Chapter 43 (2/2)

Bao Xu underlined something on the talisman paper. “We’re now at the second point, setting.”

“There’s a prerequisite that the setting must be one that can be easily replicated. Say, if we have to create three hours worth of a story experience, most overseas standalone games would provide around four completely different settings with varying styles. That’s too difficult for us to accomplish.”

“What I’m thinking is for the story to take place in a crucial stronghold in the middle of the ocean where some evil corporation is conducting virus testing. Their goal is to be able to modify mercenaries into tireless warriors through their experiments.”

“That way, the main character’s story goal would be to kill his way out of the stronghold from the bottom level all the way to the top before escaping. That way, the only type of style we need to provide for the gamers would be one that’s within a secret base.”

“We can differentiate the levels with many ways such as changing the monsters or doing minor adjustments to the settings as long as it’s in the style of a secret base. With just some slight modifications, we can easily create differentiating settings.”

“For example, some of the settings could be polluted by the virus where the walls and floors are rusted or filled with blood and flesh. We could leave some of them in their original states, albeit disordered. Some of the settings will have massive damage as the mercenaries make use of flamethrowers to clear the corpses…”

“With a single setting, we can create different scenarios and that will easily fulfill the setting requirement for the game.”

Huang Sibo rubbed his chin. “Yes, that does sound good! However, if this evil corporation has a base in the middle of the ocean, why would there be a little girl?”

“That’s easy,” Bao Xu continued, “The girl carries some sort of a special antibody and that’s why she was captured by the corporation for experimentation. Through the process of it, she lost her ability to speak as well.”

“That’s brilliant!”

Huang Sibo’s eyes flashed. “Besides, we can even extend that setting. I think we can make it so that the little girl’s blood can be used to help the main character heal. For example, if the player were to be accidentally caught or bitten by the zombies, the little girl would use a syringe to draw her own blood to heal the main character.”

“That’s a great idea!” Bao Xu thought that it was a smart suggestion as well. “That way, the little girl will be even more important to the gamers! Each time she draws her blood, that will deepen the bond between the gamers and the little girl. Following which, she will turn weaker and move slower the more blood she draws. In order to not let the little girl suffer, the gamers will have to improve on their own skills to deal with the enemies more efficiently. That will help them immerse deeper into the game too!”

With that, much of the content was swiftly settled through their brainstorming session.

The game would take place on a secret stronghold in the middle of the ocean and the main character was a special forces soldier of the east who had infiltrated into the base for investigation. However, the virus breakout happened right when he was there.

To escape, he will have to kill his way up to the highest level of the stronghold while acquiring weapons from his enemies and defeating endless waves of zombies and mercenaries.

In the midst of escaping, the main character would come across a little girl who was mute and she would end up becoming his reason to get out of the place alive.

The entire story would revolve around this main character and the little girl.

Even though it wasn’t a complex story, the content was far from simple!

While the little girl was the only side character, as long as she was created carefully, she would definitely leave an everlasting impression for the gamers compared to a dozen useless calefares!

Huang Sibo took notes on his computer tirelessly.

When he looked at the file, he was shocked as well.

What a perfect plan it was!

This was the result of just a few mere hours of conceptualization on Bao Xu’s part?

It had not only solved the issue of the limited resources in the game, the story was logical, balanced, emotional and memorable!

Huang Sibo could not help but raise his thumbs up. “Brother Bao, you’re amazing!”

Bao Xu shook his head. “No, I merely completed the thesis assignment set by Boss Pei. He must have thought of this right from the start and was merely giving us a test to see if we could understand his thoughts.”