"And the topic I want to talk about today has a lot to do with that."

Jester smiled.

"I see that you seem to be lacking interest in such a subject, and don't deny it, because I can easily compare the expressions that flashed on your faces with those you had before."

After hearing Jester say this, the people at the scene were once again amused by Jester's humor.

"Okay, I was joking before, of course I won't talk to you about how to shoot games, how to complete the game planning, how to design the plot, how to design the levels, this is something that you need to study hard in your ordinary time, not only hard work, but also some talent, what I want to talk about today is how an indie game maker can make the game he wants to make."

Jester didn't say this loudly.

At that time, it attracted everyone's attention, because most of the people who came to participate in the GDC Global Game Developers Conference were still some independent game producers, even if they had been incorporated by large game companies, they were all independent game makers or independent studios.

"I know it's hard to be an independent studio, for the simple reason that you don't have any money." Jester shrugged his shoulders.

"I started as an indie game, when I made Zuò "American Cubes", there were only a few thousand dollars of liquidity, if it wasn't for the help of my family, maybe this game would never have been made into an arcade and then sold all over the United States, of course, I would not have thought at that time, it was just an idea when I was building blocks, and this simple game made by zuò would be so popular."

"Well, a bit of gossip. Now for the main business. ”

"I know that money is the most difficult thing for these people to get over, maybe the development of a game doesn't take much money, about tens of thousands of dollars, but a lot of indie game developers, maybe still college students, or just graduated from college, and need to change loans, let them come up with tens of thousands of dollars to develop a game that doesn't know what the future holds, it's really a bit difficult for some strong people."

"And that's not all."

"Even a lot of people who have been working in game companies for a while, one day they suddenly have a great idea. But maybe because of your position in the company or for other reasons, your idea is not valued, but you really want to make this game complete. ”

"It's still possible that your point of view is valued, but because there are too many creative electronics, you start to argue about seniority again......"

"There are a lot of possibilities for that."

"In a word, how can I get the money to make my ideas into games? That's the hardest part. Any other technical problems are not difficult problems, but can be invested in time and energy. And to solve it, why do I say that? Because I'm here today to unsolve this problem and provide a workable solution. ”

With Jester's speech on this big call.

All the game developers present were almost at the same time. They all stood up and cheered for Jester.

Because, these words of Jester just now. It really goes to their hearts.

"Let me first talk about the reason why I have this idea, in fact, there is nothing special, that is, usually our company's employees, there are a lot of very reliable and interesting ideas, there is no way to turn it into a game that belongs to them, because our company's resources are limited, it is impossible to start dozens of projects at the same time, there is not so much money, and there will not be so many personnel."

"However, there are some ideas that are really good, so I thought, can you launch such a plan, that is, first describe this idea, tell a lot of people, see if your plan can impress others, if ......"

Jester then took his previous relationship with Mark Brown in the company. The idea of crowdfunding that Saini had talked about was told in front of everyone, and when Jester finished speaking, the audience fell silent, and everyone looked at Jester with incredible eyes, and then there was another cheer that almost lifted the entire ceiling.

Because what Jester just said, this idea about crowdfunding is really unexpected, and it is too much in line with their hearts.

"I call this idea crowdfunding, of course, crowdfunding is still very different from venture capital, and I can assure everyone here, including our game companies such as Mars Entertainment, Sony, Sega, etc., have decided to support this plan, the name of the plan is called the incubator plan, as the name suggests, we are just an incubator for your ideas, but whether you can incubate something real or not, it is up to you."

Jester said as he made a downward gesture with both hands, hoping that the scene would calm down.

Because of Jester's words before, it really caused an uproar, and everyone was extremely excited, wanting to discuss the crowdfunding idea that Jester had just proposed with the people around him.

The same goes for Ye Mingzhang.

He originally came with this idea, his purpose was to find an investor who was interested in their game at this GDC, and to be able to provide a little self-help for their game development plan, but judging from his efforts in the past few days, his idea seemed a little unrealistic, because the heads of the game companies he visited didn't seem to be interested in hearing him about the idea of making a game he wanted to make.

As soon as they heard where he came from, they immediately put on a straight face.

The eviction order was issued directly.

Even when he was leaving, Ye Mingzhang vaguely heard them discussing, because he was Japanese, only to find out that he was a bent man and other very angry words.

Originally, he didn't have much hope, and when he returned to the bend immediately after the GDC conference was over, and then figured out his own way, he heard Jester's keynote speech on crowdfunding, and the incubator plan that was about to be implemented.

Immediately, endless hope sprung up in my heart, which was already hopeless.

Ye Mingzhang now wants to hear what specific content there is about this incubator plan, he is a smart person, he knows that the crowdfunding idea that Jester said just now, if it is many years later, it may be a very good way to raise money, but at the beginning, the money that can definitely be raised is very weak, almost a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, Ye Mingzhang also knows, certainly, the key this time is all in this incubator plan.

After the scene was quiet again, Jester began to introduce the content of the incubator plan in detail, in fact, this plan is not complicated, but only as a supplement when the power of crowdfunding is still very weak.

"Before you get on our crowdfunding platform, you need to go through our review, and only if you approve it, you can get on our crowdfunding platform, so that players who are interested in it can evaluate the game you want to make, just like investors evaluate the project they want to invest in, and your ideas must impress them, because you can see them as your investors."

"Of course, we also have monitoring methods, I won't go into detail here, if you are interested in this plan, you can find our organizing committee to get some documents about this plan after this meeting."

"Then, there are the supplementary terms of our incubator program, we will conduct a very strict secondary review of the games that have been reviewed through our crowdfunding, and the experts in the industry will definitely review them, and if your ideas can be approved by them, then we, Mars Entertainment, Sega, Sony, and other game companies, will make a guaranteed investment in your game."

"Of course, our guaranteed investment needs to get part of the copyright of this game, unlike crowdfunding, the copyright is still completely yours."

Of course, if you can't reach your crowdfunding goals, then the money you get from crowdfunding needs to be returned to all the people who participate in the crowdfunding, which requires your special attention."

Speaking of the end, Jester added with a smile.

"Actually, crowdfunding is just a simple idea for game development, but when I was discussing this with President Nakayama and President Kuta Ragi, we discussed the idea that it was really feasible, so why not expand crowdfunding? Why do you have to limit yourself to the game, why can't anything be added to the crowdfunding plan? ”

"The idea came naturally while we were talking about it, and then we started dreaming and reverie, but it's probably too early to think about it, but if crowdfunding for game development is successful, then it may come true that crowdfunding will be expanded to all aspects of all industries."

Jester didn't say much later.

In fact, no one was in the mood to listen to what was said in the end, because everyone was immersed in Jester's wonderful blueprint about crowdfunding and incubator plans. (To be continued......)