As for the naked gambling game, because of the disappearance of another party, Jester didn't care, and he didn't hold this trial to prove that he wasn't cheating, but to hype up his game, even if there was no racial discrimination, Jester would find other excuses to spark a hot topic of discussion.

Because Jester from the future knows that no matter how good a game is, it needs hype to promote, and in the game field, there is no saying that the smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys.

Now that the two-day trial has been a great success, Mars Entertainment's phone has almost been blown up by buyers.

It's all the dealers or the many amusement arcade owners.

In fact, many of the people who came to participate in the trial this time are the owners of amusement halls that made a lot of money by "American Cubes" some time ago, and some of them may really like Mars Entertainment's games, but many still want to see if Mars Entertainment's new games are worth their continued investment.

Unexpectedly, this time Mars Entertainment not only did not disappoint them, but also far exceeded their expectations.

They saw another version of "American Cubes" come out.

However, now that the distribution rights of the game have been handed over to the popular publishing company, for these buyers, Mars Entertainment can only say that for specific purchase matters, please contact the popular game publishing company.

This is a piece of news that makes many dealers scold their mothers, but makes many arcade hall owners cheer. Because after the distribution rights were handed over, the dealers could not make as much money as they did selling "American Cubes", and the owners of these arcade halls could directly take the goods at the factory price.

However, Carly is now only preparing logistics centers in three states, only the earliest construction time of the California logistics center can be officially put into use, as for the flagship store in the central city, Margaret Whitman has only negotiated the lease location in San Francisco and Los Angeles, but the renovation will take a month, as for the date of opening the flagship store in the United States, China and the East of the United States, it is still a little far away.

In order to speed up the establishment of direct sales channels in the United States, at this time, Carly couldn't help but think of the franchise method she discussed with Jester before, but she didn't expect that as soon as this plan was proposed, it received many responses, and many owners who had previously run amusement halls asked about the way to join.

In just one week, more than 20 popular franchise stores have been established all over the United States.

However, Sega's first batch of arcade substrates will arrive in about a week, and the frames are made locally in the United States, so even if you pay in advance now, it will not be possible to get them in stock for at least ten days.

However, the owners of the franchise stores and the owners of the amusement arcades are still scrambling to pay in advance and place orders in advance.

Among them, "Bejeweled", "Zuma" and "Bubble Dragon" have about the same number of orders, each game has been booked for about 5,000 to 6,000 units, and "Snowman Brothers" has the most popular number of orders, and in just a few days, the total number of orders directly exceeded 20,000 units. This is not a verbal order, it is to be paid in full.

You know, even with the popularity of "American Cubes", so far, it has only sold 20,000 units.

Although Jester lowered the price of the arcade machine a lot compared to "American Cube", the single price of "Bejeweled", "Zuma", and "Bubble Dragon" is 3,000 US dollars for franchise stores and 4,000 US dollars for amusement halls, but the popular distribution has to collect 20% of the profit from each franchise store, and the franchise store is responsible for local publicity, while the price of "Snowman Brothers" is the same as the shipping price of "American Cube", which is also 6,000 US dollars, of course, without the exploitation of dealers, this 6,000 US dollars is also the actual selling price, Even if the franchise store picks up the goods, the unit price of "Frost Brothers" is as high as 5,000 dollars.

Moreover, the three games of "Bejeweled" have already begun to be produced, and they will be able to get the stock in a few days, but the game "Snowman Brothers" has not even been made and completed, let alone suitable for production, even so, after the first appearance, the number of 20,000 units can be pre-sold directly, which is really beyond Jester's expectations.

In just a few days, more than $300 million in cash was added to the account issued by Fengxing, of course, this money still needs to be divided with Mars Entertainment.

But it's just a left-handed hand-to-right hand for Jester.

The large amount of advance payment brought by the pre-sale of these four games also relieved Jester, who was very nervous about the capital chain before.

As long as he doesn't have to worry about his company's capital chain breaking and collapsing.

Jester rushed back to California at the end of July, and the next month's R&D progress was discussed.

Jester chatted with Seifer Darberwater for a while, listened to his thoughts on game design, felt that he was a young man, but also a creative talent, and had a plan to formally form a third core development team at this symposium and have him as the team leader.

However, in this seminar, there are no major problems with other projects, such as "THE-KING" continues to be responsible for the development of "Avengers", and it is expected that three levels can be produced this month, and the origin is that after completing the level of "Snowman Brothers", the work of DEBUG in the later game is handed over to the scavenger, and then the whole process is devoted to the design of "Dawn", and Sid Meier also officially joined the origin development team in this meeting.

But when Jester proposed a third core team to develop a westernized version of Sheriff Balotelli, Mark Seni had a different opinion.

"Jace, what style of game did you want to make in the first place?" Mark Seni didn't say anything about the shortcomings of Sergeant Balotelli, which had been revised by Seifer Darberwater, but went straight to Jester to ask questions.

As soon as Jester heard the question, he knew what the other party was going to say.

In fact, this is the confrontation between the two styles of the later game system, and even the confrontation between the two genres - realistic and cartoonish.

"Sheriff Balotelli", modified by Seifer Darberwater, is biased towards a realistic style, and the specific background is also placed in the west, and the monsters or enemies in it are all real or rumored, which can certainly make it easier for players to substitute.

But......

Mark Saini didn't wait for Jester's answer, but said directly: "Let's not talk about the target audience of the game, I'll just give you an example from a very simple design, Sheriff Balotelli destroys the enemy like this, he will jump, jump higher than himself, and then step on it, and stomp his enemies flat, in Jace's previous design, he stepped on a mushroom, a turtle with a very strong air atmosphere, so this kind of funny and weird way will not only not be considered funny, And it will be taken for granted, but if you change the monster to be defeated to the Indians, to the voodoo wizards, to the bandits and darts of the West, you can imagine this picture, it is not only absurd but also weird. ”

"It's stupid."

"So, to play in this style of play, his style has to be cartoonish, and Jace's style was fantastic, and I liked it, so I didn't think there was any need to change it, and that's my point, I'm done."

With that, Mark Seni spread his hands and motioned for any other opinions.

"I agree with Mark, and I think the most important thing we should know is what the target audience is for this game." At this time, Sean Dabily, the leader of the origin design team, also stood up, and he said unhurriedly, "First of all, this is a game with a game mechanism for our home, and it is a first game released in such a deserted market environment in order to open up the market for game consoles, and who will buy game consoles?" It's actually a very clear question, no matter how lofty the console is, at least for now, it's essentially just a toy, and we have to be clear about that. ”

"There is no doubt that our main consumers will inevitably be children in the beginning! Who will buy a game console for a child? It's their parents. I think as long as you understand this, then it goes without saying whether you should choose a light-hearted, funny, funny, funny and funny cartoon style or a realistic style of real violence. That's all I'm going to say, if it's an arcade game, then I wouldn't object, Seifer Darberwater's modification is indeed very western-style, and it's also very down-to-earth, and if it is made, it will inevitably be liked by some people who have a western plot. ”

"And on the question of substitution, I know that when you were kids, you thought John Wayne was great, you thought Clint Eastwood was cool, and they all wanted to be a tough guy like them, that kind of hero, but think about it for yourself, when you were kids, did you like Cat and Mouse, Mickey Mouse a little more, or did you like Golden Dead Redemption and Guanshan Fit a little more?"

"With that in mind, you will know how to make trade-offs between styles."

"Of course, like Syver Darberwater's design, I don't deny the greatness of 'Golden Dead Redemption' and 'Guanshan Fit', and his western style is also something I like."

"Personally, I'm looking forward to the game."

After Shaun Dabili finished speaking, everyone looked at Jester, after all, he made the original setting, and he was the first to propose the change, and now, the two heads of the core R&D team disagree with his modification plan, and Mark Saini is also his partner and the head of the software R&D department.

Jester thought silently with his head down, and the scene was silent for five minutes.

He raised his head and did not say his conclusion, but looked at Seifer Darberwater, who had been sitting there without speaking, and asked, "Neither of them agrees with your amendment, so you don't want to talk about it?" ”

"I ......" Syver Darberwater had just graduated, just been twenty-one years old, and was introverted by nature, and when Jester asked him this, he was suddenly a little speechless, and he didn't know what to say.

"Just say it, our monthly R&D seminars are free to speak, say what you want to say, don't care about the identity of these two people, they dare to embarrass you afterwards, I will support you." Jester said with a smile.

This also caused Mark Seney and Sean Dabilee to laugh, both of whom knew that this was Jester's joke, and neither of them was a cautious person.

Taking a deep breath, Seifer Daberwater seemed to calm down for a moment before he spoke: "Actually, I thought about it just now, Director Mark Saini and Team Leader Sean Dabilee said very reasonably, I did think that the design of this game is a little simple, plus I personally don't like the cartoon style very much, just to see that the boss your character is the image of a western sheriff, plus I like to watch Westerns, so I have the previous modified copy." ”

Jester nodded, he was silent for a while, then stood up, bowed slightly, and said apologetically, "First of all, I apologize for my poor consideration, because of my personal preferences, I made a slightly hasty decision, I ignored that this is a home console game, but I don't decide to take back my previous words." ”

He apologized slightly for his inconsiderate thoughts, then changed his tone and continued.

"I think the Western-style Sheriff Balotelli has a certain audience, it is a very stylized game, he will certainly limit his target group in a certain way, but he will also make his target group love the game more, I call these players the core players, this kind of players will have a soft spot for a certain type of game, and I see that there are too many members of our scavenger group, there are more than 40 people, do the post, IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT MANY PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH DEBUG, SO I PLAN TO DRAW THIRTY PEOPLE FROM IT TO FORM TWO CORE R&D TEAMS. ”

"Moreover, we at Mars Entertainment are not only a company that makes games for children, we should have the courage to make some games with a unique style and a certain number of players like, even if its sales may not be too high." AS HE SPOKE, JESTER TURNED HIS HEAD TO LOOK AT MARK SENI AND SAID WITH A SMILE, "ONE OF THESE TWO CORE R&D GROUPS IS IN YOUR 'THE-KING', YOUR DEPUTY WILL WRIGHT IS IN CHARGE, AND THE OTHER ......"

Mark Seney nodded at this point, he had no opinion, in the more than a month he had been in contact with Will Wright, he also found that the other party was indeed a talented designer with his own unique personal understanding of games, and this time it was natural for him to have the opportunity to lead a research and development team to make a game independently.

Jester's gaze turned to Syver Darberwater, a smile appeared on his face again, and he said, "Safer Darberwater is in charge." ”

As soon as Jester's appointment was announced, not to mention the others, even Seifer Darberwater himself, there was a look of surprise on his face, after all, he was just a newcomer who had just joined the company for less than a month, and he had only participated in the finishing work of several games, and he had never participated in the formal development of the game, so it was too hasty to let himself lead a group.

"I can't." Self Darberwater whispered.

Jester just smiled and waved his hand, and said: "It's okay, you check for you, it can be seen from your revision copy that you have a deep understanding of the western style, and this is a western style, or a game with a very strong personal style, it is perfect for you to do it." ”

After rejecting Syver Darberwater's words, Jester continued, "But then, the gameplay can't be played in the same cartoon-style Sheriff Balotelli game I designed before, at least the kind of card-drawn jumping around and stepping on monsters won't work, but the jumping can be retained." ”

At this time, Jester's mind remembered some of the settings in "Metal Slug", so he continued.

"First of all, this is no longer a home console game, but an arcade game, the attack inside can be changed to its own revolver, far away you can use the revolver to attack, unlimited bullets, but each time you shoot a certain amount of bullets, you need to change the magazine, you can use a dagger when you are close, and you can also add some props that can enhance the game character in the process of the game, such as a variety of more powerful guns, because the style of this game is realistic western style, so the guns should also be realistic, do not appear any laser guns, Inexplicable things like missile guns, and even a system for adding vehicles, but also in a western style - like a horse with a machine gun, the player can choose to ride it after destroying the enemy......"

"Of course, this is a scrolling game, and it is very difficult to develop, but some of the scrolling skills you need are available in the technical reserve department, which is tackled by Mark's team, and you can ask for their help in terms of technology when necessary. I've seen the first level of "The Avengers" that they have made, and it is very smooth, it is really a masterpiece across the era. ”

"Then, the name of this game remains the same, it is still called "Sheriff Balotelli", and the name of the other cartoon is changed to "Balotelli's Otherworldly Adventure", which is in charge of Will Wright's team, because this is a home console game, and our home console is still being designed, you have to follow the progress of hardware development throughout the process, you must fully understand the performance of the game console we are developing, and then we must also come up with the home console version of this game when our console is released."

"As for the name of the group, you decide for yourself."

Finally, Jester made a summary of this symposium, which can also be said to be a summary of the R&D mission of Mars Entertainment next month.

Origin completes the level system of "Snowman Brothers", and then fully prepares for the development of "Dawn", Sid Mayer serves as the deputy team leader of Origin, THE-KING is still responsible for the system of "Avengers" without making changes, and two new core R&D teams have been established, one is responsible for "Sheriff Balotelli" in the west to the gunfight sideboard, the team leader is the proposer of this game, Seifer Daberwater, and the other is responsible for the first cartoon of the home game console, "Balotelli's Otherworldly Adventure" with the theme of easy entertainment, The team leader is Will Wright, and the scavenger is still in charge of the game's post-processing and DEBUG work, and of course, this month is mainly "Frost Brothers".

Jester also serves as executive producer for Dawn, Sheriff Balotelli and Balotelli's Otherworldly Adventure.

PS: I feel like I'm writing the same as Xiang in the previous face-slapping plot.,I won't write it in the future.,I'll continue my dry and tasteless expository style.,If you don't like it, you don't like it.。