novelraw Chapter 3 Hahaha, I've succeeded!
Chapter 3 Hahaha, I've succeeded!
Deciding what game to make doesn't mean you can rest easy.
It's just like creating a new folder; it's simply the easiest step.
The first step in making a game is simply to think about it, but there are many more things to consider afterward.
In this world, whether mortal or cultivator, everyone needs to access the internet through the spiritual network.
The Spirit Network, as the name suggests, contains vast spiritual power.
No one knows how the spirit web was formed.
But even a five-year-old child understands more or less the basic usage of the Spirit Web.
However, making games is not just about relying on basics.
While the existence of the Spirit Network can greatly reduce the time required to create a game, it also significantly increases the difficulty.
Because in my previous life, games were made using code, but in this world, they rely on...
Formation.
For example, in a previous life, to simulate gravity in a game, what was needed was a framework and a string of pre-defined parameters.
In this world, the creators use the almost limitless spiritual power within the Spirit Network to set up arrays with repulsive and attractive functions, thereby simulating gravity within the game.
I want to make a complete game...
The gameplay involves setting up one formation after another, and then using a large, stable, and inclusive formation to encapsulate these formations and serve as a framework.
This is one of the reasons why the global gaming industry is not developing well.
After all, ordinary people and cultivators with poor talent simply do not have the qualifications to set up and adjust formations.
The cultivators with this ability are all busy improving their cultivation, so how could they be so bored as to make a game?
How much money can you make from making games? Not every game is called King of Glory or Origin God. Powerful cultivators naturally look down on such meager profits.
Only a fallen genius like Chu Xiao would have the leisure to seriously study and create games.
Thanks to his years of dedicated research before awakening his memories, Chu Xiao has become quite skilled at game production.
It can be said that no one in this world understands better than him how to create games using formations!
Even if a Mahayana cultivator came, they would still be no match for him.
Even Chu Xiao, with his talent, encountered difficulties when creating the game "Alice's Cradle".
Recreating a game from scratch based on your memory of it is... incredibly difficult, practically impossible.
Moreover, it needs to be completed within seven days.
It can be said that this task is no less difficult than forcing a Qi Refining stage cultivator to death by slandering a Nascent Soul stage monster.
Fortunately, Chu Xiao was once a cultivator, and his soul was far superior to that of ordinary people, so his memories of his past life were incredibly clear.
Furthermore, the vast spiritual power of the Spirit Network allowed him to set up the formation without any worries, so there was still a sliver of hope for making the game.
The plan has been finalized, so all that remains is...
Steaming begins!
Character movement? When jumping, use the formation to activate the "Light Body Technique" skill; when dodging, trigger the second-tier movement skill "Three Thousand Thunder Movement".
Magic? We'll use the first-tier offensive techniques that are readily available on the Spirit Network instead.
The terrain of the level? The Five Elements Shaping Array is running at maximum power: the earth-based array constructs solid walls, the water-based array simulates rivers, and the wood-based array generates vegetation…
Exquisite CG? Check out the second-tier divine skill "Mirage Illusion Array" plus real-time rendering with the image stone.
Hostile creature? First, use the first-tier earth elemental skill "Puppet Technique" to sculpt the monster's body, then devise several sets of action logic.
Interactive mechanism? Items that require interaction are designated as key points in a formation. Touching these key points activates hidden formations, thus enabling the interaction.
The storyline? Simple. Taking inspiration from the currently popular social media app "Linglu," the storyline is directly conveyed to players through telepathic communication.
Music and sound effects? That's the most troublesome.
Chu Xiao could only imitate the method of motion capture in his previous life, using "phonograph stones" to bring sound effects such as footsteps and ambient sounds into the game, and then adjusting them with rhythm arrays.
and also……
……
First, select the formation, then arrange the formation, and finally compress the formation.
Then, you need to use formations within formations, and finally resolve any conflicts that arise between the two formations, before finally getting all the formations to operate simultaneously...
It sounds simple, but even after so many years of researching game development, Chu Xiao was still tormented by it.
Sometimes this formation suddenly stops working and the cause cannot be found;
Sometimes the formation malfunctions but its function is still working.
Sometimes, two formations are incompatible, collide, squeeze, and then explode with a boom...
Various problems kept arising, and Chu Xiao stayed in his room for three days and four nights without coming out, without eating, drinking, or sleeping.
If it weren't for the fact that he was also a cultivator, his body would have given out long ago.
After working himself to the bone for so long, the bloodshot eyes became more and more prominent, and the challenges he faced in game development became fewer and fewer.
Finally, at noon on the fourth day.
When his junior sister Jiang Mengying knocked on the door out of concern, Chu Xiao finally opened his bloodshot eyes.
"Hahaha, I've succeeded, Daoist Master!"
Amidst laughter, the door was pushed open forcefully by Jiang Mengying, who was flustered by her concern.
"Senior brother, what's wrong?"
As soon as she entered, Jiang Mengying saw Chu Xiao's state of being possessed by a demon.
She quickly stepped forward, reached out and hugged Chu Xiao, wanting to check on his body.
However, before Jiang Mengying could use her divine sense to investigate, Chu Xiao reached out and pushed her away.
"I am fine," Chu Xiao said.
He immediately packaged the completed "Alice's Cradle" and uploaded it to the game platform, while also sending a message to Liu Qiqi.
"No matter what means you use, do everything you can to help me spread this game. Once it's done, I'll treat you to three days of Zixuan Xianglou."
Zixuan Xianglou is the most famous and best-tasting restaurant in Yongle County. Liu Qiqi had long wanted Chu Xiao to treat her to a meal there.
Upon seeing the words "game under review" and Liu Qiqi's reply with an emoji, Chu Xiao gave a weary smile.
After laughing for two seconds, Chu Xiao's vision went black, and he fell straight to the ground.
"Senior brother?"
Jiang Mengying's shouts echoed in his ears, but Chu Xiao could no longer hear them clearly.
He burned out.
……
Night deepened.
Mengzhou, Pingye County, Lejia Apartment Building, Room 402.
After getting off work and returning home, Zhao Ming sat in a chair and logged into the Spirit Network as usual.
He is a game developer and a game enthusiast.
Ironically, the reason he became a game developer was because the games on the market weren't fun.
Although Zhao Ming knew these games weren't fun, the games he made himself weren't much better.
As a result, his love for playing games was never satisfied.
Today, as usual, he aimlessly browsed through the game section of the Lingwang website, looking for a game he hadn't played before to pass the time.
"Hmm? Alice in Wonderland? This game looks unfamiliar."
—This game is none other than "Alice's Cradle," which has just passed the review process.
However, for localization purposes, Chu Xiao changed the name to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
Zhao Ming sat in the chair and curiously entered the game's page.
After reading the description and demonstration images, Zhao Ming raised an eyebrow.
It's not because the game looks uninteresting.
It's not because... it looks so fun.
"Can it be played for free? It's probably just another false advertisement with pictures that have nothing to do with the game itself."
Zhao Ming shook his head, wanting to exit the page directly.
But as he was leaving, he saw the word "SeSe" in the profile description.