Is it not a galgame?

Chapter 149 53. I was a piece of shit last year
"Damn it! You've already done so much, why do you want to change the script again?!"

"If the world view has to be changed along with it, then the art side will basically have to be overthrown and restarted."

Mr. Taiji Sakata, art director, now finally understands what Ken Akanishi means by "dangerous".

This is not just as simple as being dangerous, is it?
It is equivalent to halfway through God's creation, and found that this world is not suitable for human survival, so he prepared to destroy the world and start all over again.

This is a cosmic disaster!
As an art director, Taiji Sakata could not forgive such behavior at all.

But as a member of pokeni, he has no way to directly scold the president.

Suppressing anger in his heart, although he clearly knew that Xu Yuangen was just a microphone, he had no choice but to criticize him severely.

Hetian, this guy, has been a bit too jumpy recently. If he doesn't give some color to see, the artists will not be able to start their work in the future.

"Wada-san, do you know what you are doing?" Taiji Sakata asked sternly, "How can we continue with work like this in the future? Who knows that this time we are done, and we will not make large-scale changes in the future. "

"Definitely not." Urobuchi responded loudly, "I can assure you that this change is also approved by the president."

Although he didn't know what to do in his heart, he still tried his best to appease his art classmates every time he asked.

"Mikami, what do you say?" Sakata Taiji turned around and asked Mikami Shinji.

After all, this guy is the producer of the "Witcher" project team.

Fortunately, Qing Zhiyuan had already communicated with Mikami about the content of the previous changes. After reading Urobuchi Gen's new script, he felt that the content after the changes seemed to be better.

And in this new plan, the part about the specific battle process was also perfected by Shinji Mikami.

So Mikami bit the bullet and comforted him, "I've seen Wada's plan, and I actually participated in this change as well.

Although the new plan will lead to some rework, it is not as serious as overthrowing and starting over.

However, don't we just have to have higher demands on ourselves and make satisfactory games? "

"Mikami..."

Taiji Sakata felt extremely uncomfortable, but he didn't know how to refute.

……

"President, I can't agree this time. Things like this have happened more than once."

The artists felt very aggrieved, as if all the past months had been wasted. Although Shinji Mikami was right, it would not be possible to completely reinvent the wheel, but there were quite a few parts that needed to be changed.

In fact, the workload can still be evaluated. After all, it is something that exists objectively, but it is completely unacceptable emotionally.

This is not the first time a major change has been made.

And every time it happened on the guy Xu Yuanxuan.

No, to be precise, the person behind the helm is the president.

Ken Akanishi has already analyzed this point quite thoroughly for Taiji Sakata. If the president hadn’t been eager for quick success and bewitched by Hayao Miyazaki to rewrite the script and strive to express a considerable level of thought in the game, this would not have happened at all. things.

Yesterday Taiji Sakata was full of admiration for Master Hayao Miyazaki, but today Taiji Sakata hated Master Miyazaki to the extreme.

The master's ideal is not necessarily our ideal.

President, you are not the first day to make games, the two cannot be confused, we still have to eat!

In short, unforgivable.

Under the instigation of the art brothers, Taiji Sakata will not compromise no matter what!

There was a smile on the corner of Qing Zhiyuan's mouth, but he didn't feel any signs of discomfort or anger because of Sakata Taiji's rudeness, and he kept a gentle expression.

At this time, scolding Sakata, although it can reflect the prestige of the president, it will not help and will only add fuel to the fire.

"Then have you seen Hetian Sang's demand case?" Qing Zhiyuan asked casually.

"Well, I've seen it." Sakata Taiji said, poking his neck.

"how do you feel?"

"I……"

Taiji Sakata choked for a moment, and then said very reluctantly, "It's pretty good. Although it's quite different from the previous works in terms of style, I personally like the new version of the story."

"It lacks the hypocrisy of love for children, but it makes people feel dark and scary for no reason. Even in retrospect, I feel that the sense of depression has permeated every corner of the game."

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help laughing when he heard his comment.

Darkness, this is quite in line with Urobuchi Gen's style.

This can be seen from the beginning of Magical Girl Madoka.

It can only be said that under his encouragement, Lao Xu in this timeline grows at a frightening speed.

If this continues, he will have to worry about Lao Xu's mental state.

"Wouldn't that work?"

Qing Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Since you also agree with Hetian Sang's new plan, and we all think this is better, why not do it? Instead of bringing out a less-than-excellent game to disappoint the players and smash yourself word of mouth.

Why not make a better game that can amaze players? "

Taiji Sakata frowned, "President, you said the same thing last time."

And the current Taiji Sakata doesn't even hope for things like "no next time" that the president said.

It can be regarded as open, judging from his many years of work experience, it is easy to get the president's promise not to change the game, but it is almost impossible for them to really not change the game.

It can only be said that it can take care of the emotions of the artists as much as possible, and make the planning of the project more reasonable and far-sighted.

"We're all improving."

Qing Zhiyuan comforted, "Sakata-san, think back, in terms of drawing ability and management ability, how do you think you are compared to yourself a year ago?"

"I……"

Although I don't know why Qing Zhiyuan asked this question, Taiji Sakata still answered truthfully, "There must be progress. I was not enough in many aspects a year ago."

"That's right," Qing Zhiyuan said, "This shows that Sakata-san is very good, if you look back and see that there is not much difference between yourself a year ago and now, then it means that you have not improved this year.

If you think you were a piece of shit a year ago, congratulations, you have grown a lot. "

Eh?
Taiji Sakata froze for a moment, as if he felt that something was wrong.

But inexplicably felt that what the president said made sense.

"Growing makes people feel happy, but also makes people feel painful." Qing Zhiyuan said, "Take Hetian Sang as an example. When he first joined the company two years ago, he was still a young man who didn't understand anything. The son can already be on his own.

What about Shinji Mikami?Even more so, not only can you do things in your own field, but you can also help others solve problems, gain a deeper understanding of games, have more accurate judgments and control over projects, and have made great strides in communication skills improvement.

Let's put it this way, if there are so-called game training schools in the world, then pokeni seems to teach strict and even cruel teaching, but it is the place where the growth is the most. "

Ok.

Taiji Sakata nodded in agreement.

Even now, there are already many outside companies wanting to dig Hetian and Mikami, which is enough to show that they have made great progress.

In fact, not only the planners, programmers and artists have grown up in new projects and new creative concepts time after time.

But as Qing Zhiyuan said, it will make people feel painful.

Akanishi Ken and the others just wrote about the monster AI in Diablo, and their hair almost fell out.

Of course, Akanishi Ken's hair itself is not much.

"Isn't all of our work and starting point just thinking about making the game good enough?"

"However, there is no such thing as [good enough] for a game," Taiji Sakata frowned, "There will always be a better solution, so is it difficult to overthrow and start over every time you think of a better one?"

"Iteration, iteration, do you know the word iteration?" Qing Zhiyuan said, "Our game making is a spiral process. Although the rise is endless, there is also a relatively stable range. We are just pursuing maximization and rationalization. It's just a process in this range.

Urobuchi Gen’s changes to the game’s world view and script this time are one of the most important nodes, and we are fully capable of supporting it when the game is not fully developed.

So why not? "

"This……"

Taiji Sakata opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He thought for a long time, and could only sigh bitterly, "But the artists can't accept it emotionally, and I'm afraid there will be resistance at that time."

"That's why pokeni needs you." Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help laughing, "Sakata-san, think about it, why are you the art director and not someone else?"

Before Taiji Sakata answered, Qing Zhiyuan continued, "Not only because of your strong professional ability, but more importantly, everyone admires you. Your scheduling of art, personnel management and atmosphere adjustment All done pretty well.

That's what it takes to be an art director.

The rest of the work should be done by you, how to explain to the artists, how to get them to accept, how to promote the project is not the job of the art director?

So I have told you so much today, and I have every reason to believe that you can handle the next thing very well. "

……

Taiji Sakata changed completely from his sullen face when he entered the door to relieved and even a little happy when he went out.

Little HR Akane Ayase didn't understand what happened in this short hour.

She brought coffee to Qing Zhiyuan, and couldn't help but sweat for the president.

"President, what did you say to Sakata-san? I feel that his attitude is different before and after. You must know that an hour ago, Sakata-san got very angry and almost killed Hetian-san. I ate it."

Qing Zhiyuan chuckled and took a sip of coffee slowly.

Although the coffee made by Little HR is very bitter, it tastes a bit sweet for no reason.

He put down his cup slowly, and asked, "Do you think Sakata-san came to accuse me of Xingshi?"

"Isn't it?" Akane Ayase wondered.

"He just wanted a reason that he could explain to the younger brothers.

Even if Sakata Taiji can accept Wada and Mikami's new proposal, but as the big brother of artists, there must be something that can be used to comfort people's hearts, "

Qing Zhiyuan understands this very well in his heart——

Sakata-san seems to have come to Xingshi to inquire about the crime, but in fact he came to him to ask for [Shangfang Sword].

Otherwise, there is no way to explain to the younger brothers.

Then in the end, as long as Qing Zhiyuan comes to be the sinner, takes the blame, and gives Sakata a sufficient reason to convince the younger brothers, the conversation will be over.

"Huh?" Akane Ayase was taken aback, "Is that so?"

"Otherwise?" Qing Zhiyuan rolled his eyes, "I can't beat Hetian Sang, can I?"

So now the pressure is back on Taiji Sakata.

However, Qing Zhiyuan was very confident about his ability.

……

Gee.

The president seems to be getting more and more narcissistic now.

Akane Ayase raised her eyebrows indifferently, and remembered something while watching Qing Zhiyuan drinking coffee.

"By the way, President, I got a very important news recently, do you want to think about it?"

"Huh?" Qing Zhiyuan looked up at her suspiciously.

"Isn't our current staff in the music and sound effects department insufficient?" Akane Akane said, "There just happens to be such a good candidate."

"really?"

Qing Zhiyuan said that the manpower in the music and sound effects department is not only insufficient, it is simply stretched. Except for Atsushi Shirakawa, who is a creative and good musician, the other two teenagers can only be considered barely qualified.

Yes, until now, there are only 3 people in the company responsible for music and sound effects.

This short board has been around for several years.

It's just that because Bai Chuan is too good, he covered it up a bit, making this department look not as weak as imagined.

But Atsushi Shirakawa also has his own good and bad things. He is very good at healing, soft, and classical. But if he wants to make ups and downs, be more international and inspiring, and sometimes even need to use heavy metal When it comes to rock and roll, Bai Chuan seems a bit out of place.

Especially when encountering Lao Xu and Mikami who are particularly good at dark games, Bai Chuan's music always makes people feel that something is lacking.

Scratching people's hearts itch, but they can't scratch the position.

That's probably how it feels.

……

"So did you find any kind of candidate?" Qing Zhiyuan asked, "A student who just graduated? Or was it poached from a street band?"

"It can't be some artist who changed careers, right?"

Seeing Qing Zhiyuan's interest, Akane Ayase said with a mysterious smile, "We are together. It is said that Yoko Shimomura of Capcom is leaving the company.

Rumor has it that he is about to transfer to Square.

But it doesn't seem to be finalized yet. "

"what?!"

Yoko Shimomura leaving Capcom?
Is there something wrong with Capcom?

This was Qing Zhiyuan's first reaction.

You must know that Yoko Shimomura was known as "the most famous female video game composer in the world" in her previous life. She has created music for many well-known Capcom games. She can be regarded as a treasured musician of Capcom. She will leave Capcom Yet?
The little HR looked at Qing Zhiyuan seriously, "Whether you can successfully poach someone or not, I think it mainly depends on the president."

"what?!"

……

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PS: Yoko Shimomura left Capcom for Square in 1993, which is a real thing in history.

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