Chapter 148: Choosing One of the Two
Back at the hotel, Jester was still thinking about the last conversation he had in Hideo Kojima's apartment.
The process of the conversation is not long, because the time is relatively late, Hideo Kojima after being opened by Jace, in fact, does not need too much guidance from Jester, Kojima has written novels for several years, and his brain hole ability is even stronger than Jester, and the whole conversation process is basically Jester constantly luring Hideo Kojima to improve the structure of this infiltration game.
Basically, the framework of the game is Jester modeled on MG2, a gradually maturing framework, and can perfectly fit the current hardware conditions to tell, and the plot of the game is very similar to the first part of MG, and the plot of this part is also the beginning of the entire story line of MG, although it is not as classic as the second part, but it is also good.
After talking for more than an hour, Jester looked at his watch and felt that the time was almost up, so he offered his farewell.
Hideo Kojima's expression showed that he was still in a state of excitement at this time, and when he was talking to Jester about this game that he had born out of his inspiration, he almost ran to his bedroom at a speed of 100 meters and took out a stack of manuscript papers again.
In just one hour, he wrote seven or eight pages of manuscript paper.
After Jester offered to leave, it was obvious that there was a look of disappointment on his face, but Jester was his boss, and it was really late now, and he had no better excuse to continue talking, although he wanted to do so, because at this time the content of this game in his mind was like the waves of the ocean, and countless thoughts flashed like sparks from flints, and he couldn't stop at all.
And just now my own BOSS is in a moment.,It seems to be talking and laughing.,Just talk about this sneak-into game and the framework.,And it's very suitable for the setting of your own game.,It's like it's been tempered or deliberate.,The rest only needs to be tinkered with and added to add some dispensable details.,This ability,It also made Hideo Kojima dumbfounded-before,He never believed that there were such people in this world.。
But when he saw it with his own eyes, he knew what it meant to say that there are people outside the world and there are people outside the sky.
When leaving, Hideo Kojima sent Jester downstairs, Jester just opened the car door, and suddenly remembered that an incident had not been resolved, that is, this game that the two of them talked about for more than an hour, and no one thought of getting a name for him, of course, it may also be that Hideo Kojima thought of it, but he also thought that this game was not designed by him alone, so he was embarrassed to take the initiative to mention it.
But Jester really didn't expect it before.
So, Jester stopped in front of the car and turned around, and Hideo Kojima's face showed a puzzled look, he didn't understand why Jester didn't get into the car directly.
Jester didn't say much nonsense, but said straight to the point: "By the way, Kojima, we haven't decided on a name for this game yet, so you just give it a name, and for the time being, it will be the code name of this game, and after you finish planning this game, the company will discuss it together, and if everyone agrees, then make the official name." ”
Naming rights!
Hearing that Jester handed over the naming rights of this game to himself, Hideo Kojima was also shocked, you know, according to the conventions of game development, only the producer of a game can name the game, and his boss is also a senior designer, it is impossible not to know this rule, but he gave the naming right of this game to himself, which means that his boss intends to let himself be the designer of this game?
Thinking of this, Hideo Kojima looked at Jester differently.
The other party's eyes full of anticipation made Jester's heart a little furious, he didn't like this kind of being looked at by a man with this kind of eyes, so Jester could only cough and said in a deep voice.
"You write the plan for this game first, I will talk about it after I have read it, I agree in principle that you are the producer of this game, you should have heard of Seifer. Damberwater's thing, he's just like you, he's also a new employee, and he wrote the project for "Sheriff Balotley", and I thought it was good after reading it, so I directly let him serve as the producer, and this game is also very good, and now he is the only designer of our Mars Entertainment to get an independent studio. ”
This story is very famous in the game industry, not only in the American game industry, but also in Japan, these game development companies are widely spread, these game companies will naturally marvel at Jester's courage, to be able to have an inexperienced designer to be the maker of a large scrolling game, of course, envy is also certain, but because of the seniority sequence and the tenure system, the Japanese are not likely to learn Jester's method.
But despite this, the spread of this story still makes some employees at the bottom of these game companies a little red, of course, just red, let them leave their jobs to pursue this ethereal opportunity in Mars Entertainment, they will not do it.
And Hideo Kojima is different, he has heard of Seifer. The story of Darkwater's direct rise from a rookie to the head of an indie studio is like the story of how he can go directly to a mixed club to play mahjong and play games because he doesn't like economics, he is not a traditional Japanese who follows the rules, and he also thinks that he should not be able to lead a project of his own as the head of his own project like everyone else, like everyone else, as he wants to make Zuò games.
He was now desperate to turn his ideas into reality.
And Cypher. Darkwater is also an example of his struggle, and he often admonishes himself to become the head of an independent studio in the shortest possible time.
That's why he thought so much about his first game planner, and why he turned pale when he saw Jester's noncommittal attitude after listening to his game called The Great Escape.
He longed too much for a time like Cypher. Darberwater was so successful.
Jester waited for more than a minute, and when he saw that Hideo Kojima was still sluggish on the spot, he was also a little impatient, so he asked directly.
"Didn't you come up with a name for the game yourself?"
Jester's question woke up Hideo Kojima from his contemplation, and he also heard the impatience in Jester's tone, so he hurriedly waved his hand: "No... No, I have a few alternative names, and I'm just making a final trade-off. ”
"Oh?" Jester raised his eyebrows slightly after hearing Hideo Kojima's answer, and he continued to ask in a tone with a hint of curiosity, "Still undecided?" Actually, Jester wanted to know if the name Hideo Kojima came up with now would be the same as the one he remembered—which was a kind of bad taste for Jester.
On top of that, Jester felt that only Hideo Kojima was qualified to give the game a name, as it was essentially Hideo Kojima's work.
Hearing Jester's inquiry, Hideo Kojima first exhaled, and his originally frowning eyebrows quickly stretched, obviously, he had also made his decision in this short period of time.
“Metal-Gear。” Almost without pause, Hideo Kojima uttered two short but powerful words in English.
"Metal-Gear......" Jester also silently recited these two letters, and then he sighed in his heart again, sure enough, it was still the name - of course, now Jester still needs to pretend, showing a puzzled look, he squirmed his lips, muttering these two letters, "Alloy...... Equip? Are you sure? ”
After hearing this question, Hideo Kojima nodded without hesitation: "Yes." ”
"Okay, good name."
Jester nodded in agreement, and then wasted no more time, and got straight into the car through the door that had been opened earlier, and after starting the car, Jester poked his head out of the window again.
"I'm giving you two job options now.,Choose one of the two.,The first is that you start to prepare for the project of this game called "Metal-Gear" from now on.,Show it to me when it's done.,If it can meet my expectations.,Then I'll give you a chance to set up a research and development team.,If it doesn't meet expectations.,Then this game can only end like this.,The second option,Is to participate in the research and development team of an RPG game that I have this time., Your role is to write part of the story and design some of the game's systems, and you'll be involved in the production of a large game, and then you'll be working on the Metal-Gear project, choose one. ”
Jester said, when he finished saying the first option, Hideo Kojima's face showed joy, he just wanted to agree, but Jester didn't give him a chance to interject at all, and directly said the second option, after hearing the second choice, Hideo Kojima's expression changed significantly, obviously able to participate in the development of Jester's boiling game that was spread within the company, And being able to work on a game under Jester, one of the world's best designers, is a valuable learning opportunity for a newcomer like him.
Therefore, after Jester's two questions were finished, Hideo Kojima, who was originally determined, also showed a hesitant look on his face.
On the one hand, he really couldn't wait to start designing Metal-Gear, because he knew that he had a flash of inspiration, and now was the time when his inspiration for the game was at its peak, but he also knew that he was just a newcomer and his experience in game development was only hearsay, so Jester's second choice had an irresistible appeal to him. R1152