Game Design: Is it possible? CaiGou

As the year draws to a close, the Sichuan Provincial Game Association’s general meeting is about to be held.

The meaning of this call from Chu Tiankuo is self-evident.

The two of them clicked through, exchanged a few words, and hung up the phone.

Cai Gou thought to himself that as the vice president of the Sichuan Provincial Game Association, it seemed that he was a sure thing.

He was in a good mood and immediately walked out of the conference room humming a song. This appearance happened to be seen by Zhu Ping'an who was passing by. He asked curiously:

"Brother Dog, what's the happy news? Why are you so happy? Tell me about it so that my brother and I will be happy too?"

Cai Gou chuckled and said, "President Chu called me just now to inform me that the Sichuan Provincial Game Association's general meeting will be held in five days and asked me to prepare in advance."

"Oh, then this is a happy event! A big happy event." Zhu Ping'an said excitedly: "I'll call the brothers and go to your house for a drink tonight?"

Cai Gou thought for a second, shook his head and said: "Forget it, the matter has not been settled yet, we will meet again when I come back."

"Hey, that's okay!" Zhu Ping'an nodded, and then asked excitedly:

"Brother Dog, the development of Stardew Valley has been completed. Our project team has nothing to do as the new year is approaching. Do you think this is ridiculous? Why don't you give me another project?"

Stardew Valley and Ark: Survival Evolved are two games that were launched at the same time in the second half of this year due to the counterattack of the plagiarism incident.

However, because Stardew Valley is not large in scale, the current Taipingdao Company project team has a strong team and the game design plan given by Cai Gou.

The production cycle of Stardew Valley, a pixel-style game, is not too long. Now that we have made every effort, it has taken almost two months since the project was approved. It is reasonable that the development of Stardew Valley is completed.

The two chatted while walking. Faced with this problem, Cai Gou fell into deep thought. After a while, he walked to Cai Gou's office. Zhu Ping'an looked at him eagerly and followed him step by step.

Cai Gou pondered for a moment and asked: "Fengqi, Wutong, Qingshan, Baihua, are there any movements in these four game companies?"

Zhu Ping An Rushu Jiazhen said: "Although Qingshan Game Company clamored the most intensely beforehand, they may have come back to it afterwards and started to be afraid. They have not released new games in the past few months."

"Now that the New Year is approaching, the major game official platforms have also begun to hold activities, but Fengqi, Wutong, and Baihua have also not seen any movement."

After receiving accurate feedback, Cai Gou walked to his desk and explained:

"Uncle Emperor, Stardew Valley is intended to attack Fengqi and Wutong, two companies that are deeply involved in farming and management-themed games. Even if Stardew Valley is completed, it cannot be released immediately."

"Let's do this..." Cai Gou circled around, walked behind the desk, opened the first drawer on the left, took out a document and said, "If you don't bother me with anything, take a look at this plan."

Zhu Ping'an's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he walked up to Cai Gou in three steps. He hurriedly took the plan, looked at the title page of the document, and saw three lines of large characters -

【Stardew Valley·SVE】

【Stardew Valley·Ridgeside Village】

【Stardew Valley·Eastscape】

Good guy!

It turns out that Brother Gou had already prepared?

These are actually three large expansion DLCs for Stardew Valley?

While Zhu Pingan was flipping through the pages, Cai Gou explained: "These three large-scale expansion DLCs are very complete. One game cannot attack two game companies, but we cannot disrupt our original plan by attacking these four leading companies." plan of."

"So my idea is to launch Stardew Valley for the two game companies Fengqi and Wutong. We will release large-scale expansion DLC to attack their subsequent games. This will be the most efficient and the least burden."

"Originally, I planned to wait for the two game companies Fengqi or Wutong to release the game after the year. After we sniped one of them, we handed over the design plan to you. Since you, uncle, took the initiative, then this game design plan will be for the year. I’ll leave it to you, don’t be in a hurry, take your time.”

Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an nodded excitedly and said, "Brother Gou, you told me earlier, you've hidden it deeply enough. But whether you should say it or not, your understanding of the casual farming management game is really weird."

"The original version of Stardew Valley is enough to drive players crazy. With the addition of these three DLCs, it seems that players have to stay up all night to earn money. How is this a casual farming and management game? This is clearly a cyberware game that stays up all night to cultivate immortality."

Hearing this, Cai Gou raised his brows slightly and laughed loudly: "Every player is like Cyber ​​Zhao Ziyun, full of liver. It's just a pixel style game. Where can I go?"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Zhu Ping'an acted resolutely, picked up the document and stood up and said: "Brother Dog, I won't waste your precious time and withdraw first. Don't worry, I will keep an eye on the four leading companies at any time."

"Well, go get busy."

Cai Gou agreed and continued to deal with the documents at hand.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Cai Gou found Wu Xiu and explained the upcoming general meeting of the Sichuan Provincial Game Association, and told him: "I am going on a business trip these days."

"Uncle Huang, Monk, Feng Chu, these people are good at doing projects, but not managing companies. If there are any big or small things happening in the company these days, please keep an eye on them. If you can handle them, you can handle them yourself. If you really can't handle them, wait for a few days. I'll come back and deal with it."

Wu Xiu knew the importance of this responsibility and how much Cai Gou valued him. He nodded vigorously: "Brother, don't worry, I know my own weight. I will block the small things for you, and I will report the big things in time."

The next day, Cai Gou came to the Shancheng Game Association for a long time, finished processing a batch of documents on hand, and informed Liu Ruoya of his itinerary.

After getting along with each other for several years, the relationship between the two has been well established, and they just have to break the last layer of paper.

So when Liu Ruoya learned that Cai Gou was going to attend the Sichuan Provincial Election Conference, she took the initiative and asked, "Do you need me to accompany you?"

Cai Gou thought about it again and again, shook his head and said: "The Chinese New Year is almost here, and everyone has a lot of things on their hands. If I leave, and you leave too, what will happen to the association?"

Liu Ruoya thought about it and it was true. Fortunately, even if Cai Gou served as the president of the Sichuan Provincial Game Association, according to convention, he would also serve as the president of the Shancheng Game Association.

After the change of leadership, there will be changes, but not too big. The two of them will spend more time together in the future, so there is no rush.

Liu Ruoya said: "In this case, let's have a meal together?"

"Okay, should I drive, or should I go to a private restaurant?"

Liu Ruoya picked up her bag and said, "Just leave it there, I'm used to it."

The private restaurant was the place where the two had their first meal. As their relationship grew stronger, the nostalgic two always chose the private restaurant every time they dated or ate.

After dinner and watching the movie, Cai Gou sent Liu Ruoya home.

The next day, morning.

Cai Gou took a plane in advance and rushed to the Sichuan Provincial Game Association.

Cai Gou's whereabouts as he rushed to the Sichuan Provincial Game Association were secretly photographed by paparazzi, a reporter in the gaming industry who was paying close attention.

The paparazzi saw with their own eyes that Cai Gou rushed to the Sichuan Provincial Game Association's headquarters, and the president Chu Tiankuo went out to greet him in person. The two shook hands and looked like they were having a great conversation.

As if the paparazzi had found a treasure, they immediately posted it as a front-page headline on the Internet to earn traffic and exposure.

[During the general meeting, General Tiangong rushed to the Sichuan Provincial Association. Why? 】

[The new year is approaching, and the general meeting is coming. Will there be any clues at this meeting? 】

【Shock! The old president actually did such a thing to General Tiangong! 】

The photo was accompanied by an extremely eye-catching title and copy, and spread throughout the gaming circle in a short time.

Players generally only pay attention to games and not to game associations, let alone pay attention to the general meeting of a provincial association when they are full and have nothing to do.

Therefore, before Cai Gou's whereabouts were exposed, players did not know at all that the Sichuan Provincial Game Association's election was at the end of the year, or even if they knew it, it would go in one ear and out the other, and they would not take it to heart.

But...if Cai Gou will participate in this general meeting, and there is even a possibility of going further, then players' interest in this matter will be greatly increased.

"Oh haha? Isn't it right? The old thief is still so young, there is hope for him to reach a higher level?"

"My new friend wants to ask, I don't understand at all. If the old thief takes the next step, what position will he hold?"

"Thank you for the invitation. I am abroad and just got off the plane. The old thief is currently the president of the Shancheng Game Association and the twelfth director of the Sichuan Game Association. If I go one step further, there are actually two options, but it is said that the deputy director of the Sichuan Game Association The president is retiring, and if the old thief can really take over, he will most likely take over from the old vice-president.”

"Tsk! That old thief has broken the record again. He is the youngest vice-president of a provincial association in the country?"

During this discussion among the players, they really made a mistake and exposed the truth.

The Sichuan Provincial Game Association was about to hold a general meeting, and I didn't want to hide it. As the incident continues to ferment, its influence rapidly expands.

After Chu Tiankuo applied to Liu Shu and received approval, he simply decided to make the Sichuan Province General Assembly a simultaneous live broadcast to allow more players to participate.

[Sichuan Game Association: The popularity of this re-election conference is unprecedentedly high. We will implement the three-step strategy of adding games to allow more players to participate. With the approval of superior leaders, this re-election conference will be held in a simultaneous live broadcast]

As soon as this scarf was released, it dropped a big bomb in the gaming circle and attracted the attention of many players.

A meeting of a provincial association cannot be seen casually on weekdays, let alone such an important event as the general meeting.

The players clapped their hands and applauded——

"The situation is bad! I give full marks to this operation!"

"Hey, is there any surprise?"

"The Sichuan Provincial Game Association is very grand, and we can't do any errands. I didn't say anything, but I must watch the new meeting!"

Players' public opinion unanimously praised this. During the players' discussion, the Sichuan Provincial Game Association's re-election meeting was officially held.

The meeting site was packed with seats. President Chu Tiankuo was sitting in the center of the rostrum, flanked by three vice presidents and twelve directors. Cai Gou was also sitting among them.

As soon as the live broadcast rooms of major official platforms started broadcasting, a large number of players poured in. When they saw Cai Gou sitting on the stage wearing a suit with a serious face, they were very excited.

Game producer General Tiangong has seen a lot.

Cai Gou, the president of the Shancheng Game Association, is rarely seen.

Cai Gou has single-handedly lowered the average age of leaders on the stage. This wave can be said to be outstanding.

At the beginning of the meeting, Chu Tiankuo delivered a speech: "Good afternoon, colleagues of the association. It is an honor for me to preside over this session of the Sichuan Game Association session. Here, we must first..."

On the stage, Chu Tiankuo paid high respect to Zhang Yang, the retiring vice president, and thanked him for his outstanding contributions to the Sichuan Game Association.

Vice President Zhang Yang immediately delivered a farewell speech, thanking the Sichuan Provincial Game Association for being such a big family and platform, allowing him to make a difference.

At the same time, I would also like to thank my colleagues from the Sichuan Game Association for their strong support. I hope that the Sichuan Game Association and the Sichuan game industry will get better and better in the future.

After Vice Chairman Zhang Yang finished his resignation speech, Chu Tiankuo raised the microphone and entered the important part of this re-election meeting - the re-election meeting.

At this meeting, Chu Tiankuo implemented the game plus three-step strategy, advocated the purpose of younger, professional and quality leaders of the association, and nominated 15 middle and lower-level leading cadres of the association.

Although the votes were passed, more or less people chose to oppose or abstain from voting.

Until the end, Chu Tiankuo raised the microphone and said: "At this general meeting, Cai Gou is nominated to serve as the vice president of the Sichuan Provincial Game Association. Please vote!"

"Brush! Brush! Brush!"

After hearing this, all game association representatives raised their hands almost simultaneously to approve the nomination.

The nomination of the vice president of the Cai Gouchuan Provincial Game Association was unanimously approved by the association.

In the live broadcast room, the water friends were very excited when they saw this——

"Holy shit, is he really the vice president? The youngest vice president of a provincial association in the country?"

"Passed by unanimous vote? Really passed by unanimous vote? Isn't this cool?"

"Ooooooo, Cai Bao, my Cai Bao has grown up!"

"Mom fans, get out, this is the world of girlfriend fans!"

"Cai Gou: Don't call me General Tiangong from now on, call me Captain Tiangong!"

"From today on, the title of the old thief will be increased by another one! Awesome——"

People’s hearts are made of flesh, and Cai Gou’s outstanding contribution to the Sichuan Provincial Game Association this year has been seen by everyone.

Without Cai Gou, the Music Special Game Festival would never have been so successful.

Without Cai Gou, the national-level game industrial park would never be located in a mountain city.

Without Cai Gou, the game plus education special exhibition would never have become a business card of Sichuan Province’s game industry to the outside world.

Chu Tiankuo nodded happily, and then looked at Cai Gou: "Vice President Cai, can you say a few words?"

Cai Gou breathed a sigh of relief, took the microphone, looked at the people in the audience, and said with emotion in his heart: "Dear colleagues, elites in the game industry, and gamers in the live broadcast room, hello everyone."

"Today is my first day as the vice president of the Sichuan Game Association. I feel a great responsibility. At the same time, I am deeply honored to be able to witness and promote the vigorous development of the game industry with everyone in the days to come."

"Games, as the ninth art, not only bring endless fun to our lives, but also continuously broaden the boundaries of art and enrich the human spiritual world."

"First of all, I want to emphasize that gaming is the ninth art, and this view is not groundless."

"The game integrates literature, art, music, movies and other art forms. Through interactive design, players can personally participate in it and experience unprecedented artistic feelings..."

Cai Gou's inspiring and unscripted speech was so lofty and inspiring that he won applause from the whole room.

People close to you are naturally proud and happy, and feel the same way.

But the haters feel extremely angry and their eyes are about to burst.

Little did they know that a gathering targeting Cai Gou was quietly kicking off.

【Monthly Ticket】【Recommended Ticket】

PS: Third update