Game Development Giant

Just a few days after e3, Jester received an invitation.

This invitation was given to him by Sid Meier.

I want Jester to give a lecture at the game design department of the University of California, Los Angeles. Sid Meier has not made any games for more than a year, but he has just opened this game design department at the University of California, Los Angeles. The department is probably very busy, giving lectures to students.

Previously, Sid Meier gave his students a task, which was to let them work together to develop a game. If the game could satisfy Sid Meier, then Sid Meier would agree to them and invite Jester to come. Give them a lecture, you know, this is very attractive to those students.

When Jester founded the game design and development department at the University of California, Los Angeles, he was one of the first visiting professors to teach students.

Jester had more time at that time, so he often gave lectures.

However, in the past year or so, due to too many things, Jester has also resigned from his previous teaching task. However, he still often invites designers from his own company to make guest appearances, and Sid Meier this year Dori has not developed any new games and has been teaching somewhere.

Okay, when?

Jester immediately agreed. Although he didn't have much time now, it didn't matter to him to spare a few hours or half a day to give a lecture.

Just tomorrow, these students can't wait.

Hearing Jester's quick agreement, Sid Meier was also very happy and immediately told Jester the time.

In fact, it is the simplest to give this kind of lecture to students. It is easier than giving lectures to players or working designers. It is relatively moderate. You can't speak too professionally. Because what you say is too professional, it may be difficult for students who have not really developed games on the front line to understand, but you can’t be too entertaining, because students expect you to lecture them for an hour or two, and you obviously don’t want them to waste it. Time.

The students in the game design department were extremely excited when they heard Sid Meier tell them that Jester would come to give them a lecture on game development tomorrow morning.

Moreover, Jester’s influence is not just in the gaming field.

He is an American youth idol.

Ranked higher than Bill Gates. He is also one of the top 50 richest people in the United States by Forbes, and is a wealthy man with astonishing wealth.

More importantly, this is their senior. Although Jester is a dropout, the students here have never regarded Jester as a dropout. Jester's achievements over the years have no impact on these students. For students, it is pride.

so. When Jester was coming to the game design department to give a lecture, in addition to the game design students, students from other departments were also very excited, although they also supported their friends. Jester's lecture this time is mainly about some of his experiences in game development. It is not a broad lecture, but as long as it is given by Jester. That's it for them.

As for what it was about, they didn't really care.

The lecture was originally scheduled to take place in the classroom of the Game Design Department, but later there were too many people wanting to attend the lecture. So in the end the venue of the lecture had to be changed.

It was converted into a lecture theater at UCLA.

But because the incident was quite sudden, the lecture theater we borrowed was not very big. Those large lecture theaters had already been arranged. Although the school also attached great importance to Jester’s lecture, it was too hasty and the school It is also difficult to deploy in terms of aspects.

After telling Jester about this matter, Jester was non-committal. He had spent some time thinking about the subject of this lecture, and he had almost figured it out, because it was Sid Meier who invited him. Therefore, the core of his lecture this time was centered around Sid Meier's game. After he heard that many people came back to listen.

He frowned.

I think it's better to make a selection. At least the people who come to listen must have some understanding of what I want to talk about. If I start talking about it and give many examples, he will be confused. It will be of no use to him. On the contrary, those who want to talk about it will be confused. Those who are listening may not have the position, but they cannot hear it.”

This is Jester's reply to Sid Meier.

However, it was impossible to organize a systematic selection. After all, time was tight, and Jester briefly talked to Sid Meier about what he planned to talk about in the lecture, so Sid Meier When Er heard that it was about his own game, he thought about a few questions and prepared to randomly answer them for those who wanted to participate.

Only when the answer is correct can you come in and listen.

Of course, the questions are very basic. Basically, anyone who has played Sid Meier's games can definitely answer them.

despite this.

When Jester arrived at the lecture theater where he was going to give a lecture, it was still overcrowded. There were even many people standing in some aisles. This was indeed beyond Jester's expectation.

When the students in the classroom saw Jester appearing, many of them shouted excitedly.

I'm quite surprised.

Jester smiled first, and then continued: I just agreed to give a lecture to Sid Meier yesterday. I didn't expect that so many people would come to listen in less than a day. I counted them roughly. Count, there are about four to five hundred people, right?

Four to five hundred people is a large number. After all, these people have gone through some rough screening, and at least they have some understanding of video games.

For example, if many scholars come to give lectures, and if they only have one day to prepare, the number of people who will attend the lecture may be more than a hundred or several hundred, which is impossible.

Because one day is not enough for the scope and time of communication.

Hearing what Jester said, everyone present burst into laughter, and someone said in a loud voice: Actually, there were more people before, but those were just here to join in the fun, and they didn't answer the question. Civilization came up, so we didn't let them in. They wouldn't understand it anyway, so why waste time.

Then the whole audience continued to laugh.

Even Jester laughed out loud, but he quickly clapped his hands: Okay, maybe Sid Meier has told you before, what I want to talk about today is around Civilization Developed by , I participated in the first game of this game, and I discussed in great detail with Sid Meier how we should make this game. (To be continued...)