Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

The stage is set up for the people and the plot.

The reason Lin Li is stuck right now is because of this.

While chatting with Su Shanshan, Lin Li simply pulled a whiteboard from the conference room next door.

“Look, this time we’re doing it the other way around, starting with the characters and working our way back to the world-building. We’ll first list out the stories we want to tell, and then work our way back.”

"My current idea is to make two versions of the game, but use the same stage."

"Two main characters, corresponding to two storylines, one light and one dark."

"Ming, let's go for the classic style. The protagonist is... well, let's just set one up for now, like, say, a superpower academy. Players can easily identify with that. Let's say the protagonist is a student at a superpower academy."

"Now that we have a protagonist, we need to add a trigger to this world. What do you think would be a good trigger?"

The term "trigger" is slang used within Spark Games.

For example, the Omnic Crisis in Girls Frontline, the protagonist Isa in Galaxy Paradise, and the World Correction in Destiny Tracks—anything that can make the protagonist move is called a trigger.

"I think the trigger doesn't need to be set too high. For example, how about a case that threatens the city?"

When Lin Li pulled out the whiteboard.

The office started to get busier and busier, so as soon as Lin Li asked a question, someone would immediately start answering. For example, the person who answered Lin Li this time was Xia Jinfeng, the producer of "Perfect Strategy" and a strong man from Northeast China.

Lin Li was writing and drawing in front of him, talking to himself, and didn't feel anything yet.

Hearing that it wasn't Su Shanshan speaking behind him, he turned around to look, and what he saw shocked him.

"Why are there so many people..."

"Where did you all come from?!"

Then Lin Li looked at the group of people and said with great pride, "Someone saw you pull the whiteboard out from outside the door, and when they received the message in the group, they came over without stopping!"

"No, what's there to be proud of? You guys..."

Lin Li originally wanted to ask them if they had finished their own jobs, but halfway through the sentence, he realized that this question was similar to the discouraging words that his high school homeroom teacher often said.

Then he sighed again.

"Alright, more people, pooling our wisdom and efforts is not bad either."

He then continued to extrapolate the results.

"Alright, let's plan it as a rare tragedy. What kind of case is it? Ideally, it should be one that can shake up the entire city, making the player immediately feel that the protagonist must get involved..."

As soon as Lin Li asked this question, someone replied immediately.

They come in all sorts of cases, such as serial murders and dismemberment cases.

However, after thinking for a long time, Lin Li shook his head.

"Your kind of horror is scary, but it's too cliché. How about this, we'll create a psychopath whose ability is to transform matter into bombs."

"The main characters and their companions discovered that someone was giving away free backpacks on the street, and because they were free, many parents took the backpacks."

"Use another plot twist to let the protagonist discover that the backpack is not a backpack, but a bomb made by a psychopath using his powers."

"This psychopath wants to blow up all the children in the city..."

Hearing Lin Li's self-talk.

The group of people looked at each other in disbelief, thinking to themselves, "Holy crap!"

How could Mr. Lin come up with such a bizarre idea in such a short time...?

"The protagonist and his friends immediately called the police, but after checking the backpacks and even using super-powered detection, the police found that the backpacks were indeed backpacks, making the protagonist wonder if they had made a mistake. This was the first twist. The second twist occurred just as everyone was relaxing when a school bus exploded..."

"Then the protagonist realized that he hadn't made a mistake, but that the backpack that the pervert gave out was a mix of real and fake."

"Afterwards, the whole city fell into tension. The news made everyone throw away their backpacks. At this time, the protagonist discovered a piece of information by analyzing the first explosion scene: the psychopath had to be on-site to detonate the bomb."

"So the protagonist suggested that the backpacks be piled up in a square. That way, as long as the area around the square is under martial law and the backpacks are outside the pervert's control, they will be useless."

"The final twist, which is also the last scene of this plot, can be ended with a child wearing a hat going into the square to throw away his schoolbag."

“The police stopped him, but because he was a child, they didn’t pay attention and let him run into the square.”

"At this point, the performance gives a shot, and the child isn't a child anymore, but a dwarf, and he's the psychopathic bomber the protagonist has been searching for..."

"Finally, this scene ended in a massive explosion."

"So, the game's setting becomes the stage where the main characters uphold justice and deal with anomalies?? A two-dimensional Gotham City?"

"Hmm...would players like it?"

Lin Li fell into thought.

At this moment, the sea cat pinched its chin.

"Please let me draw the uniforms of the factions in the story. I feel like my head is full of those things."

"I don't know if players like it or not, but this design is really cool."

"So what are the main characters' abilities?"

"If that's the case, then after the first trigger, what should be the trigger for the main storyline? There needs to be a major core, after all, this is a single-player game, right?"

There were many different opinions at the scene.

Lin Li nodded.

"There needs to be a big trigger, but didn't I just say that this world has two colors, black and white? I just talked about white, which is the righteous protagonist group. Now let's think about black together."

Chapter 508 The 3A That Grew Up By Its Own

"If it's a black market scenario, then we can follow the GTA approach: a gangster squad forced into the game?"

"They yearn for the light but can only sink into darkness. Their first trigger is this case, but the key to triggering it is that the gang leader wants to find the person who committed this case."

"In this way, the two sides can be intertwined."

Having said that.

Someone raised their hand.

"Mr. Lin, should this game be like GTA, allowing players to switch perspectives?"

Lin Li rested his chin on his hand and thought for a moment.

“I think it would be better to completely divide it into two perspectives. Players choose a character and follow that character all the way. We only give them another perspective after they have completed the entire game.”

Players can choose to play white first or black first.

"So, will you sell it in two versions?"

"Of course, now that we've made both black and white versions, we can lower the price a bit and reduce the barrier to entry for AAA games."

After writing and drawing on the whiteboard.

Lin Li gradually filled in the character's image. With the image in place, it became much easier to build the scene, starting with a city.

This open city can incorporate many GTA elements, such as carjacking, which is fine, and it can also integrate a city with superpowered individuals.

Players can control vehicles and use superpowers to interact with the city.

In terms of specific design, the entire city obviously needs to be designed with two cores. One is the city center, which is centered around the superpower management agency and the superpower school. It is relatively prosperous and has stable public security.

The other is the outskirts of the city, where gangs are entrenched and life is relatively difficult. If you start in white, your main activity in the early game will naturally be in the city center. If you start in black, your activity will naturally be in the area inhabited by gangs.

However, this is different from 2077.

The characters in 2077 have different backgrounds, but they start out differently. In this game, although the main storylines of the two characters are intertwined, the process of intertwining is completely different.

What needs to be determined now is the fundamentals of this game.

In other words, a bigger event is needed to encompass the entire city, and a good script is needed to intertwine the two storylines, and even to create some creative twists.

But these things are clearly beyond what Lin Li can produce in a short time.

He didn't plan to do it himself. Xinghuo already had a very large team of editors and writers, and he planned to hand over the beginning of the story, the setting, and the general character settings to them.

Check back at the results after some time has passed.

In some ways, Lin Li was much better at developing games now than he was two years ago, and he no longer needed to do everything himself.

Once you've ensured that your creative ideas are being conveyed correctly, then you can check if the final result is satisfactory.

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"Mr. Lin! The Steam Dack launch event has begun!!!"

While Lin Li was making future plans, Xu Dengke had already started his loudspeaker mode, and the messages in the group were like a live text and image broadcast.

The latest news about Steam Dack keeps coming in.

First of all, the appearance is basically the same as Linli's memory. Apart from the appearance, Steam Dack shows more of their system.

Players can pause and resume playing at any time, just like a real game console.

Besides.

Steam also demonstrated how to launch WeGame games on Steam and announced that the game will also be released in mainland China.

In addition to Steam, Tencent Games also held its own press conference.

However, compared to Steam Dack, Tencent's cloud handheld console appears rather "childish," though it does demonstrate gameplay of large-scale AAA games.

At the same time, like Steam Dack, this cloud handheld console can access both the WEAGEM cloud system and the Steam Dack system.

When this thing was thrown out, it certainly shocked a lot of people.

In addition, the fusion library in WeGame is also making its first appearance. In fact, if you only look at the homepage, you have no idea which games are from Steam and which are from WeGame.

You can only see it in the tabs after you enter the game. Other things, such as purchasing games, are exactly the same as they are now on WeGame.

"The penguins are going to fight a desperate battle."

"This is outrageous! Is this WeGame or the Chinese version of Steam...?"

The game launch events for both parties ended quickly.

Steam Dack then opened for global pre-orders, and within three hours, more than 10,000 units were pre-ordered.

no doubt.

The promotion of Steam Dack has achieved its intended purpose.

In the previous life, when Steam Dack first came out, most media outlets were hesitant, after all, PC handheld consoles didn't seem to have much of a market.

However, in this timeline, thanks to the existence of Spark, Steam Dack spent a significant amount of its marketing budget this time, and Tencent also helped drive traffic to it in China.

Therefore, not only European and American media, but also many domestic media outlets have conducted in-depth reports on Steam Dack.

"If you don't have the money to buy a graphics card, you might want to give this a try."

"Rumors from insiders suggest that Steam Dack can be hacked to play Spark games."

"Steam Dack vs. StarCraft Core: Which is more anticipated?"

"Steam Dack pre-orders exceeded 10,000 units on its first day, ushering in a new era for handheld consoles!?"

"Tencent WeGame has started pre-orders for Steam Dack. Which version is the best deal?"

"Tencent's stock price soared, and WeGame's online user base doubled!!"

What are some worthwhile games to buy on WeGame?

"Which games are exclusive to WeGame?"

In addition to the promotion of Steam Dack, Tencent also spent a lot of money announcing that Steam games can now be purchased on WeGame.

These promotional efforts were quite effective, as many WeGame players logged into their accounts to see what changes had occurred on WeGame.

Penguin Games.

WeGame Studio.

Li Weixi watched as the number of online users surged like wildfire, and he couldn't stop smiling.

"Yes, yes, it should have been done a long time ago. We penguins wouldn't need to do our own research and development."

"That's great. If the players are stable, more manufacturers will be attracted to join, and the snowball will slowly start to grow."