The strongest game production method

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"Can I play now? Ouch—" the girl looked left and right, accidentally bumped into Wei Bo's back, and immediately stopped her voice, "I'm sorry."

The girl should have turned her head back, and was distracted by the bizarre things like hand-made window displays, pixel paintings, and memory walls, so she couldn't look at the road for a while.

It is said that the decoration idea of ​​Aimeng's office comes from Meng Ai's own sister, but everyone is very tolerant of the boss's use of power for personal gain - the style is simple, the color matching is artistic, and full of whimsy.

"Sorry..." she repeated, rubbing her forehead and walked to Wei Bo's side, and found two surprised people standing opposite her, she stopped immediately.

Yu Hanguang felt a small lump in his heart, and his throat tightened a bit: "Mr. Wei, I'm afraid you didn't come to work overtime."

"Who is this?"

After all, Chi Lan is more sharp-eyed: "You two look alike, are you Wei Bo's younger sister?"

"Hmm." The girl's eyes and bridge of nose seemed to be carved out of Wei Bo's mold, and her eyeballs were also pale amber.It's just the apple muscle full of collagen, which makes her look more feminine.

Unlike Wei Bo's sharp facial lines, it has the sternness of "Don't fight me".

"Don't get me wrong, I like playing VR games, and Wei Bo just changed to work in a game company, so I wanted to try it out." She waved her hand generously, "I didn't expect there were other people here."

"So it's my sister." Yu Hanguang suddenly realized that he was angry for no reason, so he joked, "What's your name, Wei Feng? Wei Qiu?"

"...Wei Li." The girl said.

Wei Bo's mind was quick, and he predicted Yu Hanguang's prediction: "Our name was given by my mother, and my mother is a physics teacher."

Wave?grain?

Yu Hanguang is not very good at physics, so he had an idea to stand up Chi Lan: "Chi Lan, the employees are concerned, let's hold an event related to family members!"

"You are... Senior Sister Chi Lan? From Normal University?" Wei Li asked in surprise.

Chi Lan coughed lightly.

She has long understood that the workplace is not a place to compete for grades and scholarships, so she has been doing things in a high-profile and low-key manner for the past few years.I have never thought that people are not in the arena, but there are always legends circulating in the arena.

Wei Li said: "Senior sister, I am also from a normal university. The English department, I will be promoted to the third year of graduate school immediately. If I count it, I will be four years younger than you."

"Senior sister, you are the first GPA 4.0 in our department, and you are a legend who has received 6 full scholarship offers. Several teachers love to use you as an example. Do you remember Mr. Wang who taught the introduction to English and American literature? Talk about it." She called each "senior sister" affectionately, "You are really popular."

Although in the same city, the reputation and strength of Yizhou Normal University is far inferior to Yizhou University, and the English department is not a trump major.Chi Lan failed the college entrance examination back then, but she was determined to counterattack from the first day she entered school, and finally she was proud when she graduated and became a "red".

But life is not like GPA, hard work will be rewarded accordingly.

Efforts that can see the ending at a glance often don't bring life to that ending.

Chi Lan was depressed for a moment, and soon her expression returned to normal: "I didn't expect to meet a school girl here."

She really thinks that Wei Li is good, not to mention being cheerful, Wei Li seems to have the ability to quickly become friends with others, which is different from her brother Yun Ni.

Very suitable for HR.

She looked at Wei Li, the girl had already become one with Yu Hanguang at the speed of light, and the two of them were wearing the headset and shaking the handle, having a great time.Wei Bo, on the other hand, sat quietly watching the computer, his painting style was very different and weird.

Chi Lan finally realized the source of this weirdness: Wei Li has been too polite to Wei Bo since entering the door.

Who would call his brother by his first name?Who would say "sorry" when accidentally bumping into his brother?

Not right.

It was near noon the next day when Yu Hanguang showed up at the company with two shiny dark circles under his eyes.

While sinking into the chair, he caught sight of a cup of hot coffee on the table.

Last night, his thinking was blocked, so he simply put aside the matter of establishing the project, and had a good fight with Wei Li; later, he was a little unwilling, insisted on finishing the drawing of the curtain, and left in the middle of the night.

Yu Hanguang threw a folded star into the glass jar, inhaled the aroma of coffee greedily, raised his cup and said, "He's come back to life. Xiaosheng, thank you!"

"Huh? Didn't I buy this?" Zhou Xiaosheng said.

Yu Hanguang had no time to solve the case, so he hastily pulled out the curtain and prepared to perfect the last few nodes.

He listed all aspects of the ice climbing game, from task breakdown, to division of project team responsibilities, to process design; in addition to the demo, there are even strategies for the α, β, and promotion and operation stages.

Yu Hanguang crossed his fingers and propped the back of his head, admiring the masterpiece in front of him—this curtain is so colorful and eye-catching thanks to his hard work.

Several people from the marketing operation team had already agreed to go to Yu Hanguang, and they just waited for the ice climbing game to be approved. Seeing the master's complacent look, they all secretly surrounded him.

Yu Hanguang said: "How is it? The country I built for you."

"It's a wolf!" Liu Yang sighed.

Zhou Xiaosheng took pictures against the curtain, and Liu Leilei was already squinting to find her name in the picture.

If Yu Hanguang, who was surrounded by rainbow farts, had a tail, he would be higher than the computer screen by now.

"The mountains and rivers are picturesque," said a familiar voice behind Yu Hanguang, "it is possible, but it is not necessary."

"No matter how beautiful the painting is, it is just a tool, not an output." Wei Bo's voice melted into the noisy office like a stream flowing into the sea, but it was inexplicably clear to Yu Hanguang's ears.

Wei Bo said again: "There is not so much work in the demo stage, and the output is the production of the demo."

Yu Hanguang turned his head and clicked his tongue: "Mr. Wei, the layout is open."

Wei Bo didn't want to argue with Yu Hanguang in front of everyone, so he signaled him to get up with his eyes, and the two found a small conference room in the corner.

Yu Hanguang didn't even close the door of the conference room, and hurriedly said: "The game is indeed different from other products. There is not much work in the initial stage, and the relationship is not close. Everyone can even do their own thing. But you have also done the main program. People, you should understand—the further you get to the back, the tighter the coupling of the various modules, and the game will become an organic whole."

"Everything is foregone, nothing is foregone." Yu Hanguang remembered the words Meng Ai said, "We have to do top-level planning. If the planning is not good at the beginning, if it is changed after it goes online, the movement will be big. .”

Seeing that Wei Bobo didn't move, Yu Hanguang put his hands on the conference table: "Which project manager in the company didn't stay up for several nights to draw the top-level design before the project was approved?"

"Emma, ​​why is it so hard to talk to you, I have to go back and get a cup of coffee..." His mouth was dry.

Standing opposite Yu Hanguang, Wei Bo patiently listened to his long speech.

He was sure that Yu Hanguang had already been taken into the ditch, and said, "The picture you drew even took commercialization into consideration. It is indeed a top-level plan, and things can be done in advance."

"However, making games is not making coffee."

Wei Bo's speech was not fast, but there was almost no pause.

"To make coffee, you can think from the top level. What type of coffee beans do you want to choose, what is the brewing temperature, and at what step do you add sugar and milk... But making games is a process from scratch, you It can’t control the inspiration of planning, nor can we specify how many lines of code are written in a day. At least in the early days, our project has no standards.”

Wei Bo tried to wake up the person in front of him who was still dreaming.

He was about the same size as Yu Hanguang, looking at Yu Hanguang at the same moment, and saw his own shadow in those black pupils.

- There was a trace of dryness on his face.

Yu Hanguang was thoroughly poured with a basin of cold water, avoiding Wei Bo's eyes, naturally he did not notice the change in Wei Bo's face.

But his ears were sharp, and he heard that this was the first time Wei Bo used "our project" to refer to ice climbing games.

"Your so-called 'fighting the country' is hoping to quickly analyze a complicated problem; but this is not thoughtful, this is called shallow taste." Wei Bo said, "You have been dreaming for so long, and you should understand it. No matter how well you think about the factors that are strongly correlated with 'human variables', it's more complicated than you think."

"So, my experience is - to be MVP (1), is the most effective way."

Breaking through from a single point, running in small steps, and hitting short with an inch of strength, are the winning moves.

Yu Hanguang knows that he has participated in hackathons and has done many projects after work. He has stepped on more pitfalls than many people have traveled.Ability aside, in terms of experience, he has more power to speak than himself.

Wei Bo still looked directly at Yu Hanguang at this moment, and said earnestly: "If you think too much, you will not be able to make something."

"The most important thing is to do it."

It is better to start rashly and continue clumsily than to be perfect but unwilling to do it.

"By the way, the best way to maintain energy is to sleep well, and you can't always rely on coffee." Wei Bo resumed his indifferent tone, but subconsciously stroked his forearm.

Yu Hanguang froze in place, only feeling that his arms were split in half with his chest as the dividing line, the arm supporting the conference table was as cold as ice, and the arm that was stroked was hot as fire.

The words were good, and he listened to them.

But Wei Bo confessed his heart to himself one second, and became a national super cold water athlete the next second at the speed of light.

The unexplainable thoughts in my heart were like weak flames, burning intermittently.

It's all over him now.

"Who made the game tonight with so much energy?" Chi Lan sniffed while holding the steering wheel, pretending to be angry and asking Zou Haiyao in the passenger seat.

The sky was full of thick clouds, and even the shadow of the moon could not be seen.In the middle of the night, there were very few vehicles on the elevated road, and the light cast by the street lamps was reflected on Chi Lan's earrings, which flowed brilliantly with the speeding two-door trot.

Zou Haiyao rolled up the window, trying to escape the smell of alcohol.He glanced at Chi Lan's face changing in the light and shadow, with a smile that was not a smile: "A friend from Jingzhou has a team founder who makes medical VR equipment as the host. I will also see if there are any new opportunities recently."

The relationship between Zou Haiyao and Chi Lan was kept a secret, even Meng Ai didn't know about it.

When Chi Lan was studying in graduate school abroad, she once participated in the New Year's gathering of the embassy as a representative of outstanding international students, and happened to meet Zou Haiyao, who was also studying in the EMBA class at that time.

When Zou Haiyao visited the embassy, ​​he brought a few jade branch umbrellas, a specialty of Yizhou, as gifts.

When Chi Lan saw it, her eyes lit up.

The two quickly found a common language by using the topic of their hometown, and became acquaintances after going back and forth.

After returning to China, Chi Lan stayed in a state-owned enterprise for a year unhappy, and then Zou Haiyao introduced Chi Lan to Aimeng by saying "recommend a younger sister".

At that time, Aimeng only had about [-] skilled men, and it was at the critical stage of the new game. He broke the camp bed, broke the computer, and stayed up all night with takeaway instant noodles. He urgently needed a careful and considerate housekeeper.

Chi Lan is also very capable, starting from sending and receiving couriers, ordering meals, and recruiting... With both personnel and administrative work, she gradually manages the company in an orderly manner, and convinces a group of big men.

Aimeng has a relaxed atmosphere, and cross-group office romances are not prohibited, but Chi Lan, as the personnel director, has many concerns about her identity; under Zou Haiyao's suggestion, this relationship has never been made public.

She has a bright future and is happy to keep the status quo.

"Mr. Bole," Chi Lan likes to use this title to describe Zou Haiyao, "I'm still looking at new opportunities. Can't Aimeng, a thousand-mile horse, satisfy you?"

"What's the matter with your love dream recently? You can't move it." He learned a slippery Jingzhou accent from nowhere.

"What do you mean by 'you love dreams'? You chose it cleanly. Love dreams are not yours?" Chi Lan said with a smile, "Besides, there are several powerful factions that have joined recently, and it will be worth watching next time when the project is approved."

Zou Haiyao chose to keep this relationship a secret, so he naturally had considerations:

He is not focused on business, he is far away, and needs a pair of eyes.

Therefore, when alone, Zou Haiyao will deliberately turn the world of the two into a conference room for discussing work.

"Warlords?"

"Yeah. There's a man named Wei Bo, who's capable." Chi Lan is sure about her vision of people—today, Yu Hanguang and Wei Bo chatted privately about "top-level planning" and "MVP" in the conference room with the door open. She could hear things like that clearly in the next office.

"Wei Bo...the one who fought with Yu Hanguang before?" Zou Haiyao remembered that both Meng Ai and Chi Lan had said it, so he said with a smile, "No, what is the hatred of killing one's father and taking one's wife?"

"It's him. But the two of them have settled their suspicions and are now collaborating on a project."

Zou Haiyao said: "What's the situation, join if you can't beat it?"

The weather in Yizhou at the end of summer is uncertain, and it is now dripping rain from the sky.Raindrops knocked on the car windows, forming waterlines.

Chi Lan said: "The two of them look much different, but they are actually the same kind."

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and there was a vast mist outside the window.Yu Hanguang was afraid that he would be trapped if he waited any longer, so he cleared the table and prepared to leave.

After being splashed with cold water by Wei Bo, Yu Hanguang completely threw the previous piece of "land" into the recycle bin, and reorganized all the work to be done in the demo stage.

He didn't show off his skills, but made a simple document with decision trees and Gantt charts.

Still busy until eleven o'clock in the evening.

Before leaving, he hesitated for a moment, and finally called out the IM, and clicked on the avatar with the note titled [Teacher Wei]:

[Teacher Wei, are you asleep? 】

Wei Bo replied in seconds: [Sleep in 5 minutes. 】

It was the familiar "Teacher Wei" reply, so concise that one more word would be cumbersome.

He dragged the document into the chat bar: [Excuse me, I have a new idea for the ice climbing game, help me take a look]

Yu Hanguang actually wished that Wei Bo could race against time to check the documents.But since he came up with the idea and wrote the document, he had no reason to transmit this pressure to Wei Bo, so he added: [Don't worry, you can read it tomorrow. 】

There was no movement on the other side of the screen, Yu Hanguang was a little lost, full of anxiety and vague expectations, and couldn't find a place to settle down.

Suddenly, with a "ding dong", [Mr. Wei]'s dialog box popped up:

[If it is convenient, I will speak with you in 1 minute. 】

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(1) MVP: Minimum Viable Product, minimum viable product.It's a bit like the plot outline of a movie or TV show.The production cost is extremely low, but it can show the main functions of the product, throw the MVP to the market, and then gradually modify and improve it according to the feedback of users. If the entrepreneurial team wants to test the product, they will generally follow the path of MVP.It's not the concept in the basketball game~