Chapter 562 "Theme Hospital" Strange Diseases
The ins and outs of this matter start from the honeymoon period between EA and KTT, when Bullfrog Studios cooperated with EA to develop "God is Crazy", Bullfrog Pete was the main producer, KTT Alexey assisted, EA released the PC version, Longteng released the SS version, and the four-party cooperation was very pleasant, everyone took what they needed and made money together.
At that time, Yang Yun and Pete often exchanged experiences in the KTT laboratory, and the two met late, often discussing the development trend of future games, discussing game development techniques, and arguing about the importance of game engines, and the two established a deep personal friendship, at that time, the two talked freely about "SimCity", "Dungeon Guardian", "Theme Park", "Theme Hospital" and other game ideas, and the two shared a lot of language, and they felt quite sympathetic.
At that time, the sky was still so blue, the people were so simple, everyone worked together very happily, EA only wanted to make money in North America, and Longteng did not extend his hand to the PC game industry, at that time, except for Yang Yun, no one thought that his former friends would become undying enemies, or become subordinates with far different statuses.
It didn't take long for Bullfrog Studios to go wrong, and Pete was tricked by a friend into investing $1,500 in the financial sector, but the loss was a mess, and the company was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Yang Yun took the opportunity to buy 65% of the shares with 18 million and became the new boss of Bullfrog, Bullfrog moved to work in Longteng France R&D Center and became a game department, and the plan of "Theme Hospital" was also suspended, becoming only Pete and Yang Yun's idea, and they didn't even write down the game plan. It's been sealed in memory like that, until now.
History is always full of striking similarities and fun. Bullfrog's suspended plan was actually restarted by Blizzard's people!
This is a history that no one knows. Yang Yun didn't say too much detail, he just briefly said the process of talking about "Theme Hospital" with Pete back then, and the result still shocked everyone.
Marcos felt a fever on his face, and he thought how advanced his idea was, how unprecedented it was, and how popular it would be to make it.
I didn't expect it to be something that Yang Yun and the others didn't want to play a few years ago......
In his opinion, Longteng is not short of money, and Bullfrog is not short of people, and an idea that has been sealed for several years does not go to the project. It's definitely not optimistic about it, or something else.
David also has a gloomy face, a few days ago Yang Yun praised the theme hospital idea proposed by him and Marcos, and they were ecstatic to be recognized by the big boss, and they really thought that Yang Yun, who was nicknamed the "golden hand", valued it, and they would make a world-famous classic game and squeeze into the platinum palace level.
As soon as Pete arrived, they punctured their dreams, and everyone felt a little bitter in their mouths.
As for others other than Blizzard, they were once again shocked by Yang Yun.
That was three years ago. Long Teng hasn't even released a PC game yet, and he thought of a game that will not be outdated and outdated in three years' time, doesn't this once again prove Yang Yun's unique vision and foresight?
"He's not just a bit of a golden hand magic. and the prophetic power of the prophet of the unknown......"
In the hearts of some people, Yang Yun's image has become tall again, getting closer and closer to God.
"Alright. Three years ago was three years ago, and now it is now. Now that the "Theme Hospital" is being represented. I think it's time for it to be put to the test by fans of the game. Yang Yun said with a smile.
He saw the loneliness of Marcos and David. Knowing what they were worried about, he added: "Marcos, David, I didn't say the idea was bad. It's just that three years ago was not the time, and at that time, computer technology, game environment, etc., were not mature enough. I...... Pete was deliberately mothballed, and now, it's his turn to shine! ”
Where was Pete deliberately sealed...... Obviously, Yang Yun forgot about this stubble, and the bullfrog did not have the initiative to set up the game, everyone ignored it, and Yang Yun himself felt a little red when he said this.
Pete was the one who felt the deepest, he saw Yang Yun's strong support for Blizzard, thinking about the great credit of Yang Yun back then, he simply didn't argue: "Marcos, come up with your new idea, and see if the idea of me and Mr. Yang three years ago is outdated!" ”
Yang Yun smiled, with the structure of Bullfrog Studio as the theme hospital, coupled with the support of Blizzard, this "Theme Hospital" will definitely recreate the glory of real history, but the time has dragged on for so long, and the new ideas of several ghosts from Blizzard Studio have been added, I wonder what kind of changes will happen to this version of Lu Dao?
"I think the game should follow the usual style of the theme series, where the player takes on the role of the director of a newly established hospital, uses limited resources to grow it, and after a long period of operation, eventually becomes the top hospital in the world."
"I admire Pete's idea, the completely realistic design only makes the game very serious, we should let the patients show up with all kinds of strange conditions, let the hospital staff know nothing but not treat the disease, let the inexplicable complaints and emergencies plague the players all the time, in short, this hospital is not ordinary, if you want to manage it well, players must be careful."
"Aha! As interesting as it sounds, I would like to ask, David, what are some of the strange conditions that come to mind? ”
When the main drama came, everyone pricked up their ears when they saw Pete's interested question, and they were eager to know what kind of Blizzard-style humor would be.
David smiled: "Difficulty in banknote recognition!" ”
The name of this disease makes people feel inexplicable, but it instantly caused several Blizzard employees to laugh, laughing incomprehensibly, it seems that Marcos and they are also the first time they have heard David say it, it should be the latest idea.
David went on to explain: "The patients with this disease only know rubles, not dollars, and they insist on taking 100 rubles as 100 dollars, and they don't listen to other people's explanations, and only by giving them an injection will they come to their senses!" ”
Puff......
laughed at a group of people, Yang Yun was also among them, he understood what David meant, and knew what he meant.
This is an incident that was just revealed by the "Washington Times" a few days ago, and the current Clinton administration's political donation case during the fund-raising campaign was discovered, and some institutions accused the Russian embassy of actively coordinating in the process of donating money, trying to use money to sway the attitude of the US top leadership towards Russia, which violated the law prohibiting non-US citizens from donating money to US political parties and politicians, but the Russian side denied this statement, and now it is making a fuss.
It's okay to listen to this as a joke, but it's still a bit inappropriate to put it on the table and put it into a game.
Yang Yun waved his hand and vetoed this opinion: "Don't get involved in these messy politics, if the game is blocked by Russia, won't you lose this market in vain?" ”
David smiled, "I'm just a joke to prove to Pete that we're creative!" ”
Pete gave a thumbs up and took over and said, "It's nice to be able to think of funny settings based on the news at any time, I love the joke!" Anything else? ”
"Yes Nowadays people always like to say that they have a headache, but it is really just an excuse to be lazy. So, how about a strange disease that makes people's heads swell bigger and bigger, and the treatment is to install a fully automatic inflator in the hospital? ”
“……”
A group of people are speechless, and the head will grow rapidly, which is an absolutely impossible case in the real world. At least the extractor can make the big head smaller and smaller......
Such strange diseases and strange treatment methods are really incredible!
However, Pete became interested, snapped his fingers, and exclaimed: "Wonderful setting, this is very much in line with the usual black humor of bullfrogs!" If they have any disease, then we must make it more irritated and cured! Of course, if we disguise the shape of the therapeutic inflator as a coffee drink vending machine, it should bring even more surprises to the patients! ”
Yang Yun almost burst out laughing, this Pete, the brain hole is also a little too big! Think of a group of patients standing in line in front of a vending machine to pump their heads under the arrangement of a doctor, or rather, under the control of a player......
Yang Yun shook his head again and again, he couldn't think about it anymore.
After Pete finished admiring, he was not to be outdone and replied: "Then I will also contribute an interesting case, I feel inexplicably excited when I change the light bulb, and I can't stop the light bulb syndrome at all!" ”
David covered his face with a smile: "Good idea!" The treatment is to build a physical therapy room, let him constantly drop light bulbs to play with, every time he breaks a light bulb, he can reduce his sensitivity to the syndrome, can quickly cure this strange disease, and the hospital can also do a sale of light bulbs to generate income! ”
"I got what I thought!" Pete smiled and reached out across the table to shake David's hand.
A room full of people looked at them in a daze, with only one thought in their hearts - these two madmen!
The more the two madmen talked, the more energetic they became, you put forward an idea, I thought of an idea, and it was a lot of fun.
"It's my turn, how about crazy nose hair?" David squeezed his eyebrows, this is a proposal between fantasy and reality, because many people have thick and long nose hair, peeking out of their nostrils, which is ugly, but there are many people who are unconscious and never trimmed.
"Hah! Interesting, the cure for it is to install a hair restoration machine! It's time for me to say, do you often see those long-tongued women who talk all day long? How about coming out with a flaccid tongue? Pete replied with one.
I...... Dizzy...... Yang Yun pressed his temples, and he felt that his brain was a little deprived of oxygen.
This is really the black humor of Bullfrog's unique style, satirizing reality! (To be continued......)