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Chapter 5 Art Style

Yang Chen really wanted to draw what he wanted with his own hands, but the key point was that he couldn't draw at all. When he drew a sketch of a person, his drawings were not even as good-looking as stick figures. This was Yang Chen's level of painting.

The art style of the game in Dream Memory can be said to be quite ugly and disgusting.

You can look at the art style, matching the plot, and even the gameplay, and you can say that these are all linked together.

But the main core reason is that that style is easier to produce. Yang Chen still has some judgment on this point.

In terms of gameplay design, creative elements, etc., Yang Chen felt that the other party was much better than him, but in terms of art elements, Yang Chen felt that the other party was unable to hire a specialized artist just because of cost issues.

If you look carefully, you will find that in that game in your memory, most of the characters and monsters are carved from the same mold.

Yang Chen himself has an art outsourcing service, so he can make the pictures look better and the characters more cute.

But Yang Chen still decided to follow the style in his memory.

For no other reason than for a gimmick.

The games on the market all feature cute girls. Suddenly a big bird appears to support her. Would you be curious and take a look?

Just like boys' women's clothing, it comes from a kind of curiosity. There are obviously many women's clothing on the video website that are very eye-catching, but the number of clicks is still quite high. Why?

It's because of the curiosity.

Regarding the game's style, Yang Chen doesn't intend to make it disgusting, but rather to take a weird and ugly route.

After all, what Yang Chen wants is a gimmick that makes players curious, not really disgusting them.

This is also the safest approach. As for retaining the original flavor of the game, this must be done based on the actual situation.

For example, the painting style should be more in line with Chinese aesthetics, and the original storyline should be weakened.

According to the plot introduction of this game in Dream Memory, it is from the Western Bible, but for Chinese players, they don’t know what the Bible is.

Time doesn't allow for changing the story. At least, Yang Chen doesn't think he has the ability to come up with a good story in such a short time.

Therefore, weakening the performance of the plot and focusing on the gameplay is the main task.

After discussing it for about an hour, Chu Yang, at Yang Chen's request, simply drew a two-dimensional character with a sense of humor, with a head larger than the body and no nose.

"Yes, it is this style, the style of monsters. It should maintain a grotesque style, but it should also be a little cute, not disgusting and scary." Yang Chen nodded and looked at the original painting on Chu Yang's computer.

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"Is this style? I understand?"

After saving the file, Chu Yang stood up: "If you provide a game script, we can create better."

After signing the contract, provide the outsourcer with a game script, including a contract for the original painting. This is a basic matter.

These things all have an accurate image in the mind of the producer, just like the script and storyboard design of a comic.

Words are needed to describe specific things. It is impossible for every character to stay next to the staff in charge of art like Yang Chen does now, telling him what he needs bit by bit.

Fortunately, small productions don’t have so many things to do, but when it comes to large-scale games, especially those at the 3A level.

Just the manuscript of the art setting can definitely be read as a novel.

After leaving Dream Chaser and returning home, it was already around 5:30 in the evening.

"How's it going?" Looking at Yang Chen who walked in through the door, Wang Yaliang, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, stood up and asked Yang Chen.

"The other party's capabilities are pretty good. In addition to the art, everything including programming has been outsourced to them. However, I need to provide them with a script later so that they can more intuitively determine what kind of style the game will be like." Yang Chen

Put your bag on the table, take out the signed contract, and put it in the bookcase in your room.

I am responsible for the general production of the entire game myself, and the rest, including the programming, are outsourced.

This sounds quite unreliable, but in fact it is a very normal thing. Even some big companies often do this kind of thing and outsource game projects to other studios. However, they have a better idea for this kind of behavior.

A professional and better-sounding word is called: OEM.

To put it simply, the principle of OEM in reality is similar to that in real life.

As for whether it will be plagiarized, Yang Chen is not worried at all, because both parties will go to the game committee to register relevant information.

This is also to prevent creative or plot-oriented games from being replaced by an outsourcing company.

"That's it!" Wang Yaliang responded suddenly.

"But, how about I find a job tomorrow? After all, I won't be needed for a long time." Wang Yaliang lay on Yang Chen's body and said face to face.

Although she was previously asked to be responsible for the initial human resources and financial aspects, now they are still the bare-bones commander, and all the art programs and other aspects of the game are given to outsourcing companies.

"No, we will expand the scale soon. With the size of 'Dream Chaser', if everything goes well, they will be able to complete the demo version in about a week. When the game reaches the beta version, it can be sold directly in advance.

We are recruiting people ourselves to complete the subsequent updates of the game." Yang Chen shook his head and told Wang Yaliang in detail.

Of course, there is one thing he didn't say, that is, this is based on the success of the game.

If the game fails, maybe he really has no talent in the game industry. After all, he is standing on the shoulders of giants. If he can fail like this, then he is probably not suitable, even if he really likes games.

One line.

"I've made money from the game. I'm going to buy a Samoyed. I've always wanted to keep one!" Wang Yaliang said with his chin resting on Yang Chen's shoulder.

"Samoyeds don't seem very smart, do they? And compared to the dog problem, I want to know when we can eat. I'm so hungry!" Turning his head, Yang Chen raised his hand and pinched Wang Yaliang's face and asked seriously

road.

"Uh... I forgot to do it?" Wang Yaliang heard Yang Chen's words and twisted his head to the side.

So, is it really about forgetting to do it rather than being too lazy to do it?
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