nycdaug Chapter 50: Game Academy? Junior Game Designer?
Chapter 50: Game Academy? Junior Game Designer?
What the heck? A new game designer?
Something called Game Academy has appeared?
Upon seeing those words, Shen Huaizhou hesitated.
[Invitation from the Game Academy]
[Game Academy: This academy offers in-depth learning opportunities to enhance understanding of game production, art skills, engine development, game modification, game design concepts, and other game-related areas.]
The academy will only send an invitation after the host's game has achieved a certain level of influence in the real world.
[The host can learn the design principles of all games played on Earth over the past century from this.]
[This can be used in conjunction with regular popularity points and monthly pass popularity points.]
"This gaming academy... seems to be a private training institution just for me?"
"Is there a time limit?"
"Or is it simply used to learn the design concepts, ideas, development, and programming of these games?"
Shen Huaizhou, who was seeing this thing for the first time, was a little confused.
An invitation to enroll has already appeared in my hand.
Out of curiosity, Shen Huaizhou pressed the button on the invitation. The next second, a flash of light appeared before his eyes and disappeared.
here it is……
Game Academy?
Upon entering, Shen Huaizhou discovered that there was no one else there besides himself.
It's a game academy with its own resources, where you can learn from the game design ideas of your predecessors.
I glanced at it briefly.
It seems that in this academy, besides the four games I already know, there are many game design ideas that I haven't encountered yet.
For example, Pokémon-like games, which are designed around the core concepts of catching, raising, and battling Pokémon.
From the very beginning of the design of the Famicom to Arceus before he traveled here.
There was even more information that appeared after I transmigrated, such as the addition of some Mega Evolutions!
"Wow! This super-evolved version of the Fatso is so ugly? Holy crap! Is this kind of design philosophy really worth learning?"
I randomly opened a game proposal and, lo and behold, it looks familiar!
The latest Pokémon project includes a bunch of new Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution.
This includes one of the most popular Pokémon in the previous Pokémon series.
Dragonite, oh no, I mean Fat Dragon.
Which idiot designer made Mega Evolution so fat and put wings on its head?
Is he crazy?!
"These guys have been stuck with this IP for decades and haven't made any progress."
"No wonder games like Palu suddenly became so popular."
"ε=(´ο｀*))) Sigh."
Shen Huaizhou put the proposal down; the Pokémon gameplay had indeed not appeared in this world.
However, if we were to do it, it certainly couldn't be made in the same style as the Famicom.
Moreover, the modeling and pet design require careful planning.
Next, alongside this project, there's a completely new idea for how to play the game.
"A scheme to capture slaves for work? Conan Exiles?"
"This is good."
"We could try survival and building games later on. Although they are a niche genre, they still have a loyal following."
Shen Huaizhou nodded.
She smiled slightly.
For most players of survival games, the Conan Exiles mode ushered in an era of slavery.
Whether it's the Palu that appeared later, or the Soul Mask.
This kind of gameplay was started by Conan the Exiles.
As a result, most subsequent survival games adopted this type of gameplay.
This includes, but is not limited to, the domestically produced post-apocalyptic online game Seven Days World that emerged later.
There was still a lot to come, but before Shen Huaizhou could finish reading, a familiar yet unfamiliar person suddenly walked in from outside the door.
"Welcome to our new students in the Game Academy!"
"Hello, Shen Huaizhou."
"This lesson will cover the field of simulation games. I will now go over the design concepts, gameplay, numerical adjustments, and various aspects of creating immersive experiences through real-world simulations of the following games."
"We will provide you with up to 72 lessons."
Holy crap! Sid!
Game Academy, are you serious?!
Sid is a true legend in the simulation game field! His Civilization series is said to be so good that one game can last a month.
There was once a player, I can't remember which Civilization it was in.
The game has resulted in a three-way power struggle.
The fact that all three countries possess nuclear weapons has prevented them from declaring war on each other.
This is how this game came about.
Is this game academy for real? They invited Sid to teach them??
Wouldn't that mean I'd get to meet Hideo Kojima, the creator of Metal Gear, someday?
John Carmack, the godfather of first-person shooter games?
And there are also big names in the game industry such as Shigeru Miyamoto and Hidetaka Miyazaki.
"Shen Huaizhou, in this lesson, I'll be talking about the design of game numerical values."
Grandpa Xi was already on the podium, having taken out the course materials.
The huge PowerPoint presentation was almost entirely filled with games he had worked on or developed.
The sales of each of these games are definitely not low.
……
Within the game academy, Shen Huaizhou absorbed this information relatively quickly.
Within just a few hours, he was able to apply what he learned to other situations.
"You're very talented. The ideas you've mentioned are worth considering."
Grandpa Sid on the podium couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "If possible, I would really like you to be in charge of the Civilization series."
Although this was the first time that Ye Zi, the head of the game academy, had met Shen Huaizhou, he was simply a genius born for the game industry!
After just three hours of simple explanation, this kid was able to apply what he learned to other situations.
Unfortunately, the sound of a bell rang in my ears.
The bell rang, and everything in front of him vanished. Shen Huaizhou returned to his office chair.
"Damn, I'm so tired!"
"This is even more tiring than when design ideas just pop into my head!"
"This old man seems determined to cram all these design ideas into my head at once!!"
The old man in the game academy is obviously not him.
It's roughly anthropomorphic in that aspect of game design philosophy, but it's in no way inferior in terms of rigor.
After all, he is the developer of a masterpiece that brings the simulation game genre to its fullest.
Their design philosophy for this type of game was developed after being tested by the market.
In the world Shen Huaizhou is in now, it would be a true example of a dimensional reduction attack.
Shen Huaizhou shook his head.
"Ding-dong—"
Subsequently, a message from the development department was sent to my work QQ account.
Upon opening it, I immediately saw an exciting message.
The first promotional video for Overcooked! has been released!