game trailblazer

Chapter 380 A Hopeful Future

"... Hello everyone, I am very glad that we have the opportunity to cooperate together..." Zhang Lexing stood in the multi-functional conference room on the 168th floor of the Oriental Times Building at No. 20 Shihua West Road, ZH City, looking at the "Zero" with different expressions sitting under the stage. "The employees of the studio were very emotional for a while.

The originally planned meeting with the employees was earlier than the current time, but the arrival of the "Yutu" typhoon disrupted the plan. Although "Yutu" has weakened into a tropical storm according to the meteorological center, it still caused severe damage to the coastal areas of Guangdong. The situation in Zhuhai was a little better with a whirlwind of level 12, but the wind force also reached level 10, and the sea was even more white-capped. Forced to postpone.

When the weather improved and Zhang Lexing came to Zhuhai again by helicopter, it was already early August.Along the way, there are occasional traces of the typhoon on the ground. For example, there are still many areas on the couple's road that are still in a mess, but these can't affect his happy mood, because "Zero" studio Already up and running.

Due to the relatively short preparation time, the "Zero" studio currently has only 50 employees, but more than half of these people are industry elites, and the rest are outstanding graduates from the game academy.In fact, according to Zhan Jun's idea, the employees of "Zero" studio should all select senior game developers, but Zhang Lexing has his own opinion. He thinks that programming, art, and project management may require senior game developers, but planning this The post is in great need of fresh blood, so as to ensure sufficient innovation capabilities and not fall into the vicious circle of conformity.

"...In the future, everyone needs to cooperate sincerely and create success together. I hope everyone can come to the stage to introduce themselves. Let me start first. My name is Zhang Lexing. I am 35 years old and have 21 years of gaming experience. Development experience..." Zhang Lexing introduced himself with a smile, at this moment he seemed to be an ordinary game developer communicating with his partners.

After Zhang Lexing's introduction, Zhan Jun immediately came to the stage and continued, "Hi everyone, my name is Zhan Jun. I am 34 years old. I have 12 years of professional game development experience. I am familiar with C and C++, and I am good at game project management..."

Someone started the conversation, and the boss seemed quite friendly, so the employees gradually became more active, and one by one they got up and introduced themselves.

"My name is Qian Qianli, from Shandong, from Shanghai Qin Studio, currently working as a programmer, good at C and assembly..." A man who didn't look strong stood on the stage and said a little shyly.

"Qin Qing, from Hunan, from Guangzhou Tianyou, currently working as an art master, good at scene design and character design..." A short-haired beauty got up from her seat, showing her slim figure, while introducing herself to everyone .

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"Zhao Cheng, from Wenzhou, a graduate of BJ Game Academy this year, good at playing football and computer games, like clubbing, racing... Oh, I'm working as a planning assistant now."

After the introduction of the last person, Zhang Lexing clapped his hands, attracted everyone's attention, and said: "I believe that everyone has a preliminary understanding of each other, then I will introduce the "Big Thousand World" This will be the focus of your work for quite a long time in the future..."

As Zhang Lexing said, he turned on the specially-made notebook computer with screen rotation and touch screen technology that he brought, or a conceptual quasi-tablet computer, and then used a dedicated data cable to connect the notebook computer to the computer in the multifunctional meeting room. The electronic whiteboard system is connected.

Pressing a few buttons quickly, Zhang Lexing looked back at the large-screen monitor embedded in the wall, and the screen composed of more than ten special-made LCD screens had already appeared on the screen, and the electronic whiteboard on the side also lit up to represent OK. He turned his head, touched the touchpad of the laptop with his hand, clicked a few more times, and started the demo file prepared in advance.

On the large LCD screen, the game screens are slowly switched like a slide show, from the early years of "Legend of the Black Stone", "King of Adventure", "Sims" to the latest and most popular game "Border" Gate 2", "Operation Flashpoint", "Flight Simulator 2001", from the simulation games "Civilization 3", "Champion Football Manager" to "Adventure King: Journey to the New World", "GTA3", from From "Need for Speed ​​5" speeding on the ground to "Freelancer" soaring in the universe, from "Three Kingdoms 3" with hunting flags and full of swords and guns to "Iron Armored Storm" with sharp edges and corners, from chivalrous and tender "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" to the tough guy "Halo", and even online games such as "King of Kings", "Stone Age" and "Legend" that have become popular since last year.

Everyone's eyes are fixed on the large LCD monitor. Although due to the distance, the display effect is not as good as that seen on the ordinary monitor at close range, but it does not affect the corresponding game from the screen, at least for most people. Most people are like this.

Zhang Lexing looked at everyone's earnest and slightly puzzled expressions, and said with a smile: "I believe everyone has some knowledge of these games in the picture. They are popular games in recent years, and many people may have played them." But there is a question that I don’t know if you have thought about it, what should the future games look like?”

After hearing Zhang Lexing's question, everyone began to discuss in low voices, but no one stood up to express their thoughts for a while.After a while, with the help of Zhang Lexing's encouraging gestures, several people finally stood up and expressed their opinions. Some people think that the future of games will be divided into PC games, console games and online games. Online casual chess and card games will become more popular, and some people think that the "anytime, anywhere" approach of portable handheld devices can better attract users, and some people think that only games that attract as many users as possible are the future development direction .

"Well, what everyone said is very good, and they all have some truth." Zhang Lexing nodded, then changed the topic and said: "However, although PC stand-alone games, console games and online games seem to be distinct at present, with the development of technology , will infiltrate each other, stand-alone games may develop richer online game modes, host games may be more closely connected with the Internet, and online games may also join the fun of stand-alone games. In my opinion, future games The distinction between PC stand-alone games, console games, and online games will become more and more blurred, and even merged into one as the network coverage continues to increase..."

After decades of "practice" and some experience from the "future", Zhang Lexing also has his own understanding of the game. With the increasing degree of networking in the future and the continuous popularization of wireless networks, The pattern of playing games alone is basically gone forever, and the communication between players will become more and more frequent. With the support of wireless networks and various game terminals, games will also become It becomes a form of entertainment that can be enjoyed anytime, anywhere, and the game itself will change accordingly, becoming closer to new ways of playing and new gamers.

"Please take a look," Zhang Lexing paused for a moment, then quickly pressed the combination hotkey on the laptop to switch to another demo file, and then continued: "This is a future game form I envisioned—— "Big Thousand Worlds" is composed of a "First World" as the central area and several virtual spaces connected by the "First World"..."

According to Zhang Lexing's idea, "Big Thousand World" is actually a general-purpose game platform. Of course, it is not a pure casual chess and card game platform like Lianzhong Games, but a composite type that supports game development, game operation, and payment functions. Game platform, and integrates a variety of game methods.

The "first world" of "Big Thousand Worlds" is somewhat similar to the lobby or game portal of Lianzhong games. It is the only way for players to go to other game worlds, and it is also a place to enjoy the basic game.In the "First World", the player directly controls the Sims similar to "The Sims". They can cultivate various attributes of the Sims and experience various life occupations, such as applying for a taxi license and driving in the city. Taxi earn money, you can also engage in the sports industry, train your own Sims to become outstanding sports stars, and even become deliverymen, policemen, pilots and other identities, and unlike "The Sims", these Occupation is not a synonym. Simulators can truly experience the characteristics of these occupations. For example, a pilot must fly an airplane into the blue sky just like in "Flight Simulator".

In the "First World", players live in cities with different styles. Players can be citizens who don't care about everything, they can also fight against the sea to become a business tycoon in a certain industry, and they can even start from the bottom. , climbed to the position of mayor step by step, and shouldered the heavy responsibility of managing the entire city.

The games contained in "The Great Thousand World" are divided into two categories, one is the embedded game contained in the "First World", and the other is the external game, that is, other virtual games connected to the "First World". game space.These virtual game spaces are all constructed by the general or special game development tools provided by "Big Thousand World". The exchange, to a certain extent, makes the "first world" and these external virtual game spaces merge together and become an organic whole.

"...Nowadays games are generally made by developers and players can only passively experience what they do, or do it better. Developers will collect players' opinions and ideas in advance, and then develop suitable game products, but "Daqian" "The World" breaks this routine, and its biggest feature is that players can create a world independently." Zhang Lexing pressed the hot key, switching between the conceptual design diagrams, reference materials, and pictures of "Big Thousand Worlds" on the large LCD screen, while Sketches and explanatory texts are drawn on the electronic whiteboard through a laptop: "Except for the games in the 'First World', all the external virtual game spaces can be created by the players themselves, and can be created through the dedicated data exchange interface and the 'First World'." The world' is connected... I have an idea that when the time is right, the creation of these virtual game spaces can definitely bring a certain amount of income to the creators, just like the upcoming signing activity of Chinese Literature Network, as long as the virtual game space With a high click-through rate (many people enter to play) and a high number of subscriptions (many people enjoy the paid part), the creators of the virtual game space can obtain a certain amount of general-purpose virtual currency through the payment system included in "Big Thousand Worlds", and even So it can be exchanged for real currency..."

The more Zhang Lexing talked, the more excited he was. He had conceived the entire system of "Big Thousand World" for a long time, and spent a lot of effort on it, and this is also a brand new idea, although it is not convenient to refer to the "remake" of the "Future" game. , although the success or failure in the future is unknown, but this is a step that he will go out sooner or later, after all, the creativity of "future" will always run out one day.

Of course, Zhang Lexing did not take this step hastily. He had already done a lot of preparatory work before this opportunity, establishing a cloud game system, building a communication network all over the world, cultivating domestic game talents, cultivating a domestic game environment, etc. , and all of this is in exchange for the real prosperity of the domestic game industry, in order to create a hopeful future, Zhang Lexing is full of confidence in this...

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