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In order to tell everyone this time that this game is not worth looking forward to at all, Xiao Gou even released a video of the game as a preview.In the trailer, players fight with bare hands, pick up steel pipes on the ground to fight with people, and use ordinary guns to fight with people. These are indeed ordinary games with a modern city as the background that are more common now.This kind of game has made players a little bored, but after the plot was added later, games with linear plots mostly use this kind of fighting to express the authenticity of their stories.

So Xiao Gou is going to make a plot-oriented game this time?That's not bad either.

Xiao Gou: No, no, no, if I don’t make linear games, I still don’t have much confidence in telling a story about a foreign culture.This time it's still an open-ended game, but not a sandbox game.Although there are main tasks, the main tasks are not long, mainly because there are many side tasks.I just want to try to see if I can create a relatively complete foreign background.Of course, the cost of this game is still very high, and the price will not be cheap, so you should be careful when purchasing.

Players: Emmmmm...do you do business like this?Since the cost is high and the price is high, you should fool us into buying it. Why do you want players to choose carefully?We feel like you have a conspiracy.

Xiao Gou said very frankly: The older you are, the less courageous you are.Now that Red Dog is so beautiful, I am a little timid. I am afraid that the game I made will not meet the expectations of players and ruin my own brand, so I said at the beginning that this game is an experimental work. If it is not fun, don’t blame me.

Regardless of the shock of the players, Xiao Gou added: Good idea, every time a work is released in the future, I will howl first, the game may not be fun, so don't have too high expectations.

Apart from using six points to express the shock in their hearts, the players no longer knew how to answer Xiao Gou's words.

What Xiao Gou means is, every time the game is released, do you say bad news yourself?This thing really can't be sold like this, even if you don't brag, at least tell the truth.Just like this game, even if it is an old-fashioned urban non-fantasy background, the graphics and the sense of attack are very good. It can only be said that it is not an innovative game, but the quality of the game itself is still top-notch.We won't be spoiled by your previous game's flamboyant operation, and it's fine to release a little ordinary game.

Probably because they are used to being abused by Huaguo's game environment, most players still reflect on themselves, whether they have been too inflated recently and have been spoiled by the red dog.

You see, we used to think that Huaguo could have a work that could catch up with the current level of the world's game public, and Huaguo players would be very popular.Now Red Dog is not the public, but the top players. Players are still picking their mouths, thinking that the top players are not good enough. We have to make different games from others. Isn’t this too embarrassing?No, this is just too embarrassing!Isn't this flattery?When did Huaguo players swell to the point that our country's games can catch up with the top international standards, and they are all disappointed?

Many players looked back for a long time... In fact, it was not a long time ago, just the hard life two years ago, and they complained about their current mentality, to see what it was like to force our precious dog.Don't worry, Gouzi, we will reflect on our actions. You can play games and try them casually, even if you make mistakes, it doesn't matter.Who doesn't make a wrong decision?Whose products sell best every time?With our backing, you can safely try things you are not good at, and we will support you!Failure is the mother of success. If you fail this time, you will learn your lesson and succeed next time, right?

There are also players who have analyzed the quality of the game shown in this preview very rationally.Red Dog's technology is still as strong as ever, the graphics and character modeling are very fine, the movements are very smooth, and the micro-expressions are very vivid.Some players took out an analysis by a foreign game media, which was shown in the finals of the Spirit War League, and the red dog may have mastered the relatively advanced expression calculation function.According to this preview, it seems that this new feature is used in the game.Regardless of whether this is Red Dog's experimental work or not, the cost is definitely not low, and Xiao Gou is not lying.

After the analysis by technical players, other players also began to analyze the new trailer of the game frame by frame.They found that this time the expression was much more flexible, and it did not seem to be like template making.The expression template is easy to recognize, because the expression can only be "manually", so the expression of the character will only appear in the animation, dialogue and player manual.Although the player's expression in this trailer is very subtle, it is indeed changing throughout the whole process. It is obviously not a cutscene, but it seems to be in a cutscene.

The players didn't pay attention to this before, but now they discovered it after being woken up, and they were all very excited.Another breakthrough in Red Dog's technology?Did new technology really be used in the last game?This time, it is directly used in the new game without making a sound?So the high cost of this game and the fact that it is a trial work, is it really not a lie?

When some sunspots thought they could finally find their black spots, Red Dog made uninteresting games in order to test new technologies and forced players to pay for the development costs. The players fought back and scolded Heizi bloody.First of all, Red Dog's new game hasn't come out yet, why do you say that Red Dog's new game is not fun?Secondly, what does it mean to spread R&D costs on players?Which line of research and development costs are not counted as commodity costs?Are you a business doing charity?The red dog is too kind to tolerate your nonsense, but the red dog can bear it, and we can't bear it. Today, we will be the dog guard team!

The sunspots couldn't help but roll their eyes, what do you mean it's decided today?You've always been a dog squad, haven't you?Forget it, this group of game fans are so crazy, slip away.

Originally, this group of sunspots were just habitual black dogs. After all, there are not many people in China who insist on holding on to red dogs. Only those who make foreign money will persevere in black dogs.But now even foreign money is hard to earn, and foreign game manufacturers are not so boring. They don't give "marketing" expenses to their competitors in their own country, and they insist on challenging Red Dog across the ocean.

As a result, public opinion quickly became one-sided in favor of Red Dog, telling Red Dog not to worry, and some people joked that Red Dog should have made some clichéd games long ago, even the supposedly clichéd game "Endless Survival" They have adopted so many new ways of playing, and now there are endless similar games on the market. Red Dog should give others a way to survive; some people refute that Red Dog is called to give others a way to survive. Let’s see how many people are inspired by Red Dog. Today’s game The market is much more prosperous than before.

Xiao Gou looked at these public opinions and felt a little flustered: "Big Joe, if after the release of Folklore Gotham City, players find out that they have been cheated, this is not an ordinary trial work at all, will they be very angry? Come on wolf A few times, if I say anything later, will they not believe it?"

Qiao Hong smiled: "Are you afraid now? Is it fun to consume their trust?"

Xiao Gou twisted his fingers and said, "This is not consumer trust, is it? Consumer trust is my hype, but in fact the game is just a bunch of shit. Now I am just a little more modest. How can modesty be called consumer trust? This It should be a surprise."

Qiao Hong put away his smile and said, "So I didn't stop you. But this work is indeed a trial work, and I think there will be a lot of controversy. It's not wrong for you to get vaccinated in advance."

Xiao Gou stopped being malicious and cute, patted his chest, and said, "I'm relieved when you say that."

Qiao Hong continued: "However, why do you add the words 'Folk and Simple' in front of Gotham City every time you mention this game? Are you really going to name the game Folk and Simple Gotham City?"

Xiao Gou said: "Isn't this pretty good?"

The corner of Qiao Hong's mouth twitched: "You better not add it."

Xiao Gou continued to ask: "Then what to add in front? Free City? Dream Holy Land?"

Qiao Hong took a deep breath and said calmly, "Why isn't it the capital of crime?"

Xiao Gou said: "The name is so straightforward, how boring it is."

Qiao Hong said calmly: "It is agreed not to consume the trust of the players?"

Xiao Gou said bluntly: "Is this called consumer trust? This is called surprise, if you want to promote it, first suppress it!"

Qiao Hong didn't think it was a matter of wanting to promote before suppressing, so he finally did not agree with Xiao Gou's spoof.Under Xiao Gou's efforts, the new game was finally named "The Great Gotham City", and the E-name was "Great_Gotham_City".

After the naming, Gotham City's second and real CG trailer was also released.

Because Qiao Hong forbids Xiao Gou to deceive innocent players, so Xiao Gou had to ask Mr. Chou to come out and introduce this city in person this time.

When the player clicks on the preview, there is a male voice with a funny tone praising Gotham City, an independent city.He introduced the location of this great city and the concept of an independent city, and introduced the unique landmarks of Gotham City.With the introduction of this funny male voice, the corresponding screen appeared on the screen, presenting the players with an overhead free capital located in the overhead United States.

Then the funny male voice started to introduce the famous people here, praising the honesty of the people of Gotham, and there are many lovely famous people.He introduces one, and there's a scene of criminal destruction, and finally he introduces himself, Gotham's famous source of laughter, everyone's favorite clown.The picture freezes on the clown's face that is enough to turn into a nightmare. He pressed the remote control button in his hand with a wicked smile, and a beautiful explosion flame appeared behind him.

Players: ? ? ?Wait, the previous introductions were all introduced by this scary-looking criminal?Are the folk customs really simple here? ? ?

After the clown appeared, the screen changed, and our protagonist appeared. There were three men and three women. They liked this "free" city, and thought that there were no restrictions here, and the laws were useless. It is also difficult to climb up step by step.With such a great dream in mind, our heroes set foot on the land of this great city.

The teaser ends with the player-controllable protagonist group on stage.

Players: ...so you showed us so many great bosses, and then told us that players are just grassroots?Can you stop doing this? !And more importantly, you end up with only the logo and no release date!When will the great Gotham City be released?

The players are not satisfied, and the players are going to make trouble.Puppy, puppy, you said that what you are doing is just a test product, an ordinary fighting and shooting game without a plot, we believe it, but now you give us such a handsome preview, and then tell us that the character the player will play is not handsome at all, so it is not great.

and!You haven't indicated when it will be released!

Xiao Gou: Isn't the grassroots counterattack the most prosperous plot?Come on, the new boss is you!

Players are convinced.That's right, if you go in, you will be a big boss. How can it be fun to become a big boss step by step?But puppy, you actually made a game where players become criminals, can this really pass the trial?Or, as long as the background is placed abroad, it can pass the review?Are you not afraid of trouble from foreign players?

Overseas players: Don’t make trouble, what’s the trouble, how interesting this is.We love this crazy game!

The media are all watching, what kind of game is this? Will it be banned?Huaguo has strict control over this kind of game, right?

Xiao Gou: It has passed the review, don't worry, it conforms to our core values, just like literary movies, don't think that this game is promoting the idea of ​​bad guys just because the protagonist is a bad guy.I'm just trying to spread some good ideas without preaching.

Xiao Gou's words reassured the players.First of all, Xiao Gou really wants to make a game where the protagonist is a criminal; secondly, Xiao Gou guarantees that this idea is good, which makes some players with a strong sense of morality breathe a sigh of relief.

Basically, the three views of Red Dog's games are more in line with the general public. Even in games of "killing each other" like "Endless Survival", he also makes a tone of "finding the meaning of life".Even in the supernatural horror game "Silent Red Butterfly", Red Dog also stated that he is anti-cult, which seems very reliable.At least after the players did play this game, they were insensitive to the cult and condemned it one after another.

This game should also tell players that crime is not advisable through the criminal's vision, right?

The players thought optimistically.

so!When are you going to release the puppy?

According to Red Dog's dickishness in the past, when the preview came out, the game development should have come to an end.Counting from the first preview, it should be released within half a year.Is it time for them to save money?Red Dog, even if you don't show the release date, at least tell me the estimated price?Let's save money.

If it doesn't work, we can only save money based on the game with the highest price at present.Games that use new technologies are definitely not cheap. Puppy himself said that the cost of this game is quite high.

The tourism management committee, who knew the inside story, couldn't laugh or cry.

Generally, when there are projects invested by the state, companies want to report more, which they have long been used to.Red Dog's attempt at a new technology this time, increasing the cost of game development, is also within their expectation.It's just that the figures given in the budget table provided by Red Dog at the end really made them feel dazzled.

Is this reported too little?Is this money enough?Or is this company so honest that it doesn't even know the unspoken rules?

Qiao Hong took a look at the budget statement that he had actually falsely reported [-]%, and lied without changing his face and heartbeat: "In the end, the money we earn will donate the development costs back to the country, so there is no need to make false reports. Now the game trailer is in The response among players has been better than we expected, and we will definitely be able to sell it back.”

The boss of the tour management committee sighed.Yes, these two children are indeed sincere.Are they really planning to donate back the country's investment?not kidding?Then it is even more necessary to increase investment, so that other companies that want to make more money here in the country should not be allowed to take the lead. On the contrary, such a conscientious and honest boy like Red Dog is living a tight life.

So the boss of the tourism management committee specially integrated and reported this matter and applied for special funds.Looking at it from the above, the Red Dog is indeed very sincere, and it is indeed not bragging. Qiao Hong and Xiao Gou are really planning to make money and return the money invested by the state.Originally, this was just a task arranged by the state, and what was given was appropriation, not interest-free or low-interest loans, but these two children used the money given to them as money lent to them, which is really cute.

The investment should be doubled according to this budget... no, triple it!

After Qiao Hong received the approved special appropriation funds, he deeply reflected that the money he asked for was indeed too little, and he couldn't even look at the above.

But he asked Uncle Zou for advice before, and what Uncle Zou said clearly was that generally one false report is enough, and if there are too many, it will not make a good impression.

After listening to Qiao Hong's complaint, Zou Hang couldn't laugh or cry: "It is true that large projects are generally under [-]% of false reports, but your company's budget is much lower than that of its peers, almost half of that of its peers."

Only then did Qiao Hong understand what he had neglected: "I should have made a budget according to the common standards of the industry. Now I have exposed the situation of Red Dog."

Zou Hang comforted: "It's just the budget, not much information has been revealed, and the finished product has not come out yet. After the finished product comes out, the quality of your game is very high, and they will only think that you made such a game after increasing the investment." The finished product. Don’t worry too much. But you have to be more careful in the future.”

Qiao Hong reflected deeply.He is still too immature, if it wasn't for a mistake, this time he would have almost exposed Red Dog's true financial situation.

Even listed companies that need to disclose their reports will keep their secrets in their accounts.Red Dog's game development cost is much lower than other game companies, and it is Red Dog's secret weapon. It can take a lot of advantages in publicity and follow-up competition, and grab a lot of opportunities.

Seeing Qiao Hong's constant introspection, Xiao Gou comforted: "Don't worry, we won't release a follow-up version of this game, and the follow-up version will be patched on the original version. The above must think that we will only have one content after seeing the increase in investment. Make your game a collection of many games, so there will be no doubts.”

Qiao Hong felt that this remedy was feasible, and while he was relieved, he asked curiously, "A lot of departments? Don't you want to change the city?"

Xiao Gou said: "No, it's just a timeline change. After that, the first generation Robin flew solo, the second generation Robin appeared and was killed by the clown, Batman's girlfriend died, and Batgirl will also be paralyzed..."

Qiao Hong hurriedly said: "Stop, stop! Why is Batman so miserable?!"

Xiao Gou blinked his eyes, surprised: "Is it miserable? Isn't he good? The protagonist is immortal! Oh, you mean the second-generation Robin? He will be resurrected in the end, but because of this incident, he has gone on a radical path Flying solo became the Red Hood. But I don’t really like the setting of resurrection, so let’s write that he was rescued when he was seriously injured and dying. The warehouse exploded, and Batman thought he was dead, hahahaha.”

Qiao Hong: "...I don't think this is funny. Don't you think the heroes are too miserable? The justice side is so miserable, the players will definitely feel very uncomfortable."

"You play the role of a criminal, but feel bad for the hero. Isn't the purpose of this game achieved?" Xiao Gou's expression was very serious at this time, as if he was joking, "When they choose the role of a superhero After the character, it will probably be more uncomfortable. But I think, they will not stop playing this game because of discomfort. From the design point of view, this game is still very refreshing. If you don’t think about his plot carefully, you won’t feel it. uncomfortable."

"And in order to reduce the player's sense of substitution, I decided to only make this game from a third-person perspective. Players stand in the perspective of a bystander to play this game, which can not only feel refreshing, but also get out of the abuse point." Xiao Gou added road.

One of the ideas for Grand Theft Auto was to use a third-person perspective in order to avoid liability.He just allows players to "watch" the experience of a criminal, like watching a movie with a criminal as the protagonist, instead of letting the players transform into criminals.In this way, the game can be logically put on a glamorous cloak of satirizing current events, rather than abetting crime.

Holographic games have a stronger sense of immersion, and Xiao Gou believes that it is necessary to fix this game as a third-person ghost perspective.

"However, after switching to a superhero, I think the No.1 perspective can be opened." Qiao Hong thought for a while and suggested, "The character is just, and it doesn't matter if the players have a strong sense of substitution. But when the player encounters a bad situation When it comes to the experience, it will automatically break away from the No.1 title, or it will directly become a cutscene.”

"In non-mainline tasks, inserting animation trigger points is also thanks to the technology upgrade, otherwise the game will probably fill up the memory of the player's holographic device." Xiao Gou rubbed his chin, frowning, "I think the holographic device is really It’s time to upgrade, otherwise some of my ideas will not be realized. But even if I have the technology, if I want to sell new technology now, it will affect the interests of many people, right?”

Maybe it will cause many holographic equipment manufacturers to go bankrupt.

"Let's wait until you have this technology." Qiao Hong now ignores Xiao Gou who is too lazy to hide it, and can only remind him as much as possible to cover it up for him, "It's really not possible, you can sell game designers and servers. Similarly, we will release a slightly lower-end holographic device technology than what we use.”

Xiao Gou nodded vigorously.How could he have forgotten that he could still do this?Anyway, he doesn't want to monopolize, just enough money (waste) is enough.

Xiao Gou was awakened by Qiao Hong, and after he stopped worrying about the future, the efficiency of making games became higher. The third trailer for "The Great Gotham City" will be released soon.