The Game Developer Who Left the Company Is Too Competent

22. transfer of know-how

The day after stepping down as general director of Monster Eater. Taeyeon declared a vacation.

“No more, no less, I’ll be taking a break for just two weeks, so please take good care of me in the meantime.”

AD couple Hong Min-seok and Lee Young-ae, who know the truth, sent meaningful eyes.

Taeyeon pretended not to know.

* * *

a few days before vacation.

“Let’s go to New York to play.”

Taeyeon suggested a vacation to Yoona.

Yuna’s eyes widened as she heard the unexpected words.

“New York? so suddenly?”

“no?”

“No, I don’t hate it, but it was too sudden… … .”

Soon, two large eyes glowed brightly.

“What, what happened all of a sudden? Aren’t you busy? can you go to new york Is it time?”

A flood of questions!

Taeyeon did not panic and responded calmly.

“You know Monster Eater, right?”

“huh. It’s a Japanese game that my brother is in charge of. I tried it too.”

“uh? really? when?”

“Because my brother is in charge, in the past… … With the help of my manager brother. But why?”

“I’m going to step down as the general director of the game soon.”

“Uh, why? Isn’t that game doing really well right now?”

“I have to make my own game now.”

“ah… … .”

“I made this decision because I wanted to quickly relieve a big burden and focus more on my teammates and you, Yoona.”

“… … .”

Yoona, who was silently looking at Taeyeon, asked another question.

“I’m good… … Will my brother be okay?”

“what?”

“Can you afford it? From the moment we show up at the airport side by side, dating articles will explode.”

“ah… … .”

Come to think of it, Yoona was not a celebrity, but she was a national hero who boasted more than a superstar.

Even now, she is a being that receives tremendous interest and love in one body, to the extent that her nickname when she was active as a player was the national sister.

A person like that kindly appeared at the airport with some kind of man?

Korea will turn upside down.

However, Taeyeon was prepared for this part from the beginning.

“I’m rather worried that it will harm you.”

“What damage?”

“Are you going out with a guy who doesn’t seem like that even if you go out with him? Does Yuna Kim have eyes? Rather date me! If you hear something like this… … ?”

Laughter broke out as soon as the words were finished.

“Oppa, he is really good at self-harming jokes. What is it? Ahahahaha!”

I didn’t mean to be funny… … .

Still, Yoona is happy, so I end with the words I started with a joke.

“It would be a great honor if I could spark dating rumors with you. I plan to scrap the article and pass it on to my children later as an heirloom.”

* * *

I couldn’t leave for New York right away.

“I need at least a week to spare. I need to organize my schedule.”

I didn’t think of that.

So Taeyeon decided to cancel her vacation on the spot and go to work and wait while Yoona’s schedule was sorted out.

When I got to work, I had a lot of things to do before I left.

“When will the PD-nim’s scenario come out? At least a character concept needs to be set before art work can begin.”

“I also need a map setting. I need it to be able to work on the level.”

“What about the item?”

Currently, Pantheon’s official screenwriter is only Baek Young-hoon, who was brought in from ‘Bless’.

Bae Su-hyeon, a former children’s story writer, is in charge of Project D, and even if that wasn’t the case, she lacked the experience and capabilities to use it now.

The problem was Baek Young-hoon.

“Younghoon, I think I will have to do a scenario presentation. Is that possible?”

“Uh, uh… … .”

All game work begins with the screenwriter.

Concepts and settings such as characters, worldviews, maps, items, and stories must be created in the scenario so that other planning teams can work on systems and contents. Art and programs can only be put into work when a plan is issued by the planning team.

In a word, it is safe to say that the scenario planner is at the center of game planning. The problem is that Baek Young-hoon does not have this level of experience.

“Have you made a presentation?”

“When I was in college… … .”

Of course, game companies have different requirements than university presentations.

“Let’s prepare a presentation document in two days.”

“In three days?”

white face.

‘It must be difficult, right?’

Think for a moment and ask.

“I’ll give you four days.”

“Well, until then, somehow… … .”

This may seem daunting, but Baek Young-hoon accepted it anyway.

‘I can’t just leave it to Mr. Baek Young-hoon.’

I think I will have to prepare a separate presentation document and presentation.

If you can’t use Baek Young-hoon, you have to step in.

* * *

Fortunately, there was data organized during the Nexple presentation.

[Use this.]

He shares all the documents with Baek Young-hun, and he himself creates a presentation document based on them.

A plausible document was completed in one day.

‘It’s a very familiar job, so this much is nothing.’

The problem is Baek Young-hoon.

Can you meet the presentation quality in 4 days?

‘Actually, it would be a good experience to go out and break it… … .’

The problem is that Baek Young-hoon is still a novice scenario planner.

And the Pantheon workers he picked are all great people. Relentless criticism will fly in, and Baek Young-hoon, who has been exposed to the bombing, will receive a shock that is difficult to recover from.

‘It’s nothing up to that point, but when that happens, the problem is that people can’t work for two weeks.’

wound?

You can even wear it!

If you take care of them by your side, they will recover quickly, and if you teach them, they will grow. Baek Young-hoon is a great talent, so he will follow me well.

However, the period of work that was meaninglessly wasted cannot be reversed.

‘So I have to do it.’

Four days passed like that.

“Are you ready?”

“yes. me, but… … ?”

“What is it?”

“… … .”

Baek Young-hoon, who was hesitant, shook his head.

“Oh, nothing.”

“Just tell me. I won’t say anything.”

Baek Young-hoon, who was hesitant, spoke cautiously.

“There are a few things that are lacking… … .”

“Did you not finish writing the document?”

“That’s not it… … .”

“That’s it. Let’s try it. Let’s see.”

“… … yes.”

Baek Young-hoon’s first scenario presentation began.

“Hmmm!”

After clearing his throat, Baek Young-hoon announces the start of the presentation.

“Ji, I will start presenting the Pantheon scenario from now on.”

The presentation document he painstakingly prepared for four days is displayed on the Beam Project.

“I will start with the world view. In the beginning, in the beginning, there was good and evil… … .”

A sigh flows from the beginning.

‘The beginning of that bastard… … .’

How come all MMORPG game worldviews have the same beginning?

‘Let’s watch for now.’

You can edit the content.

however… … .

“… … So good and evil… … .”

The story of the beginning of that guy continues without ending.

Possibly because Yoo Tae-yeon was just listening, Baek Young-hoon, who had regained his confidence, was pouring out his passionate speech.

“… … That’s how the real main scenario begins. Oh, wait. drink some water… … .”

Hmmm!

After quenching my throat and clearing my throat, I move on to the next document.

“Oops.”

Unknowingly, he let out a sigh.

But I couldn’t help it.

Following the battlefield, this PPT was also filled with letters.

There were about one or two reference images I scraped from the internet.

“Then continue… … .”

“Wait.”

I can’t listen to you anymore.

Taeyeon started in earnest.

“Turn over to the next page.”

It was only then that Baek Young-hun realized that something was wrong and suddenly became timid.

Keep an eye on it and follow what it tells you to do.

“Next chapter.”

Sarak.

“Keep flipping through.”

Sarak, Sarak.

It is full of text.

“Whoa, it’s to the point where I can’t tell if it’s a game presentation or a novel reading.”

“… … .”

Baek Young-hoon’s face turned red.

Taeyeon, who was staring at her, said.

“Shall I tell you one surprising secret?”

“… … ?”

“Developers don’t look at scenario documents. I’m busy doing my own thing.”

“… … !”

“In the beginning, I try hard to understand. However, if revisions or additions of settings continue and the amount increases rapidly, from then on, I give up understanding. Then what should I do?”

Baek Young-hoon, who rolled his eyes, answered timidly.

“no way… … Do I have to keep making presentations like this?”

“of course.

“Uh, until when?”

“Until the scenario is confirmed.”

“… … !”

“And until all developers understand the scenario.”

“… … .”

“Later, each team and part will ask you to present a part related to your work. I have to deal with that too.”

There is no such thing as deciding anything at once.

Fix, fix, fix… … .

It was this industry that could not be relieved even at the last minute.

Even the world-famous hit game, Monster Eater, had various problems from time to time, so Taeyeon had to play the role of evolution chief.

“… … .”

Tsk.

Seeing Baek Young-hoon lose his fighting spirit, he kicked Tae-yeon.

Then he took off his suit jacket, put it on a chair, rolled up his shirt sleeves up to his wrists, and said.

“Sit down and watch me do it.”

“… … ?”

“I will teach you clearly what a scenario planner’s presentation is.”

Baek Young-hoon sat down with a face full of anticipation.

While preparing to write, he came up with a good idea and asked hastily.

“Peddy! Can I film a video of you giving a presentation?”

“Are you filming a video?”

“I want to watch and learn! Because there is a limit to what I can accept… … .”

Not a bad idea.

Taeyeon nodded.

“You do that.”

Taeyeon started her presentation only after receiving a sign saying that filming had begun.

“hello. This is Yoo Tae-yeon, executive producer of Universe Studio. I will start presenting the scenario now.”

‘Oh, I forgot to introduce myself after greeting you!’

The document that followed was not flashy, but the contents were well compressed.

“I will skip the mythology part and move on. Because it’s not important. Please refer to the shared document later when you have time.”

And in the practice of each part, it focuses on the really important contents.

Images, graphs, tables, etc… … .

It uses a variety of visual materials to make it easy to understand.

‘ah… … !’

When you look at it, you are simply amazed.

All the workers were clearly guiding what to know and how to work.

‘That’s why you said it’s different from the school presentation!’

Literally a presentation for internal developers.

‘But not everyone can do it. This is only possible when you know all the work as if it were your field of expertise.’

Even for programmers, it clearly explains what kind of collaboration is needed.

“… … This concludes the Pantheon scenario presentation.”

Baek Young-hoon clapped his hands.

And he cried out with a face full of excitement.

“It was amazing! It gave me a clear idea of what I was going to do and how the development process would work!”

“This is not a presentation to show the complete stranger what our game is like. It is a presentation to assist the work of workers who each have their own specialties. First of all, you have to clearly recognize that and start.”

Taeyeon diligently passed on her know-how.

The video was still being filmed, but Baek Young-hoon seemed to have forgotten about it, so he was eager to ask and answer questions.

However, the conversation could not continue to the end.

“I think it would be better to end here.”

“yes? Ah, I still have more questions to ask… … .”

Instead of answering, Taeyeon pointed outside the conference room.

Beyond the transparent glass exterior, numerous people gathered to watch.

Taeyeon said with an embarrassed face.

“I guess my voice was loud. Let’s continue our conversation in the cafeteria.”