Chapter 410: Golden Engine Alpha Test! Forehand and backhand tutorials!

good!

Just as Lu Bian said!

This time, Sarah gave Kotick a death order to postpone the project of "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum" indefinitely!

What does indefinite extension mean?

To put it bluntly, just don’t post it!

After all, the trial play of the first chapter at the game exhibition alone had already attracted enough criticism, and the market value that had been raised with great difficulty was gone in an instant, and it is going to continue to fall for a while!

In this case, the best thing to do is to shelve this controversial and negatively reviewed project and not let it get worse and infect Vivendi itself.

"Mr. Lu is right,"

Moriya has the same view:

"There's nothing we can do. In this contest, they really are..."

Moriya considered his words carefully.

Then he shrugged and said, "It's too weird. It's so bad that it's outrageous."

Moriya really couldn't find any other words to describe Yun Wei's "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum".

It’s hard to imagine that this is a game created by carbon-based creatures.

Not to mention that it is not comparable to the "Minecraft" they launched now.

In terms of playability, it is not even as good as the prank game "Who is the Daddy" that they produced when Golden Wind was first established.

It is really a prank that they intended to make a serious 3S masterpiece but ended up producing a prank work that was unsatisfactory in every way.

"But then again, the practice of raising the white flag right after the initial contact is quite consistent with the tone of Vivendi, a capital investment group with Gallic noble blood."

Finally.

Moriya also made a joke about breastfeeding.

Then he shook his head and smiled: "It's a pity that such a good movie IP is wasted."

However.

At this point, Lu Bian, who was standing next to him, suddenly had an idea:

"Hey? Movie IP? Hiss——"

Speaking of.

Lu Bian looked at Gu Sheng, thoughtfully: "Brother Sheng, how about we take this opportunity to give them a demonstration?"

good!

"Take this opportunity"!

Today, the four CEOs of Golden Wind, led by Gu Sheng, gathered together for this matter.

As February draws to a close.

The "Golden Engine", the first truly Chinese commercial engine independently invested and developed by Golden Wind, has also achieved phased progress.

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers.

The R&D team, which is composed of personnel seconded from 17 companies, can be said to have learned from the strengths of many companies.

Coupled with Golden Wind's fine tradition of never limiting the budget, the project progressed rapidly.

It is expected that the Alpha version of the Golden Engine will be released by early March.

As a beta version, Golden Wind will definitely be the first to try out a game specifically for the engine.

It is not only to test the practicality of the Alpha version and collect relevant test data, but also to provide initial promotion for the Golden Engine.

That's right.

The main topic of today's gathering is to discuss a game to provide data resources for the further development and improvement of the Golden Engine.

first.

The size of this game should not be too large.

After all, the engine is still in its early stages and it is difficult to support very large works.

Secondly, when choosing the type of game, it must also be consistent with the type of escort works they will launch after the engine is officially developed.

For example, if they want to release a wolf game after they successfully develop the engine in the future, then their Alpha version of the game now has to be an action role-playing game.

And according to Gu Sheng's plan.

After the engine is completed, the escort work he wants to launch is a shooting game, his old specialty.

So now, they have to make an FPS game as well.

But here comes the problem——

There are thousands of FPS game formats, what specific type should they make?

Is it like Call of Duty, focusing on single-player story?

Or is it like APEX, with multiplayer online battles?

Or maybe a multiplayer online collaboration like Left 4 Dead?

All in all, there are only a few types of FPS games, and the key is how they choose among them.

After some thought, Gu Sheng finally set his sights on "online cooperation".

It’s not that he has a special liking for this kind of game.

The main reason is that if they were to make a single-player storyline work, in order to present the game content as much as possible and increase the player's sense of immersion, the project would certainly be huge, and it would not be suitable for their current Alpha testing requirements.

As for multiplayer online battles, it is the same type of work that Gu Sheng had imagined for the official release of the engine.

So after much thought, only the form of "online cooperation" can meet their requirements.

Online co-op shooter.

Lots of choices.

Borderlands? Killing Floor? Gears of War? Reach?

Reach is not a good choice. If Reach is to be truly immersive, it would require a larger investment to present the tragic battle of the noble squad.

There are also many choices.

Just as the grown men were thinking hard, Yun Wei's announcement was released. As they were chatting about this matter, Lu Bian's words reminded Gu Sheng——

How about we give them a demonstration?

Demonstrate a derivative combination between a game and a movie?

hiss--

As soon as these words came out, Gu Sheng seemed to have caught a glimpse of inspiration.

Somewhat interesting, but not much.

And at this moment!

Shen Miaomiao, who had been attending a city meeting outside in the morning, also came back. When she opened the door, she saw Gu Sheng and his team thinking hard in the smoky office.

…

“Hmm…”

Shen Miaomiao pushed Gu Sheng onto the sofa and sat on Gu Sheng's office chair. After listening to the situation report, she shook her bun on top of her head, thinking, while kicking her legs and turning around on the office chair, and then cast her eyes towards Lu Bian:

"Mr. Lu's idea is interesting . Could you elaborate on it?"

"This... Actually, I haven't really thought about it..."

Lu Bian just said casually:

"I think Yunwei is so wasteful that they can't even make a good derivative product with such a good movie copyright,"

"If we follow closely and show them the correct way to use IP, wouldn't that be... exemplary?"

What a high EQ statement.

Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao laughed in her heart.

High emotional intelligence: exemplary.

Low emotional intelligence: a slap in the face.

"What do you think?" Shen Miaomiao nodded and looked at the others.

After a moment, Moriya nodded slightly and said:

"It is a common practice in the gaming industry to use classic movie IPs to make games,"

"Basically, as long as you don't do something stupid like Yun Wei and come up with so many 'alternative' ideas at once,"

"Among the huge audience of movies, there are always core fans who are willing to pay for it."

Moriya is right.

Adapting games from movies is not uncommon in the gaming industry.

Even if they want to add insult to injury and add more dirt to the grave of "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum", they can try to connect with Warner New Line Cinema again.

However, New Line Cinema may not necessarily authorize them.

After all, he had just been stabbed by Gollum, and the blood probably hasn't been wiped clean yet.

It would be irrelevant to talk to New Line Cinema about copyright authorization at this time.

Of course.

The Lord of the Rings is not the only globally renowned IP.

Stories like Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, etc. are all suitable for being adapted into games.

"But the problem is..."

At this point, Dajiang raised his hand:

"This kind of authorization is not something that can be obtained with just a few pieces of gold. It is said that in order to obtain the authorization of the Lord of the Rings, Yun Wei paid hundreds of millions of dollars in authorization fees alone. Isn't this a bit too much for us?"

"Too,"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Bian slapped his forehead:

"Forget it, this is just an Alpha test, it's not worth spending so much money."

Hey? Don't?

Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao clenched her hands impatiently.

Don’t be too serious!

It’s just copyright, just buy it!

We are not short of money now, why should we just give up?

Why not just teach Yunwei a lesson and slap him in the face?

However!

Just when Shen Miaomiao was about to start her wonderful money-making sermon!

Then Gu Sheng spoke:

"Indeed, the scale of this project should be roughly the same as that of Garden Warfare. There is no need to pay hundreds of millions of yuan for copyright fees."

Finished.

Shen Miaomiao hadn't even started to cast her spell when Gu Sheng interrupted her.

There is no way, since Gu Sheng is the system manager.

So theoretically speaking, if he made up his mind, even Shen Miaomiao, as the chairman, would not be able to force it.

But Shen Miaomiao didn't want to miss this opportunity.

Although she has been busy following up on the city's policy support , she has hardly had time to care about engine development.

But after listening to the reports from several people just now, she also roughly understood the project selection problems they are currently facing.

Obviously!

The current Golden Engine is still unstable, and games made based on it have a certain chance of having technical problems.

If the technical problem is minor, it is not a big problem to fix it.

But if the technical problems are serious, then Yunwei will be a lesson for them.

so!

In a sense.

The Alpha test project they are about to launch now may result in losses due to "technical reasons".

Then!

To put it in a small way, you can get rebates and make a loss happily.

To put it in a broader sense, he could provide a guarantee for Lao Gu and the entire Golden Engine, and even use ten times the financial resources to make up for the loopholes that appeared in the Alpha test.

Therefore, Shen Miaomiao wanted to increase the cost budget of this testing project as much as possible.

The "copyright authorization purchase" proposed by Lu Bian is a very good way to spend money.

Unfortunately, Lao Gu disagreed.

Um……

Shen Miaomiao frowned slightly.

Countless words flashed through her mind.

And when all these keywords are connected together!

A brilliant idea suddenly popped into her mind!

Bang!

A clap of hands!

The four grown men opposite were frightened and they all looked at Shen Miaomiao in astonishment.

And now!