“…… SNK USA officially closed its doors on June 22...... SNK, a subsidiary of the Aruzhi Group, announced the full launch of the European and American video game markets, withdrawing all forces to concentrate on the Japanese market. A spokesperson said: "The restructured SNk company will adjust its global marketing strategy, and all product businesses related to the handheld NeoGeoPocketColor and DreamBox 128, Dreamcast and PlayStation in Europe and the United States will soon be cancelled, and SNK Europe is discussing the aftermath with its partners, which I believe will be satisfactory to all parties involved." And SNk Japan will continue its business operations without any changes'......"

“…… Due to the layoffs after the Aruzhi Group came to power, many former SNK employees have been distracted, and we have secretly contacted some people, among which the main members of the KofTeam have agreed to jump ship after completing "KOF2000", and even the royal artist of the "KOF" series, Sen Qilou, will also join, and we plan to place this team in Shanghai......"

DarkWorks, the ...... producer of "Haunted House 4", announced yesterday that it will develop a game called "1906: Othello of the Arctic" for the DreamBox128 console, which will be influenced by the famous French science fiction writer Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "From the Earth to the Moon" and other early science fiction novels, will become a survival adventure game, the game world will have many unexplored areas and amazing destructive machinery...... ”

"New World Computer plans to use the GameLiveNetwork platform of the VisualSystem Group to launch the online version of Might and Magic, a multiplayer online game similar to Cyber Genesis, but with a much larger world......"

"According to the VisualSystem Group, a week ago, they acquired NetGamesUSA, a company based in Kansas, USA, in order to gain access to the company's game statistics technology, especially scoring reporting software for online game matches. After the acquisition, NetGamesUSA's game statistics technology will be applied to new games, and it will also be used for the GameLiveNetwork and DreamBoxLive platforms......"

According to a report from Blizzard, Diablo 2 has already reached 1 million units sold worldwide within two weeks of its release...... This result is once again on par with the same game of the genre "Legend of Blackstone 2" developed by the Workshop......"

Zhang Lexing flicked the mouse wheel, looking at the emails that appeared on the screen, and occasionally attached his own opinions to the necessary emails, now he rarely leaves Hong Kong, unless the matter is important, otherwise most of them are handed over to his subordinates to deal with directly, and they can write an email back after the end. Zhang Lexing only needs to understand the current situation, know what is happening, and understand that those things are still being dealt with, of course, there are also more concerned things, such as the promotion of the Independent Game Festival and DreamBox128.

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Late one night in early July, Li Wenbo, as usual, chose this time when the number of Internet users was relatively small and the Internet speed was relatively fast, so he turned on the dial-up connection of ISDN and connected to the Internet with the intention of surfing. Usually, he usually opens the portal to see what news there is, and at the same time opens FoxMail to receive emails, then hangs up ICQ to see if anyone has left a message, and then goes to the "Game Manufacturing" section of the "Nomad Tribe" forum to irrigate. But this time it's a little different.,There's a friend who has been recommending an online game called "King of Kings" during this time.,But he's busy developing games and he doesn't have much spare time.,It just so happens that today's game debugging work has been basically completed.,Girlfriend Mi Xiaonuo flew to South Korea again.,Bored for a while, he remembered the online game that his friend said.,So he found the official website of the "King of Kings" according to the URL sent by his friend.

At a cursory glance, this game seems to be quite troublesome, just the list of instructions is a lot, what to say (say), answer (reply), attack (kill), follow (follow), if it weren't for the icons to choose from, Li Wenbo thought he was seeing Mud, when he saw that there were almost three versions of expression instructions in the game, his feeling was even more obvious.

The career system is also very complicated.,According to the instructions on the official website, when level 25 is turned, there are 9 professions.,Including what knights、Berserker、Ranger、Sage, etc.,The level is higher, according to the official website, you can also carry out a so-called second turn.。 In addition, what else is teleporting crystals, hostile declarations of war, national subjects, etc., Li Wenbo has not fully figured it out for a while. What's even worse is that when he opened the "Related Downloads" column, he found that the client of the King of Kings had downloads, but it was as big as 244M bytes. Li Wenbo uses ISDN to surf the Internet, which has realized the fastest way today, and when opening a single B channel, it is 64Kbps, which is theoretically able to download 8K bytes per second, so 244M bytes will take 31232 seconds, which is equivalent to about 520 minutes, that is, 8 hours and 40 minutes.

In order to play such a complex game, it took more than 8 hours to download the client, Li Wenbo scratched his head, it seemed to be too extravagant, and he just wanted to have a pastime, and it was better to have this time to wait for the download, it was better to play a stand-alone game for a while or go to the "Lianzhong Game World" to play two games of arch pigs. Thinking of this, Li Wenbo casually closed the official website of "King of Kings" and clicked on the "Lianzhong Game World", but he didn't expect that the "Lianzhong Member" advertising banner I saw some time ago had been changed, and now it reads "Independent Game Competition, a place to create dreams".

Looking at the title written on the advertising banner, Li Wenbo muttered: "What is this indie game, it seems that I haven't heard of it yet, but it looks a little familiar, it seems that I have seen it somewhere." ”

Li Wenbo felt very strange and very curious, so he moved the mouse and clicked on the advertising banner, and a new browser window popped up, and in less than a minute, the content of the web page was revealed......

"Have you ever played a game?" [Li Wenbo nodded unconsciously.] 】

"Have you ever been excited, sad, or frightened because of a game made by someone else?" [Li Wenbo remembered the situation when he was almost too scared to go to the toilet when he played "Fog Lock" alone on a night two years ago, and couldn't help but nodded. 】

"Have you ever thought about developing a game yourself?" [Li Wenbo nodded hard, he has been working on the development of games recently.] 】

"Have you ever thought about what to do after developing and playing the game? whether to put it on the shelf, or put it on the Internet for people to download, or sell it to some discerning agency?" [Li Wenbo frowned slightly, to be honest, they developed the game together as a studio, and they really didn't think too much about the future. Now it's time to think about it.,Shelving it after it's done.,It's definitely impossible.,Put it on the Internet for people to download.,It seems that the size of the game is a bit big.,Relying on the small water pipe now.,Not to mention downloading.,It's not easy to even upload.,Find someone to distribute on your behalf.,This seems to be ...... It's harder. 】

"Then what are you waiting for? Come and participate in the first domestic independent game competition, no limit to age, no limit to education, no limit to subject matter, no limit to platform, as long as you can develop it, you can come to participate in the competition...... [Li Wenbo's eyes lit up, this is really a good place to go, not to mention the question of not winning awards, at least have the opportunity to communicate with colleagues. 】

Li Wenbo clicked the "Participate in the Competition" button with the mouse, and opened a new page again, which reads: "The Independent Game Contest is one of the contents of the first Independent Game Festival in China, and this competition and the Independent Game Festival are organized by the China Game Industry Association, and each individual or group participating in the competition (hereinafter referred to as the 'Participant') agrees to abide by the terms of the 'Official Rules' and respects the final and binding decisions made by the organizer and the judging committee on all matters related to the competition."

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How to Enter:

All entrants who meet the requirements of the Official Rules must submit all of the following by May 15, 2001 (the "Entry Deadline"):

* Accurate and complete official registration form

*Submit an electronic version of the entry ('Entry Game') by one of the following means:

1) Upload the participating game to the official contest website (you will be given a specific FTP account after submitting the entry form);

2) Eight (8) copies of the entry must be a playable version of the game by mail, in eight (8) copies, and the storage medium can be either a disk or a CD-ROM (CD-ROM is recommended), together with some special equipment and hardware necessary to play the game and any other supplementary materials, all in eight (8) copies.

Address: Room 8012, Beijing Hotel, No. 33 East Chang'an Street, Beijing, China (Zip code: 100004)

Tel: 86-10-64561234 ext. 8012

Attn: Ms. Yao

Note: All entry materials are owned by the organizer (not the copyright of the game itself) and will not be returned.

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Finalist Requirements:

Chinese citizens who are in good health and reside in mainland China are eligible to participate in the competition...... Finalists will be selected for developers who pass the first round of screening and whose games do not contain content that does not violate the current laws of our country...... Each finalist is required to present the finalist games at the Independent Games Festival, and the organizer will provide a unified standard display stand and bear the relevant costs, if they need to build their own booth, the cost will be borne by the finalists...... The organizer shall bear the required accommodation, food and round-trip travel expenses during the period......

Any individual finalist who is unable to attend the meeting for any reason will be required to formally nominate an Proxy Attendee by emailing the name and contact details of the Proxy Attendee to the igfchina@ within ten (10) days of receiving notification of nomination.

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Award setting;

*Best Game: Each participating game will be scored based on their overall creativity, production quality, highlights, and entertainment experience.

*Best Sound Effects: A comprehensive score will be given based on the overall creativity, production quality, and highlights of each game's music and sound effects.

*Best Technology: Each participating game will be given a comprehensive score based on the technical use and innovation demonstrated in the game engine and coding base.

*Best Visual Art: A comprehensive score will be given based on the creativity, production quality and highlights of each game's graphics and visual effects.

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The rules for the competition are very long, but Li Wenbo still read them carefully from beginning to end, and sure enough, as advertised, there are almost no restrictions on participation (the only restriction is that commercially released games are not allowed to participate in the competition), and the organizer also bears the related expenses. What's more, it is mentioned later that "each finalist will receive three VIP badges for the 2001 China Game Developers Conference and up to six badges for the exhibition", as well as games that mention the finalists in magazines, websites, and flyers and post-event reports at China's first Indie Games Festival.

These are exactly what Li Wenbo dreamed of, he didn't care about food and shelter at all, anyway, eighty percent of the indie game competition was held in Beijing, the key is that if you are shortlisted, you can show your works at the indie game festival, and you can also get a badge to participate in the China Game Developers Conference, you can not only introduce your game to others, but also ask for experience from those seniors in the game industry, this kind of opportunity is not often available, of course he will not let it go.

Li Wenbo copied the charter of the indie game contest into WPS, printed two copies through the newly purchased black and white inkjet printer, and then closed the two browser windows that popped up, then he suddenly remembered that there was a place that was necessary to take a look, so he opened the "Nomad Tribe" forum he frequented, and sure enough, there was the same advertising banner on the homepage that read "Indie Game Contest, a place to create dreams", which was the same as he thought.

Li Wenbo is very excited now, it is a kind of excitement that his dream has a chance to come true, if when Clover Studio was first established, they were just to fulfill a wish, the desire to develop a game by themselves, but after this period of training, after tasting the ups and downs of the game development process, their ideas are no longer limited to making a game. Although they don't have a lot of confidence in their game, they still want to be appreciated by others, even if only a few people like it, at least it is a kind of recognition, at least Li Wenbo knows that he definitely thinks so.

If you can make your own decision, then Li Wenbo will definitely choose to participate in this independent game competition, but Clover Studio is not his alone, although his contribution to providing temporary venues and main equipment is relatively large, but it is still necessary for a few people to discuss such a big matter first, especially now that the members of Clover Studio are not only the original four people, the necessary respect is still needed.

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