Zhong Ming sat down in front of the computer of the previous world architect, opened the plot folder, and watched one by one.

Tian Yuan sat next to him, and the little girl glanced at him from time to time, probably to see how the legendary genius designer worked.

As a result, Zhong Ming sat for an hour and was just flipping through various plot documents without moving a single word.

Tian Yuan was curious and wanted to know if Zhong Ming could save this plot, but she didn't dare to ask more questions.

Zhong Ming is also considering this issue.

This world architect is quite good at writing.

Just setting the basic world outlook alone, I wrote about 30,000 words.

There are also the side story plots of each chapter in the game, and there is also a lot of content. The entire game is divided into eleven chapters. The plot stories of the first three chapters have been written, and each chapter also has 10,000 or 20,000 words.

Of course, these 20,000 words are not purely dialogue text content, and there are also some text descriptions of game display.

For example, when players control the character to come to the boss, in addition to dialogue, there are also some simple plot actions, scene changes, etc., which must also be described in text for easy understanding.

Pure dialogue text, with two or three thousand words, is also very scary.

This includes mission dialogue, puzzle content, prop description, monster lines...

Especially the plot content, there is indeed a lot.

Zhong Ming looked at it and found that the plot was well written. It was a good story if you looked at it without the game.

But the problem is, the text volume is too large, right?

Moreover, the subsequent chapters are the ending stage of the plot, with many tasks and many props, maybe they have to go for 30,000 words.

If this is the case, Zhong Ming would write nearly 200,000 words!

In one month, I wrote 200,000 words.

That must be impossible...

Even if Zhong Ming can write it out, he will not do such a thing. He will be full of food!

No wonder no one took over the plot in this mess, so I didn’t say whether I wanted it or not. Most people were scared away when they saw this structure.

Zhong Ming fell into deep thought as he looked at the plot of the game.

After a while, Wu Minghao came.

"How is it? Do you have any clues? Order takeout for everyone, eat first, and have a rest."

Wu Minghao is also very concerned about the plot, after all, this directly affects whether the game can be launched as scheduled.

Zhong Ming was silent for a moment: "It's no help, overthrow it and rework it."

"ah??"

Wu Minghao was stunned at that time, and Tian Yuan next to him was also stunned!

Overturning and redoing? Are you serious???

Wu Minghao quickly pulled a chair from the side and sat down, advising: "Don't worry, don't worry, look again, it's really impossible to save it, let's consider overthrowing the redo..."

He was a little panicked.

Indeed, this mess is difficult to clean up and a big pit is difficult to fill, and Wu Minghao is very clear about it.

According to the previous plan of the world architect, the plot text of the entire game will probably reach about 300,000 words. Now less than 100,000 words have been completed, and there is still a pit of nearly 200,000 words.

It is indeed difficult to fill in this 200,000-word pit in one month.

However, you can't throw away the 100,000 words in front...

Seeing this situation, most people must make the first 100,000 words as much as possible. After all, the big framework has been set up and the previous chapters have been completed. Now that I throw them away, isn’t that a loss?

Zhong Ming explained: "It's not that I want to be lazy... Well, I want to be lazy is actually one reason, but not the main reason. The key is that writing the plot like this is thankless and meaningless."

"Uh...what do you mean..." Wu Minghao hesitated a little.

"Only keep the original worldview setting, all other contents are rewritten. However, the text volume needs to be compressed in large quantities. The plot text of 300,000 words is enough to compress it to 50,000."

Zhong Ming cut 300,000 into 50,000 when he opened his mouth.

Tian Yuan couldn't help but say, "Fifty thousand...50,000, it's a little short..."

She had always resisted not interrupting, but this time she really couldn't help it.

After all, 300,000 has changed to 50,000, which is really a bit too much...

Pure plot synopsis? That's so dry, readers don't like to watch it.

But if you follow the previous writing method, it is basically impossible to compress 300,000 to 50,000.

"Oh, by the way, there are also changes in the gameplay. I just played it and felt that the difficulty was a bit too low. It is recommended that the monster's damage value be increased by two levels." Zhong Ming said.

Wu Minghao was confused again.

What are you going to do?

"Uh, does the monster's damage value have anything to do with the plot..." Wu Minghao couldn't help asking.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Of course there is one, this one, I will give you a detailed revision suggestion, you can take a look."

Wu Minghao and Zhong Ming were having dinner while chatting. The more they chatted, the more they felt, the more they felt.

I can't understand what Zhong Ming is going to do!

Of course, Zhong Ming had not had time to explain to him yet. After all, such a big change could not be explained clearly in a hurry. But the two points Zhong Ming said were: one was to compress the text and the other was to increase the difficulty of the game. Both of these points made Wu Minghao a little weak.

Instinctively feel... not so reliable!

Of course, Wu Minghao did not refuse directly, but was just waiting for the first chapter rewrite by Zhong Ming to come out.

Moreover, the agreement has been signed. Wu Minghao used to pat his chest and promise that the plot would be handed over to Zhong Ming. You can change it casually. Now it is not easy to change the mind, so he can only bite the bullet and let Zhong Ming do it.

...

The next day, Zhong Ming began to write the plot of "The Realm of Fantasy".

The plot's large framework has not been modified much, after all, the completion level before was already very high, and the key is that the rash changes in the game content are too great.

For example, some plots stipulate the types and characteristics of monsters in this chapter. If they are changed, the monsters in the game will also need to be changed. This change will involve too much.

Therefore, Zhong Ming just recreated under the original framework.

After eating so many literary fruits, Zhong Ming's plot ability has improved significantly and he can write quickly.

While writing the plot of "The Realm of Fantasy", Zhong Ming also took time to explain to Brother Dahui and Zhou Sen the specific design of "Ink and Wash Clouds and Smoke", and the development work here is also underway as scheduled.

If the development of both studios goes well, then "Fantasy Domain" will be released online in about one month, while "Ink and Wash" will be released more than two months later.

After the New Year, you can start thinking about moving the studio, and recruit more people to develop larger games.

...

Wednesday afternoon.

According to the previous agreement, every Wednesday and Saturday, Zhong Ming went to Fantasy Time Studio, mainly to communicate some issues face to face.

"The plot of the first chapter has been completed, and the text is being uploaded. You can update the client and go to the game to watch it." Not long after Zhong Ming sat down at the work station, he sent a message in the group notifying everyone.

The game completion of "Fantasy Domain" has reached nearly 80%. The previous chapters have basically been decided and will not be majorly changed.

Now Zhong Ming has changed the plot of the first chapter, uploaded it again, and configured various plot dialogues, task texts and prop descriptions, even if the completion degree of the first chapter is completely 100%, you can directly enter the game to experience it.

Wu Minghao didn't say anything, but updated the game and ran in.

After running the plot of the first chapter, Wu Minghao was confused.

What's going on???

I don’t have any special feeling, I just feel that all the previous large plots are gone!

Originally, the NPCs inside seemed a little talkative. When they took on the task, they wanted to tell all the stories related to the task. Now, they have become cold-hearted one by one, and they are vague. The feeling of wanting to speak but stopping makes Wu Minghao want to hit someone.

Moreover, after running it, Wu Minghao felt that the plot of the first chapter did not seem to be explained clearly!

Logically speaking, each chapter is a small plot.

There is a connection between the first and the second chapters, but basically it is a new area and there is little connection.

But now, some of the holes dug in Chapter 1 have not been filled in at all!

For example, in the first chapter, there is a task where the protagonist comes to a village. There is a couple in the village who are secretly attacking passers-by and nearby villagers to eat it. On the surface, it is not obvious, but in fact, as the plot progresses, the villagers will gradually decrease.

At this time, according to the original plot design, the protagonist will find something wrong by himself and trigger some other tasks, slowly peel off the disguise of the couple, and finally break into the cellar where the two of them are hiding, finding evidence that they can eat people...

But in the plot after Zhong Ming’s revision, all these tasks were cut off, and no one left!

Couples in the village still can eat people, and the number of villagers will still decrease, but there will be no relevant task prompts.

The entrance to the cellar is very hidden. Without the guidance of the task, players can only infer the location of the cellar through prop descriptions and the words mentioned by other villagers and explore on the map to enter.

Once you enter, you will face a side boss battle.

Before changing the plot, players were mentally prepared and would definitely buy various supplies, repair equipment, etc. before entering. But after changing the plot, players may think that they have just arrived in a new scene and would never think that they might encounter a boss, and would definitely be confused!

In short, the narrative is broken and the difficulty is also increased!
To be continued...