Chapter 3 Prepare to take off
Add money?
Gu Sheng was stunned.
In the past, when he was making games, the most common thing he heard was that the budget was too high and investment needed to be controlled.
But I have never seen any boss take the initiative to increase the budget!
Logically speaking, this is a good thing. The willingness to increase the budget shows that the boss believes in his ability.
but…
Looking at his plan, Gu Sheng felt a little worried—
Where should I start to increase my budget?
You must know that the only fee you need to pay for this "Cat Leo" is the genuine usage fee of the Flash game development platform!
“As for the character modeling and UI design, I drew them all by myself.”
Gu Sheng said with a guilty conscience.
As he said that, he also glanced at Shen Miaomiao secretly.
After all, this game design process does sound too sloppy.
Sure enough!
Shen Miaomiao frowned after hearing Gu Sheng's words: "You painted them all yourself?"
“Uh, yes.” Gu Sheng grinned and nodded.
“Didn’t you spend a penny?” Shen Miaomiao asked.
“Uh, um.” Gu Sheng continued to nod.
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao slapped the sofa with a bang, which startled Gu Sheng:
“How can that be done!”
Speaking, Shen Miaomiao stood up and spoke righteously:
“We, Golden Wind Game Company! We are a formal and professional game company!”
"And you! Director Gu! You are the soul of our company! You are the commander! You are the superstructure!"
“How can you do everything yourself? Is it worth the trouble and effort?!”
ah…?
Shen Miaomiao's impassioned speech made Gu Sheng a little confused:
…But I finished the painting in ten minutes.”
“That won’t work either!”
Grandma, how can I increase my budget if you cover it all?
How can I lose money if I don’t increase my budget?
How can I make money without losing money?
“Outsource! Must outsource!”
Shen Miaomiao waved her little hand:
“I checked yesterday and found that the production of a game requires a lot of personnel and financial support, such as art, levels, programs, etc., which can easily cost tens to millions!”
“Just make arrangements! You don’t have to worry about money!”
“Our purpose in making games is—not to be the best! But to be the most expensive!”
Gu Sheng:…
But I just want to make a cat Leo!
A Flash game!
Obviously my art level is completely sufficient!
Why do you still need to find an outsourcing team?
Is there a lot of money to burn? !
“Boss, that’s it,”
Gu Sheng really couldn’t bear to deceive fools into spending money:
“The soul and essence of this game actually lies in its abstract and scrawled painting style. If we use outsourced art design, we may not be able to achieve this effect.”
Stop it! Little Nezha! Even if you have money, you can’t make it like this!
Unexpectedly, little Nezha waved his hand as if he was determined to lose his fortune:
“Hey—Director Gu’s words are wrong!”
“Change your thinking, can’t we let the outsourced art perform a one-to-one reproduction according to your template?”
One sentence! Gu Shengqian was immediately silenced!
Do you know what you are talking about?
Gu Sheng felt that his CPU was about to burn out:
“Then what is the meaning?”
It seemed that Gu Sheng had expected this question, and Shen Miaomiao smiled slightly as she saw that she was not in a hurry.
He hugged Gu Sheng, who had a confused expression on his face, and patted him on the shoulder:
“You don’t understand this, do you know about brand effect?”
"Would you like to hear the details?" Gu Sheng bent down slightly and looked at Shen Miaomiao.
Little Nezha is a head shorter than him. In order to cooperate with the boss's pretentiousness, Gu Sheng needs to be a little condescending.
“We are a newly established company with little reputation,”
Shen Miaomiao raised her eyebrows at Gu Sheng and followed the instructions:
“So, in order to make a name for ourselves, we have to gain more fame from well-known people in the industry. Only in this way can we get the first shot!”
Gu Sheng pretended to sigh, his attitude was ambiguous.
Obviously, I still feel that what Xiao Nezha did was very unfair.
However, the boss has said so, and he can't refute it.
It’s not his money anyway, so just make it.
"Oh well,"
Gu Sheng sighed secretly and shrugged:
“Then I’ll waste money... No, I’ll increase the cost, right?”
"Bet! Bet hard!" Shen Miao Miao smiled happily, as if "I'm optimistic about you":
“You just play the game ‘well’! You don’t have to save money for me!”
…
That afternoon, Gu Sheng took Xiao Nezha’s concept of injustice as his guiding ideology.
While ensuring that the original gameplay remains unchanged, take off your pants and fart as much as possible.
In this parallel world, there is a website called "Game Factory".
This is a gathering place for game production practitioners, covering creative planning, art design, UI production, modeling and rendering, engine provision, etc.
Gu Sheng entered the website and immediately used the method of "sorting quotations from high to low". He began to contact top practitioners in various fields including art, UI, and programming, and asked them to subcontract the production of this seemingly inferior and abstract game.
But you must know that those powerful practitioners cannot take on all jobs.
Especially a simple and crude game like "Cat Leo".
Many well-known practitioners rejected it at first glance. The reason is that it is too cheap to do this thing, and they will not accept no matter how much they are offered.
As a result, Gu Sheng could only continue to be backward compatible.
finally!
After a whole afternoon of searching for communication!
Gu Shengcai barely made this 'gold-plated' cat Leo with a total cost of 10,000 yuan, and it is scheduled to be released tonight.
A prodigal also requires ability, and he really tried his best.
After hearing Gu Sheng's report, although Shen Miaomiao was still not satisfied, she could only nod her head and reluctantly accepted it.
Ten thousand, just ten thousand.
Ten times it would be one hundred thousand, which is better than two hundred yuan.
Get ready to take off!
Shen Miaomiao felt secretly happy in her heart.
I really knew the pig (not wrong), and tied Gu Sheng as a big clever.
Now, I need to think about how to comfort Director Gu.
After all, if Director Gu gets up tomorrow morning and sees Ling Dan’s results, he will definitely feel uncomfortable.
“Hmm...how should I comfort my Mr. Wolong? It’s really nerve-wracking..."
…
Eight o'clock in the evening!
Shark live broadcast room game area!
“Thank you Jiehouerbuhui for sending me a big fly, thank you...”
“Thank you to biabiabia for sending me 99 cards, and thank you to the boss…”
A Yin, who had just finished today’s game promotion session, twisted his neck and thanked the bosses who bought gifts:
“If you are interested, you can click on the icon in the lower left corner of the screen to enter the game. The dragon-slaying sword will be given to you by clicking on it. I will wait for you in Shacheng.”
In the live broadcast room, a barrage of cheers floated by—
‘It’s fun, I’ve already paid 100,000’
‘Geeli, I’ve sold my house for krypton gold’
‘Personally tested, it can also be used on sensitive skin’
‘Crying at the wrong grave, brother (dog head)’
‘Outrageous hahahahahaha…’
‘I just finished taking a shower, is the meal session over? ’
‘Wuhu! The retarded game review is coming! ’
‘The boss changes the disc! ’
‘The main film begins…’
As the head anchor of the game area, A Yin has many fans.
Audiences who often watch A Yin’s live broadcasts know that eight o’clock every night is the happiest moment in the live broadcast room.
Because during this time period, Ayin will randomly select the most retarded games on the gaming platform for play evaluation.
Each game will be tested for twenty minutes, and the audience will decide whether to “stay” or “take it away”.
Looking at the shouts and small gifts filling the screen, A Yin nodded:
“Come on! Let’s see how many lucky people will be carried away today!”
Speaking!
A Yin opened Yiyou Platform, an independent game publishing platform, known as a small valve in China.
After some checking!
A Yin targeted the three terms of “small size”, “single machine” and “price 1-10 yuan”.
Bear the brunt!
A game that has just been released comes into view—
《Cat Leo》
(End of this chapter)