Xie Wanting wears round-rimmed glasses and no makeup, and welcomes the world team in the studio with a casual household clothes.
Although she is 34 years old, she still speaks like a girl who just graduated, just like the heroine 18 years old in the love adventure game "The Story of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" (hereinafter referred to as "The Eastern Zhou Dynasty"), who inadvertently crossed into ancient times, met thinkers of various schools, and experienced new knowledge and life delicately.
So is Xie Wanting.
She majored in science in high school, but because she loves classical literature, she chose Chinese Department. Universities and research institutes try to make their own games because they love computer games. After graduation, I worked as a planner in a game company, and left my job two years later to complete my own game works.
Xie Wanting crossed the border three times: from science to literary groups, from China literature to homemade games, and then from childhood planning to entrepreneurship. Like his game, it is a process of continuous exploration and learning.
Her self-made "Eastern Zhou" was not only sponsored by netizens on the fund-raising platform by 6.5438+0.34 million yuan, but also the game publisher Weijing Technology took the initiative to come to the door to talk about cooperation. In August this year, the game was officially put on the well-known game platform Steam, which received rave reviews.
How did she acquire interdisciplinary knowledge, "upgrade" her professional knowledge and enhance her competitiveness?
The following is her sharing:
When I was a child, I liked literature very much and read many ancient poems, history, Confucius and Mencius and other philosophical thoughts.
However, when I was in high school, I met a teacher and said something that deeply influenced me: "You came to the North No.1 girl, which proves that everyone's grades are very good, and it is meaningless to compete for the ranking again. The important thing is to find your own expertise and characteristics! 」
Explore interests and dare to cross borders.
I began to think about what I really love. This contributed to my first cross-border. In fact, I was in the science department when I was in the senior high school entrance examination, but in the end I made the Chinese series my first choice.
After entering the Chinese Department of National Taiwan University, I started clubs, organized camps, played computer games, and devoted myself to developing my interests.
My favorite game is Xuanyuanjian, a domestic game, as well as Japanese love games and American RPG (Role Playing Game). I originally planned to become a university professor after graduation, but I felt unhappy learning Chinese and found that I still like to create freely.
During the research, I began to try to make my own games. When I was studying the history of China's thoughts, I read hundred schools of thought in the pre-Qin period and found it interesting. I gradually want to package Confucianism, Taoism and Mohism with handsome guys and make a love game.
Image source: photo by Liu Guotai
So the concept of "Eastern Zhou Dynasty" appeared, allowing players to play the leading role of pre-Qin philosophers and experience a hundred thoughts; In this game, Confucianism, Mohism, Taoism, Ming, Fa and Yin and Yang are transformed into handsome men. Players can choose different plots and different options to pursue different men. In addition to taking various theories as lines, the plot also quoted China's literary masterpieces such as The Book of Songs.