Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

The leak of the news was a bit surprising, but Zhu Youxing took it very seriously.

It's just a small thing leaked out of nowhere right now, but if it's not managed well, there will only be more leaked information in the future.

This is still very influential on the overall development of the company, and it will also reduce the players' expectations.

However, the production of Mario Kart still needs to continue to move forward.

"This time, the racing game we need to make is no longer a more exciting game like Need for Speed, but a more cartoon style."

Standing in front of a blackboard, Zhu Youxing is explaining his idea of ​​making Mario Kart.

"President, do you mean to play for children?"

"No, it's not entirely for children. I intend to define this game as a family game." Zhu Youxing explained.

Everyone looked at each other.

Family fun?

This is a relatively novel statement, but it is also easy to understand. It is something that the whole family can play together.

"My plan is that Mario Kart will support up to eight people playing at the same time, so we need to make an online system similar to GB, which requires the cooperation of the engineering development team, so I also put Several people from the engineering development team called over."

Several engineers dressed differently from the game developers stood up and greeted everyone.

"They will cooperate with our game production and provide an eight-player online game method to allow more people to participate."

"President, do we want to connect eight game consoles? This is a bit outrageous."

A man said strangely.

Eight game consoles means that at least eight boxes of Mario Kart games are needed to play together. The cost alone may not be affordable for ordinary families.

"No, I'm going to use a new way of playing the game, which is the quad screen."

Zhu Youxing wiped the blackboard clean again, then drew a screen-like pattern on the blackboard, and then neatly cut out four partitions on the screen pattern.

"I plan to make a game console that can display the driving images of four different players at the same time, and then reach the point where one game console can allow at least four people to play at the same time. Then, in this case, only two game consoles are needed, and eight The handle and the online line can complete the eight-player game.”

Everyone's eyes widened slightly, they really didn't think of this method just now.

Is it possible to do this?

Then the problem can be solved in this way.

There are only two game consoles, so this kind of consumption will not be too prohibitive.

If anyone plans to hold a small banquet, three or four children can also have fun with a game console. For eight people, children from other families can also bring a game console to play together, or a It is actually not unacceptable for the average family to buy two game consoles directly for the family.

In Japan, the price of an SFC is not expensive, more than half of the price in the United States, and then the price of the controller and the cassette. In order to make the children happy, parents will not be too stingy.

This is actually another way to increase your income.

This degree is just right.

At this time, an employee raised his hand and asked: "Then the president, the next problem we need to overcome in the game is how to ensure the stability of the game under the four-split screen?"

Zhu Youxing nodded: "This is one of the points. At the same time, this racing car is not a simple race. This game itself must have a certain amount of fun, and it must also give some handicapped players some hope, so that they can also beat advanced players. Possibly, making the game more uncertain."

Sometimes a certain random attribute is added to a game, and the competitive effect will be greatly reduced, but the entertainment effect will be increased many times, which is a method that has been tried and tested.

Those mobile games krypton gold card draws in later generations are also in a similar form, but more straightforward and more direct.

Then Zhu Youxing once again drew a few props that appeared in Mario Kart on the blackboard.

Some props will slow down the first place, some props will help the first place to win faster, and some props will harm others and themselves, in short, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

"These props are just an example I gave roughly. Now I need to ask you to conceive a sufficiently balanced prop system as much as possible, as well as the strength and weakness between different operating car characters. This is a numerical adjustment. These are the The heart of the game."

The characteristics of mutual generation and mutual restraint of Mario Kart are also the golden signs of the success of this game.

Of course, Zhu Youxing can directly take out the most complete game data of Mario Kart in the previous life, and then let these people do it like a cat and a tiger.

But this is actually not good for the creative thinking of people in this world.

This is nothing more than a numerical balance adjustment. There is no need to reproduce the previous game at all. Let the game developers in this world think for themselves and find ways to solve problems by themselves, which will be more conducive to their growth.

Everyone nodded slightly. They already had some ideas, but it took a while to try.

Fortunately, they already have the experience of constantly adjusting the test data during the development of Street Fighter, and they have long been used to this aspect. However, the test data this time will be very different from those of Street Fighter, and they need to change their thinking.

At the same time, this time, we will once again cooperate with the engineering department that develops the hardware.

The previous Super Metroid actually had some cooperation, but it only helped to produce a cassette with an independent chip, which itself was not combined with the gameplay of the game, so the two parties still did their own things at the time.

But this time it is obvious that the gameplay is bound to the hardware itself, and they also need to cooperate with each other for research and development.

From here, once again, the benefits of Zhuyouxing's one-person management are reflected.

When he said east, no one dared to say west, or they didn't even think to question it in the past, and now they would all take everything Zhu Youxing said for granted.

At this point, the game development officially started, and the entire development cycle took about four months before it was officially released.

At first, it was exactly as Zhu Youxing imagined. Because of the name of Mario, many players would choose to buy it without hesitation. However, those who have played Need for Speed ​​feel that Mario Kart is a bit childish, but it is still more interesting. Yes, it's just that the fun doesn't last long.

Because most people buy and play alone, and rarely get together to play, which is tantamount to obliterating the greatest fun of this game.