Chapter 139: Independent Studio

So, he said a little lonely: "Then should I go back to make the soundtrack for that cartoon?" Although the tone is lonely, in fact, Hu Weili is not very averse to sounding cartoons, on the contrary, he also likes this work very much, and he helped Shangmei Film do a lot of work in this regard when he was in the mainland.

For example, the soundtrack in the famous cartoon "Avanti", which ran through Jester's entire childhood, was composed by Hu Weili.

However, after all, he was brought to the United States by Jester, and the salary he gets now, the job he makes, and the life he has are all given to him by Jester, and he feels that he has the obligation to do his best to contribute when Jester needs him.

So this time he didn't get the approval of his boss, which still made him extremely uncomfortable.

Hearing Hu Weili's question, Jester became a little strange, and he asked with a smile: "Who said that you should go back to make the soundtrack for the cartoon?" I don't have enough people here.,Otherwise I wouldn't have called you to rush back in such a hurry.,Although you can't be the main creator of the soundtrack for this game.,But it's still okay to be a deputy.。 ”

Although he didn't get the position of the main creator, Hu Weili still laughed happily, for him, he was very happy to be able to help Jester, as for whether he was the main creator or not, he didn't care very much.

"That's it, Mr. Hu, the formal development of this game has not started so soon, I will go to Japan in the near future to recruit the lack of manpower in the team, and you will also help other post-production zuò teams to score their games during this time, and then while the development has not yet started, first remediate things about Western fantasy novels and DND rules, which will be very beneficial to your next soundtrack work."

Before saying goodbye to Hu Weili, Jester said to Hu Weili, and Hu Weili nodded solemnly, signaling him to write it down.

Mark. Saini also felt a deep fatigue after the completion of the production of "Avengers", and after Jester asked, he said that he would no longer be responsible for the development of specific games in a short period of time, and needed to take a break, but not a break from vacation, but to take on the real responsibility of his development director, and to approve game ideas.

Now that Jester has completed the most primitive capital accumulation in his own company, in order not to lose the creative power of the R&D team he has formed, he does not come up with many future blockbuster games for these teams to develop at one time, but lets them complete the project of the game they want to make by themselves.

And then hand it over to Mark. Saini audit.

Of course, not all of Jester's games are not plagiarized, and in the past, because of the big hit of the arcade game "Sheriff Balotelli". Darkwater's R&D team was given the first independence from Mars Entertainment to create an independent studio.

But Syver. Tubwater has not moved out of Mars Entertainment, and the studio is fully owned by Mars Entertainment, and the location is also at the headquarters of Mars Entertainment.

However, after having an independent studio, the relationship between the parent company and the subsidiary will be formed, and the independent studio will be given different proportions of profit sharing according to the specific sales of the game, the higher the sales, the larger the proportion of the share, if the sales can exceed 10 million copies, then the independent studio will get up to 40% of the total profit.

Of course, the studio's expenses are all needed by Cypher. Darberwater is responsible for the obligations of independent studios after the rights to share the rights in perpetual.

The name of the studio was replaced by Self. Darkwater was named Metal Storm because his first successful game was a shooter, and he was most interested in the making of shooters, which is why he took the nickname of a Gartley machine gun as the name of the studio.

However, because the studio was first built, Saifer. Darkwater can't recruit enough talented people in a short period of time, so most of the people currently working in Metal Storm Studios are former Seifer Brown. Darkwater's R&D team is a member of the team.

Of course, these personnel are seconded between the head office and the branch, but the salary is taken care of by the branch, which is Metal Storm Studios.

And Cypher. Darkwater also hopes that with the next game, he can poach more talents from his parent company, Mars Entertainment, especially his own R&D team.

Actually, it's a bit embarrassing to talk about, Syver. Darkwater was even a little embarrassed to say that when he was given the opportunity to create an independent studio, only a handful of people from his original R&D team were willing to work with him in the new studio.

Jester also wants to see the first studio to become a benchmark for his own Mars Entertainment, he doesn't want people to put all the reasons for the success of Mars Entertainment on himself, in fact, Jester understands very well that he can only say that one catalyst is what he really can, if he removes the countless games in his head and the knowledge of game development that is decades ahead of these people, then he can't compare to these people at all.

Of course, he also wanted to set an example for the rest of the company's R&D teams that were on the verge of making the first indie studio after the first indie studio was founded - if you make a good game, you'll get the same pay and a lot of money.

So, Jester also helped the young designer, who he developed on his own, and was very important, to design the next game that his new studio would develop.

The same platformer, but the style has changed from a strong western style to a hard-core design style, and the setting of the background is also a reference to a very popular horror film "Alien" - yes, Jester gave Seifer . Darkwater was talking about Contra, a textbook work in the platformer shooter.

Because of the previous "Sheriff Balotelli" shooting game, Seifer. Darkwater also has a deeper appreciation for Jester's sense of rhythm that players can't stop from the start, and this is also his biggest flaw in her last game, Sheriff Balotelli, which was too loose in its design to press players forward.

Jester doesn't want to interfere too much with this game, and he has already talked to Seifer about what he should say and do. Darkwater said that even the levels helped him design a few of the most classic ones as a reference, and what level this game can ultimately reach depends on Self. Darkwater and his team are up to the mark.

In the end, can the brand-new "Contra" they made zuò reach the height of the "Contra" of the K Society in his memory? Jester doesn't know, but he believes that a child who can't stand on his own will never be able to stand up, and a young eagle who can't leave the wings of a mother eagle will never be able to conquer the sky.

What kind of "Contra" in this world can be, Jester can only wait and see.

Of course, I know Seifer very well. Jester of Darberwater's ability is still very optimistic about his team.

After explaining the company's affairs, he spoke to Claudia in Europe, but a call to the headquarters of the European branch in England did not find this very attractive young woman, and according to the operator, their CEO had gone to France.

With the help of the European branch, Jester was able to contact Claudia in the United States.

Some time ago, it was the CES exhibition and the pre-sale of his Dreambox game console, so he didn't have time to pay attention to the news in Europe, after all, the European market has just opened, and at present, it is not his mainstream, even if it is the sales number of Claudia during the Christmas period that came back some time ago, he just glanced at it in a hurry and didn't pay too much attention to it.

This time with Claudia on the phone, Jester hurriedly flipped out the sales number sent by Claudia before and looked through it carefully, he didn't know if he didn't look carefully before, but this time he looked carefully, Jester was startled.

He really didn't expect that the card game "World Storm" designed by the card factory he bought would sell so well in Europe.

The success of the Pokemon electronic pet machine was expected by Jester, because this was originally a toy that the world killed, and lonely children, especially girls, could not resist the temptation brought by this toy, and because this is a toy that requires players to cultivate their own Pokemon with unremitting love and careful training, so parents are also very happy to buy such a gift for their children as a Christmas gift.

Coupled with the battle function between them, it can also be very yearning for boys who are not interested in cultivating pets.

Therefore, the Pokemon electronic pet machine was sold in the UK, France and Germany shopping malls at the same time during the Christmas period, and nearly one million pet machines prepared for this Christmas event were all sold out in just one day, so that Claudia had to immediately contact the United States to distribute the goods to Europe.

And even after the end of Christmas, the sales boom of this pet machine did not end, until the New Year's Day, the whole of Europe sold a total of nearly three million units, this number also made Jester feel a little incredible, because this number is more than the number of pet machines sold in the entire North American market during the Christmas period.

Of course, this may be due to the fact that the electronic pet machine was released in the United States much earlier.

But the success of the card game "World Storm" in terms of sales from Claudia was a bit shocking to Jester.

When this card game was first released, although Claudia had done a lot of publicity before, the sales could only be said to be average, although it was good, but it was definitely not good, but by chance, the BBC did a show about the top students of universities such as Cambridge and Oxford, when they had some entertainment in their spare time.

The card game "World Storm" has only just begun to enter the public's attention.

The film crew of the BBC program unexpectedly discovered that the students of Oxford and Cambridge, the two highest British universities that have been fighting openly and secretly for hundreds of years, like to play such a card game that is very suitable for getting together to play in their spare time.

And these people are full of praise for this game, and the biggest regret of this game in their mouths is that there are no characters from their British Empire in these cards.

After the broadcast of this program, "World Storm" completely became popular in the whole UK, and then in the fastest time, in just a few days, it quickly swept this popularity across the entire European continent. R1152