Video Game Empire

The first-year course of the Chinese University of Hong Kong is focused on general education. In Li Xuan's first semester course selection table, there is only one professional course, which is called computer principles and basic programming, and the rest are general courses.

Because Chinese University was formed by the merger of three colleges, each college has its own traditions. Each college requires the completion of two compulsory courses and three elective courses in a total of five general education courses, but the elective courses offered by each academy are different. feature.

For example, in the United College where Li Xuan is located, freshmen are required to take two courses: university life and study, and modern social issues. New Asia College freshmen are required to study introductory reading and thinking methods. Chung Chi College's general education electives also include theological courses such as Introduction to the New Testament and Foundations of Christian Faith.

Life outside of schoolwork is also very exciting. The student union of the school has begun to recruit new students on a large scale as soon as the semester begins, and various clubs also have various activities to attract everyone to participate. The dorm committee will also make desserts for everyone on Thursday nights.

There is also a regular reading salon in the dormitory every week. Boys who like to play football can gather together in front of the TV in the living room to watch League One broadcasts on weekends. The current English top club league has not changed its name to the Premier League, and the Red Army Liverpool is still a well-deserved overlord.

For Li Xuanlaiduo, this is the third time he has entered a university campus. Each school has its own unique culture and tradition, which brings him a lot of novel experiences. For example, in the Bethlehem dormitory where he lives, the president of the dormitory committee will bring other backbones to make exquisite and delicious desserts to treat everyone every Thursday night. This kind of warm atmosphere like home is something he has never experienced in his previous university life.

In addition to class, Li Xuan needs to go to the Ke Kee Electronics Factory in Kwun Tong from time to time for a lap. The production of arcade machines is slowly on the right track, and about ten arcade machines can be assembled every day. The factory recently encountered a problem that made him very depressed. According to the normal industrial production law, as the production scale expands, the production cost of a single product should gradually decrease, but he encountered the opposite situation.

The main reason for this is the supply of game console computer circuit boards. At present, there is no company specializing in the production of game console substrates. Each arcade computer board is specially designed and produced by the game console factory itself, and will not be sold to the outside world.

The circuit boards of the counterfeit game consoles produced by Keji Company were purchased at high prices from the distributors of genuine arcade machines, and the distributors took them out from the game console factory in the name of replacement parts.

In this way, the number of circuit boards that the electronics factory can obtain every month is very limited, and the more the number of purchases, the higher the asking price of the previous home, after all, the greater the risk that the other party takes. Once discovered by the original factory, not only the agent qualification is not guaranteed, but also a lawsuit may be incurred.

Li Xuan has also considered asking a factory that produces printed circuit boards to customize it for himself, but the technical content of the circuit boards used for arcade motherboards is not low. Most of the small factories in Hong Kong cannot produce them, and a few are capable of producing them Large factories do not look down on Keji's scattered orders of only a few hundred pieces of each model per month.

Fortunately, Li Xuan also only regards the copycat business as a stopgap measure. He is currently designing a new arcade game, a game that will be famous decades later. He has already thought of the name, called Hong Kong Square. .

In fact, in Li Xuan's opinion, Tetris is not very suitable for arcade games. It does not have exciting fights, nor does it have hot and gorgeous graphics. It was invented by Russian mathematician Sakitnov, said to be to test the performance of computers, and was inspired by jigsaw puzzles. Li Xuan had never seen him in arcade halls in his previous life, but he was everywhere on mobile phones and online mini game websites.

But it's 1979, and the players in the arcade have not been baptized by the classic games such as Street Fighter, Boxer, and Tiger Fighter. The rough graphics such as Space Invaders and Little Bees can make them fascinated. The simple graphics of Tetris is no match for an arcade game two decades later, but it's still comparable to an arcade game in 1979.

Its classicity has stood the test of time, and it has been selected as one of the most classic games of the twentieth century in various selections of later generations. It is said that it also has a very embarrassing record-the game with the longest time in prison for players, which shows the degree of human obsession with him.

Therefore, after Li Xuan thought and analyzed repeatedly, it is completely feasible to transplant Tetris to arcades in this era. For Li Xuan, the reason why he chose Tetris for the first game he developed was mainly because this game only needed him alone.

It's not that he hasn't considered other classic games, such as Nintendo's Super Mario. But the development of these games is not something he can do alone. Apart from software and hardware issues, the design of characters and graphics must at least be done by professional artists. Although he has the aura of rebirth, he is not omnipotent. .

"Xuan Shao, why are you free to come to the company today!"

Li Xuan walked into the office, Du Wenqiang raised his head and jokingly said. The factory area rented by Keji Company is not large. Except for the production area, there are only two or three offices for daily office use. Although Li Xuan has a desk, he does not spend much time in the factory, so Du Wenqiang is also arranged in his office.

Recently, the company has recruited two new employees with a basic knowledge of electronics, who are responsible for the burning of game data. Du Wenqiang has finally been freed from the boring and repetitive work. Du Wenqiang's programming skills are good, and most importantly, he likes video games as much as Li Xuan. When the two met for the first time, he also used his computer to show Li Xuan a few small games he had written in assembly language.

With such a high-level technical talent, Li Xuan planned him into the game team that he had not yet had time to set up. During the previous period of time, he had actually been examining each other's temperament. In Li Xuan's view, to form a R&D team, in addition to technical skills, the team members must also consider their character and character, at least they must be able to communicate and not be against the tide. After Li Xuan's personal contact during this period of time, he has basically recognized the other party.

"What are you doing? You can't be lazy during work hours. When I found out, you should be careful to deduct your salary!" Li Xuan said with a smile. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

"What else can I do? I'm testing the program! I just found a small bug, now fix it!"

Du Wenqiang is a technophile and said a word without raising his head. Except for the first few games that Li Xuan made, he did not continue to focus on the cottage. On the contrary, Du Wenqiang took over his mantle, and in half a month, he has cracked and copied two new games.

Keji Company is limited by the insufficient supply of circuit boards, and the output of a single game cannot increase, so it can only work **** the number of games. Now, the company's copycat products have increased to five, which can basically support the needs of a small game hall.

"Let me show you something good!" Li Xuan took out a floppy disk from his bag. Tetris has already been written by him. Of course, the current name of this game is Hong Kong Square, and the future honor has nothing to do with Russians.

"What is this, your new game?" Du Wenqiang launched the previous program, picked up the floppy disk handed over by Li Xuan and inserted it into the floppy drive.

"It's a new game I made recently, but it's different from the previous ones! I used to just copy and plagiarize others, and it's really not very good at the table! This time this game is written by myself, original, unique in the world, game The name is Hong Kong Square!" Li Xuan was still a little embarrassed when he said these words, but the cheeky he quickly calmed down.

"Really?" Du Wenqiang still had some doubts.

"Just play and see. I spent a lot of energy to make it. It's a game of building blocks. I think it's suitable for all ages. It should be pretty good!"