Chapter 61: Thoughts on the second generation FPS!

#The second anniversary of "Firewire Shuttle" logging into the sensory cabin, the event starts today#

#Yunwei announced that it will join forces with Vivendi's Spitfire Studio to create the strongest FPS in the era of somatosensory cabins#

#Dianshi Games announces the postponement of "Heavy Armor Assault"#

#"Gun Artillery Wars 2" announced that the preliminary work has been completed#

#Shengtu Studio releases the trailer for Outpost 3#

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In the office of the Golden Wind game director, Gu Sheng was leaning back in his chair, scrolling the mouse wheel in his hand, watching the messages scroll across the screen.

Yes.

Lately he has been keeping an eye on the shooting game market.

From PC to motion sensing cabin, shooting games have always been a hot game type in the market.

He knew that Golden Wind would eventually become one of the most popular games and compete with major domestic and even global game manufacturers.

Therefore, it is important to plan ahead.

Through recent research, Gu Sheng discovered that the shooting game market in this world is extremely diverse.

There are first-person, third-person, stand-alone, online, modern, futuristic, realistic, and fantasy.

However, it seems to be the same as a horror game.

The essence of shooting games is also similar.

In the stand-alone game, the protagonist goes through all the levels, kills enemies and completes the story. The whole process is just shooting, and at best he holds a knife.

The most recent idea that could be considered an innovative design was the bullet time setting in Max Payne, which was all the rage on PC 20 years ago.

As for multiplayer online, it is even more solidified.

Foreign games tend to be team-based, with you hitting me and me hitting you, and the competition is about who gets more kills and who gets more points.

Domestic games tend to be more about blasting competitions, bomb dismantling and assembly, offense and defense, and police-robber games.

and!

To this day, there has been no "second-generation FPS" in either the motion sensing cabin or other game ports .

The so-called "second-generation FPS" means that all settings in the game are made as close to reality as possible while ensuring the entertainment value of the shooting game remains unchanged.

For example, in the second-generation FPS, you no longer need a virtual crosshair, but instead need to hold your gun and lock onto the target through the weapon's mechanical sights or optical sights.

For example, in the second-generation FPS, you no longer have a fixed 100 health points, but instead use dynamic health points to determine the character's health status based on game feedback.

Of course, there has never been a particularly clear definition to distinguish between the first and second generations.

If we use the games from Gu Sheng’s previous life as an example, CS is a standard first-generation FPS, and COD is a standard second-generation FPS.

But in this world, there is no Call of Duty and no Battlefield.

Perhaps because the first generation of FPS settings were too successful, virtual crosshairs are still popular in today's shooting game market.

It seems that the only thing that is slightly similar to the second-generation FPS is the secondary aiming state of the XM8 gun in "Crossfire" .

Major manufacturers don't seem to pay much attention to the issue of "shooting form".

Manufacturers of stand-alone games pay more attention to making the game plot more exciting and the special effects cooler.

Manufacturers of online games place more emphasis on competitive confrontation and continue to work hard on adjusting the feel.

Oh yes, of course there are some manufacturers who don’t care about these things at all, and are only concerned with releasing 888 heroic weapons and lucky draw wheels.

Perhaps in time, people will eventually develop a second-generation FPS model.

After all, with the increasing popularity of motion sensing cabins, there will always be people who think of this gaming mode.

But not yet.

Gu Sheng is ready to be the first person to try something new.

Or make the title cooler - become the "father of the second generation FPS".

If you want to get the title of "Father of XXX", the prerequisite is to have outstanding contributions in this field and have a benchmark work that can be said to be groundbreaking!

Therefore, Gu Sheng immediately focused his attention on the "Call of Duty Modern Warfare Trilogy"!

Xiaoqiang, Soap, Ghost, Makarov, and the unlucky civilians at Mosgaard Airport...

The heroic and tragic plot not only gave the COD series a foothold, but also made it a benchmark for the stand-alone plots of many subsequent second-generation FPS games.

but.

Gu Sheng just took a look and gave up.

The fucking trilogy is sold as a bundle, and it requires five million emotions!!!

So, Gu Sheng settled for the next best thing and turned his attention to its old enemy - "Titanfall 2"

The same heroic epic, the same tragic ending.

In fact, because the finale is so shocking, the impact it brings to players is even greater than that of Modern Warfare!

Then.

Gu Sheng just took a glance at it and gave up for the time being.

A million fucking emotions!!!

Not counting multiplayer mode!!!

Gu Sheng was speechless!

No... the total game time is only six hours, and you want to sell me one million emotion points?

College students only make 50,000 yuan a month! And they are fair-skinned, beautiful and have long legs!

Originally, he thought that the fact that his phobia brought him nearly 100,000 emotional points in a month was already quite impressive.

But looking at these two fathers, I still felt sincerely that I was willing but unable to do anything.

It seems... I still have a long way to go to reach the second generation FPS benchmark...

Right at this moment.

There were two light knocks at the office door.

Tap-tuk——

Turning around, I saw Lu Bian leaning against the door frame in a very coquettish posture:

"Old Gu, I have two more pieces of news."

"…Are you Yu Zecheng? Why you always have news?"

Gu Sheng hugged his shoulders and leaned back in the boss chair:

"Agent Lu, what's the news today? Same as always, one good and one bad?"

"Well……"

Lu Bian walked into the office, poured himself a glass of water and sat on the sofa:

"I'm sorry to disappoint you."

"What the hell?"

Gu Sheng was shocked:

"Two pieces of bad news?"

"no,"

Lu Bian waved his hand and drank a sip of water:

"Two good news."

"Your context..." Gu Sheng complained about Lu Bian's Chinese language level: "What good news?"

"The first good news is that our monthly sales results for Phasmophobia are out,"

Lu Bian said:

"After selling 55,000 copies in a single week, our sales have not shown any signs of decline. We have been on a roll all the way, leaving the horror game area littered with corpses and blood!"

"It has topped the horror game sales charts for four consecutive weeks, with a monthly turnover of 13.56 million. After deducting commissions and costs, the net profit is 8.85 million!"

Eight million in a single month!

For a horror game with a somatosensory cabin and a cost of only two million yuan to achieve such a result is simply legendary.

Moreover, generally speaking, game sales will generally decline after the first week, showing signs of fatigue.

But "Phasmophobia" is different. Its sales are like those of 16 or 17-year-old high school students. It is harder than diamonds and will continue to be popular.

It’s good news indeed.

Gu Sheng nodded.

More than 8 million in net profit, plus miscellaneous revenue from several other games.

There will be tens of millions for him to splurge before his next project begins…production.

People really can't live in their comfort zone for long.

Gu Sheng thought secretly.

Because the comfort zone is damn comfortable.

It’s great to have no financial constraints and spend as much money as you want without feeling bad.

Based on this point alone, Golden Wind has the potential to surpass Ayu, whom he served in his previous life.

After all, Ayulian’s servers are replaced with potatoes.

"What's the other good news?"

Gu Sheng continued to ask.

"The other one is an invitation letter, take a look."

As he spoke, Lu Bian took out a letter from his meeting book and handed it to Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng unfolded the invitation letter and saw the following words written on it:

[In response to the request of the General Administration of Culture, in order to further promote the progress of China's game industry, realize resource exchange and sharing, and accelerate the development of my country's entertainment industry]

[The China International Digital Entertainment Electronics Association, together with a number of game media, now sincerely invites your company to participate in the "10th Game Industry (Sensory Cabin) Development and Design Media Conference"...]

"Oh my god, Huayu Entertainment invited me?"

After reading the invitation letter, Gu Sheng was a little surprised:

"Are we already at this level?"

As China's largest non-profit semi-official and semi-private organization, Huayu Entertainment is the undisputed leader of the country's gaming industry organizations.

As far as Gu Sheng knows.

Every year, Huayu Electronics holds four game development media conferences quarterly in the order of "motion sensing, PC, mobile phone, and comprehensive".

One is to provide a publicity and communication platform for game developers.

Secondly, it is also a preparation for the annual "China International Digital Interactive Entertainment Expo (Chinajoy)".

Yes, there is also a CJ exhibition in this world.

But it was different from Gu Sheng’s previous life’s CJ exhibition which was full of chaos and got worse and worse.

The CJ in this world is one of the four major game exhibitions in the world, along with the "Cologne Games Show", "Japan Game Festival" and "E3 International Game Show"!

It can even be said that if a game can become a big hit at CJ.

Then you will definitely find this game in the “Three Major Game Awards in the World”!

And if you want to enter the international game market, you can compete with those old super game companies!

The Huayu Electric Development Media Conference is the first step!

The reason why Gu Sheng was surprised was that he had never expected that Golden Wind, a game developer that had only been established for less than a year, would actually be eligible for the invitation!

Awesome...

Gu Sheng muttered secretly.

Why do I feel like the male protagonist in those urban cool novels, with everything going so smoothly for me?

But I have a system.

If I were thrown into the hands of some author, I might really become the protagonist.

Thinking of this, Gu Sheng laughed secretly, feeling that his idea was a bit nonsensical.

"This is a great opportunity,"

Seeing Gu Sheng nodding repeatedly, Lu Bian said:

"If we can really get attention and coverage at this media conference,"

"Then we have established a firm foothold in the category of somatosensory cabin gaming platforms."

A development media conference can help developers gain a foothold in a category.

It seems a little incredible.

But in fact, Gu Sheng knew that Lu Bian’s words were not exaggerated at all.

The scale of Huayu Electric is there, and it has the energy.

But the problem is...

Gu Sheng’s brows furrowed even deeper.

This timing is a bit awkward...

Without a doubt!

This is a great opportunity to try out the second generation FPS game mode!

Because Huayu Electronics’ influence is huge!

Once this model receives attention from the media at the exhibition, it will definitely be a great boost to their future shooting game works!

Once a year, don't miss this opportunity!

But the problem is that COD and TTF are beyond the reach of Golden Wind and Gu Sheng in terms of production costs and emotional value requirements!

How about I throw a promotional video up there first?

In theory, this is possible.

Because the development media conference itself is a small game exhibition, it is normal to play films at the exhibition.

Moreover, promotional videos are easy to make. They are nothing more than two or three minutes of rendered animation, and at best, a few scenes are made to serve as the in-game screen display.

There are still about three months before the development media meeting, which is enough time for him to produce the promotional video.

But the problem is!

Now that you have a promotional video, you have to make a game!

Where does the game come from?

Gu Sheng made a rough estimate and found that if Titanfall was placed on the somatosensory cabin platform in this world, the production cost would be at least hundreds of millions!

In other words, he still lacks more than 90 million in funds and more than 900,000 in emotional value!

This is totally a non-existent thing!

The project has been established, but there is only a promotional video left there. Not to mention creating a new folder, they can't even say the three words "working on it"!

You must know!

For big companies, making empty promises is nothing, and players may even make fun of it as a joke.

For example, Gu Sheng’s previous life’s “GTA6” and “The Elder Scrolls 6”.

Everyone had a lot of fun playing with the memes.

But for a small factory like Golden Wind, it is fatal!

Players' patience for a small factory is extremely limited!

As time goes by, if they fail to deliver on their work, the negative impact will increase day by day, and it will even affect the sales of some of their subsequent works!

Think of this.

Gu Sheng shook his head.

No, we can’t just put the promotional video up there so rashly.

Nothing else to say.

As the president of Golden Wind, Little Nezha could not accept the fact that it would "affect game sales".

After all, it is not difficult to see from her investment that she is a person who extremely values game quality and must hope that her own games can be loved by more players.

It is absolutely impossible to tolerate the game sales being affected.

So what should I do…

As he thought about it, Gu Sheng wrote and drew on the meeting book beside him.

Second generation FPS, tens of millions of dollars of investment, hundreds of thousands of emotions, outstanding themes and gameplay...

"Um--"

Gu Sheng pondered.

Lu Bian also knew that Old Gu must be thinking about the types of games to exhibit at this moment, so he didn't bother him. He threw a cigarette to Gu Sheng and sat aside in silence.

The two were silent!

Sudden!

Then I heard someone knocking on the office door again!

Knock knock knock——

"Um... Director Gu, do you have time?"

Turning around, I saw Chu Qingzhou appear at the door:

"Boss Shen is back and asked you to go to her office if you have time."

Oh no?

Hearing this, Gu Sheng’s eyes immediately lit up!

This is because I want to go to sleep and hand over the pillow, and I want my uncle from my mother's family to come.

Little Nezha hasn’t appeared for nearly a week.

Now that I’m back, I’ve just caught up with this critical period!