Chapter 157 The loser keeps the marbles

Chapter 157 The loser keeps the marbles

There are many simple balls.

But not every kind of ball is very popular, and not everyone has played every kind of ball. Most people may not be interested in a ball that is too popular.

This is also Chen Ba's consideration.

As the three golden elements of gun, cart and ball, there are many choices in the ball category. The more famous ones are basketball, football, volleyball, table tennis, etc.

Unfortunately……

These ball games are so professional and competitive that it would probably take ten and a half months just to understand the various professional rules.

If you want to make a game based on these popular ball sports, you have to prepare for at least two to three years, or even three to five years of data collection and research in the early stage.

The same goes for other ball games.

That's why when Xiao Lu mentioned the word "ball", he thought, is there such a simple and easy-to-understand ball that is so well-known that most people have played or heard of it?

"Does glass ball count as a sport?"

"It depends on what you think!"

Chen Ba explained: "Theoretically, this is also a type of competitive sport, but everyone thinks it is naive and has not been recognized."

In fact, there is nothing to worry about.

Are glass balls or marbles considered a ball game? In a broad sense, it really counts! If some people think it doesn’t count, then it has nothing to do with ball sports and doesn’t add this label!

Anyway, it’s a game, not the Olympics. Do you care if it’s a serious sport?

"That's okay."

Xiao Lu scratched his head and said: "Pinball and glass balls, this thing has a very broad mass base. I feel like all the kids born in the 90s and even the 00s have played with it."

"Post-00s generation may not necessarily..."

"My nephew is born in the 2000s. When he was a child, he played with all kinds of cool toys. If you want to talk about marbles and rubber bands, there really weren't any." Zhong Shengwei retorted.

Chen Ba waved his hand: "That's not important. What's important is that many people have played this thing."

This is a special product of the times.

Only those children back then would be interested in this stuff. Nowadays, children are holding their mobile phones and playing with the pesticide CPDD. Who would play with you with glass beads?

"That's the truth..."

Xiao Lu nodded: "Maybe among the children born in the 1990s, there are some who have never played with marbles, but most of them will be fine."

It is impossible to play it 100%.

But as long as half of the people have played it, that’s a scary number. Not to mention, given how popular marble marbles were back then, it was definitely more than half the population.

"Are you going the nostalgic route?"

Hearing this, Yang Dong couldn't help but recall: "Don't tell me, if there is a nostalgic game with marbles and glass balls as the theme, I will probably play it."

Don't ask why.

Asking is to commemorate the lost childhood. At an age where there are seniors and juniors, you can hide in a quiet room, light a cigarette and turn on the computer to relive the carefreeness of your youth.

Focusing on first-hand feelings...

Yang Dong still remembers that he was the little marble prince in school, and his miraculous marble skills made him have a bulging pocket every time he came home.

When his mother washed his clothes, she found a large handful of glass beads in her trouser pocket. She thought he had bought them with money, so she almost received a severe beating.

Fortunately, he used facts to prove that he didn't buy it, but actually earned it, so... he was a little gentler!

"The winner also gets beaten?"

"My mother doesn't care whether you won or bought it. Anyway, if you don't study hard, you will get beaten if you play all day long!" Yang Dong said with a bitter smile.

"Then it's better for you. At least you won."

Chen Ba's face darkened, as if he remembered some bad memory, and said with a painful expression: "I was miserable at that time. I bought marbles with my pocket money and then lost. I had to be beaten by my dad when I got home."

The most painful thing in childhood is this.

If you win, you won't be so sad if you go home with a big bag of loot and get beaten.

But the key is...

Going out with a large pocket of glass beads, returning home with nothing in your pocket, and inevitably being beaten, is a double blow to the soul and body.

"Hahaha!"

Everyone laughed.

If you were a child, everyone would definitely like to play with Brother Ba. After all, who doesn’t like that generous classmate who always gives you glass beads?

"What's so funny about this!"

"Although I'm bad at playing marbles, I can jump rubber bands! Do you know this skill?"

Chen Ba said proudly: "I think back in those days, there were few girls in the class who were better at rubber band jumping than me."

"Do you know how to do this?"

Xiao Lu was shocked. He had no idea that Brother Ba could hide such a skill, which completely refreshed his knowledge.

How can there be boys who are bad at marbles and better at rubber band jumping than girls?

"Actually, it's not bad. I could dance at that time, but I've forgotten it now."

Yang Dong also said that he was also a good player in rubber band jumping back then, and he even made a bunch of best friends because of it. They never forget to call him every time he jumps rubber bands.

"It's just me and Xiao Lu who don't know how to love each other?"

Zhong Shengwei joked: "In this way, Brother Dong was so powerful when he was a child. He could get along well among boys and girls. He was a real figure on campus!"

"Roughly the same."

Yang Dong said with emotion: "I was indeed considered a semi-popular figure back then, but now that I think about it, it was actually one of the few highlight moments in my life."

The whole class of boys and girls are surrounding me!

How long has it been since he grew up to enjoy such attention? As people grow older, they feel more lonely and lonely, and instead miss their younger selves.

"Okay, okay..."

Chen Ba waved his hand to stop everyone's sighs. If he continues to reminisce like this, he might not be able to finish the meeting today until early in the morning.

Although he also misses the carefree time of his childhood, the reality is cruel after all, and no matter how beautiful his childhood is, he can never go back.

People must learn to face reality.

The reality before us is that since Brother Ba has decided to make a pinball game, how should he do it?

"rule!"

Chen Ba pointed out the key issue and said: "First of all, we need to clarify, what are the specific gameplay and rules?"

Marbles have been around for a long time.

If you look back at the history, the development history of this thing is enough to write a paper of tens of thousands of words, and the combined data and documents are as thick as a dictionary.

But these are of little historical significance.

Since the game they want to make is a childhood nostalgia route, it must follow the gameplay and rules of childhood.

But there's a problem.

The distribution of pinball games is too wide. Let’s not talk about foreign countries. Just talk about domestically. The gameplay is very different between the north and the south. The gameplay may also be different between different provinces.

"Don't talk about the provinces..."

"The gameplay and rules of this thing may be different from one county to another, or from one village to another." Xiao Lu complained.

This is the truth!

Marbles are not like table tennis or rubber band games that have clear gameplay. The gameplay is quite free.

The children in this village may like to play with marbles and see who can launch the marbles to roll further.

In the next village, they might just draw a line and dig a small pit to see who can roll the marble into the pit...

There is no clear gameplay system!

As long as you discuss it with your friends and both parties have no objections, you can actually play it however you want, and no one says you can't play it this way.

"Is such that……"

"The only thing in common is probably that although everyone's gameplay is different, the penalty rules for winning and losing are still the same. The loser keeps the marbles."

Chen Ba explained: "In terms of gameplay, there should be only a few mainstream gameplays, right?"

One is billiard style.

Circle a range, and then use marbles to knock the opponent's marbles out of bounds. If they go out of bounds, you lose.

There is also a golf style.

The more popular method is to dig a pit, or a small hole, and whoever's marbles can go into the hole wins, and you can take away the marbles that don't go into the hole.

The other is distance.

The further the marble bounces, the more powerful it is.

"There are more than just these..."

Zhong Shengwei frowned and said: "There is also the kind of game where you simply hit other people's marbles. I forgot how to play it. Anyway, the marbles are directly aimed at other people's marbles, and you can take them away if they hit them."

"Yeah!"

"I also remember this kind of gameplay. This kind of gameplay is very simple and crude, but it is also more direct and popular than those gameplays." Xiao Lu agreed.

When it comes to gameplay, everyone has something to say.

The employees of Tianba Studio come from all over the world and all provinces. Therefore, the way everyone plays marbles when they were young is actually very different.

Chen Ba listened to their chat for a while.

He roughly came to a conclusion, that is, no matter what the gameplay is, except for the distance of the marbles, other gameplays pay attention to "aiming."

The more accurate you play, the greater your advantage!

"Yes, in fact, most of these various ways of playing are all about competing for the accuracy of a marble."

Yang Dong expressed his approval: "The collision between marbles, or the accuracy of the marbles ejecting towards the target area, is the core gameplay of the game."

The competition is about eyesight and skill!

Let’s not talk about your eyesight. If you don’t have good eyesight, you should really stop playing marbles. Isn’t that just bringing warmth to others?

Qiaojin is also crucial.

The force with which a marble is launched determines its power and travel distance. There were no tools at that time, and control relied entirely on one's hands.

"Good eyesight!"

"But if we want to make it into a game, how can we simulate the real feeling of launching marbles?" Chen Ba asked.

This is a difficult thing.

Strength is a relatively idealistic thing. It depends entirely on one perception. It is difficult to describe it in words, let alone simulate it in a game.

But without this thing, there is no way to play a pinball game. After all, you can't even simulate the most basic strength, so what's the point of playing a pinball game?

"Would you like to learn that kind of billiards game? I remember that in billiards games, there is a relatively controllable stroke force mechanism."

Zhong Shengwei made a suggestion.

He felt that he could learn from the elastic release of the billiards game and control the strength through the mouse or keyboard to achieve the effect the player wants.

"elasticity?"

Mentioning this word, Chen Ba immediately thought of the physics engine in "Speed".

This physics engine should be able to simulate similar elastic effects, right?

But then again.

Even if the game can restore a more realistic elastic effect, how can the device used by the player, that is, the mouse and keyboard, perceive it?

This is not a handle...

The handle can also have force feedback, vibration feedback and other sensors, but it is purely a dream for keyboard and mouse players to experience these.

"Forget it, we'll talk about this later."

Chen Ba shook his head and said: "Let's talk about it first. If we really want to make such a game, what will the general framework be like?"

Player VS player for sure!

Not only is it player VS player, but it also supports multiplayer, that is, multiple players participating in a game.

This is somewhat similar to battle situations and room mechanics.

The homeowner builds a room, which can be public or private, and other players can enter the room and join the game.

besides.

Homeowners can also choose game modes, determine the maximum number of people in the room, and more.

"Crossfire?"

"almost!"

When he suddenly heard the name of CrossFire, Chen Ba was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's okay if you understand it this way, the logic is the same anyway."

After players enter the game, they will see a lobby page similar to CrossFire, then choose a room that suits them and enter the game.

You can also build your own house and become a homeowner.

The difference is that this game does not automatically end the game.

When you build a room, you can entertain yourself even if no players join. The addition of other players will not cause the game to end as time goes by, and you can keep playing if you want.

The key to determining whether the game ends is actually the number of marbles!

When you lose at the end and there are no more marbles, why don't you run away quickly?

"How to get marbles?"

Xiao Lu asked a very critical question, that is, the source of the marbles.

If you can only get a few marbles every day, and you can only recharge them after losing, then it is a free game model, similar in nature to the golden beans and happy beans in board games.

In addition, the difficulty of obtaining marbles is very low. If you do not need to recharge to obtain them, it will cause another problem...

No one cares about winning or losing!

Anyway, there are endless marbles, so I don’t feel like losing a little or winning a little. I can’t experience the feeling of losing a few marbles when I was a child and coming home from school with a green face.

"A fixed quota is distributed every day!"

"If it comes too easily, people won't cherish it. But there's no need for krypton gold. This is a buyout game, not a free game."

Chen Ba thought of a good idea.

Add a canteen to the game. After you lose all your marbles, you can go to the canteen to buy them, but only if you have game currency.

How do you get the game currency?

It is impossible to work part-time, so let a kid who plays marbles do it? Don’t you know that child labor is illegal?

Is there any other way?

For example, if you get 100% on homework, exams, etc., you can get praise from your parents, increase your pocket money, and buy more marbles.

Of course, it is also possible to herd cattle...

But now when he mentioned cattle herding, Chen Ba thought of the cattle herding sect whose ghosts still lingered, which cast a psychological shadow on him.

This time, they said they would not join the cattle herding at all, completely destroying the hope of the cattle herding sect to thrive and not giving them any chance to take advantage of it.