How to be creative?

I don't understand advertising. Let me talk about the game planning. Please refer to how to plan advertisements.

Many young people who want to enter the game industry have thought about the same question: how can they become a qualified game developer? What book do you want to read?

? What school do you go to? What qualities do you have? In the face of such an emerging industry full of temptations and dreams, everyone is at a loss. Any letters?

Interest, in a word, will become a lifeline for some people. Grasping it may become the protagonist of the folk story of straw for a mansion, but

More often, you will lose money, lose youth, lose your dreams, and finally get nothing. As the saying goes, "A word is true, but thousands of books is false". each

After the second recruitment, I saw those enthusiastic but confused young people, and always felt that I should write something for them and give them some advice for the industry.

Prosperity is also to maintain a beautiful dream. Perhaps, the following words can be a little faint light for people who want to enter this industry.

Industry people light up a bright road.

Planning work, some people think that you can do planning if you write well, some people think that you can do planning if you play too many games, and some people can write manuscripts.

If you can do tests and plan data, you will feel that it is not far from planning. Actually, it is not. Planning must be highly educated first, and then very high.

Intelligence level. For this, many people may scoff and think that since they can graduate from college, why can't they have a high IQ? but

I can tell you objectively that among the thousands of applicants I interviewed, very few passed the intelligence test.

Intelligence includes observation, memory, imagination, thinking, attention and many other aspects, of which observation and memory are the most important and basic.

Strength and thinking ability. For quasi-planning, these three aspects can be embodied in this way.

Observe:

Very simple test, find a foreign game magazine, choose a screenshot of a game that you haven't played but haven't heard of, it's very interesting.

Zhong, try to say the following: the game type, theme, world view, basic operation and play, and the functions of all the buttons on the screen, if possible.

If yes, you can supplement the main selling points, main defects, sales situation and market evaluation of the game. If it is a 3D game, you can also estimate it.

Configuration. Then, find this game to play, or look at the raiders to see which ones are right. Is the accuracy rate 60%?

Memory:

Think back to a game or animation or movie you played recently, and describe the protagonist in words! Body, five senses, any part of the body.

Color and shape of position, color, material, shape and structure of dress, movement and expression. You can write thousands of words without missing any details.

Pass the exam.

Thinking ability:

Find a game you are familiar with, write down its most failed design, and then find at least 10 games that must be designed like this for the designer.

Reason. (attention! This is not a brain teaser, but a real reason to serve. ) Next, come up with 10 methods to correct this fault.

Design schemes, consider the possible negative consequences of each scheme, and then think about solutions. This game can be played forever. If possible,

Interview game designers, or ask senior planners to confirm their ideas and see if they are correct.

If you fail to pass the above three tests, it is better to give up the dream of planning as soon as possible.

Hundred days special training

Ok, just like choosing a, b and c packages in a fast food restaurant, measure your own conditions first. If it is suitable for a position, please continue reading and enter.

Enter our 100-day accelerated planning stage. After 100 days of self-training, I believe everyone will make further progress on the road to becoming a professional game producer.

A crucial step. I believe that the accumulated resources and works will also become inexhaustible treasures in my future career.

First of all, let's be clear. During this 100 day, everyone has to study and practice 12 hours every day, which means all the time except eating, sleeping and going to the toilet.

To practice hard, on the one hand, it is the need of crash, on the other hand, I believe everyone knows that overtime is a common practice of many game development companies.

Get used to your future professional life!

Creation: 8 hours a day

Choose a relatively simple game (such as the game of love formation) and make a simple interface editor to realize the main operation of the game.

Do all the functions of the interface.

Referring to various games, try to add as many dynamic decorative effects as possible in the completed interface editor to make it gorgeous and full.

Choose a fragment of a movie script and try to make a simple and operable dialogue script.

Hereby, refer to the performance of a mainstream RPG game and add as many functions as possible to this script. Such as that real effect of various text, the selection of points

Support, trigger judgment and so on.

Make a free little game, the source of the picture can be decrypted by some games, and the game mode can refer to some classic FC games.

Grasp the main system and simplify other systems as much as possible. If the ability is not reached, you can also refer to an existing free game completely.

Continue to improve the game, adding music, sound effects, special effects and so on. Try to be as open as possible, listen to your opinions and continue to improve.

plan

Reading: 4 hours a day

All books on game design, game development and game industry published in China (except technology and art).

Classic works on software engineering and software development management. (Please refer to the procedure section)

Famous game introduction, set and other game-related books. Such as "D &；; D dungeon master guide, etc.

Masterpieces of martial arts literature. For example, all the works of Jin Yong. 1 ~ 2 representative works of other old and new martial arts writers.

Fantasy literature masterpiece. Such as the trilogy of dark elves, the trilogy of the war of time and space cracks, etc.

Macroeconomics, geography, war theory, history, mythology, ergonomics, visual arts, literary creation theory, film and television creation theory, philosophy,

Classical works in psychology and other categories.

The total number is about 60 ~ 100, and one book is read every 1 ~ 2 days, and the best one in each category is selected for intensive reading.

Game: 4 hours a day

In the following types of games, select 1 ~ 2 for each type (including sub-types) to represent the in-depth play of the game, and try to pass the customs or play for 20 hours.

Above.

Role-playing games) RPG, including RPG action role-playing games and RPG strategy role-playing games.

Strategy/simulation game) SLG. Including SIM simulation management, war chess, RTS real-time strategy, cultivation.

Shooting game) STG. FPS first person shooter.

Action games) behavior. Including FTG fighting games.

PUZ and table) tab. Music games with mugs.

Adventure game) AVG. ADV action adventure game, love adventure game.

Sports games) SPG. Racing includes RAC.

Online games. Large-scale multiplayer online role-playing games and MMORPG online games.

Creation: 4 hours a day

Choose a social news and write the dialogue of the characters in it. If you casually open Sina's social news —— "Directors of Poor Villages in Yunnan Open"

Raising three wives, that's all. Write what the village official and his three wives said when asked by reporters.

Select an MMORPG and write a new task for it. It includes task flow, logic, reward mechanism and dialogue.

Choose a role-playing game and set up several new companion roles and monster roles for it. Need to make detailed text settings, including appearance, life experience, gender.

Greg, wait.

Choose a scene editor of a game and design several new scenes for it. If possible, find more friends to play with and listen to your opinions.

see you again

Choose an RPG or SLG, restore its attribute system values and calculation formulas, and make a beautiful table. And find a set of data sets or strategies to print.

Certificate.

Choose a game with a plot and design a sequel plot outline for it.

Choose a small and medium-sized game, restore all its plans, and find a set of data sets or raiders to prove it.

The above work can be rotated every week.

Just like the trial of the first maze of RPG games, you have gained a lot of experience value and improved your level after practicing successfully according to the above scheme 100 days.

It has gone up a lot. Now, it's time to prepare for the challenge of BOSS, prepare your resume, find out your favorite company and meet the upcoming job-hopping.

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When you apply for this job, don't forget to bring the works completed in the creative stage. A good work is worth a thousand words. So-and-so head continent, orc, essence

The story of Ling and Master is so old-fashioned that it can't compare with the impact brought by the complete property sheet of a newly released game. As art, give up

For those works with strong narcissism tendency and no commercial value, it is better to add a false setting to a well-known game.

Very impressive. If it's a good program, come up with a small version that can be run, and no matter how rough it is, it can prove your strength. If there is

I like this company very much, so I might as well make a little hype and prepare some works for the games developed by this company. I believe there will be higher achievements.

Power.

Taking the first step in game making is actually very simple. As long as you find the right way and spend a little time and money, your dream is close at hand.

After reading so much, do you understand? Creative people can be free from fixed rules (for most companies), but it is no easier to achieve this career than other employees who follow the rules.

Finally, I wish you success.