Game Development Giant

After Suzuki Yu heard his president's question.

He also frowned and opened his mouth, but the statement from Jester's mouth just now that there might be three hundred people really shocked him, and he didn't know how to answer his boss.

After all, he develops games by himself, and the most development team he has ever led was only fifty people, and that was in the recent development of "VR Warrior". This includes the people hired to design the moves and actions of the characters. Some boxing masters, as well as the motion capture department that just joined, and Jester said before that the investment in this game will not be less than 200 million US dollars in research and development investment, which shocked him so much that he could not recover for a long time. Come.

What is the concept of two hundred million US dollars?

This Yu Suzuki is unimaginable because he has never seen so much money himself.

The development team he led with the largest investment was "VR Warrior", and Sega is a well-known company in the industry that does not hesitate to spend a lot of money to develop games. However, despite this, the entire development investment of "VR Warrior" did not exceed 3 million US dollars. In the industry, even the development teams of Mars Entertainment are enough to rank in the top five.

And $200 million?

Suzuki Yu didn't even know how to spend it. Even in a situation like this, the stated investment would definitely be suspected of exaggeration. But since Jester can directly tell the number of 200 million, then even if there is water, The investment that may be required is at least US$100 million.

After listening for a long time, Nakayama Hayao didn't wait for Suzuki Yu's answer, but he didn't care, because of what Jester just said, five years of development time, 200 million US dollars in development investment, and the size of the development team of 300 people , these news even calmed him down. Not to mention Suzuki Yu, and the reason why he asked was not because he really wanted Suzuki Yu to answer.

It was just used to express my shock.

To be honest, can Sega now spend 200 million US dollars? That's for sure. The game industry relies on sales. In addition, Sega has arcades all over Japan. Therefore, Sega has a lot of money flowing through it. Two hundred million US dollars is a lot of money. But if you put it on a big company like Sega, it's actually not impossible to get it.

But it's one thing to be able to use it, and it's another thing to be willing to use it and invest in the development of a game.

Even say something very realistic.

Even if Hayao Nakayama can talk through Sega's board of directors and get them to agree to invest 200 million US dollars to develop a game that will take five years and 300 people to develop, even if Yu Suzuki is asked to lead the team, Yu Suzuki may not know how to use it. What kind of games will be used to develop this money?

At this time, Nakayama Hayao couldn't help but think of what Jester said to him before.

Overall, Hayao Nakayama is a very enterprising entrepreneur. Moreover, when it comes to game development, no expense is spared, so. Although he only believed half of what Jester said on the stage, even half of it was a grand gesture that he would never be able to make. And he also knew Jester's purpose of asking him to borrow Suzuki Yu.

Most likely, it was for this game of his.

"Suzuki..."

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Nakayama Hayao felt that now was not the time to explain to Suzuki Yu. So, after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Are you interested in the game Jester Lee just described?"

This question made Suzuki Yuichi confused.

interest? The problem is that based on what Jester simply described just now, he doesn't know what kind of game it is. He only knows that it is an open-ended game with free choices. He has no idea about such a game. Indeed, I have thought about it, but I just thought about it briefly and did not think about actually making it.

Besides, even if he was interested, could the company really invest Jester Lee's investment in letting him develop it?

However, although Suzuki Yu kept complaining in his heart, he still answered Nakayama Hayao in a respectful tone: "President, as a game producer, you will definitely be interested in such a development project, even if you are in As an ordinary developer, it is an improvement to be able to participate in the development of such a huge project and understand what is going on in such a huge development project."

From Suzuki Yu's tone, Nakayama Hayao could clearly hear a sense of envy.

After hearing the answer from his subordinate, Nakayama Hayao's expression changed, and then he remained silent. To be honest, before that, Nakayama Hayao had no idea about the proposal that Jester had told him before that he wanted to borrow Suzuki Yu to help. He won't care, because no matter what conditions Jester puts forward, he will not agree to it. Moreover, no matter how amazing the game Jester makes and how amazing the treatment he gives, he has enough confidence in giving it to Suzuki Yu.

However, now that he knew the scale of the game Jester was going to make, his thoughts were somewhat shaken.

However, Yu Suzuki is Sega's signature character. If he wants to borrow it, Nakayama Hayao will never agree. Needless to say, he will not agree, and the board of directors will not agree.

However, judging from the plan just announced by Jester.

This shows that Jester was definitely prepared when he mentioned this matter to him. Therefore, although he still has the idea of ​​​​not agreeing to Jester's request, Nakayama Hayao really has it. At the opening After the formal speech, the conversation with Jester was enlarged.

Nakayama Hayao did not tell Suzuki Yuaki the content of his previous conversation with Jester.

After understanding Suzuki Yu's thoughts, he just nodded lightly, and then said in a low voice: "After Jester Lee's opening ceremony is over, he will go to the rest room with me." I want to meet him in the room. He has something he wants to talk to you and us about..." At this point, Nakayama Hayao paused for a moment, but continued: "...it's about the game he just talked about."

Hearing his president say this, Suzuki Yu's eyes lit up.

Then he concentrated again and listened carefully to Jester's ongoing speech on the stage.

After everyone's surprise, surprise and disbelief subsided a little, Jester continued to talk with a smile.

"Many of you may think that I am bragging and drawing you some pies that look delicious but are actually impossible to eat, but I can tell you clearly that everything I say here The words are all genuine. Indeed, as you said, this is indeed a pie that cannot be eaten. However, the inability to eat this pie is only temporary because it takes a very long time to make this pie. Yes, what is needed is your patience."

"Because otherwise, how could we possibly make the most delicious pie in the world?"

As he said that, Jester smiled: "I see you still don't believe it. Let's do this. I'll call you by name casually, and you can all ask me a question. The question is about the game. Of course, some specific details. I can’t go into details about it, so I will only answer with yes or no, yes or no, and your questions can only be about games.”

Then the audience once again erupted into the most enthusiastic cheers since Jester started speaking.

In fact, Jester didn't intend to say too much.

Because the game I want to make is really advanced and far ahead of the games of this era. Needless to say, these current players, even some players in future generations, many of them may not be able to tell the difference. What is the difference between box games and open world games?

Jester has encountered this many times before.

It seems that in the future, those players who have played many games that are developed worlds or sandboxes or both will always confuse sandbox games with developed world games.

In fact, the two games are very different in nature.

When broken down into game categories, it can be said that these are two completely different types of games. Of course, in a broad sense, the two can indeed be mentioned together.

Long story short.

To put it simply, the meaning of sandbox is very simple. The key point is that players can make significant changes to the game environment and behavior through some mechanisms. Just like a child playing with sand in a sandpit, he can use the sand to make anything. , you can do whatever you want, so it’s called a sandbox game. What kind of game counts as such a game?

Earlier games, robo-craft and besiege.

Among the more recent games, the most famous may be "Minecraft" or "Ark", which is a game where you can hunt and tame dinosaurs.

Many people say whether gta5 is a sandbox in the strict sense.

This can be clearly stated, no, because although in GTA, you have many choices and there are many endings of the final plot, but no matter how you do it, these things are all designed by the designer from the beginning. It’s designed for you in the game.

In other words, this is not the result of one's own free will at all.

What about open world games?

This is easier to understand. As the name suggests, it means that players can wander in the world non-linearly, and the game process does not forcefully restrict the player's behavior.

There are countless such games, such as "GTA" mentioned before, such as "Old Scroll 5", such as "Fallout", such as "World of Warcraft", yes, you read it right, it is "World of Warcraft" .

Although "World of Warcraft" is an online game, it is also a genuine open world game.

Of course, there are games that combine sandbox and free world.

For example, "World of Warcraft" introduced the mirror mechanism.

And, eve. (To be continued...)