Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 321 Framework
"First, there's the first section: government proclamations!"

[Official Notice]: Three days ago, a pool of blood and the wreckage of a carriage were found in the woods east of Chang'an. It is said to be the carriage of the daughter of the founding Duke Xie. The government is looking for relevant clues.

Huang Wenfeng's eyes narrowed instantly.

"Ah, this must be a quest system..."

As mentioned before, Floating Dreams uses an event system to replace the traditional main storyline; however, this does not mean that there is no guidance in the game.

The reason is simple: in a game without any guidance, players will become confused.

Moreover, players are very lazy.

They crave the feeling of a martial arts world, but don't actually want to explore everywhere and rely on luck to find clues. For most players, a "martial arts world" where they can freely choose what to do is their true martial arts world.

Clearly, Starry Sky Games has also noticed this.

Therefore, a "Jianghu News" system was integrated to consolidate regional events.

He continued reading, and saw notices about the Dali Temple prison break, the theft of imperial palace treasures, and so on. Each notice was like a hook, enticing the player to explore.

Besides these "major tasks," there are also some "rumors."

This section, with its heading changed to "Street News," clearly lacks the solemnity of official announcements and is filled with the atmosphere of the common people and the underworld.

"The Hu Market outside Chang'an has opened..."

"The daughter of the owner of Xianke Manor outside the city will publicly choose a husband through a martial arts contest. It seems that Li Ban Gui, the Smiling Yama, is also here for this purpose."

"Oh!"

Upon seeing this, Huang Wenfeng's interest was piqued to its peak.

"A martial arts contest to find a husband! That's interesting!! This mission seems promising, I think I should check it out."

Throughout this news system, when you click on these information, a button will appear next to it asking whether you want to inquire about the details. This clearly indicates whether you want to accept the task.

If you're playing by yourself.

Huang Wenfeng might choose a main quest, but since it's a live stream, it depends on the sentiment expressed in the comments.

At that moment, upon seeing the words "martial arts contest for marriage," the flow of comments on the screen suddenly accelerated.

[A martial arts contest to find a husband! Old Huang, hurry! Win over the manor lord's daughter, become the leader of the martial arts world, and reach the pinnacle of life!]

[We're going to kidnap the bride! We're going to kidnap the bride!!]

[This Li Ban Gui name sounds like the name of a minor villain!]

Huang Wenfeng also found the task interesting, but before accepting it, he discovered that the Jianghu News section had a third page.

So I scrolled down a bit.

My original plan was to just glance at what it was and then go back to accept the mission.

He was stunned when he turned to the third page.

"Holy crap, what's this?"

The layout on the third page of the Jianghu News section is completely different from the previous two.

There was no complicated information, only a huge vertical ranking list with a few words written at the top in a flamboyant style.

[Jianghu Rankings, First Issue of the Sixth Year of Jingwu: Produced by Bai Xiaosheng.]
Upon seeing the words "Bai Xiaosheng" (百晓生), the viewers in the live stream burst into laughter. In 17, these three words were not only used in games.

NPCs are a standard feature in various online novels.

Therefore, many people couldn't hold back their emotions upon seeing these three words.

[Pfft! He really is an all-knowing scholar!]

[I knew it! Martial arts stories without Bai Xiaosheng are soulless!] [This is so perfect! It feels just right!]

Huang Wenfeng smiled and shook his head, also finding it quite interesting.

In reality, StarCraft put a lot of effort into creating this "stereotypical" martial arts atmosphere. For example, in one event, players can even see someone castrating themselves to practice martial arts.
This stereotype, which may seem like a joke, is actually a way to quickly connect the game with the player and create a sense of immersion.

After taking a closer look at the list, I noticed that it was divided into three tabs, each labeled with one of the three words: Heaven, Earth, and Man.

"The three rankings of Heaven, Earth, and Man seem very familiar!"

First is the Heavenly Ranking.

Most of these names come from very prestigious backgrounds, and they are almost all leaders of various gangs, or special titles such as demons, cult leaders, saintesses, etc.

The only familiar face inside was Fairy Ling Shuang from the Tianshan Sword Sect, who had appeared in the previous demonstration.

The leaderboard system is also part of the game's event system.

As I just mentioned.

From a game developer's perspective, the ultimate goal is not to create a realistic martial arts world, but rather to create a martial arts world in the player's mind.

Therefore, Starcraft has made many optimizations to the event system.

One of them is this character system.

Players can check the location of the character at any time, even what the character is doing, and can even teleport to a teleportation point near the character.

This is certainly not "real".

But as the saying goes, for the vast majority of players, a "jianghu" where they can freely choose what to do is their jianghu.

The Heavenly Ranking has 20 people, the Earthly Ranking has 80 people, and the Human Ranking has 200 people.

These 300 named NPCs are the carriers that make up the event system.

It should be noted that although the game leaderboard lists 300 people, it does not mean that there are only 300 NPCs that can be interacted with in the game, whether it is a major version update or as the game's events progress.

The NPCs on the list are also "fluctuating".

While casually flipping through the list, Huang Wenfeng quickly found a somewhat familiar name on the list of people: "Li Half-Ghost," the character who had appeared in the martial arts contest for marriage earlier.

Name: Li Qingfeng

[Identity: Traitor to the Chongyang Sect, wanted criminal by the imperial court [Kill this person to collect the bounty from the Chongyang Sect and gain +100 favorability with the Chongyang Sect]]

Title: Li the Half-Ghost

[Status: Undercover]

[Brief Introduction: Originally a disciple of the Chongyang Sect, he was exceptionally intelligent but also ruthless. Taking advantage of his master's absence, he attempted to force himself on his master's wife. Discovered by his fellow disciple Su Changfeng, he not only killed him to silence him but also tried to frame him. He is skilled in disguise, adept at using torture to torment his opponents, and extremely ruthless. He is known in the martial arts world as "Smiling Yama Li Half-Ghost."]

[Common Weapon: Ink Blade [Rank 5 - Precious Sword]]

"Damn! This is interesting."

Huang Wenfeng touched his chin.

"Brothers, did you see that?! This NPC not only has a detailed backstory and martial arts style, but also faction relationships! If you kill him, you can increase your favorability with the Chongyang Sect! The grudges and affections of the martial arts world, and the entanglements of the characters' positions, are all brought up in one go!"

"Good fellow, what a good fellow."

Huang Wenfeng is right. For a service-based game, the most important thing is to have a "framework," which refers to the game's systems.

This system needs to serve not only the current game, but also future updates.

(End of this chapter)