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A game where the story seeps in on your way to find treasure,

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Scenario

The story of Windrose begins in a world where fantasy is mixed with the Age of Discovery in 18th-century Europe.

Edward Teach, the Pirate King who leads Blackbeard, made a deal with the devil and threw this sea into chaos.

And his evil influence eventually reached the player....

Action Game

As soon as the short story ended, the tutorial began, and after a few minutes of persistently teaching parrying and dodging, I immediately realized.

"This is an action game."

Today, the topic I want to talk about is 'Action Games'.

What is an action game?

Simply put, it's a game where the player controls and moves the character in real-time. 

And Windrose is a game that cares about the 'feel of action' more than anything else.

I believe the biggest characteristic of an action game is this: never stopping the player's input. 

During combat, the player dodges enemy attacks and runs backward,

then finds an opening to land an attack. This entire process is a continuous series of actions.

How was combat induced?

Windrose has a massive main quest, divided into Chapters 1, 2, and 3, with a long quest line. Furthermore, they plan to continue updating it.

To approach this goal, the game lays out numerous designs. Broadly, there are three types of content: first, action; second, crafting; and third, quests.

However, covering all of them would make the text too long, so today, I will talk about Windrose with just one topic .

"Windrose's Action and Story."

It's rare for action games to lack a story. Why is that?

In many action games, when an NPC explaining the story starts describing an event in a specific area, players tend to get distracted or skip the dialogue. 

And then, curiosity begins to arise. "Why do I have to kill the dragon?" "Why do I have to kill a man I can't kill?"

Earlier, I mentioned that 'the core of an action game is to not stop the player's input,' but the moment the story progresses, the player stops and listens.

Even if the story is skimmed, even a small context from the past story imbues the player with the most precious and valuable essence in an action game.

This is the moment when the player's violent actions are given 'meaning'.

This is where the causality of why the player must cut down this enemy or cross this sea is created.

However, if such explanations are continuously listed, the story quickly becomes boring and didactic. It damages the feel of action and input.

Windrose has created many devices to solve this problem. Today, we will explore what has been solved through 'story'.

Implication through Environment

The method is implication through the environment.

Instead of simply posting a notice or directly conveying through a quest that 'something happened here',

it's a method of placing structures within the space that suggest 'something seems to have happened here'.

Players naturally look around each space to gather resources or with anticipation for quests.

In the process, they guess 'something must have happened here,' and even players who are not usually interested in the story naturally speculate about 'the story of the space'.

And when they reach the end of the space's story, the events the player imagined are verified.

At that moment, the player will be amazed, saddened, or annoyed by the plausibility.

This is Windrose's method of letting the space tell the player about the world. 

But why would the player bother to scan the environment?

No matter how many elements and stories are well-placed in the environment, if the player doesn't pay attention to that space, it's all for nothing.

The cloth tied to a tree, the story of a buried box on the ground – these are all devices that are meaningless if the player 'doesn't look'.

Windrose solved this problem very simply.

By linking rewards with the space. When you open the map in this game, treasure chests are linked to each space (icons), and the player fights to enter that space, naturally exploring every nook and cranny to find the hidden chests.

And this chest hunting is not just a supplementary element.

Windrose has RPG growth elements, where you can level up, allocate stats, and unlock skills.

However, the way to gain experience is peculiar. You don't get experience by defeating enemies.

Experience is only given when you clear a quest or collect all rewards in a space.

The problem is, combat in Windrose is surprisingly difficult.

To overcome this difficulty, where enemies have high HP and high attack power, you need to grow your character, and to grow, you need to open chests.

And in that process, the player's eyes naturally sweep over the environmental details.

Even without reading the story, as you search for chests, the story seeps into the player.

Consume the story for action.

The story design philosophy of Windrose, in my opinion,

is not to stop the player for the story, but to consume the story for action.

This is it.

There are no long scenes where NPCs hold you and explain, nor cutscenes that take away your control.

The story is finely scattered throughout the spaces, and it is delivered by seeping in piece by piece as the player moves 'to become stronger'.

Thus, the story becomes fuel that drives the action, rather than an obstacle that stops the flow of action.

Windrose, a game where the story seeps in on your way to find treasure, binds the player to the space with rewards (experience, treasure chests) and consistently maintains a state where their hands don't stop moving in that space.

As a developer who also makes action games, I often ask myself a question.

How can I make the world convincing to the player while keeping their input non-stop?

Windrose's answer to this question is:

Make the story the fuel for action.

It answered.

Conclusion

This game left me with a different final impression than my initial one.

When I first started playing this game, I thought it would be a survival crafting game mixed with action, but I was intrigued by how strong the 'action' philosophy the game advocated was.

Even if the experience I wanted when starting the game was different, I believe the numerous battles with enemies I enjoyed while playing  prove the high completion of the action this game pursued.

It's a great game where you can feel the developer's love for action, connecting all content to the core of action, so I hope you all play it at least once.

I hope you enjoyed reading. This is my first post where I've written a lot about game design, and I'm not sure if everyone had fun.

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To celebrate the special weekend, an ALL Buff Event will be held.

Please check the details below and don't miss the buff event happening this weekend!

■ Special Weekend ALL Buff Event Notice

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Event Period

Details

Korea/Asia/Japan

4/17 (Fri) 03:00 ~ 4/21 (Tue) 02:59 (KST)

1. Spirit Altar Rune Acquisition 2x UP!

2. Gold Acquisition 30% UP!

3. Hunt Crafting Material Drop Rate 50% UP!

4. Abyss  & Hunt Abyss Difficulty & Rift Gear Drop Rate 20% UP!

5. Catalyst Exchange Point Acquisition Amount 50% UP!

6. Experience Acquisition 30% UP!

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4/17 (Fri) 12:00 ~ 4/21 (Tue) 11:59 (KST)

Global

4/17 (Fri) 19:00 ~ 4/21 (Tue) 18:59 (KST)

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- During the buff event period, Hot Time Package items will be on sale.

- In Abyss difficulty of Hunt, the existing Hunt buff (Crafting Material Drop Rate 50% UP!) will not be applied.

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