Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 314 218 You can completely trust Qing Zhiyuan

Chapter 314 218. You can completely trust Qing Zhiyuan

Shinjin Makoto is actually quite busy, because he is also responsible for another game project, that is "Princess Mononoke"

Therefore, if you support Ishino Mika, you can only take the time to do it.

Fortunately, "Princess Mononoke" is making good progress. So far, the style of the entire game has been determined. Since it is based on Hayao Miyazaki's animation, there is not much that pokeni can do.

What's more important is to use 2D to achieve 3D actual effects.

This part requires some thought.

After Ishino Mika left, Qing Zhiyuan opened the documents in the office and sorted them out.

There are actually quite a few games currently being developed by the company.

In Pokémon Team alone, there are 5 games in development.

"Pokémon Light/Dark"

"Pokémon 3D World: Dark Side of the Moon"

"Pokémon 3D World: Myth of the Sun"

"Pokémon Adventure"

"Pokémon Racing"

If you include the English version of "Pokémon 3D World", that's 6 games.

Among them, there are still three games that do not have enough manpower, so so far only "Pokémon Light/Dark"

"Pokémon 3D World: Dark Side of the Moon"

"Pokémon 3D World: Myth of the Sun" is currently in production.

In other words, Racing and Adventure will most likely not be completed until 1998.

There is nothing that can be done about this. After all, one bite cannot make you fat. You have to respect objective laws.

In addition to the Pokémon game, among the game projects under development, the one most likely to trigger a topic next year should be "Princess Mononoke".

Princess Mononoke itself is supported by Ghibli, and with Hayao Miyazaki's comeback, it is actually very topical.

What's more, pokeni's "Princess Mononoke" game of the same name has its own characteristics.

Not only is it a 3D game, it has an animation style, and it is also an action game.

Regardless of the plot, packaging, performance, gameplay, and artistry, Qing Zhiyuan has high hopes for "Princess Mononoke".

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Then there is "The Witcher 2". Since Shinji Mikami mainly focused on the production of "Princess Mononoke", the main producer of "The Witcher 2" is now the unlucky kid Hidetaka Miyazaki.

The script is still written by Gen Urobuchi.

Until now, Qing Zhiyuan has not been able to see the prototype of The Witcher 2. In fact, he is a little worried.

Think about it, a scheming disco contestant, a terrifying old thief who created the Bleeding Source and Dark Souls series, paired with a dark warrior of love, what kind of sparks can these two people produce together? What kind of work do you make?

It’s really hard to say.

Even Qing Zhiyuan feels terrible just thinking about it.

What Shinji Mikami said in his report to the president was to give Hidetaka Miyazaki as much time as possible so that he would not interfere with the creation of Miyazaki and Gen Urobuchi.

Otherwise, if the president personally intervenes, it will put too much pressure on Miyazaki and may limit their performance.

So so far, Qing Zhiyuan has trusted Shinji Mikami and entrusted him with supervision. He doesn't know exactly how far "The Witcher 2" has been achieved.

As a senior, Mikami actually takes good care of his juniors.

The idea is good, but I always feel like I'm opening a blind box, or this group of people is performing some evil ritual without the boss.

When Qing Zhiyuan thought of this, his scalp became numb.

Forget it, let’s wait until the prototype of the development of the Demon Hunter is released.

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As for Ma Zhijun, Qing Zhiyuan actually has no manpower, mainly because there is no producer to make "Future Girlfriend" for him.

We can only ask Ishino Mika to bring Ma Zhizhun together to develop "Proposal Battle"

After this game is completed, we will start developing "Future Girlfriend".

After finishing combing, Qing Zhiyuan felt a little relieved.

In short, the company is not bad at games now.

Not bad for money either.

Things are looking great.

…

By the way, at this moment, Qing Zhiyuan suddenly remembered.

It seems that he has a child overseas——

pokeni rice country.

…

December 10, 1995.

America.

Washington State.

Seattle.

pokeni miguo technology co., ltd.

That is, the original CONDOR company was now acquired by Neon pokeni and renamed pokeni America.

CEO David Breivik is taking the time to coordinate with colleagues in the operations department to prepare for the release of "Ashes of Eternity" tomorrow.

Therefore, everyone in the entire company looked serious and nervous, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

In fact, this is also true. This battle is pokeni's first battle in the United States.

It is likely to determine the future development direction of this company.

It is a life-and-death war that can only be won but not lost.

This game is also the first game independently developed by Breivik and others.

Although the brothers Breivik and Scarfo were still very confident in their game, when the day officially came, their palms were still very easy to get wet.

Even after 10 o'clock at night, I still couldn't bear to leave the company.

Breivik was even more anxious and walked around in place.

Other colleagues are probably similar.

It's strange to say that the game has been developed, the disc has been burned, and handed over to the game store. Apart from being anxious, they can't actually do anything here.

However, no one is willing to leave the company at this time.

Originally there were only about 10 pokeni Americans, but now the number has expanded to more than 30.

Some of the employees are from Neon headquarters.

Most of them are programmers who are sent to provide technical support.

Thanks to the rich development experience and advanced technologies brought by these programmers from pokeni's mature team, they helped Breivik and the others fix many bugs in "Ashes of Eternal Mark".

Many hidden and unknown blocking bugs have been fixed.

For example, one of the hero's skills will cause the dice points to overflow, but there are specific circumstances. It must be used together with a female warrior named Kaka to have a chance of triggering.

But once triggered it will cause the game to crash.

Without the support of the Neon team, it would be difficult for Breivik and the others to imagine what this game would look like when released.

Maybe he will be scolded half to death by the players because of the program.

The game was actually developed at the beginning of this year, around April.

However, after conducting many tests along the way, some obstructive bugs were discovered. In addition, some modifications and adjustments were made based on feedback from President Pokeni and players. It was not officially completed until August this year.

Can reach the stage of sale.

So starting from September this year, in order to cooperate with Breivik's sales, pokeni found a very experienced operator in the North American region to come here to take charge.

At the same time, several HR personnel were also recruited to help the team expand.

The current operating personnel total about 10 people.

In short, pokeni is indeed very reliable. It not only provided enough funds for Breivik and others to develop, but also did not interfere with their production of the game.

President Qing Zhiyuan did not impose his ideas on them. He completely let them do what they wanted to do.

Not only that, but it also provides very reliable team support.

From technology to operations...

Brothers Breivik and Scarfo were almost moved to tears.

What kind of angel investor is this?

Up to now, Breivik and the others deeply felt that the decision they made to hand over the company to Pokeni and Qing Zhiyuan was a very correct decision.

The time came to 11 o'clock in the evening.

Breivik ended the conversation with the Scarfo brothers.

He stood up, looked around, and found that none of his colleagues had left.

"Okay! Tomorrow is the release day, everyone, keep an eye on it and pay attention to players' feedback."

"Everyone does their job."

“Always be ready to answer the phone and if there are any issues, they will be dealt with immediately.”

"Today, everyone should go back. There is nothing we can do."

"Start tomorrow, work hard!"

Breivik encouraged him, and his colleagues clenched their fists in excitement and responded, "Come on."

He and the Scarfo brothers didn't have any nostalgia and quickly packed up their things and left the company.

Otherwise, as the leader of the company, if you don’t leave the company, what will the subordinates think?

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"Ashes of Eternity" is a weird one in the market.

Because in the current North American market, many game companies are transforming into new and more impactful games.

For example, EA's Need for Speed, which was just launched this year, makes players excited with its cool real racing simulation.

The same goes for various ball games.

As long as it can be made into a 3D game, then try to make a 3D game.

As long as it can be made into an action game, it will be made into an action game.

Blizzard is starting to hype its own real-time strategy game "Warcraft."

Although the entry threshold for this game is very high, and there are too many units that need to be operated at the same time, in addition to the units, it also takes into account a series of very high-intensity confrontations such as construction, heroes, monster hunting, harassment, etc.

However, because this game is a [real-time] or strategy game, it immediately caused a big sensation when it was released.

Even if the threshold for getting started is high, a large number of fans have been accumulated in a short period of time...

And what about "Ashes of Eternity"?

It seems to be still stuck in the RPG era of 5 years ago.

It's still turn-based.

Fortunately pokeni has money and puts Eternal Ashes advertisements everywhere.

The popularity is definitely there, but players don’t seem to be very optimistic about this game.

…

In order to better collect feedback from players, pokeni specially set up a server and website in Seattle, USA, called [Pokeni-United States].

It’s similar to [Yahoo China] in the previous life.

The website provides certain entertainment consultation, and also has corresponding game sections and forums dedicated to collecting comments from players.

After playing the PV of "Ashes of Eternity" on TV and placing advertisements at bus stops and convenience stores, it created some popularity.

There are also more and more comments on the Internet about "Eternal Ashes" (English name: Eternal Ashes).

It's just not particularly positive.

"What can I say about this game? It's very similar to the board games I used to play with my friends when I was a kid. But after making the game, I felt that it couldn't express that endless imagination.

Because the most important thing about DND is its variability and randomness, coupled with the imagination of our running team members, it can become an interesting experience.

I think the medium of games is too limited.

I'm not very optimistic about "Ashes of Eternity". There's a high chance that this game will, as its name suggests, turn into a pile of ashes and then be forgotten by players. "

"I like pokeni games very much, such as "Diablo"

I have played both 1 and 2, and I can even get chills all over from being frightened by the weird and breathless atmosphere.

But the more scared I am, the more I want to continue playing.

I also like Pokémon by pokeni.

Catching pets is really fun.

In fact, whether it is a sequel to "Darkness" or a new version of Pokémon, I will be very willing to buy it.

However, pokeni has launched such a game "Ashes of Eternal Marks"

It’s really hard to describe in words. Just by looking at the advertisement and PV introduction, I can almost guess what this game is about.

Like the old RPG games from 10 years ago.

However, it is already 1995.

I think, as players, we need something more novel, creative and exciting.

Instead of fooling us with an old-fashioned game played by my father and others. "

"Interestingly, the abbreviation of this game happens to be EA. Does this mean that pokeni America wants to challenge EA?

I think Diablo 3 is possible.

EA should even be allowed to challenge Diablo 3.

However, Ashes of Everlasting is unlikely.

I can't imagine how a turn-based, corny game could be any fun. "

"Pokeni invested so much money into a game whose turn-based system is as old and smelly as my grandma's dentures. I watched a lot of the ads alone.

I doubt they'll be able to recoup the cost when the game actually ships.

Could it be that all this is just the self-pleasure of pokeni's "Ashes of Eternal Mark" development team? "

…

There are a lot of doubts outside.

This turned into invisible pressure for Breivik and others.

So it's impossible not to be nervous.

On sale day.

"Fake! Fake!" Big Scarfu even thought that there were negative comments on the Internet, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he ran to the balcony outside the company and cursed.

I hope I can vent my inner emotions in this way.

Otherwise, if I hold it in like this, my whole body will really collapse.

It was already snowing heavily outside, and the entire balcony was covered with white snow.

Step on it one step at a time.

A gust of wind blew over, but instead of calming the anger in Big Scarfo's heart, it actually made his cheeks even redder.

"Relax."

Mr. Kiyomi Kusano, a software engineer from Neon Corporation, stood behind him and laughed when he saw that he kept swearing.

"We have also gone through this stage, and I understand how you feel."

"But, at that time, the president told us that in fact, you had already tried your best 100%, and the rest could only be left to fate."

"There's nothing we can do, so we might as well believe in ourselves."

Big Scarfo was stunned for a moment and smiled awkwardly.

"Let me tell you this, I believe that President Qing Zhiyuan, at least from the time I worked with him to now, 5 years ago, the president's vision has not made any mistakes.

Since he thinks so highly of you, it means that this game is indeed very powerful.

A great game will never be buried under heavy snow.

When spring comes and the sun shines on the earth, it will sparkle. "

Saying that, Kusano gave him a wink.

Big Scarfo's heart was touched, imagining the scene he described.

"You are right, Mr. Kusano."

…

On December 13th, the game was officially released.

Many people are waiting and watching, and many people have forgotten this game.

There are also some people, loyal turn-based gamers, who want to give it a try.

pokeni's previous games were all good.

What if this game isn't as bad as everyone thinks?