Game Development Giant

When you are fully immersed in something, it is basically difficult to feel the passage of time.

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed.

In fact, game workers in the United States are very hardworking now and in the future, as are game workers in other places. For game workers, working overtime is the only thing that must be done. As far as the game companies Jester knows, history, no matter how big or small, when developing every game, no one does not need excessive work, because only such game companies can survive in this industry. There are countless such companies, whether they are American or Japanese, European, or mainland China in a few decades.

And Mars Entertainment is naturally no exception.

Of course, this is just the beginning of development. It is naturally impossible for Blizzard's chief programmer to insist on working overtime outside his wife's delivery room to complete the StarCraft engine when his wife was giving birth, and leave The classic saying 'It's not a fucking game, it's StarCraft! ’ famous saying in the gaming industry.

But working overtime until ** o'clock in the evening is still commonplace.

And after participating in the conference room a few days ago, Mark Saini, who was very Jester's fanciful and eclectic research and development plan seminar, suddenly told Jester that this thing he called srpg He is interested in the new RPG game type. You must know that he is a die-hard dnd desktop game player. He often runs groups with his subordinates in the lounge. He also discussed with his subordinates before whether he could make an RPG. game, but they discussed it over and over again. The game they wanted to make was just a replica of "Witchcraft" or "Ultima". In addition, they were in a hurry and there were many games being developed at the same time, so in the end they couldn't even make a game. I didn’t even show it to Jester and let it go. so. In this way, Mark Saini also applied to join Jester's development team, which was exactly what Jester wanted, because in addition to making this game, he also had many things to be responsible for. Jester Holdings Group has many things that require his participation every day. For example, dispatching the legal and negotiation teams to go to Hong Kong for formal negotiations with Guo Taiming requires him to follow up throughout the process, so his free time is very short. And with Mark Ceny involved. It also reassures him a lot.

After all the developers understood, at least on the surface, what type of game Jester was going to make, these designers who were once obsessed with dnd role-playing RPG tabletop combat chess. There was great enthusiasm for it, especially after Jester let them play "Nobunaga's Ambition", a real SG game, and made it clear that it was their mission to add the SG style to RPGs. Finally, everyone was very interested in the innovation of this RPG game proposed by Jester.

As for other character levels, health bars, and tasks. Skill. The equipment system, these innovative settings proposed by Jester were inspired by the successful RPG games of later generations. Because there were previous innovations, they did not attract the attention of most people. This made Jester a little confused. Logically speaking, it was unlikely that anyone would call his office directly at such a late hour, unless it was a member of his family... While thinking about this, Jester picked up the phone. Telephone. As soon as the call was connected, he was a little surprised by the voice that came from the phone. It might be that the overseas phone call had some damage to the sound quality. The voice on the phone was a little hoarse, as if he had just cried.

The call came from Claudia in England.

With doubts, Jester asked: "It's so late, what's the emergency?"

After Jester finished speaking, the other side seemed to be silent. After about ten seconds, Claudia's voice sounded again.

"No... I just want to tell you something about work. I thought you were at home before, but I called your father and told me you were at the company, so I called."

These words made Jester a little suspicious. As far as he knew, Claudia was not a person who didn't know how to advance and retreat, and she was very outstanding in terms of EQ, IQ, and ability. How could someone like this be in this situation? The late night call to him was just to talk about some work matters, such as the time difference between Los Angeles and London. Jester didn't think the other party would miss this.

Then, even though Jester was suspicious, he didn't tell the truth, and it was true that he hadn't paid attention to the European branch for a while, so he chatted with Claudia about work matters.

After just talking to each other for a few minutes, Claudia's somewhat abnormal tone before became normal. From the phone call, Jester could clearly feel the confidence of a strong woman coming to her face, instead of the previous one. Like a poor girl like a frightened sparrow.

This change in tone also made Jester extremely curious.

"When will Dreambox be released in Europe? Recently, people from the company told me that some Dreambox and game cartridges have appeared in many places in Europe from various channels, and the prices are high, especially one called " "Balotelli's Adventures in Another World" seems to be selling like crazy, and the price of this game on the market is already a full 30% higher than the price it is sold in the United States."

Claudia's tone was teasing.

Hearing Claudia's question, Jester also knew that the other party was just jokingly complaining to him, because before Dreambox was officially announced, he summoned several company executives to hold a conference call to discuss the specific launch plan. The regions and regions were all determined at that meeting. At that time, Europe was set to be the last region to be launched, and Japan was the second region to be launched.

It was launched in North America in the first half of 1985, and officially launched in Japan in the summer of the second half of the year. The earliest date in Europe is also set for Christmas. If the production capacity is not up to standard, it may be postponed to late January.

Although this plan was opposed by Claudia when it was first launched. But after Jester explained to her the reasons for doing this one by one, she had to agree. However, in order to compensate, the launch area of ​​the new electronic pet machine before Dreambox was officially released in Europe was placed in Europe. The expansion pack that will be released soon for "World Storm" is also located in Europe.

"Let's not talk about it for now. How did you let those top students test the expansion pack cards you just sent? Is there anything that needs to be modified?"

Now that he thought about the expansion pack of "World Storm", Jester also thought of the documents that Clement Company had given him recently. The first batch of trial printing products of the first three expansion packs had been shipped to Europe. The first batch was shipped to Europe for testing by enthusiasts from the two prestigious schools who made "World Storm" a huge hit in Europe.

certainly. Students from these two prestigious schools are also very interested in this, and some clubs have even been established to conduct competitions between "World Storm" cards.

Jester originally planned to build a printing factory on the mainland to do this, but building a printing factory does not happen overnight. It might be better to just buy one directly, but after Jester had people inspect the mainland, they found that the equipment of printing plants or paper mills in the mainland is very backward and cannot satisfy their demand for "World Storm" cards. The printing effect required by the brand, and in order to achieve the printing effect required by them, Clement Company's equipment must be transported to the mainland. Employees have to undergo a period of training before they can officially take up their posts.

and. Regarding the current status of state-owned enterprises, Jester has read some information about this era. Coupled with what he had seen and heard in the mainland, he had gone through ten years of catastrophe. He knew how poor the discipline of workers in state-owned enterprises was now. He remembered that a foreign reporter visited a certain state-owned factory. Unexpectedly, the workers in the workshop stopped working and peeled melon seeds in front of the visitors. Moreover, they gathered together to peel melon seeds. When they saw foreign visitors, they not only did not restrain themselves, but also openly watched.

Jester strongly disagrees with allowing such state-owned enterprise employees to be employees of his factory.

This is just Jester's own thinking. In fact, the right wing has not yet completely gained the upper hand. It is impossible for foreign capital to acquire the consent of the mainland if it wants to acquire state-owned enterprises. What's more, Jester only intends to acquire Factories, rather than fully accepting workers, are conditions that the current mainland government absolutely cannot accept.

This is not a matter of money. It is very complicated. There are disputes over doctrines, interests, and routes. Jester did not want to be inexplicably involved in such a trivial matter. In addition, Jester was There were too many things to do, and there was no time to deal with such small things. I could only give up the idea temporarily and handed over the printing of "World Storm" cards to Clement Company.

Hearing Jester's words, Claudia also laughed.

"They still put forward a lot of suggestions, but I don't know much about it. I have asked the employees in the feedback department to make a report. After the report is completed, I will send the report directly to the United States. Your card department is watching. Revise it." Claudia said with a smile. After finishing speaking, she hesitated for a moment before speaking hesitantly.

After a while, Claudia suddenly changed her tone.

"Li, do you have time to come to England recently?" This time Claudia's tone was no longer as confident as before, but with a hint of hesitation and hesitation.

Hearing Claudia's words, Jester frowned sharply. He was now sure that something must have happened to Claudia in the UK, and this matter might be Her personal matter, but this personal matter was so big that it made her, a strong woman, so uneasy that she called herself late at night to discuss work.

With almost no hesitation, Jester nodded.

"No problem, I'll book the flight right away and we'll arrive tomorrow."

After Jester said this, Claudia seemed to fall silent again on the other end of the phone. After nearly a minute, her voice rang again.

"Thanks.")