Chapter 107: Wei Fatzi's Suggestion
Chen Peng was slightly stunned, he had already expected many possibilities, but he didn't expect to get an answer from the mouths of the two people in front of him that he hadn't expected.
He knows the game "Charge", which is not a product of the field of thinking, but a game made by a few technicians in their spare time.
In the field of thinking, the working hours of technical personnel in the company are not fixed, generally before the beginning of each week will make the next week's work schedule, and then distribute the workload evenly to each day, becoming the workload that needs to be completed every day, this workload is generally normal working hours can be completed, unless there is a sudden increase in workload, so that technical personnel need to work overtime to complete, of course, in this case, the company will also pay generous overtime pay.
This relatively liberal work system makes it possible for technicians in the field of thinking to complete the set work early as long as they are diligent every day, and the free time can be freely disposed of, such as going back to rest or completing the work in the next few days in advance, or even staying in the company to use the company's equipment and resources to conduct research that interests them.
In this regard, Chen Peng encouraged this kind of management method that can better mobilize the enthusiasm of technical personnel at the beginning of the establishment of the company, as long as the technical personnel themselves make something valuable, the thinking field will provide a certain amount of funds and share the profits generated after the joint development and sharing.
Although the company's operating costs have been greatly improved because of this system, in Chen Peng's view, whether it is for technical reserves or for the direction of expansion, the price is completely worth it.
And "Charge" is a product of this management system.
The production of "Charge" is a pair of brothers surnamed Cai, they are both members of the "Holy War" group, and the birth of "Charge" also comes from the inspiration that burst out of their work.
The elder brother is called Cai Tuyuan, and the younger brother is called Cai Tuhong, who has been obsessed with arcade since he was a child, and used discarded motherboards and CPUs to transform arcade games on the market to play in college, so as to practice a very good technique. After participating in the opening of "Holy War", in their spare time, they pondered making an arcade version of "Holy War" to play, and this idea was approved by several colleagues, so they submitted relevant materials to the technical department to apply for a research fund and obtained approval, and then tinkered with this new arcade game in their spare time.
In terms of software content, the game map is directly tuned from the "Balranta World", the character model, weapons and equipment are the same, the action system will be taken out of the "Holy War" to simplify and then transplant it, and the hardware is directly from the market to get a motorcycle racing arcade machine after the transformation, and later in order to increase the realism of the game, the Cai brothers also added 3D eyes and curved half-cover game screen, and finally formed the game "Charge".
After this game came out, it was welcomed by the male employees of the company, and playing two games during the break has become a way for them to relax, and this National Day event has also been brought out to make a bright appearance, and it is ready to be placed in the company's cultural exhibition hall in the future.
However, neither the Cai brothers, who opened this game, nor the directors of the technical department, regarded this "Charge" as a mature product, but only as an interesting experimental product, so the content of the game was very simple.
As the name suggests, the reason why the game "Charge" is called this is because its content has no other superfluous content except for rushing and killing on a map, after all, in the field of thinking, "Charge" is just a castrated abbreviated version of "Holy War", and when "Holy War" comes out, it will completely crush this defective product of the same type. In addition, in this era when arcades have declined, opening an arcade is a completely thankless task, so directing "Charge" is actually not valued by the field of thinking.
So when Qi Zhihao and Wei Dongcheng unanimously said that "Charge" was the most satisfying part of the morning activity, Chen Peng also felt a little unexpected.
But after thinking about it, Chen Peng was also relieved, after all, "Charge" must be quite novel for players who are in contact with this kind of game for the first time, and it is quite normal to be welcomed before they get tired of playing the game content that is actually very monotonous.
So Chen Peng nodded with a smile and said: "It turned out to be this game, it's really good, and the employees of our company also like to play it, but it's a bit of a consumable body, and it's usually about the same as playing two or three games." ”
"yes, I only had to rest after playing two games in a row at most, but he was so good that he played five games in a row before he came down." Wei Dongcheng pointed to Qi Zhihao beside him, and then pointed to his Adelaida doll, and said with a loud laugh: "This is what the two of us won back by playing "Charge", by the way, great god, when will your company sell this game, I think the sales will definitely be very good." ”
"You're wrong, this thing is not ready to be sold, and if it is really sold, it will be a loss." Chen Peng smiled and shook his head.
"How so? How can a good game lose money? Wei Dongcheng looked at Chen Peng in surprise, his voice full of disbelief.
"The reason why you say this is because you only played for a while, and when you play more, it will be boring, and this kind of machine is specially made, and the thirty units in the game area alone cost our company more than 500,000 yuan, and the price of selling it to you must be much more expensive. And it's not fun to just buy one to play.,The more people who participate in this game, the more interesting it is.,Personally, I won't mention it.,How many people are still playing arcades outside? Those arcade rooms all make money from gambling machines, how can they spend this money to buy "Charge"? You see, we can sell things, but who are we going to buy them? Chen Peng explained to Wei Dongcheng.
"Can't you sell a single-player version of the game?" Wei Dongcheng listened to Chen Peng's words and immediately asked rhetorically.
"Standalone?" Chen Peng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then frowned slightly.
"Yes, it's the stand-alone version." Wei Dongcheng nodded affirmatively, "You see, "Charge" is actually very suitable for making a stand-alone game, just like "Horse and Blade". When "Mount and Blade" first came out, the game content was also very simple, even the action patterns were very stiff, and it was only by relying on the degree of freedom, the authenticity of the battlefield and high AI that it was popular, and it became a generation of masterpieces in one hit, but aren't these aspects the strength of your thinking field? I believe that as long as you come up with a stand-alone version of "Charge", it will definitely be much better than "Mount and Blade". ”
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