Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

On Chen Xu's official blog, there was only a very simple piece of information, but it made many players look surprised.

"Smash Bros. Nebula", an entertaining action game in which various popular game characters are happily knocked up. ’

With the release of Chen Xu's official blog, all the players were instantly filled with excitement.

All kinds of classic characters put together? It really is an IP game!

For this, although this series of actions of Nebula Games is not unexpected.

But it still makes many players feel very excited.

Guan Gong fights Qin Qiong, and competes in combat power across time, space and dimension. This is one of the things players like to do the most.

Pick out the characters in game A, then compete with the characters in game B, and then try to find a series of evidence that can convince the opponent.

It can be said that on any community forum, such topics have never been lacking.

There are also MODs that include various character modeling, and the characters from other games are taken into another game. Players have not done much of this.

And now, there is actually an official version of the game that brings together major IP characters?

Many players were surprised and excited, but there were also some surprises that followed.

Have fun blowing up various popular game characters?

What a way to play! ?

Looking at Chen Xu's official blog, many players were puzzled for a while.

It seems to have guessed the doubts in the player's heart. After the official blog posted this news, less than ten minutes later, a video attachment was posted under the official blog account of Nebula Games.

The content in this video surprised players and major game manufacturers.

It's not a very long video, about ten seconds or so, and there is a demo animation in it.

In the animation, Uncle Mario with a red hat on the wide platform is fighting against Kubawang.

With a series of blows, Mario was knocked out of the platform, and then Kuba Wang rushed up and hugged Mario, and used a move Tiandi Tongshou to fall rapidly towards the bottom.

With a 'GAME! ' The video ends abruptly.

But this short ten-second video has already revealed enough content.

If Chen Xu mentioned the so-called "happy entertainment action game that hits popular game characters" on the official blog before, it makes many players and game industry designers bewildered.

But the current video has made many players and industry manufacturers see the way.

What an action game! ?

Isn't this a fighting game! ?

And it's a side-scrolling fighting game!

At this moment, countless people were discussing it.

‘Isn’t it? I read that right? Isn't this a fighting game? ’

‘I rub, fighting game? President Chen, is this going to play Renaissance? ’

‘Speaking of this kind of large-scale IP aggregation, coupled with fighting games, if it is not Nebula games, I now feel that it is a work of misappropriation. ’

'Fighting games, how many years have there been no new ones? ’

'Since Mr. Chen has launched a fighting game, he must have an idea! ’

'So this is going to be a revolutionary fighting game? ’

‘What innovation can fighting games have? ’

‘It’s not the same, haven’t you noticed that the fighting performance in this video is a little different from traditional fighting games! ’

Countless players and the game industry are talking about it.

After all, this is really surprising.

If it is other game manufacturers, this kind of IP and fighting game approach.

Basically it feels like a money-making game, but it was Nebula Games that made this game.

At the same time, compared with ordinary players, the news of major manufacturers in the game industry is more sensitive.

Before Nebula Games discussed various IPs, many people could not guess what Nebula Games wanted to do, but they never expected to make a fighting game.

This can be said to be an extremely unpopular subject.

Hundreds of thousands of sales can be said to be excellent.

It can be said to be a big IP if the sales volume exceeds one million.

As for the fighting games that can break 10 million in a single game, aside from the frequent discounts, they are basically still ten years ago.

Even compared to horror games, fighting games are more unpopular.

Although Nebula Games also relied on "World of Warcraft" to turn the MMORPG of Sunset West over.

Its latest 'Wrath of the Lich King' expansion pack has made major manufacturers avoid its edge.

But there are still some differences between MMORPGs and fighting games.

And Nebula Games, this big fight work, from the perspective of the demo animation, is even a scrolling fighting game.

Even with VR, this kind of scrolling fighting game will obviously not make a fuss in terms of technology.

The reason why "World of Warcraft" was able to become popular all over the world at the time was the potential market brought by the World of Warcraft IP, and on the other hand, the "World of Warcraft" at that time represented the top technology on the VR platform, the huge continent of Azeroth. It is equivalent to a huge open world, with vivid NPCs and rich dungeons, which made it an instant hit.

But the game of Super Smash Bros. is obviously not enough to show the power of Nebula games in terms of technology.

By play?

The flaws of the fighting game itself are there, how should the Nebula game solve it?

………………

Fighting games, this genre surprised many players and caused a lot of controversy.

Of course, there are also many players who still believe in Nebula Games. After all, after so many years of quality games, they are full of confidence in them.

"Everyone, stop guessing, even if it's a fighting game, I believe Chen Xu can definitely play it, and with such a big hand, it's impossible for Chen Xu to play around again, right?"

But believe it or not, it is clear that the chaos has become a hot topic of the moment.

Even the news of the first kill of Arthas in the new version of "Wrath of the Lich King" was suppressed.

This is also the day of the guild that let the guild get the first kill.

In the past, "World of Warcraft" appeared the first kill, or broke the copy record, and major media sites have made it headlines.

It's not long since this new version was launched. They won the first kill. Why didn't many people pay attention?

However, the things that made them speechless had only just begun.

Because on the afternoon of the day they won the first kill, Nebula Games officially released a brand new website.

The moment the website was opened, countless players were instantly refreshed.

At this moment, no one cares about the first dungeon kill.

Because on this day, when countless players opened the Nebula game platform, a pop-up window popped up directly.

During this period of time, the promotional CG of the new game that has been discussed by players

Along with the appearance of Nebula Game's LOGO, the theme song titled "Lights of Life" appeared.

Numerous characters familiar to players appear on the screen.

Mario, Link, Zelda, Mori, Kirby, Claude, Light, Luigi...

What surprises players is that the styles of these characters are very harmonious.

This is also the most complicated part of the fight.

Although all the characters have their original art models, they still need to be fine-tuned.

For example, as the first character to participate in the war, Mario Uncle Plumber, his performance in the game still needs to be modified in terms of art.

In many Mario games, Mario's image has always been cartoonish, but in All-Star Smash Bros., the art team had to find a way to make this Mario not so cartoony.

But it can't change the overall image of Mario's character.

The original Mario is a classic cartoon character, you can't make it a real realistic character in order to make it non-cartoon.

In that case, it is definitely a spoof for the player, not to mention the harmonious style of art that does not conform to the entire game, the player's saliva alone can make you squirt to death, and vice versa, it is impossible to make the realism completely cartoonish. .

So if you want to modify it, you can only do it from Mario's clothing material.

For example, the hat he wears, and the jeans he wears, replace these materials with more realistic materials.

The same operation happens to other characters.

These IP characters that are very familiar to players gather together, looking at the sky as if waiting for something.

'I'm going to do one today! ’

Someone in the crowd spoke up.

The voice fell, and the sky was torn apart by a large hand like a plaster.

Then a monster like a blazing angel appeared in the sky, shrouded in light.

Mysterious power poured out from its body, and under the control of this power, countless plaster hands appeared.

‘Since it has reached this point, it can only go up. ’

‘If it were us, we would definitely win. ’

In the face of mysterious enemies, countless popular characters from different game worlds are ready to cheer each other up.

With the blooming of light in the sky, the mysterious power galloped away towards every hero.

The flames of Kuba were enveloped by mysterious rays of light, and the Sirens flying in the sky were penetrated by colored rays of light. Link’s shield that could bounce back was directly penetrated by the powerful beams of light, trying to swallow the rays of light. Yoshi in his belly was disintegrated directly by this mysterious power.

The undead in armor tried to dodge on the ground with the rolling invincibility frame, but didn't hold on for even a second.

Mario, who ate the invincible star, could only be swallowed by the mysterious power together with Kuba after the time of the invincible star arrived.

Countless characters from different IPs all died.

Only a pink ball separated and escaped under the pursuit of the beam, and finally turned into a star to escape the crisis.

There are some **** players who recognize this character as Kirby on the switch platform.

Some classic games from previous lives were actually developed by Chen Xu.

It's just not released as a separate release, but as a supplement on platforms such as switch.

For example, Kirby of the Stars, Castlevania Moonlight, etc.

For Super Smash Bros., who to choose as the protagonist is actually not much of a problem.

Compared with other characters, Kirby, the pink demon, may not even be known to many players.

But after thinking about it in the end, Chen Xu still chose to use Kirby as the protagonist in the plot mode.

This can also be regarded as a tribute to the story behind the birth of the previous star Super Smash Bros.

In addition, from the perspective of game promotion, the role of Kirby is actually quite suitable.

First of all, Q Meng's cartoon art style is suitable for men, women, young and old. It may not make players feel that this character is very handsome, or they like it at first glance but will never hate it.

And this is quite important, because Super Smash Bros. is positioned as an entertainment and casual game for all ages.

The video follows Kirby's escape.

The camera zooms out gradually, and the entire universe appears on the screen.

In the white light, there was a big bang in the universe.

After a short black screen, countless light groups in the world like the abyss and **** are out of thin air, and inside the light group are the heroes from before.

Mario, Yoshi, Link, Flame... they were all imprisoned.

The next moment, the distant sky flashed, and Kirby, who had left on the stars, came back again.

At the same time, the theme song 'The Light of Life' echoes.

Standing on the edge of the cliff, Kirby looks into the distance, the originally beautiful world has become devastated, and countless heroes are now only Kirby.

The city, the mountains, the ocean, the underground world, everything is shrouded in mist, and in the deepest part is the mastermind behind the mysterious power.

The next second, the screen transitions to a dark world. Mario with his eyes closed is bound by blue chains, and the golden liquid pours over Mario's head.

Then at Mario's feet, a gray character like Mario appeared there, a mysterious light poured into it, and scarlet eyes burst out in his eyes.

And there are countless heroes in the same situation behind Mario.

The mysterious mastermind is using evil forces to make copies of these heroes.

The final shot returns to Kirby's point of view, through the mountains, through the forest, Kirby is on a mission to save his mate.

The next second, the screen fell into darkness.

On the pitch-black screen, a line of gilded letters slowly reappeared.

'The "Nebula Smash Bros." face-to-face press conference was officially held on August 8! ’