Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 126 The Wallet Has Its Own Ideas
By the way.

The reason for this discussion is that after the Japanese server of "Final Battlefront" was launched, some Japanese CM doujinshi artists started drawing teaser images on Pixiv.
However, Ye Feiyang was not defeated by desire at this moment; he was still immersed in the plot he had just witnessed.

From the unease when the M4 was possessed by the insect, to the heartache upon confirming its corruption, to the despair when the commander received the order to destroy it, and finally the suffocation at the moment the gun went off.

Each stage resonated deeply with him, the player off-screen, and his emotions were firmly gripped by the storyline.

He even suspected at one point that the copywriter for the final battlefront had really changed, and how could they suddenly become so "ruthless"? But now it seems that all of this was just a setup for the final, heart-wrenching reversal.

"They really know how to play this game."

Some games like to use "slashing" to stir up players' emotions, and Terminal Frontline has also "slashed" this time, and it's a giant blade that's enough to break the hearts of countless players.

But what makes it even more ingenious is that it abruptly stopped the knife just as it was about to pierce the heart, and then handed over a piece of candy instead.

This feeling is like bungee jumping, where you're about to hit the ground, experiencing extreme weightlessness, and facing death just a second before being suddenly pulled back.

Exciting?
So exciting!
Is it cool?

So cool!
Ye Feiyang's excited emotions needed more spice.

He started frantically searching the internet, trying to see if anyone else felt the same way.

He then searched for a few more live streams and quickly found the content he wanted to watch.

Since he was among the first players to enter the game, by the time he had finished the entire storyline, the streamers on Final Front who were broadcasting the game had also just finished it.

Basically, all the comments and streamers were discussing the storyline of version 1.1.

Aside from the shock of the previous plot, all that remains is the anticipation for what will happen next. Although M4 has been brought back to the base, she is still in a state of corruption.

The commander's words, "As long as you live, there is hope," were not only spoken to M4, but to all players.

This suggests that there will definitely be a storyline to follow, revolving around how to save M4, and how many new stories and challenges will this process bring?

Ye Feiyang couldn't wait any longer.

After "wandering" on the internet for a while, Ye Feiyang entered the game again.

Only then did his excitement subside slightly.

Only then can one focus on observing the new base.

The new frontline base was established on the edge of the city. With the change of the base, the game's scene UI also changed. The most obvious change is that the electromagnetic silence bar is gone.

Instead, an "attack alert" was issued.

This is because in version 1.1 of the story, after humans occupied Esmaine, the layout of the front-line bases was centered around Esmaine, forming a dense defensive network.

The players' bases are on these networks.

With the lifting of restrictions on the power system, attack alerts similar to those in EVA have become a new source of pressure. Apart from some minor changes in gameplay, this version...

The game also includes a feature to visit friends' bases. Of course, visiting a base means you can see the layout of the other person's base. If the other person has shared the blueprint, you can also copy their layout.

The above summarizes the functional updates to the base in version 1.1. Of course, the most appealing update is the "Oath of Time" system, which has been repeatedly discussed by players in previous developer logs.

Almost as soon as he entered the new base, Ye Feiyang noticed a small heart-shaped M4 emitting light in a small room.

"Huh!? M4's intimate event has been updated!!!"

"Wait... I don't think I have a marriage M4."

With this question in mind, Ye Feiyang clicked on the little heart. Then...
Ye Feiyang's wallet lost 68 yuan.
"No way!! Who could possibly withstand this?!"

"M4 asked me to change her clothes!!!!"

"That's an M4!!!"

The M4 Oath storyline was released immediately after version 1.1, so this storyline is linked to the main storyline.

To be precise, it was the commander who took care of M4.

After completing the story in version 1.1 of "Final Front," M4's affinity towards the Commander is completely maxed out.

In addition, M4's current problem is that although she has regained her rationality after being corrupted, it cannot be ruled out that the omnics may use her for a second corruption.

Therefore, in this "affinity storyline", M4 is quite proactive, as if she wants to confess her feelings while she still has control over her own consciousness.

She even tried to seduce the commander using clumsy methods.

This kind of plot naturally gives people a feeling of being full of eroticism.

At the same time, combined with the main storyline, the girlfriend who has cancer becomes more proactive, which makes her both lovable and heartbreaking.

In the end, Ye Feiyang couldn't resist and not only bought the ring but also a skin for his M4.
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That night.

Like Ye Feiyang, many players also spent money to buy the ring.

The most direct feedback was that, after a month, the Japanese version of "Final Battlefront" once again topped the best-selling charts, while the Chinese version of "Final Battlefront" also entered the top five of the best-selling charts.

Besides the fact that the revenue started to skyrocket like a rocket, the impact of Final Frontline 1.1 was also more exaggerated than expected.

This is an exaggeration.

It comes from the player base.

Just one day after its release, the cutscenes of the 1.1 version of the game "Final Front" reached the top spot in terms of views on Bilibili.

This is the advantage of using animation to fill in scene transitions.

The main story can be skipped, but the animations cannot, which ensures that even players who fast-forward and skip through the animations can still get a general idea of ​​where the story is going.

In addition, animated short films have a much greater advantage in terms of dissemination than PPT-style cutscenes in games, and they also carry a much richer amount of information.

In particular, several animations in version 1.1 of "Final Battlefront" were quite "highlights".

The opening PV, with its animation of lighting up the starry sky in the darkness and charging forward, is particularly exaggerated in terms of animation, lighting, and emotional expression.

The M4 squad's combat in the mid-game was also very impressive. Many military enthusiasts have also done detailed research on the animation and found that the animation of StarCraft Games is not just random.

In the final version 1.1, the storyline wasn't as grand as in 1.0; it focused on a single character, and the focus was quite good.

This focus is very conducive to the creation of derivative works.

The strong emotions created a huge demand for fan art, and by the next day, there were countless fan creations for version 1.1 of Final Frontier.

Especially in Japan.

Various handwritten books and comics appeared on Twitter, and then spread back to China from Twitter.

(End of this chapter)