In the world view of "Ink and Wash", the story takes place in the ancient times of China. A kind of evil beast called nightmare appeared, feeding on people's fear, hatred, despair, hatred, hatred, hatred, and hatred, growing stronger and stronger.

The Nightmare Beast entrenched in the Yangmeng City in the center of the world, making everyone in the city fall into a dream. At the same time, its power also affects every corner of the world. Many originally gentle monsters in the world have become violent and the world has become full of dangers.

"Ink and Wash 2" inherits the world view of the original work, but adds many details.

The scholar's mission is still to defeat the Nightmare Beast, but he no longer fights head-on to the decisive battle with the Nightmare Beast, because his strength is insufficient, he must first gain strength to make himself stronger.

He needs to travel around the world, obtain the power of the four holy beasts, and constantly weaken the power of the nightmare beasts in order to eventually defeat them.

The whole world is roughly composed of five parts, the center is earth, and Yangmeng City and the Nightmare Beast are in the central area. The four areas in the east, west, south, north, and north are respectively, including the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. They become restless under the influence of the Nightmare Beast. The scholar must obtain the power of the four Sacred Beasts before he can fight the Nightmare Beasts.

The areas where the four holy beasts live are closely related to their attributes. For example, the Qinglong in the east lives in the coastal area, where the four seasons are like spring and there are many thunderstorms. In addition to the fishermen on the sea, there are also the legendary mermaids on the sea.

Mermaids are a magical race in Chinese mythology. They have beautiful appearances, and they become fish tails and humans in water, and they become handsome humans on land. Mermaids are good at textiles and can make dragon silk that is not wet in and out of water, and they will make tear into beads. The oil burns very low, and a drop can burn for several days.

Because of these characteristics, many humans hunt mermaids, sell them as slaves, whip them day and night to obtain pearls, and even destroy them and then squeeze out oil to make eternal lamps.

In order for the protagonist to obtain the power of the Azure Dragon, he must resolve the hatred between humans and mermaids and gain the trust of the entire mermaid group in order to successfully appease the Azure Dragon Holy Beast.

The white tiger in the West belongs to metal, and is in the Kunlun Mountains. It is in autumn all year round. The autumn equinox is bleak and the fallen leaves are falling. There are various beast tribes in the mountains, including wolf monsters, fox monsters, and demon tribes, which are the metallurgical techniques that are the best in the world.

The Vermilion Bird in the south is fire, and the feather tribe lives in the jungle at the foot of the southern volcano. They are proficient in shooting skills and can shoot arrows burning with flames. They use the Vermilion Bird as the totem and are not afraid of flames. Even a few feather tribes have the ability to be reborn from the fire.

Xuanwu in the north belongs to water. The snowfield in the extreme north continues to move northward to the North Sea. Xuanwu lives in the North Sea. This is the territory of the Nuwa tribe. The Nuwa tribe has a human body and snake tail, and is good at divination.

The main plot of the game is that the protagonist travels around and comes to the territory of the mermaids, demons, feathers, and Nuwa tribes, completes their tasks, gains trust, and helps the four sacred beasts to get rid of the control of the nightmare beasts. Finally, the four sacred beasts combined with the power of the four sacred beasts to defeat the nightmare beasts, allowing the whole world to be reborn.

In addition, there are also very rich collection elements in the game.

It is rumored that in ancient times, there were saints of calligraphy and painting in the world. These two people traveled around the world and had some insights every time they arrived at a place, leaving their own feelings in the local area.

The Painting Saint left behind a painting environment. After understanding the true meaning of the painting, you can enter the painting environment. After untangling the painting environment, the scholar can improve his ink power.

The Saint of Calligraphy left behind words, which are scattered in different corners of the world and are in large quantities. After collection, you can increase the capacity of your brushes and scrolls.

There are 81 paintings and 1,000 characters in the game, which is enough for players to find the best.

In addition to these, there are also various magical creatures scattered throughout the world, such as the strange beast Qiongqi. This monster is distributed on remote hills everywhere. It is as strong as a tiger, with wings on the back, and its whole body is covered with spikes, and it likes to eat people.

The strange beast Bi Fang looks like a crane, but only has one foot, red markings, a blue body, and a white mouth. Wherever it goes, it often causes strange fire.

The strange beast Lu Shu is shaped like a horse, but its head is white, its markings are like tigers, and its tail is red, which is extremely difficult to encounter and is said to bring good luck.

All kinds of strange beasts are distributed all over the world. If they can be killed, they can not only obtain many precious materials, but also make them into medicines or food, which will have some special bonus effects.

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After everyone saw the design concept draft of "Ink and Wash 2", the game immediately entered the preliminary preparation stage of development.

Preparation mainly involves two aspects: physics engine and art settings.

In "Ink and Wash 2", players' freedom will be very high. This game will add various unique systems like "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", such as throwing fruits on fire and roasting them. After stopping objects, they can instantly release the accumulated power. If you take metal products out on thunderstorms, you will be struck by lightning. After igniting the grass, you will generate upward airflow...

All of these settings fall into the category of physics engines, and these complex settings require repeated debugging to achieve a perfect balance between imagination and reality.

At the same time, because the game has a particularly high degree of freedom, the physics engine must take into account all aspects of the impact.

For example, the scholar's painting skills can erase some objects in the scene, such as a large stone in the scene, or erase part of the object, such as cutting a tree from the bottom.

Then after using the painting skills, the stagnant time flows again, and the damaged scenes must be changed according to physical rules, such as the cut-off tree falling down, or the monster that was originally standing on the stone fell to the ground due to the disappearance of the stone.

These contents are a great improvement in playability, but they are bad news for the program team.

On the other hand, the art team needs to make a lot of art settings for a lot of content in "Ink and Wash 2".

For example, the four holy beasts, strange beasts, mermaids, feather tribes, etc. in the game are all original content. Although this kind of monster has corresponding prototypes in myths and legends, these images are too vague to be used directly in the game.

For example, Xuanwu, in mythology, it is a combination of a turtle and a snake, but what it looks like, including its scales, shell, tail and other details, all require the art team to carefully conceive and design.

This time, "Ink and Wash 2", is a very difficult task for the design group, program group and art group.

Zhong Ming himself was discussing with Lin Xiaoguang about the holographic projection display.
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