Reboot 2003

Chapter 266 045: Preparation and Practice
"Two days?"

"Yes, two days to make a complete game."

"Isn't it a bit tight? We have been fighting for so long. Even if we cut it in half, it will take two months..."

"No, don't worry."

"Then why don't we discuss it in advance? Make some preparations or something..."

"No, GameJam, of course it has to be conceived and executed on the spot. Serious Gamejam events are planned from scratch on site. If you think about it in advance, it's not even a GameJam."

When Chen Qin mentioned Gamejam, Ah Yue and Guo Yang thought he was joking at first. After Song Ziyun found out, he asked back several times, but they couldn't believe what he could do in such a short time.

It's not that I don't believe him, but what can I do in such a short time.

But Chen Qin seemed to really think so, and after the three people asked him if he wanted to prepare, he seemed not to even suggest it -

"Don't be too nervous, just think of it as attending a summer camp or something together." Chen Qin said, "You can play games by yourself to find inspiration, and then you can think about what to do."

"Is there really no need to write a plan or something first?"

"No, I will set a topic for you when the time comes and make sure that none of your preparations are needed, so just wait until that day."

What Chen Qin said was true, and the three of them were frightened by him.

Considering what he said makes sense, let’s see what happens when the time comes.

But making games is not that easy. Even if he said so, of course he couldn't just fool around and do it perfunctorily.

After all, they are middle school students, and now they are involved in such a field that seems to be highly professional.

I can't keep up at all, so of course I have to try harder... Guo Yang and A Yue probably thought so.

However, the directions of efforts are different.

A Yue goes to New Times every afternoon and takes a small notebook to research other flash games played by her colleagues. She takes notes in a decent manner, and it looks like she learned from Chen Qin.

Guo Yang bought a book from the bookstore, which taught flash animation design. However, when he was in school, he read the book hard, and Chen Qin's scalp went numb just reading it.

As for Song Ziyun... he probably doesn't have the energy.

However, while he was chatting with the current production team, he started to get close to each other and negotiated with the former animator brother. When the time comes for our GameJam, can you provide us with on-site assistance?The other party said he agreed.

Chen Qin saw this in his eyes and said nothing.

Judging from the design of the event, all their efforts are of course useless, but what can I say?

This is GameJam after all.

It sounds like something from foreigners, and it seems very awesome. It may be as powerful as agile development.

But...it's not actually anything formal. It probably came from the music circle and was an improvisational activity. It was first spread to the independent game circle, and of course the meaning here has little to do with the original meaning. Well, community activities in the same creative field cannot be considered the same thing as so-called street movies, 2-hour painting challenges and the like.

If anything, this is probably a useful gimmick.

It is said to be a gimmick because the game development cycle is long and there are not enough convenient tools. It is impossible to produce a game in 2 days, even in 2023.

In 2023, the programming languages, auxiliary engines, and material libraries are much easier to use than they are today, but they are not that easy to do. It was even more difficult in 2008.

But the reason why it is said to be useful is that this thing is usually not used as a work tool.

As we all know, you won’t be motivated to do your work unless it’s pushed to the deadline.

A group of people set a dead line and then push each other to the limit in the name of competition.

Producing results is not important, what is important is to be familiar with the business - making games is, after all, a highly work-oriented content creation. In the future mobile Internet era, the gap in strength between old IT professionals who are new to the industry and fresh graduates will not be that big. If you want to exercise, this kind of activity that simulates a dead line is actually a pretty good training opportunity.

And what if something is really forced out?

It is impossible to make a game with a certain amount of content through GameJam, but it is not difficult to make a demo.

You can use this activity to focus on creating an initial version first, and then slowly iterate. This is of course also possible.

Just like that, the week after May Day ended.

They said they shouldn't be nervous, but A'yue and the others were still nervous for a week, doing surprises and making up classes. They even had extracurricular activities and secretly held meetings while avoiding Chen Qin, and Chen Qin didn't care.

During this period, the turmoil in Kuaikan Media came to an end, but the result was a mess again. "Friends Brawl" is fully open for payment, because the player base is not bad, and according to the design, players are actually local challenges. If you can't win, the system will Given the opportunity to resurrect, there is no concept of one-time props destroying the balance.After opening up payment, the charging rate is not satisfactory, but the number of players in "Super Run" has dropped a bit seriously recently, and the profit of "Friends Brawl" has caught up to half of it in one fell swoop.

Taking into account the future flexibility and the fact that the developer of "Super Run" is in the hands of Yahoo, which is already an eyesore in the eyes of those in power, the company plans to send more people to work on this project. After all, A Yue is a junior high school student. With the coordination of her parents, seeing this game attracting more and more attention, A-Yue herself can indeed free up her hands to do other things.

This morning, Chen Qin wanted to go to bed late and leave, but the call came early in the morning.

It wasn't surprising, but Chen Qin answered the phone with sleepy eyes: "Okay, okay, we agreed to go at eight o'clock, you can have breakfast first..."

But in the end, I heard Xu Lingling's voice from across the street: "What are you going to do at eight o'clock?"

"what?"

Chen Qin got up from the bed and glanced at the new Guazi mobile phone in his hand.

It has a black glass body, a rectangular shell with rounded corners, and although the screen is a bit small for people in 2023, it is much larger than the old Nokia.

That's right, I was annoyed by A Yue recently and I bought a mobile phone of my own, but this thing doesn't have the function of automatically answering calls...

Isn't it the weekend today?

Chen Qin scratched his messy hair, and a girl's chuckle came from the other side of the phone: "Okay, okay, I know you were confused and talking in your sleep..."

Chen Qin said quickly: "It's not just a dream, we agreed to go to the studio with Song Ziyun and the others to make games today."

"Oh...are you just doing that Friends Fight?"

"Well, they are planning to make a new one recently." Chen Qin said, "Let's gather in the studio today."

Xu Lingling said in a long voice on the other side of the phone: "It's great to play games. I want to play games too."

"Okay, if you can write songs, I'll ask you to write music next time. Didn't you write very well last time?" Chen Qin asked, "Didn't you take a break today?"

Xu Lingling said: "Forget it, my writing is not good, I will definitely not be as good as Teacher Qing."

Chen Qin said it was just for fun, but Xu Lingling said: "Actually, I have a day off today, but I said I was going for a morning jog, so I came out to call you."

Chen Qin scratched his face and glanced at the clock next to him. It was still early, and he smiled: "That's fine, your song is everywhere on TV recently."

"Yes, the TV in Xiangjiang has been playing it too." Xu Lingling said, "Let's not talk about it for now. My father came back from Munich last night. Because he had a social event, I went drinking with him."

"Drinking? You?" Chen Qin was surprised, "How old are you..."

"I drank juice, but let me tell you." Xu Lingling said, "The reason why he took me there was because there was a social event. There were many people in the entertainment industry. Some people said they wanted to get to know me in person, so my father He took me to participate.”

Chen Qin was even more surprised and stood up with his slippers on: "Who is it? Want to get to know you?"

"It's a woman," Xu Lingling said, "But I'm also quite puzzled. There were a lot of people at that banquet. There were other businessmen from Xiangjiang, other female stars, and singers signed by Galaxy Music, who came here specially. Dad toasts..."

Then he said mysteriously: "But that woman is the only one who seems to have a particularly close relationship with my father. Obviously other more powerful female celebrities talk to my father politely, but she is obviously not as famous as me, but she always sits next to my father." , I heard them making dirty jokes while eating, and she was the one who said she wanted to get to know me..."

Chen Qin grinned: "This old Xu..."

"Then let me tell you." Xu Lingling said, "She brought me a lot of gifts, such as bracelets made by her mother, and a small jade pendant passed down by her family. She wanted to give it to me. I said you should take care of it yourself. Just let it go, so I didn’t ask for it.”

"..."

Chen Qin felt confused when he heard that, and thought that the aristocratic circle was really chaotic, but Xu Lingling added: "But later when my father was chatting with a son who was a real estate owner, she came to sit with me and talked about something. I think you might be able to use it."

"us?"

"Yes, you mentioned that Zhou was your opponent last time, right?"

"Yes."

Xu Lingling asked again: "Has he been fired recently? I read in the newspaper that he had conflicts with Alibaba due to a power struggle. Is Alibaba from your side?"

Chen Qin felt strange, and after a word of hum, Xu Lingling said: "But the little star told me that recently, there is a famous charlatan in the mainland entertainment circle, who claims that he can consecrate female stars in bed. He also said that he would be rich if he paid money to help businessmen predict their fortunes. He said that if he could make a fortune, he would definitely make a fortune. His calculations were very accurate. Now the threshold of his house is made of gold..."

"This...is she selling to you or to your dad?"

"It's just a legend. She said she was a liar and told me not to believe it, but she also said that this liar is quite famous and many things are true." Xu Lingling said mysteriously, as if telling some ghost story, "She said that she recently heard news that the boss of Alibaba is also looking for that liar. It is said that he wants the liar to help cure an old friend's illness. Is that old friend very close to your business partner?"

(End of this chapter)