A few days ago, Black Myth Goku released a Short Film for the Chinese New Year. The creative team behind the scenes shared the difficulties encountered in the production of the game last year.
One of the most difficult is simulating the animation effects of quadruped animals.
Instead of using simpler post-synthesis techniques, they invested heavily in building their own motion capture studio and hired a bunch of "cat owners" as employees.
By capturing their movements, a massive quadruped animal animation database is gradually formed, which is easy to call at any time when building new characters in the future, once and for all.
The reason is understood, but it is difficult to implement.
Not to mention that quadrupeds have uncontrollable behavior, and they have to rest for two hours every ten minutes of work.
At the same time, dynamic capture is expensive, and data collection doesn't seem exhaustive.
However, Game Science, the parent company of Black Myth And Goku, has firmly chosen this path.
Because since the first video was released last year, no one expected this game to cause such a high degree of popularity.
Last year, "Black Myth Goku" also went abroad, youtube video playback rose again and again, many European, American, Japanese players have been amazed, the original China can also produce such a sophisticated AAA masterpiece.
Yes, before Black Myth Wukong, there were no AAA game masterpieces in China.
Similarly, before the launch of Geely's "China Star" series of products, there was no professional driving training academy for ordinary people in China.
However, not only are they available now, but as soon as they are available, they will benchmark against the world's top standards.
What is it like to spend nearly 10,000 yuan, or even tens of thousands of yuan, to learn to drive?
This is certainly not a driver's license, but to qualify for the BBA Elite Driving Academy in just a few days.
In these days, on the professional track or the extremely cold lake, the students can drive the top performance cars of the top three German luxury teams, and practice drifting and track brushing under the guidance of the professional coaching team.
With only a few days of training, why are they willing to spend so much money?
It's not about experiencing top performance cars. Because they can afford to spend this money, most of them have already bought M-Power, AMG and RS.
Their real purpose is to improve driving skills, enjoy driving fun, and enjoy the ice and snow scenery of the north country by the way.
It has to be admitted that BBA elite driving training is "elite" enough that most people have no chance of it.
But for the pursuit of driving skills improvement and driving pleasure, it has nothing to do with class and income. Rather, it is universally buried in the hearts of young people.
Like the growth path of most Chinese brands in various industries, Geely created the China Star Dare elite driving academy in order to present the driving pleasure to more ordinary people in need.
For example, the insigma Shake was invited to the Yakeshi Automobile Research Institute Winter Proving Ground to experience all the courses of china Xingdang Elite Driving Academy, which can be seen as the official opening of this college.
In order to truly help students improve their driving skills, China Star Dare has set up a number of majors for the Driving Academy, and the difficulty of training subjects has increased sequentially, namely elite courses, advanced courses, and master courses.
Students will gradually carry out course training, and finally drift smoothly on the ice, quickly brush the professional ice and snow track, and fully enjoy the fun of ice and snow test driving.
Popularizing driving pleasure is geely's ultimate goal to create an elite driving academy open to the public.
In the past, driving pleasure had little to do with Chinese brands. Most Chinese brand products are designed to meet the needs of the family.
But after meeting basic needs, people must have high-order needs, such as spiritual and cultural needs. Driving pleasure is part of the culture of the car.
Starting from the creation of an elite driving academy, Geely will build its own brand culture around the "Chinese star" and let more people integrate.
Creating a branded driving academy, in addition to investing resources to create courses and professional venues, has a key factor.
Gotta have a car.
Just like we listen to music every day, a few hundred yuan headphones are already very good. However, professional musicians must use professional monitor-level headphones in the recording studio to make music.
Therefore, in the extremely cold, ice and snow environment for intense driving, there must also be a performance can match the car, pure grocery shopping car can not be competent.
Although Geely's "China Star" series products are aimed at mass consumers, each has better basic performance than many models at the same price.
Because the "China Star" series brings together the culmination of Geely's more than 20 years of car-making technology, all born from the CMA modular architecture, the mother's womb comes with a low center of gravity, and excellent torsional stiffness.
For example, The torsional stiffness of Xingrui is as high as 29000Nm/deg, which can provide stable structural support for the suspension and enhance the overall feeling of the chassis.
To put it bluntly, it feels tense when performing a series of sharp accelerations and decelerations, and when it is sharply steered, it is not like falling apart.
With a good body, the China Star series is also equipped with a 2.0TD high-power engine, and the power output is comparable to the BBA's peers. Matching the 8AT gearbox, reliability and gear change response are guaranteed.
Having said so many theories, I don't talk about how to act on real performance.
In the Ice Ring Drift project, the Hoshigoshi S, a coupe SUV that focuses on sport and performance, appeared.
Sports seats printed with the CMA lettering can provide good wrapping, the sitting posture can also be adjusted very low, the throttle and brake pedals are very heeled, and the ESP can be completely closed, and it can be easily floated on the ice.
Looking through the rearview mirrors and watching the snow mist that continues to rise at the rear of the car, a sense of pride arises.
It turns out that drifting is so cool.
The ultimate challenge of the track is the owner of the Hua Dan Xingyue L.
Although this owner plays an all-round home, the performance is also not to be underestimated. BorgWarner's 6th Gen 4WD system distributes torque at the front and rear wheels at the right time to ensure grip on each tire.
Coupled with the power of zero hundred acceleration of 7.7 seconds, and the very linear steering feel, a few laps down, the more the star L gives people the more open the better, the more open the feeling of wanting to open.
While Geely China Stars aren't yet comparable to BBA's high-performance series, the fun they offer is no different.
The strong strength and reasonable price of the Chinese star make it easier for ordinary young people to touch the origin of driving charm.
On this trip to Yakeshi, Geely also arranged an Easter egg - to experience the Star Trek L Thunder God Intelligence Qing Hi · X oil-electric hybrid version.
Ignoring the official somewhat long name, the biggest highlight of this car is the new Thor hybrid technology launched by Geely.
However, in the usual cognition, it is not a good idea to choose an extremely cold environment to test new energy vehicles.
In January, the temperature in Yakeshi dropped to -35°C, and in the outdoors, most mobile phones could not last for 10 minutes. The effects of extremely cold weather on batteries are generally visible.
Last winter, the news of the great discount in the battery life of electric vehicles in some northeast regions was also frequently reported, which increased consumers' anxiety about endurance.
However, Thor hybrid still came to Yakeshi, and the actual performance was stable and reliable, and even the fuel consumption exceeded expectations.
The test drive route is not long, the whole journey is 40 kilometers, but the road conditions are complicated, covering roads, snow, ice and so on.
The Hoshigoku L is fully powered throughout the process, the oil-electric system is smooth, and the four-wheel drive system based on the front and rear dual motors provides strong driving confidence.
We did not pursue extreme low fuel consumption, but adopted the daily opening method to finally achieve a fuel consumption of 6.2L/100km in an extremely low temperature environment.
What concept, everyone savored it for themselves.
It is also worth mentioning that after starting the engine, within a minute, the warm air and seat heating will have excellent results. I believe this is a feature that every northeastern consumer needs.
Finally, in order to verify the stability of the electronic system, Geely also did an extreme experiment. Leave the vehicle outdoors for 8 hours to check the fluency and stability of the system.
We entered the car where the front and rear windshields were completely covered with snow, lit up with one click, started smoothly, and the three LCD screens of Hoshikoshi L were also lit up.
The horizontal stroke is very smooth, the response speed of entering the submenu is the same as that of everyday, and even the experience and speed of gesture control and voice control are normal and smooth.
Thor hybrid breaks the inherent cognition that the extremely cold environment is the forbidden place for new energy vehicles.
For consumers who live in cold areas all year round, stability and reliability are the most valuable qualities of a car.
The Chinese star grasped the pain point and grasped it very accurately.
point of view:
After returning from Yakeshi, the strong strength of Geely China Star made me unforgettable for a long time.
Without personally experiencing the China Star series of products, many people cannot imagine that Chinese car companies have grown to such a terrible point.
As an enterprise that has won the top spot in Chinese brand passenger car sales for five consecutive years, Geely's sense of mission and responsibility is getting stronger and stronger.
To create reliable and stable products for Chinese and even global consumers, to provide a platform for young people to exert their passion; and to continue to contribute to the popularization of China's automobile culture.
With the Chinese star, these dreams of Geely have a solid and powerful fulcrum.