Game Development Giant

Of course, it was impossible for Jester to fall ill at such a coincidence at this time.

In fact, it was precisely because players were so vocal about his new game that he made the move. In this way, if he was unable to participate in this year's Mars Entertainment Carnival due to illness, he would have the best excuse. , at the carnival, there was no news about his new game, so it seems natural. In fact, it is a project that has been in the works for more than a year.

There is no reliable news to share with the outside world, which is not something commendable in the first place.

Jester originally planned to talk about something at this year's carnival, but the difficulty of developing this game far exceeded his expectations. Therefore, there was no way it could not be completed according to his original plan. .

It was revealed that Jester suddenly fell ill before the carnival. This was completely a deliberate strategy to guide public opinion, and it really had a certain effect.

Many people have thought that if Jester is unable to participate in the carnival, it is very likely that there will be news about Jester's new game. Mars Entertainment will not reveal anything at this carnival, but there are also many people who are very After all, Jester's new game development team has two to three hundred members. With so many people, there are several famous top designers among them.

There was even Sega’s Yu Suzuki.

Even if Jester is sick, as long as Mars Entertainment wants to announce the news about this game, there will still be many people who can come out and break the news to the players.

Moreover, this project has lasted for a year since its announcement, and judging from some of Mars Entertainment's actions during this year, the 'Era' plan is not just talk, this plan almost occupies the entire Mars Entertainment More than a third of the resources, in this case, as usual. At the carnival, no matter what, Mars Entertainment will come out and tell the players who support them some updates about this game that has been developed for a year.

There are only a few people in Mars Entertainment who know that Jester is just pretending to be sick.

And now it is impossible for Jester to go to the company every day as he usually does, while being seen leaking the news that he is not actually sick.

Therefore, during this period of time, Jester has been staying in the manor he bought outside Los Angeles, and the top executives of Mars Entertainment are also running to him every day. Ask him about Carnival.

Inside the living room.

Mark Saini looked at Jester with a bitter look on his face, and said: Jess, are you still planning not to reveal any information? You know that the players have great expectations for your game. If you do this, It would inevitably cause them to lose a lot of information.”

In the past three or four days, Mark Saini has been running to Jester almost every day.

He wanted to persuade Jester that even if it was a gimmick at the carnival, it would be best to announce it. To appease those players.

Jester didn't agree at first.

It's not that he wants to do some fancy work, but that there is really nothing in the 'Era' project that can reach the level that he thinks can be announced to the public. This is what he wants to do. The greatest game in history, the manpower, material and financial resources it has invested are simply not comparable to other games.

To say something that is very shocking to other game companies, although the Era development team has been in the past year. There was nothing that satisfied Jester, but this was determined by the difficulty of game development. In this year, Jester invested in the development of this development team, which is almost equal to the total development expenses of EA and Activision last year.

After hearing Mark Saini's persuasion, Jester did not refuse as decisively as before. He pondered for a moment before speaking.

Mark, it's not that I don't want to share my joy with the players who support us, but... you know the development process of my game. Mark, tell me, what can I learn from the current results of this team? What should we announce to the public and share with the players?

This time, Jester did not refuse, but asked Mark Saini.

Hearing what Jester said, Mark Saini immediately understood that Jester was considering his suggestion, so his face suddenly showed a hint of joy. He quickly opened his mouth, wanting to say something, let Jester agreed wholeheartedly with his proposal.

However, he opened his mouth, but suddenly realized that he had no way to answer Jester's question, because it was very simple, that is, the 'Era' development team did not have anything in hand that could be shown to the outside world. , is it like other games that just come up with some vertical paintings of characters? About more game details?

These things and other games can be released in three months, but they are just teams of 20 or 30 people.

If I have close to 300 people and spent a year gathering the best game designers in the industry, I would also show these things to people who follow this game and tell them, look, we spent a whole year Years later, we came up with these things.

What do you think these people would think?

It's definitely not that they were shocked and speechless. Those who didn't like Mars Entertainment would definitely ridicule it directly, and even those who supported Mars Entertainment might be disappointed.

Jester saw Mark Saini's mouth open and speechless, and he just smiled.

Do you understand now?

My game costs so much, has caused such extensive discussions in the industry, and has so many people paying attention to it. It can be said that any bit of news about this game can attract everyone. Just like before, when our development code name was leaked, it immediately attracted everyone’s attention.”

Jester said it calmly.

“So, if we are going to announce the news for the first time, we must shock the industry, and let people who pay attention to this game know that during this period of time, we have done things that they could not even imagine... ...Although we have re-completed the engine and many underlying tools during this year, it is impossible to show these things to others. Even if we show them to the players, they know that these things need to be How much effort and cost did it cost?

Most people don't know.

With that said, Jester stood up and stretched his arms. He had been sitting just now, which made his waist feel a little uncomfortable.

I have discussed it again with the development team before. All their development tools have been completed. By next year's E3 exhibition, a demonstration video will be completed. There is...

Jester told Mark Saini in detail about his plan.

Although Mark Saini is still a little worried about being disappointed by fans because Jester’s new game was not announced at this carnival, he also knows that what Jester said is reasonable. He had no choice but to nod his head.

Oh well.

but……

Just when Mark Saini had no idea, Jester suddenly smiled and changed his tone.

It's not like we can't reveal any information. Well, we can be more honest with the players and tell them directly. We also very much hope to announce some things about the 'Era' plan at the carnival and share our plans with you. Happy, but we really have no way to share it with you now, because in the past year, we mainly focused on completing the development of a game and the tools, because a game for the next era, all Development tools all need to be developed again, so there is nothing to share.”

Then, tell them that our development tools have been basically completed, and we can assure them that at next year's E3 exhibition, we will definitely give everyone who supports this game a game that you can't even imagine. surprise.

After hearing what Jester said, Mark Saini finally showed a hint of joy on his face.

After all, he is in charge of the carnival this time, and Jester pretended to be sick thoroughly. Therefore, Jester will definitely not go to the speech at the opening ceremony of this year's carnival, and Jester will not If he can go, as the second person in charge of Mars Entertainment, Mark Saini will have unshirkable responsibilities.

However, the opening speech of the carnival is not difficult.

It’s nothing more than bragging to players about how awesome we have been in the past year, how lovely our supporters are, and how powerful the game we are developing is.

However, what if I didn't say what the players most expected to hear in my speech at the opening ceremony.

Then the boos from the audience are definitely inevitable.

Those game media have always been alert to the news and will definitely make a fuss about this matter. After all, it is impossible for a project that has been intensively worked on for a year not to disclose any information for any reason. The only possibility is that this project has made little progress at all - this is also the explanation most acceptable to ordinary people.

After getting Jester's affirmative answer, Mark Saini was relieved.

It is now less than two days before the opening of the carnival, and Jester has decided that he will not attend, so this requires Mark Saini to muster all his energy and must not mess up this carnival. . (To be continued...)