Chapter 346: Treating the Symptoms or Treating the Root Cause?
The next day was supposed to be Sunday, and the tense beta test had just ended, although the end of the beta also brought a lot of new problems to deal with, but after all, the whole studio was busy for four weeks, so it was reasonable to let everyone relax. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
So there was no overtime scheduled for this day.
However, this so-called arrangement does not refer to employees below the supervisor level.
Producers and department heads are basically equipped with office keys, and there are no restrictions on coming to the office to do something during the vacation or simply playing in the studio for a while.
Therefore, Che Guanglong didn't say hello to the two roommates and went to the company alone.
At about ten o'clock, this guy called Liu Kewei and Duan Shanshan respectively and called the two to the studio.
"What's the problem, you've figured it out?"
Liu Kewei chewed gum and asked indistinctly.
"Well, it's probably confirmed, it's the server verification steps of the guild system that are not perfect. ā
Che Guanglong replied with a frown, the dark circles on his face were obvious.
During this time, he has really worked hard, and the workload of one person is almost as high as the three people of the normal R&D team - the server-side main program, the producer, and the QA director.
He is not Liu Kewei's outrageously energetic guy, so many things are left on his head, and it is already very good that he is not crushed.
"No, the guild system shouldn't be awkward with the five-color spirit stone......"
Duan Shanshan was holding a cigarette but didn't light it, and couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard the words.
The three buddies who smoked together at the beginning are now the only "lonely man" left, even if he is still smoking, he is embarrassed to spit out clouds and fog in front of the two who have quit smoking.
Therefore, I had to hold it and not light it, purely for a dry addiction.
When he couldn't hold it back, he would leave for a while. Run to the stairwell and smoke one.
A game has been done for so long, and the functions of each system, the planning department has tested it at least seven or eight times or even more than ten times, and basically everything that can and nothing is familiar to the chest.
He pondered the relevant functions of the guild system, but he didn't expect any part to be related to the five-color spirit stone. Could it be that we don't have a design function at all, and someone else can implement it in the game behind our back?
It doesn't make sense!
Che Guanglong smiled and didn't speak, but raised his eyes to glance at Liu Kewei, and the expression on his face was tantamount to saying, "Is that so......?"
"Well, that's true. I remember. At the beginning, Xingning mentioned that he wanted to increase the output of a small amount of spirit stones in the guild system task reward, and this requirement was realized by the registration program, and then after a few days, I pondered that this might lead to a significant reduction in the difficulty of the game, so the program was only halfway through and I went to call it stop. This functional program has not been completed over there, so naturally there is no arrangement for the planning side to conduct the corresponding test, Uncle Duan, you naturally don't know - Che'er, is that the case?"
Scratching his cheeks, Liu Kewei explained while recalling, and finally asked Che Guanglong for confirmation.
"Hmm. Roughly this should be the experience, eight or nine are not far from ten. Che Guanglong nodded, on this issue, the memories of the two are generally consistent. "I think it was about a month after I first came to Seoul, at the beginning of November last year. ā
"Our side has not finished the function, can others still seize this loophole and modify the number of five-color stones? Is it so exaggerated......
Duan Shanshan didn't understand it a little.
Graduated as an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Management and Applications. In addition to 20 years of gaming experience, although he has been working in writing since he entered the society, he has more or less his own concept of this problem.
Let's take an analogy. For example, the famous "Guan Yunchang Flooded Seventh Army", if there was no rainstorm for more than ten days that caused the water level of the Xiangjiang River to rise sharply, Guan Changsheng (Guan Yu's original character) would not have been able to create a flood out of nothing.
"The function is not finished, but the data interface has been done at that time, and then Lao Liu said that this function should not be done first, so he temporarily processed the relevant code, and the server verified that the piece leaked like this......"
Che Guanglong explained helplessly.
There were some things he didn't want to say too much.
The relevant functions of the guild system, in the server side, are in charge of Su Hao, who only has one year of work experience after graduating from college.
Therefore, in the details of some specific work, he will inevitably have some lack of experience.
It was not easy for him to successfully implement the functional requirements of the planning side in the game, and he really couldn't be blamed for leaving some hidden dangers that might be problematic (see Chapter 136).
Originally, his side reluctantly assigned him this job that was a bit beyond his ability.
So even if there is a problem with the quality of the other party's completion, the main responsibility still has to fall on yourself.
Who made it impossible for us to find a more suitable candidate at that time?
"And what about the loophole in the game currency?"
Liu Kewei did not express his position, but asked another question.
What Che Guanglong didn't say, in fact, he knew it himself, and this part of the management work was basically decided by him and Che Guanglong - Duan Shanshan had little intersection with technology, so he couldn't help much, and he generally didn't bother to care about things other than copywriting.
Unlike Duan Shanshan, who didn't know what to do, he naturally understood Che Guanglong's helpless suffering.
Che Guanglong nodded slowly, and said ominously: "I also found it, almost a similar situation." ā
"It's all dealt with?" asked Liu Kewei.
"Well, these two pieces should be fine...... But ......"
Che Guanglong smuttered, wanting to speak and stopped.
"Say whatever you want, there's no outsider here. Besides, now you're a producer, dear!" Liu Kewei said angrily and funny.
Che'er, your attitude, it is clear that you have any ideas that may be different from me, and you are afraid of my existence, so it is not good to say it directly.
Don't say that the current producer of the studio is yourself, just say that you have a good relationship with our brothers, what else can you not say?
Che Guanglong was hit by Liu Kewei's heart, and the old man lowered his head with a red face, and then he spoke: "Although I have found these two vulnerabilities and dealt with them accordingly, I can't guarantee that there are no more similar vulnerabilities in our game......"
"No one wants you to make such a guarantee, right?" asked Liu Kewei in confusion. "Isn't this how our domestic entrepreneurial game development teams do? When they encounter a problem, they solve the problem, and if they don't encounter a problem, they don't care about it......"
The so-called entrepreneurial R&D team, in short, is similar to the Holy Grail Studio and Threesome Studio, which do not have games that have been launched and can bring a steady stream of profits to support R&D, and completely rely on investors to unilaterally spend money to maintain the operation of the team.
In other words, it's the (temporary) R&D team that only spends money but doesn't have the ability to make money yet.
The biggest difference from the regular R&D team in large companies is that in order to control costs and ensure that the game is not disbanded due to financial problems before it is launched, the entrepreneurial team has reduced the staffing to only meet the most basic criterion of "being able to make a game".
Everything revolves around the purpose of "how to make the game as quickly and cost-effectively as possible", so. "Headache and foot pain" has become the routine of these entrepreneurial teams.
The companies that Liu Kewei has worked for are basically this kind of entrepreneurial team, so he takes this kind of last resort as a matter of course.
"If no one is staring at our game, it's not a big problem. But looking at the situation now, it seems that someone is trying to stumble on our game, and if we enter the open beta with a version of the game that may have a bunch of hidden dangers - then someone else will use similar means to find other vulnerabilities, and we will be in trouble!"
Che Guanglong's tone sounded worried.
Hearing him say this, Liu Kewei frowned and was silent. Thoughtfully. However, Duan Shanshan, who lacked concept because of his lack of experience, asked blankly, "What's the trouble?"
"First of all, I don't necessarily find the vulnerability and fix it right away - like this time, I stopped what I was doing and focused on it, and it took me days; The version of the game that has entered the open beta has frequent problems, and it is difficult for us to explain the past to both players and operators. ā
"Then you can't thoroughly check what is going wrong with our game before the open beta starts. Solve all these problems again?"
Duan Shanshan's innocent rhetorical question made Che Guanglong can't help but roll his eyes: "Do you think I'm a god? Not to mention that I have other things to deal with at hand, just find out the problem and solve the problem." I couldn't have been busy by myself - it was actually like someone had helped us find the problem, at least the direction of the existing loopholes was 'five-color stones' and 'game currency', and it would take me days to deal with them. If I get it all by myself now, unless our game starts open beta next year and the year after that, I will definitely not rush!"
Liu Kewei ignored Duan Shanshan, who was blindly coaxing, and turned to Che Guanglong and asked, "Che'er, what do you mean...... Are you planning to set up a QA department in the studio (see Chapter 63 for definition and role, which will not be repeated here)?"
Naxon has a dedicated QA department, and all studios under the headquarters can put their projects there for testing, but they need to apply for approval and scheduling.
Because of the pedigree of the R&D team and the role of various factors of Zhao Changchang himself, "Six Tribulations" often received a cold reception when applying for the cooperation of the QA department.
Besides, unlike other studios whose projects belong entirely to the Naxon Group, more than 50 percent of the shares of Threesome Studios belong to these three guys. Not to mention Duan Shanshan, who neither understands the relevant powerful relationships nor understands the technology, asked Liu Kewei and Che Guanglong to completely open some of the technical core things of "Six Tribulations" to the QA Department of the Nakson Group, and it is impossible for them to agree.
Even Zhao Changchang wouldn't let them do it.
The heart of defending people is indispensable, and besides, Zhao Changchang is not without enemies within Naxon.
P.S. This is today's "Ben Change".
This can explain the meaning of the title of this volume:
1. Make up for the loopholes in the game "Six Tribulations";
2. Improve and improve the departmental configuration of the three-person studio;
3. Liu Kewei's self-examination and mental journey to correct his shortcomings and deficiencies;
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This is the reason for the title of the volume. (To be continued.) )