game trailblazer

Chapter 214 "Blood Lion" incident
For Wu Gang's eloquent talk, Zhang Lexing couldn't stand it anymore. He waved his hand quickly and made his own request: "The game can't just rely on words, you should take me to see how the game is."

The reason why he made such a request that he was looking for abuse was mainly because Zhang Lexing wanted to confirm his conjecture. The "Blood Lion" he saw back then was really bad, but after all, many things have changed due to his intervention.Zhang Lexing was worried that if this "Blood Lion" was different from what he had seen before, if it was really doing well, he didn't want to lose his temper before he confirmed it, so he planned to see for himself, the current "Blood Lion" "What is it like.

Regarding Zhang Lexing's request, Wu Gang seemed to have dealt with it many times. He nodded without changing his expression, and led Zhang Lexing into the workshop next to the bedroom.Walking into the work room, Wu Gang chose an empty computer and began to demonstrate "Blood Lion". Perhaps this kind of thing is very common. Didn't lift it.

Wu Gang said he was demonstrating "Blood Lion", but he didn't actually start the game at all. He just played up a black and white video through the player, in which there were tanks and cars exploding, and even planes strafing. , but the resolution of the topping VCD-resolution picture is really not very good when put on the computer monitor, and some mosaics appear from time to time, that is to say, it can deceive those who have never seen what is called a beautiful game title. rookie.

With such a picture effect, Wu Gang said proudly: "This is the game title that we spent huge sums of money on using the latest computer image processing technology, highlighting the tragic atmosphere of "Blood Lion"..."

Considering the technical level of video digitization at this time, Zhang Lexing could only bear with the black and white picture of about 50 seconds ahead.But after the black-and-white video was over, there was a CG scene that was probably made by software such as 3DS. The khaki-colored, flat tanks stared at the barrels like toothpicks, looking at each other in the dark. I fumbled forward, and suddenly several green tanks that looked like plastic toys appeared in front of me, and they were also moving forward against the dark background.

But at this time, Wu Gang said proudly: "This is the title part of the game we made using the latest computer [-]D technology. How about it? The effect is great!"

"Hey! Haha!" Zhang Lexing finally couldn't help laughing, shaking his head while laughing: "As far as your stuff is concerned, it's the title of a game!"

Wu Gang's face froze, and just as he was about to open his mouth to say something, an art artist who was still working hard just stood up and said dissatisfiedly: "Mr., don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. 3DStudio software, how could it be bad!"

"So what about 3DStudio, if the level is not good, you can get Maya to give you this bad level." Zhang Lexing said disdainfully.

Wu Gang coughed a few times, then called up a few pictures from the computer, and then said: "The opening title is only a part of the game, good and bad are different from each other, and the wise see their wisdom. Let's take a look at the effects in this game. This is a game. The selection interface... This is the scene screen of the first level..."

Wu Gang continued to introduce "Blood Lion" while switching pictures. Zhang Lexing had no interest in watching it after just a few glances. Unexpectedly, the "Blood Lion" he saw now looked better than the one he had seen before. It's even worse.

While Wu Gang was making the introduction, he secretly observed the two people who came today. The one who followed looked quite strong, but he didn't look like the master of the house, but the one who had been listening to his introduction seemed to be the master of the house. It's up to him, but his complexion seems to be getting worse and worse.Wu Gang was very puzzled. The sellers who usually come to the door are very easy to deal with. Some of them don’t even need to show videos and pictures. He had sacrificed all the last magic weapons, but unexpectedly, his face became more and more ugly.

Wu Gang coughed twice, and was about to use a more exaggerated tone to introduce, but unexpectedly, Zhang Lexing waved his hand, interrupting his introduction, and made an embarrassing request: "Is the game good?" , You have to see the real thing, these videos and pictures are useless, you should start the game and let me see."

Ordinarily, this request is reasonable, but Wu Gang doesn't have a working "Blood Lion" at all, not even a demo, so he can only stand there, smiling awkwardly, and he can't help it in his heart He muttered, "Damn, how come it's hard to fool dealers these days!"

"Then what..." Wu Gang scratched his head, and was about to make up an excuse, but Luo Xunji, who was standing behind him, suddenly stepped forward and said, "Actually, "Blood Lion" is not yet fully completed. Now there is no working version, not even a demo for demonstration."

Hearing this, Wu Gang became furious. He thought to himself that this guy surnamed Luo was no joke, and he wouldn't blow himself up in front of the dealer, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only He gave Luo Xunji a fierce look with anger, and then he wanted to explain again, but Zhang Lexing didn't listen to what he said at all, and asked Luo Xunji to speak.Wu Gang knew that it was going to be bad this time, but he didn't care too much. Anyway, there are so many dealers coming to the door now. There are more than one in front of him, but he doesn't go away. He intends to take a look. What kind of nonsense is this Luo Xunji talking about?

With Zhang Lexing's support, Luo Xunji immediately felt more courageous, and began to narrate from the beginning: "Actually, I haven't been here for a long time. Many things have not been experienced personally, but most of them have been heard from these colleagues. ..."

According to Luo Xunji, the reason for the project "Blood Lion" originated from a market research operation last year.Because Shen Xiwu, the general manager of Shangyang Electronics, graduated from the Chinese Department, he has always wanted to do something that can be connected with his major and reflect his literati hobbies, so he entrusted Wu Gang to take people to conduct a market survey .A few weeks later, the investigation was over, and Wu Gang also brought back his conclusion. The current electronic publication market is not mature, but the game market is developing very fast. If a game company is established to meet the needs of the market and produce games, It should work.

It was such a survey report that brought Shangyang Electronics into the game industry and made Wu Gang the leader of the game development team.After some analysis and research, Wu Gang put forward several planning drafts for the leaders to choose, including "Blood Lion".Due to a series of events, last year happened to be the period when domestic national sentiment began to rise, so Shangyang Electronics followed the trend and chose "Blood Lion" as a product to test the water.

Shangyang Electronics itself has no personnel who understand game development, even Wu Gang, who was assigned to be in charge of the development task of "Blood Lion", is the same. He is not even interested in games as a programmer.Wu Gang, who has no experience in game development, thinks it is very simple to make a game. When an investor asked him how much money he needs, he said that only 10 yuan is enough, and it can be completed in five months. Three thousand sets were sold.

The smug Wu Gang started his first game development journey with an investment of 10 yuan.First, he tricked five other young people who were interested in game development, including planners, artists, programmers, and marketing personnel, and then rented a three-bedroom apartment in the Asian Games Village, bought a few computers, and turned it into a future A place where everyone works and rests for several months.

At first, it was relatively smooth, and everyone was full of energy. The planner was writing the game script, the artist was busy drawing and designing drafts, and the program was writing the underlying code. At that time, everything seemed to be perfect.As soon as the development of the game started, Wu Gang had already contacted the distributors. The distributors were very interested in this kind of game with a strong national sentiment. They sent orders one after another without even seeing what the game looked like. intention.In less than three months, it exceeded the [-] sets that Wu Gang expected at the beginning, and the follow-up orders are still increasing. Depending on the momentum, it is possible to reach [-] sets.

Encouraged by this, everyone in the development team became more motivated and sat in front of the computer for longer.But it didn't take long before a cloud of gloom gradually shrouded everyone's minds. The original goal of completing the development in five months and launching on the market on January 1997, 1 was impossible.Although the game could not be released on time, due to market considerations, Wu Gang still advertised that the game would be released on January 1st, intending to use delayed tickets to make the game popular.In this regard, Wu Gang succeeded, but he encountered a big problem in the key game development. Everyone didn't even bother to rest during the Spring Festival, and the overall development progress was only 1%, especially in terms of programs. The game framework that can run comes.Just after the Spring Festival, the main program in the development team excused something at home, and never showed up after leaving. The development of "Blood Lion" was almost paralyzed, and Luo Xunji was pulled into "Blood Lion" at this time. "Development team.

The dealers who experienced a skipped ticket all thought that the game could be developed on March 3. Even Wu Gang thought so at the beginning, but under the current situation, this goal is obviously impossible to achieve.Later, through the mediation of Shangyang Electronics, the launch time of the game was postponed to April 23, but Wu Gang's leader also issued a death order, "We must hurry up and complete it before April 4."In desperation, Wu Gang had no choice but to pass the pressure on to his team members, hoping that they would work harder, especially the new main program of Luo Xunji, who must complete the game before the deadline.

In fact, Wu Gang also knows that this task is impossible to complete, the overall completion rate is only 50%, and the main program has to be replaced midway, it will take a lot of time just to read the previous program, let alone continue to write For the code, he had no choice but to let the program give up part of the planned content, "How much can be reduced, no matter what, you should at least make the game run first." This is Wu Gang's request to Luo Xunji.

(End of this chapter)