Today, NetEase's new martial arts RPG "The Condor" officially announced the official launch of its "three-terminal roaming" test. According to official news, this test is not only the last test before the public beta, but also the largest test. .
The "Shooting the Condor" project team has opened up cross-platform data interconnection between PC, mobile and cloud in this test, providing players with a full sense of cross-terminal immersion, allowing players to roam freely in Jin Yong's works An open world where you can experience the colorful humanistic customs of the Southern Song Dynasty in person.
According to the "Condor" project team, in the past six years of development, they have successfully expanded to a team of 600 people and spent one billion or more on research and development, becoming NetEase's largest investment in martial arts in one fell swoop Games and NetEase's most valued projects, their love for the wonderful Jianghu and martial arts spirit written by Mr. Jin Yong, and the Chinese people's desire for excellent traditional culture are the driving force for their continuous advancement.
The stories of the original trilogy took place in the Southern Song Dynasty, an era of endless splendor. The story of "The Condor Shooting" will also be set in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the culture, charm and details will be reproduced one by one.
As for the cultural details and connotations of the product "The Condor" during the development process, the project team also gave many amazing design details, and its superb quality is clearly visible.
Great Country Heritage
Restore the magnificent rivers and mountains of the Southern Song Dynasty with simple and elegant colors
In traditional Chinese culture, especially the Song Dynasty, simplicity and subtlety are a very important aesthetic The concept and elegant tones restore the ancient charm of the Song Dynasty; at the same time, the Song Dynasty was a relatively stable and prosperous period in Chinese history, with strong national power and prosperous cultural development.
"Shooting the Condor" examines the truth-seeking attitude of the Song Dynasty toward nature and culture, and uses pure and elegant traditional colors to reflect the humanities of the society at that time and the country's profound cultural heritage.
Walking through Lingquan Mountain, you will see first-ripe apricots that are overflowing with color and gold.
#Wandering on the Merlin Boat Boat, you can see the warm and clear blue sky of Yunmen in front of you.
In the 150-year history of "The Condor" and the changes in the Song Dynasty, color is not only a form of artistic expression, but also a bright part of people's lives. Whether it’s clothing, architecture, scenery or time, you can read the unique stories brought about by color.
According to the project team, they will also successively launch Jiangnan, Dali, Xiangyang and other areas in the form of expansion packs in the future. These areas will all use the "big country tone" rich in Chinese heritage as the visual cornerstone to build A bright and fresh world of rivers and lakes.
It reaches the desert in the north and Lin'an in the south. Although the rivers and lakes are large, there will definitely be a "national beauty" where players meet.
Elegant clothing
The ancients took steps and escaped from the ancient paintings
As people have their names, every makeup look and every look in "The Condor" Each piece of clothing has its own unique name, which can be traced in historical books and ancient paintings.
For example, the use of pearls as dimples, goose yellow and slanting red is popular among palace concubines and other aristocratic women. There is also the application of red powder on the cheeks and lipstick, which is deeply loved by ladies in the Song Dynasty. Favorite red makeup, etc.
The face pinching interface also provides two face pinching modes: minimalist and professional. Players can choose the minimalist mode to easily change the shape of 8 parts such as eyebrows, eyes, and nose, or they can choose the professional mode for precise shaping. Adjust the shape of nearly 40 parts such as the forehead, temples, and cheekbones to achieve a high degree of freedom in shaping the face of thousands of people.
And by studying historical documents and paintings, the "Shooting the Condor" project team extracted design elements from the Song and Jin Dynasties, and tried to restore Song Dynasty styles such as Zhixie, Zhuzi, and Banxiu. For classic outfits, players can choose the colors and patterns (patterns, printing and dyeing, embroidery), etc. of their clothing to achieve freedom of dressing and feel the beauty of Song and Jin Dynasty clothing.
In addition, judging from the news disclosed by the project team themselves, they consulted the cultural consultants of all well-known Chinese style games on the market and purchased a batch of traditional Song Dynasty items collected by the Forbidden City. Patterns are used as the basis for in-game clothing design.
Based on the research on the composition of ancient Chinese fabrics, with different warp and weft weaving methods, they will be divided into various types such as silk and satin, showing rich touch and gloss. And hereby use special material technology to generate a special material details library for fabrics with different textures. On the traditional art model, corresponding fabric details are superimposed, which greatly enhances its expressive power. During the game, you can safely push the camera close to the end and experience the exquisite costumes of "The Condor" from a close-up perspective. Material rendering effects.
As can be seen from the above picture, in the process of embroidery from pattern design to actual installation, the changes in color block gloss are presented by the color connection and thread direction of the embroidery thread. The colors and materials of the embroidery threads have their own characteristics, and some locations even use materials that are not on the design drawings (such as the golden thread of the leaves in the picture above). It can be said that every material detail captures every art teacher’s precious hair.
numerous elegant interests
Knowledge and happiness naturally enter the brain
As an open world masterpiece written by Jin Yong, "The Condor" has always hoped to use new media and digital technology to means to better spread traditional culture.
In "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the works of poets such as Liu Yong, Ouyang Xiu and Zhu Xizhen appear from time to time; Mr. Jin Yong also used Huang Rong to report the menu of the banquet hosted by Zhang Jun, Prince of Qinghe County in the Southern Song Dynasty, to Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty. Everyone is curious about the food culture of the Song Dynasty.
In the process of game design, "The Condor" integrates traditional culture into many aspects such as gameplay, plot, social interaction, etc., encapsulating knowledge in happiness, making the two come naturally It enters the player's mind - "need and want" is what mature adults should and can do.
As small as buying a bowl of tea from a roadside stall, you may have an adventure in a tea fight with the unknown master at the same table, or you may learn about the popular citizens of the Song and Jin Dynasties by listening to storytelling Literary themes. From the special gameplay systems such as chanting, natural history, and dream records, relaxing entertainment is the first priority.
Although there are many ways to play, there is no need to be burdened or worried. After all, it is one thing to want to popularize science and recommend traditional culture, but back to the essence: "The Condor Shooting" will always take "bringing everyone the most comfortable gaming experience" as the design principle of the game.
Six years of research and development, from the exquisite restoration of the game screen to the careful arrangement of the plot, it can be seen that the "Condor Shooting" project team is carefully polishing every detail, always taking the players' feelings as the starting point, and striving to be the best Jin Yong's martial arts game allows every player to feel the unique charm of Jin Yong's wonderful world.
The test of "Three End Roaming" started today. The project team defined it as a new starting point for chasing Jin Yong's martial arts dream. "The Condor" will continue to inherit and carry forward excellence The spirit of traditional culture brings more and richer "Song Ciyuan" aesthetic experience.
The "Condor Shooting" project team also has something to say to the players who are walking side by side with it:
The unlimited mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty are all in the world of "The Condor Shooting"
Thousands of scenery in the rivers and lakes, ultimately the children of the rivers and lakes
About "The Condor"
The "Three End Roaming" test of "The Condor" is officially scheduled for January 12, 2024, as the first game An open world martial arts game developed based on the UE4.27 version, "The Condor" has achieved a series of technological innovations such as one world server, native multi-terminal interoperability, and public scene UGC. It has also invested in NetEase's latest AI cutting-edge technology and applied it to the creation of intelligent NPCs, truly realizing It shows the liveliness and liveliness of the aboriginal people in the rivers and lakes, with thousands of people and thousands of faces.
The game will be based on the Southern Song Dynasty in which the original trilogy is set, and build a big world with both natural scenery and humanistic feelings. With the yearning of the project team, Jin Yong fans, and martial arts fans for Jin Yong's world, Jin Yong The trilogy of "The Condor" gradually builds a "wonderful world described by Jin Yong" as a world view and timeline.
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