After Lao Song left the Tenda Group headquarters, he immediately called Qiu Hong, the head of the independent game incubation base.
Qiu Hong has now opened independent game incubation bases in super first-tier cities with developed cultural industries such as Imperial Capital, Magic City, and Yangcheng. The scale is getting larger and larger, and the incubation bases accommodate more and more independent game producers.
However, he has not stopped because of this, and is still working very hard to promote the independent game incubation base.
After all, there are still many independent game producers in China who need support, and Qiu Hong’s work actually has a long way to go.
Fortunately, this "down to the grassroots" activity is limited to various departments within Tenda, otherwise Qiu Hong would have gone to Headwind Logistics to deliver express.
Lao Song quickly dialed the phone and briefly told Qiu Hong about Mr. Pei's arrangements.
Qiu Hong was a little surprised: "Let the independent game incubation base produce a game router escort masterpiece?"
"Are you sure this is Mr. Pei's request?"
Lao Song said helplessly: "I also think this matter is a bit outrageous, but these are indeed Mr. Pei's original words."
Qiu Hong thought about it and asked, "What else did Mr. Pei say? Did he say what kind of game he wanted to make? At least there should be a general direction, right?"
Lao Song shook his head: "Mr. Pei just said that we must not fool players with reset versions of old games. The game "The Future You Choose" will be online two months later than the game router, and the time is not suitable."
"It is best to develop a game that can match the characteristics of the game router, or at least be related in content, so that the software and hardware can be well combined."
"Other than that, Mr. Pei didn't say anything. He asked me to pass this information on to you, and he also said that you will definitely be able to come up with a good solution."
Although Qiu Hong was still a little confused, he still nodded: "Okay, I will discuss it with Xi Hao and try to figure out Mr. Pei's intentions."
"By the way, Mr. Pei said that software and hardware should be combined. Do you have a design draft for this new console?"
Lao Song said: "There is a relatively original design draft, but Mr. Pei's idea is relatively clear. The shape of this machine should not change much in the future. I will send the design draft to you right now."
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After hanging up the phone, Qiu Hong waited patiently for a while and soon received the design plan for the new host.
Although this plan is still relatively primitive, Mr. Pei’s design intention can already be seen.
"Combine the game console and router to achieve good game streaming effects, so as to be the first to achieve the effect of cloud gaming in players' homes?"
"As expected, it's Mr. Pei. The design ideas are still so wild and unconstrained, it's hard to figure out!"
"But Mr. Pei said that software and hardware should be combined, and this escort game should be related to the characteristics of the console..."
"How does this relate?"
"Moreover, Mr. Pei thinks too highly of these independent game producers in the incubation base, and he also thinks too highly of me."
"I never thought that I would one day be a game producer again, and I would also be the game producer who developed the Escort masterpiece for Tenda's first game console. It was really stressful..."
"Let's hold a meeting with Xi Hao and Wu Zhicheng, some of the better independent game producers, to try to figure out Mr. Pei's design intentions."
Qiu Hong called Xi Hao, Wu Zhicheng and others to the rest area and prepared to hold a small meeting immediately.
After all, this is Tenda’s first console masterpiece, and it is no small matter and should not be neglected.
After Wu Zhicheng completed the development of "Ink Clouds and Smoke", he never had a particularly good inspiration, so he did not develop a new game project.
Recently, he has been developing various follow-up patches and DLs for "Ink Clouds and Smoke", but the game is already very complete, and it's almost time to consider new projects.
Qiu Hong quickly introduced Mr. Pei's requirements to everyone.
Wu Zhicheng was a little confused: "Ah? Mr. Pei actually wants us to develop the escort game? And all our independent game designers together?"
Qiu Hong was a little helpless: "That's right."
Obviously, Mr. Pei's request is a bit outrageous, and every time he conveys it, he will get some new questions.
Xi Hao was silent for a moment and asked: "Can we reject this request? Just say that the current R&D strength of the incubation base is not enough to support the development of such a large-scale project."
Qiu Hong shook his head: "Of course not! Since Mr. Pei has given us this task, it means that he believes that the current research and development capabilities of the independent game incubation base are sufficient for this task."
"Boss Pei thinks we can do it, but we question ourselves that we can't do it. Is this appropriate?"
"Everyone, don't think about what is there and what is not. Take the time to follow the standard procedures and start analyzing Mr. Pei's design intentions."
Although Qiu Hong does not work in Tenda's game department, he has heard about Tenda's internal game design methods: first carefully analyze the unreasonable content of Mr. Pei's requirements, and then extend and deduce them, and finally come up with a unique solution.
Different design options.
Everyone else is also exhausted. Since this mission cannot be refused, let’s try to design it first.
Qiu Hong said: "Let me try to attract some good ideas first."
"Mr. Pei has actually roughly limited the development time of this game. He wants it to be released at the same time as the new game console. This means that this game will be much smaller than 3A masterpieces such as "The Future You Choose".
"
"I think there are about ten hours of game play, and the price is more than 100 yuan."
"But Mr. Pei has special requirements for this, which is to match the characteristics of the game router and achieve the effect of combining software and hardware as much as possible. Do you have any thoughts on this?"
Xi Hao thought for a while and then said: "Wait a moment, I think there is a problem that needs to be solved first."
"The independent game incubation base is full of independent game producers, not a complete game development team. These independent game producers have their own ideas and have never been a screw on the assembly line. If they jointly develop a project, it may be difficult to manage.
Very difficult.”
"Didn't Mr. Pei think about this when assigning tasks?"
This question stopped everyone because it was indeed a doubtful point.
As an excellent game design master, Mr. Pei must know better than everyone else. Is it because Mr. Pei has no other research and development capabilities, so he forcibly handed over this task to the independent game incubation base?
This is inconsistent with Mr. Pei’s image as a strategist.
Wu Zhicheng was silent for a while, and then said: "I think Mr. Pei must have considered this issue. Maybe it's because this game is most suitable for us to make?"
"Compared with ordinary game development groups, the biggest advantage of independent game incubation bases is that there are many independent game producers, with many ideas and styles."
"If each of our independent game producers produces a part of this game separately, and finally connects them together to bring players many different game experiences in one game, is it equivalent to fully utilizing our capabilities?
Advantage?"
"Mr. Pei should also be happy to see this happen."
Qiu Hong nodded: "Huh? That makes sense! Since Mr. Pei assigned this task to us, he must have seen our unique advantages. We should think carefully about how to use this advantage, instead of being the first
The reaction is self-denial.”
"So, what are your thoughts on how to combine the gameplay with the hardware of the gaming router?"
Wu Zhicheng continued: "According to the current plan, the biggest advantage of the game router is the very convenient wireless streaming."
"In other words, after using a game router to build a whole-house network, and connecting all the display devices in the room to the router, you can use the router to achieve wireless streaming and screencasting from the host to all display devices."
"Players can play games in front of any screen."
"What is the use of this function? Is it just that after players are tired from playing games in the living room, they can seamlessly connect to the bedroom?"
"Of course this is one of its functions, but its practicality is a bit too poor."
“I think this feature is actually more suitable for multiplayer games!”
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this: "Multiplayer game?"
Wu Zhicheng nodded: "That's right. The characteristic of multiplayer games on consoles is that multiple people share the same screen. It is necessary to divide a display screen into two or four pieces."
"But after splitting, each player's screen is too small. Unless the player uses a very large TV, the gaming experience will definitely be affected."
"If the same game can be split-screened on a TV and a computer, a TV and a mobile phone, or a mobile phone and a tablet, then this will definitely be a big improvement to the player's gaming experience!"
"Furthermore, the number of players that can be added to multiplayer games will also be greatly increased. It is no longer limited to two to four players as before."
“As for the controller problem, it’s easy to solve it. All we need to do is provide players with a virtual controller APP on their mobile phones.”
Qiu Hong couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised: "That's great! I think this is the effect Mr. Pei wants to achieve!"
"And following this idea, party-type multiplayer games on the same screen are actually very close to the style of independent games. This is the strength of independent game designers!"
"This way the prototype of the game is very clear."
"It is a party game that allows multiple people to share the screen. We can develop a main plot for about ten hours, and within the main plot there can be several or even a dozen different gameplays. In the main plot
In addition to the plot, we can also create some small confrontation games with multiple people on the same screen to increase the fun and playability."
"Compared with other party-type same-screen multiplayer games, the biggest advantage of this game is that through the streaming function of the game router, the in-game screen can be projected to different monitors, breaking through the limitation of monitor size!"
"In this way, we only need to finalize the main line and style of the game. The internal structure and small gameplay can be left to an independent game producer to complete independently!"