Almighty Game Designer

There are a lot of players on the Internet who somehow miss Super Mario's two-person model.

After so long, a lot of people actually forgot about the game, but the pro sale brought a lot of fresh blood to Super Mario, so the subject became unnamed and lively again.

A lot of people went back and played Super Mario and found that the design concept of the game was even very advanced!

Especially the handle's somatosensory play and double-player mode, until now, it seems that no game has reached the level of Super Mario on the entire Thunder Game platform.

A lot of players are emotional, but Chen doesn't count to 2!

If we continue with this “double mode”, can we really develop more fun games?

Although Super Mario's two-person mode is fun, it's been a while, after all, and most players are tired of it.

And the player is smart enough to come up with a very talented idea.

“How about changing the Legend of Zelda to a two-person model? One man controls Link, one man controls Zelda! The plan worked!”

Then the player threw up: “Then I play Link, you play Zelda, you play Canon in the castle the whole time...”

The player presenting the idea of genius expressed great dissatisfaction: “But I really think the double mode is fun! I played Super Mario again, and my girlfriend and I don't play games anymore! ”

An understatement immediately triggered a strong bounce from other players.

“All right, all right. I know you got a girl. Get out of here! ”

“Double mode isn't easy to do, is it? This kind of game is small, obviously there's a reason why it's not on fire...”

“I think Chen Jiao should continue to develop the" Legend of Zelda "such a divine work. What fun is the game for two? ”

Obviously, the vast majority of players know that not every game can change the double mode.

A two-person model like Super Mario is a coincidence, but it also requires the support of a gaming mechanism. It can be said that if you want to do a double mode, then the game has to be considered as a key point from the very beginning of the underlying design, and the single game and the double game approach are completely different.

What if the two players in the two-person model played a simple partnership between the two protagonists, not Mario and Cappy? That's more of a problem to deal with, and perhaps even for a lot of designers, there's no idea what to do at all.

From play to script to lens, everything may have to be redesigned, all completely different from the mainstream single-player mode.

Of course, the term "two-person mode” here is not the kind of online mechanism for online swimming. If it's online, don't talk about two people, dozens of people are fine. The two-person mode here refers to the division of labor between two players on the same screen, like Super Mario, both of which are part of the game itself.

A lot of players still feel a little shameful, Switchpro sells so well, if Chen Jiao can develop another double game that fits Switch perfectly, then definitely buy an explosion!

……

“President Chen, the art resources you asked me to collect before, I looked at them. Basically, you can use the resources of Mysterious Seas. Individually, you can also find them in the art resource library.” Zhou Hanyu said.

Zhou Hanyu is now the art director of the entire Thunder Recreation Research and Development Group. He has overall control over the art progress of various projects, and he is also managing the entire resource pool.

Two days ago, Chen Jiao handed him a table of art resources, mainly game scenes and props, to confirm whether these art resources could be taken directly from the library or whether there were parts that needed to be made separately.

After a brief look, Zhou Hanyu discovered that more than 90% of the resources are available directly from the library.

Chen Jiao nodded: “Well, if the art resources are OK, the main job is to design and capture the action, and the game should be developed shorter to two weeks or even shorter. ”

Zhou Hanyu hesitated. "Manager, is this game a continuation of" Mysterious Seas "? ”

“Hmm? No.” Chen Jiao shook his head.

Zhou Hanyu was a little surprised: “Mostly, I felt that the scene in this story resembled Mysterious Seas, and even some scenes... I felt there was some repetition, so I thought it might be a new script in the Mysterious Seas series. If you think about it, it seems that the overlap with Mysterious Seas is a little too high...”

Speaking of Zhou Hanyu, he also felt a little uncomfortable. He thought that Chen Jiao was going to use this resource to make a DLC or go outside, but thinking about it, Chen Jiao never seemed to do this kind of thing.

However, Chen Xiao said that it can be done in two weeks, then the game doesn't look like a big production...

Zhou Hanyu himself was a little obsessed, a little confused about what Chen Qiao was going to do.

Chen Qiao chuckled: “Just in time, I've done all the mirrors. I'll send you an e-mail address. Take a look. In fact, you can start to prepare now. Anyway, this game is just a small thing, it's done by hand, it doesn't take much effort. ”

Zhou Hanyu returned to his seat. A moment later, he received a script and a mirror from Chen Yu in his mailbox.

After just looking at the beginning, Zhou Hanyu stunned.

“Is this a... double game? ”

No wonder he felt very surprised, because "The Double Game” was too small.

It makes sense to think about it. Now that you're so busy working, you can't play a game on your own, and you have to be two people to play it together. It hurts.

Besides, this game is a stand-alone game! All the players with the baseball friends went on an online tour, single-player games played online by two people... emmmm, what kind of routine is this?

Continuing to look down, Zhou Hanyu found his ideas constantly refreshed.

This is truly a complete two-pronged game, and the spectacles of this game are just as cool and movie-grade as they are.

In VR mode, it is the first person perspective, the difference is not too great and it is still within acceptable range.

But on the SWITCH platform, the two people actually play the same screen, and there will be a lot of scratching during the game. As the plot progresses, the game's score always firmly grasps the player's emotions. Zhou Hanyu's brain makes up for it, and they all feel that the score is a bunker.

Totally top-notch film director's level of shooting!

In terms of art resources, however, the game does resemble Mysterious Seas, but it's just a little bit like, and the play and plot of the game are completely different from Mysterious Seas.

Zhou Hanyu understood that the game was really a little something that Chen Jiao had made after completing the Legend of Zelda, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

But it's just such a small thing, I'm afraid it can also upset some of the players' intrinsic knowledge of the game...