Game Development Giant

Hearing Jester ask this question.

Canciut, the original numerical designer of Age of Empires, pondered for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: It's hard to say, I can only say that it is much easier to balance the numerical values ​​than in Age of Empires, and also, it is much easier to design races. In terms of differences, three or four different races are much easier than fifteen.

Although some people say this, some people still have different opinions.

But, boss, have you ever thought about a question? Williams, the previous level designer of Age of Empires said tentatively. Seeing Jester looking at him, he didn't hesitate and immediately said, In this case, wouldn't it seem too thin if there are only three or four factions? Players may have enough after playing it a few times.

hehe.

Jester chuckled and shook his head: There is no need to worry about this. In fact, our previous ten or fifteen settings were just because when we chose the game background of Age of Empires, There are many forces that are difficult to choose from, so I simply choose them all. In fact, among so many forces, there are only three or four countries or forces with great differences. The others They’re all just wearing a different skin.”

In fact, this time Jester is not just relying on one game to promote the new RTS game he wants to make.

I actually have big ideas about the game we are going to design next. What I mean personally is that I want to continuously improve the world background set in this game to form a world that can It truly represents a complete world view of our game company.”

Hearing what Jester said, everyone present also looked puzzled.

Jester also felt that what he said was not clear enough, but some things didn't make sense for him to say now, but he still tried his best to explain them. After all, letting your subordinates understand your thoughts is the most important thing.

I told you before that I want to design a fantasy world that can be liked, understood, and loved by millions or even tens of millions of people like The Lord of the Rings. And this time the RTS game we produced is My beginnings in this world-building.”

But after hearing what Jester said. Many people had extremely shocked looks on their faces.

You must know that Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is truly the beginning of Western fantasy novels. It can be said that many of today's games, including tabletop games with DND rules, are not so much the medieval knights hundreds of years ago. The novel is, rather, Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

Tolkien is in Lord of the Rings. It depicts a world with a complete world view.

This is what Jester wants to do now.

After hearing this, many people swallowed their saliva. They felt that Jester's idea was somewhat unrealistic: Boss. With all due respect, this horror cannot be accomplished with just a few games.

Although the others didn't speak.

However, Jester could still tell it from their expressions. They all agreed with what was said just now.

Jester knew that it would be unrealistic for them to believe that what he said could be achieved. He was not in a hurry. He stood up, stretched, and said a little tiredly: This matter will be like this for now. After I have arranged the Guardian of Rune Stones in a few days, we will discuss it again. Let’s hold a meeting to discuss in detail how to make this game. I’ll take some time in the past few days to set up the world line and background of the game.”

As he spoke, Jester paused for a moment.

For this game, I decided to release related novels and comics at the same time. When we start developing the game, I will find people from Children of Mars to perfect it.

After saying that, Jester let people leave.

And Jester is getting more and more momentum to build the Sons of Mars towards Blizzard's Sons of the Storm. The current number of Sons of Mars has exceeded fourteen people, and the Sons of Mars have very strict requirements for the quota of candidates. They must be in the arts. Very talented people in the field may be selected.

Moreover, only one candidate can be selected each year. No matter how good the other candidates are, there will only be one quota within a year.

Even if there are no suitable personnel this year, then no one will be selected.

The current Sons of Mars have the momentum of the Sons of the Storm more than twenty years later. They are almost some of the best painters in the entire field of video games, and their skills are very high.

And there are a few of them who are also very interested in writing novels.

Therefore, Jester plans to leave the plot novel about the world of Azeroth to these people to complete. Of course, he will also participate in the main world line, but he cannot be responsible for all the branches and leaves. Let someone else do it.

In fact, it's not just small studios like Ximou that are interested in RTS.

In fact, in the United States, after seeing the popularity of RTS games on PC, many game companies are deciding whether to develop a similar one to make a quick buck. Mars Entertainment previously launched Quake 》, a lot of people were greedy.

However, it is too difficult to independently develop a 3D engine. Moreover, new engines here at Mars Entertainment are also under development. If you develop such an engine yourself, if the game fails, the losses will be huge. PC games It's not like a console game.

Sales volume has not been high.

The developers of console games have also considered porting pseudo-3D games to home consoles. However, due to the particularity of FPS games, players using controllers simply cannot play happily. Compared with the gaming experience on PC, The difference cannot be measured in miles.

Jester also laughed at this.

If FPS can make a big difference on the console, it is really thanks to Halo. If it were not for the emergence of the classic setting of Halo's assisted aim, then the guns in the cars and guns that would dominate the gaming world in later generations would no longer exist. exists. \u003c》, until the emergence of Halo, it still took four or five years to appear. Moreover, the function of the current console does not allow it, and the capacity of the cassette does not allow it. Therefore, in a short period of time, Jester I am not optimistic about the performance of FPS games on home consoles.

For the next period of time, Jester lived a relatively regular life.

Regarding the RTS game in the world of Azeroth, Jester is planning to start making it after he gets married. Now, the most important thing for him is to finish Runestone Guardian first. 》.

However, as Jester is a benchmark figure in the world of video games, his every move naturally attracts widespread attention.

Especially the news that he's working on a new game.

What, Jester is developing a new game again? One of the RTS games he mentioned before? I don't like this type. What I like is RPG. Unfortunately, Jester hasn't made many RPG games... When a college student player at school was chatting with his friends, someone mentioned the recent news that Jester was under development, and said this somewhat uninterestedly.

But soon, his friend shook his head.

No, you guessed wrong this time. According to the report in the game I bought recently, although Jester's RTS game is already in the internal plan, it is still under discussion. It is said that This RTS is a very big plan, not only will there be games, but there will also be novels and comics about the game, but Runestone Guardian is just a small game.

The speaker was a little smug. Obviously, he was a little smug because he knew something that others didn't know.

real?

The college student who had been a little uninterested before suddenly became interested. After all, from the name of the game, he felt that this game was most likely his favorite RPG game, because his type of game was not the same. It's possible that it was called such a directional name.

Of course!

The one who answered was still a little proud, and he continued to speak eloquently.

Although it is a small game, it was carefully thought out by Jester. Moreover, for this game, Jester just hired two new employees who had just joined Mars Entertainment not long ago to help. , that is to say, a lot of the content in it was produced by Jester himself!”

However, after hearing this, the other party's face clearly showed a lack of interest. He said somewhat speculatively: Then the quality of this game will not be average? After all, it is just Jester alone, plus two Made by a novice, no matter how powerful Jester is, can he still stand up to ten?

Bah! What are you talking about!

Obviously, the other party's slander against Jester aroused the dissatisfaction of the man who looked a little proud before. It seems that this person should be a die-hard fan of Jester.

Let me tell you, which game produced by Jester is not a high-quality one? This time it was just because Jester felt that this game was just a small game. There was no need for too many people to participate in the research and development, so he found two interns. Just help me, just give me some help.

As he spoke, the man licked his lips, with an envious look in his eyes.

It's really a benefit to those two interns. After they interned with Jester and had this experience, their status will also rise! (To be continued...)