According to the guide, when I came to the No. 3 Activity Center of Guanghua Art Institute, there were some college student volunteers to do the guidance work, and took Zhong Ming and Zhou Sen to sit down in their respective seats.

The venue is not good, but it is okay, after all, there is no audience and no live broadcast, strictly speaking, this is a large-scale interview, and it doesn't need a very good venue.

Zhong Ming unscrewed the bottled water prepared by the organizer and took two sips, and looked at the name tag on the judges' seat slightly.

The judges hadn't arrived yet, but the signs must have been set up a long time ago, Zhong Ming opened the bracelet and searched it a little.

"Senior game producer of Xinghua Interactive Entertainment."

"Professor of the Department of Fine Arts of Guanghua Academy of Arts."

"Member of the Calligraphy Society."

"Senior Art Director."

……

There are a total of six judges, and none of them are small.

Of course, this is not the highest level of judging in this competition, after all, this is only the first stage of the questioning session, which is a small fight, and the truly excellent works may not need to go through this link, and those most awesome judges naturally do not need to show up at this stage.

Of course, senior game producers, professors of art departments, and members of the Calligraphy Association are also relatively weighty.

Zhong Ming looked at the other contestants, who, like him, had only submitted design concept drafts and not game demos.

There are a lot of very young faces in it, and they are even college students at first glance, probably in the campus group.

This competition is divided into two groups, namely the campus group and the professional group, the prize money of the campus group is much less, and the first place is only 400,000 yuan.

However, for many college students who want to enter the game industry, if they can win a prize in this competition, it will be a very glorious addition to their resume.

Zhong Ming remembered that there was a similar competition last year, but he hadn't crossed it at that time, so naturally he didn't participate.

Soon, the interrogation began.

Because there is no audience, the process is more casual, that is, according to the entry number one by one to explain their own games, and then accept the judges' questions, after the questioning, the judges decide whether the game can enter the next stage.

This time, the judges did not separate the professional group from the campus group, but when they spoke on stage, they usually introduced themselves, and if they were participants in the campus group, then the judges would automatically lower their standards.

Soon, one contestant after another took the stage.

When they stepped down, some were ecstatic, some were depressed, and some were calm......

As for the reasons for elimination, they are also varied.

In some cases, the concept was found to be faulty in many details, and the judges felt that the person who wrote the design might not be enough to design every aspect of the game perfectly.

Some of them were because they were asked some technical questions and didn't answer them.

Others, probably because the gameplay is too old-fashioned, the art level is too miserable, and so on.

In short, most of the people who were questioned were not good at their works, and they came to the competition with a mentality of focusing on participation, and it was a matter of course that they were brushed off.

It was fine at first, but after more than half an hour, it was obvious that two or three judges were very impatient.

In particular, the forty-year-old uncle named Jin Xi, a member of the Calligraphy Association and a lecturer at the Guanghua Academy of Arts, has yawned several times.

This can't be helped, in fact, he came, which itself is a bit of a make-up meaning.

After all, this competition is called the Game Art Concept Competition, and there is a key word in it that is "art".

However, it is also true that calligraphy is not very useful in games.

Jin Xi himself is also a game lover, otherwise he would not have come to this competition to judge, but the key is that it is now the primary selection, and it is still the worse batch in the primary selection, and the games designed are either old-fashioned in gameplay, or the painting style is sparse, and it really makes people unrefreshed.

Completed another set of reviews and took a 10-minute break.

The judges were also quite tired, so they each unscrewed the bottled water, took two sips, and chatted.

Du Mingxian, a professor of the Fine Arts Department of Guanghua Academy of Arts next to him, looked at Jin Xi, who was sleepy, and quipped: "Lao Jin, your mental state is a little bad today, take out the strength to scold students when you are in class?" ”

Jin Xi took a sip of water: "Hey, I can't take it out." These entries are really not qualified for me to scold, it's so boring. ”

Du Mingxian smiled: "I see, you want to scold, but you don't know how to scold." After all, none of these works have much to do with your profession, and if there is a game related to calligraphy, then you will definitely be able to get in the spirit. ”

"No, it's better not to have any, but don't spoil calligraphy." Jin Xi waved his hand, "Calligraphy, how to make a game?" It's a relatively niche category in itself. ”

Du Mingxian said: "Calligraphy is not a niche. ”

"Hey, it's a niche now. With the development of science and technology, the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, you see how many people are still writing with a pen. ”

The two men chatted casually, and the questioning continued.

Those contestants who have been questioned have either been brushed or passed, in short, all of them have withdrawn, and only a few that need to be determined remain on the scene to wait for the final result, so there are fewer and fewer people sitting in the audience.

Zhong Ming and Zhou Sen waited a lot, but there was no way, who let Zhong Ming sign up late? number at the bottom of the line.

Finally, it was Zhong Ming's turn to take the stage.

A few judges didn't pay much attention to it, after all, the whole questioning was almost to the end, and there were not many people in the audience. After asking so many questions, most of the judges were dry-mouthed.

Zhong Ming was very calm, and his design concept draft was projected on the projection screen next to him, and Zhong Ming began to explain.

"The name of my game is "Ink and Smoke"."

Jin Xi was stunned: "Ink clouds? It sounds like an old name. ”

Zhong Ming nodded: "That's right, from a poem in the Song Dynasty "Title Xiu Yetang", the original sentence is, fish and birds in Danqing, between clouds and smoke and ink. ”

Jin Xi instantly perked up and became interested: "Then listen to what you mean, the painting style of this game is probably the traditional Chinese ink style?" ”

"Yes, it's a traditional ink painting style, but it also adds some more modern game original painting techniques, which is more suitable for the game on the premise of retaining the charm of ink painting." Zhong Ming paused and continued, "In addition, this game does not only have ink paintings, but also calligraphy elements. ”

Jin Xi was stunned for a moment, but he was not as surprised as before.

It's not that he doesn't like calligraphy, he's from the Calligraphy Association, can he not like calligraphy?

He was afraid that Zhong Ming was forcibly adding calligraphy to it, which might ruin a game that was already good!

Of course, the design concept has not yet been finished, and it is too early to interrupt.

Jin Xi raised his hand: "Okay, you continue." ”

Du Mingxian next to him silently sweated for Zhong Ming.

You say you're not doing anything good, you have to add calligraphy elements to the game!

Lao Jin is a relatively picky person, if you make some mistakes elsewhere, it's okay to say, Lao Jin is not too careful, but if you have any hard injuries in calligraphy, then Lao Jin will definitely not show mercy......

Maybe it will make Lao Jin think that you are grandstanding and showing off, which will be counterproductive.