compete with Stella in this game is Jinghuayuan who is inexplicably carrying the "anti-war" pot.Of course Xiao Gou himself thinks that Flowers in the Mirror is better than Stella in terms of gameplay and plot.However, the judges of the World Games probably feel that this doomsday ruin, which promotes freedom, democracy, and humanity, is more appealing to them than Flowers in a Mirror criticizing some countries' overseas military policies.

Laohou has something to say: I'm not I don't have it, don't talk nonsense, what am I criticizing!

Anyway, it has nothing to do with me.Xiao Gou thought happily.At this time, he was still happy, and he was really very big-hearted.