Almighty Game Designer Chapter 257: “Minecraft” Pocket Edition

Zou Zhuo quit after the first hit.

"That's not right, the store manager, I just thought about it. I wanted to watch the holographic projection, but I was patronizing the game and I didn't see what the holographic projection looked like?"

Chen Mo smiled: "Yes, is there anyone else who wants to play Warcraft? You can go in and let Zou Zhuo see the holographic projection."

Immediately two people volunteered and went into the soundproof room.

The game started again. Zou Zhuo looked at the holographic projection and exclaimed from time to time.

"This effect, it's so amazing!"

"The entire map is displayed, and all the details are clearly visible! Even some multi-line operations are clearly displayed."

"And all the characters and terrain are 3D, which is much better than the expressiveness on the computer screen."

"If this is playing 2V2, it should be pretty good too, right?"

"But there is a small problem. If you play an 8-player map, will you not be able to come over? The hero should be okay, the minions are too small."

Chen Mo nodded: "Well, so this holographic projection device is best to play a small picture of two people. Moreover, this device is not specially prepared for Warcraft, and it is used for other purposes."

Zou Zhuo was taken aback: "Huh? What is that for?"

Chen Mo smiled mysteriously: "Of course it is for the new game."

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In fact, the principle of holographic projection is not complicated. In this world, although holographic projection equipment is very expensive and the price is not close to the people, the effect is already very good.

This kind of holographic projection device can adapt well to different games. As long as the game is a full 3D game (3D model, 3D scene), then the holographic projection device can display a specific area from the perspective of God.

There are two ways to display, one is follow mode, that is, you can choose to follow the player’s perspective or follow a specific unit. Like "Diablo", it is more suitable to use the follow mode.

However, a game like "Warcraft" is not suitable for follow mode, because multi-line operation is required. If you follow the hero, many battlefield details are not fully displayed, and if you follow the player's lens, you need to cut the screen frequently. For holographic projection In other words, the visual experience is very bad and dizzy. Wolf storm

The other is a fixed mode, which means that the perspective of a certain area is fixed. Relatively speaking, "Warcraft" is more suitable for fixed mode.

Of course, there is a problem if the map is too large, such as the eight-person map in "Warcraft", displayed in a fixed mode in the projection, some small units such as farmers, the head is too small to see Uncomfortable.

However, "Warcraft" is mainly played with 1V1, small pictures, so this problem is not serious. Moreover, Chen Mo's purchase of this holographic projection device was not all for "Warcraft", but also for the new game.

In addition, there is also a large LED screen in the holographic projection viewing area, which is the same as the large screen in the concert. When the holographic projection and the LED screen are broadcast live together, the effect should be very explosive.

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The experience of holographic projection is very good, and Chen Mo also revealed some intentions about developing new games. But let Zou Zhuo ask any questions, Chen Mo was tight-lipped.

Back to the fourth floor, Chen Mo and several chief creative staff roughly finalized the next R&D plan.

After switching to the experience store, many things are complicated and need to be smoothed out slowly. Everyone has not recovered from this freshness, so Chen Mo does not plan to start the development of the next large game immediately.

Mainly the two combos of "Dark" and "Minecraft" last year. The research and development time in the middle is very short, and everyone is tired. You need to take a break and change your mind with one or two small-made games. .

The final development plan is as follows.

Before the end of September, fully handle the various tasks of the experience store, and launch the PC version, mobile version and overseas version of Minecraft by the way. These tasks are relatively easy, so it's a change of thinking for everyone.

In October and November, two relatively small-made boutique games were released in these two months. On the one hand, they are popular for everyone, and on the other hand, they enrich the types of games on the Thunder game platform.

Starting from December, we will continue to develop the next big game.

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In the studio.

Qian Kun handed over a tablet computer to Chen Mo.

"Manager, the mobile game version of "Minecraft" has basically been optimized, you can take a look. The main reason is this mode of operation, which is still a bit unaccustomed to playing." A man's mistake is for life

Chen Mo took the tablet and played for a few minutes.

"Well, that's it, you can consider publishing." Chen Mo said, "This operation mode is almost optimized to this. After all, it is limited by the operation mode, and it must not reach the level of PC and VR. "

Qian Kun nodded: "Okay, then I will arrange it."

After less than a month of research and development, the mobile version of Minecraft is finally completed.

This time is basically the same as Chen Mo's estimate.

Actually, there is no difficulty in the development of the PC and mobile terminals of "Minecraft". After all, during the development, the PC terminal was first followed by the VR terminal, and in terms of the difficulty of making the PC terminal of "Minecraft" , It’s not difficult to change to a mobile game.

The reason why I have been entangled for so long is mainly entangled in some gameplay details.

After Chen Mo's major changes, the VR version has a lot more content than the previous "Minecraft". Network mode, sightseeing mode (Chen Mo's world), technology tree and other new gameplay methods have become important factors supporting the fire of this game.

And "selling buildings" has also become an important profit point for this game~IndoMTL.com~Many players have tried their best to hone their architectural skills in "Minecraft", creating all kinds of moths The buildings and mobile vehicles are out to exchange money in the game.

Fortunately, on the PC side, "Minecraft" on the mobile side is limited by various factors and cannot achieve complete data interoperability with the VR side.

In the network mode, it is often necessary for multiple people to be online at the same screen. Apart from the huge amount of resources and good network requirements, it is difficult to solve the picture problem alone. If there are 20 or 30 people crowded together, the small screen on the phone is basically GG, and nothing can be seen.

In the sightseeing mode, the machine configuration required for the large building complex that Chen Mo pinched out is also very high, which is difficult for mobile phones to load, and it is also difficult to drive.

There is also the operation problem. The operation of "Minecraft" on the phone is relatively painful, and the killing experience is very bad. However, this problem has existed in the previous life, and it does not affect the popularity of this game.

So, after considering the decision, Chen Mo finally decided: the PC terminal and the VR terminal are all interoperable, and the mobile terminal will cut off some functions and make it into a pocket version of Minecraft.