Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 277 181. Are you on guard against your own people? !

However, Qing Zhiyuan did not place all his hopes on Lao Xu and Ma Zhizhun.

After all, work must continue to advance.

It was left to Lao Xu and Mazi to think about the games they wanted to make.

Qing Zhiyuan also has a game he wants to make.

Generally speaking, Qing Zhiyuan plans to take two steps next.

As for Mikami and Laoxu, they will continue to develop the sequel to "The Witcher" and start the project whenever there is a plan.

As for Ma Zhizhun, Qing Zhiyuan let him think about new game scripts and wait until he has a good script before starting work.

Then, Qing Zhiyuan called Ishino Mika into the office.

…

After entering the president's office, Ishino Mika had an ominous premonition in her heart, because every time the president called her to the office alone, she would be given a lot of tasks.

It was the same when I was a quilt man, and it was the same when I was a CL and LL later.

CL and LL, Ishino Mika is still the executive director.

Qing Zhiyuan said, who asked you to be my royal executioner?

If I don't look for you, who else can I look for?

Qing Zhiyuan likes Ishino because she is a good executor.

Otherwise, if it were left to Gen Urobuchi and Mikami, they might end up making something beyond expectations.

They have many ideas, and sometimes they are positive, but when they get out of control, it is difficult to say what the results will be.

The term "executor" is not a derogatory term in itself, because to be able to implement and realize the ideas in Qing Zhiyuan's mind, it just shows that Mika Ishino is a talented producer.

However, thanks to Qing Zhiyuan’s blessing.

Mika Ishino is now a somewhat famous producer.

However, it is also thanks to Qing Zhiyuan.

Ishino Mika is second only to Furuhara Tsubaki in terms of blades she has received in the entire company.

During the period when Furuhara Chunqiu retired, Ishino had the most blades.

"President, are you going to make a new game this time?" After entering the president's office, Ishino Mika obediently took out her notebook and started to take notes.

Qing Zhiyuan frowned, this guy actually answered quickly?

"Yeah. That's right."

Qing Zhiyuan nodded, "The company can't live without new projects, so I thought of a plan myself, but I need you to help me implement it. You will be the producer of the new project, and you can just recruit the team for whoever you want." "

"Oh." Ishino Mika nodded calmly.

But there was sorrow in my heart.

Good guy, the president, this hateful bastard, used to at least show her the script outline when working on a project, but now he just lets her take over the job without even a script outline?

President, you are getting lazy.

"So what is this new project?" Mika Ishino asked.

"To the Moon"

"Huh?" Ishiye raised his head and stared at Qing Zhiyuan with his big eyes, waiting for his next description.

It can't just be "go to the moon", right?

…

"To the Moon" is a visual novel game produced by Gao Kan and the independent game development team Freebird Games. It can also be regarded as a galgame.

It was released in 2011, but in fact this game is very simple, so simple that it can be implemented even on the red and white consoles of the 1990s.

The pixel-style game does not have any complicated battles. The game is played through RPG performance and character dialogue, and is full of elements of decryption and clue collection.

Although this is a pixel art miniature game, it only lasts a few hours and has no real combat;

However, this work has received many praises for its exquisite and delicate performance effects and touching story development.

Especially in GameSpot's Game of the Year in 2011, it won the Best Screenplay Award over many other masterpieces such as Catherine and Portal 2.

The game is famous for being "deeply touching, making the macho man cry".

Qing Zhiyuan developed it because To the Moon is a very good game, and it is relatively simple and has a short development cycle. It can fill the gap in a short period of time due to the lack of new development projects in pokeni this year.

"I will tell you this story in normal chronological order first, but after that, you have to turn it into a flashback time decryption game." Qing Zhiyuan said to Ishino Mika.

"Okay, president." Ishino nodded, his whole body tensed up, and he listened intently to Qing Zhiyuan's story.

Almost more than an hour has passed.

When Qing Zhiyuan finished telling the entire "To the Moon" story, Ishino Mika was already in tears in the conference room.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...It's so touching."

"As expected of the president, even without a script outline, he can still create such an interesting and touching story."

"right?"

Qing Zhiyuan's eyes were bright, and he smiled and handed the tissue to Ishino Mika, "Are you confident that you can do well this time?"

"I don't have the confidence to do well, but I will try my best," Ishino said.

Qing Zhiyuan: "..."

"President, I will work hard."

A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

Anyway, Ishino Mika has already been sent a lot of blades, so it doesn’t matter if she has more blades.

"Then I can choose my own team, right?" Ishino Mika asked.

"Um."

"Then I want Wada to be the script writer for me."

"no."

"..." Ishino Mika's head was full of black lines. She just said she would choose her own team.

"Maeda can give it to you." Qing Zhiyuan said, "Since you have collaborated so many times, his writing style is actually more suitable for this game than Wada. Wada is too dark and might be written into a horror story."

"Oh, too."

But Maeda didn't seem to be doing much better.

"Should I still ask Bai Chuan for the soundtrack?"

"Um."

“Can I have a few more people for the art?”

"No, why do you need so many people for your galgame? Do you understand the standard configuration? Otherwise, just continue with Hengshan and Ono, and let Akanishi-san find a program for you and support it. That's almost it."

"..."

Ishino felt very sad.

How familiar is this configuration?

From "Bedding Man" to CL and then to LL, it seems that they all have this configuration.

"What about the self-selected team we agreed on?

Do I have autonomy? President? ! "

"Of course, once the team gets together, you have the final say on everything else. I just want to see the final result."

"..."

Okay, it’s still the same.

And this time, even great masters like Hayao Miyazaki are missing from the production process.

However, Ishino Mika was still determined and wanted to struggle again.

"On the art side, can I ask Xinjin to be the original artist for me?" Ishino asked.

"sure."

Qing Zhiyuan responded casually, but only a second later he hurriedly shouted, "Xinjin can't do it, he has other arrangements. And the style of this game, Hengshan is enough. You have to believe in Hengshan's level .”

"Oh, okay, no problem, President."

Ishino Mika felt her head was buzzing.

There’s nothing left to struggle with.

After explaining the follow-up matters, Ishino Mika stood up and prepared to leave.

As soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by Qing Zhiyuan.

"By the way, after you go out, call Shinji Mikami over, call Akanishi Ken and Sakata, um... call Nijin too."

"Okay president."

…

After about 5 minutes, Shinji Mikami and others opened the door and came to Qing Zhiyuan's office.

After several people sat down, Qing Zhiyuan smiled mysteriously.

"Now, the company has a difficult task for you, which is a new game.

But I haven't thought about the key point yet. Let's brainstorm together. "

Several people looked at each other and couldn't help but become nervous.

Although it was said to be a brainstorming session, several people knew very well that this clearly meant [discussing a plan] and then implementing it.

However, Akanishi Ken and Sakata Taiji are not under great pressure. They know that they are only here to provide support.

In the end, there is a high probability that Mikami will be the producer.

"That's right," Qing Zhiyuan said, "We have a cooperation with Studio Ghibli. You know this, right?"

"Yes, president."

Several people responded at the same time.

But among them, only Xinjin Cheng's voice was slightly trembling.

When he heard the word Ghibli, Xinjin Cheng's pupils trembled and his heart beat violently.

Nani?

Ghibli?

Could it be what I said before...

Does the president want to give us the project to collaborate with Hayao Miyazaki?

At this time, Xinjin Cheng felt excited about cooperating with the senior he had admired for a long time, and his fingers started to tremble slightly.

This is Ghibli, this is Hayao Miyazaki.

In other words, I finally had the opportunity to work with Miyazaki-senpai and accept his guidance.

is that so?

The reason why Qing Zhiyuan asked Shinjin Makoto to join is also very simple. This guy is the future master of neon animation movies and is known as the most influential new generation animation master after Hayao Miyazaki.

It just so happened that he had this opportunity to practice.

Moreover, Xinjin can not only learn a lot from it, but it may also help improve the game. It can be regarded as complementary to each other.

"Then, do you know that this project is called "Princess Mononoke"?"

Several people shook their heads slightly, indicating that they did not understand.

At best, I have only heard the name, but I don’t know what the specific content is.

"Let me finish the premise first. "Princess Mononoke" is an animated movie. Ghibli plans to release it next year, no later than the year after that. And pokeni will produce a corresponding game shortly after the release.

This is called [film-game linkage]. If done well, it will greatly increase the popularity of both parties, thereby attracting more viewers and players.

It's equivalent to us joining forces with Ghibli to make this pool bigger. "

Video game linkage.

This is the first time everyone has heard this word.

It feels so awesome.

“We only have one to two years, so there’s not much time left for us.

So from now on, this project must be established and produced. "Qing Zhiyuan said.

Several people lowered their heads and fell into silence for a while.

Indeed, generally speaking, if it is not a simple reskinned game, or the development difficulty is very low, it is basically normal to make it for one to two years.

It's normal to do it for three to five years.

So the president is right, if we don’t start now, we might be a little behind.

You can’t just hope that Ghibli will delay the purchase, right?

"Come on, come on, sign the confidentiality agreement first."

…

Qing Zhiyuan put the confidentiality agreement that he had prepared in front of everyone, in triplicate, and they needed to sign it before telling them the follow-up matters.

All of you here are considered veterans of the company, and are no strangers to confidentiality agreements.

What's more, this is "Princess Mononoke" co-produced with Ghibli, so it would be a bit strange not to sign a confidentiality agreement.

Mikami actually read it very carefully.

But there was one piece of content that he didn't quite understand.

"President, I understand the previous terms. You are not allowed to leak any content related to Princess Mononoke without authorization, including gameplay, materials... animation plots, character settings...

But why is there a clause at the end that says "game content must not be disclosed to anyone other than project members, including Ghibli personnel"? "

Good guy, there's no way for Ghibli to know what Ghibli gave us, right?

Isn't it a bit redundant to keep it secret to this extent?

Defend yourself, right?

"Well, it's for safety reasons."

Qing Zhiyuan said nonsense seriously, "If necessary, I will communicate with them. What if there is a big mouth on the Ghibli side? In short, we will do our best to keep the strictest confidentiality, understand? ?”

"clear."

Then Qing Zhiyuan picked up a pile of documents from the table, three copies in total, and stacked them in front of the three people.

"This is the script for Princess Mononoke you want."

Although it is said to be a script, in fact, no matter what Qing Zhiyuan wants, Ghibli is only willing to provide part of the storyboards and original character designs.

It’s not that I don’t want to give it, the main reason is that the development progress at Ghibli is really too slow. The storyboards are changed again and again. Many times when new and better ideas come up, the original ones will be overturned, so until now So far, there are only storyboards of less than 20 minutes of content.

Even if it's only 20 minutes, you can basically see a lot of content.

Qing Zhiyuan, who already knew the plot and was the only one here who had experience watching the movie, wrote a script to help his members understand the animation.

Therefore, each folder contains not only 20 minutes of storyboards, but also Qing Zhiyuan's text script.

"As for you, go back and read it carefully first."

"However, there is one thing I must emphasize."

Qing Zhiyuan emphasized his tone again, "Don't let Ghibli know, especially the text and script content here."

Damn it, if they find out, wouldn't my identity as a reborn person be exposed?

It's a trivial matter for the reborn person's identity to be exposed. At worst, he will say that the script was created based on his own personal ideas. Any similarity is purely coincidental.

But it would not be good if spoilers affected the creation of "Princess Mononoke".

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