The recruitment process for the workshop lasted until the end of September, and over the course of nearly a month, a total of 52 people became prospective employees of the company. In addition to Zhu Jingyu, Yang Shenjie, Chen Jingyi and Lu Qiuya, Chu Jing also contributed a lot of people, and there were two of these people that Zhang Lexing had seen before, such as the glasses man and the middle-aged uncle he saw in the elevator that day.

The glasses man's name is Zhao Yanyu, he just graduated from college this year, his specialty is programming, and his interest is in ancient Chinese history, especially in the era of heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but unlike most people who like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he likes to watch "Three Kingdoms", and he doesn't like Liu Bei but Cao Cao. Originally, after graduation, he had been assigned to work in a research institute, which was a programming business, but then he happened to see a job advertisement in the newspaper for the creative workshop, which suddenly triggered the dream of the Three Kingdoms buried in his heart, and as a result, he didn't even discuss it with his family and ran over to apply for the job, but fortunately, at this time, the computer was still a mysterious high-tech, so that his family didn't have any opinions.

The middle-aged uncle's name is Fan Weimin, but he is not an uncle, he is only 25 years old this year. Maybe it's because the family conditions are not good, and the too hard life makes him seem a little vicissitudes. Fan Weimin studied interior decoration design, but he couldn't show his talents after looking for a few jobs, this time he just wanted to try his luck here, but he didn't expect that his solid art skills would allow him to enter a new field.

Personnel have been identified and training is about to begin. The creative workshop is a responsible company, and it will not recruit a bunch of employees who don't know anything about games like some game companies, but they don't do special training, and randomly send two people to do some simple guidance, and the employees start to do the project in a daze. When doing a project, you have to explore while doing it, and even the guidance of a special person is saved, so the result can be imagined. Now that there are ready-made examples of failure, Zhang Lexing certainly won't let his company repeat the mistakes of the past.

After the National Day, the game development training class officially started. Because this group of employees has a wide variety of knowledge of games, some people have a lot of experience in playing games, but some people don't know anything about games, so the training content is carefully prepared.

The company's new office area is still under renovation, and now there is not such a large space for everyone to train together, but fortunately, Chu Jing temporarily rented a small hall at a nearby university, and finally had a place to start classes. Today's first lesson is Lao Xiao, Lao Xiao's real name is Xiao Donghai, and he is the oldest among these employees who go out for further study, plus he usually likes to study ancient texts like an old pedant, so he has this nickname. The reason why he chose Lao Xiao this time is because he had been a teacher before, and he had the experience of guest training lecturer during his study abroad.

When the time for class came, the audience was already full of employees participating in the training, Lao Xiao took the materials prepared in the past few days and walked up to the rostrum of the school auditorium to start lecturing, while Zhang Lexing hid in the last row of the auditorium to listen.

Lao Xiao picked up the chalk and wrote the word "game" on the blackboard, then marked a question mark next to the word, and then began to lecture.

"Guys, I think some of you have been exposed to video games or computer games, and I wonder if anyone can say, what exactly is a game?"

"Games aren't just for fun, relaxation, and boredom, what's there to say? Someone muttered from the audience.

"That's true, but it's not the whole story. From a psychological point of view, a game is a process in which the gamer uses his or her own abilities to overcome the obstacles set up to gain a sense of achievement, as well as the objective content of this process. For example, many of us have played the game of 'hide and seek' when we were children, when the ghost comes to catch people, players need to overcome the obstacles of the terrain and the obstacles of limited time to find out the other people who are hiding, so as to win the game and achieve a sense of achievement, and this sense of achievement is the fun of the game.

The corresponding computer (electronic) game refers to an interactive system that creates a virtual environment for players through digital video and audio technology, sets up corresponding obstacles for players to overcome and achieve a sense of achievement, and then obtains the fun of the game. ”

Lao Xiao glanced at the audience, and continued: "The virtual world in the game has a high sense of substitution, in the process of the game, players need to use a variety of abilities to overcome obstacles, and the conditions for playing games are also very simple, generally only need to have a computer system (PC or game equipment) to play thousands of games.

The game also has the following advantages:

(1) High interactivity: Players do not need to passively accept pre-arranged content, but a kind of active entertainment, players can experience the game content by themselves, and even interpret their own plots.

(2) Growth: Players can use their abilities to overcome obstacles in the game world in the process of playing, so as to gain growth in some aspects of ability.

(3) Easy to communicate: Players can cultivate tacit understanding with friends in the process of playing with friends.

……”

Lao Xiao spoke very seriously, Zhang Lexing looked from behind and found that everyone seemed to be listening carefully, and many people were still taking notes carefully.

Picking up the water cup from the podium and taking a sip, Lao Xiao continued: "There are many ways to classify games, and they can be divided into two categories from the difference in the experience that games give to players. One is the ornamental game, which mainly provides beautiful graphics, music and plot for players to enjoy, and there will be fewer parts that require player interaction. The other type is experiential games, which mainly emphasize interactivity and gameplay, through which the game content creates fun for players, and the graphics, music and plot become auxiliary components.

We can also classify it according to the game factor, which refers to the main means of solving the obstacles set up in the game. According to this classification, games can be divided into action games (ACT), role-playing (RPG), adventure games (AVG), simulation games (SIM), strategy games (SLG), sports games (SPG) and other genres, which are the most commonly used in the game industry.

I may not be intuitive enough to say this, but in the next time I get to know the game platform, I will take you to learn about various types of games by the way. ”

After speaking, Lao Xiao walked off the rostrum, came to the several tables covered with cloth under the stage, and made a gesture to Han Jiaxiang who was standing at the table. Han Jiaxiang is a recognized game master in the development team, has been playing for ten years, starting from the earliest Apple computer, and then played various game consoles that were popular in different periods, and gradually turned to PC during his study in the United States, which can be said to be very rich in game experience.

Han Jiaxiang, who received the gesture, lifted the cloth on the first table, revealing a small computer. Lao Xiao pointed to the computer on the table and said: "This is the Apple II computer, although it is not the earliest game platform, but it has a profound impact on computer games, and many developers who are active in the game industry started from it. I'm going to show you a few games on the Apple II computer. ”

In the process of Lao Xiao's explanation, Han Jiaxiang took out a few floppy disks from the floppy disk box on the table and inserted them into the floppy drive one by one, and the pictures of classic games "Genesis 3", "Prince of Persia", "Battle of Mount Fuji", "Gold Digging" and so on were displayed, but unfortunately the low screen resolution and too little color matching were not very attractive to most people.

Lao Xiao came to the second table, lifted the cloth on it, and revealed a TV and a small box next to it, "This is the Atari game console, which began to gradually withdraw from the market after the Great Depression in the game industry in 1983, but it has continued to be popular in China for several years, and I think everyone here should have played it." ”

Han Jiaxiang picked up the cassette and inserted it into the slot of the console, and began to demonstrate the game. Unexpectedly, Zhang Lexing was quite familiar with this game, and it was actually the "New Canal War" that Fu Zan made back then.

The two came to the third table again, and Han Jiaxiang lifted the cloth, revealing a TV and a red and white game console. Lao Xiao said: "This is the classic Nintendo red and white machine, I think there should be a lot of people who have played this kind of game console, of course, the name of the console may be different, such as the little genius that was popular in China, Shengtian, Tianma or something, of course, the popular learning machine can also play this kind of game." ”

Han Jiaxiang next to him plugged in the cassette, turned on the TV, and began to show the classic games on the red and white machine, and the first thing that came out was "Super Mario", which was popular all over the world.

"Well, everyone, please note that this is a classic action game on Nintendo's red and white console. With Han Jiaxiang's operation, Lao Xiao continued: "Everyone, please see, the protagonist of the game can run, jump, and stump on the enemy from above, which are all typical action elements, and later this also became the design criterion of platform games." ”

Mario on the TV screen ran and jumped hard all the way to the bottom of the pass and lowered the flag smoothly. Han Jiaxiang turned off the console and replaced it with a new box of cartridges, this time with Final Fantasy 3, which laid the foundation for the entire series.

"This is a turn-based game Final Fantasy 3 that was released the year before last, with the typical content of role-playing games, lengthy plot descriptions, constant battles and constant upgrades, multiple classes and multiple magic. Compared to previous RPGs, this game has certain innovations, such as the first appearance of 'summoning' magic, numerous hidden passages and hidden objects, chocobos that can act as warehouses, free-triggering side plots, and so on......"

Sega's MD console, Nintendo's SFC and GB, and even NEC's PC-E console all debuted one after another, but of course, the PC was the last finale. As the cloth covering the computer was removed, a new multimedia 486 computer from Dell appeared.

The first game to be shown on PC was WOLF-3D, which was released this year, and ushered in the era of FPS. Han Jiaxiang has only been playing this game for a week, but relying on his profound game skills, he quickly mastered the control method, and under his skillful control, the protagonist who escaped captivity began to kill enemies in the maze and advance. The special background music, interesting sound effects, coupled with the rare game mode and 3D game screen, suddenly made the employees participating in the training interested, and they came over to see what was going on.

After passing two levels, Han Jiaxiang changed the game again, and the next ones to appear were "Three Kingdoms 2" and "Age of Discovery", and there were more onlookers behind him. The training season for new employees of the Workshop kicked off in the midst of such chaos......

During the next three months of training, the new employees experienced an exciting life. First of all, it was a month of theoretical learning, and at the end of the month, there was a game general knowledge test, because everyone usually studied very seriously, so they all spent it calmly.

Next came the one-month game experience stage, just in time for the renovation of the new office area on the 8th floor, more than 50 development computers were also placed in the office area, and the game room on the other side was also equipped with several popular game consoles. The new recruits split into groups and took turns starting their gaming careers on computers and consoles. Classic FC games, newly popular SFC games, popular MD games, and of course, all kinds of games on PC (PC). Action, decryption, role-playing, simulation, and strategy are a lot.

After a month of playing, newcomers whose minds are full of all kinds of game images begin to summarize their usual game notes and prepare their second assignment - game analysis report. The so-called game analysis report is to choose the most impressive game and conduct an in-depth analysis from the perspective of what you are best at, such as the art design characteristics of the game screen, what are the successes, what are the shortcomings, how to do it better, and so on. This is a very unpleasant thing compared to playing the game before, and the newcomers are in a state of pain and hard thinking.

After repeated suffering, the report was finally handed in, and of course the content of the answer sheet was strange. Some people are more obsessed with the "Fire Emblem" series, and the report that was completed is "The Geography and History of the Continent of Ajania and Valencia", and the content is actually based on the plot of the two works of "Fire Emblem" on FC, and the writing is quite good. Some people don't know whether it's because they are majoring in urban construction in school, or because they are influenced by "SimCity" and "Civilization", they actually came up with a report on "Civilization Development and Urban Construction", from the gathering area of ancient tribes to the city made of huge stones, from the Nile River to the Yellow River Basin, from earthen shacks to towering skyscrapers, the content is quite professional, involving the history of civilization development, urban dynamics, urban planning, architectural fundamentals and other related knowledge. Even Lu Qiuya, who is known as a novice in the game, also took out a report about her first experience in the game, and the writing is not bad, but the name of this report "My First Time" is really a bit of a squirt.

Based on the performance of the two months and the final game analysis report, the newcomers were labeled as classified and moved on to the final stage of training - simulated practice. The newcomers are divided into groups according to their strengths and interests, and a one-month project development exercise is started under the guidance of seniors who have several years of development experience......

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