Rebirth 86: I use games to kick open the door to the world

In the afternoon, a few students said they wanted to play squirrel war, but Zuo Zhen refused.

If the teacher finished talking to him in the afternoon, he planned to concentrate on finishing the details of the other levels.

Previously, we just constructed the scene, but in addition to the game scene, there are also gameplay, monsters, BOSS and other things that need to be added.

When Zuo Zhen was busy, he didn't have time to watch these students play games, so he couldn't take notes.

At the same time, on the eastern island country of China, the directors of the game department at the NGS headquarters reported on some of the new game products they had recently acquired at their weekly meetings.

"Our latest game The Legend of Zelda has entered the mid-stage development state. Our Mr. Miyamoto is responsible for the overall game. You can rest assured that he is in charge of the quality of the entire game."

"More than 100 games are expected to be released this fiscal year, which will further increase the dominance of our products."

"Yeah, very good."

Sitting at the head of the table listening was an old man who looked to be in his sixties or seventies.

Judging from the current state of Japan, such a person can already retire, but this old man has no intention of retiring.

He even wants to stay in the position of president for another twenty years.

"President Yamauchi, our games have performed very well recently, but our competitors are not weak either, such as Sega."

"Sega...don't worry, they don't have any competitiveness now. From last year to this year, we have been rubbing them on the ground."

"Haha, that's right."

NGS senior executives laughed knowingly.

Since NGS has very stable game quality, the best choice for players now is their NGS game console. There is no second option.

As for Sega, they are just the second best player in the industry right now, so there is nothing to worry about.

However, Yamauchi still said: "We still can't be careless. As long as we continue to maintain the quality of the game, there will be no possibility for Sega to compete with us."

"That's right!"

Akira Nakamura, director of the game department, nodded: "Okay, I will keep an eye on the quality of the game."

President Yamauchi nodded, but soon changed the topic: "Speaking of which, I heard someone say a few days ago that you seemed to have agreed to a game project that waives upfront royalties?"

Nakamura Akira's heart moved, and then he said truthfully: "Yes, this is the case."

"Is this game owned by any big company?"

"No, this is not from a big company. It is an independent game developer from China."

"Independent? Alone?" President Yamauchi was a little surprised.

What ability does such a person have to be favored by Akira Nakamura?

"Yes, he is a person, and he makes very good games."

"Oh? There are not many games that you can say are very good."

Yamauchi became even more curious.

"Director Nakamura, let's not talk about the game. As far as I know, the producer seems to have some acquaintance and relationship with you. Are you doing some nepotism?"

Akira Nakamura's face darkened, and he looked in the direction of the voice: "I'm sorry, although I do have some relationship with this person, but I agreed to waive the upfront royalties entirely because of the quality of the other person's game, and it was definitely not out of selfishness. "

"That's hard to say."

Akira Nakamura was very unhappy, this yin and yang guy was his nemesis.

The director of the game department is a position with a lot of real power. I competed with this guy in the beginning, and I won in the end.

But obviously the other party is also very dissatisfied and wants to regain his position elsewhere.

It's a pity that Akira Nakamura will not let him get his wish.

"You don't need to worry about how the game ends. After all, you are not in charge of the game."

"Haha, Nakamura-san, if the quality of the game is not good, I hope you can take the blame and resign."

Yamauchi knocked on the table to signal the two of them to be quiet.

He didn't stop them when they were full of gunpowder just now, but he had his own considerations in blocking them at this time. Interrupting the two of them now is the best choice.

"Everything depends on the quality of the game. If the sales of the game are not good, Akira Nakamura, you will also have to bear the responsibility." Yamauchi said.

"I understand, but I have confidence in the game."

Akira Nakamura has already played this game with many people in his game department.

This game is very good in terms of gameplay and graphics, but it will be slightly different from Nintendo's original style. This game will have more violent elements, but he doesn't think this is a big problem.

Everything is still sales.

The Contra game has also begun to be promoted in the United States and Japan. It will be officially released in a little over a month. After the game is officially released, you will know whether your feeling is right or not by looking at the sales. What should I say now? It's no use.

Zuo Zhen still doesn't know what happened in Japan. He is still working hard to pay back the thousand yuan he owes.

When Squirrel War is finished, you can use the pinball game and Contra to become famous.

But...how to promote the game?

To this day, Zuo Zhen is still a little troubled.

In the afternoon, Zhan Weishan asked Zuo Zhen to go to the office because he wanted to talk to him about software design.

Zhan Weishan hopes that Zuo Zhen can help him create a software together.

He gave Zuo Zhen several choices.

First: word processing software, mainly in Chinese. Hanka happens to be popular now, and there are already several machines in the computer room equipped with Hanka.

But having Hanka is not enough. If there is a convenient and easy-to-use word processing software, the practical value of Hanka will be even higher.

Second, spreadsheet processing software is similar to later-generation EXL software.

These are the two main directions that Zhan Weishan is currently working on. He hopes that Zuo Zhen can give some good suggestions and then help him complete the software development.

Zuo Zhen agreed upon hearing this.

This requirement is really not too high.

He just made the software and he could do it by himself.

Although he has never made this kind of software before, it is not difficult to make it with the help of analogy and the vision of later generations.

After getting Zuo Zhen's guarantee, Zhan Weishan asked Zuo Zhen to prepare in the past two days. In a few days when Zhan Weishan is not busy, we can complete the software together. As long as Zhan Weishan does a good job, he can ensure that Zuo Zhen will not be disturbed from playing games in the future.

After talking about this matter, Zuo Zhen went back to the computer room to play games in the afternoon, trying to complete the first three levels before returning to the dormitory tonight.

According to this progress, Squirrel War will be freshly released within a week.

The output of the game has been determined, so the next thing to consider is how to promote the game and make money.

This is even more important now than the game itself.

If you can't make money, then all your hard work will be in vain.