Almighty Game Designer

Money scratches his head: "Let the player play NPC? Wow, that's a good idea. ”

Indeed, how can players and NPCs be mixed up? NPC is not intelligent enough to play the player, so the other way around is to let the player play NPC.

That is, more than 70 NPCs, 24 players, play more than 100 martial arts characters together, and finally only one final winner can climb the throne of the martial arts leader or martial arts master.

“In order for players to be better 'mixed' into NPC, we need to provide some mechanisms," continued Chan. ”

“First of all, cancel the player's voice in the game, only the player in the team can chat privately and the content is completely confidential. All contact with martial arts characters is automatically completed by the system. ”

“That is, when players and players meet, the conversation they trigger is exactly the same as when NPC meets NPC and players meet NPC. Daily conversations, chills, will be done entirely by AI, providing players only with the appropriate options when it comes to the scenarios to choose from. ”

“When a similar selection is triggered, the player has only a few seconds to decide, and accordingly, NPC takes a random amount of time to react. For example, Wudang disciples find Shaolin disciples to explore a place. Shaolin disciples have 10 seconds to choose one of multiple options. After selecting one, they automatically trigger the corresponding dramatic dialogue. All conversations are completed by AI. ”

“Note that the Wudang and Shaolin disciples here may all be players or NPCs. If the player does not proactively reveal his identity, it is impossible to determine his exact identity in terms of the game mechanism. ”

“The above is merely a case of ‘disguise’, and the relationship between the martial arts people can be hostile, and the player can attack any martial arts person at will, whether he is an NPC or a player, but the consequences of doing so must also be borne. Revenge, revenge for being pursued by this gang, etc. ”

“The players are not sure how many 24 players are left, they only know how many more than 100 martial artists are left. When a martial artist is killed, if his body is found or disappears for a long time, the news will spread to all players. ”

“In other words, for the player, the core of the game is:”

“At the end of the day, gain enough martial arts to compete for the masters of the martial arts alliance or the masters of the martial arts. ”

“There are no restrictions on what the player will do. Players can disguise themselves as NPCs. From scratch to finish, they are stunning, but from the outside, they are perfectly ordinary soldiers. They can also highlight their player identities as soon as they come up, killing all martial arts people. ”

“To help players better accomplish their goal of disguising NPCs, we will provide players with complete AI aids. For example, when player A's strength (including inner work, moves), etc. is much higher than player B's, player B wants to sneak up on player A, and even if player A doesn't find it himself, his character automatically completes the dodging action and reduces the damage he suffers. Because according to common sense, a small weak chicken attacking a strong martial arts warrior is almost impossible to succeed. ”

“So in a situation of great disparities in strength, one cannot solve the problem by force if one wants to be weak: either with life skills, with advanced poisons, or with more sieges. ”

“Next, the question of player identity. ”

“All players will be born a doorman, playing the young hero of the beginning. ”

“Gate pieces in the game include: Shaolin, Wudang, Bamboo Gang, Jiaoyu, Emei, Tangmen, Huashan, Baguamen, Tibetan Sword Mountain Estate, Five Toxics, Tianlong, and Moving Flower Palace. ”

“Nine decent, three evil. The player's doorman attributes will be tied to themselves throughout and will need to wear the doorman's clothes at all times. In other words, players and NPCs are directly identified throughout the game, and can be exposed when players act inconsistently with their home party position. ”

”Each Gate faction has initial martial arts and advanced martial arts. When the player contributes a certain value to the Gate faction, he can learn advanced martial arts from the Master. In addition, the map contains a variety of unique encounters, including martial arts, blades, special props, etc., which are completely random. Kill a martial arts man and plunder all props from him. ”

“Then there's the player's" birth rule. "Twelve pies, 24 players, means each pie is divided into two players. Players of the same team are not necessarily divided into the same pie, and the team declares the entire team victorious as long as one player lives to the end. In other words, the same team may be split between the decent and the devil, and it is entirely up to the player to decide whether to take the decent or the devil route. ”

“The players' initial combat power is completely equal, meaning that the initial martial arts power of these twelve factions is consistent. However, there is no difference between right and wrong. The default goal of the decent is the Wu Lin Alliance, while the default goal of the evil is the Wu Lin Hegemony. A decent faction is unconditionally opposed to an evil faction. A decent faction cooperates with an evil sect and is tantamount to betrayal. ”

“If a player born decent wants to end up as a martial arts master (or vice versa), he must leave the division door. After the first rebellion, the hostile forces will receive unconditionally and can rebel again, but will only be left alone. ”

“Considering that there are only three sects of evil and that they are weak, a corresponding balance is struck in the game mechanism. ”

“First of all, in the overall context of the game, the rivers and lakes are volatile, and all prestigious and decent people are in crisis. For example, Shaolin Tibetans stole from the Cabinet, Wudang poisoned the main gate, the Baba gang leader was missing, and so on. At this time, the three great demons of Wu Poison, Tianlong and Shifting Flower Palace teach Tiger to look at Zhongyuan Wulin and want to become the master of Wulin. ”

“Born decent players can accomplish all kinds of assignments in addition to searching for adventures on the map. For example, retrieving stolen books for the Shaolin faction will give you advanced mindset; detoxifying Wudang's master will give you Tai Chi sword method, and so on. Evil players, for example, find and destroy herbs that can detoxify Wudang's dominion. After completing their mission, they can also obtain props or demand higher martial arts from the Bishop of the Demon Church. ”

“This confrontation between righteousness and evil is essentially an 'unfair PVP’, with many decent people, but each with its own wars and storms; few villains, but many soldiers, can use all kinds of conspiracy tricks at will, and can hide in the dark and take ownership. At the macro level, the positive and evil forces are basically flat, depending on the performance of the players on both sides. ”