“…… Hello everyone, I'm glad we have the opportunity to work together ......" Zhang Lexing stood in the multi-functional conference room on the 20th floor of the Oriental Times Building, No. 168 Shihua West Road, Zhuhai City, looking at the employees of the "Zero" studio with different expressions sitting in the audience, and felt very emotional for a while.

Originally, the planned meeting with the employees was earlier than the current time, but the arrival of the "Yutu" typhoon disrupted the plan, although according to the meteorological center, the "Yutu" has weakened into a tropical storm, but still brought a 12-level cyclone to the coastal area of Guangdong, the situation in Zhuhai is slightly better, but the wind has also reached 10, the sea is even more white, the surging waves even surged onto the land, for safety reasons, Zhang Lexing's travel plan was forced to postpone.

By the time the weather improved and Zhang Lexing came to Zhuhai again by helicopter, it was already early August. Along the way, there are occasional traces of typhoons on the ground, such as the fact that there are still many areas on Lovers Road that are still in a mess, but these do not affect his happy mood, because the "Zero" studio has already started to operate.

Due to the relatively short preparation time, Studio Zero currently has only 50 employees in place, but more than half of these people are industry elites, and the rest are outstanding graduates from the game academy. In fact, according to Zhan Jun's idea, all the employees of the "Zero" studio should select senior game developers, but Zhang Lexing has his own opinion, he believes that programming, art, and project management may need senior game developers, but the position of planner is very much in need of fresh blood, so as to ensure enough innovation ability, and not fall into the cycle of conformism.

“…… In the coming period, we will need to work together to achieve great results, and I hope that everyone will come up to the stage to introduce themselves. I'll start with a start, my name is Zhang Lexing, 35 years old this year, with 21 years of experience in game development......" Zhang Lexing introduced himself with a smile on his face, and at this moment he seemed to be an ordinary game developer communicating with his partners.

After Zhang Lexing's introduction, Zhan Jun immediately walked up to the stage, and then said: "Hello everyone, my name is Zhan Jun, 34 years old this year, with 12 years of professional game development experience, familiar with C, C++, good at game project management ......"

Someone started the way, and the boss seemed quite kind, and the employees began to gradually become active, and one by one they got up and introduced themselves.

"My name is Qian Qianli, from Shandong, from Shanghai Qin Studio, current position programmer, good at C and assembly ......" A man who didn't look strong stood on the stage and said a little shyly.

"Qin Qing, a native of Hunan, from Guangzhou Tianyou, is currently the main artist, good at scene design and character design......" A short-haired beauty got up from her seat, showing her slim figure while introducing herself to everyone.

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Zhao Cheng, a native of Wenzhou, a graduate of Beijing Institute of Games this year, is good at playing football and computer games, and likes clubbing and racing...... Oh, and I'm working as a planning assistant now. ”

After the last person was introduced, Zhang Lexing clapped his hands, attracted everyone's attention and said: "I believe that everyone has a preliminary understanding of each other, so I will introduce the idea of "The World", which will be the focus of your work for a long time in the future......"

Zhang Lexing said as he opened the laptop he had brought with him, which had been specially fed with screen rotation and touchscreen technology, or a conceptual quasi-tablet, and then used a special data cable to connect the laptop to the electronic whiteboard system in the multi-purpose conference room.

Quickly pressed a few buttons, Zhang Lexing looked back at the large-screen display embedded in the wall, the display screen composed of more than ten special LCD screens had already appeared, and the electronic whiteboard on the side also lit up the indicator light on behalf of OK, he turned around, touched the touchpad of the laptop with his hand, clicked a few more times, and started the pre-prepared demo file.

On the LCD large-screen monitor, the game pictures are slowly switching like a slideshow, from the early years of "Legend of Blackstone", "Adventure King", "The Sims" to the latest and most popular games "Baldur's Gate 2", "Operation Flashpoint", "Flight Simulator 2001", from the simulation games "Civilization 3", "Champion Football Manager" to "Adventure King: Journey to the New World" and "GTA3", from the "Need for Speed 5" speeding on the ground to the "Free Lancers" soaring through the universe , from the military flag hunting, swords and guns like a forest of "Three Kingdoms 3" to the guns and guns in unison, angular "Iron Storm", from the chivalrous and tender "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" to the iron-blooded tough guy "Halo", and even "King of Kings", "Stone Age", "Legend" and other online games that have become popular since last year.

Everyone's eyes are fixed on the LCD large-screen display,Although due to the distance,The effect of the display is not as good as that seen on the ordinary monitor at close range,But it does not affect the corresponding game seen from the picture,At least for the vast majority of people。

Zhang Lexing looked at everyone's serious and slightly doubtful expressions, and said with a smile: "I believe everyone has some understanding of these games in the picture, and many people may have played them in recent years." But there's a question you don't know if you've ever thought about, what should the game of the future look like?"

After listening to Zhang Lexing's question, everyone whispered, but for a while, no one stood up and said their thoughts. After a while, with the help of Zhang Lexing's encouraging gestures, a few people finally got up and expressed their opinions, some people think that the future of games will be PC stand-alone games, console games and online games, some people think that the kind of online chess and card casual games will be more popular, some people think that the portable handheld this "anytime and anywhere game" way can better capture users, and some people think that only to attract as many users as possible to attract games is the future development direction.

"Well, what everyone said is very good, and there is some truth to it. Zhang Lexing nodded, and then changed the conversation and said: "However, although PC stand-alone games, console games and online games are currently distinct, but with the development of technology, they will inevitably penetrate each other, stand-alone games may develop a richer online game mode, console games may be more closely connected with the network, and online games may also join the fun of stand-alone games." In my opinion, the games of the future will increasingly blur the distinction between PC games, console games, and online games, and even merge as network coverage continues to increase......"

After decades of "cultivation", plus from the "future" With the increasing degree of networking in the future, as well as the continuous popularization of wireless networks, the pattern of playing games by one person is basically gone, and the communication between players will become more and more frequent, with the support of wireless networks and various game terminals, games will also become a way of entertainment that can be enjoyed anytime and anywhere, and the game itself will also change, becoming closer to new ways of playing and new game groups.

"Everyone, please see," Zhang Lexing paused slightly, quickly pressed the combination hotkey on the laptop with his hand, switched to another demo file, and continued: "This is a future game form I envisioned - "The World", which is composed ......of several virtual spaces connected by the 'First World' and the 'First World' as the central area."

According to Zhang Lexing's concept, "Daqian World" is actually a general game platform, of course, it is not a pure casual chess and card game platform like Lianzhong Games, but a composite game platform that supports game development, game operation and payment functions, and integrates a variety of game methods.

The "First World" of Worlds is somewhat similar to the lobby or game portal of Lianzhong games, which is the only way for players to enter other game worlds, as well as a place to enjoy the basic game. In the "First World", players directly control Sims like "The Sims", can cultivate various attributes of Sims, can experience a variety of life occupations, such as applying for a taxi license, driving a taxi in the city to earn money, can also engage in the sports industry, train their Sims into excellent sports stars, and even incarnate various identities such as delivery men, policemen, pilots, etc., and "The Sims" The difference is that these professions are not synonymous, and Sims can really experience the characteristics of these professions, such as pilots who have to fly into the blue sky with an airplane just like in Flight Sim.

In the "First World", players live in different cities with different styles, and players can be citizens who don't care about anything, or they can fight the business sea to become a business tycoon in a certain industry, and even start from the bottom, step by step to the position of mayor, and shoulder the heavy responsibility of managing the entire city.

The games included in World are divided into two categories, one is the embedded games contained in the "first world", and the other is the external games, that is, the other virtual game spaces connected to the "first world". These virtual game spaces are built by the general or special game development tools provided by "The World", and the game content contained in them can be very simple or very complex, and at the same time, they can also be reasonably exchanged with the "First World", which to a certain extent makes the "First World" and these external virtual game spaces integrate together and become an organic whole.

“…… Today's games are generally what the developer does, the player can only passively experience something, or do a little better, the developer will collect the player's opinions and ideas in advance, and then develop a suitable game product, but "The World" breaks this convention, and its biggest feature is that players can create a world independently. Zhang Lexing pressed the hotbutton to switch the concept design drawings and reference materials and pictures of "The World" on the large LCD screen, while drawing sketches and captions on the electronic whiteboard through his laptop: "Except for the games in the 'first world', all external virtual game spaces can be created by players themselves, and can be connected to the 'first world' through a dedicated data exchange interface...... I have an idea, when the time is right, the creation of these virtual game spaces can bring a certain amount of income to the creators, just like the upcoming signing author activity of the Chinese Literature Network, as long as the click-through rate of the virtual game space is high (more people enter the game) and the number of subscriptions is high (there are more people who enjoy the paid part), the creator of the virtual game space can obtain a certain amount of general virtual currency through the payment system included in "The World", and even can be exchanged for real currency......"

The more Zhang Lexing talked, the more excited he became, he had conceived the entire system of "The World" for a long time, and spent a lot of effort on it, and this is also a new idea, although there is no reference to the "remake" of the "future" game, although the success or failure of the future is unknown, but this is a step that he will have to go out sooner or later, after all, the "future" idea will always run out one day.

Of course, Zhang Lexing did not take this step rashly, before this time has done a lot of preparatory work, the establishment of a cloud game system, the construction of a global communication network, the cultivation of domestic game talents, the cultivation of the domestic game environment, etc., and all this in exchange for the real prosperity of the domestic game industry, in order to create a hopeful future, Zhang Lexing is full of confidence in this......

(End of Volume IV)

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