A new week.

In the morning, everyone arrived.

I'm not in the development stage yet, just look at the online reviews of the Working Dog Survival Handbook and do some simple optimization work.

Reading reviews is one, and it's fun overall, but sometimes it's also quite disturbing.

For many designers of kryptonite games, the reviews will definitely not be read, and if they do, they will only listen to the praise of those kryptonite players in the fan base.

Why?

Because the comments outside are basically scolding, it's not enough to worry about it.

There is also a lot of optimization work.

For some large teams, the project is the busiest before it goes live, and even if there is a lot of content that needs to be modified after the launch, it is much more leisurely.

Because the deadline of the big team is often very stuck, in order to go live smoothly, you have to work overtime crazily. After the launch, although there is a lot of content to be changed, after all, there are many people, you divide a little, I divide a little, and you can complete the changes on schedule.

But the indie game team is different, there is no clear deadline for development, and there are not enough people, and the game is almost ready. But after you get on, there will definitely be all kinds of problems, players will put forward all kinds of opinions, etc., and there are a lot of things to change, and they are very urgent.

Of course, in a hurry, the players are all playing!

However, indie game teams are often small, and often as soon as the game is launched, all kinds of problems and bugs are found out by players, and they have to work crazy overtime to change.

"Working Dog Survival Manual" doesn't have so many bugs, but after all, there are only two programs in total, and Zhou Sen and Brother Dahui are not gods, so it is inevitable that there will be some mistakes. So at this stage, I am busy doing follow-up optimization work.

As for Zhong Ming, he was browsing the recruitment website, and he looked a little big.

Jiang Wanna glanced at it: "We're going to recruit people?" ”

Zhong Ming nodded: "It's still under consideration." However, at this point in time, I'm afraid I won't be able to recruit any suitable ones, just take a look in advance. ”

It's November, and if you want to recruit people, it's best to wait until after the year.

Because most of the more powerful employees are waiting to change jobs after getting the year-end bonus, they have lost too much at this point in time.

As soon as he thought of recruiting, Zhong Ming had a little headache.

If you don't want to interview everyone one by one, it's best to find an HR, but the problem is that HR is working in a large company and generally doesn't jump to a small company.

This is also understandable, the HR industry must be the bigger the company, the greater the room to play, like many HR can be in the role of political commissar in a giant company, that is called the peak of life.

If you go to a small company, you may only recruit so many people every year and you'll be done, and you will paddle at other times, and generally capable HR will certainly not want to come.

If the general HR is not good, the qualifications are not enough, and the people are not allowed, let these HR be responsible for recruitment, it is not necessarily possible to find talents that satisfy Zhong Ming, maybe in the end you have to go into battle yourself, then the result is still the same, it is better not to find HR.

Zhong Ming sighed with emotion: "Why don't you dig a few more from the original project?" It is still the most reliable to know the roots, and it also saves the interview process. You can call Zhang Xiaowen to do chores. ”

Brother Dahui Yile: "What about Lao Xie's idea?" When the time comes, the "Endless Learning Sea" project will be hollowed out, and you see that Director Bai has to come to you with a knife. ”

"Well, you can't say that. Guangyi Mutual Entertainment is full of talents, what can you do if you are poached one or two. ”

After thinking about it, Zhong Ming still set the recruitment date after the year, which is more secure.

It's not impossible to recruit now, but if you can't recruit a suitable one, you will be busy in vain and delay the original research and development progress.

From November to February, just take the time to make another game, take a break after finishing it, change office locations, recruit people, and Shimmer Studio can naturally move on to the next stage of development.

After all, this recruitment will definitely not be less, and it is possible that the number of people in the entire studio will reach more than a dozen. A dozen or so people were all crammed into the living room, which must not be true.

So, Zhong Ming considered making another game.

Of course, considering the number of people in the studio now, it is still an indie game.

I flipped through Weibo and looked at some chat groups.

Suddenly, Zhong Ming saw a piece of news and became a little interested.

Global Game Art Concept Contest!

English abbreviation, GGAC, first prize in the professional group, 1.8 million prizes! The second and third prizes are 500,000 and 200,000 respectively!

The judges are all the chief designers and chief artists of some large companies, all of whom are relatively famous in the industry in this world, and their titles are all "senior designers", "co-founders", "artists", "art directors" and the like.

There are also many partners in this competition, including well-known game companies, art academies of some famous universities, and even calligraphy associations and painting associations.

Moreover, it is said that it is a global game art concept competition, but in fact, it is mainly aimed at the Chinese cultural circle.

Although there are also Western designers and artists on the judges, there are only one or two people. It's called the Global Game Art Competition, mainly because it's better called.

As for the benefits after winning the award, there are quite a few.

First of all, the bonus, 1.8 million is not too much, but for Zhong Ming's studio, it is also a lot of extra money, why not earn it?

The second is fame and word of mouth. This competition is not a pheasant competition, both the judges and the partners are all very famous, to win a prize in such a competition, maybe the exposure in the player group is not large, but the exposure in the industry is certainly not small!

Finally, there is networking.

The game industry is a relatively closed industry, and outsiders don't know much about people in this industry, and they may also know about some particularly big-name game companies. But people in the game circle still attach more importance to these.

For example, Zhong Ming wants to dig up an art master, just by bragging about how good he is, it is not good, and people can't verify it; However, the auction of "Latent Red Road", "Working Dog Survival Handbook" and the first prize of GGAC is enough to prove that his studio is strong and promising!

What's more, there are many industry insiders as judges in this competition, and there are many talents that Zhong Ming appreciates. If you can take this opportunity to meet a few, not to mention digging now, at least add a friend, and talk about cooperation in the future, it will be much more convenient.

Zhong Ming clicked on the details page of the contest and continued to read.

Jiang Wanna tilted her head: "Huh? Isn't this GGAC? ”

Zhong Ming nodded: "Yes, I plan to participate." ”

"Uh...... Are you sure? If I'm not mistaken, the auditions will end tomorrow......"

Zhong Ming was stunned: "Huh? ”

He scrolled down the page of the contest to the promotion and selection rules of the competition.

"Audition Submission: September 1 – November 15"

Contestants need to submit the concept draft or demo of the work to the email address before November 13, and the works that provide the demo will be given priority. If you fail to provide a demo and only provide a concept draft, you need to rush to the site on the 14th and 15th to review the on-site questioning, and the work will be promoted to the next round. ”

Zhong Ming looked at the calendar.

“…… It's not the 12th today??? Zhong Ming looked confused.

Jiang Wanna nodded: "Yes, so strictly speaking, you still have a day and a half to produce the design concept draft, and you still need to fly to the competition site on Wednesday." ”

Zhong Ming: "......"

Jiang Wanna was a little strange: "Well, this competition has actually been held since September, haven't you seen it all along...... I thought you weren't interested in this kind of contest at all. ”

Zhong Ming: "Don't talk about it......"

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