Chapter 329 Standardized process to speculate on President Pei's intentions
Ye Zhizhou looked at the contents written in the notebook.
It feels like... isn't this just a reversal of all the directions we decided on before?
It seems that apart from the "reverse" point, there is no other new idea...
"Is this the secret to Mr. Pei's ability to always make successful games?"
"Summarize all the characteristics of all conventional games on the market, and then deliberately do the opposite to create a fresh feeling for players that they have never seen before?"
"Well……"
Ye Zhizhou felt that this idea was a bit outrageous. He felt that it was not only an insult to Mr. Pei, but also an insult to himself.
If it is so easy to succeed, why do you still worry about what kind of game to play every day?
But after taking a closer look at these points, Ye Zhizhou discovered new problems.
After some key points are reversed, the results are very outrageous.
For example, Mr. Pei asked to make an online horror game.
How the hell do you do this!
Two people, or even multiple people, play a horror game together? Can it still be scary?
There seems to be no similar cases on the market?
But then I thought about it again, maybe it is because there are no similar cases on the market that the game is novel enough and can it be sufficiently topical?
Ye Zhizhou unconsciously fell into a whirlpool of thoughts, with many thoughts swirling in his mind, making himself a little dizzy.
Wang Xiaobin was also obviously dizzy.
He felt that based on what Mr. Pei said, this game was impossible to play.
Since I have never seen a similar game, what should I do?
"Mr. Pei, can you give me some more tips?"
Pei Qian laughed in his heart.
Give me some more tips?
It's impossible to give hints, you can figure it out for yourself, I can't help but lose money on the game.
Just when Pei Qian was about to refuse, Lin Wan spoke up.
"That's enough. Mr. Pei has helped us set the general direction. The deep meaning of the game is contained in these few tips."
"Think carefully based on the gaming experience of the past few days. You must have the ability to think independently. Don't always be like a baby waiting for food, waiting for Mr. Pei to put food into your mouth."
Pei Qian: "..."
Well done Director Lin!
I spoke my mind.
Wang Xiaobin lowered his head, feeling a little ashamed.
Yes, Mr. Pei has already finalized the general direction. Is it possible that we can't even handle these minutiae issues? That would be a shame for my role as a designer!
"Then let's think of new ideas." Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou returned to their respective workstations and started busy.
Pei Qian left Lin Wan behind and wanted to briefly talk about Otto Technology.
Pei Qian had already briefly told Lin Wan about his job arrangements for Chang You, but he did so on the phone and the conversation was relatively brief.
Now Pei Qian plans to spend a few minutes to communicate in depth.
After all, Lin Wan is the nominal director of Otto Technology, and his rank is half a level higher than Chang You.
If Lin Wan had completely left Otto Technology alone, even if the phone failed, Lin Wan would not have too much frustration, and it would be even less likely that she would leave Tenda and go back to inherit the family business.
Pei Qian's ultimate goal is for Lin Wan to make an "important contribution" to the development of Otto technology. In this way, after the product fails, Lin Wan will feel deeply that he is not the material. In addition, Yangyang Games
The failure made Lin Wan naturally feel frustrated.
"Regarding this Chang Friend, I know that there are many bad speculations about him in society, especially in the industry, but..."
Pei Qian was a little worried. If Lin Wan and Chang You were at odds, and if the phone went bad and Lin Wan would blame it all on Chang You, she would still not be able to achieve her goal of letting her go back and inherit the family business.
Lin Wan shook her head slightly: "Mr. Pei, you don't have to worry."
"Since he is the person you like, I believe he must have something special about him."
"Now is the Internet era, an era of information explosion, and an era of unprecedented scarcity of information."
"On the Internet, rumors can spread around the world overnight; however, the voices refuting the rumors are also on the Internet, but no one cares."
"Similarly, on the Internet, 'dirty information' about a person can spread overnight. Many people think that they understand a person after seeing something online."
"But the real him was covered up by the information on the Internet."
"Although I don't agree with many of my dad's views, he has always emphasized that the Internet is not a panacea and that too much information can make people blind. I agree with this."
"I believe that since Mr. Pei chose Mr. Chang as the person in charge of Otto Technology, he must have his own considerations."
"Since Mr. Pei trusts him, I will definitely trust him as well."
Pei Qian was speechless for a moment.
Before she even said anything, Lin Wan had already said all the good things.
"Well... of course this is best."
"However, as a director, you are also indispensable in Otto Technology. Don't regard yourself as an outsider."
Pei Qian was hinting to Lin Wan, asking her to get more involved in the mobile phone matters and increase her sense of participation appropriately.
In this way, when the phone is broken, Lin Wan will naturally have the idea of "taking the blame" and want to go back and inherit the family business.
Lin Wan nodded: "Don't worry, Mr. Pei, I will supervise them without interfering too much with Otto Technology's established development policy, to ensure that their general development direction is consistent with the Tenda spirit, and that they will fulfill their due responsibilities."
Pei Qian is very satisfied with this. He feels that his employees are very cooperative and all plans are under his control.
…
After watching Mr. Pei leave, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin returned to their workstations and started scratching their heads.
It’s so difficult!
Mr. Pei has given so many restrictions, how can this game be done?
Just the "online game" clause is difficult enough, not to mention the explicit requirement that there be no plot, no ghosts, and no powerful weapon systems.
Completely confused.
The two of them did take over tasks from Mr. Pei before, but the tasks were often very simple.
For example, Mr. Pei requested that all charging points in "War Song" be cut off, leaving only the most basic one. Ye Zhizhou thought about it for a long time and came up with a "Selection System."
This is because the game itself already has a very complete framework, and Ye Zhizhou is just making minor repairs on this framework.
Later, it was the same when making the mobile version of "War Hymn". The basic structure remained the same, and it was still a familiar set of things, so it was easy to make.
But this time it's different.
Horror games and single-player games are areas that no one has ever ventured into, and the direction given by Mr. Pei was very vague, so naturally I was a little confused.
As a last resort, the two of them looked at Lin Wan.
When it comes to speculating on Mr. Pei’s intentions, everyone in Shanyang Games is a younger brother.
"Director Lin, please help me think about it, what kind of game does Mr. Pei want us to make?"
Lin Wan pulled up a chair from the side and sat down. She pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, I am only a beginner in guessing President Pei's intentions. Compared with some seniors, I am still far behind."
"However, I did learn something from Bao Xu."
"I can share it with you."
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin quickly took out their notebooks and listened attentively.
Here comes the point!
What are the core competencies of working at Tenda?
It’s the ability to guess President Pei’s intentions!
As the helmsman of the entire Tenda Group, Mr. Pei has always been far-sighted and far-sighted. At the same time, he has an exquisite grasp of the market and player psychology.
When Mr. Pei assigns tasks for everyone to make a game, he often already has a good idea of the final form of the game, market feedback, etc.
Therefore, whether this project can be done well depends on whether everyone understands President Pei's intentions deeply enough.
And now that Director Lin is sharing with everyone the way to guess President Pei’s intentions, he is undoubtedly sharing a treasure!
Lin Wan recalled the days when she worked in Tenda's game department and thought of Bao Xu's many interpretations of Mr. Pei. She had long wanted to summarize them all, and now she had the opportunity.
"First of all, we must make sure that President Pei's direction is absolutely correct and must be accomplished at all costs."
"You may think this is false, but it is the basis of all reasoning."
"You can regard the points given by Mr. Pei as self-evident absolute axioms and make deductions based on them."
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin felt a little dizzy after hearing this, as if they had returned to their student days in philosophy classes.
But this is normal. If such an important idea is too easy to understand, there will be problems.
The two of them listened carefully.
Lin Wan continued: "When making "Sea Fortress", Bao Xu started from several axioms given by Mr. Pei, constantly denied the content that was incompatible with the axioms, constantly added content that matched the axioms, and finally perfected it.
The prototype for the entire game.”
"Now, we can do the same."
"First, first and foremost, this horror game will be an online game."
"The game elements of multiplayer networking are nothing more than cooperation and confrontation."
“Confrontation is divided into ‘confrontation with the game’ and ‘confrontation with people.’ Confrontation with the game involves multiple players solving puzzles together, while confrontation with people is a repeatable battle-type gameplay.”
"Since Mr. Pei emphasized that there should be no plot, the way for two or more people to cooperate in solving puzzles is blocked."
"So, the design direction naturally focused on the repeatable gameplay of multi-player cooperation and confrontation."
"It is similar to the mode of many board games. The time is controlled within ten minutes to two hours. Multiple players participate, each with different purposes, and there are cooperative and confrontational game modes."
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin nodded together.
After such an analysis, I feel much clearer!
Especially clarifying the goal into a board game-like mode gave the two of them a rough prototype of the game in their minds.
Lin Wan looked at them: "You can try the rest."
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin looked at each other. It felt a bit like a teacher teaching a student to solve a problem, solving half of it, and leaving the rest to the student to complete on his own.
Ye Zhizhou thought about it and said: "There should be no ghosts, at most there will be madmen. This is also a very important clue."
"Examples in games are hard to find. Can we turn our attention to movies?"