Shanghai "Valley of the Wind" Entertainment Technology Information Company.

Founded a year ago, Valley of the Wind has been working hard to develop the 3D game "Sky City" in the bustling city of Shanghai. Until recently, Sky City had been 70% completed, and when everyone continued to work hard to achieve 100% completion as soon as possible, a sudden domestic ** epidemic changed the most ** OSS plan in the Valley of the Wind.

Admittedly, the emergence of the ** epidemic did cause the Chinese people to panic. For the emergence of the epidemic, it should be a big blow to the social activities in real life, so that in order to control business conditions and avoid the spread of the epidemic caused by large-scale mobility, the country has recently begun to suggest that citizens across the country can turn their entertainment direction to TV and the Internet.

When the news came out on the news broadcast, the entire Internet industry almost jumped with excitement.

This kind of suggestion is completely supported by the state, and it is a kind of policy, which is equivalent to telling you that we want to support the Internet, and you should work hard. If you don't take the opportunity to develop at this time, then there will be no such good time in the future. Therefore, over the past period of time, various companies have launched a lot of activities to welcome batch after batch of novice users who have flocked to the Internet.

Seeing this, the boos "bear winning bid" in the Valley of the Wind's eyes lit up. Although "Castle in the Sky" is not 100% complete now, with 70% of the game projects completed now, it can be launched first. Moreover, isn't that what many domestic games do? After launching a half-developed game, we will continue to develop it while operating it to make money.

This mode of operation has long been well-known in the circle, and has even developed into an unspoken rule.

Originally, Xiong Zhongbiao did not approve of such an approach. Because, in two years, he saw the rise of the Tang Dynasty network. The more I tried in my heart, the first trace of the founding of the company, I wanted to create a domestic game company like the Tang Dynasty Network. As it happens, he has a very good team. Moreover, this team also has its own well-developed 3D engine. With the support of this team, we are more committed to the path of "Bear Winning the Bid" and taking the route of jīng products.

However, the arrival of an epidemic has made national policies begin to vigorously support Internet companies. In order to seize some of the market during this time period, Xiong Zhongbiao gave up his own starting strategy, and then instructed the technician to launch the game first. Otherwise, if you miss this time, you will regret it. Moreover, Xiong won the bid also has his own plans.

Although it is not the best time to launch now, in the domestic market, companies that develop 3D engines have slowly surfaced.

The more threatening is the Tang Dynasty network, and his Zhuxian may be launched at the end of 03 or 04. Calculating the time, his own sky city happened to be with Zhu Xianol, which is not a good thing. Even if Xiong Zhongbiao thinks that his "Sky City" is very good, he does not dare to fight hard with the Tang Dynasty Internet in his heart. In addition, there is a perfect world of perfect time and space behind it, and there is the snail company's Voyage Century, their 3D technology is good, and in terms of time, it may be concentrated in 2004.

Most importantly, Xiong won the bid to develop the "Sky City", and has already taken most of his investment. Originally, he thought that the cost of engaging in online games was low, but he didn't expect that the development of 3D games could not be compared with 2D games, especially the investment in creating a 3D game with Jīng products. If the development continues, Xiong won't be able to resist the bid. If it is not launched now, it can only be financed again. This is not what Xiong Zhongbiao wants to see, for Dragon Nest, he wants to build a giant company by himself.

In this way, it is better to launch it first now, under the brand of the first 3D game in China, and win part of the market.

It just happened that during this period of time, due to the short-sightedness of several major domestic game companies, they only saw the interests and let the plug-ins run rampant. In the madness of players and game companies, they fell into ruin. Eventually led to a whole bunch of gamers leaving. As a result, Dragon Nest began a large-scale game advertisement on the Internet with "Castle in the Sky". The content of this advertisement is very powerful, not only playing the brand of the first 3D game in China, but also playing the game technology card.

What 3D game technology is the highest game development technology in Japan so far. Even in the world market, it can reach the first-class level. Then, I compared 3D games with 2D games. Judging from the picture alone, it will compare a large number of domestic 2D games. Even the two 2D games owned by Tang Dynasty Company do not seem to have the best picture effect of this 3D game. In addition to the 3D game, the viewing angle is 720 degrees. , up and down, left and right, wherever you want. The characters in it can fly into the sky at any time and can fight the player in the sky. Moreover, unlike a 2D game, he always sees the graphics from a flat perspective. When you use the mouse to turn the right to turn the view, the corners you see are different.

In response to this 720-degree perspective, Valley of the Wind also gave a number of screenshots of the city in the sky.

For example, one of the houses. I look at this house on the left and I look at the house on the right, and the effect is completely different. Because, just like the real world, he brings the game to your eyes. In addition, the player can also be in the sky, looking down on the ground beneath his feet. These are things that 2D games can't do.

In this comparison, the 2D game is really a tattere, which can compare to 3D. Therefore, the "Sky City" has become the most anticipated online game until the advertisement came out. Of course, many of these expectant players were looking forward to Zhuxian OL before. It's just that Zhuxian OL wasn't developed so quickly, so they can't wait to play the game. Now that there's a 3D game coming out, it's worth playing whether it's out of experience or if you really like it.

"Brothers, the first 3D game in China, Sky City, let's experience it together."

The unnamed "Castle in the Sky" is very attractive to players because of its banner. No, a player saw the ad and was attracted to the city in the sky. That's not all, he is still shouting a lot of friends in the TT group to try it out.

"3D games, so powerful, 3D games appeared in China so soon?"

The first time I heard about it, it was in the Zhuxian ol promoted on the Internet in the Tang Dynasty. However, at that time, Tang Dynasty Network once said that because 3D game technology is much more difficult than 2D games, the development cycle is relatively long. Therefore, Zhuxian OL can only be launched at the end of 2003 or early 2004 at the earliest, and as for when it will be deduced, Tang Dynasty Network did not give a specific time. Unexpectedly, now that Zhuxian OL has not been launched, another domestic 3D game "Sky City" has been strongly launched...... Comparing the two, it seems that this company is better than the Tang Dynasty network.

"Yes, it's going to be tested in a few days, and don't want jī live code, let's try it out first. How to say, this Sky City is also the first 3D game in China. Anyway, I've never played a 3D game before. ”

Not to mention online games, they are stand-alone games, and there are very few 3D games in China. Even abroad, the current 3D technology is a relatively advanced game technology. How can these Internet enthusiasts not love high-tech products? Regardless of whether the game is good or not, you have to play it anyway.

"Okay, I'll download it now, and let's play together then. Anyway, the jīng spirit is already lifeless, and it's weird and boring. ”

This is the original jīng spirit player, and the player was lucky enough not to be deleted. However, NetEase Nas was too ruthless and deleted 100,000 game accounts in one go, which made a large number of players embarrassed. Although NetEase has prompted before that the use of these bad xìng plug-ins will be officially banned, everyone is using it, who cares about you. Thinking about it again, the law does not blame the public, see if you have a way to take us. Unexpectedly, NetEase really sealed it.

This time the title was banned, and for a while, jīng Ling's popularity was greatly lost. As a result, many players began to look for other games. When a 3D game appeared, it was exciting.

……

"Mr. Xiong......"

The chief planner of Sky City, "Fang Zhizhi", came to the office of "Xiong Zhongbiao".

"Well, xiǎo Fang, it's you, how about it, it's going to be tested in two days, are you confident?"

Fang Zhizhi is about 30 years old, which can be regarded as a young handsome. A belly of classic game planning, simply countless. For this reason, in the game Sky City, many of the jīng classic gameplay methods are out of Fang Zhizhi's planning. Xiong Zhongbiao was very satisfied with him, and when he saw Fang Zhizhi coming in, he smiled and chatted with Fang Zhizhi.

"This ......"

Fang Zhizhi wanted to smile bitterly.

"Why, xiǎo fang, you can't do this. Now that the big war is about to start, how can you lead the team in a state like a jīng god? ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiong."

Fang Zhizhi straightened up and began to say, "Mr. Xiong, after putting down the game planning in the past few days, we have done a few offline tests. ”

Generally, when a game is tested nationwide, the game company will test it internally. There are some more stringent requirements, and they will go to domestic Internet cafes to secretly download and enter the test. I just want to see how the environment in the domestic Internet café is, how I play my own game, and how it operates. "Well, how about the effect, is there a big delay in the game?" ”

Although Xiong Zhongbiao is only an investor, not a technician. But after studying for a long time, I also know some characteristics of online games. In the category of latency, many games have no bugs, but if the network speed cannot keep up, it will cause delays. As a result, many bugs are generated in these network delays.

"Not much delay, smooth?"

"What do you mean?"

It's not very good to be smooth, but looking at Fang Zhi's god, Yi Hu looked worried.

"I'm afraid that if there are too many people, it will be troublesome then."

At this time, Fang Zhizhi began to speak.

For an online game, if only a few hundred people are online, any game company must be able to afford it. However, in the face of thousands of people, it is estimated that some game companies are struggling. If the technology is not good, or the server is not good, it will cause a lot of difficulties.

"Don't worry too much about this, you can see how it will work in a few days."

For this early closed beta, not everyone agrees. It's just that Fang Zhongbiao is the boss, and in addition, many game companies are also operating and developing, so I understand. Of course, Xiong Zhongbiao is also a little uneasy, and he is also afraid of failure. However, now that the situation has become bī, he wants to test it internally. Besides, even if there are more people than the card, which game is not like this?

Even the ethereal journey, he has played, when a bunch of players hún on a map, it's strange not to get stuck.

"Another point is that the computer quality of domestic players can only meet our minimum preparation standards. Even, there are some that don't reach the ...... at all"

"Ahh

Hearing this, Xiong Zhongbiao moved a little.

At that time, when Sky City was being developed, I didn't think about it so much. They were determined that 3D games must be more promising than 2D games, so Xiong won the bid to invest in development. And, now, when the ad is launched, it does attract a lot of attention. In just a few days, hundreds of game guilds have been formed, saying that they will enter Sky City.

However, when "Fang Zhizhi" said the computer configuration, he was a little anxious. This kind of hardware flaw, the lethality is so great, it can almost sentence the game to death, no matter how clever your game is, maybe it won't be popular.

"Is there a solution?"

"Not for the time being, I can only wait for the domestic computer hardware to be upgraded."

After Fang Zhizhi finished speaking, Xiong Zhongbiao thought about it on the side, and for a while, there were no words in the office.

"Mr. Xiong, I suggest postponing the test."

It turned out that there was no survey, or, at that time, everyone thought that software and hardware would develop simultaneously, plus foreign 3D games had appeared, and the effect was good, so I didn't think about it so much. Now after investigating, I know that it is very dangerous.

"Let me think about it."

It's acceptable to postpone the test, besides, Blizzard, an internationally renowned company, I don't know how many times it has been postponed? However, after the postponement, whether Dragon Nest will continue to develop or what should be done, and Xiong will have to consider winning the bid?

Three days later, Xiong Zhongbiao finally thought about it clearly, and thought to himself, "No wonder the Zhuxian OL plan was launched around 2004, I'm afraid, they have long expected the current domestic game environment." After that, Xiong Zhongbiao seems to have figured it out, postpone it and postpone it, it's better than finishing it after launching. The frustrating thing is that after the postponement now, he has to find someone to invest.

This also means that Dragon Nest will not be completely its own in the future. It can't be helped, though. After figuring it out, Xiong Zhongbiao finally made a decision, and instructed Fang Zhizhi to say, "Give players a better reason to postpone the closed beta test in Sky City." ”