Game Development Giant

Adding CG to games is not something that has never been done before. For example, Jester did this in Mars Entertainment’s arcade game, and it was also widely praised.

However, adding CG to a home machine whose performance is far inferior to that of an arcade machine is a completely different task, and the programs required are much more complicated than those required for an arcade machine. In fact, Jester is currently producing Clannad is also facing the same problem. If it loses the CG background, then this already very niche game may become even more niche.

For this matter, Jester also discussed his idea for this game with Yuji Naka alone. After hearing this, Yuji Naka said that it was not a problem at all. After he completed Phantasy Star, he would Go to the United States to help Jester complete his clannad.

The release of Metal Gear Solid was pretty much what Jester had expected, and it still didn't cause too much of a stir in Japan. Although Jester had asked the Japanese branch to promote it very hard before, he also accepted [无^Error^] [].[][].[] Following the success of the previous Final Fantasy, the final sales figures were only less than 300,000 copies in three months. Fortunately, the sales volume in the North American market was surprisingly good.

It seems that the American market particularly favors this kind of hard-core game, and the final North American sales volume was set at 700,000. Jester can say that the past three months have been uneventful. He is writing the program of clannad by himself, completing its character design, and its plot. This game is still deeply remembered. In the last life, Jester was not a otaku gamer. He played this otaku masterpiece because of the recommendation of a friend of his. Originally, Jester had no interest in it, but he couldn't stand being repeatedly teased. Recommended, and this person is still my confidante, not my girlfriend, just a very close female friend.

Without any choice. Jester went to play this game that was praised by his confidante. The result was unexpectedly good. This was also the first time that he had a change of opinion about otaku games. He originally thought that he was an otaku. Games are just unsightly things like ghosts and beasts. In fact, they are not. However, just when he was about to continue playing several highly rated otaku games, he accidentally traveled through time. For him, he had to say that it was. A pity.

so. This time, he took advantage of the time and interest to create this otaku masterpiece that he remembered very deeply. He treated it as a starting point and hoped that designers or players who also like this type of game could design it. Make better otaku games. Claudia came to the United States several times and discovered the game that Jester was secretly working on recently. Jester kept it a secret from other people, but he had no need to keep it a secret from his own woman. And this is not a shameful game. Even the plot of this game is very touching. Although it is a masterpiece for otakus, according to Jester's understanding. Many female players also like this work very much.

Just like Jester's good female friend, if it weren't for her recommendation, Jester might have missed such an excellent game.

As expected, after reading the game plot script that Jester had already completed. Claudia was also moved to tears. Jester asked her at that time and said that this is a game with a very oriental plot. Can you really understand what I want to express in it?

What I got in exchange was a day and a night.

The hardware problems of All American Rally were also solved in these three months. The project is progressing very quickly, and basically the development of the game program is almost completed. Jester's free time has not been reduced. He continues to focus on making the niche game he talked about. There are also different opinions on this game company. Yuji Naka, who is the only one who knows some of the contents of this game, even asked Jester to issue a hush order. So up to now So far, Jester has not seen a version that matches his game.

One morning, Mark Saini walked into Jester's office holding a thick notebook.

During this period, Mark Saini did not participate in specific game projects after the development of Fire Emblem. He was responsible for all project teams of the entire company and the evaluation of games from third-party companies. This also made Jester feel a lot more relaxed. , otherwise, Jester would not be able to be so leisurely, but Mark Saini, who has been idle for more than half a year, is obviously itchy again. Jester recently heard that he is also working on the setting of a game.

He didn't inquire about the content seriously, but it should be an arcade game.

A game developed based on the second version of the 16-bit arcade baseboard that their company has just successfully developed. In Jester's guess, it may be the second part of Avengers. After all, this game is still very popular. Loved by players, the transplanted version for home consoles, although it cannot reproduce the essence of this game authentically due to functional reasons, is still very popular with players of this game, and the final sales volume is close to more than 200 Wanben is the proof.

Moreover, the Avengers movie has recently been completed and is in post-production. The distribution company has also given them suggestions, hoping that they will release the news that they will develop a sequel to this game to hype it up. It doesn't matter whether they do it or not. , just need to release this news.

But Jester didn't agree.

Do you have a new game? Jester put what he was writing into the folder and then raised his head and asked.

Mark Saini didn't have anything to hide. He directly threw the thick stack of setting diagrams in his hand onto Jester's desk. Then he turned around and leaned into the sofa before answering: Well, it’s not Avengers 2, but an idea you mentioned when we were discussing the Avengers game.”

Mark Saini said it with great interest, but this matter has long passed. Besides, when Jester discusses games with others, he will often bring up some ideas and creativity that are only found in later games, so Mark When Seni told him this, he couldn't think of it for a while.

However, Mark Saini didn't care much. He said directly: At that time, you didn't mean to actually make these fighters of various schools into a game, let them compete in a ring, and use the moves of different schools to compete. To decide the winner, it would be best to have people from all over the world, and it would definitely be very interesting to decide who is the strongest in the world!

oh!

After what Mark Saini said, Jester patted his head and remembered it. At that time, he was suggesting to Mark Saini that it would be better to add a few more protagonists with completely different styles, and it would be better for everyone to have a different identity. Different, proficient fighting characters also have completely different characters. For example, one is proficient in Muay Thai, another is proficient in kickboxing, the third is proficient in modern fighting, and another is proficient in Chinese boxing...

Moreover, when he talked about this, he really thought of the most popular fighting game in the arcades of later generations, so he told Mark Saini about it.

Of course it was just a casual mention, but I didn’t expect that Mark Saini really took it to heart. Even in Avengers, he followed the fighting game method that Jester mentioned at the time to create a fighting level. , Jester also sighed after playing it, but although it was proved at that time that according to the arcade functions at the time, ordinary fighting games could indeed be completed, but complex ones may not be possible.

Therefore, the plan for this fighting game was put on hold.

It’s not that there are no fighting games on the market at present. The sales volume of the game “Kung Fu” that was previously seen on FC was very high. At that time, Mark Saini even complained to Jester, if they follow the rules of “Avengers” How could anyone still play such a simple Kung Fu game? But at that time, the sales volume of Kung Fu had exceeded one million copies, so these words were extremely redundant.

Then EA also released a boxing game on dreb. It is also a similar fighting game, but it is extremely original and first-person. The sales volume is surprisingly good. It is the second best-selling game of ea on dreb. of one.

I got the data of our new substrate before, and I found that our new one can basically complete the complex fighting game I originally planned to make, and there is no problem at all!

Mark Saini saw Jester thinking about other things, and he became more and more excited as he talked, Take a look at my project first. In the past few days, I have collected all the information I accumulated when I was working on Avengers. I dug it all out and read it carefully, including the tapes recorded by martial artists of various schools that I spent a lot of money to find, and completed this setting.

Fighting game?

Jester thought that this was indeed a very good idea. Their mature 16-bit baseboard had been successfully developed, but they had not heard from Capcom that their cps1 was successful, but it was definitely starting. Yes, the last time Capcom cooperated with him, he accidentally asked about it, and the other party's answer did not mean to hide it. There was no need to hide it, after all, it was just a base board for an arcade machine.

After picking up the information that Mark Saini put on his desk and looking through it, Jester had to admit that the other party did a pretty good job.

But...

Jester didn't look at it for a long time, because there was no need. His teammate's understanding of fighting games was much better than that of Mark Cerny, who just had this concept. He said to Mark Cerny straightforwardly: Fighting games are a great idea, but your plan doesn't work.

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