The production of a game is divided into several stages.
Especially for a super masterpiece like "The Legend of Laobai Qunxia 3", it is natural to divide it more carefully, such as the early planning and story, to the later numerical planning and gameplay determination, as well as the art, programming, and many departments later.
, many levels.
Each stage requires a lot of manpower.
But when the game production reaches the later stage, many people in the early stage are idle, and they are either invested in the planning and production of another game, or they are simply laid off, or they change jobs to another game company.
Whether in China or abroad, many game companies play this way.
So when a certain game is completed, the number of people in the game studio will drop. Then when a certain game starts to be produced, large-scale recruitment begins again...
Laobai Studio does not intend to play this way.
The reason is of course very simple. Firstly, it is because those elites are hard-earned and hard-earned, so they will definitely not be willing to lay off employees. Secondly, there are many who came to work after graduating from college and have truly risen from the bottom.
Direct lineage!
So at this time, opening a new game is naturally the natural choice.
Naturally, Sun Peng would not object to this. He just raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "Old Chen, the new game you are talking about is not the urban sandbox game you originally mentioned, right?"
"Yes, that's it!"
Chen Maolin didn't feel embarrassed at all and nodded directly.
He had already wanted to make this urban sandbox game when he was in the UK, but his old club was only willing to give him 20 million pounds, which simply could not achieve the effect Chen Maolin wanted.
If the requirements are met, it will cost at least 50 million pounds.
Unexpectedly, he returned to China, joined Laobai Studio, and produced three "Laobai Heroes" in one go... Before he knew it, ten years had passed!
Now that "The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia 3" is coming to an end, Chen Maolin's idea naturally comes up again.
Sun Peng is naturally very aware of this, and Chen Maolin, who he personally promised back then, will definitely support his new game after "The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia 3" is completed.
So after laughing, Sun Peng shrugged and said: "If you want to open a new game, just open it, you two can just make up your mind... Well, Lao Chen, I think you have already started preparing for this new game?
"
"Hey, I've been preparing for it for several years, right?"
Grinning, Chen Maolin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief secretly.
After getting along with each other for several years, he really knows his boss very well. Sun Peng is a boss with very clear goals. He just wants to make the martial arts RPG game he wants, and he doesn’t care much about other things. So regardless of his willingness to work in
Laobai Studio spends all its money and doesn't care whether it loses money, but it really wants to change its game...
Anyway, Chen Maolin has been worried recently that Lao Bai will veto his new game.
You must know that Laobai Studio is still losing money. Whether it is profitable can only be known after "Laobai Heroes 3" is launched. At this time, he suddenly wants to make a game that he wants. Is the boss willing to take the money?
Money comes out?
Now after listening to Sun Peng's words, Chen Maolin felt relieved.
And seeing that the boss seemed very relaxed, he couldn't help but continue: "Actually, since last year, the planners have started to help me improve the settings and plot of this game. So far, I should say that 80% of the work has been completed.
, the remaining time is at most half a year!”
Nodding, Sun Peng asked casually: "Well, how much investment is required?"
"Four hundred million, four hundred million is enough!"
"Four hundred million...US dollars?"
"Haha, of course not!"
Seeing that Sun Peng was a little dazed, Chen Maolin laughed, quickly shook his head and said: "Huaxia coins! Four hundred million Huaxia coins are enough."
He just wanted to make an ordinary 3a, but he didn't want to compare it with "The Legend of Laobai Qunxia 3"!
The plot of this game is too huge. The main plot alone is two or three times that of other 3A games, and the side plots Sun Peng prepared for the production team are even more speechless. In addition to the plot, there are also maps and soundtracks.
, characters, as well as various models of houses, clothing and weapons, it can be said that the workload of one game is as much as that of ten 3A masterpieces!
No matter how bold Chen Maolin is, he would never dare to play like this!
"Well……"
Blinking his eyes, Sun Peng tilted his head and glanced at Chen Maolin. After thinking about it, he shook his head with a smile and said: "The budget should be sufficient. After all, this is a game produced by our Laobai Studio. Try to make it as good as possible...
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We chatted while eating, but after lunch it was time to talk about serious business.
That's right, even investing hundreds of millions in new games is nothing in Sun Peng's eyes, because he founded Laobai Studio just for "The Legend of Laobai Heroes".
So in the afternoon, all the topics revolved around "The Legend of Lao Bai Qun Xia 3".
“Simply put, everything went great!”
Taking out a schedule and handing it to Sun Peng, Chen Fengzhi said with a blushing smile: "Especially after increasing the number of outsourcing, we can even advance the launch time of the game. If the requirements are lower,
"The Legend of Laobai Qunxia 3" will be released this summer!"
"The requirements are lower? What do you mean?"
After being stunned for a moment, Sun Peng quickly asked.
"Well, we just tolerate the existence of some bugs."
Shrugging his shoulders, Chen Maolin said with a smile: "The other issue is optimization. If we rush to go online during the summer vacation, the optimization work may not be completed... Actually, it doesn't mean that it cannot be completed, it just cannot reach our original goal.
Of course, optimization issues will not affect everyone’s game play, but problems such as lags and frame drops may occasionally occur.”
The production speed of "The Legend of Laobai Qunxia 3" greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.
In fact, we can’t blame Chen Fengzhi and Chen Maolin for their miscalculations. They really underestimated the development speed of China’s game industry, especially the development speed of outsourcing companies!
When they first produced "The Legend of Laobai Qunxia 1", they also outsourced a lot of work. As a result, what took one month to complete at Laobai Studio would take two months outside, and there were still many quality problems.
It takes one month of rework, that is, three months to complete!
It was slightly better in "The Legend of Laobai Qunxia 2", but not much better!
But this time...
The outsourcing efficiency of "The Legend of Laobai Qunxia 3" is like a different country compared to before!
What Chen Maolin and the others can complete in one month can be completed in one and a half months if sent outside. Even including the time for repairs, it will only take about two months, and the efficiency has increased by more than 30%!
No one expected such a result!
After listening to Chen Maolin's words, Sun Peng just hesitated for a moment. After all, he still couldn't resist the urge to play the game earlier. He nodded and said: "You can make up your mind. If you feel that the impact will not be big, you can also ensure the follow-up."
If we update as soon as possible to solve the problem, then we can put it on the shelves during the summer vacation..."