This game is awesome

Feelings are not just to attract investment, but also to test investors...

If the answer does not satisfy Xu Qiu Sheng, then I'm afraid the deal will be over.

It seems that the previous competitors have failed to pass, and now it is Fanxing's turn.

Is there any further progress?

Gu Qingshi didn't comment, but just said: "Director Xu, what if we do the opposite?"

Xu Qiu Sheng was stunned.

Do the opposite?

Gu Qingshi smiled and said, "Your design is too retro, but not retro enough. Why don't you just take the elements of TRPG?"

"TRPG?"

Xu Qiu Sheng chewed over Gu Qingshi's words carefully.

TRPG is the abbreviation of tabletop role-playing game, or "board game", which is one of the predecessors of electronic games.

Gu Qingshi drank her tea slowly, "For example, a rectangular hexahedron."

"dice?"

Xu Qiu Sheng asked in surprise.

"Dice are an important variable that affects the player's progress. Have you ever played a role-playing game?"

Xu Qiusheng nodded in surprise. He saw that Gu Qingshi was only about eighteen or nineteen years old, and normally she would not be interested in such old things as running a group.

It is true that some people have added dice to games, but later all manufacturers chose to abstract "dice" into "probability". For example, the hit rate judgment of miss, which is common in games, is essentially no different from the result of dice throwing.

Re-concrete the abstract probability into dice, and let your own destiny be decided by the dice... seems quite interesting?

Gu Qingshi looked at Xu Qiusheng who was gradually lost in thought and continued, "But just being retro is not enough. Retro and innovation need to be achieved with both hands. Let's put aside the standing turn-based system. Director Xu, have you ever played Battlefield?"

Xu Qiu Sheng nodded slowly.

"Which ones left a deep impression on you?"

Xu Qiu Sheng thought about it carefully.

FPS, large battlefields, various vehicles, war atmosphere, destruction system...

"Destroy the system!?"

Xu Qiu Sheng was speechless as if he saw the blue sky through the clouds.

Bringing the destruction system of Battlefield into an RPG game? What a genius imagination!

But Gu Qingshi slowly shook her head.

“It’s not just a destruction system, it’s an abstract, more elusive way of playing.”

Gu Qingshi's voice flew into Xu Qiu Sheng's ears like a spell, making him extremely excited.

"Does the door have to be opened with a key?"

"Can't the enemy be killed by the collapsing buildings?"

"Why do you want to do the quest? Isn't the quest reward on the NPC?"

"Why can't NPCs be charmed by players' words or charm?"

"The green-named NPC is indifferent to the player's heroic actions. Is this normal?"

Xu Qiu Sheng gradually fell into a state of contemplation.

Gu Qingshi smiled and took out a 20-sided dice from the drawer. She gently threw it on the table, making a sound like a silver bell.

"Look, Director Xu, I just rolled the persuasion dice, and it was a big success."

Board games can consider using nonsense to make the game have infinite possibilities. For example, if I am a worker, then it is reasonable for me to carry a wrench, hammer, nail gun, chainsaw, hot melt gun, etc., right?

No keys? I can cut the door open with a chainsaw and a hot melt gun.

However, in electronic games, the computing power of machines cannot simulate a world of "infinite changes", so players can only follow the many rules set by game designers.

For example, weapons and skills in the safe zone are disabled, and enemies can only be defeated by combat...

“TRPG turns reality into a game, and what we need to do is to create a reality in the game.”

"If Director Xu is interested, come to Fanxing and have a go."

Xu Qiusheng hadn't recovered yet, immersed in Gu Qingshi's words. However, Gu Qingshi had already stood up, took a pen and crossed out "Code: Zero" on the plan, replacing it with another unfamiliar name.

Baldur's Gate

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It has been raining these days, so I have returned to school from the construction site, so I have plenty of time to write. I will start updating next Monday, with three to five chapters per day.

Development log: Use a whip to whip the program, the development speed is 20% UP!GET!

Chapter 101 [First drunkenness before the exam]

"Baldur's Gate..."

In this world without DND, Baldur's Gate is a strange and weird name.

Where is Bode? Why do we emphasize that there is a door there?

Xu Qiu Sheng was deeply puzzled by the name Gu Qingshi gave to the game.

But this did not prevent him from seeing the endless potential of this game.

It's like an RPG player who is used to playing mindlessly and watching CGs hears that there are such amazing gameplays as "Train" and "Stalking" in the world. The excitement is almost uncontrollable.

The road that seems to have an end can actually continue!

It was a kind of excitement and joy of "I am not alone".

Xu Qiusheng took a deep breath and said, "I still have a dozen people in Gulang..."

"Okay, report in before the end of the month."

Xu Qiusheng breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully:

"Thank you, Mr. Gu."

"Well, we achieved each other." Gu Qingshi laughed softly, then rubbed her eyes, "Director Xu, ah, it's getting late."

"I have an exam tomorrow..."

Xu Qiu Sheng was stunned. Only then did he realize that today was the college entrance examination.

He was so busy with the reorganization of Gulang these days that he didn't pay any attention to the college entrance examination. As for the troubles caused by Gu Qingshi, he naturally didn't know about it.

Seeing that the girl looked cute and innocent, he stood up and said goodbye with some emotion.

"Then I would like to wish Mr. Gu good luck in literature."

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After returning home and sleeping for a while, it was only twelve o'clock in the evening when Gu Qingshi climbed out of the bed in a daze.

She has some insomnia.

It’s not that she was nervous about the college entrance examination, but mainly because too many things happened today and her head was dizzy.

Including the establishment of the Baldur's Gate project, it was she who approved it on impulse.

Baldur's Gate is a good game. It helped CPRG complete two sit-ups. Its value is naturally needless to say.

Not to mention the two classics "Baldur's Gate 1" and "Baldur's Gate 2", "Baldur's Gate 3", which was brought back to life by Larian's resurrection of the dead more than ten years later, directly became the dark horse of the year. Compared with "Starfield" which failed in the same year, they are two extremes.

But this does not mean that Baldur's Gate will become popular in this world.

It is even possible that the game will not adapt to the local environment.

When talking about Baldur's Gate, we have to talk about DND, that is, Dungeons & Dragons. It is a classic IP that inherits the Lord of the Rings and opens up the Warcraft. It has always been regarded as one of the two major pillars of tabletop games and role-playing groups in China.

In addition to tabletop games, DND is also flourishing. The three volumes of DND, "Dragonlance", were on the same stage as "The Lord of the Rings" and "A Song of Ice and Fire", becoming the enlightenment work of Western fantasy in China, and later became one of the reference models for a number of early Western fantasy online novels in China.

After the rise of electronic games, the DND IP has also produced many excellent works such as "Icewind Dale", "Baldur's Gate" and "Neverwinter Nights".

So when Xu Qiu Sheng talked about making a CRPG, the first thing Gu Qingshi thought of was DND and Baldur's Gate.

In fact, COC, another pillar of the board game, is also very famous, but...

Maybe it's because Luo passed away too early, or it's too difficult to present the "indescribable" with human reasoning, the so-called "Cthulhu flavor" games are somewhat worse. Instead, the seemingly "Luo's aesthetics" and Cthulhu mythology settings are popular in various games.

There is also the setting of "Old Ones" in DND.

To be honest, Gu Qingshi quite likes Cthulhu mythology.

But unfortunately, this timeline has changed too much. No one knows about Dungeons & Dragons, and no one knows about Cthulhu.

If you want to replicate the miracles of the three generations of "Baldur's Gate", some preparation is needed.

Gu Qingshi huddled in the computer chair, turned on her phone, and said dazedly:

"Hey, Li Xiaomeng, bring me a cup of iced milk tea..."

Li Xiaomeng, who was still playing games in the studio, was shocked when she received the call, "Boss, it's already twelve o'clock!"

"I don't care, I want to drink milk tea, haha~"

Li Xiaomeng complained, "Where can I get you milk tea at night? How about I squeeze some for you, boss?"

Gu Qingshi sniffed and said dissatisfiedly: "I don't want it. Can your pair of A squeeze out half a cup......"

"Don't underestimate my teeth!"

"It's useless." Gu Qingshi yawned and went to look in the refrigerator, "Where's my happy water?"

Unable to find any happy water, Gu Qingshi just picked up two bottles of dark beer and drank them.