After discussing Need for Speed ​​with Yu Suzuki, Liu Zhiyuan came to the Fairy Sword development team. The leader of the Fairy Sword development team is Chen Guoqiang.

"Guoqiang, how are you? Have you finished the planning? Do you have any questions?"

Chen Guoqiang shook his head, his tone full of admiration.

"Ayuan, there is no problem. Your plan is so perfect that we can't find faults even if we deliberately find faults with it."

Is there really nothing wrong? Liu Zhiyuan can find a bunch of them, but there is no need. It is only 1989. Fairy Sword will become a main series of games in the Han Dynasty in the future. This version has a framework that is not much different from Fairy Sword 1. It is enough

Already.

Europe and the United States dare not say that. After all, Fairy Sword focuses on plot and is the most orthodox plot RPG game. He is not sure about the acceptance level in Europe and America in this era. But in Asia, there is no problem. The home of plot RPG is Asia.

Due to limited functions and storage devices, he will not make Fairy Sword too complicated. This is a trial work to test the acceptance of the European and American markets. The real Fairy Sword will be displayed on the 32-bit consoles of the Han Dynasty.

Exquisite CG cutscenes, huge soundtracks, and simply relying on cassettes without discs are all impossible to achieve, and if a plot RPG lacks these elements, it will be greatly eclipsed.

"That's good, remember not to forget about the game engine."

Fairy Sword 1 is not difficult for Han Dynasty. Liu Zhiyuan has already built the framework and provided the content. The most difficult part is to convert text into code to make a game. The most difficult part has been solved.

Game engines were the focus of the Han Dynasty. In this era, no one paid much attention to game engines. Most game companies used the development tools of Nintendo and Sega. Because the expressiveness of games is now very simple, the game engines of these two are enough.

used.

But the 3D era is coming soon. At that time, whoever can make a game will develop an engine. Liu Zhiyuan is willing to hand over the Han Dynasty to others. This kind of existence is not something he can defeat.

Why does developing games require a lot of money? Especially for 3D masterpieces, the engine accounts for half of the reason! Unreal, UNITY, Frostbite and other engines, which one has not spent several years, hundreds of millions or even billions

It took tens of billions of dollars to develop.

Now is the 2D era, and the engine does not have many requirements. But in the 3D era, the consequences of the engine not passing the test, refer to Ubisoft, refer to the bugs of those masterpieces, which greatly affect the game experience.

"Ayuan, the engine you designed is too difficult. It's completely impossible to start."

Is it difficult to design a game engine designed by Liu Zhiyuan? It is difficult! It is very difficult, especially in this era when everyone does not dare to expect 3D games, but...

"No matter how difficult it is, you have to find a way! I don't ask you to make the first engine perfect, but my bottom line is that when we want to develop Han Dynasty home console games, there is an engine that can be used."

Why does Need for Speed ​​dominate the game list all year round? Why is Half-Life immediately equated with classics as soon as it was released? Why is Killzone 2 so popular among players? This is all due to the engine! A high-quality engine can

Directly raise the level of the game!

The Han Dynasty's console is 32-bit. In Liu Zhiyuan's plan, it will be the most powerful 32-bit console. If it does not have a good game engine to match it, its performance will inevitably be severely compromised. To put it bluntly,

Yes, the game engine is to squeeze the performance of the host. The stronger the engine, the stronger the performance the host can perform. Of course, this power will not exceed the performance of the host itself.

"After arranging things here, I will go to Europe and the United States with Brother Li, Minoru Arakawa and others. Then I will recruit a group of programmers to assist you, but you must be careful. I don't want the leader of this project to end up

For foreigners, this is the lifeblood of the Han Dynasty and must be firmly in our hands."

Chen Guoqiang knows how angry Liu Zhiyuan is now with those Japanese technicians who are unwilling to return to China.

"If you really can't handle the game development side, you can put it aside temporarily. In three years, the engine must be built."

"Understood."

Liu Zhiyuan is really powerless in the development of the engine. The most he can do is provide some ideas. Technically, he can't do anything, but no matter how powerless he is, the Han Dynasty must have its own game engine. In the 2D era, he can rely on creativity to support Han Dynasty.

Dynasty, in the 3D era, creativity and technology are indispensable.

Moreover, this engine can not only be used by the Han Dynasty itself, but can also be provided to others. Nintendo and Sega sell a development kit for millions. Those game manufacturers have to hold their noses and buy it. In addition to the platform reason,

It is too expensive to develop an engine alone.

At that time, he generously provided the engine to third parties, Sony and Nintendo for free. How could they compete with him? Charge? He never thought of charging in this regard. Don't forget, not long after the 32-bit console, the Internet

In the age of the Internet, the code of the engine will inevitably be exposed. Why do Sony no longer charge for the engine in the Internet age? It’s not that they don’t want to, but that they can’t do it anymore.

"Captain Sakaguchi, can the Chrono Trigger project begin?"

Hironobu Sakaguchi saw Liu Zhiyuan coming and stood up hurriedly.

"President, it's time to start. As for the character design, we can apply it to the game after Toriyama-sensei's drawings are completed."

Liu Zhiyuan smiled and patted Hironobu Sakaguchi's shoulder and motioned for him to sit down.

"Okay, I'll leave it to Team Leader Sakaguchi to discuss the theory of time and space. If you have any questions, please tell me in time."

"yes!"

Liu Zhiyuan handed Hironobu Sakaguchi a cigarette.

"You and the Fairy Sword development team are competing for a bonus of 10 million U.S. dollars. Whoever sells more games will get the bonus. As for how it is divided within your team, I will not interfere."

No matter what, Hironobu Sakaguchi was also a director of a club before. Although he was a little confused when he heard about this bonus, he could still maintain his emotions. The other ordinary members did not have the same concentration. They were all so excited that they couldn't help themselves.

The Han Dynasty's bonuses are notoriously high in the industry. But I only heard about it before, but now they can get it. It's 10 million US dollars, no matter how small it is, it can be divided into 100,000 US dollars, right? There are only more than 50 people in their team!

"Thank you very much for the president's encouragement. Our team on Time and Space Theory will do our best!"

After saying that, he bowed solemnly and deeply to Liu Zhiyuan. He really got the 10 million US dollars. As a team leader, he earned at least one million US dollars. Being a director of a club was not as much as a team leader in the Han Dynasty.

He couldn't believe it!

“Thank you very much, President!”

"We will work hard!"

"..."

When other team members saw their team leader bowing in thanks, they also stood up and thanked Liu Zhiyuan.

Liu Zhiyuan accepted these thanks calmly. He smiled and said to everyone, "Come on, come on," and walked towards the next group. He had just walked not far when there was some commotion over the Chrono Trigger group.

"I won't rest, we must rush to the Fairy Sword Team to complete the development ahead of schedule!"

"That's right, come on!"

"..."
Chapter completed!