game development designer

Chapter 94 Left 4 Dead
(Two are an exception today. I saw another small studio in the group. It was disbanded due to insufficient funds. I felt a lot in my heart. I deleted the previous single chapter that I gave up. I will not give up this book, but write If I’m tired, it may be a day off. In short, I should, maybe, probably, I will finish the story of making games)
In the afternoon, in the conference room of Tianhe Network
"It looks pretty good, and there is indeed no game of the same type on the market." In the office, after listening to Chu He's introduction of the new project, Merrick, who is temporarily a member of Tianhe Network, said while stroking his beard.

But compared to Merrick's admiration, the faces of Xu Chang, Lu Zhou, Tao Fa and Ye Xun who were next to him showed a little worry.

"Mr. Chu, according to the design of the game plan, there is a lot of plasma, and the bloody performance, plus this kind of game background, there is basically no room for approval in China!" Xu Chang said with a bitter face.

Although the review of games in China has been relatively open in recent years, and the blood of FPS games is not green or oil-colored, but this new project of Chuhe is still too high-level.

Bloody, dark, no matter how you think about it, Xu Chang feels that it is impossible for this project to pass the review, let alone the subsequent release and publicity.

Lu Zhou, Ye Xun and the others next to him did not speak, but their tacit expressions obviously agreed with Xu Chang's statement.

"Actually, I'm not going to release this game in China, or I don't put the focus of this game on China. I want to use this game to open up overseas markets." Looking at the crowd, Chu He smiled said with a smile.

In fact, Chuhe has had this idea for a long time. Tianhe Network does have a little reputation abroad, but it is only limited to famine.

However, recently, with the excellent performance of "Jianghu", Tianhe Network has gradually entered the eyes of foreign countries.

But more is not in the eyes of players, but in the same game company, although many well-known international MOD production teams have contacted Tianhe Network, hoping to obtain more relaxed MOD production conditions, so that they can use To make the MOD of the western background.

But I have to say that although "Jianghu" is really very good, the background of oriental martial arts is too easy to dissuade people.

In fact, this is the result of a cultural export. Why can domestic players accept Western magic RPG games without hindrance?

Isn't it because of the export of Western culture?
Why do some players make complaints when they see that domestic games are still about martial arts and fairy tales? Can't they change the theme if they are old-fashioned?

However, major European and American game companies have produced RPG masterpieces such as wizards and the world of ghosts, but they applaud and accept them without hindrance?

The root lies in the quality of the game and its subtle influence.

It is precisely because there are too many domestic spicy chicken games, the kind of games that are for making money, with the gimmicks of martial arts and fairy tales, and one spicy chicken after another has been released.

Let the players think of these when they mention martial arts and play games with Xianxia, ​​which creates a kind of resentment.

And there are obviously bad games with Western backgrounds, but those bad games are basically out of reach of domestic players.

I don't even know the names of those hot chicken games. The western games that domestic players can access are basically very, very good ones, especially when piracy was rampant more than ten years ago.

Pirates are not stupid, how can he make money playing spicy chicken games?

Therefore, the pirated versions circulating in the market are all very, very good classic games, such as Warcraft, Diablo, and Heroes. These games with western fantasy backgrounds have left too many impressions on players.

Seeing the western background, the first thing players think of is that these classic games cannot be found in classic games, so players will look forward to it and accept it.

It's not like a domestic game, saying that it is going to release martial arts, but the actual game screen has not yet been released, and even the concept map of the game has not been released, and players have already started to spray it on Weibo and forums.

Because of the existence of too many garbage games, players already have a default.

Martial arts games, fairy games = domestic garbage games.

Changing the domestic game?

This kind of thing is too great and too difficult. Chuhe doesn't think he can do it now.

But let the name of Tianhe Network not only spread in China, but also make Tianhe Network a company that foreign players can give a thumbs up to. Chuhe still has confidence in this point.

Today's FPS game is the first step for Chuhe to sell it in foreign markets.

As for whether he can make money after giving up the domestic market in case the foreign market fails, Chuhe basically didn't think about it.

Anyway, one or two failures, with today's capital reserve, I can still afford it.

Moreover, according to the progress report from TINGK Studio, the development of "Love and the Producer" has slowly entered the late stage, and its games have good blood transfusion capabilities.

"The new project is not only PC, but also two major host platforms, XBOX and PS." Chu He said looking at the crowd.

Now that we have decided to give up the domestic market and target the overseas market, it is impossible to give up the host platform.

What's more, for the previous "Jianghu", Tianhe Network also talked with Microsoft and Sony in Huaxia District. The other parties can support the prototype and provide certain technical support. It is really a waste of talent if you don't use your experience.

"Host platform!?" Hearing Chuhe's words, Merrick didn't feel much, but Tao Fa and Xu Chang were a little excited.

For them, the host platform is like a sacred place, too difficult to touch.

Especially for 80.00% of domestic game producers, that field is like the holy land of a certain sect in the novel, and it is difficult for ordinary people to enter.

It's not that they don't have that ability, but that they can't get tickets at all, and coupled with the dilemma of the two mainframes in China, there are no studios to touch the mainframe.

However, this situation has improved a lot in recent years, especially when Sony heard that it is preparing to implement an independent game support plan recently, specifically supporting excellent independent games.

"Of course, we can't spend our whole life working on the PC side. We will definitely set foot on the mainframe." Chu He nodded and said.

On the side of EA, Chuhe has also understood that Prot will continue to stay in EA to cooperate with the opponent on the battlefield, and provide technical support for his own engine, while Pigg can bring Anthony and the others back to develop new projects and games on the console. .

"By the way, Mr. Chu, what's the name of our new project?" Tao Fa asked.

"Left 4 Dead"

"Survival Four?"

"Yes, but I prefer to call it 'Left [-] Dead'"

(End of this chapter)