National Game Producer

What is the current situation of the domestic gaming industry today?

According to He Xu's observations and trial play, it is probably half and half between traditional text adventure games and various new types of games.

The main reason why new types of games have not dominated the entire gaming industry at once is because, except for a few talented game producers, most game producers are still in the learning and exploratory stage.

Game producers who are a little more cautious will not pin all their hopes on new types of games. Instead, they will make money by making traditional text adventure games while trying to make new types of games.

Wait until next year, it is estimated that the new type of games will truly begin to bloom.

Of course, there are also some new types of games that have almost been promoted by game producers.

——For example, the horror puzzle RPG produced by "Yunsheng" Studio.

After several failed attempts and learning and reinvention, the horror puzzle RPG they produced is still not as good as masterpieces such as "The Mad Father", "Witch House", and "The Museum of Horror", but there is a gap.

It’s not too big. It can only be said that within ten years, there is still hope to produce a masterpiece-level work.

"By the way, if the gaming industry develops like this, will it have an impact on Yunsheng in the future?"

Yu Suai thought about it, "Under the restrictions of domestic review conditions, it should be difficult for his games to compete with foreign games that have loose reviews and poor work quality, right?"

"That's something they should consider themselves. It has nothing to do with us."

He Xu smiled, "What's more, the future game direction that 'Solar' will lead abroad is very different from the horror puzzle role-playing game that 'Yunsheng' is currently producing. We don't need to worry about it yet."

Their situation."

"Well...that's right." Yu Suai nodded thoughtfully.

"The game we designed should be considered a shooting game, right?" Liu Xiaoji asked curiously.

"You don't even know what type of game you are making?" He Xu looked at her in surprise.

Although this feeling is not as outrageous as "I have been working on games for three years, and you actually made an animation?"

But it does make people feel very uneasy, even worried.

"I'm just a painter, so I don't need to understand it so clearly, right?"

Liu Xiaoji said with some guilt, "And you are here to guide me. You can remind me if something goes wrong."

"..." He Xiu thought about the fact that the other party was a ruthless painting machine, and it seemed that he had nothing to complain about.

Party A should be happy to have such a conscientious and obedient Party B.

He turned his head and glanced at the other three girls, and then explained seriously, "Strictly speaking, this game is an action survival horror game with shooting elements. The focus is not shooting, but action, puzzle solving, and most importantly, terror.

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After a pause, he added, "The new game 'Firebringer' is going to be is a shooting game in the true sense."

"So, this is essentially a horror game?" Liu Xiaoji asked.

"Yes." He Jiu nodded.

Several girls looked at each other and then fell silent.

If it's a shooting game, they might try it themselves;

But if it’s a game that focuses on horror puzzles…

Maybe they could watch other people's demos?

"How about we hide the fact that this is a horror game during the production and release of the game?" Liu Xiaoji looked at the crowd and suggested with some anticipation.

After several girls hesitated for a moment, they all turned their attention to He Xu.

"Okay, let's do it like this." He Xi said with a smile.

Anyway, "Solar" has never appeared on domestic or foreign social platforms.

If you want to hide the true situation in the game, it is just a casual thing.

By then, if the new game scares the players to tears, it will satisfy their team's bad taste.

…

A few days later, the old game "Fire Bearer" slowly spread in Western countries.

As the country with the largest gaming market in the Western world.

The impact of new types of games on the beautiful country is undoubtedly the biggest.

Only less than three days have passed.

Those old games of "Firebringer" have almost destroyed the entire weekly best-selling list of the largest game platform in the United States.

Among the top ten games on the list, there is only one game ranked ninth, which is a game native to the beautiful country. The other nine games all have the same developer - "Firebringer".

For players, this is a complete carnival.

But for game producers, this is the "darkness coming" that makes people sleepless and sleepless.

If game producers like "Firebringer" are allowed to settle on the beautiful country's game platform for a long time, will there be a way for local game producers like them to survive?

Boycott, must boycott!

Protest, must protest!

Therefore, on the third day after the "Firebringer" massacre incident, many game producers in the United States spontaneously united together and ran downstairs to the company headquarters of the game platform to launch a boycott of the "Firebringer"

of demonstrations.

They all want the gaming platform to drive out the "Firebringer" as soon as possible.

With the existence of "Firebringer", they simply can't play the game well!

The "Firebringer" must get out of the beautiful country!

However, for gaming platforms.

It doesn't actually matter which game is the best-selling one.

The important thing is that "Firebringer" allows them to make more money!

The one who can make them money is the uncle.

Game producers who can make them money are the best game producers!

As for the identity of the "Fire Bearer", does it have anything to do with them?

It doesn't matter at all!

Therefore, this demonstration did not compromise the gaming platform in the end.

——They don’t even pay attention to these otaku and otaku game producers who have little destructive ability.

Anyway, within three days at most, these people will slowly disperse one by one until no one will participate in the demonstration anymore.

…

In a student dormitory at the beautiful Ningyo University.

Rong Xiaobin couldn't help but sneered after reading the news about this incident that went unsolved, and put down his phone.

A group of people don't want to improve their own strength and use games to fight against the "Fire Bearer" games. Instead, they want to use crooked ways to suppress the "Fire Bearer".

If they succeed, won't the gaming industry in this beautiful country fall behind the rest of the world?

Of course, these have nothing to do with Rong Xiaobin.

He is just an overseas student who came here to learn how to play games.

Whether the game industry in the beautiful country is alive or dead is none of his business!

He will definitely return to China by then and look for a game-related job.

There are "fire bearers" in the country. Although the volume is a bit low, the future is bright.

If he stayed in the beautiful country to play games, he was afraid that he would lose his job at some point.

"Kacha—"

The dormitory door was gently pushed open.

Dean, Rong Xiaobin's beautiful Chinese roommate, walked in carrying a backpack.

He is not tall, has short yellow hair, and looks slightly haggard.

"Hi, Dean, are you going to the library again?" Rong Xiaobin took the initiative to say hello.

"Hi." Dean nodded slightly, responding to his greeting.

It can be seen from just a few reactions and actions that he is a relatively introverted person.

Perhaps this is also related to the identity of the other party's technical geek.

"The demonstrations about the 'Firebringer' are over, did you know?" Rong Xiaobin asked.

"Is it over yet?"

Dean was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "I'm not paying attention."

"On the gaming platform side, they didn't pay attention to those people at all. In the end, those people couldn't hold on."

Rong Xiaobin explained with a smile, and then sighed, "I don't know if they will choose to give up this business after today, or choose to fight the 'Fire Bearer' head-on."

"Maybe they will choose to continue to 'show off'." Dean joked in Chinese.

He has a pretty good relationship with Rong Xiaobin, and he is happy to show his slightly "talkative" side in front of each other.

"Maybe."

Rong Xiaobin nodded, paused for a second, and then changed the subject, "Dean, have you ever played the game 'Firebringer'?"

"No."

Dean spread his hands, "You know, I've been busy working on my new game these past two days."

"How's the progress?"

"Very bad."

"Hey, let's find some inspiration."

Rong Xiaobin sat up from the sofa and waved, "Let's go to my room."

"What to do?" Dean asked curiously.

"Playing the game of Firebringer."

"...Wait until I put down my bag."

Two minutes later.

Dean is already sitting at Rong Xiaobin's desk.

"You can try the games in my [Edit Resonator] first. They have all been updated in English by our official game platform...

‘Well, if you think it’s good, you can buy a copy on the game platform here.”

While explaining, Rong Xiaobin handed over his [Editing Resonator] and at the same time connected one of the data lines to the computer display next to it.

In this way, he can watch the other party's game screen simultaneously.

"Are there any games you would recommend?" Dean put on the [Editing Resonator] and started checking the game inventory.

"Well...if it were you, I would recommend the game "Ori and the Blind Forest"."

""Ori and the Blind Forest"... the graphics are quite beautiful."

"The game is also very fun, let's go in and try it." Rong Xiaobin said with a smile.

He knew very well that the other party was very proud...or rather a very strict person when it came to game production.

Moreover, the other party definitely has the capital.

Not to mention other things, just talking about the fact that a game independently produced by the other party during his freshman year has topped the game platform of the United States, and has both the new game hot list and the best-selling list, which is enough to prove the other party's strength.

What's more, the people we communicate with and cooperate with now are basically professional professors in universities.

The other party is already considered the most typical young genius in this field.

During the time that Rong Xiaobin knew each other, he had never seen him praise any game.

Even the games produced by the top game production team in the beautiful country cannot impress the other party's heart.

The other party seems to have a set of standards for games that are so harsh that they are almost ruthless.

Many times, he felt that the other party was actually more suitable to be a game reviewer rather than a game producer.

Therefore, he must choose a game that is good enough to make the other party look at "Firebringer" in a new light.

It's a pity that the English version of "Hollow Knight" has not been updated yet, otherwise he would actually want the other party to try "Hollow Knight".

The reason is not the difference in game quality, but that he feels that the "abuse" of "Hollow Knight" will be effective faster.

While thinking about it, Dean over there has entered the game world of "Ori and the Dark Forest".

Just halfway through the opening animation, Dean had already sat upright involuntarily.

This animation...

This soundtrack...

It can be called an “audio-visual feast”!

No wonder the game "Firebringer" is so popular.

...The other party really has something.

"How's it going? Do you feel good?" Rong Xiaobin asked with a smile.

"The graphics and soundtrack are both excellent."

Dean did not hesitate to praise some elements of the game, "The next step is to see how the game is played."

The graphics and soundtrack of the game are excellent, but it does not mean that the overall quality of the game is excellent.

At the same time, his praise of the game's graphics and soundtrack does not mean that he will praise the entire game.

Again……

He has a set of standards for games that are so harsh that they are almost ruthless.

Praising it now does not prevent him from criticizing the game thoroughly during the general review.

Everything depends on the subsequent performance of this game.

Time passed by minute by minute.

As the game progresses, Dean's attention becomes more and more focused, and his consciousness becomes more and more immersed.

In the later stage, Rong Xiaobin stopped disturbing him and just watched him quietly as he progressed the process.

I do not know how long it has been.

When Dean passed the test of the [Silver Tree], he finally took a long breath and stopped.

"How are you doing? How do you feel now?" Rong Xiaobin asked with a smile again.

Dean took off the [Editor Resonator], was silent for a moment, and said seriously: "It's wonderful."

After a pause, he added, "Very powerful gameplay creativity and level design."

He thought for a while and finally said frankly, "It has a lot worth learning."

For him, this is the highest praise possible.

There won’t be another game that allows him to break this evaluation in a short time, right?

"If you really want to learn, there are many other games in 'Firebringer' that are worth learning from."

Rong Xiaobin smiled and said, "Would you like to try the next game?"

"Are there other games worth learning from?"

Dean looked at him in surprise, "Are you serious?"

"certainly."

Rong Xiaobin pointed at the [Editor Resonator], "If you don't believe it, you can continue to try it out."

"What game do you want to recommend this time?"

"The Stanley Parable."

…

Late at night, Dean took off the [Editor Resonator] in confusion.

"How are you? How do you feel now?" Rong Xiaobin looked at him with a smile.

"This is a masterpiece." Dean murmured.

"so?"

"I'm going to find the 'Firebringer'."

"..." Rong Xiaobin opened his mouth slightly.

He didn't expect that the other party would react like this in the end.

"No, it can't be like this."

Dean suddenly denied himself, "I should first make a good enough game to prove myself, and then go to him with this game."

"Go challenge him?"

"Go and learn more from him."

"..." Rong Xiaobin was speechless.

It seems that the genius boy's pride is not as strong as he imagined.