The strongest game production method

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Where is the most frequented place for lonely people?

bar?Meal bar?Internet cafe?

office.

Yu Hanguang didn't say a single extra word just now, and after returning from the bathroom, he finished eating the fruit after the meal as usual.After dinner, he talked and laughed with Chi Lan and Lian Chang around the Jade Lake.

He has lived a boring and monotonous life this year. The butterflies have lost their wings. In the two-point and one-line life of the company and the family, he has cultivated this calmness as if nothing had happened.

The dark blue sky gradually changed to thick black, making the water in the lake more sparkling.The tourists dispersed, and the crescent moon was embedded in the dark green leaves, and then appeared on the bank of the distant mountain in the tide mist, showing a kind of loneliness in the breeze.

Loneliness was embedded in his body, every marrow and base pair in him.

After saying goodbye to Chi Lan and Lian Chang, Yu Hanguang stepped on the accelerator with a heavy expression, and hurriedly drove the car back to the incubator.

In addition to the folding screen mobile phone, he just changed this car recently - he was promoted to the vice president of Ameng Games, so he must have a "Delu" who fits his identity.He sent the manual transmission SUV he had driven for five or six years back to his hometown, and rewarded himself with a big red soft-top convertible trot.

It's just that I'm not very familiar with the controls on the car. I wanted to turn on the turn signal halfway, but I couldn't even touch the left and right positions. I froze and turned on the wiper.

He lost his mind for a moment in the regular side-to-side shaking of the wipers.

People are not as good as old ones, and so are cars.

The night was quiet, but he was disturbed.

As we get older, the sense of loss in life will always be greater than the sense of accomplishment.In the past two years, while Yu Hanguang led the company's overseas business, he felt more exhausted from repeated defeats and responsibilities.

Not loving the job.

It's just that if you keep working, you won't go crazy.

After entering the company, Yu Hanguang felt idle again.

Friday is the "Jumah Day" (1) in the Middle East, so there is no need to have a meeting with Sharif; he has read more than a dozen data reports and PPTs, and even the weekly reports of the heads of the business groups before leaving get off work.

After watching the international news for a while and learning about the political | political situation in various countries in the Middle East, he clicked on IM and wanted to chat with Liu Yang but gave up—that kid Bao Buqi was having sex with his girlfriend.

Swiping the screen with his finger, he swipe down the work information line by line.

In an instant, he caught sight of a familiar yet unfamiliar name.

The avatar has been grayed out for a whole year, and the signature column that has been written "Working" has been empty for a whole year.

A few weeks before that guy just disappeared, he went crazy, left a message on IM, set it to the top of the chat, set it to special attention, and called the voice link.

He even... took annual leave to visit the small city of Lingshui.

Every time the phone vibrates, he clicks on it immediately, for fear of missing any news.

Empty.

that...

That [Teacher Wei].

[Teacher Wei] These three characters are like a blind box containing various emotions, waiting for him to draw.

Often disappointed, always depressed and heartbroken, and occasionally violent.

Regret, decadence, embarrassment, collapse, hypocrisy, dissatisfaction with food, sleepless nights.

He didn't know what kind of emotion he would get, let alone how to lock the blind box.It wasn't until the end, when all his emotions were drained, that he silently removed the IM from the top, leaving [Teacher Wei] at the bottom of the phone screen.

Yu Hanguang smiled self-consciously, took out the headset from a pile of clutter on the table, and clicked on the game logo of "Lonely Cracking Ice".

Playing "Lonely Cracking Ice" has been his habit since he started to do PlanA-only bring an ice ax and basic protective equipment, and go on the ice empty-handed.

In fact, he prefers "Your 99 Stories", but every time he lifts his finger to the top of "99", he can't press it anyway.

He remembered that he once discussed with that person that the core of the game "99" is "pain".

But he didn't dare to touch this pain, fearing that it would last too long.

I am even more afraid that after a while, I will forget it.

Xu Shicai drove too fast just now, his eyes became blurry like pseudo-myopia, his brain slowed down, and he even forgot to click on the protective equipment bag.

At this moment, except for his mountaineering suit and skates, he only has an ice ax in his hand.

at this point.He was overwhelmed with melancholy, and he really didn't have the intention to quit and start over, so he might as well try to climb up like this.

That pity and stubbornness became a pickaxe that savagely dug into the ice.

Like his chaotic mood.

Yu Hanguang's face was pale, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead, as if he was about to fall into the abyss in the next second, and even his bones were smashed into the depths of the glacier.

Although his fingers were trembling, he moved vigorously, tightly gripping the ice ax on the ice.

Even my throat started to dry out.

Subconsciously, he wanted to take out his backpack, take out the ice hanger and hover for a while to rest, but he only caught a handful of air.

It's better to just give up and start over, it's better than being smashed to pieces.

Why give up?If you have to go back and start over every time, no matter how many pieces you have, it will be meaningless.

It's better to hold on for a second.

Another second.

Another second.

……

[The first round took 1 minutes and 2 seconds, this challenge is over]

[Congratulations, player Yuhanguang1023 successfully challenged]

【try again?yes or no]

Little surprises hovered in my heart.

Climb to the summit with only an ice axe, the whole world dare not say that it should have set a record in Yizhou.

He was about to click [Yes], but saw that the scene on the screen of the headset changed.

The vast nebula rushed towards his pupils.In the middle of the sea of ​​stars, a few lines of words slowly emerged:

【Today is the 92nd day since I worked on "The Lonely Brave" and also the 99th day when I met you.

If I want to say, I put it in the stars.There is no oxygen and can be stored for a long time.

If you want to say, maybe you will never see it, maybe you will see it tomorrow.

Maybe you don't know Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, but you must know that the future is not completely determined by the past.

Maybe you don't know Kepler's law, but you must know that there are no completely independent planets in the vast universe.

And I just want to say that you are not alone.

You are not alone.]

The title and signature are all empty.

But he knew who the letter was from and who it was going to.

—— "Have you completely passed the level of "The Lonely Cracking Ice"?"

Suddenly, the question that the man asked himself one night when he first moved into his home flashed in his mind.

At that time, there was a faint joy in the corner of that person's eyes, as if he was joking.

Yu Hanguang paralyzed in the swivel chair, even forgot to take off the headset, his slender fingers kept trembling, and he could no longer organize words in his chest.

After playing so many virtual VR games, he just wants to embrace real people at the moment.

……

"Brother Yu, wake up! Why did you fall asleep with the headset on?"

Yu Hanguang was awakened by a sudden shaking, took off the headset, and felt that Wei Bo was shaking the abalone braised pork from his stomach like a rattle.

"If you shake it again, I'm going to pass." Yu Hanguang stood up weakly, his eye sockets became red and swollen, and his eye sockets became more sunken.

He rubbed his eyelids, which were so hot that they were almost feverish: "What are you doing here?"

"It's not because of the homework you assigned me." Although Wei Bo muttered dissatisfiedly, he smiled with relief on his face, "I studied to do homework, but after I got to work, I was still doing homework. .”

She spread the printed form in front of Yu Hanguang: "Calculate the DAU penetration rate in the Middle East."

Yu Hanguang frowned: "It's enough to drag formulas on the computer, why do you still use paper and pen? You traveled through the last century?"

"The data is not easy to calculate, and you have to try again and again. Dragging the formula on the computer is not convenient to see the operation records, and it is not easy to verify the idea. I am still used to drafting in this way. If I make a mistake, I can compare it with the record and see where I went wrong step by step. She waved the pencil at Yu Hanguang, "That's why I use a pencil! Because there is an eraser on the other end of the pencil—you can make mistakes at any time and change them at any time. Ideas follow the pen, and you have to do it yourself to know!"

Yu Hanguang saw that Wei Bo's draft paper had a bunch of figures written on it, there were a lot of wiping marks from time to time, and the fibers on the paper even turned up, so he murmured: "Where is the mistake... Do it yourself..."

"Lao Meng, Lao Zou, I plan to go to Wudun on a business trip."

At the core staff meeting on Monday, Yu Hanguang went straight to the DAU penetration rate of several games in the Middle East on the shutter screen.

The blinds that have been used for screen projection were originally in the public area. After Meng Aichang rented the incubator, he separated a temporary meeting room and brought the blinds in.

"Old Yu, you have been paying close attention to Wu Dun recently." Meng Ai said.

Yu Hanguang blinked anxiously: "Udun is an important country in the Middle East, I can't take it down, I'm anxious."

Meng Ai followed good advice, and after listening to Yu Hanguang's advice, he stopped smoking, but the more he drank the tea, the more he became more violent.

He stared at the screen for a while, took a sip of tea, and then cleared his throat, "With a population of 3000 million, it is the largest country in the Middle East. Take "Peeping Dreams" as an example, with an ARPU value of 126 yuan, ranking first, which shows that there are many gold players. The penetration rate of DAU is 18%, which is considered to be a medium level - if you look at the numbers, Udon is not ugly."

"However, compared with the neighboring Ayastan... Ayastan's population is only 940 million. Because of the small population, we don't have any subjective actions. We only rely on natural traffic to spread, and the ARPU value brought can reach 105 yuan. DAU penetration The rate is as high as 24%.

"Wudun's business is not very good. We have tried so much, but there has been no improvement. By the way, does this place have a wall with several surrounding countries?" Zou Haiyao said, "However, Lao Yu, you don't have to Why don't you go there yourself? Otherwise, let's talk to Lao Xie?"

Because Sharif cared enough on the other side of the ocean, Aimeng's overseas project ran smoothly. Yu Hanguang was also invited by Sharif to go to the rich Ayastan when his business line was just improving, and took a vacation in the name of a business trip. In fact, I have never traveled across the ocean since then.

Yu Hanguang stood up, propping his slender arms on the conference table, which completely exposed the phrase [Talkischeap, showmethecode] on his T-shirt.

"I've discussed it with Sharif a long time ago. Although Udun and the surrounding countries believe in the same religion, they are different branches. Generally speaking, Udun is more conservative and not secular enough. Therefore, things like secret room games, rock climbing, etc. have not yet been developed. Scale pops."

"In addition, it is reasonable to say that the ARPU value will be proportional to the DAU penetration rate, but this set of figures from Wudun is so weird, which shows a problem-there is a clear difference between the rich and the poor. The rich can accept our game and are willing to fill it up. Money. After all, Sharif can only convey what other classes like and think, and what is said in the news is relatively one-sided. We should go and see how to carry out better localization.”

He paused: "If our previous strategy was wrong, we can modify it at any time."

Qin Haotian called up the international news from his mobile phone: "Wu Dun said that it is the largest country in the Middle East, but in fact it has not been peaceful. Occasionally there are wars and suicide attacks. I guess, it is also the same as what Lao Yu said about the rich and the poor. It's related to the gap. But it's too dangerous, are you sure you want to go?"

Yu Hanguang nodded: "Sure. These are small-probability events. They happened decades ago, and they happened sporadically in different cities recently. I mainly operate within the capital. Sharif said that the capital of Udon is very safe. After I go there Just pay attention."

Seeing that several people were still walking, Yu Hanguang said firmly: "Udun is the cultural hub of the Middle East, and its significance to our game development is self-evident. I went there, at most a month, and figured out the way, and dug out a moat. Then we can carry out dimensionality reduction strikes.”

"You should hand over your work for this month." Meng Ai let go.

"Must," Yu Hanguang finally smiled, "Just give it to Liu Yang and Wei Bo."

Meng Ai shook her head slightly: "Liu Yang is fine. Wei Bo, the intern who just became a regular, give it to her?"

Yu Hanguang said: "Wei Bo is very smart."

Seeing that the boss didn't approve of it, he didn't stand upright, but sat down with a smile.

The incandescent lamp above his head swayed like stars in his eyes: "Actually, it's okay if I don't give it to her. Even if I don't do anything for a month, the company's overseas business can continue on its own. Now even if there are Trisolarans attacking the earth, the I took it hostage, or beat me to the ground, as long as Lao Qin and the others are still maintaining the company's server, then it's fine, and the overseas business can continue to grow."

Everyone laughed when they heard his serious nonsense.

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(1) "Jumah Day": "Jumah" means "Friday" in Arabic. Most countries in the Middle East rest on Friday and Saturday, and pray and gather in mosques on Friday.

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The most romantic thing that Mr. Wei can think of is probably to bury eggs for his lover in his own game (and hold back), Mr. Wei, what is your long mouth for...