Chapter 411 Golden Engine Alpha Test! Forehand and backhand teaching!
good!
Just as Lu Bian said!
This time, Sarah’s death order to Cornick is to postpone the project “Lord of the Rings: Gollum” indefinitely!
What is indefinite extension?
To put it bluntly, just don’t post it!
After all, just the trial of the first chapter at the game show has already received enough criticism, and the market value that was finally raised is gone in one click, and it will continue to fall for a while!
In this case, the best way is to put away this project that is full of controversy and negative comments, and not let it deteriorate further and infect Vivendi itself.
“Mr. Lu is right,”
Moritani also has the same view on this:
“There is no way, in this competition, they are really...”
Moritani considered the words carefully.
Then he shrugged: "It's too weird, the food is outrageous."
Moritani really can't find any other words to describe Yunwei's "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum".
It is hard to imagine that this is a game played by carbon-based organisms.
Don’t say it’s not comparable to the “Minecraft” they launched today.
In terms of playability, it is not even as good as the prank game "Who's the Daddy" that they produced when Golden Wind was founded.
With the mentality of making a serious 3S masterpiece, but to produce a tricky work that is not satisfactory in every aspect, it is really too tricky.
“But having said that, raising the white flag immediately upon contact is quite in line with the style of Vivendi, a capital investment group with the blood of Gallic nobles.”
It’s coming.
Moritani also made a joke about breast milk.
Then he shook his head and smiled: "It's a pity that such a good movie IP is available."
However.
Speaking of this, Lu Bian, who was standing next to him, had an idea flash in his mind:
“Huh? Movie IP? Hiss—”
Said.
Lu Bian looked at Gu Sheng, thoughtfully: "Brother Sheng, how about we take this opportunity to set an example for them?"
good!
“Take advantage of this opportunity”!
Today, the four CEOs of Golden Wind, headed by Gu Sheng, gathered together just for this matter—
As February comes to a close.
˜Golden Wind’s first truly Chinese business engine, the “Golden Engine” independently invested and developed, has also ushered in phased progress.
As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers.
The R&D team composed of seconded personnel from seventeen companies can be described as drawing on the strengths of others.
Coupled with Golden Wind’s fine tradition of never limiting the budget, the project progressed rapidly.
It is expected that the Alpha version of the Golden Engine will be released by early March.
As a closed beta version, Golden Wind must be the first to try out the game and create a game specifically for the engine.
Not only to test the practicality of the Alpha version and collect relevant test data, but also to provide initial publicity for the golden engine.
That’s right.
The main topic that several people gathered today was to discuss a game to provide data resources for the further development and improvement of the golden engine.
first.
The size of this game is not suitable for being too large.
After all, the engine is still in its infancy, and it is difficult to support very large works.
Secondly, the choice of game type must also be in line with the type of **** works they will launch after the engine is officially developed.
For example, after they successfully develop the future engine and want to launch a wolf game, their Alpha version of the game now has to be an action role-playing game.
According to He Sheng's plan.
After the engine is completed, the **** work he wants to launch is a shooting game, which is what he is good at.
So now, they have to make an FPS game too.
But the problem arises——
There are countless types of FPS games. What type should they make?
Like Call of Duty, is it focused on single-player plot?
Or is it like APEX, multiplayer online battle?
Or is it like a multiplayer online cooperative game like Left 4 Dead?
All in all, there are only a few types of FPS games. The key is to see how they choose among them.
After some thought, Gu Sheng finally set his sights on "online cooperation".
It’s not that he has a soft spot for games like this.
Mainly because if they are producing a single-player plot work, in order to present the game content as much as possible and increase the player's sense of immersion, the project must be too small, and it is not suitable for their current Alpha testing requirements.
As for the multi-player online battle, it overlaps with the type of **** work that Gu Sheng thought of when the engine was officially released.
So after thinking about it, only the form of “online cooperation” is more in line with their requirements.
An online cooperative shooting game.
There are many choices.
Borderless land? Killing Floor? War machine? Reach?
Reach is not possible. If Reach is to be truly immersive, it would be suitable for a larger investment to present the tragic battle of the noble squad.
There are also many choices.
Just as several grown men were thinking hard, Yunwei's announcement was made. Following the chat about this matter, Lu Bian's words reminded Gu Sheng -
【How about we set an example for them? 】
Demonstrate a derivative combination between a game and a movie?
——
As soon as these words came out, Gu Sheng seemed to have caught a glimpse of inspiration.
Somewhat interesting, but not much.
At this moment!
Shen Miaomiao, who had been attending city meetings outside in the morning, also came back. When she opened the door, she saw Gu Sheng and his entourage meditating hard in the smoky office.
…
"Well..." Shen Miaomiao, who had pushed Gu Sheng to the sofa, sat on Gu Sheng's office chair. After listening to the situation report, she shook her head and thought while kicking her legs on the office chair. He turned around and then turned his attention to the land:
“Mr. Lu’s idea is interesting, please expand on it?”
Lu Bian just said casually:
“I wonder if they, Yunwei, are so wasteful and have such a good film copyright, but they can’t make a spin-off,”
“If we follow closely and show them the correct way to use IP, wouldn’t it be quite... demonstrative?”
It’s a good expression of high emotional intelligence.
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao burst into laughter.
High emotional intelligence: Demonstrative.
Low emotional intelligence: slap in the face.
“What do you think?” Shen Miaomiao nodded and looked at the others.
After a moment, Moritani nodded slightly and said:
“It is a routine operation in the gaming industry to take over classic movie IP and create games,”
“Basically, it can be said that as long as you don’t seek death like Yun Wei and come up with so many ‘alternative approach’ ideas at once,”
“Among the huge movie audience, there are always core fans who are willing to pay.”
Moritani is right.
It is not uncommon for movies to be adapted into games in the gaming industry.
Even if they want to add insult to injury and fill the grave of "Lord of the Rings: Gollum" with another handful of soil, they can try to contact Warner New Line Cinema again.
However, New Line Cinema may not license it to them.
After all, Gulu had just stabbed him hard over there, and he probably hadn't even wiped away the blood yet.
At this time, if you go to New Line Cinema to discuss copyright licensing, you will undoubtedly have to ask for the right one.
Of course.
The Lord of the Rings is not the only globally famous IP.
Such as Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc., are all suitable for adaptation into games.
“But the problem is…”
Speaking of this, Dajiang raised his hand:
"Such an authorization cannot be obtained by just three people and two dates. It is said that in order to obtain the authorization for The Lord of the Rings, Yunwei paid hundreds of millions in authorization fees this time. Is this a price for us? A bit too big?”
"Too,"
As soon as he said this, Lu Bian slapped his forehead:
“Forget, this is just an Alpha test, so you won’t have to pay that much.”
Why? Don't?
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao's little hands clenched impatiently.
Don’t let it happen!
It’s just copyright, buy it!
It’s not like we have no money now, so why give up like this?
Just give Yunwei a lesson and slap him in the face. Wouldn’t it taste good?
However!
Just when Shen Miaomiao is about to launch her wonderful paid sermon!
Then I heard Gu Sheng say:
“Indeed, the scale of this project should be basically the same as that of Garden Warfare. The copyright fee of hundreds of millions is not necessary.”
Finished.
Before Shen Miaomiao could use her skills, she was interrupted by Gu Sheng.
There is no other way, who makes Gu Sheng the system manager?
So theoretically, if he had made up his mind, even Shen Miaomiao, as the chairman, would not be able to force him.
But Shen Miaomiao did not want to miss this opportunity.
Although during this period of time, she has been busy following the city's policy support meetings on the theme amusement city project, and can hardly spare time to care about engine development.
But after listening to the reports of a few people just now, she also roughly understood the project selection problems they were currently facing.
Obviously!
The current golden engine is not yet stable, and games based on it have a certain chance of experiencing technical problems.
If the technical problems are minor, tinkering is not a big problem.
But if the technical problems are big, then Yunwei will be a lesson for them.
so!
From a certain perspective.
The Alpha test project they are launching now may lose money due to ‘technical reasons’.
At that time!
At the very least, you can get a rebate and enjoy a loss.
Taking it a long way, I can protect Lao Gu and the entire golden engine, and even use ten times the financial resources to make up for the loopholes in the Alpha test.
Hence, Shen Miaomiao wanted to increase the cost budget of this test project as much as possible.
The “copyright authorized purchase” proposed by Lu Bian is a very good way to burn money.
It’s a pity that Lao Gu disagrees.
Um…
Shen Miaomiao frowned slightly.
Copyright...authorization...movies...games...derivatives...difficulty...
Countless words flashed through her mind quickly.
And when all these keywords are connected in series!
A brilliant idea suddenly appeared in her mind!
bang!
A slap in the face!
The four elders opposite him were frightened, and they all raised their astonished eyes to look at Shen Miaomiao.
At this moment!
Seeing that Shen Miaomiao was already confident, she smiled slightly and said:
“The movie derivatives that Mr. Lu just mentioned are very inspiring,”
“Lao Gu said that the cost should not be too high, which makes sense.”
"So!"
“We might as well combine these two ideas and give Yunwei a—”
“Teaching forehand and backhand.”
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PS: There are two more chapters at around ten o'clock
(End of this chapter)