Chapter 114: Game Developers Conference (Part I)

After the National Day, the Fengyun Interactive who was responsible for the "Game Meeting" held a summary meeting, in addition to the relevant personnel of the Storm Interaction, there were also Lin Musen and others who were responsible for the specific operation of the Fengyun Game Club, as well as the creative workshops interested in the information of the "Game Meeting", and even Rising Sun Software and Le Yiyang sent personnel to participate. Zhang Lexing, who has been concerned about this matter, also rushed with Wang Mengyao, accompanied by Tu Wen, deputy minister of the electronic entertainment business department, who made a special trip to observe.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the large conference room temporarily rented by Fengyun Interactive was already full of people who came to participate in the meeting, Chen Jingyi, who was sitting on the stage, saw that the time was almost up, so she turned on the microphone and announced: "The summary meeting has officially begun, and the main content of today is to summarize the main business game distribution of Fengyun Interactive in the past six months, and there is also a review of the 'Game Fengyun Meeting' held during the National Day." Next, I would like to invite Qin Wencai, the person in charge of the sales department, to introduce the sales of the company's signed games in the past six months. ”

After Chen Jingyi finished speaking, Qin Wencai walked up from the stage, took the microphone and said, "Leaders, colleagues from fraternal units, hello everyone. As of the end of September, the company has completed the signing of games such as "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Zhongguancun Apocalypse", "C+ Detective", "Heroes of Might and Magic", "Warcraft 2", "Command and Conquest", etc., a total of 16 games, of which 8 games have been listed, and there are currently 6 games such as "Heroes of Might and Magic" are being sinicized, and it is expected that 4 will be listed in January next year......

The average sales of the 8 listed games have exceeded 25,000 units, and some of the good sales have even exceeded 30,000 units, and the game sales revenue has reached 17.2 million yuan......

In the process of selling games, we found that the number of pirated games on the market will rise sharply three weeks after the game is released, and the sales of genuine games will also decline rapidly at this time. From this, it can be concluded that the pre-distribution of the game is very important, and it is necessary to store the goods in the channel as quickly as possible, so as to ensure the sales of the first three weeks, and the total sales of the game can go up.

In a word, speed, only at the fastest speed, taking advantage of the time when piracy has not yet come out, can we achieve the best sales effect by sending genuine games to users as much as possible. That's all I have to say, please correct. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a round of applause from the audience, Qin Wencai bowed slightly on the stage, and then returned the microphone to Chen Jingyi, and then walked off the stage.

Chen Jingyi took the microphone and continued: "Thank you Manager Qin for sharing, let me review the holding of this 'Game Storm'. The three-day event attracted 1,065 people to participate in the event, spending a total of 123,834 yuan, which was mainly a buffet and event prizes, which were not previously used for the renovation of the club's player activity room and the purchase of related equipment. After the event, we conducted a random survey of the players who attended, and they were all satisfied with the event. However, in this event, some problems were also exposed, such as the small venue due to the underestimation of the number of attendees. In order to better hold similar events in the future, we plan to requisition about 1,000 square meters of space on the third floor, and put the game appreciation area and board game area upstairs, and the game appreciation area will add some computers.

In addition, during this event, we also collected players' opinions on the trial version of the Chinese beta version of "Heroes of Might and Magic", and then we are ready to arrange manpower to deal with it. We also arranged for a survey on the use of the beta version (based on the Kylin Windows 95 platform), and from the feedback of the players, they were not dissatisfied, but felt that it was easier to start the game, indicating that the development of this system was relatively successful. Although not many people use it now, if the game appreciation area is changed to a long-term open computer in the future, there will be more opportunities for testing.

According to the statistics of the management system embedded in the system, the total number of hits of the 25 Chinese and English games installed in the computer in these three days is 3697 times, with an average of 147.9 clicks per game, and the five games with the highest number of clicks are "Rage Tank", "Thunderbolt", "Magic Flying Carpet", "Nova Storm", "Infinite Flight", the total game running time is 36158 minutes, of which the five games with the highest running time are "Command and Conquer", "Three Kingdoms" beta, "Warcraft 2", " Bloody Battle on the Beach", "Doom II", the specific figures can be found in the relevant investigation report. Although the number of participants was small, it can also draw some clues, at least it shows that real-time strategy games and first-person shooters are more popular among players, which may bring some reference for future game development......"

Chen Jingyi on the stage continued to speak, but Zhang Lexing's mind still revolved around the system. The emergence of this system is a by-product of the highly customizable research based on the KylinWindows95 kernel, and Zhang Lexing found that after getting the Rising Sun software to continue to improve, so there is the current beta version. The so-called system is essentially a special operating system prepared for the Internet café in the future, a highly streamlined system based on the mainstream operating system, after abandoning the functions that the Internet café can not use in the operating system, and adding some functions that can facilitate the management of the Internet café (it is still only a prototype), especially the game on demand system contained in it, it is the most important part of the Internet café system in the future. Once the system is promoted in the future, then through the statistical functions such as game clicks and running time in Internet cafes, it will be able to bring first-hand analysis reports of the game market, and can more clearly grasp the preferences and dynamics of players. Through the composite statistics of clicks and running time, the context of the game's contribution rate to the Internet café can also be mined, and the corresponding game company can also have an additional way to survive. However, it is still too early to carry out these, after all, most game companies are still in their infancy, and they can't come up with qualified games at all, and then the scale of the current computer game room is too small, and it is not worth casting a net, so it is better to take advantage of the current internal small-scale trial, and then promote it on a large scale when the system is perfect and the environment is suitable.

After Zhang Lexing finished thinking about his thoughts, Chen Jingyi's speech on the stage had ended, and it seemed that Wang Mengyao, who had just gotten up and left, also had a bunch of information in her hands.

"Boss, this is all the information for today's meeting, I plan to take it back and organize it for filing, so that I can refer to it when you need it. Before Zhang Lexing could ask, Wang Mengyao first said his plan.

"That's fine, anyway, I can't read all the information at once. After you go back, sort out the expenses and hand them over to the audit team for them to review, and then help me sort out the information about the system, and complete it before the day after tomorrow. ”

"Okay, boss. ”

"By the way, did you notice what other people care about the most?"

"Hmm......" Wang Mengyao thought for a moment and replied, "The creative workshop is most interested in the statistical results of game clicks, and they asked Sister Jingyi to get the statistical report of game clicks and running time. Glorious Sun Software is interested in the operation and use feedback, and Le Yiyang is very concerned about the operation of the embedded management system, and they get the use feedback report from Sister Jingyi. Vice Minister Tu is interested in the holding of the 'Game Club' and the operation of the Game Club, and they plan to establish a similar club and hold related activities on a regular basis. ”

Zhang Lexing nodded, the situation is similar to what he expected, now everything is still starting, these materials can only be referenced, and in a few years, once the system is rolled out, then the reference materials may become simulation questions.

Two days after the conclusion of Fengyun Interactive, another important event began, Zhao Haiguang's long-awaited first China Game Developers Conference (CGDC) opened, and the whole conference lasted for three days.

October 11, the first day of the conference......

Xu Ze is a programmer who has only been in the creative workshop for a few months. Before he entered Fengyun Game Academy, with several years of programming skills, he agreed that game design was just a piece of cake, but after a year of school, he found that game design is not simple, and it is even more difficult to design a good game. During this time, Xu Ze's "Sui and Tang Heroes" project has just been fully rolled out, and the game engine is also in production. Xu Ze heard the news of this meeting as early as the beginning of September, and later when he learned that there were famous foreign game producers to hold special lectures, he was even more interested, but unfortunately the subsequent development tasks gradually became heavier, I originally thought there was no hope, but I didn't expect the company to be so humane, it seems that the original choice was not wrong at all.

Today, Xu Ze came with a few college classmates, and after graduating from college, they also went to Fengyun Game Academy to study together for a year, but unfortunately these students did not stay in the creative workshop after graduation, but went to other game companies in China. Everyone came to the hotel where the conference was held, Xu Ze had already inquired before he came, and today's special lecture was held in the conference room on the third floor of the hotel, so everyone walked through the lobby and went directly to the third floor.

When he came to the third floor, Xu Ze was dumbfounded, it was obvious that there was more than one conference room here, and the doors of several conference rooms were plastered with the logo of the China Game Developers Conference "CDGC". When he went to the place next to the elevator to sign in, Xu Ze knew that it was true that the special lectures were held here, but there would be several special lectures held at the same time. After signing in, Xu Ze got the schedule of the conference, and after a closer look, it turned out that there will be four special lectures this morning, namely "Player Psychology of Game Design" by Mr. Mel, the game producer of "Civilization", "The Birth of a City" by Mr. White, the game producer of "SimCity", and "How to Ensure Gameplay and Circular Experience" by Vice Principal Xiao of Fengyun Game School, and "Game Outsourcing and Development Process Management" by Mr. Wilson of Blue Dragon Company in the United States, among which "Player Psychology of Game Design" and " The Birth of a City" will be held at nine o'clock in the Yangtze River Hall and the Century Hall.

Xu Ze has played both "SimCity" and "Civilization", and he likes them all, and now he has the opportunity to listen to the speech of its creator up close, what a rare opportunity, but he can only choose one of the two, which makes it difficult for him to make a decision at once.

"Lao Lang, where do you say we are going to listen?" Xu Ze, who had no idea, had no choice but to pin his hopes on his companions and wanted to listen to their opinions first, so the first target was Lao Lang Lang Yifei, who had the strongest relationship.

"Aze, I've told you many times, my surname is Lang, Er Donglang, not Langhua. Lang Yifei muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Okay, okay, old wolf, then tell me, where are we going first?" another companion, Zhao Xu, interjected.

"That's not easy, you can listen to whoever you want. Lin Xin, who was holding a copy of "Urban Dynamics" in his hand and reading hard, suddenly burst out a few words: "Anyway, I plan to listen to 'the birth of a city'." ”

Lang Yifei touched his chin for a long time, and finally said: "I want us to listen to 'The Birth of a City', anyway, we all like "SimCity", when I was in school, I thought about making one myself, and it should be helpful to listen to it together." ”

"Well, I was just trying to see what the people who made SimCity looked like. Zhao Xu immediately agreed.

Xu Ze also felt that it made sense, and when he was about to nod in agreement, a voice came from behind him that haunted him, "Xu Ze, are you here today?"

The voice was crisp and gentle, Xu Ze didn't need to look back to know that the person who came must be He Xiaoyi, the voice was still lingering in his ears, his heart was fluttering and beating faster and faster, he hurriedly took a deep breath and spit it out immediately, stabilized his mood, and then turned his body around.

It was He Xiaoyi who appeared in front of Xu Ze, and he waved his hand happily: "He Xiaoyi, you are also here to listen to the lecture." ”

"yes, today there's Mr. Mel's 'Player Psychology in Game Design,' and I love his 'Civilization', so I wanted to hear about it. Xu Ze, are you here alone?"

"Ah...... Yes, I'm alone. Xu Ze felt his heart beat faster, and he replied as he moved two steps to the side. Of course, at this time, Xu Ze had automatically ignored the words "there is no humanity of the opposite sex", and only He Xiaoyi was left in his eyes.

"I'm ......" He Xiaoyi just said two words, suddenly turned around and beckoned repeatedly, shouting: "Come here, you said that you would accompany me today, where did you go." ”

Xu Ze looked in the direction of He Xiaoyi's beckoning, and a boy with a well-proportioned figure who looked like he was about 1.75 meters tall ran over to this side. He couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in his heart, but he was unwilling to secretly shout in his heart: "It's not him, it's not him......"

But as soon as the boy came over, He Xiaoyi immediately smiled and stretched out her hand to hold him, the posture was not jerky at all, Xu Ze only felt that his head was buzzing, and then he couldn't hear anything in his ears, only the image of He Xiaoyi holding the boy and talking affectionately was left in his eyes, although Xu Ze couldn't hear anything clearly in his mind at this time, but the expressions of the two were obviously not ordinary, and the two looked like such a match. Suddenly, Xu Ze felt that he had a knife-like feeling in his heart, and his face couldn't help but darken.

He Xiaoyi also noticed that Xu Ze's face was wrong at this time, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, but it didn't work, and the one in front of him was still there like a fool. He Xiaoyi had to pat Xu Ze on the shoulder a few times in a row, which made him sober up.

Xu Ze, who came to his senses, felt sour, but he still didn't say anything, and endured the pain in his heart and said, "Oh, I just ...... Something comes to mind. ”

"Xu Ze, your face just now looked very bad, isn't it uncomfortable, or will you rest, anyway, I have my younger brother with me, it's okay." He Xiaoyi was still not at ease, looked at Xu Ze, and asked with concern.

"Ah, he's your brother?" Xu Ze pointed at the boy and asked happily.

"yes, don't you think the two of us look a little alike. He Xiaoyi compared her chin with her hand and said playfully.

It is said that thought determines vision, this is really true, no matter how you look at it before, it seems to have an ambiguous relationship, but Xu Ze looks at it now, how can the two of them look like sisters and brothers, thinking of the misunderstanding just now, he couldn't help but scold in his heart: "The legend of husband and wife is really deadly!"

At this time, the boy next to He Xiaoyi stretched out his hand and said to Xu Ze: "Hello, my name is He Xiaoyu." ”

Xu Ze, who was in a good mood, also stretched out his hand to hold He Xiaoyu's hand, and said with a smile: "Hello, my name is Xu Ze." ”

"By the way, which lecture will you listen to, Xu Ze?" He Xiaoyi raised her hand and looked at her watch, and then asked Xu Ze.

"I'd like to listen to Mr. Mel's 'Player Psychology of Game Design', so why don't you go along? At this moment, Xu Ze blurted out without hesitation.

He Xiaoyu's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said, "Sister, then you go and listen, I just met a friend and there is something wrong." ”

If it weren't for the situation, Xu Ze would definitely rush to He Xiaoyu to hold his hand again and thank him: "Brother, you are too good." ”

But now he can only try to keep his face calm, and said to He Xiaoyu: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you take care of your sister." ”

He Xiaoyi's face turned red, and she opened her mouth but didn't say anything against it, which made Xu Ze's heart even more refreshed. After watching He Xiaoyu leave, he cleared his throat and said to He Xiaoyi: "He ...... Xiaoyi, it's almost time, let's go in first, or the lecture should start. ”

He Xiaoyi snorted, lowered her head and walked towards the Yangtze River Hall, and Xu Ze, who was full of joy, hurriedly chased after her. When he walked to He Xiaoyi's side, he hesitated, and finally didn't dare to stretch out his hand, but just walking side by side like this, his heart was also full of sweetness.

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