Every time he talks with Chen Maolin and others, Sun Peng feels that he has a deeper understanding of game production.
After today, he finally understood that it is one thing to be ambitious, but it is another thing to blindly pursue bigness and perfection. Therefore, after understanding it in detail, Sun Peng agreed to Chen Fengzhi and the others without hesitation.
My suggestion is that "The Legend of Laobai Qunxia"...or "Laobai Qunxia Zhuan 1" will only have the plot of "Book and Sword Enmity"!
"And at the beginning, my advice is to be more cautious."
After finally following Chen Maolin to his office, the game director closed the door and said seriously: "It is true that your ideas are very good, and they are also the development trend of stand-alone RPG games now, such as fully open worlds, such as
Talking about the value of justice and evil, etc., and online modes, etc., are all very good ideas, and they are also the mainstream of stand-alone masterpieces now! But..."
"But it's so hard, right?"
Before Chen Maolin could finish his words, Sun Peng had already shook his head with a wry smile.
After sitting and chatting with seven or eight professionals for a long time, Sun Peng felt that if he still couldn't understand what everyone was talking about, he felt that he could really find a crack in the ground and sneak in.
So Er Chen didn't talk just now, and it wasn't until the three of them entered the small room that they started chatting openly.
"Yes, it's too difficult!"
Bringing the freshly poured coffee to Sun Peng, Chen Fengzhi nodded and said with a smile: "Although Lao Chen and others are elites in the industry, you, the boss, have spent a lot of money to come in. We can do whatever we want, but to be honest
Making games is the same as making movies. Trying new things definitely requires time and exploration... It should be said that it is more difficult than making movies."
Nodding, Chen Maolin also echoed: "Yes, there are already martial arts games, but they are basically at the level of ordinary domestic RPG games. There is nothing that can make a big splash. I think you are better than us on this point."
Clearly. So seriously, even if we want to find someone to learn from, we can't find one..."
"I understand, I understand!"
After hearing what Chen Maolin said, Sun Peng quickly raised his hands.
The game adaptation rights of several of his novels have basically been sold, and the prices are not low. But unfortunately, the performance of several games that have been completed so far is relatively average. To put it simply, they are traditional actions.
The game is just a martial arts game, so Sun Peng is not even interested in helping promote it on Weibo.
If he really wanted to imitate them, Sun Peng would definitely want to die.
"So, we have to explore everything by ourselves!"
After taking a deep breath, Chen Maolin said in a deep voice: "Including the light kung fu system, the hidden weapon system, and of course the fighting style, which I personally think should be done well and will definitely be outstanding after being done well, will be formulated for martial arts games.
Set a benchmark! And all of this requires us to explore slowly... But similarly, we can't achieve it overnight, and we can achieve perfection with just one game!"
When Chen Maolin said this, he paused for a moment, and another man named Chen immediately took over: "So, the best plan is to divide it into three steps and make "Lao Bai Qun Xia Zhuan" into a trilogy!"
"Trilogy?"
"Yes, a trilogy!"
Nodding, Chen Fengzhi smiled and said: "The first part is to make a martial arts game that is outstanding enough and lay the foundation for elements such as graphic style and combat mode, but we must make certain compromises in terms of openness and gameplay."
.After "The Legend of Laobai Qunxia 1" is released, we
We have accumulated a lot of experience, and the team has become fully integrated and mature. And more importantly, we can use the feedback from the players to know what they like and what they hate, so that we can improve our performance in "Old White Heroes"
Make adjustments and modifications in "Biography"!"
"Then in the second part, we can have a truly open world and a seamless map."
Following Chen Fengzhi's words, Chen Maolin said with a smile: "Of course, in order to ensure its appeal to fans, in addition to improving the world view, graphics, and gameplay, "The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia" can completely enrich its content. For example, it can be made
The content of the two books. In this way, everyone will know that we are more careful in what we do, and the production cost is also higher..."
"So the price of the game can be higher, right?"
Seeing the strange expression on Er Chen's face, Sun Peng suddenly realized.
"Yes, that's the truth."
After shrugging his shoulders, Chen Maolin nodded and said: "Although you are the boss and you don't even blink an eye when you spend money on it, as gamers myself and Chen Fengzhi don't want "The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia" to eventually become a pure dream product..."
You should understand what I say, right? Essentially, we still want it to be a commercial game, a commercial game made with heart!"
"Well, that's it!"
Chen Fengzhi also nodded in agreement.
"..."
Seeing the serious look of the two people, Sun Peng also frowned slightly, and soon understood what they meant - of course it is a good thing for you to spend money on making games, and they are even more supportive if you want to make the best game.
But you can’t just throw money away without considering any returns!
As professional gamers, they don't want to see such results.
After seeing Sun Peng deep in thought, Chen Fengzhi continued: "In fact, we all believe that "The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia" will be the ultimate product of all the experience, technology and creativity accumulated by our studio. In other words, we
It is recommended to go there when "The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia" comes out
Use a truly open world and then develop an online mode to create a world that truly belongs to the players... It is not impossible to develop a game in seven or eight years, but it is not suitable for a newly established studio like ours.
Not suitable for those game elites who follow Maolin back to China with dreams!"
"...Understood!"
When he heard this, Sun Peng finally understood.
To put it bluntly, expecting to win over the hearts of these elites with just money is unreliable in Erchen’s opinion. After all, no matter how much money you have, it can’t destroy the market too much, right? So in addition to money, you also need a sense of accomplishment.
This thing will satisfy everyone! And if the first work after the establishment of the studio takes seven or eight years to polish, God knows how many people will be willing to persist until that time?
Laobai Studio is not one of those old companies, and it doesn’t have such a deep foundation!
So after pondering for a moment, Sun Peng spread his hands and said, "Okay, you two, let's just talk about your thoughts!"
"hehe..."
Seeing Sun Peng's "accepted" look, Er Chen looked at each other and laughed at the same time - they like this kind of boss who is willing to listen to others' advice, rather than being so stubborn that he insists on his own opinions and insists on layman leadership.
expert.
So after Chen Fengzhi made another invitation gesture, Chen Maolin said with a smile: "I know you must be in a hurry, and we also have sufficient funds to recruit enough manpower! So... three years, three years is enough for us to do this
"The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia 1" is released! And
When doing 1, we can directly start the pre-research and preparation for "The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia". After the first part is released, we will spend another two years to make it. Finally, we will spend another three years to make our ultimate
Version of "The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia", exactly eight years ago... (To be continued)