Chapter 246： "Game King" and "Pokemon"

Yang Chen wrote the name of the game on the GDD document, "Game King" Pokemon", where "Game King" is a trading card game, and "Pokemon" is role-playing. Adventure games.

The former constructs a combination of cards to compete with the player to win; the latter captures and nurtures an elf named Pokemon to compete.

Similarly, these two games still have a common feature, not the gameplay of the battle mode, but the core of these two games.

Collecting and cultivating, rare cards; cherished Pokémon elves, and slowly collecting developed card sets, and cultivating stronger Pokémon elves, these are the core elements of the game.

In the field of game design, almost all games revolve around a setting, that is, the cost of players' abandoned pits.

The card exchange system in "Game King", a large number of cards of different systems, monster cards, fusion monster cards, magic cards, trap cards, at the same time there are atmosphere conventional magic cards, conventional trap cards, follow-up magic cards, venue magic Cards, Perpetual Magic Cards, Trap Cards, and other rich types.

Both greatly increase the number of card pools, and at the same time allow players to have more choices to match card sets of different systems. In addition to increasing the playability, more importantly, they increase the cost of collecting abandoned pits.

In the same way, players of "Pokémon Pokémon" as Pokémon trainers, from getting their first Pokémon, and slowly training them to become more powerful, through combat strategy to conquer more powerful in the wild Pokémon challenges the owners of the world's gyms, and countless players who have personally captured and nurtured Pokémon can bring great sense of accomplishment.

At the same time, the so-called inheritance mode is added, and the Pokémon obtained by the player in the previous work can also be used in the next generation of works.

Of course, this approach has its advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, it has strengthened the players' cost of discarding the pits of the game itself, and the feelings of the gameplay have increased. However, this kind of bias to please the old players will also restrict the new players from entering the pit.

For example, in the dream memory, "Game King" and "Pokémon" are world-class IP, but for most ordinary players, they just know these two games from the surrounding IP, but really let When they enter the pit, they will have some resistance, because they are too much behind the so-called old players above the threshold.

And with the development of IP, the most influential people must also be the first generation of characters and characters. For example, ordinary players who know more about "Game King", they are most familiar with Muto games, black magic guides and blue-eyed white dragons. .

The same "Pokémon Pokemon" let ordinary players or non-players know the deepest must be Pikachu, wonderful frog seeds.

"Is this a new game?" Wang Yaliang, who was sitting next to Yang Chen after watching some shots in Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain, asked Yang Chen to hit on the keyboard and asked curiously.

"Temporarily, but whether it will start development, it is not easy to say in a short time." Yang Chen stopped his hand and nodded gently with a smile on his face.

There are actually a lot of similar games, including self-chess, which can be said to be such a type of game, but like the example of combining animation, comics and games in the dream memory, there is no example of creating a big IP, or It is said that no game manufacturer is willing to pour capital on this card'mini-game'.

"If you are planning to deploy offline VR venues, these two will become our exclusive games. Although the PC platform and mobile platform will also be launched simultaneously, the VR platform will bring a unique experience." There is no inside the office. The other third person, Yang Chen looked at Wang Yaliang and explained to her in detail.

The gameplay itself is important, but the production of manga and animation is even more important for these two games.

Recalling the details of the dream memory, Yang Chen quickly defined a definition for "Game King" and "Pokemon".

The gameplay of "Pokémon Pokémon" is not complicated. Although the Pokémon Pokémon with different attributes are mutually exclusive, this kind of similar elements are common in other games. The most typical example is Jinmu Shuihuo. This kind of five elements of the earth is set.

At the same time, collecting and cultivating this is not a novel gameplay, but another game "Game King" involves a deck of card decks, as well as magic cards, trap cards, and monster effect applications. It is more complicated.

It seems to Yang Chen that these two games actually have a bit of a reverse meaning.

As a more emphasis on the rules of the card, that is, the origin of "Game King" is game, but the original "Pokémon" as a game product is because of its comics and TV animation to make its influence more extensive.

Of course, the two also have a common feature, that is, most players are exposed to the game because of animations and comics.

You can't just sell the game, you must have the support of comics and TV animation. Yang Chen looked at the GDD document in front of him with a very clear concept in mind.

In fact, if you simply choose the card series game "Game King", it is not a good choice. Although it is not so complicated compared with the trading card game like Magic in the dream memory, it itself It's not that easy to get started.

On the contrary, some games like "Three Kingdoms" and "Heartstone Legend" are easier to get started, and the linkage of the IP of "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim", "Resident Evil", "Metal Gear", and "Eight Travelers" is not impossible to produce. This type of game.

But Yang Chen didn't plan to do this The main reason is that it is difficult to expand the influence of TV animation and comic production on the one hand, and the game is too simple.

If other game manufacturers want to copy, it is basically no difficulty.

In particular, UEgame, NetDragon and other three majors, which have a variety of classic IPs, really play the linked tricks. There is no doubt that Nebula games will definitely suffer.

And choose "Game King" and "Pokémon Pokémon" for simultaneous development of TV animation and comics, and because of the content in the dream memory as a foundation, on the card value and sprite value and other effect settings, but more Easier.

Of course, considering the different preferences of players in each era and period, it is inevitable to fine-tune the gameplay mode of the game.

At any time, players like different things.

Blindly want to tell the player how to play this game, it is destined to be eliminated by the times, only to understand what the player wants, and then you are doing the game that the players want, you can be successful.