Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

Looking at the busy people returning to their respective workstations after the meeting, Chen Xu also showed a smile, and then began to write a concept draft of"Minecraft"

《"Minecraft" can be said to be a very iconic and phenomenal game in its previous life.

Especially since it's an indie game.

In terms of commercial popularity, the global sales of"Minecraft" reached nearly 200 million within ten years, second only to the 500 million sales of"Tetris".

And"Tetris" itself is a game from the 1980s.

The competition we faced at the time was also different from Minecraft.

After all, when"Minecraft" was launched, there were already many other AAA-level masterpieces on the market.

So if we talk about games after the millennium, the sales volume of"Minecraft" can be said to be the first in the world.

This is also related to the unique game attributes of"Minecraft".

The first is all platforms, whether it is mobile phones、PC、The consoles all have the shadow of"Minecraft".

The second is the unique content of"Minecraft".

In"Minecraft", the world presented is not gorgeous graphics and special effects, but focuses on gameplay.

Take building blocks for example. Most people should have played with building blocks. Even if they have not played with building blocks, they have had similar thoughts and ideas about wanting to create a world that belongs only to them.

Build it with building blocks, build it on paper with a paintbrush, or build it in your mind with your eyes closed.

This is the case with"Minecraft". It provides players with such a channel in an extremely simple way.

Players can create and destroy blocks in the game in the three-dimensional space to create exquisite buildings, creations and works of art.

Of course, if this were the only thing, then"Minecraft" would not be able to reach such a height.

Virtually unlimited modes allow players to create in various multiplayer servers or their single-player modes, and there are even many special features such as redstone circuits, minecarts, and rails including logic operations and remote actions..

In addition to these, players can also take adventures in the game, enter dimensions such as the Nether and the End, defeat terrifying BOSS, and play it as an RPG game.

But no matter how you play it,"Minecraft" revolves around one point.

That is creation.

It is not just built with building blocks, but also has scientific creations, including redstone circuit gameplay with logical operations and remote actions.

It can be said that"Minecraft" is more than just a game. Even if you don't have aesthetic design and spatial thinking, you can't even build a good-looking house.

For example, other people's base is always a luxurious villa.

And your house looks like a prison from the outside.

Then I walked in and saw that it looked more like it!

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《The development of"Minecraft" is proceeding steadily.

Although it seems to be a small game, and the previous life of"Minecraft" was an independent game, this does not mean that"Minecraft" has little content.

In fact, this game is quite complicated to make.

Especially in Chen Xu's plan.

It will also add some technological content that will be launched in later versions into one of its own versions.

This includes the redstone system, as well as some other MOD content.

It can be said that"Minecraft" can be so successful. In addition to the excellent content of the game itself, it is also inseparable from the game's MOD.

Different materials, terrains, and a density represented by blocks in the game, as well as an actual art style, and some automatically randomly generated special terrains.

Including when the entire world is generated, the division of resources and the formation of terrain, these all have a set of well-defined rules.

In addition, Chen Xu is also considering a content of the production system in the game.

In the previous life,"Minecraft" has been developed for several years, and there are various corresponding MODs, which are quite complete.

Chen Xu is also considering adding some excellent MOD content into the game itself.

For example, make the things that players can create in the game richer.

Allow players to use the materials in the game to create more things.

For example, the red stone technology in the game can be developed in a sequenced manner.

From the Stone Age to the Steam Age to the Industrial Age, more things were produced based on different materials.

Give players the ability to create these contents, so that the game has a complete technological route.

In fact, in the previous life of"Minecraft", even though an official content of the game itself was not added.

But in fact, there are already many similar MODs in servers built by players themselves.

For example, in"Minecraft", players use various materials to build cars and firearms.

In the game itself, these things are dead objects and cannot move at all.

The vehicle MOD at the beginning was essentially just a skin change for the horse.

But there are many talented people behind it who have developed corresponding MODs.

For example, making the built cars move and allowing guns to fire will make the entire game richer in content.

So playing racing and FPS in"Minecraft" is not a dream.

As for Chen Xu, he is considering adding these contents to the game itself.

Make it part of the game.

After all, the core point of"Minecraft" is creation.

If the player meets the conditions for making a car, why can't he make the car move?

Even if the players meet the requirements for making airplanes and rockets, why can't they be allowed to fly into the sky on the rockets and airplanes they made?

There have been many similar MOD contents in previous lives.

And from a technical point of view, Chen Xu carefully studied a function of the game editor.

He feels that these can be added to"Minecraft", and with the optimization function of the game editor, BUG content will not occur.

As for a performance in the game, it is actually very easy to solve.

Just set it to the core judgment, such as wheels and engines.

It looks like a car, but players only need to meet two core points.

The engine and wheels can make the car run.

In addition, there are other factors.

However, for these contents, we still have to wait for the basic game framework to be completed.

Chen Xu perfected the framework of"Minecraft" bit by bit.