Genius Game Planning

Chapter 299 Project Flow
The new year is still the same as in previous years. On the first day of work, Liu Neng gave out red envelopes to employees at the entrance of the company.

It's just that it takes longer and longer to send out red envelopes. At the beginning, it only took about ten minutes for each person to do it, and the money in the red envelopes would not be too thick in your hands.In the first year at that time, all the employees of the company added up to only a few dozen people.

But this is no longer possible. The number of employees at the idea pumping station in Shanghai exceeds 700.There are still hundreds of people in the Blue Star Studio in Guanghua City. Of course, Guanghua City doesn't need him to go there by himself. Zhang Yueyang, Zhang Jie, Xu Yuting and others can get things done properly.

Li Lizhen also insisted on giving red envelopes to employees with him, "Let's inherit the tradition, I think this tradition is very good!"

Liu Neng smiled, because he was worried that it would be too cold, "Actually, Sister Zhen doesn't need it, just arrange two more people, it's the same. You sleep with cold hands and feet every night, and if you freeze again, it won't be good."

Li Lizhen also smiled sweetly, "It's okay, spend more time with your boyfriend.

"It's as if I'm too busy to go home every day." Liu Neng said helplessly. In fact, their company is probably the most relaxed game company in China. There is no such thing as a system of no overtime, looking at the world It is estimated that not many game companies can do it.

"I know how to go to the office." Li Lizhen is still very stubborn.

Employees came one after another, seeing two people "husband singing and wife following" handing out red envelopes here, they all came over excitedly to pay New Year's greetings, and then asked as usual, "When will the boss and the wife get married? Waiting for the wedding wine... "

"Don't forget the red envelope, or don't blame me for giving you small shoes." Liu Neng said sternly.

Later, after Peng Shuang and several big bosses from the studio came, they also gave out red envelopes one after another, and it was like this that they worked back and forth for nearly an hour before it was over.

There was nothing much going on in the first three days. Everyone was not in working mode yet. Liu Neng would not urge employees to get busy. In fact, there was nothing too busy at this time.

He mainly held meetings with a group of executives to chat about the progress of several games currently under development.

The two biggest projects at the beginning of the year, one has already been named "Dynasty Warriors", and the other is "DotA2", which is completely separated from the parent package of "Warcraft 2".

In addition, it is a matter of some small projects or version updates.

In the two years of "Three Kingdoms Killing OL", the card packs of the Fenglinhuo series planned at the beginning are almost finished. The next stage should be to develop in the direction of entertainment, and some entertainment-oriented cards will be released.

An expansion pack for "Spore" was released at the end of last year. The next game in the Spore series is not a DLC but an IP expansion game. "Spore: Origins", which is already in the process of project approval, is a game based on Grox. Rise of Empires and Fall of Earth is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

In addition, he also plans to make a game specially customized for Switch, but he will wait until the prototype of the host is brought over to see.The production of the mainframe is not so easy. Even if the prototype is produced, it will take a long time to produce it on an industrialized assembly line.

There are many problems involved. For example, many components are not actually used in mobile phones. It may be necessary to design molds separately and have a special assembly line.

Almost, it will take one year after the prototype comes out before the mainframe can be officially launched, and the production capacity may still be relatively low, so we need to further see the market reaction.Only when the market response is good and players accept it is high, those hardware manufacturers may increase production lines and thus increase production capacity; , Let's talk about the sales of those machines that are currently in stock.

"Tell me, what's the current situation of "Zhen San"?" Liu Neng now uses video conferencing, which is much more convenient than teleporting his body to Guanghua City.

Mo Sanguo Game Studio is located in Guanghua City instead of Shanghai, and Liu Neng, who has just finished the holiday trip, is unwilling to fly to Guanghua City again.And some time ago, I drove back and forth by myself, which consumed a lot of energy.

"It's nearing the end, but there are still some problems - mainly artistic." Zhuge Yuan said.

"Like?"

"The rendering of the game is not very good, I think it can be further improved." He said, and then worried that Liu Neng would not understand the cause and effect, and added, "Isn't there a five-stage attack in the game? The continuity is not good, and That is, the problem of the game lagging due to too many characters appearing on the battlefield is still being solved in public..."

Liu Neng thought for a while and asked, "Can it be solved?"

Zhuge Yuan: "Yes!"

"How long will it be?"

Zhuge Yuan: "Within a month. Then it will begin to fully enter the debugging stage. Therefore, it can be online within two months."

Liu Neng thought for a while, "In terms of time, it should be okay. If possible, we can shorten the time a little bit - under the condition that the employees don't need to work overtime."

"Okay, I understand."

Liu Neng asked Zhang Yueyang again, "Are there any other studios that are relatively free?"

Zhang Yueyang froze for a moment, "What's the matter? Do you want to make a new game?"

Liu Neng said with a smile, "It must be done. You can figure it out. Transfer some people to the Mo Sanguo studio. They will be busy in the next stage. But first transfer people there, and then get familiar with them."

Zhuge Yuan seemed a little excited, "What game? What type? Or is it about the Three Kingdoms? Or is it about other historical themes?"

"It's still the Three Kingdoms. Do you still have idlers? How many people are there in the Three Kingdoms killing project?"

"Maintaining an organizational structure of nearly twenty people, planning and programming are half and half. Art is not included in the project team." Zhuge Yuan said.

"The number of people is not bad, but it can be changed out. Don't stay in one project all the time. I'm afraid that their heads will get old. This is not good. Let some relatively stable projects interact with each other. We can learn from each other.”

"Understood." Zhang Yueyang understands the usefulness of this move, broadening his horizons is actually very helpful for planning.In some large companies, especially the bigger and bigger companies, the system has become more and more rigid, and the personnel mobility is insufficient. On the one hand, it is easy to form small groups. On the other hand, as Liu Neng just said, it is easy to It is not appropriate to be trapped in one place; and to lie on the credit book all the time.

"Tell me about the new game. I haven't talked about the new game for a long time. What is it?" Zhuge Yuan was a little anxious.

"Don't worry, let's talk about the follow-up of Dynasty Warriors first, and an expansion pack will be released, which will be passed on. This is one of your most important tasks this year..."

(End of this chapter)