After discussing some development plans for the Oasis Community and Platform with Li Haoming in Hucheng, Su Li did not immediately return to Xinhai City, but instead took a detour to Sucheng, where he made an appointment with someone.

The new project of the future Oasis has now entered the stage of formal development. Although there are not many people in the studio now, the progress is still pretty good.

The initial work of development was mainly to design a combat system. Summit is now responsible for this combat system. For an ARPG, the design of the combat system is a very critical task.

It can be said that for an ARPG, the combat system determines half of the success or failure of the game.

Regarding the combat system, Summit is slightly stronger than Su Li in both experience and understanding. As the second person in the development team, Su Li naturally handed over this key task to him.

The new intern has accumulated experience with Summit and is familiar with Oasis's development environment.

The development pressure is not great now, and the studio maintains a relatively relaxed development atmosphere. Unlike those online projects with huge online time pressure, overtime is basically meaningless for a stand-alone project with a long development cycle. In the future, Oasis will have much less working time than when it was developed "The Lost Secret Realm".

After all, at that time, the project of "The Lost Secret Realm" was related to the life and death of the future oasis, and now there is no such urgent pressure.

This time, Su Li came to Sucheng to meet a potential partner. The person introduced by Xu Chuan, who is a well-known person in their circle. Xu Chuan is a board game circle and has met many group runners. Although he prefers traditional DND, he is not opposed to some other styles of TPRG.

This man named "Shanhe" is a relatively famous KP in their circle, mainly a KP of the COC (Cthulhu) group.

KP is the abbreviation of Key person or Keeper, and is TRPG, that is, the game controller and host in desktop role-playing.

The word KP is often used in Cthulhu mythological running group games. In other types of games, this character has other names, such as DM (Dungeon Master, Dungeon Master), ST (Story Teller, Story Teller), and GM (Game Master, Game Controller).

Cthulhu myth is a very popular thing in recent years. Some settings with the shadow of Cthulhu myth can be seen in many games, and are now well-known to more and more people.

Now, the future Oasis needs to add the designers of game background and game tasks. Su Li and Xu Chuan are also doing this, but there are quite a lot of things to do in this regard, so they hope to add a collaborator who is proficient in this.

When Su Li proposed this demand, Xu Chuan recommended the person "Shanhe". In fact, the relationship between Xu Chuan and "Shanhe" is just a general matter, just to do something to match the situation. Su Li needs to discuss the specifics himself.

The reason why Xu Chuan recommended Shanhe is because compared to other KPs, Shanhe is not only an excellent game host, but also an excellent script writer and module designer. The COC group in Shanhe never uses other people's scripts and modules. Everything is written by him and has been well received.

An excellent mod script is not that easy to write. The core of TRPG is role-playing, allowing players to play their roles immersively, enjoy plots that cannot be experienced in life, and be able to change the ending of the game based on their actions.

The game progress of TRPG is open, and KP requires different feedback on players' different actions. A wonderful running tour requires the joint cooperation between the host and the player.

Before coming to Sucheng, Su Li had already watched several records of Shanhe's running tours online and had some understanding of this person's style.

Shanhe is a middle-aged man in his thirties, dressed in an artist-like style, had a beard and a braid tied.

This image is not much different from what Su Li had initially imagined. The sounds of mountains and rivers in the video are mature and magnetic. They can use arias to read various narration backgrounds and are good at creating a game atmosphere.

"You're much younger than I thought."

When Shanhe saw Su Li, he naturally sighed: "To be honest, I envy you very much. You can do what you want and do so successfully."

Shanhe’s main business is to work in an interior design company in a local design company, and he is considered a person in the art world.

Running groups and writing are his hobbies. But to be honest, Shanhe has a much greater reputation in the TRPG field than in the interior design field. In the company, he is just an ordinary designer, and no one knows his second identity.

"I have seen the modules you wrote and watched a lot of group running videos you hosted. Your level in this regard is worthy of your reputation."

Su Li has also been in contact with TRPG and participated in group runs organized by his classmates when he was abroad. He still has a certain understanding of this aspect.

Among Shanhe's scripts, what surprised Su Li the most were those unexpected but reasonable endings.

Even with the same module, under the design and hosting of Shanhe, each tour of the group will have a completely different experience and a completely different ending.

Open process and ending are a major feature of TRPG, because in TRPG, the manipulation of the plot is not a pre-set program, but a living person. Excellent KP can give appropriate feedback when players make unexpected decisions and guide the plot on another completely different route.

Similarly, these modules designed by Shanhe are very subtle in the plot, making people feel very exploratory.

His style is to try to allow players to fully reflect the plot of the module and conduct in-depth exploration, and not make things difficult for players. It is completely different from those evil KPs that enjoy the fun of killing players.

"Thank you for the praise." Shanhe smiled. He was still happy about Su Li's affirmation. Su Li was able to specially come to Su Cheng to see him, which also reflected Su Li's importance to him.

Su Li asked naturally: "Have you ever thought about changing careers?"

Shanhe shook his head and said with a smile: "Life still needs to go on. I like to write stories and design plots, but this thing is not popular in China. Domestic game companies will hardly recruit special plot designers, and most of them use copywriting planning instead. Some even save copywriting. Just hire an intern to write a little."

"You should also know the treatment in this regard. To be honest, it is not as good as my current income."

Shanhe said it very calmly, and it is also true.

In domestic game companies, only a few major manufacturers will set up special plot designers. For ordinary companies, there is no need to set up such a position. The core of mobile games is social, gameplay and values, rather than plots.

As for the plot, the common routines of game companies nowadays are to directly purchase ready-made IPs and adapt them slightly according to the gameplay. There is already a mature routine in this regard.

The ready-made IP comes with a group of players, which has small risks and good returns.

As for tasks, these companies naturally have a mature task system, with various tasks one-stop, and closely linked to the paid points set up, making them a tried and tested system.

"The Oasis of the Future requires a plot designer and mission designer to participate in our new project."

Su Li went straight to the topic and said, "If you are interested, we can discuss it further."
Chapter completed!