Game Development Giant

When you have something to do, it is difficult to feel the passage of time.

Because there is always something to do.

Every moment of every day is filled up. In addition to being responsible for the production of "Monster Hunter", Jester is also working on the structure of the entire Azeroth world from scratch, including the map and the different terrains in each area. Characteristics, possessed monsters, characters, and so on and so forth.

After all, it is impossible for Jester to clearly remember all the content of the original WOW, even though he has done all versions of the Erudite mission.

Of course, this huge amount of work was not completed by him alone. The Sons of Mars team previously had a team dedicated to improving the plot and structure of the Azeroth world. The number of people was not large, but they were interested in this matter. There are still quite a few people. After Jester decided to do this, the group began to expand continuously. Some members of the Sons of Mars team who had not been on missions recently were very happy to be disabled.

Building an entire world from scratch sounds cool.

This kind of thing like a creator is the most satisfying thing for those people who often think of themselves as artists.

However, although Jester did not keep this matter secret, few people could guess the reason why Jester did this. However, they generally guessed that he was either preparing to start a masterpiece comparable to the original "The Hero". Making a prologue, but it’s a bit impossible to say that, because Jester has already said before that within a short period of time, Jester also specifically explained the short period here, referring to the period between this generation of consoles. Inside, it is impossible for him to carry out such a big project.

As for whether there will be one in the next console generation.

Although Jester didn't say it explicitly, he still explained in a very subtle way that almost all his ideas about 3D games have been completed in "The Hero".

Although in this game, due to some technical reasons, some things or systems are not so perfect, but everything he wants to express in this game has actually been expressed.

And Jester said it again. Every time he makes a game, it is actually an attempt, an attempt that he has never done before, if he has done such a thing before. Then he will not do it again, because in Jester's understanding, making games is just like painting, which requires inspiration and passion. Without these things, good works cannot be produced.

And doing something that has already been done, of course, cannot be said to have any inspiration or passion.

Just like logging after the end of WOW land reclamation, using the same lineup to fight the tactics that have been practiced for many times, the entire BOSS mechanism and skill chain can be memorized by heart. In this kind of fight, except for the part of opening the pack Apart from the sudden surprise of seeing the long-awaited equipment finally released, the whole process was actually not very exciting at all.

This is the same as game development.

Under this circumstance, many people ruled out the conjecture of Jester's new super plan at the first time, and thought of other places to switch. For example, movies.

Although Mars Entertainment has a film production company, and the results of their game-adapted movies are pretty good, they are only good. They can make some money, but not much money.

Therefore, some people speculate that Jester previously attached great importance to the plot of Warcraft.

Many people are speculating, does Jester want to create a movie with a fantasy background? But can such a movie really succeed? Although special effects in movies have developed a lot nowadays, is it really possible to make a movie like this? It is said that the Peter Jackson brothers are planning to raise funds to film Danyang in the "Lord of the Rings" series, and indeed there are film companies interested.

But that's because the story of "The Lord of the Rings" has a lot of fans and a lot of fans. They are extremely eager to see the movie.

But what does Warcraft have?

Although there are many fans of the "Warcraft" series, the sales volume of each generation of this RTS game is only five to six million copies. It is indeed very good, but that's all. Such fans cannot support a movie that will definitely require huge investment in special effects.

Many people don't think Jester is that stupid.

But it’s impossible to tell.

Because Jester himself likes to do unexpected things, for example, he can spend two-thirds of his own money, up to 200 million US dollars, to develop a game idea in his mind.

No one can say for sure that he will invest in the movie he wants by himself.

By virtue of starting a few years ago. Judging from his emphasis on and investment in the story system of Warcraft, even if he really invested tens of millions of dollars to make a movie, it would not be a big deal. However, one problem is that Jester himself spent the money to make a movie. The reason why he spent 200 million US dollars to make "The Hero" was because he knew he wouldn't make much money.

But he knew that although he wouldn't make much money, at least he wouldn't lose money.

Although it has been on sale for more than half a year, this game has actually paid back its money. In the life cycle of Dreambox 3 for at least five years, it is foreseeable that the profit range of this game will not be too small, but the difference between movies and games Not the same thing.

Especially the difference between making games and making movies is much bigger than the difference between being a man and being a woman.

However, to the outside world, this is just a guess, and to Mars Entertainment, this is also top-secret news. No one except Jester himself knows why such a department was established.

Ever since he fell in love with interacting with players on the player community forum, Jester would go back and read it from time to time. If he came across some topics that he was interested in, or hot topics that the players were arguing about, he would also look carefully. After watching it for a while, sometimes he thinks there is some news that can be said, and he will explain it to the players.

Once when he was answering a player's question about the attack range of various weapons, he was grabbed and asked about the fact that he had specially organized a department to improve the structure, maps, creatures, etc. of the Azeroth world. question.

Jester didn't hide it.

His answer was also rather ambiguous: "There is indeed such a department. I did not keep this news secret. In fact, there is no special meaning in doing so. It was just that when I was imagining "Warcraft 3", I suddenly I found that we have not clearly made a complete map of the entire world, although we have so many battle maps.”

"But I suddenly felt that it would be a very cool thing to create a real world map and then mark the locations of these battle maps on this battle map."

"So, I discussed it with the people from Children of Mars, and unexpectedly we hit it off right away. It happened that because of "Warcraft 3", several people in our Children of Mars were working on the setting, so this work was At the beginning, of course things were quite busy. I hardly slept every day, as if I was back to the days when I first founded Mars Entertainment."

"When I work during the day, I have to spend time in the development team of "Monster Hunter" and deal with all the problems encountered during the development of this game."

"At the end of the day, if the "Monster Hunter" project team has not completed its daily plan and needs to work overtime, then I will also work overtime together. After that, I will also review the results completed today by the Azeroth world architecture team. If it doesn’t meet the outline I made, it’s better to finish it all at once. It’s already early in the morning the next day. I basically only have a few hours to sleep.”

"To be honest, if it wasn't the weekend, I wouldn't have time to talk nonsense with you here, but I have to go to work in a while, so I don't have much time to stay here."

Jester's complaint-like answer also gained sympathy from many people.

Some even said it half-jokingly.

“Now I finally know that the top 20 super-rich people listed in Forbes’ work are just as hard as us!”

The result was quickly ridiculed.

"But Jester has finished his work and is going to his own private island to enjoy life. When the beauty is pregnant, you can only keep your hands with him!"

This taunt can be described as extremely spicy.

This directly made the previous poster very angry. If a moderator had not promptly given both parties 50 big boards and a three-day ban, a super spat might have erupted.

But soon someone asked: "Isn't it really because you have a big, big plan or do you really plan to make a movie for the Warcraft series? If you really make a movie, it would be great. I like it very much." The plot of Warcraft! I love Anduin Lothar so much!"

This questioner should be a fan of the Warcraft series.

However, Jester's big head ruthlessly denied his conjecture. "How should I put it? Although the real answer may make you very sad, the fact is that this time is really a whim of mine. And the people of the Sons of Mars are also just like me, they are new lovers who do things according to their mood. Damn it, that’s how we hit it off, and I’m afraid there’s one thing you don’t know.”

"That is, the Azeroth World Council composed of people from the Children of Mars is only a temporary organization. It was established only when many members of the Children of Mars were interested in this project. They all have their own jobs now, and this is also They are willing to put their work on hold temporarily so they can work in this committee day and night - I estimate that the work of this committee will be explained in a few months at most."

“The rest of the tinkering will only require a few hands.”

"And the new game you are talking about - with all due respect, what kind of game should I make in such a huge world of Azeroth? This is simply impossible. Today's machines simply cannot You will be allowed to make such a game, have you forgotten that you experienced the extremely torturous reading time in "Heroes"?"

"This is the biggest negative review we've received recently for The Hero."

"One of our die-hard fans wrote to us about "The Heroes" and said this in a letter. This is almost the most perfect game in his mind. He said that we have achieved what he wants to see in the game. Everything, but why does the reading time take so long - I have to wait for more than a minute to read the article after entering a house, and changing a map is even worse, it almost takes more than three minutes to read the article! "

"In fact, many people have responded to this problem, but we have no solution. The current game is like this. The functions are not enough. If you want to show so many scenes, it is impossible not to use this method. We also want to do it without seam-connected map, but we can’t do that.”

"Some people may wonder why I say this, because the world of Azeroth in our imagination is very big, much bigger than what you see in "The Hero", and I don't want to Once again, I have to make a setting where I need to read a message before entering a house. If I really want to make an RPG game about the story of Azeroth, it is just possible that I may not need to read a message. When the map can be seamlessly connected.”

"From the current point of view, it will be very difficult within five years."

"As for the movie, to be honest, I really thought about it, but then I thought about it and realized that it was a bit unreliable. Although I like it very much, I know that it is not the time yet. It is far from the time. Maybe In the future, I won’t make games. I will try to express some of the games I want in the form of movies, but I am afraid that people will say that I am hyping my feelings. Maybe many people will say at that time, look at Jess You can’t make games that only sell feelings!”

After reading Jester's humorous answer, many people laughed.

"Don't you have any other ideas besides "Monster Hunter" now? Or do you plan to take a good rest after finishing "Monster Hunter"? I know you haven't rested for a long time!"

This is probably a fan who is more interested in Jester's body.

Jester is also willing to answer more questions for such fans.

"I have some news here that I have never told the public. I just thought about it and I can tell you here, but you have to keep it a secret - I do have some news after finishing "Monster Hunter" The game is conceived, and it is not about Azeroth. Although I also think it would be interesting to make a game that has a lot to do with Azeroth, such as an RPG, but it is not the time yet."

"The new game I'm talking about will be very special. It will be a brand-new game that you have never seen or played before."

"That's all I can say about this game."

"As for what it is, you will understand it when it comes out - you don't even need to explain it, you just need to take a look and you will know what I am going to say." (~^~)