Chen Mo continued, "I think that a lot of game designers have this problem, that is, their abilities are limited and the quality of their games can"t compete with those of the B-cla.s.s and cla.s.s game designers, but instead of thinking about other methods, they are too foolishly focusing on the quality of the game."
Lin Mao thought for a moment: "I still don"t quite understand."
Chen Mo explained, “You don"t need to regard me as an outsider, let me be straightforward. If you are a player, why do you want to buy this game?”
Lin Mao was stunned for a moment. In his opinion, this is a natural thing, and he did not even think about it in particular.
He thought about it carefully: “Well…quality? Sincerity?”
Chen Mo said, “Sincerity is a very empty thing, if a game designer falls into the trap of selling his feelings, it can only show two things. One is that he had been brilliant, and the other is that he has now basically come to a dead end.”
“As for quality, you are a D-cla.s.s designer, can you compare with a B-cla.s.s designer?”
Lin Mao opened his mouth and cannot think of anything to say.
Chen Mo continued, “If you asked the players why they want to buy it, in fact, I was asking what is amusing about this game? What is special about this game?”
“I don"t think your creativeness is completely turned on. Just take a look at this game, there are several angles for you to consider.”
“One is to consider the gameplay system, and it will take another two months to fully double your existing combat system, with 8 to 15 more weapons available and more than 20 monster types.”
Lin Mao wondered: “But isn"t this too complicated for a mobile game?”
Chen Mo shook his head: “It"s not complicated. Must a mobile games be for light and casual? I don"t think so. You must know, the more casual it is the more difficult it is to make it, I would rather use too much force than stop at the last minute."
"Making the combat system very complicated, at least when you advertise, you can write your slogan like this: "20 kinds of weapons at your choice", "Brain Burning Challenge, can you choose the most appropriate weapon each time?" and so on.”
Lin Mao is deeply thinking about it.
Chen Mo continued: “Or the second option, in terms of difficulty, make the whole game particularly difficult by setting some completely unexpected trap mechanism.”
Lin Mao asked: “What do you mean completely unexpected?”
Chen Mo pointed to the game screen and said: “Like here it seems to be a hillside, but when you step on it, it will suddenly pop a bunch of spikes to kill the player. Or here, it seems to be a friendly NPC, but as soon as you walk over, it will stab you to death with a knife. Jumping over and talking to him from behind, and you"ll still be stabbed to death. Only by stepping on his head, can he be trampled to death.”
Lin Mao"s mouth is slightly wide open, and he has “A beyond his imagination” expression.
Chen Mo said: “If you use the second method, you can say that this is the "Most unexpected game in history", the name can also be changed to "Knight"s Notorious Great Adventure", and so on.”
“There is still a third method considering the plot, for example, you can let players choose different routes or reaction at each junction. For example, if you encounter a previous enemy and he is seriously injured, you can choose to save or not to save him, so many choices can lead to different endings.”
“You can design 5-8 endings, there are some for success, some for failure, and some are unexpected.”
“In this case, you can use "Eight endings, dozens of choices", "Can you pierce the lies and finds the truth", etc. as a slogan.”
Lin Mao touched his chin. Obviously, Chen Mo"s advise has too much information and he had to think about it.
Chen Mo was not in a hurry, ate a mouthful of dish, and waited for Lin Mao to understand the three options he had just mentioned.
What do game designers lack most in this world?
It is creativity.
Chen Mo wasn"t born with creativity, but had acc.u.mulated in another world.
In the process of birth and growth of the game industry, from handheld games, pc games to mobile games, there are also a variety of independent games.
Numerous game designers are thinking about making their games noticeable to players, so that players can take money out of their pockets obediently.
For games, creativity always comes first. The small group of people standing on the top of the pyramid is no doubt a group of amazing guys. A game designer without creativity is impossible to develop a game that will fascinate the players.
Of course, creativity is very mysterious thing. Many laymen who claim to be creative and want to save the game industry, in fact, their so-called creativity is nothing but fantasy. No one can a.s.sert whether it will succeed before the idea turns into a real game.
The three schemes that Chen Mo said are a very ingenious ideas in this world, but in his previous world, they are rules that most game designers knew well, and has been verified by the market numerous times and there are many successful precedents.
Chen Mo knows that Lin Mao is a very honest person and his best buddy, so he will help him a little bit.
However, Chen Mo will not go and say the specific plan, as of this point, as for what the game will eventually look like it will depend on Lin Mao"s own understanding.
Lin Mao thought for a long time and said: “Well, I understand a bit. I feel that what you said are very reasonable. The reason why my game is a niche is due to its lacking of a bright spot that can attract a lot of attention.”
Chen Mo nodded: “Yes.”
Lin Mao said: “I understand, Chen Mo, your three suggestions really gave me a lot of ideas, I felt like I got some inspiration, thank you!”
Chen Mo waved his hand: “It"s nothing, I just gave you a direction and how you will do it, will depend entirely on you.”
Lin Mao nodded. “Well, I now have a direction in mind. I originally thought that this game has been 80% completed, now it seems that it is far away from enough. When I go back, I will re-plan the game.”
Lin Mao"s tight brow stretched out. He always felt the shortcomings of his game before but he wasn"t sure on which and now he knows that his game lacks a bright spot that a player can see at a glance!
With this bright spot, his game can stand out within countless games.
Zhao Zihao was surprised: “Pretty good Chen Mo! How come I didn"t feel that you have so many ideas before, did you suddenly begin to understand?”
Chen Mo said with a serious face: “It is not understanding, it is enlightenment. The night before the design compet.i.tion, the G.o.d of games gave me a dream and directly handed me a treasure book of game design skills.”
Zhao Zihao laughed and said: “Go to h.e.l.l!”
The three people ate and chatted till 10 in the evening, during which four more beers were added. The three people drank until the end of their conversation and were slightly tipsy, and their conversation was almost enjoyable.
Chen Mo himself does not like to drink alcohol, drinking alcohol is not good for the brain, it will affect thinking and memory. It is not a good habit for a game designers to drink alcohol, so he didn"t drink too much.
Zhao Zihao called to find a younger brother to drive for him, Lin Mao is already constantly conceiving how to re-make his current game.
Chen Mo is also more a.s.sured when someone drove on behalf of his buddy, after two words of advice, he watched them leave.
Chen Mo returned to the experience shop and tidied up his own things a little. After receiving information from Zhao Zihao and Lin Mao, Chen Mo washed and went to sleep.
Tomorrow, he also must consider a new game. Tonight, Chen Mo still has to take a good rest, to raise his spirit and ensure his best mental state.