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Chapter 174 : Creative Workshop (Lite Version)
The advancement of communication technology gave Lin Lixin a lot of inspiration.
As early as when he was working on the multiplayer function, he already had thoughts in this direction.
It was just that the procurement and configuration of mainframes indeed required careful consideration, which was why it had been delayed until now to have the opportunity to start.
Although the fancy tricks Nintendo pulled with the Famicom Modem were somewhat useless, they still had a certain reference value.
If they could create a mod resource sharing platform similar to the Creative Workshop of later generations, then from now on, the lifespan of games on the NX would be greatly extended.
Ẃėb́ nо̊v̂ е l É nǔ m̊ ȧ
Whether it was the sandbox staple Minecraft, the RPG heavyweight The Elder Scrolls, or Bethesda's Fallout series, all of them relied on mods to keep the games forever young.
There would even be a large number of players who, because they liked one or several specific mods, would stay on an older version of a game and refuse to update.
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Specifically naming Minecraft 1.7.10.
Taking it to a more extreme level, there were games like GMod and Roblox that were completely maintained by the community.
This model was generally called the UGC model in the industry.
"UGC?"
Еń ū mа̂
Gerald listened to the unfamiliar vocabulary Lin Lixin brought up, trying to understand which words it was a combination of.
"It's User Generated Content, right? User Generated Content."
Carmack, as part of the technical backbone, had a clearer understanding of what Lin Lixin wanted to achieve and guessed what it was about.
"Exactly. While we are developing games, we are also trying to build a creation platform. Making players a part of game development as well."
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"This... is truly an astonishing idea."
Gerald was taken aback for a moment, looking at the giant computer behind him.
Ẁ ӗb̌ñ о vе̄ l Е̃n ŭ ḿ_å
To this day, modifying a game without official permission was still regarded as a kind of cracking behavior.
On a smaller scale, it was a prank; on a larger scale, it could even lead directly to a lawsuit.
However, Lin Lixin's idea seemed to be planning to directly open up this right, normalize this practice, and even promote it.
"But... will this have any negative impacts?"
Gerald frowned slightly.
Handing the right of secondary development completely over to the players wasn't necessarily a guaranteed profitable business.
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First of all, the most obvious problem was naturally the impact on expansion packs.
If everyone could develop their own expansion content, those hidden experts among the populace would certainly develop some high-quality gameplay mods.
If GAMENOVA wanted to develop some new content later, there might already be a community mod filling a similar function.
Lin Lixin obviously guessed what Gerald was thinking; he had already explained this issue to Sam once.
"First of all, Mr. Gerald, if we really take a liking to a certain Mod, we can very well issue a bonus, or even directly recruit them."
This was an encouraging behavior, similar to a royalty system, just more open.
Еṅǔm̃ а̀. ї d̂
A content creation environment that allowed all players to participate.
"Besides, why wouldn't we be able to make something better?"
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"Furthermore, a healthy modding community can greatly extend the lifespan of our works."
Developers' ideas are limited, and developers' energy is also limited.
GAMENOVA couldn't possibly maintain only one work forever.
As development progressed, it was inevitable that a massive amount of energy would be shifted to new works.
W̄еb.n̈ õ vê l Е n̄ú m̊ ã
At that time, it would actually be only the players in the community who could support the subsequent development of a game.
"When we were developing the game Civilization, we were already intentionally working hard on the ease of use for mods, we just don't know how long it will take to see results."
"So you plan to turn Civilization into an open creation platform?"
Gerald understood Lin Lixin's meaning.
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Although this idea was unbelievable, after thinking about it carefully, one would discover the profound mystery within.
If this thing could really operate...
Е̊ n̊ û m ä
"No, no, no, Gerald, I want to make the vast majority of future games modular."
Even for fighting games, there was an open engine like MUGEN available for players to develop freely.
The current version using ROM could only be considered a test. This pitiful amount of capacity was probably only enough for players to design some novel gameplay mechanics or new civilizations with simple textures.
However, it was precisely because of this that Lin Lixin had the possibility of relying on the weak communication bandwidth to realize this function that completely belonged to the future information age.
...
Steve, the editor-in-chief of Electronic Games, received Lin Lixin's invitation and rushed to the headquarters.
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"Uh... these dark circles under your eyes..."
Lin Lixin looked at Steve's pitch-black eyes, his head full of question marks.
"Haha..."
Steve scratched his head awkwardly.
"If I had known I would be invited by Mr. Lin today, I wouldn't have accepted that bastard's challenge to a fight."
"Huh? A challenge to a fight? You fought with someone?"
Е n ù m̀ а̂ . і̊d̆
Lin Lixin looked Steve up and down in puzzlement.
He's not a kid anymore, why is he acting so unsteadily?
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"Uh haha... not a physical fight, it was a PK in Civilization, Mr. Lin, it was Civilization!!"
The moment GAMENOVA's new work was mentioned, Steve's whole person perked up from his previous half-dead state.
As the first shot of the next generation, Civilization was absolutely boundlessly loud.
Ever since getting the internally circulated stock in advance from Lin Lixin, Steve had been playing it almost day and night without sleep.
Ŵ е̊b̂ n̊ оv̀ е̊ l̆ E n̈ ù m̊а
Bro, I simply can't stop!
Especially back when Christmas was approaching, more and more players were becoming increasingly impatient.
Every time he heard the various speculations and discussions about this new work on the market, Steve felt an unbearable itch in his heart.
FUCK! I really want to give them some spoilers!
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But ultimately there was a non-disclosure agreement, so he could only leave a dry "Invincible!" in Electronic Games.
"Aha? You were playing Civilization online against someone else? How was the experience?"
Ĕ ǹ ū m ӑ.і̀d
"Hehe..."
Steve laughed sinisterly a couple of times.
"The experience was fantastic, Mr. Lin. Except for the initial loading being a bit slow, the subsequent online process was almost seamless, and we could even maintain a voice call!"
"Why are you smiling so creepily?"
"Hehe... Mr. Lin, do you know who I was playing against?"
"?"
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"The editorial team of Mean Machines next door. Their editor-in-chief bet with me that whoever lost the match would have to publish their review a week later than the other."
Speaking of this, Steve puffed out his chest, putting on an arrogant and triumphant look.
Obviously, he had won everything in last night's match.
"My Scythia directly surrounded his capital with Horsemen, and that idiot was still there doing district planning, hilarious."
"...No wonder."
Lin Lixin rubbed his temples, simply not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Ẇ е b̌ň о̌ v̌ ë l Е̊n̄ ŭmа̄
However, this could also be seen as a microcosm; at least the online multiplayer system was running fairly normally among the player base.
"Oh right, I almost forgot the main business."
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Lin Lixin slapped his forehead, almost getting sidetracked by Steve.
"I plan to hold a simple, small-scale event, and I've tentatively prepared hundreds of thousands of dollars in prize money."
[End of Chapter]
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