Chapter 142: The Blood Lion Incident (Part II)
Zhang Lexing couldn't stand Wu Gang's eloquent talk anymore, he quickly waved his hand and put forward his request: "The game can't just rely on what you say, you better take me to see how this game is." ”
The reason why he put forward this kind of request that is fundamentally abusive is mainly because Zhang Lexing wants to confirm his conjecture, the "Blood Lion" he saw back then was really bad, but after all, many things have changed due to his own intervention. Zhang Lexing was worried that if this "Blood Lion" was different from what he had seen before, in case it was really good, he didn't want to lose his temper before confirming it, so he planned to see with his own eyes what the current "Blood Lion" looked like.
Wu Gang seemed to have coped with Zhang Lexing's request many times, he nodded with an unchanged expression, and led Zhang Lexing into the studio next to the bedroom. Walking into the studio, Wu Gang chose an empty computer and began to demonstrate "Blood Lion", perhaps this kind of thing is very common, the two artists next to him are still sitting in front of the computer depicting something, without even raising their heads.
Wu Gang said that it was a demonstration of "Blood Lion" but in fact he didn't start the game at all, but a black and white video came out through the player, which was a tank and a car exploded, and even the plane strafing, and the momentum was there, but the top was also VCD resolution The clarity of the picture through the computer monitor is really not very good, and from time to time there are some mosaics, that is, rookies who can deceive and have not seen much of what is called a beautiful game title.
With such a picture effect, Wu Gang also said proudly: "This is the title of the game that we spent a lot of money to create using the latest computer image processing technology, highlighting the tragic atmosphere of "Blood Lion"......"
Considering the technical level of video digitization at this time, Zhang Lexing could only endure the black and white picture of about 50 seconds in front of him. But as soon as the black-and-white video passed, there was a CG picture made by software such as 3DS, and the yellowish, flattened tanks, staring at the barrels like toothpicks, groped forward in the dark, and suddenly several green tanks like plastic toys appeared in front of them, also moving forward against a black background.
At this time, Wu Gang also said proudly: "This is the opening part of the game made by us using the latest computer 3D technology, how about it, the effect is great!"
"Huh!haha!" Zhang Lexing finally couldn't help laughing, and shook his head again and again while laughing: "I'm embarrassed to say it's the title of the game!"
Wu Gang's face froze, and he was about to open his mouth to say something, but the artist next to him, who was still working hard, stood up and said dissatisfiedly: "This gentleman, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, this is made by us using the latest foreign 3DStudio software, how can it be bad!"
"What about 3DStudio, if the level is not good, get a Maya for you to be at this rotten level. Zhang Lexing said disdainfully.
Wu Gang coughed dryly a few times, then pulled up a few pictures from the computer, and then said: "The title is just a part of the game, whether it is good or bad is also a matter of opinion, and the wise will see the effect in this game." This is the game's selection screen...... This is the scene of the first level......"
Wu Gang continued to introduce "Blood Lion" while switching pictures, Zhang Lexing was completely uninterested in looking at it after just two glances, and he couldn't imagine that the "Blood Lion" he saw now looked worse than the one he had seen before.
Wu Gang was making an introduction, while secretly observing the two who came today, the one who followed behind looked very strong, but it didn't look like the person in charge, but the one who had been listening to his introduction seemed to be in charge, but his face seemed to be getting worse and worse. Wu Gang was very puzzled, the sellers who usually came to the door were very easy to deal with, some didn't even have to take out videos and pictures, as long as he spat and boasted a few words, he obediently ran to sign a contract and pay the money, which is like today, he has sacrificed the last magic weapon, but his face is getting more and more ugly.
Wu Gang coughed lightly twice, and was about to introduce it in a more exaggerated tone, but he didn't expect Zhang Lexing to wave his hand, interrupting his introduction, and also made a request that made him embarrassed: "Whether the game is good or not, you have to look at the real thing, these videos and pictures are not useful, you still start the game and let me see." ”
It is said that this request is reasonable, but Wu Gang doesn't have a "Blood Lion" that can run at all, and he doesn't even have a demo, so he can only stand there, laughing awkwardly, and he can't help muttering in his heart: "Damn, why can't even dealers fool these days!"
"What's that......" Wu Gang scratched his head, and was about to make up a reason, but he didn't expect Luo Xunji, who was standing behind him, to suddenly step forward and interject: "Actually, the completion of "Blood Lion" is not high, and now there is no version that can be run, not even a demo for display. ”
Hearing this, Wu Gang's fire jumped up, he thought to himself that this surnamed Luo is not a thing, how can he blow himself up in front of the dealer, but he is not easy to say, he can only glared at Luo Xunji with anger, and then he wanted to explain again, but Zhang Lexing didn't listen to what he said at all, but asked Luo Xunji to say. Wu Gang knew that it was going to be worse this time, but he didn't care too much, anyway, there are so many dealers who come to the door now, and there is not much more than him in front of him, but he didn't go away, he planned to see what this Luo Xunji would talk nonsense.
With Zhang Lexing's support, Luo Xunji immediately felt that he was much more courageous, and began to narrate from the beginning: "I haven't been here for a long time, and many things have not been experienced personally, most of them are from what these colleagues say......"
According to Luo Xunji, the reason why there is a project "Blood Lion" originated from a market research operation last year. Because Shen Xiwu, the general manager of Shangyang Electronics, graduated from the Department of Chinese, he always wanted to do something that could be related to his major and reflect his literary hobby, so he entrusted Wu Gang to take people to conduct a market research. A few weeks later, the investigation was over, and Wu Gang also brought back his conclusions, the current electronic publication market is not mature, but the game market is developing rapidly, if a game company is established to produce games according to the needs of the market, it should be successful.
It was such an investigation report that brought Shangyang Electronics into the game industry and made Wu Gang the leader of the game development team. After some analysis and research, Wu Gang put forward several draft plans for the leaders to choose, including "Blood Lion". Due to a series of events, last year happened to be the period when the domestic national sentiment began to rise, so Shangyang Electronics chose "Blood Lion" as a product to test the waters.
Shangyang Electronics itself does not have anyone who understands game development, even Wu Gang, who was assigned to be in charge of the development of "Blood Lion", and he is not even interested in games as a programmer. Wu Gang, who has no experience in game development, thinks that making a game is very simple, and when the investor asks him how much he needs, he also patted his chest and said that only 100,000 yuan is enough, and it can be completed in five months, and he estimates that he can sell at least 3,000 sets.
Ambitious, Wu Gang started his first game development journey with an investment of 100,000 yuan. First, he tricked five other young people who were interested in game development, including planners, artists, programmers, and marketing staff, and then rented a three-bedroom apartment in the area around the Asian Games Village, bought a few computers, and turned it into a place for people to work and rest for the next few months.
At first, it was relatively smooth, everyone was very motivated, the planner was writing the game script, the artist was busy drawing and designing the draft, and the program was writing the underlying code, and everything seemed to be perfect at that time. As soon as the game was developed, Wu Gang had already started to contact dealers, and the dealers were very interested in this kind of game with strong national sentiments, and they didn't even see what the game was, so they sent orders one after another. In less than three months, it broke through the 3,000 sets that Wu Gang originally expected, and the follow-up orders are still growing, and it is possible to see the posture to 30,000.
Encouraged by this, everyone in the development team is more motivated and spends more time sitting in front of the computer. However, it didn't take long for a haze to gradually loom over everyone's hearts, and the original goal of completing the development in five months and going public on January 1, 1997 could not be achieved. Although the game could not be launched on time, in consideration of the market, Wu Gang still released the news of the launch on January 1 on the advertisement, planning to use the bounce ticket to hype the game. Wu Gang succeeded in this regard, but the key game development encountered big problems, and everyone didn't even take a break during the Spring Festival, but the overall development progress was only 50%, especially in terms of program, and even a game framework that could be run had not yet been built. Just after the Spring Festival, the main program in the development team used the excuse that there was something at home, and it never appeared again after leaving, and the development of "Blood Lion" was almost paralyzed, and Luo Xunji was pulled into the "Blood Lion" development team at this time.
The dealers who have experienced a bounce all think that the game will be developed on March 23, and even Wu Gang thought so at the beginning, but under the current circumstances, this goal is obviously impossible to achieve. Later, after the mediation of Shangyang Electronics, the launch of the game was postponed to April 27, but Wu Gang's leader also issued a death order, "To hurry up, it must be completed before April 27." Wu Gang had no choice but to pass on the pressure to his team members, hoping that they could work harder, especially Luo Xunji's new main program, which must be completed before the deadline comes.
In fact, Wu Gang also knows that this task is impossible to complete, the overall completion is only 50%, the main program has a midway replacement, it will take a lot of time just to read the previous program, not to mention the next to write code, he had to let the program give up part of the planned content, "How much can be reduced, in any case, you at least let the game run first" This is Wu Gang's request to Luo Xunji.
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