The programmer and his woman

The weekend has finally arrived. The neighbor's repair shop that usually opens on time was closed for the first time. I haven't visited my friends Glasses for a long time. I decided to go and take a look today while I have some free time.

When I arrived at Yan Jing's house, I was surprised to find that he was not at home. Since I was already out, I might as well go to the temple to have a look. Maybe I can find some treasures.

However, when I arrived at the temple, what I saw was disappointing: the gate of the temple was tightly closed, and judging from the desolate and dusty scene in front of the gate, it was obvious that no one had been here for a long time! Not to mention buying books... It seemed that books were no longer sold here! I thought to myself: "Well, I have been working hard recently and have earned a lot of money. Now I have more money than before, so I'd better not buy those pirated books." Having made up my mind, I got on my bike and rushed to Xinhua Bookstore.

When I came to the computer software area, I saw rows of neatly arranged programming books. I walked through them, carefully examining each book, choosing from left to right, and constantly flipping through and comparing. During this process, a book I had never seen before caught my attention: "Embedded Programming Game Development".

With curiosity, I gently turned the pages of the book, and the content inside surprised me: it turned out that this book was actually teaching how to write games like Nintendo FC on mobile phones! You know, it was not long after the mobile phone had just bid farewell to the "big brother" era. Looking back on my childhood, I could only see those rich people and big bosses holding mobile phones as heavy as bricks on TV. At that time, such mobile phones were expensive and ordinary people could not afford them. Everyone generally used landlines and pagers to meet the needs of instant communication. The "big brother" was extremely inconvenient to carry because of its large size and heavy weight. Later, Motorola designed it to be more compact and portable, and then mobile phones of brands such as Ericsson, Nokia, and Siemens came out one after another.

Nowadays, people around me still use small mobile phones like Ericsson. As for the model mentioned in the book, I dare not say that it does not exist, but it is not available on the market yet. At present, the mobile phones in everyone's hands are generally equipped with black and white screens. Even if there are some built-in games, they are just simple and plain gadgets like Tetris. I dare not even think about running games of this level on mobile phones. This book can be said to be at the forefront of the times. Every time I turn a page, the joy in my heart becomes more and more uncontrollable. Finally, I made up my mind to buy it.

After entering the house excitedly, I followed the instructions in the book and quickly went to the official website of SUN to download a virtual machine and a Nokia emulator. This virtual machine is the essence of embedded programming in this book! It cleverly builds an independent environment through software, allowing the program to run smoothly in it.

In this way, no matter what kind of device, as long as it can load this virtual machine, there is no need to worry about its hardware characteristics. In other words, as long as our carefully written programs can run smoothly in the virtual machine, then there is no doubt that they will also be able to perform perfectly on this device. In short, now this software company has successfully developed a virtual machine that can be installed on mobile phones, and its powerful functions are beyond doubt, which is why this type of game is likely to flourish on the mobile platform.

I just wanted to give it a try, so I carefully opened the Nokia simulator on my computer. To my surprise, a mobile phone interface popped up on the computer screen! It was incredible - it looked exactly like a real phone!

Seeing this, I was secretly happy: "Hey, this is interesting!" So, I couldn't wait to follow the first example in the book, typed "hallo word" on the screen of the mobile phone simulator, and then clicked to start running. The result was just as I expected, everything went smoothly, and the corresponding content was displayed and output normally.

Then, I became more confident and completed all the following examples in one go. I did not encounter any problems in drawing lines or pictures. This sense of achievement made me excited, and I couldn't help but sigh: It seems that buying new books does have its unique advantages! After all, by learning these new technologies, I can always keep up with the times.

Finally, I took a look at the publication and printing time of the book and found that it was only one month since the first printing of this book. It is really worthwhile to be able to master the most cutting-edge knowledge and skills in such a short time!

These days, it feels like I have found a treasure for me! Every day when I get home from get off work, my first priority is to open the mysterious book and immerse myself in it, practicing every example in the book one by one.

When I finished the last example, I had a strong urge in my heart - I want to create a game world of my own on this blank space! After much thought, I decided to use the classic Super Mario game launched by Nintendo, my favorite childhood game, as a blueprint. In this way, I can not only relive my childhood memories, but also take the opportunity to practice my drawing skills.

In the following days, I devoted myself to this challenging and fun creative journey day and night. Every time I drew a line and filled a color, I poured my endless passion and effort into it. Finally, my hard work paid off, and Mario in the picture began to come alive. He could move forward, turn around, and move backward freely, and he could even run faster and jump lightly!

Witnessing all this, I was extremely excited and felt that all my hard work these days was worth it. The vivid Mario in front of me seemed to be telling me the joy of success and filled me with confidence and expectations for the future of creation.

I have been feeling very depressed at work recently because Wenwen makes me feel extremely depressed and distressed. I have been thinking hard about how to properly handle the relationship with her, but I still can't figure it out. She keeps pressing me, even pushing me into a corner with no way out. Now that things have come to this, I know that I can't continue to evade and procrastinate, and I must give her a clear answer. So in the end, I had no choice but to tell her cruelly: "It's impossible for the two of us to be together!" After hearing this, Wenwen turned away heartbroken.

Since then, some rumors about Wenwen and I have been circulating in the company. I don't know how these rumors spread. But every time I show up in the company, I always feel that there are many eyes around me pointing fingers at me from behind. Fortunately, the members of our team know the whole story, and their attitude towards me is still the same as usual, and has not changed because of those rumors. Otherwise, I am afraid I really don't want to stay here for a minute longer.

After a busy day, it’s finally time to get off work. I dragged my tired body back home and couldn’t wait to turn on my computer and continue to devote myself to the game making that I love.

This game seems to have endless magic, bringing me new surprises and challenges every day. As time goes by, it continues to make new progress and breakthroughs. Watching the scenes in the game gradually become lifelike and the NPC characters appear vividly before my eyes, I feel a sense of accomplishment.

At this moment, the game character Mario in the screen jumped high, like a light swallow. Accompanied by the cheerful and beautiful music, the first level was finally successfully completed! At that moment, joy surged in my heart, and all my efforts were rewarded.

With the successful experience of the first level as a foundation, the next levels seemed to be much simpler and easier to achieve. However, since this was just a practice, I did not pursue too much complex design. I only set up four levels before the final BOSS battle. This decisive battle marked the successful conclusion of my first game debut.

In this process, I gave full play to my imagination and creativity, and incorporated all my wonderful ideas into the game. Every frame and every sound effect is the result of careful polishing. Although there are still many shortcomings, for me, who is trying it for the first time, it is a solid step forward.

At this moment, a sudden phone ring rang, breaking the quiet atmosphere in the room. I wondered who would call me at this time? When I picked up the phone, I saw that the number displayed on the screen was from the organizer of the previous competition! This was really surprising.

After I answered the phone, I heard a familiar yet strange voice. Based on my memory, I determined that the other party should be a staff member at that time. The staff member who had highly praised my work and believed that I could be among the top three. The purpose of this call was that their unit was in urgent need of a talent who was good at programming to be responsible for the construction of the website, so they wanted to ask if I was interested in it.

To be fair, I now have to spend every day in the contemptuous and disdainful eyes of my colleagues. This depressing working environment makes me uncomfortable and uneasy. If there is a suitable opportunity in front of me, I would like to change the environment and get rid of the current predicament. So, after careful consideration, I readily agreed.

When I walked over, I saw that this position had attracted more than ten applicants for the interview. Everyone sat together, and the boss sat steadily in the middle, listening carefully to each applicant's self-introduction.

After listening to the speeches of the first few candidates, I thought to myself: "It seems that my chances of winning are quite high!" However, when the last candidate began to introduce himself, I couldn't help but feel a wave of pressure. His performance was so outstanding that I even wanted to give up on the spot and leave my seat and no longer participate in this interview.

After listening to his story, I was shocked by his appearance. He was like a real scientist, and I could only look up to him. After all, in this era, I could only see the humanoid robots and artificial intelligence in science fiction movies. But this candidate has made them a reality!

Considering that I am not unemployed at the moment and still have a stable job, after some thought, I made a resolute decision: to give this opportunity to this extremely capable friend.

After giving up this opportunity, I thought everything would continue as planned, but unexpectedly, new opportunities came one after another.

The next day, I went to work as usual. As soon as I stepped into the office, I saw Lao Li walking in with a smile on his face. He greeted each of us warmly, and everyone asked about his recent situation.

From the conversation, I learned that Lao Li’s current working environment is quite pleasant and he has become more cheerful and lively.

At the invitation of Lao Li, our team members went out for dinner after get off work. At the dinner table, everyone congratulated Lao Li and wished him success in finding his ideal job.

However, Lao Li frankly stated that although the work in the training school is quite satisfying, the pressure should not be underestimated. Due to the limited number of classes offered by the school, sometimes it is difficult to assign enough courses to the teachers.

Fortunately, Mr. Li has little pressure in life. As long as he can have some income and do the career he loves, he feels satisfied.

But Lao Li said that their school is preparing to open a new course on game training! However, a headache has arisen - they can't find the right person to teach this course.

Lao Li couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, how great it would be if I knew how to develop mobile games! In that case, I can teach in this new department, and the remuneration will definitely be very generous!"

Hearing this, I suddenly became excited as if I had been injected with a shot of stimulant. Oh my, isn't this exactly the field I have been concentrating on studying recently?

So I couldn't wait to ask, "Lao Li, is your school still hiring for game training?"

Lao Li answered straightforwardly: "Of course we are hiring! What's the matter, are you interested? Do you know anything about mobile game development?"

I scratched my head and responded modestly, "I know a little bit...but I don't know if the requirements are high or not, and whether I can handle this job."