Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 191 Wife!

The battle ended with a notification sound, and the interface for calculating experience points and loot was simple and clear, without any unnecessary light pollution; everything was just right.

After the beginner battles, the game unlocks the core of the gacha game, namely the gacha system.

However, this will happen before the card draw is officially unlocked.

The remastered version of FGO gives players the opportunity to choose "Artifacts".

There are six artifacts to choose from, from left to right.

Li Mingzhe casually clicked on the first relic, which was a withered rose sealed in a transparent crystal. Although the petals were dry, they still retained their bright red color.

Clicking on it revealed a girl in a red dress with blonde hair.

Nero Claudius

"Who is it? I don't recognize them."

Then I looked at the second one, where a tattered piece of a flag was floating. On the white background, you could vaguely see the iris emblem embroidered in gold thread.

【Joan of Arc】

"Joan of Arc, that's good."

Li Mingzhe knew about the role of Joan of Arc and was somewhat interested in casting it, but after some consideration, he moved on to the next role.

It was a pure and flawless lily, its petals layered upon each other, lifelike, radiating a soft and holy halo.

Artoria Pendragon (Lily)

"Holy crap!! A newbie gets Saber as a gift!?"

Li Mingzhe's eyes lit up. As the most popular character in Fate, Saber's fame can be described as "a household name."

Even though Li Mingzhe wasn't a seasoned Saber fan, he had seen quite a few beautiful pictures of Saber.

However, this is not King Arthur who bears the heavy burden of the kingdom, but rather the more naive and idealistic "Knight Princess" form she took when she first pulled the sword from the stone.

White knight's armor, a pure and innocent face, and a unique blend of youthful naiveté and heroic spirit.

"Wife!!!"

A man is a boy until he dies; who can resist a dashing yet pure and lovely knight-princess? Li Mingzhe certainly couldn't, so he didn't even look at the last three relics.

Besides, Saber is the soul of the Fate series, so choosing Saber as your wife at the beginning is perfectly reasonable.

"It's up to you!"

Without further hesitation, Li Mingzhe stretched out his finger and gently tapped the white lily.

The moment he made his choice, the other five stone platforms on the screen dimmed instantly, turning into starlight and disappearing.

Only the stone platform he chose shone brightly.

"Huh? There's a summoning animation?"

Li Mingzhe was stunned, because the scene before him was completely beyond his expectations.

The screen went completely dark at first, and then a soft ray of light shone from the center, slowly spreading out a circular magic circle before lighting up again.

It was a boundless sea of ​​lilies.

A gentle breeze blows, and the white flowers undulate like waves.

In the center of the sea of ​​flowers, there is an ancient rock, with a long sword shining with golden light deeply embedded in it.

The Sword in the Stone, Caliburn.

The camera slowly zoomed in, revealing a slender hand encased in white arm armor, which placed its hand on the sword hilt. The hand looked quite young, even hesitant, but ultimately, it gripped the hilt firmly. "Buzz—"

With a clear, melodious sword cry, the girl forcefully pulled the longsword from the rock. In an instant, a dazzling light erupted from the sword, shooting into the sky and dispelling all the mist.

Amidst the light, a figure slowly materialized.

The girl wore a pure white knight's skirt armor, the silver hem of which fluttered gently in the breeze.

She held a sword in both hands, her long golden hair was tied in a ponytail, and her clear green eyes were like a wash, showing both the innocence of a young girl and a hint of the fortitude of a knight.

She looked up, her gaze seemingly piercing through the screen, meeting Li Mingzhe's eyes.

“Servant, Saber. I have come in response to your summons.”

"This is a fledgling knight with little experience. Please give me your guidance, Master."

The girl's voice was clear and melodious, and she wore a polite and shy smile.

"Fuck..."

Li Mingzhe's mouth was half open; he didn't know what words to use to describe his feelings.

"This...this is just too amazing!?"

~~~
When Chu Chen first proposed to include this artifact selection system and the full five-star gacha animation in the prologue tutorial, Shiokawa didn't quite understand.

After all, the development cycle is not very flexible.

Investing so many resources in a beginner's tutorial seems a bit excessive.

However, Chu Chen seriously corrected him. His words reminded Chu Chen of Shiokawa's famous saying, which was to abandon players who do not like FGO.

Therefore, Chu Chen expressed his dissatisfaction with Yan Chuan's attitude very frankly.

Chu Chen probably thought he was just expressing his opinion, but he underestimated his authority within the company. To Yan Chuan, Chu Chen's words were extremely serious, so serious that Yan Chuan felt he was about to be fired.
So he wrote down Chu Chen's words and pasted them on his computer.

"Shiokawa, don't just think about the core fans! We need to spread the charm of Fate to the whole world! We need to attract new players! We need to attract a wider range of Fate fans!!"

For an IP adaptation to attract new players, the best way is to "reproduce" iconic scenes.

For example, if you're making a Marvel IP game, just include a few famous movie scenes in your trailer. Regardless of whether the game is fun or not, you're guaranteed to get plenty of viewers for the trailer.

Similarly, for casual FATE fans, that is, fans who have only watched the anime or are familiar with the FATE setting, what is their deepest impression of FATE?
There may be many, but summoning Heroic Spirits is definitely one of them.

Summoning heroic spirits is a satisfying experience in itself, a satisfying experience that is often overlooked but is actually quite enjoyable, much like finding an angel on the street.

Therefore, this point is actually quite popular.

Since it's a Fate series, it needs to cater to this group of players.

Therefore, the famous scene of summoning heroic spirits must be included.

Moreover, in the current FGO, there are only 40 five-star Servants in total. If each one has a 10-second gacha animation, the total animation output is less than 7 minutes.

If you're feeling lazy, you can use special effects to cover up some time, like Saberlily's lily flower field, where the entire summoning animation is just a sword-drawing action.

However, the 10-second summoning animation gives players a completely different experience.

This is especially true for new players.

They don't know much about FATE, nor have they read the content of FATE. This gacha animation is the essence that allows players to have a first impression of the characters.

Moreover, in the beginner's self-selection just now.

Whether it's Saber Lily, Jeanne d'Arc, or Nero, these 4-star event Servants that Shiokawa originally used to attract fans of the original work have all been upgraded from 4-star to 5-star characters in the remake, with improvements to all their stats and skills.

(End of this chapter)