Chapter 884: The Development Trend of Games in the New Century
"Why didn't you say it earlier?"
With this kind of resentment, Wu Tao finished eating the fruits of Zhao Li's busy work in the morning, and as a result, he smoked Fang Yuan, who was choking on cereal opposite, with a look of disgust.
Rose stared at him with burning eyes, but between her light eyebrows and a slight frown, she didn't mind much.
Clapped his hands and pushed the dishes and chopsticks in front of Fang Yuan, "This kitchen will be handed over to you to clean up." ”
"Why?" Fang Yuan didn't like to feel like a servant.
"It's worth your rent. Wu Tao wiped his mouth, "It's cheap for you." ”
Walking to the living room, Song Zhuang came in and stood with his hands tied and said, "Boss, the car outside is ready." ”
At this time, Zhao Liqiao walked down from the upstairs with a cold face, and had already changed into a pleasing professional outfit.
I have to admit that if you have a good figure, you look good in anything.
So Wu Tao waved his hand and said, "No need, Uncle Zhuang." Today I was in Lili's car. ”
"I'm a newbie. Zhao Li reminded as she walked.
"I don't mind. Wu Tao was unconscious.
"I'm a second-hand broken car. ”
"I've done all the ...... of broken cars"
So on the coastal road to Silicon Valley, there was a strange scene.
A group of several Mercedes-Benz BMW cars worth more than 100,000 dollars surrounded a broken Honda with a full score of no more than 5,000 US dollars in the middle, one will be lined up in a chevrone, and the other will be lined up in a zigzag.
Wu Tao sat in the passenger seat, watching the car run steadily, and couldn't help but sigh: "Not bad." ”
In fact, it is indeed good that a second-hand Honda can run so happily.
However, Zhao Li seemed to be encouraged, stepped on the accelerator to the end, and the second-hand Honda roared for a long time, and the speed did not increase much, but the various noises in the car became louder and louder.
"Let's change cars!"
"Really, it doesn't cost much......"
After Wu Tao chattered for a long time, Zhao Li took out a packet of chewing gum from the co-pilot's lattice and handed it to him without saying a word.
Wu Tao smiled proudly, "I knew you wouldn't let me go to work with a breath......"
rushed all the way to Tianxing Game Company, a pack of chewing gum had bottomed out, and the tone in Wu Tao's mouth was obviously much better. When talking to others, as long as you don't get too close, you basically can't smell the ecstasy of second-hand leeks.
When the two arrived at Tianxing Game Company, it was not yet work time.
Therefore, the two of them are in and out like this, but it will not have any bad impact on Zhao Li.
Today's Tianxing Game Company, after experiencing the hot listing of Counter-Strike, is no longer the small workshop it was at the beginning.
The three-story building of the main body is crowded, not to mention, and two new buildings have been built next to it, driving a game industrial park.
Even though the new building is much more majestic than the old building, Li Ming and Jeff's old employees still insist on working in the small building.
Stepping into the small building, Qiu Xiaotian, as the art director, has arrived.
Hearing the voice, he gave a thumbs up from afar: "Boss, you really can." It's only been a few days since I arrived in Los Angeles, and I've been in the news and become a celebrity. ”
Wu Tao spread his hands, "I don't want to either." Then he climbed on Qiu Xiaotian's shoulder and said, "It's you, the long hair has grown again?"
Qiu Xiaotian shrugged, "No way, Xiao Man said he liked it." ”
Half an hour later, Wu Tao met Li Ming and Jeff, who had not seen him for a long time.
Li Ming is still so riotous, a bit of a maverick. Jeff, on the other hand, shaved off his beard and made his whole person look much more refined.
Immediately, the R&D team held a joint meeting.
The content of the meeting is not only a maintenance report of the original Counter-Strike game, but also a follow-up of the progress of the new game League of Legends.
Unlike at other company meetings, Wu Tao had to give some instructions, and at the meeting of Tianxing Game Company, he didn't say a word from beginning to end.
Because the development of the PC version of League of Legends has not changed much from the development model of Counter-Strike.
In this regard, the R&D model of Tianxing Games is already very mature.
Although there were disagreements at the meeting, it was a minor issue between the game planner and the developer, and there was no need for him, the big boss, to take the initiative to get involved.
After the meeting, Wu Tao returned to the office and specially called Li Ming over.
For Wu Tao, Li Ming, the development director, is still quite convinced. After all, when his talent was not yet revealed, Wu Tao sent someone to find him, trusted him, and gave him a heavy responsibility, which is why he grew up.
"Boss, what's the matter?"
Wu Tao stretched out his hand and motioned for the other party to sit down, "How are the web version of the mini game projects integrated in the browser that I mentioned to you before?"
Li Ming was stunned when he heard this, and recalled for a long time, and then remembered: "I handed over that small project to Cage." Wait, I'll call him. ”
Cage is a rookie programmer in Li Ming's development team, which shows that Li Ming didn't take this small game project to heart at all.
Seeing this, Wu Tao interrupted him and said, "Wait, Li, I'll call him in later." ”
"Okay, boss. ”
Wu Tao leaned back in his chair and asked seemingly casually, "Li, you are an expert in game development, tell us your views on the future development trend of the game industry." ”
Li Ming's spirits perked up, yes, the boss must have an important business to discuss with him.
That little bit of web game is not worth talking about in such a rare and private occasion.
"Boss, I think that future games will definitely develop in the direction of more realistic and interesting. This puts forward high requirements for game planning, graphic technology, settings, special effects, etc. ”
“…… At present, the company's R&D team is weak in animation special effects, so I suggest forming a special effects team to adapt to future development. ”
Wu Tao nodded, "What else?"
Li Ming pondered for a moment and continued: "As a professional game company, engine development is the basic skill. We are considering outsourcing for two games in a row, and if possible, it is more convenient to have our own team in this regard......"
……
The two talked a lot, but although Li Ming's answer was full of content, Wu Tao was never satisfied.
When it was over, Wu Tao saw Li Ming's increasingly confused expression, so he simply stopped asking, but took the initiative to talk: "Li, so much of the content you just mentioned is very good and practical. But it wasn't the answer I was thinking. ”
“…… Because that's the conclusion you get from your perspective as a game development team leader. And my expectation for you is to look at the trends and trends of the entire esports game industry from the perspective of the strategic level of game companies. ”
Li Ming looked confused.
“…… For example, "Wu Tao continued, "I think that in the future, games will develop in two directions, one is the large-scale games with higher image quality and more interesting that you are talking about, which will put forward high requirements for the hardware of game computers, and at the same time, it is aimed at game enthusiasts and enthusiasts." ”
“…… On the other hand, there is miniaturization and lightweightness, such as web games, which are embedded in specific web pages such as Facebook, so that casual and social themes can be blended. Don't underestimate this, because it will have a much wider audience and group than the previous direction. The potential of this market is even greater than that of the former......"