Reboot 2003

Chapter 284 063: Division of Labor (Two in One)

Li Sitong ran in to make peace with him in a daze, making things more and more chaotic.

But this sentence seemed to be true, A Yue said: "I'm not irritating anyone."

Then, as if he was afraid that Li Sitong would say anything else, he angrily pushed her to the back to whisper; Chen Qin looked at the backs of the two of them... thinking that maybe this was a woman's intuition.

For A Yue... she is a somewhat maverick eldest lady. Although her actual personality is a bit childish, she has been trying to arm herself, at least trying to make herself mature on the surface, so she began to understand Various things, learning some technologies that are a bit strange at this stage, and even participating in the forefront of the industry, and achieving some results.

For her now, she probably shouldn't have any worries or worries. Even if she does, they should be in family or life, or in other aspects.

So... even if she now knows that a classmate of the same age who guided her on this path is actually an important person in a large company related to her family, even if she discovers something else out of intuition, then she will What do you think?

For ordinary little girls at this age, it should be the time when they start to "the bossy president falls in love with me". At this time, they may want to use reserve to gain a little sense of willful security for themselves in unequal relationships. Of course, there is no need to follow him. Tossing these things... And if you are more mature, or a little more philistine, you can realize the huge power of capital, and really understand that no matter how you mess around, it is not as good as a rich person smashing two steel drills, and really want to "Please" is put into action. In fact, there is no need to so deliberately put on this seemingly respectful, but actually a bit unfamiliar attitude.

As for her thoughts...

Although it is a bit unexpected, it has been more than half a year since school started, and we have already made two products together in the studio.

So Chen Qin felt that he could understand——

Yes, this is probably some kind of emotion.

It may be a bit early for children who have just graduated from elementary school, but for teenagers and girls who are about to enter the second grade of middle school, it is probably the right time.

Adolescence, the age when love begins.

As I grew up, I was exposed to the darkness and temptation of the world. I always mistook the feelings that were not new for eternity. I would make some strange actions that ordinary people could not understand, start to say some strange words, and become Delicate and sensitive.

It's a bit silly, but...

Chen Qin thought like this and went downstairs alone.

Standing in the morning exercise team of the class, A Yue and Li Sitong came down a moment later. She glanced at Chen Qin secretly again, then proudly turned back, stood in her position, and tied up her hair with her backhand.

After returning to the classroom after her morning run, she said to Chen Qin, "Thank you for your hard work." There was nothing else to say.

During the second class, Song Ziyun came to chat. He obviously had a question to ask. After a slight hesitation, he adopted a more tactful way of asking.

"Chen Qin, are you going to the studio this afternoon?"

Chen Qin said: "I still have something to do today."

At this time, A Yue also said: "Recently, the company has made some other arrangements for our game. Let's forget about the Battle of Ruins for the next two days!"

At this time, the obvious little emotion could be felt. Guo Yang and Song Ziyun went back disappointed.

However, when the two of them went back and Ah Yue packed up her desk, Chen Qin said to her, "Has the transplant been decided?"

A Yue raised her head: "Don't you know?"

"Okay, I'm just asking for your family's opinion." Chen Qin looked at her reaction and said deliberately, "Since your family is fine, the galaxy is willing to support you, and you can also contribute, then what's next for us? The focus is on porting this game, what do you think?"

A Yue nodded, seemingly without any emotion: "Galaxy software also supports transplantation, just like you said."

She had a vaguely reproachful tone, and Chen Qin pretended not to understand: "Yes, but doing this is good for us and Kuaikan. Since you said you can cooperate, from today on, I will teach you first How do you make mobile games?"

"Oh."

A Yue accepted the arrangement, and then life became normal.

She had done this twice before - the first time she played Friends Battle, Chen Qin taught her step by step how to turn a planning project she wrote in elementary school into a complete social game.

The second GameJam was a small event, and most of the process from conception to launch of a game was completed in two days.

Now it seems that we are about to start a new journey. Although many things are different, the learning process remains the same.

"A mobile phone is a device whose main feature is portability. It has social attributes. It can not only directly use other social tools on the mobile phone, but also may put mobile phone users themselves in a heavily social environment - perhaps several mobile phone users. When using mobile phones face-to-face, they can play games together without even going to an Internet cafe. Or maybe users are in the office or their own living room and prefer to talk to other people around them rather than chatting with netizens. They don’t like mobile games to take up too much of their time. Lots of energy.”

"So mobile phone users generally don't pay much attention to social interaction, and often even need to multitask. Although preferences in different cultural regions are different, for example, mobile phone users in Japan and South Korea prefer heavy content. In China, because there are so many people, all kinds of products are Someone likes..."

"But in the two largest markets, China and Europe and the United States, casual games are the absolute hegemons, so since we have to transplant, our game this time should be as simple as possible, as immersive as possible, and try not to take up a lot of game time... Are you listening?"

That afternoon, Chen Qin gave Ah Yue a basic lesson on being a mobile game producer. Ah Yue listened attentively, but also raised her own questions: "Then, is our Super Smash Bros. not suitable for mobile phones? "

Then he asked tentatively: "If it's a casual game, wouldn't it be better for us to make another one?"

When she asked this question, she seemed to be looking forward to it, but Chen Qin said: "Yes, yes, but casual games are a very mature track. Have you ever thought about how we can stand out here? This big battle is our only success." shortcut."

A Yue was probably a little disapproving, but when chatting later, Mr. Gu paid attention to the news of Galaxy Software and told her some relevant information - saying that Galaxy Software's movements suddenly became faster.

The ecological layout of Kaitian OS is accelerating - several good works have been released on Fantongbei recently, and the update of the system itself is advancing steadily.

In order to develop excellent first-party games, Galaxy Software has deep pockets and has acquired many independent studios - a few big ones, such as Meili Jian's casual game giant Popcap, and many smaller ones, such as the independent leisure studios over there. Games Studio Cairo.

"You have to seize this opportunity!" Mr. Gu said to her.

Thinking that the next competition was probably not that small, A Yue understood what Chen Qin said before, but became even more depressed. She returned to school and continued to listen to Chen Qin's lectures.

But after all, I have almost gotten started before. Although mobile games are special, they are not that special.

Two days later, I took the time to go through everything that needed to be said, and the next step was supposed to be the practical stage.

If there's anything missing, it's probably machine interaction - for mobile games, the unprecedented touch platform makes the UI and the way players interact with machines particularly important, and there is currently no complete set of operations on the market. Plan, you have to figure this out yourself.

So Chen Qin assigned her two tasks.

The task was not far from the topic. Chen Qin asked her to design the game interface and operation method for his "Relic Brawl".

After another two days of struggling, Ah Yue handed in her homework; Chen Qin guided her through it several times and said she was qualified.

A Yue asked: "Will these UIs be used in future games?"

"No." Chen Qin said frankly, "Professional artists over there in the galaxy have designed another set of UI. You are still in the learning stage. Why don't you take a look at what they do professionally."

As he spoke, he forwarded a copy of the sample email he had prepared in advance to her, and took out two copies of other people's UI plans that had been printed out in advance from his schoolbag.Ah Yue took a look and saw that the things were indeed better made than hers. It turned out that it was already decided.

She was a little disappointed, and the 'lesson' continued like that.Two days later, May is coming to an end.

After working hard for a few days before development, I have now finished learning interface design. It’s time to officially start making games.

Ah Yue probably couldn't wait any longer, but for some reason this time, Chen Qin added a lot of practice work, constantly assigning tasks to make her familiar with a development software that didn't seem to be very perfect, and also asked her to write how to use the software. Report.

Finally one day Chen Qin had to go to the studio, and A Yue went with him.

On the way, she tried to give some advice on the design of her own transplanted game.

"Chen Qin, isn't our battle round too simple? We just treat the strength of the troops as a number. Will the battle be a bit boring?"

"There is also the possibility of making the buildings into cards, so that the elements of the buildings are completely gone. I still feel that it is not the same thing as the Ruins Brawl..."

Chen Qin glanced at her. The little girl was carrying a small satchel and wearing a small round hat. She had just gotten out of school, so she went home and changed into the small skirt she wore at the meeting last year. The season was right, but...

Chen Qin said: "It stands to reason that you have already made two games, so you should have some experience in this area by now. What do you think making games is?"

A Yue didn't understand what he was talking about, so Chen Qin reminded her: "Since it is a game, in theory, all situations in the game should appear after being formulated by the designer; if you design a treasure box, the players will Open it and get what you want to give them from inside; when you add health to a monster, you consider not just how powerful it should be, but how many operations the player needs to go through to defeat it..."

"Are you saying we have to compromise based on the actual situation?"

"No." Chen Qin said, "It's like a girl working in a restaurant who wants to please customers. You have to dress yourself up beautifully, talk interestingly, and understand the other person's preferences to a certain extent..."

"But you don't have to make customers crazy, you just need to achieve your goal." Chen Qin said, "Maybe you just want the customer to pay a reasonable and legal tip, maybe you just want to expand your network, or even these No need, you just want to prove your charm, and with this purpose, we can gain what we want in this place."

As she said this insinuatingly, Ah Yue nodded, and Chen Qin looked at her from the corner of his eye. She didn't look very good, like a junior high school girl who was listening to some boring truths from her parents...

But thinking about it, it’s probably almost reached its limit.

Taking her to help with testing these days has really been a big help.

But she probably didn't realize that since she figured out what she should do last time, Chen Qin's plan was actually a little different.

Of course it is important to make a game, and of course games are still being made. As the key to making the platform popular, now is the time for developers to gather together and do whatever they can.This year’s competition is a little faster, and BlackBerry and Nokia are also following up. Of course, they have to spend money and support tools. Even Symbian has announced that it will be open source. Of course, the systems of these two companies are all different after all. They have their own system flaws, and their competitiveness may not be strong enough. Google and Apple are also plagued by other problems, and they are unable to threaten Kaitian's position for a while.

However, this lead window should not be long. Once the opponent reacts, the possibility of being caught up and making a comeback still exists.

So what should we do at this time?Increasing efforts to spread money is a good way, and making a sample product yourself is also a way, but as a Chinese enterprise that is keen on channels, 'I have kindly opened up the system, but I still have to spend money to hire developers? 'Although it's inappropriate, we can't just do the opposite - after all, giving money directly to people is not a long-term incentive model.

Now looking back at the history of the last round, among Android, IOS and other early smartphone systems, IOS is actually the one with the most complete ecosystem. Compared with Android where piracy is rampant, IOS developers can get stable income on the one hand, and on the other hand On the one hand, there were a large number of Apple angel investors behind Apple who specifically funded IOS software development. A good thing they supported was called 'cocos-2d'.

This thing is simply an open source game engine.

It is undeniable that its performance is not strong. After all, its name says it is 2D. In fact, although it can be used to run 3D later, it is definitely not as powerful as Unity.

But even if the performance is not that powerful, it is enough for transition.

Take it out now... you can't give money to developers, but it can reduce costs and increase efficiency. In a sense, it can be regarded as giving money.

After a few days of tossing around, this engine already has a rough idea. It can be open sourced and continue to work on slowly, but before that...

Chen Qin looked at A Yue again.

After a few days, she was quite cooperative. I originally thought that she would not be willing to do it halfway, but in the end, she was really able to calm down and continue to accompany him for the transplant.

As an elder at this time, of course he must provide good psychological guidance to her. However, Chen Qin didn’t know where to start because she was so eccentric. Moreover, the actual focus of his work had already been forgotten elsewhere. Seeing her like this, Chen Qin felt inexplicable. She felt a little bad taste. It was no use deliberately 'preaching' just now. Chen Qin changed his approach and said to her:

"Speaking of which, the publicity and distribution process we agreed on is about to begin."

A Yue was surprised, and Chen Qin asked deliberately: "Of course we have to transfer all users to our new game. You can prepare it later and make an announcement on Weibo. Let's talk about the main content of "Relics Battle" in the future. The development work has to be carried out on mobile devices, so why don't you make a draft right away and show it to me after you've finished it..."

A Yue was depressed: "But we agreed that we can update both ends at the same time!"

"It's possible, but no one is maintaining the map now. It's better to stop doing it earlier and stop their thoughts..."

As he spoke, Chen Qin seemed to continue to persuade her: "In addition, since we plan to transplant, the remaining projects on other commercial game platforms have become meaningless. Instead of dragging them around half-dead, maybe throw them away earlier. It’s quite easy.”

A Yue finally couldn't help it anymore and stopped on the road: "I don't think so."

"Nothing? Now everyone agrees to the transplant. The top management of Galaxy Software and Kuaikan all support it, and our team has all joined together."

He added: "Besides, you were originally optimistic about Kaitian Mobile. When you started making games, your purpose was to increase the company's stock price. Now the stock price has risen so much. If the game is done well, it may be directly acquired. When the time comes, Your company will have complete peace of mind.”

Ah Yue was helpless and didn't know how to refute, but suddenly said: "But what you just said - since playing games is a relationship, you dress yourself up for the other person, make your conversation interesting, and work hard to understand the other person's preferences. …”

"Of course you have your own purpose, otherwise what do you think you are doing?"

"Actually, I think there must be something else." A Yue said, "After all, we didn't expect so much when we were at GameJam..."

"and then?"

"Otherwise...if it was all for utilitarian purposes, why did you help me in the first place?"

Chen Qin was stunned by her question.

It's been a few days, and A-Yue finally pursed her lips with a little pride, but also looked at him more earnestly, looking extra serious.

"One code equals one code," Chen Qin asked, "So you still don't want to give up that map?"

"Well, I've thought about it, although I also know it's useless..."

Chen Qin confirmed again: "But I don't have time to do that anymore. Do you want to continue development by yourself?"

"Yes, players all come to play it. They play battles and 3v3. I know many people will definitely not like the ported version," A Yue said, complaining resentfully, "But you don't do it. Well… forget it if you don’t do it, why don’t I do it myself, since you need it to continue to attract players anyway, I think it will definitely be beneficial in the end.”

"It's not necessary." Chen Qin said, "The number of players who play custom maps is definitely not as large as the number of people who use mobile phones. Now it's just a small amount in the early stage, and they won't be needed in the future, so it's useless for you to do this. …”

A Yue insisted: "So why did you help me in the first place? If you just helped a bunch of people casually, then I will do it now. Anyway, the map editor is very simple. You make your ported version and I will continue. Do you think it’s okay to make an original map?”

(End of this chapter)