All aspects of the company are also in full swing.
In terms of project costs, Gu Sheng was spoiled by bosses like Shen Miaomiao, who always said 'the more, the better'.
As the saying goes, it is not easy to learn well, but it is easy to learn badly.
From the very beginning, he was surprised by Shen Miaomiao's wealth and frantically increased the budget.
After that, I became accustomed to crazy increases in cost budgets.
Now, without waiting for the boss to speak, he takes the initiative to ask for money, and he is not satisfied with his desires.
If you don’t understand the rich people, understand the rich people and become the rich people.
What seemed like a long three-step journey took Gu Sheng only a short year and a half.
Even now, Shen Miaomiao, who has always been generous, was a little frightened when she saw Gu Sheng extending his hand.
It's not that she's afraid that the company will lose all its money, it's that she seems to be increasingly unable to meet Gu Sheng's cost needs.
However, this situation will not last long.
After TTF successfully loses money, you will have money.
At that time, we can regain the glory of the rich woman in the past, and we can reach eight or nine figures with the wave of our hands.
In order to achieve this goal, Shen Miaomiao also tried her best to cooperate with Gu Sheng, cater to Gu Sheng, satisfy Gu Sheng, and strive to squeeze out the golden wind in this investment.
Fortunately, the PUBG project is now booming, popular all over the country, and the income is stable and considerable.
The final cost of the project was even higher than their previous budget, at 170 million. The estimated price was 198 yuan per copy, and the development cycle was estimated to be five to six months.
On the day when the project was officially launched, Shen Miaomiao hugged her fifty and was happy for a long time.
"Fifty, fifty, we will make a fortune this time..."
Shen Miaomiao simply smiled from ear to ear:
"The cost is 170 million, even if we plan according to the worst case scenario, let Lao Gu earn 100 million back,"
"Then there are still 70 million left that cannot be repaid,"
"Seventy million, ten times that is seven hundred million,"
"Tsk tsk..."
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao felt relieved.
Once upon a time, I was still a little weakling who was fighting for a small treasury worth ten million yuan.
Just a few months passed.
My vision has improved seventy times, and I have begun to focus on projects with a rebate of 700 million.
Knew it!
A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.
Although PUBG made money.
However, it also laid the economic foundation for her to suffer even greater losses now!
"Believe me!"
After Shen Miao was done with it for a long time, she placed the fifty pieces neatly on the desk again and patted them:
"This time, we will win!"
…
beginning of winter.
It is suitable for traveling, getting married, going to work, breaking ground for construction, and erecting beams and columns.
With funds in place, the Titanfall project officially started.
The first thing to do when starting work is neither to start the program, nor to start composition and modeling, nor even to create a new folder.
But——
"Now Mr. Ou has replaced the cameras on the entire floor with facial recognition,"
In the project department, everyone surrounded Gu Sheng, the backbone, and everyone was worried:
"How can we work overtime?"
actually!
This time around, the project left them with plenty of time, and they no longer had to work overtime like they did in PUBG.
But the problem is, when it comes to work, especially if it’s a job you love, you won’t be too stuck when you get off work.
But the camera's facial recognition doesn't care about you.
As long as you are still in the company from 17:00 to 9:00 am, even if you leave even one minute late, it will be considered overtime.
By then, the snack coins will be gone.
To know!
Nowadays, in the wind of gold, snack coins are the main currency circulating within the company!
This thing can be used not only for catching dolls.
Ask colleagues to help bring milk tea, smoke packs of cigarettes, or even trade fruits after meals. Snack coins can all be used!
Yes.
Shen Miaomiao's outrageous anti-overtime mechanism worked in the end, and now everyone can't live without snack coins.
I don’t want to give up the snack money, but I can’t guarantee that I won’t miss a minute of extra work.
Ever since, how to get snack coins while working overtime has become the first question for the Titanfall project team.
Everyone brainstorms!
Some said they hacked the camera, some said they unplugged the camera, and some people were inspired by the movie and wanted to post photos in front of the camera.
finally!
After a series of intense discussions!
Everyone unanimously agreed to the director’s good idea——
Move the camera angle upwards a little.
High-end hacking methods are often presented in the simplest way.
that's all!
The biggest problem plaguing the project team was solved.
The work rhythm is back on track.
The reciprocating action group group has been activated again.
And Shen Miaomiao's Porsche also appeared frequently in the group again.
The project quickly got on track.
The seriousness of everyone's work attitude is even more serious than that of previous PUBG projects.
And Gu Sheng also moved out of his office again and spent all day in the project department——
"...Hey, that's right. This is the effect we want."
Gu Sheng crossed his legs and held a cigarette in his mouth. He looked at the level scene modeling renderings sent by the art team and nodded repeatedly.
But I saw that in the rendering, there were mountains in the distance, and the peaks towered into the clouds.
Between the mountains, a group of huge signal towers stood, with mottled metallic luster, exuding a heavy and cold steel atmosphere against the setting sun.
Between the signal towers, steel cable lines are crisscrossed.
The huge signal tower and the mountain clouds and mist contrast with each other, creating a wonderful and shocking scene.
[My analysis results show that throwing is the only way]
BT's cold and extremely reliable voice sounded in Gu Sheng's mind.
When the game is finished, I will personally experience what it feels like to be thrown out by you.
Thinking of this, Gu Sheng couldn't help but smile and pointed his thumb at Dajiang next to him:
"As expected of our art director, he is precise, efficient and awesome."
"Actually...this...is also thanks to our Junior Sister Jiang."
"Why--"
Gu Sheng hurriedly made a stop gesture:
"Don't worry about us, people have never called me Senior Brother, and I'm not their idol, so don't use me as your backer."
Once you say this!
Dajiang's face turned red!
"Ah no..."
But the words are not finished yet!
The sound of footsteps was heard, and Jiang Shan walked over with brisk steps.
First, he nodded to Gu Sheng and said hello: "Director Gu."
Then he said softly to Dajiang: "Um...senior brother, I have a question that I don't quite understand. Do you think you have time..."
Gu Sheng's skin got goosebumps!
He quickly kicked off the swivel chair under Ojiang's butt.
Let's go!
"Hey? Hey?"
Ojiang exclaimed and flew away in a chair.
Gu Sheng smiled and waved.
Stay away from me. You brothers and sisters, please go away and get tired.
This way.
After kicking away the river, the land came again.
"Lao Gu, I won't waste your time, just two questions."
"speak."
"The first thing is, the setting of [Cause and Effect] is really awesome, let me brag about it."
"Then?"
"The second thing is that Kailang and I have been studying it for two damn hours, and we haven't figured out how to achieve a seamless switch."
"..."
Gu Sheng knew that what Lu Bian was talking about was when the game entered the middle stage, and the protagonist got the new time travel equipment.
In this level full of creativity, the protagonist will master the ability to travel through time.
By switching between different timelines in the same scene, you can avoid battles and solve puzzles to clear the level.
This level is designed very delicately and is refreshing.
It’s well known!
Every game will go through the graphics loading process when switching to a map, which is inevitable.
Such frequent map switching will inevitably increase the rendering load of the game screen, leading to a decrease in graphics quality and even screen tearing.
Lu Bian knew that if he wanted to achieve stunning effects in this level, he had to ensure that the player's picture would be perfect after switching timelines.
"The performance of Yiyu x2 is not that great, and it cannot reach the frame-level rendering speed,"
Lu Bian said:
"Such crazy map cutting will inevitably cause the graphics to not load in time. The best we can do is to ensure that the screen does not tear,"
"Do you have any good ideas?"
Gu Sheng thought for a while:
"Cut the map and the graphics will not load in time, so why don't we just not cut the map?"
"ah?"
Lu Bian was stunned:
"Brother, do you know what you are talking about?"
The theme of this level is to repeatedly jump between the two level maps. You say we don’t want to cut the map?
What can we do without cutting the map? Is it possible to really allow players to travel through time?
With that kind of technology, how about making a Hammer game?
Seeing that Lu Bian didn't understand, Gu Sheng took out a cigarette, put it into Lu Bian's mouth, and lit it for him:
"Think about what we did to the cameras?"
Camera?
Lu Bian didn't understand what Gu Sheng meant.
In order to avoid being caught working overtime, they raised the camera angle?
In this way, the camera will not be able to capture their facial recognition.
But this has nothing to do with the scene...
Wait a minute?!
"Fuck!"
Lu Bian seemed to suddenly understand what Gu Sheng meant:
"Z axis???"
Gu Sheng shrugged: "High-end optimization methods are often presented in the simplest way."
"Awesome! Damn it! Awesome!" Lu Bian exclaimed repeatedly!
He completely understood Gu Sheng's solution——
As Gu Sheng said, since switching between the two maps requires rendering time, then we will combine the original two maps.
The two scenes of "past" and "present" are divided into upper and lower floors and placed together on a map, just like a two-story building.
After that, by moving the Z-axis of the main perspective, the effect of time switching is presented.
In this way, when the player walks into this two-story building, the scenes on the first and second floors have actually been loaded simultaneously.
The final effect is that the player presses the time travel watch.
Snapped!
I will throw it to the second floor for you. This switching speed is extremely fast and it is impossible to detect it with the naked eye.
Press the watch again.
Snapped!
I will stuff you back to the first floor.
In this way, no matter how the player switches, he is actually jumping up and down in a map, and there will be no graphics loading delay at all, let alone screen tearing.
"Awesome, awesome, awesome..."
Lu Bian was so convinced that he pushed his feet to the ground and rolled away like a big river.
However, it did not wait for half a minute before the land rolled away.
Jiang Yun came over again: "Director Gu, can we make some changes to this place..."
"Brother Sheng..."
Gululu——
"lead……"
Gululu——
"Look here..."
The swivel chair slides in the project department.
For a time, the huge project department turned into a curling venue, and everyone seemed to be paralyzed, sliding back and forth in the middle of the venue.
The progress of the project is also advancing by leaps and bounds in this rolling process.
…
Here, the development work on Titanfall is in full swing.
On the other side, media players from all walks of life are also very curious about the Golden Wind project called TTF and are discussing it a lot.
Yes, this time Gu Sheng did not choose to completely block the project, but only asked employees to sign a technical information confidentiality agreement.
Because he really needs to keep the project hot and let more water help them publicize it for free.
After all, 170 million is still a bit insufficient for this project.
This money is basically enough for them to carry out the development work of the main body of the project, and the publicity and distribution expenses account for almost nothing.
Therefore, Gu Sheng cannot keep the game completely secret.
He needs to use the gimmick of "mecha game" to arouse market discussion and attract the attention of the media and players.
Facts prove.
His plan worked very well.
Since the establishment of the TTF project, speculation and reports from various media have continued——
"Informed sources revealed that the escort game being developed by Golden Wind is actually a mecha game?"
"Choose another path or give up on yourself?"
"A well-known game reviewer said that the theme choice of Golden Wind is the biggest disaster in history"
"Silent counterattack? Is Golden Wind's selection of materials a silent protest against art games?"
"Fall or continue to shine? Rational analysis of the theme of this new work of Golden Wind——"
Reports came one after another.
It can be seen from the vast majority of negative voices that the status of mecha games in the game genre is indeed very embarrassing.
The few media outlets that did not denigrate him only looked at the golden wind and Gu Sheng's face, so they spoke leniently.
"There really isn't even a platform for mecha games..."
In the office, Shen Miaomiao slid the mouse and flipped through the reports about them, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but raise.
Read the comments below -
'This type is too outrageous. Has Brother Sheng lost his mind?'
"This is no longer abstract. The escort masterpiece is chosen to be a mecha game. This is simply performance art."
‘It’s so messed up, it’s normal. If you pick three old heavyweight FPS manufacturers, I’d be messed up too’
‘You kid, you can always come up with something new for me (Yunfei face)’
'Don't be so pessimistic. No one was optimistic about horror games before. Isn't ghost phobia still on the rise?'
'Comparing mecha games with horror games? Even if you don't like horror games, you can't criticize them so harshly, right?'
'Hahahahahaha...'
'Indeed, horror games also had their heyday before the phobia. Works such as "Midnight", "Evil" and "Horror Mansion" were also number one at that time. It was just because everyone was tired of being scared that they gradually stopped working. of'
‘If you put it this way…it seems like there are no good works in mecha games at all…’
‘It’s just a painting theme’
‘Balance is a big problem in this type, and it’s easy to enter sage mode after having fun’
‘If the Golden Wind is not playing tricks, then it must be doing scientific research’
'indeed……'
Genius, I found a treasure!
Reading through the comments, the smile on Shen Miaomiao's face became brighter and brighter, her big eyes shining brightly, emitting the light of gold coins.
Gu Shengcheng will not deceive me, and the project team will not deceive me!
This game type is simply the abandonment of abandonment, the failure of failure.
It seems that I can finally—
…
"Sit back and relax! Hahahahaha..."
at the same time.
Shenzhou, Xunteng Technology Headquarters, Deputy General Manager Office.
Ding Kai sat opposite Chen Guangde, general manager of Xunteng Technology, clasped his hands and laughed, then handed over his mobile phone.
"Mecha game, this is really... tsk tsk tsk,"
Ding Kai shook his head and sneered:
"This golden wind is really urgent and seeks medical treatment,"
"I feel that I have succeeded in finding new ways many times before, and it has become more and more popular, and I dare to get into this type of game,"
"I don't know whether they are overconfident or too anxious."
Hearing this, he saw Chen Guangde opposite with a smile on his face.
Although he is not as arrogant and arrogant as Ding Kai, he still looks confident of winning.
After all, both of them have been working in the gaming industry for many years.
No one knows better than them what the trend is in the circle.
Mecha games, this genre has been out of date for a long time... Oh no, it's not even out of date, because it's never been popular at all...
If you want to stir up some waves, the momentum will reach the sky.
not to mention!
Golden Wind’s investment this time is only 200 million.
Originally, one versus three was an impossible task, but now I have even added a pair of shackles to myself.
"It seems that Yiyou has really negotiated with Golden Wind this time to ask Tian Ji to race horses, and Golden Wind simply let himself go..."
Chen Guangde smiled slightly and shook his head.
"well!"
Speaking of this, Ding Kai seemed a little regretful:
"It's a pity that Golden Wind was timid on the spot and came up with such a game theme that neither father nor mother loves,"
"I originally wanted to avenge my shame and humiliate Golden Wind to the ground, but now it seems..."
"Drink tea, drink tea,"
Before Ding Kai could finish speaking, Chen Guangde interrupted him and pushed the small cup over:
"Let's not talk about the regrets. Focusing on the present is the most important thing."
Chen Guangde had a smile on his face and something in his heart.
Okay, you need to hold back your bragging. Before, 100 million people and 10 million people were beaten like a fucking melon. How can you still lick your face and talk nonsense?
Weren't you the one who was pushed to the ground by the second-generation Golden Wind FPS and blasted with a hammer?
How come the scar healed so quickly and I forgot about the pain.
This time, the reason why we are sure of winning is because the Golden Wind is not large enough and the cost is limited.
Secondly, it’s because we fight three against one.
If you can't win this fight again, the three of you should just go and fan yourself wherever you feel cool, and I'll turn around and go poach Gu Sheng.
To avenge previous shame...
Come on, drink your fucking tea.
Cursing in his heart, Chen Guangde picked up the tea cup and took a slow sip.
Nowadays, the weather is getting colder and colder, and it is still very comfortable to drink hot tea.
Putting down his teacup and flipping through the calendar, Chen Guangde nodded.