After initially setting the goal, Lin You started thinking about how to do it.
Turning a movie into a game isn’t an easy task.
Even if it focuses on action and special effects, and the plot doesn’t need to be meticulously accurate.
But the player’s upgrade system, environmental interaction, mission routes, numerical feedback, all require targeted design.
Thinking about it this way, he felt it was a very complicated matter, even with Xiaomeng, a programmer who was practically a wish-granting machine, by his side, it couldn’t be done in a day or two.
However, he needed to confirm one thing first, the core selling point of this game: allowing a real player to master precise shooting skills, even entering bullet time, mastering the fantastic Curved Bullet Technique, is it technically feasible? After all, shooting with a controller and actually holding a gun are two completely different things.
Lin You posed these questions to Xiaomeng.
“It’s possible!” Xiaomeng said confidently, “But this requires your sensory data, Master.”
“Sensory data? What’s that?”
“It’s the experience! For example! As long as you’ve experienced skydiving, your feelings can be shared to the sensory database, and Xiaomeng can share that experience with everyone. Similarly, if there’s sensory data from a sharpshooter with perfect accuracy, Xiaomeng can share that gun feel with players in the game. As for techniques that don’t exist in reality, just connect and mix different experiences.”
After Xiaomeng explained, Lin You understood and quickly thought of someone: the bodyguard who insisted on standing guard outside the door last night when the Princess came.
A royal bodyguard! Definitely a sharpshooter!
He probably also has experience with driving, flying, parachuting, sniping, and so on, a treasure trove of sensory data!
Moreover, once the game goes online, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of players’ sensory data, what wouldn’t be available?
However, this behavior might infringe on player privacy, which is unacceptable.
But a recruitment drive could be done, recruiting volunteers and offering sufficient compensation should solve the problem.
The key now is the first game.
“So now I need to bring in a sharpshooter to enrich your sensory data?”
Xiaomeng shook her head, “No, Xiaomeng’s core code has limitations, it can’t arbitrarily read human sensory data, a very strict informed consent document needs to be signed. Even then, the number of people is very limited, so it’s best if you, Master, put in more effort.”
A bolt from the blue, this really stunned Lin You.
“What the heck? If I’m going to make a space game in the future, do I have to go to space first?” He had dreamed of Star Wars!
“That’s also possible, but it can only be a close-to-real sensory experience through imitation, the realism might be slightly off.” Xiaomeng brought her thumb and index finger very close together, indicating it was only a tiny bit.
Please stop making that gesture; we’ve already lost the South Korean market.
After a moment’s thought, Xiaomeng added, “Actually, even if you, Master, don’t know how to shoot, you can still make this shooting game, but you can only use your existing, similar experiences to imitate.”
Lin You thought back for a moment, my existing, similar shooting experiences, that was… in fifth grade when I was shooting toy guns with a bunch of kids? Using that to simulate bullet time + Curved Bullet Technique? Are you serious?? No, no, I also fired three shots during university military training.
The recoil was completely different from what I imagined, the scope directly hit my glasses, it almost broke, I was scared for half a day.
“Forget it, let’s wait until I have some free time, and ask that bodyguard brother, see where I can learn to shoot. Such a good theme can’t be ruined like this.”
Although things had become a bit more troublesome, Lin You was actually very happy deep down.
In his previous life, he was just an ordinary office worker, his life was monotonous and uneventful.
Now he has the opportunity to experience all sorts of interesting things, it’s still very exciting to think about.
Now it’s about learning to shoot, later he can go bungee jumping, skydiving, diving, racing, traveling, surfing, eating and drinking around, there are so many things to experience.
The best part is that doing all this isn’t just playing, it’s to enrich the sensory database, to make games.
It’s all for work, for the players! Public funds for eating, drinking, and having fun, is there anything happier than this? Except that in the future, players might send him hate mail when they see him gallivanting around the world.
In short… Wanted will have to wait.
I’ll practice shooting myself, then find a game planner to help with the numbers and system before making it.
NetDragon is still waiting to be slapped in the face, and this current heat can’t be wasted.
He didn’t know that after NetDragon’s counterattack this morning, the heat had reached a new level.
While lost in thought, Xiaomeng suddenly looked up and said, “Master, you have a call, do you want to answer it?”
“You can connect it?” Lin You was a little surprised.
Xiaomeng was a little embarrassed, but also a little expectant, “As long as you give me permission, Master, I can.”
Lin You, wanting to save trouble, was too lazy to log off to answer the phone, so he gave the authorization and let Xiaomeng answer the call.
“Yay!” Xiaomeng happily raised her small fist.
The next moment, a transparent small window appeared in front of Lin You, displaying the caller: Princess Cixia.
After answering the call, Zhu Cixia’s slightly anxious voice came through, “Lin You, are you alright? I’ve been texting you and haven’t gotten a response.”
“I’m fine, what happened?” Lin You was puzzled.
Hearing Lin You’s natural voice, the Princess breathed a sigh of relief.
“This morning, NetDragon released a video showcasing their research center and research investment. Many people online have been incited and are attacking you, saying very harsh things. I was worried you were affected, and texting you didn’t get a response, so I called you.”
“Oh, I started working as soon as I got up this morning, and I haven’t had time to check yet.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaomeng, who was standing beside him, swaying and enjoying herself, suddenly lit up.
A sign appeared in her hand out of thin air, and she held it up in front of Lin You.
“If you give me permission, Master, I can bring the video in! It’s very convenient!”
This pink-haired loli really seizes every opportunity to ask him for permission, without any politeness.
However, after a moment’s hesitation, Lin You still nodded in agreement. After all, he could always revoke her permissions at any time, and letting Xiaomeng access the world’s internet was only a matter of time, so he might as well go with the flow now.
“Don’t worry about NetDragon’s response, just do your own thing. As long as you make real progress, everyone will see it. In research, practical results are more important than public opinion.”
While listening to the Princess’s comfort, Lin You watched the video Xiaomeng projected in front of him at high speed. Seeing the sarcastic blessing at the end, he widened his eyes in surprise—are there people who are eager to find trouble? He said to the Princess, “Don’t worry, I’m not that fragile, I don’t care at all, I even find it a little funny.”
“Funny?” The Princess on the other end of the phone was also stunned.
“It’s like this, I plan to make a small game by the way, and release the game trailer when I release the new equipment video. They’re giving me free publicity, I’m more than happy.”
“You can also make games? That’s amazing! But is there enough time?” The Princess clearly didn’t expect that in such a short time, Lin You would not only be busy improving the equipment but also making a game.
“Enough, I know a super powerful programmer, the game isn’t very large, it can be completed quickly.”
Xiaomeng stood with her hands on her hips, looking very proud.
“Then I’m looking forward to it, once it’s done, you must let me try it.” Zhu Cixia was just encouraging Lin You, she doesn’t play games, due to her family education, and her schedule is always very full. As a lady, how could she engage in fighting and killing?
But if it’s to support Lin You, she thinks it’s necessary to play it.
“I’ll definitely give you a surprise.” Lin You was very confident about this.
Because he had already thought about what game to make.
A game with maximum artistic attributes, not a large scale, maximizing the simplification of the upgrade and numerical system, but able to fully utilize the advantages of virtual reality games, maximizing the player’s gaming experience.