Feng Jianjun was transferred, along with several of his fellow graduates.
Next to the joint factory, on Yanwei Island, a new laboratory was born. The leader of the laboratory software team was Feng Jianjun, who was transferred back from Neon Country. Their task was to design games.
Of course, the entire game team is not just them. Zhao Ye also asked Santai Club to hire several illustrators in Neon Country. In terms of the design of some pictures and characters, Zhao Ye still felt that it would be better to use people from the target country.
Good. After all, cultural differences still exist.
The task of the hardware team is simple. It is to develop the most powerful arcade game machine in the shortest time and at the lowest cost according to Zhao Ye's design requirements.
Zhao Ye made a development description of the same 6802 chip design ideas and methods and sent them to this hardware group. In this group, they are basically young people. Zhao Ye's purpose is to cultivate a group of young teams on this technical route.
The design and production work went very smoothly. Of course, with the bug like Zhao Ye, it would have been difficult to think otherwise. It only took less than two months to complete a prototype.
But the problem is stuck with the software team again.
Although Feng Jianjun and others are interested in games, it is their first time to do this kind of thing. Many conceptual things are still in the formative stage. In their minds, they have no idea what the game should be like.
Zhao Ye did not interfere too much with their ideas. Creativity is very important when making games, but establishing a game design thinking is even more important. Zhao Ye can copy technical things, but creativity and thinking still depend on it.
These young people are left to explore for themselves.
Of course, Zhao Ye did not do nothing. While the prototype of the arcade machine was waiting for testing, the hardware team began to conquer the design of a controller-type home game console.
The main laboratory is responsible for designing game cards, which are the key to the success or failure of the entire project.
The game cards that Zhao Ye saw in later generations were usually just a circuit board. Zhao Ye felt that this idea was correct. Making the memory chip, trigger and protection circuit into a printed circuit board could not help but save the resources of the game console itself.
, and can also greatly improve the flexibility of game design. In this way, different production processes can be selected according to the complexity of future games.
At first glance, this seems to be more expensive, but this reduces the single cost and greatly increases the profit point of the entire project.
Generally speaking, game consoles have become cheaper, but game cards have become more expensive.
Following this idea, Zhao Ye designed and simulated a common game in later generations in his own space, "Contra". This is a very classic shooting game. In essence, it does not require hardware.
It’s not too high. Many scenes in the game are actually just a picture, and then on this background picture, a dynamic character, scenery and other elements are designed. The data volume of the entire game is only less than 800kb.
Zhao Ye decided to make the first game himself. It only took him a few days to "copy" this classic game. Not only was the software copied, but the hardware was also a "copycat"
Yes, it was just slightly modified to match my own arcade host.
The prototype was placed on Yanwei Island. On this day, Zhao Ye took the game card made by someone, burned the software code he wrote, and went directly to test it.
"Director, you're here." Feng Jianjun didn't resent Zhao Ye for transferring him to the game team at all. On the contrary, he felt very lucky. Here, he finally got the job he had dreamed of. He could play while playing. Work, what a joyful thing it is.
However, Zhao Ye soon made him unhappy. As Zhao Ye began to test, the magic of this classic game was not blown out, but was tested by countless people in later generations. Its excitement and attraction, but It's not comparable to the table tennis game he made.
And this game has directly lit up a beacon for these game designers, as if a light has suddenly been discovered in the dark sea.
Zhao Ye didn't set any goals for these people. For the first game, it would be better to let them grow freely.
But Zhao Ye doesn’t care about anything, at least the time is given. If he can’t produce a decent work in half a year, then the team will be disbanded and they will go back where they came from!
This is very stressful!
What Zhao Ye can "get" in minutes is not so easy for these people.
Feng Jianjun finally realized the pain of turning his interest into work.
But Zhao Ye experienced double happiness. Firstly, the game console was ready for sale, and secondly, it gave a young team the motivation to move forward.
Soon, a very cool hut suddenly appeared on the streets of Neon Country. The door of the hut also had the words "Game Room" written on it.
Tetsu Hashimoto was a middle school student. After school that day, he happened to pass by a bookstore he often went to.
Since last week, the side of this bookstore has been renovated. He thought it was the bookstore being renovated. It was not until today that he discovered that there was an additional place called "Puzzle Game Club" next to the bookstore.
The boy's curiosity drove him to go in and take a look. Well, the whole decoration style was very juvenile. There were also large posters hanging on the wall next to it.
Two soldiers carrying machine guns stood back to back. They looked very powerful and domineering, and full of anime style.
These two soldiers are based on the images of Western soldiers. Looking at the other side of the room, there are more than a dozen machines neatly placed.
The machine is as tall as a person, with a large screen on the top and only an operation console below. There is a round rocker on the console and several buttons next to it.
At this time, none of the dozens of machines was idle. There were two people standing in front of each machine. They were shaking the joysticks and tapping the buttons crazily.
What is this? Tetsu Hashimoto is full of curiosity!
When I got closer and took a look, I saw the two soldiers on the screen, which were exactly the two people on the poster. At this moment, they were doing various actions under the control of the player, killing the enemy crazily.
"Ah! Baga! Damn it, I didn't get through!" While Hashimoto Tetsu was sighing, a guy next to him yelled dejectedly, and then stuffed something into the machine again.
"Ding ding dong, ding ding dong, ding ding dong, dong, dong dong dong..." A pleasant sound rang out, and the man started shaking the rocker crazily again.
At this time, he had long forgotten about going home. Now, his mind was filled with the plot and pictures of the game in front of him, and he could no longer tolerate anything else.
After watching for half an hour, a person in front of the machine finally used up all the coins on his body, and then left the position angrily.
Hashimoto Tetsu touched his pocket, and there were still a few coins in it. At this time, he didn't think about anything else. He just wanted to stop here and try the game for himself.
With a "clang" sound, the coin was inserted.
Then the pleasant game start sound that I heard several times sounded.
Hashimoto Tetsu suddenly became nervous. He held the operating lever awkwardly and nervously. Maybe he held it too hard, so he was killed by the enemy not long after the start.
A countdown appeared on the screen. Having watched others play, he knew that if he didn't quickly insert new coins at this time, he would not be able to continue.
So without thinking much, he quickly inserted another coin into it.
Twenty minutes later…
"Baga! Just a little bit, just a little bit I can pass! Damn it!" Hashimoto Tetsu couldn't help but cursed.
He didn't scold others, he scolded himself for being stupid.
In fact, if he knew some game design knowledge, he would know that he is not a little bit worse. This kind of design is purely an appearance specially set up by the designer to attract players.
From the day the game was born, psychological research on players has actually begun...
In the research institute on Yanwei Island, Zhao Ye specially invited experts in marketing and psychology to participate in the design of the game.
Hashimoto Tetsu doesn't know this. He just knows that he is just a little bit close to becoming a hero! Become the hero who goes through countless hardships and finally wins the battle!
No boy can resist such a temptation! The only thing that can make them refuse is their own withered wallet.
Hashimoto Tetsu used up his last coin and finally left the operating position of the game console unwillingly.
But then, another player took his place.
When Tetsu Hashimoto returned home, it was already very late.
"Azhe, did you participate in school activities today? Why did you come back so late?" Hashimoto Zhe's mother is a housewife, and her biggest task is to take care of her family.
"Mom, I didn't participate in school activities, but Mom, I met a very interesting store on the street. There was an educational electronic game machine there. I went in and played for a while, and also watched others play for a while. It was great.
Oh!" Tetsu Hashimoto told his mother about his experience today.
Tetsu Hashimoto's mother listened patiently to her son's account of what he had seen today. Although she didn't quite understand what her son was talking about, Tetsu Hashimoto's performance today surprised his mother.
The child who was originally a bit arrogant and dull, today was uncharacteristically telling himself about what he had seen today, especially the game console. In his mouth, it was simply a very remarkable thing.
She didn't care what it was, she just felt that this thing might really be an educational machine as her son said, and her son's changes were the best proof.