Game Development Giant

After receiving Jester's answer, although it was not what they wanted to hear the most, it was still better than nothing, so the audience in the audience temporarily became quiet. Obviously, in reciprocation, they also agreed to Jester's request. Unless something unexpected happened, they would not continue to confront him for the time being, so that his press conference would not be able to proceed normally.

Jester was also very satisfied with this. He made a gesture to the staff at the back, and then several employees from Mars Entertainment came to Jester's side pushing a computer that looked a little different.

The audience in the audience once again had doubts. If you don't demonstrate the game for a good game console launch, why do you also push a computer? Is Mars Entertainment also planning to sell computers? Or...will they launch a brand new computer game?

The moment Jester started the computer, many similar thoughts suddenly popped into the minds of countless players at the scene.

So is it a computer, a computer game, or both? Everyone is looking forward to it.

This computer was specially assembled by He Guoyuan. Although the hardware used is not the best today, it is still at the highest level, such as a 20M hard drive, a 16-bit CPU, a 16-bit graphics card, and a 17-bit graphics card. inch monitor, etc. However, this was originally only used to demonstrate the graphics card, so Jester didn't care much. Moreover, when he discussed with He Guoyuan about the high-end computer brand they were planning to launch, they basically reached a consensus on design and sales strategy. There is a big difference between Shangya and when he first came up with this idea, that is, the closed nature proposed by Jester.

And under Jester's repeated persuasion. He Guoyuan also agreed to Jester's proposal.

As for why they proposed closedness, the simple reason is because the target group of the high-end gaming computer they want to build will be very niche. Because the price is too high, only true love will buy it. In this way, he can make the brand of this computer very high and not care what other people think.

Then, he can give these people a reason to buy their expensive computers: only with our computers, with our systems, can we play our computer games.

Of course, these cannot be said explicitly. However, time is still short and it is obviously impossible for them to have their own operating system.

Operating systems, especially graphical operating systems, are still in their infancy, but it is not something that can be done overnight if you want to do it yourself, so for the time being, you can only use IBM's compatible system as a temporary replacement. The signal of this computer is connected to the back After showing up on the big screen, Jester entered DOS through commands and selected a startup program, but he did not press Enter. Instead, he turned around and faced the audience.

Everyone is confused and curious. Looking forward to seeing all kinds of completely different looks, Jester began to explain what he was going to do.

"I know everyone is curious about why I brought such a shabby computer over for demonstration instead of doing what you game companies or designers should do most - build your own new home game console. The demonstration of the first game. I said it was a waste of time before, but now you still want to demonstrate. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?" As soon as Jester finished saying this, what he had told him before would not happen at this conference. The audience, who felt a little indignant at the demonstration of their new game, suddenly laughed knowingly.

Jester couldn't help but smile. He licked his dry lips again after talking for a long time, and then continued.

"The reason why we don't show our new games at the exhibition is because we feel that we should share more of our surprising products with you at this short exhibition..." Jester just said this, and everyone in the audience The players started to cheer. Because what Jester said was like your new game is not a product that you can surprise, but this time Jester smiled and pressed down with both hands. After gesturing for everyone to be quiet, they all stopped laughing. They really wanted to see what Jester had to say.

"Don't misunderstand, our new game will naturally shock every player who likes us. What I mean is that we will set up a trial area for our new game at the next CES exhibition, so you can try it out It is much better for you to actually experience the content in the play area than for me to demonstrate it here. After all, I blew up the game while demonstrating it, and you don’t have an intuitive feeling. It’s better to just show it to you. Use this time saved to introduce things or content that you can’t experience at this exhibition yet.”

Hearing what Jester said made sense, the audience in the audience were quietly waiting to see what Jester had in his eyes that would shock the players more than showing off his new game. If If he can't do it, then don't blame yourself for making him unable to step down.

Jester just smiled confidently, obviously knowing what he was going to demonstrate next.

"A few months ago, people from ATI, the company that supplies graphics chips to our Dreambox, came to us and said that we had just successfully developed a brand new 16-bit graphics card with excellent performance. They hoped that we could provide this for them. I didn't think it was possible to tailor a computer game with a graphics card. I didn't think it was possible to make any decent games on a computer. Many of my colleagues at the time had similar views to me - we were a big company after all. Maybe instead of making the rough mosaics of the Atari era, we should make beautiful, real games that people can really immerse themselves in after just one glance. In my impression, PC is obviously not able to do that. Do this."

"But after I took a look at the specific parameters of the graphics card they gave me, I went to the hardware department without saying a word, and then overnight someone used the best parts to assemble a computer that can carry this card. A pc with a graphics card.”

Of course Jester's words were false. He was not at the company when ATI sent the graphics card. He knew about such a graphics card but returned to the company a few days later. Mark Saini told him, However, he also used this to help Mark Saini complete the Carmack scroll algorithm, which can successfully complete the smooth scrolling of the scroll on the PC. This news has not been widely disclosed even in the company, except for Mark. Only a few people outside of the R\u0026D team of Saini's "Avengers" knew about it.

But this does not prevent Jester from adapting himself, as long as the audience in the audience feels that it is true. After all, who-care is whether this matter is true or false? What they care about is what you think this thing can do!

So Jester continued to make up his story.

"Then, I and several colleagues spent a few days designing a game level for this graphics card to see if its performance is as strong as ATI boasts. We can't wait for this, because as a As a game designer, I deeply know what kind of impact it will have on the current game market when the graphics can be upgraded to the level described by the parameters of this graphics card.”…

“This game is also an idea I had for a long time, to make a game like a movie. However, due to hardware limitations, it was extremely difficult at the beginning of the design, and I didn’t want to weaken this game. I wanted to express the effect in the game, so I haven’t done any research and development, but this time, after I saw the specific parameters of this graphics card, I thought I should give it a try.”

As he spoke, Jester pressed the Enter key on the computer, and an exquisite and outrageous game loading interface appeared on the big screen behind him in the next moment. This was a picture with an extremely rich Arabic style— - A young man holding a shining silver Damascus scimitar, with his upper body bare and wearing a pair of Arab-style trousers, was making a slashing motion with the knife.

The moment this scene appeared, the audience below the stage showed disbelief at the first sight. Their mouths were wide open, their eyes were wide open, and their faces were full of astonishment.

How could this picture be so exquisite and the colors so gorgeous? It was almost the same as the cartoons seen on TV. The previous arcade machines and game consoles couldn't compare with this kind of picture!

But is this really an effect that can be achieved in the game? impossible!

This is everyone's question.

Then, Jester could see it from the stage. Under the stage, some people immediately showed suspicious looks after being surprised. They had played video games for so many years, but they had never heard that the graphics of the game could be done like this. It was so precise, so they couldn't help but doubt it.

With such questions, they continued to watch. The loading screen of the game ended quickly, and a cool golden font written in a fancy font appeared on the screen, which was the name of the game.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

After Jester chose to start the game, he officially entered the game.

When they saw that the actual game screen was almost the same as the one they saw when they loaded the game before, and it was as exquisite as a picture, the audience finally burst out uncontrollably and earth-shattering. There was a shout, and this time the call was much more enthusiastic and exciting than all the previous calls.

This is really crazy to these people, how could they possibly make the picture look like this!