Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Old Song immediately called the person-in-charge of the independent game incubation base, Qiu Hong, after leaving Tengda Corporation's headquarters.

Qiu Hong had already opened the independent game incubation base in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and the other cultural industries. The scale was getting bigger and bigger, and the incubation base was accommodating more and more independent game designers.

However, he did not stop because of this. He was still doing his best to promote the independent game incubation base.

There were many independent game designers in the country that needed support after all. Qiu Hong's work was actually far away.

It was a good thing that the "sub-base" event this time was limited to the various departments within Tengda. Otherwise, Qiu Hong would have gone to Upwind Logistics to deliver packages.

Old Song quickly made a call and briefly explained Boss Pei's arrangements to Qiu Hong.

Qiu Hong was a little surprised. "Allow the games from independent game incubation base to produce the in-built game in the game router?"

"Are you sure this is Boss Pei's request?"

Old Song said helplessly, "I also think that this is a little ridiculous, but these are indeed Boss Pei's words."

Qiu Hong pondered for a moment and asked, "What else did Boss Pei say? Did he say what kind of game to create? At least there should be a general direction, right?"

Old Song shook his head. "Boss Pei only said that we definitely cannot use the reset version of the old game to confuse players. The game 'Future You Choose' will be two months later than the game router. The timing is not appropriate."

"It would be best to develop a game that can match the characteristics of the game's router, or at least be related to the connotation so that the soft hardware can be combined very well."

"Other than that, Boss Pei did not say anything. He asked me to tell you this information. He also said that you would definitely be able to think of a very good solution."

Qiu Hong nodded even though he was still a little confused. "Alright, I'll discuss it with Xi Hao and figure out Boss Pei's intentions."

"By the way, Boss Pei said that we have to combine the hardware and software. Do you have a design plan for this new system unit?"

Old Song said, "There's a more primitive design manuscript, but Boss Pei's concept is clearer. The form of this machine should not change much in the future. I'll send the design manuscript to you now."

…

After hanging up, Qiu Hong waited patiently for a while. Soon, he received the design plan for this new system unit.

This plan might be primitive but it could already see Boss Pei's design intentions.

"Combine the game machine and the router together to create the effect of the game's transmission. That would be the first to achieve the effect of the cloud game in players' homes?"

"It's indeed Boss Pei. The design concept is still so bold and imaginative. It's hard to understand!"

"However, Boss Pei said that he wanted the hardware to be integrated together, and that he wanted the release game to be related to the characteristics of the main computer…"

"How is this related?"

"What's more, Boss Pei thinks too highly of the independent game designers in the incubation base and me."

"I didn't expect that I would be able to become a game designer again one day. What's more, I'm a game designer who developed Tengda's first in-built game. I'm under immense pressure…"

"Let's have a meeting with Xi Hao, Wu Zhicheng, and the other outstanding independent game designers to figure out Boss Pei's design intentions."

Qiu Hong called Xi Hao, Wu Zhicheng, and the others to the resting area, preparing to hold a small meeting immediately.

After all, this was Tengda's first in-built game. It was not a small matter and could not be neglected.

Wu Zhicheng did not have any particularly good inspiration after developing Black Ink and Clouds, so he did not develop new game projects.

Recently, he had been developing various follow-up patches and downloadable content for Black Ink and Clouds. However, the completion rate of this game was already very high. It was about time to consider new projects.

Qiu Hong quickly explained Boss Pei's request to everyone.

Wu Zhicheng was a little confused. "Huh? Boss Pei actually wants us to develop a navigation game? And together with all our independent game designers?"

Qiu Hong was a little helpless. "That's right."

Obviously, Boss Pei's request was a little too ridiculous. He would obtain new questions every time he conveyed it.

After a moment of silence, Xi Hao asked, "Can we reject this request? Say that the current development of the incubation base is not enough to support the development of such a large-scale project."

Qiu Hong shook his head. "Of course not! Since Boss Pei handed this task to us, it means that he thinks that he is qualified to take on this task given his current research and development ability of the independent game incubation base."

"Boss Pei thinks that we can, but we question ourselves. Is that appropriate?"

"Everyone, don't think about nonsense. Hurry up and follow the standard process. Start analyzing Boss Pei's design intentions."

Qiu Hong might not have worked in Tengda Games but he had heard of the method of designing games within Tengda. He would first analyze the unreasonable content in Boss Pei's requirements seriously, clarify and derive. Finally, he would be able to come up with a different design plan.

The others were also listless. Since they could not reject this task, they would try to design it first.

Qiu Hong said, "Let me start with the introduction."

"Boss Pei has actually roughly limited the development time for this game. He wants to sell it at the same time as the new game system. That means that this game is much smaller than a 3A masterpiece like 'The Future You Choose'."

"I think there are about a dozen hours of game time. It's more appropriate to sell it for more than 100 yuan."

"However, Boss Pei has a special requirement for this. He wants to match the characteristics of the game router and try to achieve the effect of combining soft hardware as much as possible. Do you have any thoughts on this?"

After some consideration, Xi Hao said, "Wait a moment. I think there's a problem that has to be solved first."

"The independent game incubation base is filled with independent game designers. They are not considered a complete game development team. These independent game designers have their own ideas and have not done the screws on the assembly line. It would probably be very difficult to manage a project together."

"Didn't Boss Pei think about this when he was assigning the task?"

This question stumped everyone because it was indeed a suspicious point.

As an outstanding game designer, Boss Pei definitely knew more than everyone else. Could it be that Boss Pei no longer had other research and development capabilities under him, so he forcefully handed this task to the independent game incubation base?

That did not match Boss Pei's strategizing image.

After a moment of silence, Wu Zhicheng said, "I think Boss Pei must have considered this problem. Perhaps it's because this game is most suitable for us to make?"

"The biggest advantage of an independent game incubation base compared to ordinary game development teams is that there are many independent game designers, many ideas, and many styles."

"If every independent game designer were to separately create a part of this game and finally connect them together, giving players many different gaming experiences in a game, wouldn't that be equivalent to completely playing our advantage?"

"Boss Pei should be happy to see this."

Qiu Hong nodded. "Eh? That makes sense! Since Boss Pei arranged this task for us, he must have seen our unique advantage. We should think about how to show this advantage and not deny it immediately."

"What do you think about combining the gameplay with the hardware of the game router?"

Wu Zhicheng continued, "According to the current plan, the biggest advantage of the game's router is the very convenient wireless transmission."

"In other words, after building the entire house network with the game router, all the display equipment in the room would be connected to the router. Then, the main computer would be able to flow and cast the screen to all the display equipment through the router."

"Players can also play games on any screen."

"What's the use of this function? Could it be that players can connect seamlessly in the bedroom after they are tired from playing in the living room?"

"Of course, this is one of its functions, but the practicality is too poor."

"I think this function is more suitable for multiplayer games!"

At that point, everyone's eyes lit up. "Multiplayer game?"

Wu Zhicheng nodded. "That's right. The characteristics of a multiplayer game on the main computer is to have multiple people on the same screen. It must be divided into two or four pieces."

"However, after splitting it, every player's screen would be too small. Unless players use a huge television, the game experience would definitely be affected."

"If the same game can be divided into televisions and computers, televisions and cell phones, cell phones, and tablet computers, it would definitely improve players' gaming experience!"

"What's more, the number of players that multiplayer games can add would also greatly increase. It would no longer be like before, only able to limit two to four people."

"As for the controller problem, it's easy to solve it. You just have to provide a virtual controller APP on the cell phone."

Qiu Hong could not help but raise his thumb and praise. "That's awesome! I think that's the effect that Boss Pei wants to achieve!"

"What's more, according to this train of thought, many-person gaming together is actually very similar to the style of independent games. This is the strength of independent game designers!"

"That way, the prototype of this game would be very clear."

"It's a party game that can have multiple people on the same screen. We can develop a main plot for it for about ten hours. There can be several or even more than ten different gameplay within the main plot. Apart from the main plot, we can also create some fighting games with multiple people on the same screen to increase interest and playability."

"Compared to other party-like games that screen multiple people, the biggest advantage of this game is that through the game router function, the game's graphics can be projected onto different monitors, breaking the restrictions of the size of the monitors!"

"That way, we just have to finalize the main plot and style of this game. The internal structure and small gameplay can be handed over to an independent game designer to complete!"

"Isn't that exactly what Boss Pei wants?"