Game Development Giant

"He didn't bother to do it."

Naturally, Jester knew Hiroshi Yamauchi very well. He would not even bother to do something like deliberately pretending to be ill. However, before recruiting Shigeru Miyamoto, he had never encountered such a situation. , if you knew...

If he knew, would Jester still do it?

Jester asked himself such a question deep in his heart, and then he really wanted to come to a conclusion that he would not do it. However, he did not think about other people. In the end, after many considerations and weighings, he came to the conclusion that he would not do it. He came to the conclusion that if he even knew that Hiroshi Yamauchi would suffer a heart attack or even die because of his poaching Shigeru Miyamoto.

He will definitely dig Miyamoto Shigeru.

After thinking of this, Jester suddenly became a little uninterested. He suddenly felt that he had become so cold-blooded now. Is this how capital has changed him? Jester didn't know.

"People change."

He shook his head helplessly and said to Mark Saini beside him: "I'm feeling a little unwell, so I'll go back and take a rest first."

In the end, Shigeru Miyamoto did not choose to return to Japan.

Two days later, the news about Yamauchi's condition finally became clear. Yamauchi's life was not in danger, but complications caused by heart disease caused a stroke, that is, cerebral hemorrhage. This means that Nintendo The founder of the gaming empire, Hiroshi Yamauchi, will only be able to lie in bed in the days to come.

A week later, Nintendo's board of directors was re-elected, and Minoru Arakawa was elected president of Nintendo's board of directors.

As expected, the first thing that Minoru Arakawa did when he was elected as the chairman of Nintendo was to take action on Nintendo's game industry, especially the ns handheld machine that was only completed before Hiroshi Yamauchi's accident. It was immediately reported that Nintendo was planning to News of sale en bloc.

Moreover, the identity of the receiver also has implications.

That's why.

Actually. Sony is indeed very interested in this, because Sega is developing its own color screen handheld machine, and because Sony previously focused all its efforts on the development of the next generation of home game consoles, it has not done much about this. If you are interested, of course you will be interested in this finished product from Nintendo.

Although it does not have a color screen, compared to the current gameboy of Mars Entertainment, Nintendo's ND is not inferior at all.

After Kutaragi Ken consulted his own hardware experts, they all said that it would not be difficult to make a handheld phone with a color screen. The difficult thing is to ensure small size, low weight, and high battery life. This is the most difficult thing to ensure. It is not that it cannot be solved, but it is very difficult and difficult to solve in a short time.

Jester was not interested in Nintendo's handheld console, he was interested in Nintendo's developer team.

Especially the Intelligence Development Headquarters. Although Shigeru Miyamoto is the most famous among them, how could it be possible that the Intelligence Development Headquarters has such a great reputation in later generations because of Shigeru Miyamoto alone? It's just that Shigeru Miyamoto's light was so bright that it obscured the others.

And after Shigeru Miyamoto learned about Jester's plan. He also immediately volunteered and decided to go to Japan in person to help Jester recruit his former colleagues.

At the same time, he also wanted to visit Hiroshi Yamauchi.

Time flies by quickly, and Jester's life is basically a three-point one. In addition to eating and sleeping, she spends almost all her time on game development, and Claudia also has a lot of opinions on this. Because she was recently pregnant.

But there was nothing Jester could do.

I had no choice but to spend some time with my wife as much as possible. Living directly at the company at night all year round will basically never happen again.

Although there was nothing major in the period after the e3 exhibition, during the holidays in major universities and students were preparing to find internships, Jester suddenly received a call that surprised him. It turned out to be the University of Southern California.

"What? Let me give a lecture?"

Jester listened to the voice on the other end of the phone and asked incredulously.

After getting a definite answer from the other party, he was a little unsure at first, because this matter was indeed a bit too fantasy for him.

It can't be said to be fantasy. If you think about it carefully, it is natural.

Now that the game industry continues to be hot, it is foreseeable that this will be a market with an output value of hundreds of billions in the future. In other words, there is a very shortage of game development professionals and major game developers. Now, in the entire United States, or rather the entire world, there is no formal institution of higher learning that offers such a course to teach students how to develop games.

This is not normal.

Now the University of Southern California wants to open such a course in the school first. It plans to officially start the course next semester. There are not many students enrolled. Therefore, it wants to hire Jester to be the lecturer of this game development course. Of course, They also reach out to others.

Jester didn't agree immediately, he just said to think about it first.

Then he hung up the phone.

In fact, in Jester's memory, the University of Southern California did have a game development department in later generations, and it was very famous. It can be said to be the best in the world. When students take classes, they will have top game designers to teach them. , it can be said that these people grew up under the influence of the top game designers.

Of course, after graduating from college, it is also the first choice for these people to go to major game companies.

As for why Jester knows so clearly, it’s because one of his good friends, a girl who likes games very much, is a game design student at the University of Southern California. Her biggest dream is to create her own game. Just like Hideo Kojima is to "Metal Gear" and Itagaki Tomonobu is to "Ninja Dragon".

Of course, Jester also laughed at him for being a bit whimsical.

Jester doesn’t know when the game design major at the University of Southern California was opened, but in his original history, it probably wasn’t now. However, as he became involved in the video game industry, it seemed like a kind of As an efficient catalyst, it catalyzes the rapid development of this industry like the author's express train.

Indirectly, it also affected the original history.

Of course, Jester has affected more than one thing in changing history, and he doesn't care much about it.

In fact, he is very happy that the University of Southern California can offer such a subject, and he is also very happy that Nen Guanggong invites him to give lectures. However, his time in the second half of the year is really too tight, and there are two crucial games that require Development, so although he wanted to go, it seemed that he was a little too late in terms of time.

Soon, Mark Saini and several other famous producers from Mars Entertainment came to Jester's office.

"What, have you also received an invitation from USC?"

Jester could tell from the slightly smiling expressions on their faces why they came to find him together. When he saw them nodding, Jester didn't say anything.

"I personally agree with this matter. As long as you don't delay your work, you can go."

Jester assured them with a smile.

After sending these people away, Mark Saini seemed a little unhappy when he saw Jester. He asked strangely: "Why, do you think this is bad?"

"No, I very much agree. You also know that there are very few people working in the game industry now. In universities, it is difficult to apply what they learn in practice. Even after entering the company, many people , but also need to be taught step by step.”

Jester shook his head and said a few words casually.

As a developer with a first-line background, Mark Saini naturally knew this very well. He also nodded: "Yes, it was fine before. A game could be made by three or two people, and it required professional skills." The knowledge is still relatively small, but now, especially after we start the development and reserve of 3D games, there is so much professional knowledge required, and it is really difficult to teach step by step."

As he spoke, Mark Saini realized that he had gone off topic.

So he continued to change the topic back, and asked in a curious tone: "Then why do I think you are not very happy?"

"Why."

Jester sighed: "Of course I support this matter, and I am also very interested in it. However, I have too many things to do in the second half of this year, and I'm afraid I won't have much time to spare... "

"Ha ha."

Unexpectedly, before Jester finished speaking, Mark Saini started laughing.

"What did I think it was? Actually, don't worry. I asked specifically about it just now. In fact, USC is very ambitious this time. They want to make it a hit, so this time they are very interested in developing this game. There is a lot of investment in the course, many people are invited to teach, and the number of lessons assigned to each person is not many.”

As he said that, Mark Saini smiled again.

"I also asked. The specific teaching materials they will use have not yet been decided. It is said that they still need to discuss it with us."

Jester relaxed after hearing this: "That's because I'm worrying too much."

After saying that, he picked up the phone and called the University of Southern California to express his acceptance of their invitation. Unexpectedly, the other party was also very happy, because after all, Jester is a benchmark in the industry, and with it, he can give lectures. Then it will definitely get a lot of publicity when recruiting students.

The University of Southern California even invited Jester to give a class to game development students in their first class after the semester started. (To be continued...)