It's normal for Lin Wan not to understand, because the project she worked on before at Tianhuo Studio was "Bullet Traces", and after arriving at Tenda, she participated in the production of "Sea Fortress" and "Game Producer", and these are all
It's a terminal game.
"War Song" is a web game, which can basically be regarded as a completely different species from the above games.
Web games have a unique set of design concepts and ideas, and various mature system gameplays are relatively rare in PC games.
Not only has Lin Wan never participated in the development of web games, he has never even played web games and is not interested in them at all.
When people like Ye Zhizhou hold meetings, they use some commonly used terminology in web game development, mixed with some English abbreviations. When describing the gameplay, there are many colloquial and internal abbreviations for the gameplay.
As a result, although everyone was communicating in Chinese, Lin Wan could only understand 30% to 40%.
In a sentence, I obviously know every word, but when I put them together, I have no idea what it means...
Lin Wan could only record it silently, without nodding or asking questions.
She didn't nod because she really didn't understand and didn't want to pretend to understand; she didn't ask because she was worried that she would reveal her cowardice and embarrass Mr. Tengda and Mr. Pei.
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin, on the other hand, secretly looked at Lin Wan's expression every time they spoke.
I saw Lin Wan's face was solemn, and she kept writing and drawing in a small notebook. Her expression was unpredictable, and I didn't know what she was thinking.
Although she looks very young, no one dares to look down upon her. After all, they all know that Mr. Pei always employs people in an eclectic way.
Those who can be favored by Mr. Pei either have real talents or have deep potential that can be tapped. No matter which one they are, they must not be offended.
Every time Ye Zhizhou spoke, he paused slightly, wanting to give Lin Wan some time to express her opinions.
Although Mr. Pei has not changed the design draft at all, who knows if the development director will have any suggestions?
However, Lin Wan just recorded it silently without saying a word.
Ye Zhizhou even had some self-doubt.
Why don’t Mr. Pei and the director have any suggestions for revision?
Is the design draft I wrote really so perfect?
Can't?
Or do I underestimate myself too much?
…
Finally, all the design drafts were finished, and Ye Zhizhou briefly explained the construction period, the approximate amount of art resources this time, and the budget required to purchase various resources, which was just over two million.
Then, Ye Zhizhou looked at Lin Wan.
This director has to say a few words this time, right?
Otherwise, what are you doing here?
Feeling the intense gazes on her, Lin Wan also panicked a little.
What should I do? They talked for a long time, but I basically didn’t understand them!
Even if you understand part of it, you definitely can't discuss it, because what you understand is obviously very basic. Wouldn't it show cowardice if you talk about it?
Fortunately, Lin Wan stayed calm in the face of danger and successfully caught something that Mr. Pei was absolutely dissatisfied with.
"Other problems are not big."
"This is the budget...According to my understanding of Mr. Pei, it is definitely not feasible."
Ye Zhizhou was a little nervous. Sure enough, in the end, the budget failed!
A budget of two million is a bit too much compared to a web game.
In the web game model, research and development funds only account for a small part, and most of the other money is used for marketing, such as buying click-through ads on web pages, spending money to hire celebrities, etc.
This is determined by the characteristics of the target group targeted by web games.
Web games are mainly aimed at office white-collar workers and rich bosses. These people do not have high requirements for game graphics. Many of them play secretly during working hours and do not want to work hard or use their brains.
They just want to charge money and kill people with the click of a mouse.
These people often have strong spending power, so they can save money on research and development and spend it on publicity to maximize the benefits of the game.
But when Ye Zhizhou made a budget, he was not willing to follow the traditional method.
Finally, Mr. Pei finally made the decision. The name of the game this time is "Power Enhanced Edition". It can't be made to have the same level of graphics as ordinary web games, right?
The art resources must be high-definition, and the various gameplays must be optimized to perfection.
Over time, the budget was increased to more than two million. Ye Zhizhou even met with Wang Xiaobin and was very satisfied with the budget.
However, it is still exceeded?
Ye Zhizhou looked at Lin Wan with some anxiety, thinking, at most, three or four hundred thousand can be cut off, but if it is too much, he cannot cut off any more!
Lin Wan continued: "I think... I'm afraid it will take at least four million before Mr. Pei will approve this project."
"Forget it, you should just increase it to five million, so as not to have to call Mr. Pei back when the time comes and you have to work a second time."
Every time the budget is overturned, all art resource lists, various plans, and the artists contacted on the resource site, programs, etc. must be replaced.
If it were to double from two million to three or four million, these plans would basically have to be overturned and redone. After all, the changes were too big to be completed simply by changing a few painters.
So Lin Wan was very considerate and directly helped them upload the budget, so that the budget table they had worked so hard to make would not be brought back by Mr. Pei and redone.
Everyone looked confused.
Ye Zhizhou almost thought he heard wrongly.
Two million is too little? Increase it to five million??
Is it okay to just give me a super double?
But looking at Lin Wan's serious expression, it was definitely not a joke, but rather serious advice.
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin looked at each other and hesitated: "Five million? It's too much..."
"Actually, you don't need that much money. More than two million is enough. It's really enough."
Lin Wan shook her head: "It's enough for you, but it's far from enough for Mr. Pei. You don't know how much Mr. Pei will strive to improve these details. Listen to me and increase it to five million."
Looking at Ye Zhizhou, who lowered his head and changed his watch in confusion, Lin Wan couldn't help but smile knowingly.
"I finally understand why Mr. Pei asked me to come here!"
"In addition to learning the design knowledge of other types of games here, it is also very important to convey the Tenda spirit!"
"Ye Zhizhou's obedient way of making budgets is really like the Lu Mingliang of the past."
"Mr. Pei is busy with work and lacks skills. It is impossible to come here personally to correct these people's bad habits. So he just sent me here. On the one hand, it gives me a chance to exercise, and on the other hand, it also allows me to correct these people's bad habits!"
"So, I should guide them more spiritually so that they can work hard to keep up with Tengda."
"Mr. Pei didn't lie to me, this is really a very important job!"
Ye Zhizhou quickly went through the budget and frowned.
"But...if the budget is really increased to five million, we will encounter a new problem."
"We are just a web game. Even if we replace all the resources with high-definition versions and hire a few outstanding original artists to do concept design, I'm afraid we still won't be able to spend all the money..."
"Moreover, we are currently using the 2D version of the engine on the official platform, which does not support these high-definition resources very well, and the effect may not be particularly obvious by then."
"In short... the price/performance ratio will be very poor."
Lin Wan thought for a while: "Then just change the engine and go directly to 3D."
Ye Zhizhou was speechless for a moment: "If you go to 3D... then you can't make a web game. The amount of art resources that need to be transferred is too large, and the current network speed is too slow to load."
The mode of web games is to play immediately, and all art resources are transmitted in real time.
Limited by the network speed, resources cannot be made too large, otherwise the transmission will be very slow, and the players will go to the next scene, but the resources of this scene have not been loaded yet, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
When Lin Wan was playing "War Song", he would see "Resources Loading" every time he entered a new scene. It was because of this.
After much discussion, the problem still remains unresolved.
Lin Wan knew very well that a mere two million budget would definitely not be able to meet Mr. Pei's requirements, but due to the web game model, increasing the budget to five million would not significantly improve the graphics.
Unless we no longer make web games, we will make client games and let players download all the resources to their own computers.
But then...
Even the game type of this game has changed. Wouldn’t it be completely different and a mess?
Wang Xiaobin coughed twice: "Well, I think if we must use high-definition resources to make a 3D version, we can try to make a micro-client."
"That's the microclient."
"Compared with client games, players need to download far fewer resources, and the computer configuration requirements are not very high; and compared with web games, the graphics can be significantly improved."
"Of course, it's possible that both parties won't please each other. This is a very risky matter."