Listening to Zhao Yuanhuan's introduction to "Mecha Storm", Zhang Lexing looked around and asked, "Is the development of "Hot Dance Party" also here?" ”

Zhao Yuanhuan shook his head, pointed up with his hand, and said, "This game is a bit special, so the development team is placed upstairs." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Lexing followed Zhao Yuanhuan's hand and looked up, of course, he didn't see anything except the floor......

The group passed through the stairwell to the fifth floor, and Wang Mengyao leaned next to Zhang Lexing and whispered: "Boss, the fifth floor is mainly the "Network Genesis" project team and the data collection studio, of which the data collection studio is also equipped with motion capture equipment. ”

Zhang Lexing nodded and said, "Well, let's watch it later, let's go see what "Hot Dance Party" is going on first." ”

Wang Mengyao bowed slightly and said, "Yes, boss." ”

"Boss, you see right here." Zhao Yuanhuan, who was walking in front, stopped, pointed to an office next to the data acquisition studio, and said.

Zhang Lexing looked up, the office area here is not the same as the downstairs, it is not a glass partition, and the situation inside is completely invisible from the outside, fortunately, the door of the office that Zhao Yuanhuan pointed to is open, but he can barely see the swaying figure inside, and he can vaguely hear the energetic music coming out.

Zhang Lexing and others followed Zhao Yuanhuan into this office, which is about 300 square meters, which is divided into two areas, and the door is divided into more than 20 single spaces with a half-height partition, leaving only a fairly spacious passage, where computers and some personal belongings are placed in the single space, and most of the people in front of the computer are sitting and busy. Further inside, I couldn't see anything clearly because of the full-height partition, but I could hear the faint music.

"Boss, this is where Dance Party was developed." Zhao Yuanhuan gestured with his hand and said.

At this time, the developers noticed that someone came in, and someone recognized Zhang Lexing, and they all got up to say hello. Zhang Lexing nodded in response before turning his head and asking Zhao Yuanhuan: "What kind of game is this "Hot Dance Party"?" ”

"Boss, come with me, take a look and understand." After Zhao Yuanhuan finished speaking, he walked inside.

Zhang Lexing followed and walked in to take a look, there were two tables on the left and one right against the wall in the room, and there was a computer on each table, accompanied by the energetic music coming out of the speaker, the computer screen continued to rise from the bottom to the top, and there was an iron platform printed with eight directional arrows on the ground in front of the table, and there were people jumping on it.

"Dance machine!" Zhang Lexing couldn't help but let out a low sigh.

Zhao Yuanhuan scratched his head embarrassedly: "Boss, you are really well-informed, I am ready to give you a surprise, I didn't expect you to see it at a glance." ”

"How did you come up with the idea to do this?" Zhang Lexing asked curiously.

"Well, at the end of last year, someone from the company went to Japan for short-term study, and I happened to see an arcade game being developed there, and I was very inspired, and I wanted to make the same one on the computer when I came back, so I also applied for the development of a special controller through the company's internal channels." Zhao Yuanhuan pointed with his finger and said, "That is, the iron platform on the ground now, after all, the dance machine is still controlled by the feet." ”

There is no need for Zhao Yuanhuan to elaborate, Zhang Lexing can also guess that person must have studied on Konami's side, but he didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that he ran into "DanceDanceRevolution" under development. Zhang Lexing remembers that Konami's "DanceDanceRevolution" should be almost on the market now, and it will take at least half a year for it to become popular, and it will definitely be hotter next year, I believe that this "Hot Dance Party" can just catch up with this trend.

At this time, the two people who were doing the test on the iron platform had already finished a round of dancing, and after saying hello to Zhang Lexing and others, the two who were a little tired sat on the chairs on the side to rest, which is also the biggest feature of the music game "Hot Dance Party" - it is very physically demanding to play, unlike those games that sit and play, it is no problem to play for hours in one breath, and there are even people who stay all night, if it is replaced by a game like "Hot Dance Party", not to mention all-nighters, the physical strength may not even be able to withstand half an hour. However, there are still benefits to playing "Dance Party", at least compared to sitting and playing games, in addition to being a little tired in the legs and feet, it is still a bit of exercise for the body.

Looking at the vacant test bench, Zhao Yuanhuan signaled: "Boss, do you want to try." ”

Zhang Lexing also played a dance machine back then, but he could only play simple and ordinary tunes, that is, the level of three legs, but at this time, he was considered a "senior" player, and it was also his own company's game, so he had to try it, so he happily walked on the "stage". And Wang Mengyao, who was following behind, saw that her boss had gone up to play, and she couldn't bear it anymore, so she didn't care that she was wearing high heels, and she also appeared on another "stage".

Pressed the arrow keys a few times and chose a simple tune, Zhang Lexing began to jump, "up and down, left and right, right ......", his footsteps danced with the instructions on the screen, at first there was a little sound, and gradually it began to look a little like it, and "Great" and "Perfect" also began to increase.

When Zhang Lexing was working hard to step on the point, Zhao Yuanhuan was also making an introduction: "...... Pay attention to the direction of the arrow, and score only if you step on it within the specified time, and the more accurate you are, the higher the score...... If you pay attention to the people dancing on the screen, it's actually a dance step with some kind of solution to this piece, which is a motion capture effect......"

Hearing the words "motion capture", Zhang Lexing's footsteps froze, and he stepped out several "Good", and even mixed a "Miss", but fortunately he quickly adjusted. At this time, Zhang Lexing understood why the development team of "Hot Dance Party" was placed on the fifth floor, and the dare was to get the moon first near the water, and the attention of the motion capture equipment in the data collection studio was the unexpected, and he couldn't imagine that a music game actually used motion capture, "This is really a luxury" He couldn't help but sigh.

At the end of the song, Zhang Lexing finally scored 450 points, which is not bad for a player who hasn't played for a long time and is a little raw. Zhang Lexing, who finished the song, did not continue, but turned around to see Wang Mengyao's results, but he didn't expect her performance to be completely like a beginner. It sounds like Wang Mengyao is dancing the second song, at this time her dance steps are not a little jerky at all, not only hit "Great" again and again, and even "Perfect" is very much, and her steps in high heels are like flowing water, as if she is really dancing, and when this song is over, she got a 950 point evaluation.

When Zhang Lexing saw the excitement, he couldn't help but applaud and said with emotion: "Meng Yao, I doubt that you have played such a game before, and you actually dance so well!" Come on, when the game is released, you don't need to invite others, just come to the live performance, you can definitely shock a group of people! ”

Wang Mengyao walked off the "stage", pulled back her somewhat disheveled hair, and said with a smile: "How can I be so good, boss, you can really joke." ”

"Assistant Wang, what the boss said makes sense, to be honest, we have tested this game, but there is no one who can dance to your level, especially the second song can dance so well. Seriously, if I could, I'd really like to ask you to help me then. ”

"But......" Wang Mengyao turned her distress-seeking gaze to Zhang Lexing.

"Meng Yao, it's okay, if you want, just go, maybe I'll go to the scene to see the excitement then." Zhang Lexing said with relief.

"Then ......" Wang Mengyao pursed her lips and thought about it and said, "I have a small condition. ”

"Oh," Zhang Lexing waved his hand and said, "What conditions, you can tell me." ”

"When the game is officially released, can you give me one?" Wang Mengyao said with a sly smile.

"No problem, I can promise you now."

"I mean, can you even jump on this stage together?"

Zhang Lexing turned his attention to Zhao Yuanhuan, after all, I don't know how many there are on this test stage. Zhao Yuanhuan said happily: "That's no problem, this kind of platform was originally ordered for seven or eight, and it's no problem to send one." But when the time comes, you'll be able to get a live show. ”

"Deal!" Wang Mengyao nodded happily, and the two sides were officially negotiated.

For this kind of internal deployment of the company, Zhang Lexing generally does not interfere too much, anyway, it is all for the company's business. Besides, when "Hot Dance Party" is officially launched, he will definitely come to see the excitement, maybe even Chen Zishan will call it, and the live performance is at most a day's thing, and there is more than one assistant, so he can't delay much.

After visiting the development of "Hot Dance Party", Zhang Lexing encouraged all the members of the development team, and when he left this office, Zhao Yuanhuan planned to continue to accompany him, but he waved his hand and sent him back, after all, there are still things on the project department's side, anyway, he still has Wang Mengyao to lead the way.

"Boss, over here, it's all a data collection studio, with more than 1,000 square meters, all kinds of facilities such as motion capture, model building, 360-degree panoramic acquisition, and even a small studio." Coming to the corridor, Wang Mengyao gestured to the right with her hand, and said with a smile: "Some people also joked that with the bunch of server clusters downstairs, it is more than enough for film and television production." ”

Last time I came back, Zhang Lexing didn't come to the fifth floor, but I heard that there was a data collection studio on this floor, but today I heard Wang Mengyao say this, he didn't have the interest to go in and find out, no matter how good this place is, it can't be a professional company like Oriental Shen Yun, when he stayed in Hong Kong, he didn't go to Oriental Shen Yun. Therefore, after Wang Mengyao finished speaking, Zhang Lexing just nodded casually, but he didn't have any intention of yearning for that side.

"Boss, this is the "Network Genesis" project team, do you want to go and see it." Wang Mengyao sensed Zhang Lexing's thoughts and changed directions very wisely.

"Okay, let's take a look." Zhang Lexing took action and walked towards the office area where the "Network Genesis" project team is located.

According to Wang Mengyao,"Network Genesis" project team is currently only 18 people,Because the sinicization has long been completed,The game is still being approved,So there is not much that can be done,The main thing is to test the "Network Genesis" after the sinicization。 As the company's first attempt at online games, the "Online Genesis" project is not directly under the management of the creative workshop, and is nominally attributed to Fengyun Interactive for the time being, but according to the plan, a special online game operation company will be independent in the future, just like Shanda.

When he walked into the "Network Genesis" project team, Zhang Lexing first heard a slight buzzing sound, and looked at the sound, a relatively large work desk lined up with two large chassis, next to the chassis there is a monitor and keyboard and mouse, like the monitor screen is pitch black, it looks like it is not powered on or standby. Without the introduction of others, Zhang Lexing recognized at a glance that these were two of the servers that the company ordered this year. Further inside, there is an open office area made up of half-height partitions, and most of the people in each cubicle are sitting, staring at the screen and tapping on the keyboard, or moving the mouse and clicking from time to time.

A staff member sitting in the outermost cubicle happened to look up and noticed someone coming in, hurriedly stood up and looked at the door, and a slow smile appeared on his face: "Boss, Assistant Wang, ha, why are you empty today." ”

"The boss came over for a meeting, it happened to be fine in the afternoon, so I came over to have a look." Wang Mengyao responded with a smile: "Minister Zhou, how are you doing now?" ”

"Boss, we're ...... now," Minister Zhou began to introduce Zhang Lexing.

Minister Zhou's name is Zhou Haoxuan, who is the person in charge of the "Network Genesis" project, according to him, the current testing work is still relatively smooth, in addition to the fact that more than a dozen people here often log in to the game test server for various tests, the company's other idle employees sometimes help to try it out, plus from time to time there are bug notification emails from the electronic arts industry, the current version of "Network Genesis" has been very stable. Since yesterday, I have also done a stress test on the two game servers on the LAN, and it has been more than 24 hours now, and the servers are still running very stably. After the approval of the Press and Publication Administration is completed, the game server of "Network Genesis" will almost be officially launched, and then a larger range of tests will be done and the operation effect of the game server on the Internet will be evaluated, and all the data generated during this period will be collected and analyzed for reference in the future development of online games.

After listening to Zhou Haoxuan's introduction, Zhang Lexing felt that they had considered it quite fully, and even took into account the difference between LAN and the Internet, and believed that they would be able to achieve good results after the game was officially launched. Of course, this so-called achievement is not about how much money can be made from this game, but how much experience can be accumulated from it, after all, the current network environment, even if the server is fully prepared, the network access conditions on the player's side are not good, after all, it is not the time for broadband networks to become popular, so everything has been exercised and accumulated, and the rest is to wait for the right time.

After Zhou Haoxuan finished speaking, Zhang Lexing didn't try it in person like he did in "Hot Dance Party" just now, mainly because the time was not early, and after this visit, it was almost time to get off work, if he really stayed to try it, it would be harmful to others and himself. And "Network Genesis" is still too simple compared with the online games that Zhang Lexing once played, and more importantly, if there are only about ten people in an online game, I am afraid it is not as interesting as a stand-alone game.

Leaving the "Network Genesis" project team, Wang Mengyao raised her wrist and looked at her watch, and said, "Boss, it's not too early." The upstairs side should be seen another day, and you'll have to stay for a few days anyway. ”

"Yes," Zhang Lexing looked up and asked, "But what is the upstairs place, as if the creative workshop is not used." ”

Seeing that Zhang Lexing really didn't plan to go upstairs again, Wang Mengyao simply introduced the situation upstairs: "It's mostly empty, because two game studios just moved out, and they are ready to upgrade to an independent company, and they have already found a new office space, so they moved over." Now there are two studios upstairs that have not been established for a long time, namely the Iron and Blood Studio, which is in the direction of military strategy games, and the Moon White Studio, which is affected by the "Network Genesis" project and intends to develop online games, and the Iron and Blood Studio is currently developing an ancient war simulation game based on the "Warring States Policy", and the Moon White Studio has not been established for a long time, and the official game project has not yet been determined. ”

Zhang Lexing had heard about the Iron and Blood Studio, but he didn't know that their location was here, but the appearance of the Yuebai Studio still surprised him a little, and he didn't expect that someone wanted to develop towards online games, since they don't have a book yet, it seems that they can consider taking out the draft that was originally intended to stay for a while. It's just that this time I came out in a hurry, and I didn't bring it with me, but fortunately, after the patented technology computer retrieval system is globally networked, the game development management is also modeled after the plan for a similar system, and after the system is officially opened, Zhang Lexing can not only check the progress of the group's game development company projects at any time, but he can also release his own game development projects directly through the system, and even within the amount he has, he can allocate game development funds at will, just like the "Game Dream" depicted.

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