Rebirth of the Evil Life

Chapter 1401 A new standard

Chapter 1,401 The New Standard Lin Feng was flipping through the background information of "Contra". (Reading novels)

"Contra" in which "Contra" is the Chinese pronunciation of Indian Sanskrit, is one of the Brahmin fighters. According to legend, "Contra" was one against ten, and he stood upright after a battle. Later he became a god and was worshiped by the world. God-making can be said to be a spiritual symbol of a warrior in India.

Of course, in the game, "Contra" means "a person with excellent fighting ability and quality", and it is the title given to the strongest warrior. This passage appears in the opening scene of Japan's "Contra". However, at that time, almost all of the American Contras in China were American Contras, so very few people had read this sentence.

The game background of "Contra" takes place on September 12, 2631 AD. A mysterious meteorite fell on the Galga Islands near New Zealand. Two years later, in December 2633, the Federal Army Command received news that an armed organization called the "Red Eagle" began to build the Galga Islands area into a base for launching alien invasion wars. As a result, Bill Razer and Lance Bean, members of the Defense Force "Contra", were sent to destroy each other's plans.

This is the background information of "Contra". However, Lin Feng only discovered this when he was looking through the background information of "Contra" at this moment. When I was playing games as a child, I only knew how to pass the level by destroying the enemies, and never cared about the background of the game. Of course, this has something to do with not being able to read Japanese or English. On the other hand, this kind of shooting game does not need to pay attention to the plot at all. The tense and fierce gun battles are enough to make all players addicted to it, and they have no intention to play. Pay attention to these.

But when Lin Feng saw these contents, his mind was agitated.

The game background of "Contra" takes place in the future park in 2613, that is, in the future. After the earth was attacked by meteorites, the earth was attacked by terrorist organizations. Based on this plot, then "Contra" Our world should be an apocalypse with people in panic, frequent wars, and shortages of supplies. Thinking of the end of the world, Lin Feng had an idea in his mind.

Looking at the 11 major game development departments of "Second World", they have various types of games, but they only lack apocalyptic games. Looking at the global game industry, apocalyptic games have always been quite popular. For example, the most famous "Resident Evil" series from the former "M" (now absorbed by Lin Feng's "Second Game") is regarded by players around the world. A classic of horror games. Although it is more like a horror game, humans have an instinctive desire for apocalyptic games and apocalyptic movies.

Human beings are naturally afraid of disasters, and this fear makes people eager to watch such apocalyptic movies or games. In order to achieve a sense of mental joy and stimulation that I am now safe and happy.

In this case, "Contra" can be adapted into an apocalyptic online game. Of course, the "Resident Evil" series can also be adapted into horror online games. However, will horror online games be restricted in various countries?

And how big the market is still needs to be investigated.

Lin Feng returned his attention to "Contra". If it were adapted into an apocalyptic online game, what format would it be? After Lin Feng thought deeply, he came up with an idea. It's not impossible to adapt "Contra" into a large-scale online game, but players may not buy it. After all, "Contra" is now in the past, and players still have good memories of it and the enthusiasm to play it again, just like "Tank Battle", players still have enthusiasm for it. But if it is adapted into a large-scale online game, players may not buy it.

After all, this kind of game is an extremely simple and direct game. It does not take much time to enjoy the fun of the game. However, if it is adapted into a game that takes too much time and too much energy to enjoy the fun of the game, then On the contrary, it's worse. The same goes for "Contra"! Lin Feng hopes to adapt it into a simple online game where you can enjoy the fun of playing the game.

Therefore, the simplest thing for "Contra" is to adapt it into a side-scrolling online game like "The Strongest on Earth". However, what is different from "The Strongest on Earth" is that in "The Strongest on Earth" Players learn various stunts to fight, and in "Contra", players fight with various firearms.

Soon, Lin Feng printed out his thoughts and ideas on the computer, and then called Wu Zhaopu and "Seventh Game Development Department Director" Nishiyama Takashi.

The two looked at each other.

"Director Lin, your idea for "Contra" is similar to a 2D side-scrolling online game that our game department is developing. I think there should be some reference for making gods." Nishiyama Takashi was excited. explain.

Lin Feng was stunned.

"Director Lin, the global average online rate of "Strongest on Earth" currently remains at around 2.7 million people. I think this game mode is still very popular with players, so we are thinking about developing a gun battle game of the same type. Now the character modeling and gun system have been completed, but they lack a sufficiently attractive game background and upgrade mode. Now that the company has acquired "Contra", we can completely create the historical background of "Contra". and its map, and its reputation is enough for us to promote this game," Nishiyama Takashi said.

When he originally planned this 2D side-scrolling shooting game, he just ordered his game department to design some character designs and gun systems because he didn't know much about it, but it's hard to say what the future will hold. Because according to the regulations of the "Second World", these eleven major game departments will receive financial allocation for the next year based on the profits they created for the company last year. Within this allocation quota, the company does not care how the major game departments operate. It only needs to register with the company and accept financial supervision. But if it exceeds this limit, the company will conduct a strict review of every game and plan it submits to evaluate whether it is worthy of the company's continued allocation of funds.

And more importantly, this will have an impact on the assessment at the end of the year. Once a game development department exceeds its budget but does not achieve sufficiently outstanding results, not only will its financial budget for the coming year be significantly reduced, but the year-end bonuses of its employees will also be reduced accordingly.

Think about it, at the end of the year, other game departments have received sufficient budgets for next year, and their employees have received generous and eye-catching year-end bonuses. However, not only has the budget of our own department been greatly reduced, but the year-end bonuses of its employees are also far less than those of other departments. Game development department, what a shame.

Therefore, when Takashi Nishiyama was developing this 2D horizontal version of the shooting online game, he was always a little uneasy and afraid of failure. After all, the current trend of online games is 3D online games, which pursue beautiful graphics. However, the graphics of this 2D horizontal shooting online game he designed pale in comparison. Will players buy it? Now Lin Feng also proposed that "Contra" will be adapted into a 2D side-scrolling online game, which suddenly gave him a backbone.

You know, Lin Feng's vision has never been wrong when it comes to game creation. Although Lin Feng, the president and chairman of "Second World", doesn't even know a piece of game code and has no experience in developing games, his vision is in the gaming industry, especially in "Second World" companies. But it's famous. Therefore, there is a truth within the company, that is - if Lin Feng says that the game is good, it must be good.

Now, Lin Feng has said that he will adapt "Contra" into a 2D side-scrolling shooting online game, so that will definitely be no problem.

"Minister Nishiyama, I think this game should just use the name of "Contra ne", so as to maximize the benefits of "Contra". As for the background of the game, I hope it will be set in the end of the world, so I request The picture is in the end of the world, and my biggest request is that no matter what the scene is, players can create gods for multiplayer cooperation, and there is no upper limit on the number of cooperative players," Lin Feng said after thinking about it.

"Haha, Director Lin, what you think is what I think, and what our department is designing. If we just adapt it, I believe it won't take long at all, and it will be available for public testing in a week at most!" Nishiyama Takashi blushed. stood up.

What Lin Feng said was what he and the department staff thought. It’s just that everyone is a little unsure and a little uneasy. But now that Lin Feng said this, Nishiyama Takashi was still afraid of a ball, but he was not afraid of anything anymore.

Lin Feng was also stunned. He didn't expect that Nishiyama Takashi he mentioned had already designed it.

"Well, boss, not everything is ready. But we already have the model, and we just need to modify it. Basically, we just need to make some detailed modifications. Of course, as for the map, we can make the god general "Contra" Several levels of maps have been added so that players will be more familiar with it," said Takashi Nishiyama.

Lin Feng nodded.

"Well, I don't know how you designed the map before. There are many versions of "Contra", what - Contra 2 robot version, Contra 3 (Contra Gaiden), Aerial Contra, Interstellar Contra or something like that? I think these "Contra" games should all have their own player groups, so we might as well move their maps into "Contra ne". That way, not only will the number of maps be greatly increased, but it will also be able to To give players a more familiar feel, of course there are some minor bugs in the maps in some versions of "Contra", which need to be corrected during the transplant," Lin Feng said.

Nishiyama Takashi nodded heavily.

"Director Lin, there is no problem in this regard. Now that I have mentioned this, I have a proposal for the company. I think that although our 'eleven game departments' are all in a competitive relationship, the company's annual budget depends on the strength of each game department. To break it down, it can be said that although everyone is friends in private, they are all competitors at work. They have adopted strict confidentiality and security measures to prevent the secrets of various game departments from leaking. This has advantages and disadvantages from the perspective of the company. Therefore, I propose that although each game department develops, it is not as good as our company to set a standard, a game model standard," Nishiyama Takashi said.

standard? What standard? ——Lin Feng and Wu Zhaopu were both stunned.

"Boss, it's like this. As our company develops and each game department continues to launch games, our company will have more and more resources. But currently, these resources are blocked by each game department, and all The design programming languages ​​used by everyone are different, and the standards for transferring into the database are also different. My proposal is to let all the game development departments of the company use a unified programming language. Of course, if the company can develop a completely unique programming language. The company's internal programming language would be even better. Moreover, I propose that the company adopt a unified database transfer standard and make it open to all game development departments, so that gods can call each other's already formed models or maps, so that It can greatly save game development time," said Takashi Nishiyama.

When developing this 2D side-scrolling shooting online game, Nishiyama Takashi suddenly discovered that if the game types are similar, the same games can completely call each other to create gods. In this case, many advantages may not be reflected in the initial stage, but as the game accumulates The number of games is increasing day by day, and the resources that can be called upon are terrifying. In the future, you may develop a game. You only need to have an idea, and then you can call various character models, maps, and even various systems from previous games, and then modify them in detail. This can greatly save development. time.

Of course, this also has risks, that is, once this database is opened, once it is invaded by outside hackers, or internal employees of the company are betrayed, or commercial espionage enters, the company will suffer heavy losses. But in Nishiyama Takashi's view, this is completely beneficial to the company's development. This will not only save labor costs for the company, but also greatly save game development time, which will be of great benefit to the company.

But the premise is, will the eleven major game development departments agree to such a public unified plan?

"In this case, I will hold a meeting to discuss this matter in two days. You should hurry up and develop "Contra ne" first, and get the closed beta version out first. I will take a look first." Lin Feng responded to Nishiyama Takashi's proposal It's quite tempting, but in this way, the company's confidentiality measures will be greatly challenged. Once leaked, it would be quite terrifying. In the past, even if there was a hacker intrusion or an internal employee leaked, the relevant information of one department could only be leaked. But now, the information of the entire company is leaked, and it is the most core thing.

"Yes, I understand, Director Lin." Nishiyama Takashi nodded.

"Uh, boss, how are you going to charge for "Contra"?" Wu Zhaopu thought for a long time, but he just couldn't figure out how to charge for "Contra ne".

"Haha, Mr. Wu, this is simple, I decided to adopt a new charging model." Lin Feng laughed.

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