Chapter 465: When you are popular, you are surrounded by good people
"The SNG trial score is 9.9! Call it an "artistic work"!"
"Industry alliance triggered widespread heated discussion in the circle, Aurora Games praised the Golden Wind GDC speech"
"The average score among SLGamers forum players is 9.8! GW once again has a great idea!"
"Continuing the popularity of Battlefield, Golden Wind's new game Dark Souls detonates the player market!"
"Yunwei has not yet made any comments regarding Golden Wind's invitation to be the main guest, and CEO Kaulnick refused to be interviewed."
"..."
The size of the trial version is not large.
Although the difficulty is indeed not low, and the addition of the energy bar for the first time has brought a lot of trouble to players who are already used to Sekiro.
But after all, the size of the demo is here, so the next day, reviews of the "Dark Soul" demo were launched overwhelmingly.
The overall score is as high as 9.8.
Although this time, Dark Souls does not have the performance of "Sekiro" that can be called a pioneering game genre.
But compared to Sekiro, Dark Souls is superior in both artistic and technical aspects of the game.
The "industrial alliance" praised highly by the media allows Golden Engine to combine with Phoenix to learn from each other's strengths and create the world's top visual performance.
Coupled with Gu Sheng's personal work and the full cooperation of the National Symphony Orchestra.
It simply makes this work, which is already full of obscure and profound beauty, reach the level of artistic expression.
Such performance not only attracted the attention of the media, but also attracted the attention of many colleagues in the industry.
"Impressive work, very stunning, I'm looking forward to its official release..."
The next day, GDC continued in full swing.
During lunch, Maher, the chief art director of Aurora Games in Poland, took the initiative to approach Golden Wind.
"Mr. Maher is overly complimentary,"
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao smiled politely:
"We are still making little progress, and we need to continue to learn from major international companies like yours."
Because Gu Sheng came to GDC this time, in addition to being the main guest and having to speak on stage, he also had to be the host of the entire GDC five-day offline exchange meeting.
Therefore, during the lunch and dinner sessions, he went with the organizer and the conference project team, and did not participate in the exchanges between manufacturers.
The task of conducting friendly exchanges with the manufacturers naturally fell on Shen Miaomiao.
But fortunately!
Today's Shen Miaomiao is no longer the mascot who knew nothing about the game industry and only stood next to Gu Sheng and pretended to be a mute when she participated in the game exchange festival hosted by Yiyou for the first time.
After so many years, she has been influenced by what she hears and sees, and although she is still not as thorough as Gu Sheng in understanding and analyzing the game industry, she is no longer a pure novice who doesn't know everything.
Moreover, the other party is an internationally renowned company like Aurora Games.
As a game manufacturer in Eastern Europe, Aurora Games has been diligently engaged in the game industry. From PC to mobile platform to somatosensory platform, it has its own representative works.
Although its size is not comparable to Yunwei, who is the leader in the gaming industry in the Western Hemisphere, it is still on par with Comella.
Even, to some extent, Aurora Games is a more powerful manufacturer than Comera.
Because as we all know, the huge size of Comora does not only come from the game industry.
As a "comprehensive game manufacturer" like Yunwei, Comela actually has many economic pillars.
Not to mention anything else, the small steel ball project alone can bring huge revenue to Camela every year.
In comparison, the Aurora game is much more pure.
Although they are also involved in related peripheral industries, the overall proportion is very low and cannot be regarded as a pillar revenue project.
As for the "pillar economy" at the level of small steel balls, it is even more impossible to talk about.
That is to say!
Today's Aurora Games is able to achieve such a size almost purely due to its 28 years of deep cultivation and accumulation in the game industry since the studio was first established.
A manufacturer that is obsessed with games can be as big as Comella, which has many economic pillars.
This is enough to show the purity and power of Aurora Game.
Thank God.
Shen Miaomiao sincerely thanked Mr. Gu for the popular science he gave her on weekdays, which allowed her to have a certain understanding of this manufacturer that she had not had much contact with before, so that she would not be like a little fool and only know "Huh?".
"...Wherever, we deserve it,"
After hearing Shen Miaomiao's politeness, Aurora Director Maher waved his hands repeatedly:
"Your company's creativity and pioneering capabilities in the gaming industry are recognized by the industry,"
"Speaking of which, we have many other games that have borrowed Mr. Sam's ideas to a certain extent,"
"Even if we are studying, we are learning from each other and making progress together,"
"As Sam mentioned in his speech yesterday -"
"Industrial exchange and integration, sharing market opportunities, and seeking joint development"
"This is the mainstream of collaborative development of the game industry in the future."
Speaking of which!
Maher seemed to be teasing something else:
"Industrial blockade is undesirable, and facts have proven that a blockade that goes its own way will encounter unprecedented failure."
Why--!
Shen Miaomiao nodded repeatedly!
This comrade’s ideological consciousness is very high!
The young man can talk!
Looking at Maher approvingly, Shen Miaomiao smiled:
"Aurora Games is indeed a leader in the industry. With Mr. Maher's insights, I believe it will become even stronger in the future."
Although at this point, Shen Miaomiao knew very well that Maher definitely had a purpose in finding them this time.
But you agree with me and support me at this time.
At this moment, you are my friend.
Besides, that’s how the business world is.
All the bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit.
Only profitable parties can sit together.
Although people say there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.
But now, what Golden Wind needs exactly is friends based on a community of interests.
After all, since they reached an alliance with Phoenix, the clarion call for counterattack against Yunwei, Comella, and even the Vivendi Group has been sounded.
Only by uniting more and more well-known internationally important manufacturers can we occupy a greater advantageous position in future international competition.
"I'd like to lend you your kind words,"
Maher burst out laughing when he heard this, thanked Shen Miaomiao repeatedly, and then changed the subject:
"Having said that, this alliance between your company and Phoenix has indeed given the gaming industry a surprise,"
"Even from our professional perspective, the reason why Black Soul has such amazing expressive power,"
"It is inseparable from engine support."
"Indeed," Shen Miaomiao nodded in agreement: "To a certain extent, we and Phoenix have learned from each other's strengths and weaknesses, which has resulted in the artistic style of this game, or..."
Speaking of which!
Shen Miaomiao paused.
Make some verbal organization in your mind and give some specific instructions:
"To a certain extent, it is now more capable of shaping works of various art styles, further enhancing players' sense of immersion,"
"From the perspective of the somatosensory cabin, a stronger sense of immersion will definitely make the game more competitive in the market,"
"What do you think, Mr. Maher?"
Hear the words.
Maher couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
He and Shen Miaomiao looked at each other, and both of them understood each other, as if everything was unspoken.
That’s right!
Just as Shen Miaomiao thought, this time Maher approached their Golden Wind, of course it was not just to express praise and admiration!
The success of "Battlefield" allowed people to see the potential of the golden engine.
The subsequent emergence of "Dark Souls" was even more amazing at the quality of the game presented by the combination of Golden Engine and Phoenix.
Therefore, under such circumstances, Aurora Games naturally set its sights on the golden engine.
True.
As one of the world's largest companies, Aurora Games has its own self-developed engine.
But now, with the rapid progress of the somatosensory game industry, their self-developed engines are somewhat struggling to achieve performance in the game industry.
After all, if the technical capabilities of a "self-developed engine" are not found, it will be difficult to catch up with the mainstream "commercial engines" on the market.
This point has to be acknowledged even by the golden trend, which has been extremely strong in recent years and projects are never short of money.
Was the initial battle to develop the golden engine big?
The cost is 120 million U.S. dollars, a team of 2,000 people, and the joint research and development efforts of most of the Chinese gaming industry.
What does the end result look like?
If it weren't for Sam's new approach, his main goal would be to break through the physical damage effects.
So there is no doubt that this vigorously produced engine cannot be compared with the desktop and fantasy.
Even Gu Sheng himself has to admit that even if he wants to catch up with the current Fantasy 5, Golden Engine still has several years to go.
But when they really catch up with Fantasy 5 one day, maybe Fantasy has already entered the next engine era.
And this way!
It becomes more and more obvious that the combination of Golden Wind and Phoenix is particularly powerful.
obviously.
Golden Wind also knows its own disadvantages. It knows that if it focuses on the independent research and development of the golden engine, let alone compare with Fantasy 5.
Whether the Golden Engine can meet their increasingly higher game technical requirements in a timely manner is still unknown.
then!
They decided to overtake in a corner!
Doesn’t technology take time to accumulate?
Then I will trade money for time!
I will directly take the road of industrial alliance and use the experience accumulated by others over a long period of time to make up for my current shortcomings!
And this means that today's golden engine is actually no longer a simple engine, but has become a platform!
It is like a huge puzzle base, constantly filling and perfecting itself with ready-made pieces!
It is actually difficult for Maher to define what kind of engine the golden engine is.
Today's engines generally fall into three categories - free engines, commercial engines, and self-developed engines.
Is it a free engine?
Obviously not.
Although it was originally claimed to be jointly developed by the entire Chinese gaming industry.
But in fact, all the research and development expenses from front to back have been paid by Golden Wind, so Golden Wind naturally enjoys all its copyrights and provides them to other manufacturers in China for a fee.
But in terms of price, manufacturers that have participated in research and development enjoy preferential policies.
So is it a business engine?
It doesn't seem to be the case.
Because theoretically, commercial engine R&D companies usually are not involved in the development of game projects.
Moreover, the business engine has a great feature - in addition to being used by the game industry, it will also be used by industries such as architecture, design, film and television.
But the golden engine only serves the game industry, and all upgrades are for game performance.
But in this way it seems to be a self-developed engine?
It's very evil, but it's not!
Because self-developed engines are usually tools produced and sold by a certain manufacturer.
It is developed, upgraded and used by the game manufacturers themselves.
It is not open to the public at all, and no usage fees will be charged for external sales.
so!
What type of engine tool is the Golden Engine?
Maher didn't know.
If he had to give a definition, he could only say that the golden engine is a "self-developed commercial engine master version that only serves the game industry independently"!
That’s right!
It can't even be narrowly defined as an "engine"!
Rather, it is a comprehensive “master version”!
Because of the industrial alliance with Phoenix, its nature has changed!
God knows how huge the ambition of Golden Wind is!
This is an unprecedented business development model in the engine industry!
And this model also allows Aurora Games to smell new development opportunities.
Although it is difficult for them to define the business development model of Golden Engine.
But there is no doubt that its potential is absolutely unprecedented.
This thing is a stitch monster.
Who knows how terrifying the ultimate golden engine would be if one day they were allowed to sew up the entire engine industry.
so.
They want to strike first.
After all, there are ready-made examples right in front of you!
Can you imagine how happy those manufacturers who were determined to participate in the research and development of the golden engine in the early stages of the project are now?
What they now enjoy is the service of "at an internal base price close to a third-rate engine, while enjoying dual technical support of the gold engine and the Phoenix engine"!
What does this amount to?
This is equivalent to staying in a five-star presidential suite for the price of a single room in a guest house!
And the reason why they have this kind of treatment now is just because when the developer built the guest house, they went to the construction site to help!
Although the opportunity cannot be missed, it will never come again.
Today's Golden Wind has passed the most difficult moment, and it will never open to more manufacturers the preferential policies that can only be enjoyed by veteran manufacturers.
But for Aurora Games, you can’t enjoy a third-rate price, so you can let me enjoy a second-rate price!
Although I am not providing help in times of need.
Shen Miaomiao raised her hand to signal Maher to continue.
I saw Maher sorting out his thoughts and said:
"The combination between your company and Phoenix can be said to have opened up a new idea for the collaborative development of the game industry,"
"And in this GDC, your company's "Dark Souls" is the best demonstration of the results of collaborative development,"
"You should have seen that just yesterday, our official tweets, including the CEO's personal tweets, gave absolute affirmation and support to the new ideas, new models, and new prospects proposed by your company,"
"This is not only our attitude, but also includes our practical expectations for the new model of joint industrial development..."
Listening to Maher's words, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but sigh in her heart, what people said was right——
When you are weak, there are the most bad people, but when you are popular, you are surrounded by good people.
Thinking back to those days, when they were still weak, ridicule, contempt, ridicule and doubt were flying everywhere.
Look now.
With the phrase "cooperation and coordinated development", in less than 24 hours, it attracted support and cooperation requests from internationally renowned first-tier manufacturers.
Shen Miaomiao motioned to Chu Qingzhou beside her to record the next content, because she started to hear it a little confused.
Maher saw that Shen Miaomiao did not know much about the professional knowledge in the industry, so he tried to use more popular terms to explain this request for cooperation.
To put it simply, Aurora Games wants to be like Phoenix, and also wants to participate in the upgrade and construction of the golden engine, adding new colors to the puzzle of the golden engine——
As we all know.
Game engine, as a software framework to assist in the design and development of electronic games, is a tool that includes multiple subsystems such as graphics rendering, physical simulation, sound, input, artificial intelligence, etc.
It can help developers create game scenes, characters, animations, sound effects, etc., to achieve game functions and effects.
Generally speaking, an engine usually includes multiple components such as "rendering engine", "physics engine", "sound engine", "input engine", "output engine", "reality augmentation", "artificial intelligence engine", and "network interconnection framework".
When Maher came up, he first took out the two major components of the "physics engine" and the "artificial intelligence engine".
One of these two components is responsible for simulating physical effects, including gravity, collision, friction, etc.; the other is responsible for the AI in the game, including AI behavior, decision-making, feedback, etc.
These two items do not require much discussion or explanation.
Because in these two aspects, Golden Wind has reached a first-class level, and can even be called the only one in the world.
And due to the addition of Phoenix, the "rendering engine" that is mainly responsible for rendering game scenes, including graphics rendering, lighting, shadows, special effects and other visual effects, does not need to be elaborated too much.
When it comes to visual effects presentation and image quality rendering, Phoenix ranks second, and no one dares to say it is first.
As a result, among the main components, there are only five items left: "sound engine", "reality augmentation", "network interconnection framework", "output engine" and "output engine".
"And this one,"
Maher said:
"The sound engine is the biggest advantage of our Jiguang self-developed engine."
Sound, as an extremely overlooked component in the game process, often does not seem to be so eye-catching.
But in fact, it is the most indispensable part of a complete game.
After all, as a virtual reality, the most intuitive form of expression of games is "seeing" and "listening".
As for "smell", "taste" and "touch" that were developed with the advent of the somatosensory cabin, they ranked behind audio-visual.
but.
Because people are not particularly sensitive to "listening", or the requirements are generally not that high.
Therefore, the sound engine has always been an insignificant item among various game engines.
No one pays attention to it, and no one studies it.
But the Aurora game is different——
They are the first company to release audio games in somatosensory cabin games.
Similar to the "Rhythm Lightsaber" in Gu Sheng's previous life.
The simple setting of cutting blocks according to the rhythm, supplemented by 3D surround panoramic music effects, caused quite a stir as soon as it was released. The sales volume overwhelmed all the gun games and won the TIGA (Global Game Awards/The International Game Awards) that year.
Game Awards) is the best game of the year, and it is also the only audio game to win the TIGA Best Game of the Year so far.
As a result, Aurora Games’ research on sound engines was gone forever.
Even now, although Aurora Games is no longer obsessed with audio games, it has turned to RPG, FPS and sports games.
But in terms of the presentation of game sound effects, it still remains at a unique level.
"The game cannot be separated from the assistance of sound"
Maher said:
"Especially in somatosensory games, the more subtle the sound is, the more it can enhance the player's gaming experience,"
"In this regard, I think our experience can provide strong support for the further enrichment of the golden engine."
Um……
Hear the words.
Shen Miaomiao's little mind started to work.
According to Maher, for this cooperation, they hope to adopt the cooperation model between Golden Wind and many Chinese manufacturers in the early days of the Golden Engine - the mercenary model - Golden Wind hires the self-developed engine team of Aurora Games to
The engine will undergo technical upgrades and give Aurora Games a relatively reasonable engine licensing price.
Very reasonable.
Fairness and justice, mutual benefit.
You share your technology with me, and I will give you preferential licensing.
It sounds pretty good.
But the problem is-
Sound upgrade?
Wow.
Shen Miaomiao grinned in her heart.
It sounds like a really weird and useless improvement.
Although Maher's words are lavish, judging from her gaming experience, this thing seems to be unimportant.
Unless the boss of any manufacturer is burning through money.
Otherwise, this kind of truth is useless, or the negligible improvement is really unnecessary.
So!
Who feels uncomfortable holding money and burning it?
Hi hi hi! Me!
Shen Miaomiao smacked her mouth.
What a rip-off deal!
Isn’t this equivalent to wasting money?
Moreover, due to system limitations, a single engine upgrade was not enough to establish the project. When the engine upgrade was completed, she would have to spend another sum of money to make a game for sale.
Kuang Kuang spent two dollars and got a game with little technical improvement.
Hoho!
Shen Miaomiao secretly clapped her hands.
Thank you Vivendi, thank you Kaunike, thank you Huanmeng.
Without your blockade, there would be no golden engine, no 1.8 billion, no black soul with guaranteed rebates, and no more opportunities to waste money.
If you keep playing like this, let alone get rid of Prestige Dee's covetousness.
Reverse takeover is just around the corner!
Ok, deal!
Think of this!
Shen Miaomiao had no reason to hesitate at all and made the decision on the spot!
There’s no reason to waste the rebates delivered to your door!