The Boss Behind The Game Chapter 11
Chapter 11: NPC Settings
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After studying about NPC settings extensively, Lu Wu finallypleted the setting of his first NPC. He
named him Lu Mo, literally Lu’s demon.
In the game’s lore, he is the King of Beiqi’s adopted son.
For the yers, Lu Mo is like the chief of the beginner’s vige in other games. His role is to enlighten
the yers on some basic knowledge regarding the Land of Beiqi. Other than that, once they reach
Level 20, they can pay 50 soul coins to Lu Mo if they wished to form a guild.
Of course, since Lu Mo is an NPC with a real soul, he has his own independent consciousness. Other
than the necessary settings of an NPC, he also has his own hobbies and thoughts.
This would create many uncertainties and thus, increase the yability of the game.
After being sent to the underworld, Lu Mo started wandering around the Mansion of the Dead.
Whenever he turned to look at the ruins of the mansion, his face would reveal a sliver of sadness.
After finishing all these matters, Lu Wu opened his notebook filled with his ideas on the back stories.
For now, the gaming experience should be great. But there was a lot to improve on the game’s content,
such as job skills and NPC development.
Lu Wu even nned that when the yer count reached a certain amount, he would release some
expansion packs, and several of them are battlefields that would make fighting more interesting.
But these were only ideas floating around in Lu Wu’s mind. He had yet to do any real nning.
……
At the same time, Wu Guoyi, who was having a meeting at tform173’s headquarters, received the
trailer sent by Lu Wu.
At first, Wu Guoyi wanted to wait until the meeting was over before he took a look. But when he saw
that Lu Wu was the one who sent it, he paused the meeting, and yed the video immediately.
When he saw the thousands of Yin soldiers battling the monsters from the skies, the Beiqi g that
stood tall and proud in the wind, and the final sacrifice of the king, he could not help mming his hand
onto the table.
“Excellent!”
His subordinates gave him a strange look. Wu Guoyi immediately sent the trailer to theputer in the
meeting room.
“Wear your headsets and watch this trailer.”
Everybody was confused, but they still took up the VR headsets provided beside every seat.
These headsets were often used in meetings since they usually discussed about the tform, game
development, and game testing. So they needed the headsets to try out various games. But this was
their first time watching a trailer using the headsets.
When he saw that everyone had their headsets on, Wu Guoyi put on his own, and told his assistant to
y the trailer.
At the start, the title ‘Battle Online’ was golden-lettered, emerging from the darkness slowly.This is from N?velDrama.Org.
The darkness was broken apart, revealing the underworld. A gigantic ck dragon came down from
the skies while leading countless monsters. It roared at the armored man to show its authority in the
land.
When thousands of Yin soldiers appeared from the ck fog following Lu Wu’s cry, they were all
excited, looking forward to Lu Wu defeating the giant dragon.
The battle scenes that followed were less of a CG short, and more of an epic war movie. The
atmosphere was rendered into the video perfectly.
At the end, when the King of Beiqi turned into a ball of fire and plunged toward the dragon, everyone
was held in suspense, as if they themselves were part of the Beiqi Army.
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In the finale, the world turned into a sea of fire. Sparks lit the Mansion of the Dead on fire and burned
the entirend. All the soldiers bowed down their heads and kneeled on one knee, paying respect to
the deceased King of Beiqi. As the image dimmed, the title ‘Battle Online’ emerged on the screen once
again.
“Actual gamey footage,” was what the trailer ended with.
Taking off their headsets, the meeting room turned noisy. Everyone was asking what kind of game was
this, and how their graphics could be so amazing.
But many of them doubted if the video was taken from actual gamey footage because it was way too
realistic. There wasn’t a single game with this level of quality in the market.
Also, having better graphics on cutscenes or trailers wasmon practice in the industry.
But undeniably, this trailer had conquered their hearts.
Wu Guoyi smiled mysteriously, “You will know very soon. This game will be on our main page in a few
days. You can try it out then. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed!”
The meeting continued after that, but on and off they thought about the amazing CG trailer they just
watched.
After the meeting ended, Wu Guoyi lit up a cigarette, and furrowed his brows.
Lu Wu had wanted some advice on what to improve in the trailer.
But honestly, he experienced the game first hand, so he knew that the trailer was absolutely actual
gamey footage. So, he was frustrated as he did not know what toment.
But he still took out his phone and gave Lu Wu a call.
When the call went through, Wu Guoyi answered with a smile, “Hey, I saw your trailer. I can’t believe
you did it so quickly! Did you actually prepare it beforehand?”
Hearing this, Lu Wu admitted to Wu Guoyi’s suspicions, since it was unconvincing if he said he dished
out the trailer in a day right after Wu Guoyi suggested it.
“Frankly, I can’t believe that nobody knows about your team. Your skills are on top of the world! Can
you introduce them to me?”
Lu Wu was in an awkward ce. He couldn’t tell Wu Guoyi that he had already met the whole team
whichprised of him and Bei Li.
So he kind of danced around the topic.
After awhile, Wu Guoyi suddenly said, “Lu Wu, honestly there’s nothing wrong with your trailer at all,
but youck one thing besides this.”
Lu Wu was stunned. “What is it?” he asked.
“There’s no music. The graphics and the battle sound effects were perfect. But there was no music to
uplift the atmosphere. If you want to make your game a hit, background music is one of the most
important factors. That’s what youck.”
Wu Guoyi’s precise opinion made Lu Wu realize their problem. A trailer without background music was
a huge problem.
Furthermore, this extended to the other theme songs in the game, which Lu Wu hadn’t thought about.
Unfortunately, Lu Wu was unfamiliar with music, so he asked for Wu Guoyi’s advice.
“Haha, that’s easy! To make a theme song, hire a songwriter and lyricist to make a song. Then, get a
pop star to be your singer!”