Chapter Seventy-Four: A New Game
After "Escape", "Ghost 4" did not achieve much good results, but "Soul Hunter", dressed in horror and suspense, became the biggest winner, and soon the entire game circle began to study it.
This can be regarded as a phenomenon in the game circle, a slightly popular game will always drive a group of people to study or follow the trend.
Just like the "Binding of Isaac" developed by Yang Chen before.
It's just that obviously the horror theme is still a bit awe-inspiring, and how to grasp horror and business is the biggest problem for ordinary game makers.
It seems that although the sales of "Escape" failed, it completely belongs to the genre that is not popular, but the development cost of "Escape" itself can only be said to be small and medium-sized, and it has also successfully made a profit.
After the end of the "Escape" project, some second-tier game publishers with good industry strength, including NetDragon and Jiasheng, all approached Yang Chen.
Although compared with the previous "Octopath Traveler" and "The Combination of Isaac", the just-released "Escape" is not satisfactory in terms of sales, but it can be regarded as profitable.
Although Yang Chen's three games have been handed over to Galaxy Network for distribution so far, it is also because Yang Chen has not proven his value before.
"The Combination of Isaac" and "Octopath Traveler", as well as the Golden Bird Game Award won not long ago, and the performance of "Escape", it is obvious that as long as Yang Chen does not have to develop some games that are not good at a glance at the market prospects, even the three major faces will make concessions to Yang Chen.
As for being rejected before? So what's it?
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On weekdays, in addition to some new technical members, Yang Chen also entrusted a headhunter to find a talent who could help him manage the studio well.
It seems to be very large-scale, but in fact, Nebula Studio is just a grass stage team, and it is not very formal.
There was nothing when there were only a few people before, but with the development of "Escape" and the expansion just now, the entire studio has 20 people, which is a fair scale.
Yang Chen needed a management talent to help him manage the studio.
The entrusted headhunting company quickly provided Yang Chen with a choice.
Xu Yu, 35 years old, graduated from a college and is located in the top level of a company.
Yang Chen didn't understand anything about these things, and the other party was not engaged in the game industry before, but in the film and television entertainment industry.
However, it doesn't matter if Yang Chen doesn't understand, conduct a special interview, and then pay a consulting company to analyze it, at least he can draw a general conclusion.
At the appointed time, in the private room of a business café in the city center in the afternoon, Yang Chen met Xu Yu, who was recommended by the headhunting company.
"Mr. Yang, hello." Xu Yu stood up with a smile on his face and shook hands with Yang Chen to say hello.
Yang Chen smiled and shook hands to say hello.
From the initial simple conversation, including the in-depth conversation later, Yang Chen basically affirmed the other party.
Although it's not a game industry, the other party doesn't know anything about it, and obviously has done a lot of homework.
After talking about the relevant treatment issues, Xu Yu himself was a free body and officially joined the nebula on Monday.
After entering the company, after Xu Yu learned about the current situation of Nebula, he immediately made adjustments in some places and recruited relevant positions.
Yang Chen doesn't know a lot of these things, and he doesn't have the idea of being ready to intervene, as long as the core game development work is done well, then Nebula will never fall, Yang Chen has a deep understanding of this.
At the same time, the project of "Resident Evil" has also been officially approved within the company, and compared with the previous "Escape", it can be said that the preparation of the project "Resident Evil" has to be done too much.
Not to mention the establishment of the style of art, including the game plot script, although Yang Chen has written it according to the dream memory, the differentiation of details and the script of the game's footage are difficult to complete by Yang Chen alone.
The search for the outsourcing team is a must, and at the same time, there are many more motion capture elements than "Escape", so to speak, "Resident Evil".
Even if the project has already been established, it will take a long time to prepare for the development of the project.
And during this time, Yang Chen was probably the most idle one.
Wang Ye and Li Ran need to be proficient in the advanced application functions of the official game engine, Chen Shu and they need to determine the art style of "Resident Evil", and the rest of them need to determine and hand over the relevant work with the outsourcing team and the motion capture team.
Xu Yu is in the process of forming the administrative team of Nebula, and at the same time, Yang Chen has also revealed to Xu Yu that Nebula will not rely entirely on third-party publishing companies in the future.
The relevant propaganda department Xu Yu is also being formed, but it will not be invested much in the early stage.
"Ah Chen, Ah Chen, the official game union has sent you a message!" Walking into the office, Wang Yaliang, who was sitting in front of the computer, hurriedly beckoned to Yang Chen.
"Official Game Guild?" Yang Chen was a little strange.
"That's right, the official game guild released the latest news, about the invitation of the game development support review team." Wang Yaliang nodded and said.
Looking at the background notification announcement of his official account, Yang Chen couldn't help but be stunned.
Several times a year, the government conducts game support programs for some independent game studios and teams, including financial support and recommended support from official game platforms.
Of course, there are also high restrictions on the requirements for participants, such as the cost of game development and the number of team members.
"Forget it, it's not important, and I don't have that time." Yang Chen shook his head and clicked Reject below.
If Yang Chen, who was developing "Monster Dungeons" before, received such a news, he would definitely be excited.
But now, he is really not interested in this, although he has been relatively idle recently, he has not been idle to do this.
"Why are you playing games at work again?" Forked off the webpage and looked at a game icon on the taskbar, Yang Chen looked at Wang Yaliang sitting next to him a little helplessly.
"There's nothing to do.,I can't participate in the project of "Resident Evil".,Sitting in the office all day.,There's nothing to do except post a few official blogs.,And I'm not playing games.,I'm studying seriously.,After all, game developers can't always know nothing about games.。 Wang Yaliang said with a bitter face, but her voice suddenly became louder as she spoke, and in the end, even she had a little faith in herself.
It's not boring to play games!
This is to find inspiration for game development and to learn more about the game.
"What are you doing so loudly, I believe it, I believe it." Yang Chen's two hands were raised slightly, making a gesture of throwing.
"But aren't you bored? Would you like to work with me on a new game? Rubbing Wang Yaliang's head, Yang Chen said with a smile.