Chapter 172: Preparing to Develop a Computer Game
In front of Liu Lang sat Wan'an father and son, Chengxian and Cattermole, all of whom were big bosses in the IT industry in this era, but at this time, the "big guys" were listening to Liu Lang's "teaching".
"The future of entertainment must rely on the computer, the initial form of the game is the stand-alone version of the game, this is the most promising entertainment project in the next ten years, even more than film and television, why? Because this kind of game has a very high level of participation, gamers through the operation of the computer to explore, as long as you do not clear the level, then everything in front is unknown, human instinct is to explore the unknown, so once this game comes out, it will definitely form a crushing situation for other forms of entertainment. ”
Liu Lang opened with a clear meaning, his eyes were already on computer games.
"I agree with Mr. Liu's point of view, in fact, just last year, Will Wright has designed a "SimCity" game, this game I have played, it is very attractive, and hundreds of thousands of copies have been sold in the United States. ”
Wan He agreed.
"Yes, that's the beginning of computer games, but computer games don't stop there, in my opinion, there are many kinds of computer games, like this SimCity, which I put down to being a strategy game, which is to use various means to rebuild a city and turn it from a village to a city, and the process can be fulfilling.
In fact, this game is very primitive, we can amplify it, zoom in to a civilization, for example, at the beginning of the game, the protagonist is just a primitive person, only the most rudimentary stone tools beside him, the protagonist is to lead the primitive people to make iron, steel, make weapons, and then occupy other tribes, and then dig coal, make steam engines, generate electricity, step by step to lead his subordinates to create a civilization, human beings have many civilizations, such as the Chinese nation, ancient Babylon, Ancient Egypt, ancient India, and ancient Greece, each civilization has different characteristics, and the player can choose a form of civilization to develop. ”
Liu Lang's words made the people present stunned, "Damn, this brain hole is not ordinary, but if you think about it carefully, this form of game is really very attractive." ”
But Liu Lang's words are not finished.
"In addition to strategy games, there are also role-playing games, this kind of is very simple, that is, to turn a movie into a game, the gamer is the plot in it, for example, vulgar, there are three male protagonists in it, the gamer can choose at will, each person's development process is different, and every choice made will bring different results!"
There are also action games, Contra three years ago is a representative of this kind of game, but Contra does not run on a computer, and the scene is relatively simple.
There are also shooting games, adventure games, and more!"
Liu Lang introduced the computer game to everyone in great detail, and the scene was silent, listening to him for more than an hour.
Well, it's no stranger to the game industry, in fact, as early as ten years ago, the earliest computer games appeared, similar to Pac-Man, that kind of game is too simple, it's not bad to play for the first time, and after a long time, it will be visually fatigued, so it doesn't have much impact.
A few years ago, VIE also released a game, which is a small game for helicopters to avoid obstacles, this game is mainly to promote a flash software released by VIE Company, not as a separate game to be released, but this small game is very popular, VIE has also produced several similar games, such as racing games, kicking games and so on.
But whether it is the island country, VIE and other companies that focus on games, their knowledge of computer games is definitely not as good as Liu Lang's, and even before Liu Lang, no one knew that there were so many types of games, and now Liu Lang has listed them, which simply opens the door to a new world for everyone.
Of course, they are also accustomed to Liu Lang's imagination, but he said that these are not too unboundary, such as role-playing games, which are to move the movie to the computer, and then add the controller, it's as simple as that, and the selling point is the unknown of the future plot.
There is also a strategy, creating a city or even a civilization, which can make people have a huge sense of achievement, shooting games are also very good, Americans can't do without guns, I believe this game can get everyone's like, in a word, Liu Lang's words have brought inspiration to everyone, and at the same time have brought another development direction, any kind of game, as long as one can be developed, it must be able to make money, as for how much to earn, I don't know, but Liu Lang said that this is a new form of entertainment in the future, and it is destined to become a mainstream project.
All of you here are experts, who know how to use the technology in their hands to turn Liu Lang's ideas into reality, of course, it cannot be said that it is Liu Lang's ideas, which is the inevitable result of the development of the times, but Liu Lang is now more clearly elaborated in words.
Now the United States must have a plan for national development, and the United States and other countries have to do the rest after the plan is completed, and the same is true for industrial development, and the United States has now realized the importance of the computer industry, and then concentrated its resources in the computer industry through certain methods.
Some people say that the United States is a pure market economy, everything is done in accordance with market rules, in fact, this is not entirely true, they will also use financial and other policies to affect some industries, and they have the most direct way, that is, to suppress similar foreign industries, as long as the opponent is killed, and then you don't have to worry, the chip industry is like this.
In the first few years, the chip industry of the island country developed rapidly, and the wafer production line was manufactured in the 80s, and it was sold to China, but the United States began to work in the late eighties, first supporting the development of the chip industry in South Korea, and then signing a series of contracts with the island country, so that the other party gave up the chip industry and was only responsible for the production of components.
The United States recognizes the future of the chip industry, so it spares no effort to develop, and VIE can also deeply understand the strength of the United States in this regard, which is a kind of national-level planning.
The same is true for other industries, for example, no matter how busy Liu Lang is, he has to return to Shengtang every once in a while, and set the goals for the next one or two years, for example, this time he came back and set the goals of Shengtang Company in terms of films and records in the next two years.
Liu Lang spoke to the crowd for more than an hour just now, why? Isn't it just to plan the direction of entertainment in the new situation in the next few years? That is, computer games.
Computer games are a form of entertainment, but unlike simple movies and records, they need to be backed by strong technology, which is software development capabilities.
Shengtang and Wan'an have cooperated very closely in recent years, mainly in the production of special effects, and some technical problems will be handed over to VIE to solve, so VIE has set up an entertainment software development department, which belongs to Wanhe's software development department, the two are cooperative relations, VIE is responsible for developing related software, and Shengtang will pay each other according to the contract, and the "Toy Story" VIE company has been paid more than two million US dollars, which is far greater than their development costs.
Now Liu Lang has proposed a new way of cooperation, that is, to develop new computer game programs.