Chapter 411 Golden Engine Alpha Test! Forehand and backhand teaching!
Not bad!
Just like Lu Bian said!
This time, Sarah’s death order to Cornick was to postpone the project “Lord of the Rings: Gollum” indefinitely!
What is indefinite postponement?
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 a snap, and it will continue to fall for a while!
In this case, the best thing to do is to put away this project that is full of controversy and negative reviews, 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’s hard to imagine that this is a game played by carbon-based organisms.
Not to mention that it is not comparable to the "Minecraft" they are launching now.
In terms of playability, it is not even as good as the prank game "Who's the Daddy" produced by Golden Wind when they were founded?
With the mentality of making a serious 3S masterpiece, but to produce a tricky work that is unsatisfactory in every aspect, it is really too tricky.
"But having said that, raising the white flag as soon as we make contact is quite in line with Vivendi, a capital investment group with the blood of the Gallic nobles."
In the end.
Moritani also made a joke about breastfeeding.
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 next to him suddenly had an idea flash in his mind:
"Hey? 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 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.
The first true Chinese business engine "Golden Engine" independently invested and developed by Golden Wind 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 an internal beta version, Golden Wind will definitely be the first to try it out 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 that would 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 cannot support very large works.
Secondly, the choice of game type should also be consistent with the type of escort works they will launch after the official development of the engine.
For example, if they want to launch a wolf game after successfully developing the future engine, then their Alpha version of the game will now have to be an action role-playing game.
And according to Zhao Sheng's plan.
After the engine is completed, the escort work he wants to launch is a shooting game, which is his specialty.
So now, they also have to make an FPS game.
But here comes the problem——
There are countless types of FPS games, what type should they make specifically?
Is it like Call of Duty, focusing 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.
The main reason is that if they produce a single-player plot work, in order to present the game content as much as possible, the project to increase the player's sense of immersion will definitely not be small, and it is not suitable for their current Alpha testing requirements.
As for the multiplayer online battle, it overlaps with the type of escort work that Gu Sheng had in mind for the official release of the engine.
So after much deliberation, only the form of "online cooperation" is more in line with their requirements.
Online cooperative shooting game.
There are many choices.
Borderlands? Killing Floor? Gears of War? Reach?
Reach doesn't work. If Reach wants to be truly immersive, it would be suitable for a larger investment to present the tragic and heroic battle of the noble squad.
There are also many choices.
Just when several grown men were thinking hard, Yunwei's announcement was released. 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?
hiss--
As soon as these words came out, Gu Sheng seemed to have caught a glimpse of inspiration.
A bit interesting, but not much.
And right now!
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 squeezed Gu Sheng onto the sofa, sat on Gu Sheng's office chair. After listening to the situation report, she shook the ball on top of her head. While thinking, she kicked her legs and spun around on the office chair. , then turned his attention to the land:
"Mr. Lu's idea is interesting, please expand on it?"
"This...actually I didn't think much about it..."
Lu Bian just said casually:
"I wonder if they, Yunwei, are so wasteful and waste so much money on such a good movie copyright, but they can't even make a spin-off,"
"If we follow closely and show them the correct way to use IP, wouldn't it be quite... demonstrative?"
What a high emotional intelligence statement.
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao burst into laughter.
High emotional intelligence: has exemplary significance.
Low EQ: slap in the face.
"What do you think?" Shen Miaomiao nodded and looked at the others.
After a moment, Moriya nodded slightly and said:
"It is a routine operation in the gaming industry to take on classic movie IP and create games,"
"Basically, it can be said that as long as you don't seek death like Yunwei and come up with so many 'alternative approaches' 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 more dirt, 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, when it comes to raising copyright licensing issues with New Line Cinema, it will undoubtedly be a matter of not opening the door.
Of course.
The Lord of the Rings is not the only globally famous IP.
Books like 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 little too big?”
"Too,"
As soon as he said this, Lu Bian slapped his forehead:
"Forget, this is just an Alpha test, it doesn't cost that much."
Huh? Stop it?
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao's little hands clenched impatiently.
Don't worry!
Isn’t it just copyright? Buy it!
It’s not like we don’t have any money now, so why give up like this?
Wouldn't it be nice to give Yunwei a lesson directly and slap him in the face?
However!
Just when Shen Miaomiao is about to start her wonderful preaching with money!
Then I heard Gu Sheng speak:
"Indeed, the scale of this project should be basically the same as that of "Garden Warfare". The copyright fee can easily reach hundreds of millions... It's not necessary."
Finished.
Before Shen Miaomiao could use her skills, she was interrupted by Gu Sheng.
There is no way, who makes Gu Sheng the system manager?
So theoretically speaking, 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, she has been busy following the policy support meetings regarding the theme amusement city project in the city, 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 will not be a big problem.
But if the technical problem becomes serious, then Yunwei will serve as a lesson for them.
so!
From a certain perspective.
The Alpha test project they are launching now may lose money due to 'technical reasons'.
By the time!
To put it mildly, you can get a rebate and enjoy a loss.
On a grander scale, 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.
Therefore, 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.