Back To 1995

   Chapter 230

   Seeing Song Yang pointing at him, Carmack looked surprised, not knowing what Song Yang meant.

  The Id game company, which was once established by one hand, is now facing disintegration after the acquisition of Xue Leshan. Several founders have to go their separate ways, which makes Carmack a little hard to say.

   If possible, Carmack is willing to use the "Hammer of Thor" engine in exchange for Xue Leshan to stop the acquisition of Id Games, but I didn't expect that Song Yang's goal was actually him!

   "I know you, Carmack, may be a little dissatisfied with the acquisition of Xue Leshan, but with all due respect, even without Xue Leshan, how long do you think Id Game Company can last, Carmack?"

   Song Yang looked directly at Carmack and asked, the genius of the game world who was asked by Song Yang had a blank look on his face.

When it comes to R&D, Carmack is a good player, but when it comes to the world of people, he is not enough. His thinking is still stuck in a few years ago. A group of geniuses who are interested in games gathered together to develop a game together. At that time, few people were not worth and famous.

   But now, it is completely different. Id games can be regarded as brilliant in recent years. Carmack has become a "god" in the game industry in one fell swoop. Several other founders of Id games are also considered successful.

  Because of this, when the light of one person completely obscures the light of other people, and Id's other equally talented founders are unwilling to be submissive to others, how can IdSoftware game company maintain?

Hearing Song Yang's words, Carmack looked dazed and surprised. He didn't expect that Id games would be related to him today. He remembered that for more than a year, he advocated the supremacy of game technology, and other founders of Id games It is argued that the game plot and gameplay are more important. Carmack thought that this was a different concept, but apparently he and the other founders have begun to part ways.

   Carmack's look of dejection was even worse. He picked up the coffee and poured it up. Song Yang watched him suffer for him.

"Carmack, maybe the acquisition of Id Games is a good thing for everyone. After the acquisition is completed, you will become the CTO of Xue Leshan, and the brand of Id Games will be retained. Romero, Adrian, Huo Er, Sandy Peterson, several Id founders, can form their own game studio!"

Song Yang talked to Carmack. Regarding the handling of Id Games after the acquisition, this is also the best way to deal with this old game company. Let them set up their own game studios. Otherwise, they will probably leave Id Games one after another. .

   "Also, it's a good thing for you, Carmack!"

  Song Yang poured chicken soup into Carmack, "I know Carmack, you are an open source software advocate, and I very much agree with your point of view."

   tapped a finger, Song Yang continued to fudge, "Like you, Carmack, I also hope that more game makers can develop better games, so Xue Leshan launched the "Dawning" plan."

   "I hope you, Carmack, will be able to develop more general-purpose "game engines" based on the Quake engine after you become the chief technology officer of Xue Leshan!"

   Song Yang's words completely attracted Kama's attention. He developed the "Quake" game engine, but he still has only a vague idea of ​​what use this game engine is in the game industry.

   "Universal game engine?" Carmack mumbled.

  Song Yang nodded, "In the future, game engines will be an indispensable part of game development, even the core, but it is impossible to develop a game engine for every game."

"Once Carmack develops a general-purpose game engine, it can be directly licensed to other game makers. Other game makers only need to use the game engine and directly develop game resources to complete the development of a game. For the game industry, it will be an epic change, and all of this will be done by you, Carmack!"

What is the use of a game engine? The development of a game is basically divided into two parts, game engine and game resources. Among them, as long as there is a game engine, game resources can be directly developed, that is, maps, models, characters, Those props, as long as they are developed and the game engine runs, a game will become.

In other words, a game engine is just like any other engine. As long as there is one engine, as for car design, materials, and interiors, you can design whatever you want. Anyway, as long as you build it, you can run it with an engine installed. The engine is the same as a game engine. There is no one of the most core products of the car.

  Carmack also wanted to understand Song Yang's meaning, and the slump disappeared immediately. When he remembered that there may be countless games in the future, using the game engine he developed to develop games, Carmack couldn't help showing a bit of excitement.

  The technology is open source, which is what Carmack has always pursued, and now Song Yang has given him such an opportunity.

   However, Carmack still had some doubts, "Song, if a game engine is developed, how can we cooperate with other game companies in terms of game engine, technology, patents, etc.?"

Carmack is still worried, afraid that the developed things will be sold to other game manufacturers by Xue Leshan at sky-high prices. At that time, this may become the last straw that crushes other game manufacturers. Carmack does not want it. Become the villain of the entire game industry.

  Song Yang laughed. He was not surprised by Carmack's thoughts. After decades, this argument might not be understood by others.

   But in this day and age, this kind of thinking is not surprising. The Internet is more of a group of technologists with common interests, who got together to do it. In any industry, when it first started, they never thought about how much to make!

   "To be honest, Xue Leshan is developing an Internet digital game platform, which is expected to be launched early next year!"

   When Carmack heard the "digital game platform", he couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect that Song Yang would link the game industry with the Internet.

   "Wait until Carmack has developed a general version of the game engine, you can put this game engine on Xue Leshan Online, free for game manufacturers to use!"

"Any game manufacturer can download this game engine from Xue Leshan for free. Xue Leshan Online has only two requirements for users. The first is that when the game development is completed, Xue Leshan must be used as one of its release platforms. One, Xue Leshan will not interfere with offline and console platforms, but the digital game platform must be published online by Xue Leshan!"

   "Second requirement, when the game's revenue exceeds 600,000 US dollars, Xue Leshan requires 5% of this game's game revenue!"

   Such conditions are absolutely shocking today, Carmack has already done it, Song Yang is ready to make a fortune with the game engine, as long as Song Yang's fees are not so cruel, Carmack will recognize it.

Hearing that Song Yang wanted the game engine for free, Carmack's eyes were widened. You must know that developing a game engine is not cheap, and you need to constantly upgrade and add new technologies. These are all burning. Money, but now Song Yang has made the engine free for those game makers to use.

   As for what is sold on the Xue Leshan platform, the revenue reaches 600,000, and 5% of the profit has to be handed in. In Carmack's view, it is actually nothing.

Carmack looked at Song Yang and was a little worried for Song Yang. He was an advocate of open source technology, but compared to Song Yang, how did Carmack feel that he was a little conservative. Carmack was even worried that the game engine was free. Song Will Yang lose money? !

  Song Yang didn't know Carmack's worries at this time, otherwise he would have to laugh out loud. The most expensive thing in the world is free. This has never changed.

  The game engine is free for game manufacturers to use, will it lose money? On the surface, it seems that it is indeed a loss. The game engine developed with a lot of money is actually free for game manufacturers to download and use.

Think about it, those who use free game engines are basically small and medium-sized game manufacturers. They use the free game engine provided by Xue Leshan, which is equivalent to being tied to Xue Leshan’s chariot, and they don’t expect to make much money from them. , as long as they publish games on the Xueleshan online platform, it is enough to add some copyright libraries to attract more gamers.

   This point refers to the Eipc game platform. As a rising star of the game platform, why Eipc can compete with the stam platform and provide the game engine strategy for free is absolutely indispensable.

  In case one day, the blind cat encounters a dead mouse, if it encounters a game developed using a free game engine and the sales are hot, it can almost be fat.

There is another point that Song Yang did not directly say. Free game engines are also an important means of attacking opponents. They are unprofitable. Those big game manufacturers will probably not be willing to develop too many game engines. This is almost a disguised form. , He directly hacked many potential opponents to death!

"Carmack, I hope that after you join Xue Leshan, you will not only develop PC game engines, but also develop more game technologies for Xue Leshan. The future game industry may not only be limited to PC computers. Game equipment will also appear, and I hope that Xue Leshan will become the technical leader of the game industry!"

   "I will let ICQ and Xue Leshan build a laboratory specially for you for your research and development and experiments."

Song Yang hopes that the addition of Carmack, a technical genius, can make Xueleshan the company with the strongest technical strength in the game industry. Id Game Company can't accommodate Carmack with the highest technology, but it is not a problem for Xueleshan at all. The big deal is building a lab for Carmack to mess around with.

If you don’t ask Carmack, what kind of black technology such as VR and virtual reality can be tossed out in a few years, as long as the technology that comes out can be used by Xue Leshan, Blizzard, Rockstar and other companies for 1/10, it is quite If you earn it, take a step back. Even if you provide a game engine for the games developed by Blizzard and Valve, it will not be a loss!

   When he came from Los Angeles, Carmack was still depressed and worried, but when he left, he had completely let go of his mind and even had expectations.

   In the game industry, when I was still immersed in the three fires released by Xue Leshan, news suddenly came out that shook the industry, and Carmack officially announced to join Xue Leshan!

   (end of this chapter)