Chapter 220: Why should your next tower defense be a

Chapter 220 Why does your next tower defense have to be a tower defense?

this…

Gu Sheng didn't know how to explain to Yan Sheng.

Because the names of these two studios were named after him based on "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"!

And there is no JOJO in this world.

So for a while, he didn't know how to answer Yan Sheng's question.

However!

Just when he was thinking hard and preparing to say a few casual words.

Just then I heard the little Nezha next to me speak:

“Mr. Yan, we have been cooperating for such a long time, and you must have heard of our golden spirit,”

“[Gold Experience Studio] is our foundation and the studio we first established. It has the deepest understanding and promotion of the gold spirit,”

“We are committed to bringing innovative gaming experiences to players, and this is where the golden experience comes from,”

“As for [Steel Chain Finger Studio], its English name is STICKYFINGERS, derived from the album of the same name by the Rolling Stones,”

“I think Mr. Gu’s intention is to pay tribute to the creed of ‘A rolling stone gathers no moss’, and I hope that our team will always maintain vitality and forward momentum,”

“At the same time, STICKYFINGERS literally translates as ‘petty theft’,”

“Although the name is petty theft, it is intended to conquer the east and west in the gaming circle..."

Speaking of this.

Shen Miaomiao shrugged, raised her eyebrows and smiled:

“A little metaphor from a supernova.”

Say it.

Shen Miaomiao glanced at Gu Sheng secretly, her big eyes were shining brightly, and she imitated his manner and raised her eyebrows slyly: How about it, I understand you!

As for Gu Sheng, he was dumbfounded.

I blanch! Awesome!

Isn’t Xiao Nezha studying finance?

How come you are so good at reading comprehension?

What kind of royal translator is this?

This answer is exquisite and profound, with abundant references and lofty intentions.

It’s simply a perfect answer.

There is a kind of beauty that "the reading comprehension is deepened, but the author actually didn't think that much".

“Ah...right!”

 Gu Sheng was a shameless person, so he turned around and nodded to Yan Sheng, confirming Xiao Nezha’s perfect reading comprehension:

“This is what I mean, and this is also Mr. Shen’s hope for the company.”

——! !

Hear the words!

Yan Sheng couldn't help but take a breath and looked at the pair in front of him, his eyes flashed with approval!

“Okay, okay, okay,”

“Golden Experience, Steel Chain Fingers… What a great name!”

“Mr. Gu is extremely talented, and Mr. Shen is far-sighted. If Golden Wind has two leaders, why not grow stronger? If there are two leaders in the Chinese gaming industry, why not worry about rising.”

“It’s really an honor for Yiyou to be able to cooperate with Golden Wind!”

Gu Sheng grinned and showed an awkward yet polite smile:

“Uh hehe, we are also honored and honored...”

唰—

 Gu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief as he waved and watched Yan Sheng's car drive away.

Beside him, Shen Miaomiao bumped into him with her shoulder: "Hey, how is it? Is the explanation just now correct? Does it make sense?"

“Yes, that’s so right, absolutely right,”

Gu Sheng raised his thumb and praised Xiao Nezha’s reading comprehension:

"You ask me to tell you that I am not that good. Mr. Shen is really far-sighted and has a really high position. He is admirable. He is a role model for me to learn from!"

“Hmph! That’s—”

Shen Miaomiao was greatly benefited from Gu Sheng's praise, she put her hands on her hips and raised her head:

“How can a young comrade have such a high level of ideological consciousness? Come on, I’ll treat you to milk tea!”

"Why-"

Hearing this, Gu Sheng waved his hand:

"What is the leader saying? The so-called "near the best" is not because I have a high ideological consciousness. The key is that the leader teaches well!"

“Yeah—I’m getting goosebumps!”

Shen Miaomiao's scalp was numb from the blow. She rubbed her arms and grinned:

“No wonder my dad is so coaxed that he seems to have lost his mind. You are so good at flattering me!”

Game succubus, electronic Daji, is well-deserved!

The two of them walked into the drink shop downstairs while chatting and laughing.

Ordered two cups of milk tea, and the two of them found a seat by the window and sat down.

“Do you have any ideas for new projects?”

Shen Miaomiao took a sip of milk tea and asked Gu Sheng.

There is still one month left before the launch of the mini-game overseas plan. The time is neither short nor long.

If they start the project right away, it is completely achievable to develop a small game within a month with outsourcing.

But if too much time is delayed in project establishment, the production time will be stretched.

So the top priority is to decide what to make and get started.

“Hmm…I don’t have any ideas…”

Gu Sheng also took a sip of milk tea and looked out the window, frowning slightly in thought.

It’s not so much that he has no ideas as it is that he has too many ideas.

Since we want to develop dual-platform interoperable games for PC and mobile phones, the first thing to consider is the requirements and carrying capacity of mobile games.

Because PCs are far more inclusive than mobile phones, so when considering dual platforms, we must first start with the shortcomings of the mobile phone platform.

But even so, there are too many game options.

 He can make roguelike cards like Slay the Spire.

You can make survival strategy games like This War of Mine.

You can do business simulations and even do horizontal movements.

In addition, games such as Angry Birds, candycrush, Ski Adventure, etc. can also be ported from mobile phones to PC.

These games are not big in size, and one month is completely enough.

The choices are so diverse and diverse that it is dizzying and I don’t know how to make a choice.

At this moment, Shen Miaomiao suddenly had a sudden impulse and looked at Gu Sheng with her little face raised: "Why don't you be a protective carrot for me?"

"Defend Carrot?" Gu Sheng turned back to look at Little Nezha: "That's from Thunderbird Games, right? We're infringing the rights."

"It's that kind of game. It's not like you have to defend the carrot," Shen Miaomiao said, "It's the kind of game where you build a fort to fight small monsters. You can defend anything."

Tower defense.

 There is no doubt that the game type of “Defend Carrot” is the most standard tower defense game.

This is a good category.

Gu Sheng's eyes lit up, and then asked: "Why do you suddenly think of doing tower defense? Are you not going to defend your carrots?"

“Hmm...a little boring,”

Speaking of this, Shen Miaomiao smacked her lips:

“Whether it is the design of the levels, the types of monsters, or even the design and gameplay of the maps, they will remain the same in the later stages.”

The problem Shen Miaomiao mentioned has actually existed in the domestic game market for a long time.

Because Defend the Carrot is a free game. Therefore, in order to ensure long-term profitability, the production team must constantly update the game.

But the problem is that the gameplay of tower defense has now been fixed. No matter how hard the production team works, it is nothing more than iterating on the types of monsters and defense towers, and constantly improving the difficulty of the game, such as increasing monster HP, shortening the time, etc. Travel distance, set up scene obstacles, etc.

However, such updates are only forcibly extending the life of the game. It is not even an innovation, let alone giving the game a second life.

Players will only become more and more tired as they play, and then they will reduce their playing time until they completely lose interest and get out of the game.

Because that’s what all tower defense games do—

Set a route for monsters to travel. Players build defense towers to attack monsters and upgrade the defense towers to protect the target from harm.

This model has been around for as many years as tower defense games have been around.

In fact, it is very simple to make changes to this fixed game type.

For example, adding multiple upgrade branches to the defense tower. Each upgrade branch route has different effects, and after the defense tower is upgraded to a certain level, it is given functions such as absorption and fusion...

That’s right!

I’m talking about “Balloon Tower Defense”, which was known as one of the “three major tower defenses” in its previous life!

Gu Sheng’s first reaction was this game.

On second thought, compared to defending the carrot, although balloon tower defense has increased the playability of the defense tower, the significance of this innovation is actually not that great.

Monsters still move along the established route, and defense towers still stand on large corners. It is still traditional tower defense.

The same is true for "Kingdom Defense", another one of the three major tower defense games.

 In this way, the only option among the three major tower defense options is...

Gu Sheng smacked his lips secretly.

I'm sorry, because I have too many games in my hands, and almost every genre has one or more epoch-making works.

Games are infinite, but my lifespan is limited. I’m afraid I won’t be able to finish the games in the system’s treasure house in three lifetimes.

So, when it comes to game selection, I can only choose those top-notch works.

I also wanted to walk away with a 6, but my hand was full of bombs.

Sigh... As expected, a systematic life is so unpretentious and boring.

Let's form a group of four 2's and have fun!

“Then don’t defend the carrot,”

Gu Sheng took a sip of milk tea and already made up his mind:

“Guard your brain!”

“Defend...the brain?”

The next day!

In the Golden Wind Conference Room!

Yuki covered his head with both hands, as if he was afraid that Gu Sheng would eat his brain.

“I don’t understand, Director.”

Earlier today, Secretary Chu called all members of Steel Chain Fingers to the conference room for a meeting, saying that there was a project to be handed over to them.

Everyone was very happy after hearing this.

After all, this is a newly established studio, and the more idle I feel, the more uncomfortable I feel (mainly because the salary is too generous, and it is not reliable to earn money if I don’t work).

Especially Sato and Yuki.

Before the establishment of Steel Chain Fingers, the two of them originally participated in the production of the "Escape" project.

As a result, a new studio was established, and the newcomers received a wave of promotions, became the leader of the studio, and also withdrew from the Escape Project team.

Suddenly there was nothing to do, which made both of them very uncomfortable.

I heard today that there is a new project planned!

Employees at Steel Chain Finger Studio were very excited and entered the conference room one after another to wait for arrangements.

The result was unexpected!

The director asked them to protect their brains as soon as he opened his mouth!

Everyone was shocked!

Oops, Mr. Gu is not going to produce another underworld horror game, is he?

You need to know!

There are 9 members in Steel Chain Fingers, and more than half of the members have done PT under Gu Sheng!

The final testing phase of the game at that time was so torturous!

The game I made scared myself to death, which is really rare in the industry.

Now, the director is targeting the minds of everyone present when he opens his mouth, which is really worrying. Everyone is afraid that he has some other hellish thoughts.

Seeing that everyone looked frightened.

Gu Sheng knew that they were overthinking.

Hehehehe smiled:

“Don’t be nervous, everyone, we are just going to make a small game this time, a tower defense game,”

“A small game to stop zombies and protect your own brain.”

Hearing this, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and the prototype of this game had already appeared in their minds—

On the twists and turns of the route, zombies swarmed in groups, heading towards the bottom of the pass.

On both sides of the road, there are various defense towers.

There are some that fire ordinary ammunition, some that breathe fire, some that discharge, and there are also nuclear bombs that clear the screen with one click and need to be unlocked for a fee.

By the way, there are also types of zombies.

Didn’t the company launch a zombie-themed survival game before? Bringing in those special infected people will not only enrich the fun of the game, but also gain players’ emotional bonus.

By the time the game is finished, won’t Qin Shi Huang fly to the sky to win?

Good guy! !

Listening to the discussions among the employees of Steel Chain Finger Studio, Shen Miaomiao felt a sense of astonishment in her heart.

As expected of experienced veterans!

Lao Gu doesn’t even need to speak, he can create a comprehensive tower defense game through discussion!

And not only the theme and gameplay are fully designed, but also aspects such as emotional bonus have been thought of.

It can be called a fully automatic game production and manufacturing machine.

Fortunately, this is a new project, so she doesn’t have to worry about making a profit due to high sales of the game. Anyway, the main project is just a tool for her to increase the rebate multiple.

However!

Not waiting for her to nod!

 Gu Sheng smiled and said: "The idea is good, but unfortunately the homogeneity is still serious. It is not much different from other tower defense games on the market. Do you have any other ideas?"

this…

Hearing this, the members of Steel Chain Finger were speechless.

Director Gu’s words hit the nail on the head.

Severe homogeneity is indeed the fatal shortcoming of the plan they just discussed.

But the question is, looking at the tower defense games in the entire game market now, do they all do this?

We want to innovate, but where do we start?

Today's tower defense game system is like a poured fortress, solid and solid, and impossible to start.

It is not easy to dismantle and modify it.

"Don't be so limited in your thinking." Seeing this, Gu Sheng smiled and said, "Why does your next tower defense have to be a 'tower' defense?"

As he said that, he saw Gu Sheng turning to one side and pressing the remote control in his hand.

On the projection screen behind him, a game cover suddenly appeared!

In a peaceful and harmonious town with a cartoon style, a street runs from beginning to end.

On the right side of the street, green-skinned zombies with wise eyes are crooked and funny. Some are carrying briefcases, and some are wearing ice cream cones on their heads.

On the left side of the street, there is a lot of life. Plants of different shapes have firm faces, guarding the edge of the garden like loyal little soldiers, blocking the invasion of zombies.

At the top of the cover is the name of the game.

Comprised of PLANTS in green plant colors and ZOMBIES in tombstone texture—

“Plants can also stop zombies, and the garden can also become a battlefield,”

Gu Sheng looked at the stunned people spreading their hands:

“Relax, let’s have a great game of Plants vs. Zombies.”

PS: Please vote for me, I will send you the second update later.

The pain in my lumbar protrusion is really unbearable. Yesterday I forced myself to type out an extra chapter of the manuscript, but the quality was not satisfactory to me, so I deleted it.

Xiaobu thought that he should not add updates just for the sake of adding more updates. He must first maintain the quality and then the quantity, so I would like to apologize to all readers. Let me update normally this week. After I take a little rest, I will definitely update next Monday. Extra updates for all you parents who need food and clothing!

Thank you all for your understanding orz

(End of this chapter)

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