Game Development Giant

Jester listened quietly to Fu Zan's words for a while, but he did not speak.

When Fu Zan had finished talking, Jester smiled and asked: "So, Mr. Fu, if I ask you to make a completely independent game of your own, what will you do? "

Fu Zan, who looked excited just now, wanted to blurt out his thoughts, but when the words came to his mouth, he realized that he had no idea how to make a game. He opened his mouth and his face gradually turned into Pig liver color, but he didn't say a word.

Jester was not surprised by this. Many people were interested in making games, but when he was asked to actually do it, he couldn't figure it out.

Yes, a game is a program, but a game is not just a program. Being able to write programs and being able to play games are two different things.

After a pause, Jester asked again: "Have you heard of Mars Entertainment?"

This time Fu Zan nodded, but Jester was a little surprised. Logically speaking, it was unlikely that his company's reputation would spread here.

Seeing the puzzlement on Jester's face, Fu Zan took the initiative to explain: "In an arcade in Fuzhou, there is an arcade machine from Mars Entertainment. The boss is a very rich man who is very rich." Fu Zan's face showed excitement again, "I've played it too, and those games are really outstanding."

This made Jester laugh. He thought for a moment before asking, "You came in from Hong Kong?"

Fu Zan nodded, he hesitated, and said: "It was transferred from Hong Kong to Shishi first, and then to Fuzhou. It is said that the owner of that store specially ordered the goods, but the arcade machines of Mars Entertainment are very expensive. In Fuzhou, that's the one that has it. You can't afford it at other game arcades. And the price of one game is not low. Those are the people who can afford to play. One store would be basically saturated. If it weren't for the owner of that store It’s just fun for me, but there’s no way he can go in.”

Jester said oh, he really looked down on some of the current domestic players. He never thought before that his game could be spread to the country. After all, his company was established only a short time ago. Looking at it this way , Domestic channels are very well-connected.

Moreover, he had heard of Shishi. This city, which was only a three-hour drive from Fuzhou, was the largest distribution center for smuggling of goods in the 1980s. It was nicknamed the Smuggling City. It could even be said that it was the largest distribution center in the country at that time. Basically all FC machines came ashore through Shishi's private dock. Before the shocking case in 1999, smuggling was rampant here, which was simply shocking.

Not just game consoles, but any product you can imagine is constantly flowing from this town to all parts of the country, so much so that Shishi Bus Station has the most long-distance shuttle lines in Fujian Province. First come first served, Fuzhou has not only become the largest distribution center for FC game consoles, but also the assembly plant of the "Little Genius" compatible consoles that later occupied half of the domestic red and white console market, as well as the Alien Company, which specializes in copycat FC games. Technology is all located here.

It's just that Jester didn't expect that the current stone lion smuggling would be on such a scale. After all, goods worth tens of thousands of dollars could not be smuggled just anywhere.

But this was not an issue that Jester needed to be concerned about. He was actually interested in the game arcade that Fu Zan was talking about, so he continued to ask: "How many Mars Entertainment games are there in the game arcade you mentioned?"

Fu Zan frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "The last time I went there, there were four models, one for Cube, one for Zuma, one for Bejeweled, and one for Bubble Bobble. The one that was played by the most people It’s just cubes, but the boss of that store said last time that he heard that Mars Entertainment recently released a game called Snowman Brothers, which is the same type as Donkey Kong. He wanted to see if he could get it from Hong Kong through some connections, but From what I heard in his tone at the time, it seemed like it would be difficult to get."

After chatting for a few more words, Jester saw that the time was almost up and was ready to tell him why he was looking for him.

"Do you know what I do?"

Hearing Jester ask him this, Fu Zan gave Jester a strange look, and then he said with some uncertainty: "When they came to me, they said you were a big investor from the United States with tens of millions." That kind of thing, but I see you are so young..."

"Isn't it true?" Jester smiled. He no longer concealed anything and said directly, "Actually, I am the boss of Mars Entertainment as mentioned before. The games you mentioned before were all produced by my company."

"ah!"

Hearing these words, Fu Zan couldn't help but open his mouth. He looked at Jester as if he was seeing a ghost. Those games that made him obsessed were all played by the man in front of him who was much younger than him. Made by young people? But how is this possible!

"Haha." Jester's laughter woke up Fu Zan who was in shock.

He stood up. Jester felt a little tired from sitting all the time. He stretched his arms and expanded his chest to completely calm down Fu Zan's mood at this time.

After waiting for a minute or two, Jester saw that the look in Fu Zan's eyes returned to normal, and then he said: "Before, you said you wanted to make a game like Atari's "Canal War", I asked you if I asked you to make a game, what would you do, but you couldn't tell me anything. I don't think it is possible. I think the Atari game you modified is good. It's not that you know nothing about it, so Let me ask you again, do you really not know how to play games?"

Now that Fu Zan knew Jester's identity, and heard the other party ask him this question, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He felt that when he talked about the game in front of such a person before, he seemed to be a bit ignorant and ignorant.

He shook his head and said: "No, I just thought about it and found that the games I thought about are basically the same as the games I have played before. I can't escape the influence of these games on me. The most I have made is these. The revision of the game is a bit boring, and saying it would only make people laugh, so I don’t want to say it.”

Jester nodded after hearing this and became silent.

From previous conversations, he discovered that the Fu Zan he had always wanted to meet was not the kind of talented designer he wanted. It may be difficult for him to design a brand new game independently, but from the games he later modified, it can be seen that he is an excellent game perfecter. He can find some shortcomings in a game and then Make amends. This is not bad. After all, the first generation of gamers in China do not have the atmosphere of being exposed to games since childhood like those in the United States or Japan, so it is difficult for them to have as sharp a game as those outstanding designers in these countries. intuitive.

Fu Zan is already one of the best, but he is still far from the truly talented designers in this era of the explosion of video games.

But despite this, Jester still made a decision. He was still planning to invite Fu Zan to the United States to intern at Mars Entertainment for half a year, to study the system of game production, and to expose him to how a real game company makes a game.

Then let him come back and set up a Chinese branch, hoping to cultivate several talented game designers for himself.

To be honest, whether it is now or in the future, at least two thousand years ago, there was no future for making games in China. Rampant piracy almost left no room for genuine games to survive. Later, Fu Zan recalled this time and said In one sentence, if given the chance, he would also make original creations. It sounds simple and seems to be the expectation of a gamer, but in the eyes of those designers who really loved games at that time, this sentence was full of blood.

I am not a god and cannot change the current situation in the country, but I can change people and at least leave some seeds.

But there are two flowers, one on each side.

It is true that the current domestic environment is harsh and it is impossible for me to sell games domestically. This has been foreseeable for a long time. However, piracy does not come without the benefits of piracy. The current domestic economic conditions are too poor, but it does not mean that it will be poor in the future. Two thousand years later, although genuine stand-alone games still cannot be sold in mainland China, online games have become mainstream.

Blizzard's World of Warcraft was able to achieve incredible success upon its release in mainland China. Of course, the quality of World of Warcraft is indeed outstanding, far surpassing any game of the same era, and Blizzard's games have been in the hearts of mainland players over the past ten years. The reputation created. How did Blizzard build its reputation? Although he doesn't want to admit it, Jester still has to say that it is due to ten years of piracy. This is unintentional, and it is certainly Blizzard's unwillingness, but it is because countless pirated games have flooded the country in the past ten years, making domestic players Playing Blizzard's top-quality games one after another has deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that Blizzard's products must be top-quality, and has made Dark Star become the belief of some people. Only when the children who play Blizzard's games grow up will World of Warcraft become more popular. To have that incredible success at home.

It is true that World of Warcraft is a good game, but without the support of the past ten years, it would have been absolutely impossible to explode the terrifying energy that would upgrade the entire national network and achieve such brilliant success.

What Jester wants to do is to plant the seeds of Mars products, which must be high-quality products, in the hearts of the earliest players in the country. He is waiting for this seed to bear fruit in the future, and then he can reap far more than what he invested now. harvest.

"Mr. Fu, are you interested in going to the Mars Entertainment Company in the United States for a half-year internship? Of course, I will pay you a salary that is enough for you to live. If your internship results are qualified, then I can arrange for you to return to the mainland to establish Mars Entertainment branch, and you will be the person in charge." Jester looked at Fu Zan, who was still a little embarrassed in front of him, and said in a calm tone.

"Go to the United States?" Obviously, Fu Zan was also shocked by Jester's words.

But Jester still nodded indifferently, and once again said in an extremely affirmative tone: "Yes, go to the United States."

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