When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay

At this point, Gu Fan asked Lilith a spiritual question: "Mr. Li, do you think you can withstand this situation if it really happens?"

Lilith couldn't help but be stunned, and after a long time she raised her thumb: "I feel like you are the real devil!

"Come to hell immediately, our hell needs talents like you!"

Gu Fan coughed twice: "Ahem, aren't I just glowing for hell right now?"

Lilith thought carefully about the scene Gu Fan described and found it very difficult to bear.

It seems that humans do have an advantage in this regard. While the torture of demons is still mainly on the physical level, the torture of humans has been elevated to the spiritual level.

If such a thing really happened, the angel would probably turn into a fallen angel at the speed of light, while the devil would probably go directly to heaven.

"But...Gu Fan, are you sure you can do this in the game?"

It is normal for Lilith to have such doubts.

Gu Fan did give an example to let Lilith have this kind of feeling of being in someone else's shoes, but there is a problem: Lilith has a strong sense of belonging to hell, so she only feels it when she can't distinguish between hell and heaven. to pain.

But what about the players?

This is just a game. Whether it is a fairy world or a science fiction world, it is not the real world for humans.

And even if the real world is used as the background of the story, players still know very clearly that this is just a game.

After all, current games have not yet developed to the point of 100% realism.

If players don't have such a strong sense of belonging to the game world, can it still have such a torture effect?

Gu Fan explained: “This is actually not difficult to do.

"Compared with other art carriers, what is the strongest point of games? It is the interactivity and sense of substitution of games.

“Even a simple pixel-style game can use good plot and game mechanism design to allow players to identify with this simple world through repeated choices.

“In the concept of most players, the game mechanism is actually very simple, with nothing more than two types: one is the NPC that is helpful to them, and the other is the enemy that needs to be defeated.

“NPCs will give players tasks, help in fights, have plot dialogues, and guide players’ behavior.

“The enemies are simple, with red names by default, and there is almost no second option other than to fight when they meet.

“For players, it is painful to be killed by a powerful enemy, but it is even more painful to accidentally kill a useful NPC.

"If you confuse the difference between the two..."

Lilith's eyes began to shine: "I understand! What you mean is...

"When the two worlds switch, useful NPCs will become enemies, so the player accidentally kills the NPCs?

“Very good, it sounds very exciting!

"But...why is this game called "Ascension"?"

Gu Fan explained: "It's very simple, because the ending of this game can be seen as the ascension of flesh and blood, or it can be seen as the ascension of machinery.

“Both worlds are on the verge of collapse, both are ‘sick’, and the role played by the player must act as a savior to defeat powerful enemies, cut off the causes of the entire world, and ultimately bring the entire world to a better place. s future."

Lilith clapped her hands: "So, flesh and blood ascension and mechanical ascension are two completely different routes?

"The world of Xianxia pursues the ascension of flesh and blood, while the world of science fiction pursues mechanical ascension?"

Gu Fan shook his head: "This is not easy to define. It mainly depends on which player chooses to believe."

Lilith was surprised: "How do you say that?"

Gu Fan explained: "Let me give you a simple example.

"In the world of Xianxia, ​​the player will see that the creatures here have extremely strong vitality. He will see a dismembered puppy on the ground, with its flesh and intestines exposed, surrounded by flies.

“But the puppy did not die, but struggled hard and barked at the player for help.

“And not far from it, there is a terrifying flesh and blood monster with countless tentacles.

"But if the player's vision switches to the world of science fiction, then he will find that this is actually a dismantled robot puppy, with parts and wires scattered outside, and electric sparks erupting from time to time.

"And that terrifying flesh and blood monster with countless tentacles is just a large recycling robot.

“The player repairs the robot puppy in a sci-fi world, reconnects the wires, puts the parts back in place, and gets the robot running again.

“But in the Xianxia world, players actually tie the puppy’s intestines into knots and stuff the flesh and blood back into the body.

“The reverse is also true.

“When players enter a restaurant in a science fiction world, they will drink gasoline and eat metal parts. There are robots in the kitchen dismantling some old machinery to use as food.

“But in the world of Xianxia, ​​this is just a normal restaurant.

"So... Mr. Li, what do you think is the ending that players should really pursue in the world of fairy tales and science fiction?"

Lilith thought for a while: "If we follow common sense...

"Then humans should hope that the world of Xianxia returns to normal, with no more immortal life and no more terrifying flesh and blood monsters.

"Science fiction world...I can't guess it yet."

Gu Fan nodded: "Yes, players will hope that the world of Xianxia will no longer have immortal life and terrifying flesh and blood monsters.

“And if the player is in a science fiction world, they will see that those robots have developed self-awareness, they have awakened, but they are still enslaved.

"So, the goal of players in the science fiction world is to liberate these mechanical life forms so that they can gain consciousness and evolve in the way they want."

Lilith nodded: "That's quite reasonable."

Gu Fan continued: "But the key is that these two worlds are one, and if you look at it from another perspective, it will look very scary.

"If the world of Xianxia returns to normal, and there are no more immortal lives and flesh-and-blood monsters, what does that mean? It means that in the science fiction world, machines cannot give birth to offspring or reproduce, and all machines cannot be repaired or reproduced. It will only eventually lead to death and destruction.

"If the science fiction world finally liberates mechanical life, allowing them to gain consciousness and continue to evolve, then in the world of Xianxia, ​​terrifying flesh-and-blood creatures will occupy the world. They will continue to devour all life, and the whole world will eventually fall into a terrible crisis. The abyss of flesh and blood.

"In the world of Xianxia, ​​the player chooses to concentrate all flesh and blood on himself, endure the curse and return the world to normal. However, from the perspective of the science fiction world, it is the protagonist who snatches away all resources and deprives all mechanical life of evolution. The possibility of becoming the ultimate BOSS.

"vice versa."

Lilith frowned and took a sip of instant noodle soup. It was obvious that her brain was a little overheated at this time, and the more she thought about it, the more confused she felt.

But this kind of chaos is exactly what Ascension is trying to achieve.

Even hearing it makes my brain hurt, let alone playing it in person!

"That means there is no good ending in this game?" Lilith asked.

Gu Fan shook his head: "In my conception, there is still a good ending, but the triggering conditions are more stringent.

“Players must beat both regular endings before they can beat this hidden ending.

"The so-called hidden ending is that the two worlds are isolated, one becomes a normal fairy world, and the other becomes a normal science fiction world."

Lilith immediately shook her head: "No! There is absolutely no reason for us to make such an ending. It will give players a lot of positive emotions!"

Gu Fan coughed twice: "Mr. Li, I think this ending is still necessary.

“It’s not terrible to generate positive emotions. The key is, how many negative emotions can we use these positive emotions to generate?

"In fact, this ending is not actually good, it just makes abnormal things return to normal.

“It’s just because the other two endings were so upsetting that this ending seems better.

“Without this happy ending, players would have no motivation at all and would give up faster.

"But with this good ending, if players want to see it, they can only pinch their noses and play the other two endings first. In the process, we can still gain a lot of negative emotions!"

Lilith frowned, and after thinking about it seriously, she nodded slightly: "Well...it seems to make some sense."

She scrolled down the design plan: "So what does the last one, two-player mode, mean?"