To become the richest man from the beginning of the game

Chapter 1558 How to do escort games?
After Lao Song left the headquarters of Tenda Group, he immediately called Qiu Hong, the person in charge of the independent game incubation base.

Qiu Hong has now opened independent game incubation bases to super-first-tier cities with developed cultural industries such as Imperial Capital, Magic Capital, and Yangcheng. The scale is getting larger and larger, and the incubation bases accommodate more and more independent game producers.

However, he did not stop because of this, and he is still doing his best to promote the independent game incubation base.

After all, there are still many independent game producers in China who need support, and Qiu Hong's work is actually a long way to go.

Fortunately, this "lower grassroots" activity is limited to various departments within Tenda, otherwise Qiu Hong would have to go to NFL to deliver the courier.

Lao Song quickly dialed the phone and briefly told Qiu Hong about Mr. Pei's arrangement.

Qiu Hong was a little surprised: "Let the independent game incubation base come out with a game router escort masterpiece?"

"Are you sure this is President Pei's request?"

Lao Song said helplessly: "I also think this matter is a bit outrageous, but these are indeed Mr. Pei's original words."

Qiu Hong thought about it, and then asked: "Then what else did Mr. Pei say? Did you say what kind of game you want to make? At least there should be a general direction?"

Lao Song shook his head: "Boss Pei just said that you must not fool players with the reset version of the old game. The game "The Future You Choose" will be launched two months later than the game router, and the time is not suitable."

"It is best to develop a game that can match the characteristics of the game router, or at least be related in content, so that the software and hardware can be well combined."

"Other than that, Mr. Pei didn't say anything else. He said he asked me to pass on the information to you, and he also said that you can definitely come up with a good solution."

Although Qiu Hong was still a little puzzled, he still nodded: "Okay, I will discuss it with Xi Hao and try to figure out President Pei's intentions."

"By the way, Mr. Pei said that software and hardware should be combined. Is there a design draft for this new host?"

Lao Song said: "There is a relatively original design draft, but Mr. Pei's idea is relatively clear, and the shape of this machine should not change much in the future. I will send you the design draft."

……

After hanging up the phone, Qiu Hong waited patiently for a while, and soon received the design proposal of this new host.

Although this plan is relatively primitive, we can already see President Pei's design intention.

"Combine the game host and router together to achieve the streaming effect of the game, so as to take the lead in achieving the effect of cloud gaming in the player's home?"

"Sure enough, it's Mr. Pei, the design idea is still so wild, it's hard to figure out!"

"But Mr. Pei said that software and hardware must be combined, and this first escort game must be related to the characteristics of the host..."

"How does this relate?"

"Also, Mr. Pei thinks too highly of these independent game producers in the incubation base, and thinks too highly of me."

"I didn't expect that there would be a day for me to be a game producer again, and I was also the game producer who developed Tenda's first game console escort masterpiece. It's really stressful..."

"Let's have a meeting with Xi Hao and Wu Zhicheng, some of the more outstanding independent game producers, to figure out President Pei's design intentions."

Qiu Hong called Xi Hao, Wu Zhicheng and others to the rest area, planning to have a small meeting right away.

After all, this is the escort masterpiece of Tenda's first mainframe, it is not a trivial matter, and it cannot be neglected.

After Wu Zhicheng completed the development of "Ink and Cloud", he has no particularly good inspiration, so he did not develop new game projects.

Recently, he has been developing various follow-up patches and dlc for "Ink and Cloud", but this game is already very complete, and it is almost time to consider new projects.

Qiu Hong quickly introduced Mr. Pei's request to everyone.

Wu Zhicheng was a little dazed: "Huh? Boss Pei actually wants us to develop an escort game? And all our independent game designers together?"

Qiu Hong felt helpless: "That's right."

Obviously, Mr. Pei's request is a bit too outrageous, and every time he conveys it, he will get some new questions.

Xi Hao was silent for a moment, then asked: "Can we refuse this request? Just say that the current research and development strength of the incubation base is not enough to support the development of such a large-scale project."

Qiu Hong shook his head: "Of course not! Since Mr. Pei entrusted us with this task, it means that he believes that the current research and development capabilities of the independent game incubation base are sufficient for this task."

"Boss Pei thinks we can do it, but we question ourselves that we can't. Is this appropriate?"

"Everyone, don't think about what's there. Hurry up and follow the standard process, and start analyzing Mr. Pei's design intentions first."

Although Qiu Hong did not work in the game department of Tenda, he has also heard about Tenda's internal game design method: first carefully analyze the unreasonable content in Mr. Pei's request, and then extend and deduce it, and finally come up with a unique game. Different design options.

The others are also stupefied. Since this task cannot be refused, let's try to design it first.

Qiu Hong said: "Let me first throw a brick to attract jade."

"Boss Pei has actually roughly limited the development time of this game. He will release it at the same time as the new game console, which means that this game will be much smaller than the 3A masterpiece "The Future You Choose". "

"I think it's more appropriate to have about a dozen hours of game time and a price in the early 100s."

"But Mr. Pei has special requirements for this, that is, to match the characteristics of the game router, and to achieve the effect of combining software and hardware as much as possible. Do you have any thoughts on this?"

After thinking about it, Xi Hao said, "Wait a minute, I think there is a problem that needs to be solved first."

"The independent game incubation base is full of independent game producers, not a complete game development team. These independent game producers have their own ideas, and they have never worked as a screw on the assembly line. If they jointly develop a project, it may be difficult to manage it. very difficult."

"Didn't Mr. Pei think about this when he assigned the task?"

Everyone asked this question, because it was indeed a doubtful point.

As an excellent game design master, Mr. Pei must know better than everyone else.Is it because Mr. Pei has no other research and development forces under his command, so he forcibly handed over this task to the independent game incubation base?

This doesn't match Mr. Pei's strategizing image.

Wu Zhicheng was silent for a while, and then said: "I think Mr. Pei must have considered this issue. Maybe it's because this game is the most suitable for us to make?"

"Compared to the general game development team, the independent game incubation base has the biggest advantage that there are more independent game producers, more ideas, and more styles."

"If each of our independent game producers makes a part of this game separately, and finally connects them together to bring players many different game experiences in one game, is it equivalent to fully exerting our abilities? Advantage?"

"Mr. Pei should be very happy to see this situation."

Qiu Hong nodded: "Huh? It makes sense! Since Mr. Pei assigned this task to us, he must have seen our unique advantages. We should think about how to make use of this advantage instead of being the first The reaction is self-denial.”

"So what are your thoughts on how the gameplay can be combined with the hardware of the game router?"

Wu Zhicheng continued: "According to the current plan, the biggest advantage of the game router lies in the very convenient wireless streaming."

"That is to say, after using the game router to build a whole-house network, connect all the display devices in the room to the router, and you can use the router to realize wireless streaming and screen projection from the host computer to all display devices."

"Players can also play games in front of any screen."

"What is the use of this function? Is it just that players can seamlessly connect in the bedroom after they are tired of playing games in the living room?"

"This is of course one of its functions, but the practicality is too poor."

"I think this feature is actually more suitable for multiplayer games!"

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this: "Multiplayer game?"

Wu Zhicheng nodded: "That's right. The characteristic of multiplayer games on consoles is that there are multiple people on the same screen, so one screen must be divided into two or four."

"But after splitting, each player's screen is too small. Unless the player is using a very large-sized TV, the gaming experience will definitely be affected."

"If the same game can be split-screened on TV and computer, TV and mobile phone, mobile phone and tablet computer, then this will definitely improve the player's gaming experience!"

"And the number of players that can be added to a multiplayer game will also be greatly increased. It is no longer limited to two to four players as before."

"As for the problem of the handle, it is easy to solve, as long as a virtual handle APP is provided for the player on the mobile phone."

Qiu Hong couldn't help giving a thumbs up, and praised: "It's great! I think this is the effect Mr. Pei wants to achieve!"

"Furthermore, following this line of thought, party multiplayer games on the same screen are actually very close to the style of independent games, which is exactly the strength of independent game designers!"

"This way the prototype of the game is very clear."

"It is a party game that can be played by multiple people on the same screen. We can develop a main storyline of about ten hours for it, and within the main storyline, there can be several or even a dozen different ways of playing. In the mainline In addition to the plot, we can also make some multiplayer confrontation games on the same screen to increase the fun and playability."

"Compared with other party-type multiplayer games on the same screen, the biggest advantage of this game is that through the streaming function of the game router, the in-game screen can be projected to different monitors, breaking through the limitation of monitor size!"

"In this way, we only need to finalize the main line and style of the game, and the internal structure and small gameplay can be handed over to an independent game producer to complete independently!"

"Isn't this exactly what Mr. Pei expected?"

(End of this chapter)