Chapter 366: Pretending to be Sick
Of course, Jester couldn't have gotten sick so coincidentally at this time.
In fact, it is precisely because the demand of players for his new game is too high that he made this decision, so that if he is unable to participate in this year's Mars Entertainment Carnival due to illness, then there is also the best excuse, on the carnival, there is no news of love for his new game, it seems natural, in fact, a project that has been established for more than a year.
There is no reliable information to share with the outside world, which is not a commendable thing in the first place.
The original Jester was indeed going to say something at this year's carnival, but the development of this game was far more difficult than he expected, so there was no way to do it if it was not completed according to his original plan.
Jester's sudden illness before the carnival was leaked out like this, which was completely intentional as a ploy to guide public opinion, and it really had a certain effect.
Many people have thought that if Jester is not able to participate in the carnival, then it is very likely that there will be news about Jester's new game, this time on the carnival, Mars Entertainment will not reveal anything, but there are also many people who are very optimistic, after all, Jester's new game development team has two or three hundred members, so many people, there are several famous top designers among them.
There's even Sega's Yu Suzuki.
Even if Jester is sick, as long as Mars Entertainment wants to announce the news of this game, then there are still many people who can come out and break the news to players.
Moreover, this project has been going on for a year since it was announced, and judging from some of the actions of Mars Entertainment in the past year, the 'Era' plan is not just talking, this plan occupies almost more than one-third of the resources of the entire Mars Entertainment, in this case, according to the usual practice. On Carnival, no matter what, Mars Entertainment will come out and say a little bit to the players who support them, something about the update of the game that has been in development for a year.
Knowing that Jester is just pretending to be sick, there are only a few people in Mars Entertainment.
And now Jester can't go to the company every day like usual, while being seen leaking the news that he is not actually sick.
Therefore, during this time, Jester has been staying in the manor he bought outside Los Angeles, and the senior management of Mars Entertainment has also been running to him for three days. Ask him about the carnival.
Inside the living room.
Mark. Seni looked at Jester with a bitter expression, and he said, "Jace, are you still planning to keep the news unnoticed?" You know what players are looking forward to your game, and if you do this, you will inevitably lose a lot of information. ”
In these three or four days, Mark. Seni runs to Jester almost every day.
He wanted to convince Jester that even if it was a gimmick at the carnival, it was better to announce it. Use it to appease those players.
Jester didn't agree at first.
It's not that he wants to do any fancy work, but there is really nothing in the current 'Era' project that can reach the level that he has in mind and can be announced to the public, and this is what he wants to do. One of the greatest games of all time, and the amount of manpower, material and financial resources he has put into it, is simply not comparable to those other games.
To put it mildly, it was a blow to other game companies, although the 'Time' development team has been in the past year. Nothing was able to come up with anything that pleased Jester, but that was determined by the difficulty of the game's development, but. Jester has invested in the development of this development team in this year, which is almost equal to the sum of all the development expenses of EA and Activision last year.
Hear Mark. Saini's persuasion, this time Jester was not as decisive as before, he first groaned for a moment, and then spoke.
"Mark, it's not that I don't want to share my joy with the players who support us, it's ...... You know the development process of my game, Mark, what can I do out of the team's work so far, and then share it with the players? ”
Jester didn't say no this time, but asked Mark instead. Saini said.
Hearing Jester say that, Mark. Seni immediately understood that Jester was thinking about his proposal, so a hint of joy suddenly appeared on his face, and he quickly opened his mouth, wanting to say something, so that Jester completely agreed with his suggestion.
However, when he opened his mouth, he suddenly found that he had no way to answer Jester's question, because it was very simple, that is, the 'Era' development team really didn't have anything in their hands to show the outside world now, was it like other games, just to take out some standing drawings about the characters? More details about the game?
These things, the other games, can be taken out in three months, but just a team of twenty or thirty people.
If you have close to 300 people, and it takes you a year to gather some of the best game designers in the industry, and you give these things to people who care about the game, and tell them, look, it took us a year to make these things.
Guess what these people will think?
It's definitely not that they are shocked and speechless, those who don't like Mars Entertainment will definitely be ridiculed directly, and even if they support Mars Entertainment, they may be disappointed.
Jester sees Mark. Seni looked speechless with his mouth open, he just smiled.
"Now you understand, right?"
"With so much money spent on this game, so much discussion in the industry, and so many people following it, it's fair to say that any little bit of news about this game can attract everyone's attention, just like before, just about our development code name was leaked, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention."
Jester said it gently.
"So, if we were going to make a public announcement for the first time, it would be a shock to the industry, and let the people who follow the game know that we have done something they couldn't have imagined in this period of time...... Although we have rebuilt the engine and rebuilt many low-level tools in this year, it is impossible to show these things to others, even if they are shown to players, do they know how much effort and cost these things will take? ”
"Most people don't know."
With that, Jester stood up, and he stretched out his arm, which had been sitting all the time, making his waist a little uncomfortable.
"I've re-discussed with the development team before, and their development tools have been fully developed, and by next year's E3 exhibition, a demo video can be completed, and there are ......."
Jester was very detailed with Mark. Saini talked about his plan.
Although Mark. Saini was still a little worried that he would be disappointed by the fans because he didn't announce Jester's new game at the carnival this time, but he also knew that what Jester said was all reasonable, and there was no way, so he had to nod.
"Okay then."
"But ......"
Just Mark. While Saini didn't have any thoughts, Jester suddenly laughed and changed his voice.
"It's not that we can't leak any news, so let's be honest with the players and tell them directly, and we very much hope to announce it at the carnival." There are some things that the Times plan to share with you our happiness, but we really can't share it with you right now, because in the past year, we have mainly been working on the development of a game, because a game for the next era, all the development tools, need to be redeveloped, so there is nothing to share. ”
"Then, let me tell them that our development tools are basically complete, and I can assure them that at next year's E3 show, we will definitely give everyone who supports the game a surprise that you can't imagine anyway."
After hearing Jester say this, Mark . Seni's face finally showed a hint of joy.
After all, he is in charge of this carnival, and Jester is completely dressed in order to pretend to be sick, so Jester will definitely not go to the speech at the opening ceremony of this year's carnival, and Jester will not go. Saini is on duty.
However, the opening speech of the carnival was not difficult.
It's just a brag to players about how awesome we've been in the past year, how cute our supporters are, and how tough the game we're working on is all about that.
However, if you don't say what the player expects to hear in your speech at the opening ceremony.
Then the boos from the audience must be inevitable.
After all, a project that has been in full swing for a year, for any reason, cannot be revealed at all, and the only possibility is that the project has not made any progress at all - this is also the most acceptable explanation for ordinary people.
After getting Jester's affirmative answer, Mark. Saini was also relieved.
The carnival is now less than two days away, and Jester has decided that he won't be in attendance, so that's where Mark Brown. Saini mustered all his spirits and must not mess up this year's carnival. (To be continued......)