Game Development Giant

It is said that besides Quake, you are also developing another game during this time? Can you tell me a little bit about it?

This was asked by a reporter from an unknown gaming publication. Jester glanced at the questioner. He was a middle-aged man in his early thirties, wearing a pair of glasses. He asked about Jester being the chief producer of two games at the same time. Rumors have been widely circulated in the industry in the past few months. In fact, when Mars Entertainment was just established and drembx just started to conquer the city, Jester was famous for his prolific output. At that time, Jester was not Just the developer of two games, he is also the producer of almost all games produced by Mars Entertainment. Even if he is not the main producer, he will definitely be one of the main planners.

It can be said that the entire foundation of Mars Entertainment was laid entirely by Jester alone.

But since drembx has gained a foothold in the market, it is basically rare to see Jester himself serving as the producer of two games developed at the same time. From this aspect, it can also be seen that for these two games , in Jester's eyes, is extremely important, at least in his eyes, except for him, he does not trust that others can complete the concepts of these two games. People in the gaming industry are also well-known for Jester's game development style. Jester will never make a sequel. In other words, these are two brand-new games, one of which has been given to Quake that shocked everyone endlessly, but what about the other one?

Another game?

Jester smiled, as if he was thinking about something. After more than ten seconds, his brows relaxed again, and he seemed to have thought clearly, and said: I am indeed developing two models at the same time. Games. Before this, these two games were confidential, and our confidentiality measures were also very good. At least before we developed and tested it externally, the outside world was still wondering what our Quake was like. game to speculate, but another game? I can say a lot, but it is not here. This is the press conference of Quake. I will not and should not say too much about Quake. Irrelevant content, otherwise. This is a disrespect for the game Quake and the development team of Quake. Of course, the people present obviously did not want to be like this on this issue. Simply let Jester go, after the mystery of Quake has been completely revealed. Their interest in another game that was still hidden by Jester was naturally greatly increased.

And judging from Jester's habit of rarely giving interviews to outsiders, Quake has now been released. Whether it is for promotion or sales, Mars Entertainment will definitely vigorously promote Quake in the future, and a lot of news will inevitably be revealed. Therefore, they don't want to worry about the issue of Quake They know, but are not in a hurry to know, because they all understand that even if you don't say it now, you will tell it yourself in a few days without us asking.

But for this game, which they don’t even know the name of, and furthermore, don’t even know what platform the game is on, it’s impossible for a lot of news to be revealed in a short period of time, as Jester himself said Yes, he plans to hold a press conference to announce the game in a month.

It will take a month at the earliest.

Therefore, the next person who was called asked questions about this new game that Jester did not want to go into too much detail: Mr. Li, can you reveal a little bit of information? It's all the most basic. For example, what type of game is this, what platform will this game be released on, and so on?

Jester knew that if he continued to avoid answering, then the next reporters who were called would definitely focus on this issue, and those players were obviously not interested in the difference between an announced game and a new one. They were even more interested in this unannounced game when it was still unannounced.

After all, curiosity is a quality that everyone has.

After thinking for a moment, Jester still felt that he should reveal a little bit of news. Of course, this news would definitely not be easy to tell. He had to make these questioners make some compromises, otherwise, Why should he compromise?

Besides, maintaining a sense of mystery is the best marketing tool.

I can simply say something about this game that you are all interested in, but the premise is that I hope you will not continue to ask about this game in the next time, because this is Thor God of Thunder What do you think about a Q\u0026A session for Hammer instead of another game?”

Waiting for Jester's answer to this question, the audience cheered in unison.

Obviously, the current audience agrees with Jester's proposal.

After getting the consent of the audience, Jester coughed twice, cleared his throat, and then began to say: First of all, I can say that this game is similar to that of our Mars Entertainment, which was launched a few years ago. A product has a lot to do with it, and many people may already know what I’m talking about when they hear me say this, and yes, it’s an electronic pet machine.”

At this point, something strange appeared on the faces of the audience. Why has the new game been transferred to the electronic pet machine? Is it going to launch a new version of the electronic pet machine? But hasn’t Mars Entertainment been launching new versions of electronic pet machines in recent years? I have never seen Jester act so solemn before.

However, some knowledgeable people suddenly showed thoughtful expressions on their faces when Jester mentioned the electronic pet machine. They obviously knew a lot about the electronic pet machine that Jester suddenly mentioned. At that time, Mars The full name of the electronic pet machine promoted by Entertainment is the Pokemon version of the electronic pet machine.

The name of this game is Pocket Monsters. The origin of the name is the full name of this electronic pet machine product. In fact, this is also a game that I have been thinking about for many years, and now, this game also has A real achievable premise.”

Faced with everyone's confusion about his words, Jester did not hesitate to explain in detail.

What I mean is very simple. It is this game. From the beginning, I positioned it as a game that can be played anytime, anywhere, without the limitations of time and space. However, under the circumstances at that time, no matter it was still very different, Mature, even PCs that don’t have independent sound chips, or home game consoles that have just begun to mature, are not enough to complete my idea of ​​this game. When I was thinking about this game, I first The best carrier that comes to mind is Mr. Gunpei Yokoi, who used incredible creativity around the 1980s to create the GW handheld game console....

This game console gave me a lot of inspiration. At that time, I was thinking, if I can also make a game console that can be held in my hand anytime, anywhere, I can use all the fragmented time to play whenever I want. , a game console that you can just stop playing if you don’t want to play it, then can’t the game I envision be made?”

But, soon, I discovered the problem, that is, the game I asked to make could not fully simulate the functions of gw, so I suppressed this idea for the time being and started from this idea. , extracted some content and systems that could be completed at that time, and made an electronic pet game console. Fortunately, this product was extremely popular, and it also made me appreciate this game that I can only keep in my mind. , with more information.”

The idea for gameby development came from that time. To put it bluntly, at the beginning, I started to make gameby. First of all, it was because the success of the electronic pet machine gave me greater confidence. I thought maybe a handheld device with better performance would Game consoles, game consoles that can be held in your hand and played anytime and anywhere, will also have a huge market.

So, when gameby was released and became a great success, the development of this game, which I had been constantly improving and revising in my mind for several years, was officially included in the development agenda. To be honest, I Regarding the importance of this game, for me, it is more important than Quake, after all, it is a relationship that lasts for several years.

Jester has said so much, but he still hasn't touched on the key to the problem. These viewers must be dissatisfied. However, Jester is an honest person. He said that he would answer these questions carefully, unless it was something that he really couldn't. Tell the news, otherwise, Jester would not talk about him.

As for the type of this game, I can't say anything for now. I can only say that it is similar to other games you have played now, but the differences are also very obvious. As for the platform of the game, I think I just said He has made it very clear that this will be a handheld game.