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Chapter 382 382. Incompetent Fury

Hou Xuehai is a game producer.

Although this is the case in name, he actually has no official works yet.

When I was in college, I participated in a game production competition with people I met online. It was the kind of game where you only have one day to make a small game from scratch. Although he didn’t win the prize, he got to know some people in the industry, so he After graduation, I decided to devote myself to it.

It's been five years now and his game still hasn't been produced.

In fact, you can't blame him.

Originally, he wanted to make a space-themed construction simulation game, but before the document was finished, another team made one and it sold well. Hou Xuehai played it and was addicted to it for more than a week.

After he finished playing, he thought about it, if he made a game with the same theme, wouldn't he be accused of following the trend?

"Damn it, why is this game almost the same as what I thought!"

He was indignant and decided to change the subject.

He also wanted to make a martial arts game where the characters had their own lives, but just after he finished writing the background settings, another similar game appeared, and Hou Xuehai was addicted to it for more than a week.

"I released this game to make money even before it was finished. Thanks to my high moral standards, I won't make such bad money!"

He could only change the subject.

During this period, some people who made independent games that he knew before wanted him to come to their team to help, but Hou Xuehai decisively refused.

He doesn't want to be dependent on others, waste his time, and use his talents on other people's games.

There are also some friends who are running to make mobile games and want to attract him to make some money first. Hou Xuehai sneered at this and cursed that the other party has changed his mind and he will never make a mobile game.

Although I later heard that the mobile game made by that friend was very popular, with hundreds of millions of turnovers a month, and he was making a lot of money, Hou Xuehai didn't care.

"As long as I want to, I can make games that make billions a month, but that's not the life I want. I must revitalize domestic stand-alone games!"

He complained about this mobile game on his Shudong.com account more than once, only to find that he had been blocked by that friend.

This time, Hou Xuehai was thinking about making a game that simulates human civilization. He thought this idea was very good and very epic.

Today, he was writing a document and was chatting in several groups. Because he had participated in competitions, many people in some groups with a lot of newbies would still call him "big", which was very helpful to him.

At this time, Hou Xuehai found that someone in the group had posted a screenshot of the game.

[This game is quite fun, starting from primitive people to develop civilization]

[I’m watching it too, the anchor is so funny, he was immediately wiped out by the swarm of insects at the beginning]

[Damn, this picture is awesome. What’s the name of the game? 】

[Which anchor should I go and check out? 】

The topics in the group were ever-changing, but I was quickly attracted to this game.

Hou Xuehai didn't pay attention at first, but after a while, several groups were chatting. He couldn't restrain his curiosity and clicked on the link of the anchor.

"It's okay, you can definitely make it through!"

As soon as he clicked in, Hou Xuehai saw a cute paper man anchor making hysterical sounds.

On the screen, primitive people wearing coarse cloth were fighting a group of insects with torches and sticks. The anchor and the audience in the live broadcast room were cheering for them.

Hou Xuehai felt confused, wouldn't they do it?

After watching it for a while, he found that the graphics of this game were really good, but in front of him, a dignified domestic stand-alone producer, the graphics were not the only factor that determined the quality of the game. Many producers had used pixel games to create immortal masterpieces.

He also discovered that this game focuses on placement.

The characters inside will act on their own, and players cannot directly control them. They can only influence them subtly, or be guided by the external environment.

“It’s not very playable!”

Hou Xuehai couldn't help but post a critical comment on the barrage.

Soon, the battle on the screen became more intense. A human picked up a torch to lure the insects, and rushed into a deep pit covered with flammable resin. The flames ignited, lighting up the night.

A burst of "tears" floated across the barrage.

Hou Xuehai didn't know the cause and effect, he just felt embarrassed.

"That's it? It's so embarrassing!"

He posted another critical comment.

After watching the live broadcast for a while, I realized that due to the invasion of insects from time to time, this civilization had already selected the technology tree for weapon production early, and because the corpses of insects themselves could be eaten, farming and animal husbandry had hardly developed over the past few hundred years. At the same time, I don’t know if the flesh of the insects itself contains any radiation or pollution. Human beings have also undergone some changes. There is an extra layer of chitin on the skin, and some people have even grown transparent wings. All we can say is, Fortunately, there is no change in the face, otherwise it would look a bit scary.

"The freedom is actually quite good."

Hou Xuehai frowned. This kind of design is not uncommon, but many games don't have such details. Some only describe it in one sentence, or pull out one or two models. This game actually has pictures, which can be called overflowing art. force.

Next, human civilization, which fell in love with and killed bugs, continued to develop stumblingly. They soon developed methods of raising bugs and even began to domesticate bugs. Among the humans who went out to explore before, except for those who were wiped out by bugs, more and more survived. Less bears the brand of bugs, and because different bug swarms have different shapes, these tribes have even developed different bug civilizations with their own totems.

"The complexity is so high."

Although Hou Xuehai has been in the state of creating a new folder for the game, he has read a lot of books on the production process and learned a lot of relevant knowledge.

Many times, players will slap their heads and think that a certain gameplay is cool, and say why I can think of it, but the game makers can't think of it. In fact, people may have thought of it a long time ago, and the reason why they don't do it is that it's either unnecessary or it can't be done. arrive.

Just like the game being broadcast now, the degree of freedom and complexity are very high, just like a real world. You can even click on a random person's information to see all his specific experiences from birth to death.

Will normal players watch it?

Hou Xuehai felt that if he were to be more serious, he would only take a few glances and not take it seriously. There is no need to make this thing so detailed, but this game is just made, even so detailed that it can be used as a record of anyone's experience. A personal biography.

“It’s just a matter of mentioning the product, but the development will be delayed.”

He felt sorry for the programmer of this game.

"What's the use of all these useless details?"

Hou Xuehai couldn't help but post a critical comment on the barrage.

However, he found that as soon as he finished posting the barrage, several barrages began to attack him.

Can he bear this?

Hou Xuehai, a veteran keyboard warrior, immediately started typing and chatting.

Just after uttering one sentence and while he was coding the next sentence, he saw that his input box went black.

[You have been banned]

"Fuck, you can't afford it, right?"

Hou Xuehai was incompetent and furious.