The so-called open D of a game actually means that the developer provides players with various API interfaces of the game, which can be called by them to modify the main program of the game and realize their own creativity and wild ideas within the framework of the game. Follow? Dream?. lā

"Survival" is written in ++, and the scripting engine uses Lua, which is a very widely used scripting language in the game industry, with a concise specification and very convenient interaction with /++. If the herring fish network opens the D interface, and does not need to provide any map editors, character editors, etc., players can easily modify the game content.

To put it simply, there is a lot of room for free modification, and it is not too difficult to modify.

For many manufacturers, especially foreign manufacturers, D is actually a very important strategy, not to mention the domestic ones, only a few companies are left to survive, coupled with the relatively poor hands-on ability of players, the development of the D circle is called a trickle.

First of all, the most realistic thing is that it will greatly improve the playability of the game.

Steve Jobs once said, "Consumers don't know what they want," but in reality, that's for most people. When players have been exposed to enough games and have a wealth of gaming experience, people who begin to know what they want to play will start to emerge slowly, and more and more.

If they happen to have some hands-on ability, so they make their ideas D and upload them online, some of them will be very popular.

The second is that in fact, many times the manufacturers do not know what the players want.

Just like "Half Dead" would not have thought that there would be "Counter-Terrorism Hero" when it was released, glass slag made "Warcraft War 3" open the map editor to players, and did not expect the emergence of such a subversive game genre as "Rta" later.

Then, after "Survival" opens up the D interface, the herring network can also determine the subsequent optimization and improvement direction of the game by analyzing the popularity of various wild Ds on the innovation factory on the FG platform.

Finally, D can also improve the vitality of the game, many veteran games that have been on the market for many years are like 03 years, "Virtual City 4" released by Electronic Arts, because of its massive D, it is still vibrant. How many players in China are still playing various D versions of 2000's Red Alert 2, "Radiance of the Republic", "Soldiers in the City", "Mental End" and so on.

In 202, a game called "Armed Assault 2" suddenly appeared on the best-selling list of stee, and at that time, three years had passed since the release of the game in 09, and the prime time for game sales had long passed.

The game that should have been unattended suddenly has a second life, and for no other reason than because a D maker has released a D called "Zombie Country".

The enthusiasm of the players for fighting zombies is truly amazing.

The charm of sandbox games lies in the freedom, sometimes it is better to customize the framework of the developer, and let the player play the rest freely.

"Is art stuff open too?" Yang Shu asked, she was more concerned about this.

"It's also open, players can modify their own character images, scene objects, item icons, and all of this." Ye Shen Creek Road.

Yang Shu's interest was not very high: "Oh ......".

Ye Shenxi can also guess that a conceited genius art player like her especially pursues the integrity of artistic expression when doing projects, and the content of teamwork is also very picky about collaborators. Sometimes when I look at another artist who is mainly responsible for UI and various icons, when I feel that it doesn't match the art style I set, I always have to go up and break two sentences.

What's more, watching the things that I have worked so hard to make being changed by players casually, I don't know what it will change, and I always feel uncomfortable.

"Afraid of others changing it?"

Yang Shu still has a straightforward temperament, and also nodded.

In fact, Ye Shenxi appreciates her very much, and it can be said that she is one of the most responsible employees in the company for her work output, and this sense of responsibility does not come from the company's requirements, but from the cherishing of her own works.

Ye Shenxi understands her very well, for fear that some players will stand up and say after playing, the art level of Qingyu Network is like this, such a mentality.

"You wait for me for a moment." Ye Shenxi said to Yang Shu.

Then he turned to Shan Jie and said, "Is there a connection between P02 and the platform?" About the Eternal War "Wasteland Ranger" set? ”

"Yes, when the time comes, after the player completes the corresponding achievement in "Survival", the corresponding box will be dropped directly."

When "Survival" is launched this time, there will be a wave of linkage with "Eternal War", and within about two weeks before the launch (the specific activity cycle has not yet been determined), "Survive for 22 days" will be completed in "Survival." "Eliminate a BSS. "Kill a total of 20 Mechanical Guardians. Achievements such as these will earn the corresponding Eternal War "Wasteland Ranger" set parts.

The hero chosen this time is the Rilun Swordsman Erke, this hero is especially friendly to novice players because of its easy to get started, thick physique and strong survival and recovery ability, and it is also one of the few novice heroes originally defined by Ye Shenxi.

The forbidden love between him and the Assassin of the Eclipse Moon Dina on the battlefield of the opposing faction is also a topic that players of "Eternal War" talk about and like to see, and ...... In the photo of the couple's shirt uploaded by Xia Qingyu before, the printed pattern on the couple's shirt of the two is these two.

For a variety of reasons, Erke is now quite popular.

Huangpu Qingyu has also begun to work on the operation of game peripherals, although it is still a simple "boss with the same couple shirt" and the like, but among the selected first batch of hero peripherals are Erke and Dina.

"Okay, I'll send you the case for the other game modes as well."

"What...... Case? Shan Jie asked worriedly.

"Just the follow-up version of the online mode I told you before,Endless mode these DL content."...

"There's a lot of stuff on hand...... Isn't there an API yet......"

"It's not for you to do it now, just take a look at it first, how big the API is."

"Okay......

Not only Shan Jie, but the other two programs are also bitter.

"Let's go, let's talk." Ye Shenxi called Yang Shu and walked directly into the staff lounge, there were several people from other departments here, Lu Liang was also there, chatting with Doug, discussing the implementation mechanism of a new hero skill that the next version of "Eternal War" intends to come out, terrain destruction.

When the two saw Ye Shenxi walking in, they didn't get up, so they greeted verbally: "Mr. Ye." This is what Ye Shenxi specially said, seeing him in the company that he doesn't have to stand up specifically, he doesn't have such a strict system as other companies, and he doesn't even need to say hello when he is discussing problems with others or is busy.

Of course, this model is limited to himself and has nothing to do with Xia Qingyu.

Doug has been in China for almost eight months, Chinese is still a mess, the difficulty of learning Chinese is inversely proportional to Doug's concentration on this matter, and he can master several Chinese phrases "Hello." "Thank you. "Goodbye. "Ye is always good. "Xia is always good. ”…… Well, it's all practical.

By the way, there will be a sentence "You can pull it down", which I learned from Lu Liang, a man from the Northeast. Since Ye Shenxi started tinkering with the platform, Lu Liang has actually been the person in charge of the daily work of the "Eternal War" project team, and usually Doug and he communicate the most.

Northeast dialect is really a thief, sometimes a university dormitory is a Northeasterner, and the whole dormitory has a big smell of stumbling in the past four years.

Since the development of Qingyu Network, the requirements for recruiting employees are completely in the top ranks among Internet companies, and the requirements for employees' professional skills and comprehensive quality are very high. Of course, the company's remuneration is also very high.

The company also has certain requirements for the English reading, writing and listening level of employees, after all, Qingyu's vision is to become an international game giant, and after employees can grow independently, it is estimated that they will inevitably communicate or collaborate with some international friends in the future.

It was the earliest P0 "Immortal Dao" project team that wanted Doug to enter, and it was hard to imagine how he would talk to that group of people about the content of his work.

Ye Shenxi opened the freezer and asked Yang Shu, "What do you drink?" ”

Drinks and snacks are free and unlimited.

This girl really has a boss who helps him choose a drink, and she sits unmoved and calm, worthy of the person who went to KTV to sing "Bloodstained Style", and said lightly: "Just drink green tea." ”

Ye Shenxi took two bottles of green tea, handed one to Yang Shu and said, "Are you afraid that what the players make themselves will be compared to the players' free play?" ”

Yang Shu didn't answer this kind of question at all...... Ye Shenxi also wanted to make a joke to make an opening, this kind of joke is not necessarily funny, but it is obviously the kind of intimate care that the superior shows to the subordinate, but it is obvious that Yang Shu is the one who is immune to jokes.

Ye Shenxi felt that he should have good communication skills, but he would always feel difficult to start with Yang Shu.

I had to chat in a different way: "Yang Shu, I know that you treat the art design of the game as an artistic creation, and I also appreciate your attitude, this spirit is not only in China, but also in Europe and the United States, which is not necessarily possessed by those giant manufacturers, which is very rare." ”

Yang Shu's face softened slightly, and Ye Shenxi found that he had found a little way to communicate with this girl, that is...... Praise her.

"But ......" Ye Shenxi still said but: "It's true that the game is called the ninth art, this is the meaning that we have given it to the developers, and it is also our ultimate pursuit, but in the same way, we also have to consider a lot of realistic situations, in the seriousness of the vast majority of players, games are entertainment consumer goods, do you agree with this?" ”

Yang Shu was not convinced, but still nodded.

"I wanted to talk to you not only because it's open to players to create freely, but also because I've noticed that your mood has changed a little lately. Is it because the deadline is too fast to meet the meticulous crafting, or the art style of the game or the degree of polishing does not meet your own expectations? ”

"It's all there." Yang Shu was blunt.

"What I want to tell you is that there is never an end to all the programming, planning, and art optimization. As long as you want to, willing to find, there will always be places to be optimized, and as long as the teamwork is worked, it is difficult to reach a complete consensus of opinions, at this time, we need to control a degree, this degree is measured in the positioning of the game itself, and the positioning of the importance of those content in the game. ”

"Every game is different, the development cycle is different, we have a limited amount of time, and we have a limited amount of what we can do, so we have to focus on what matters most. If you don't care about it, you have to do absolute excellence in everything, and the release time will only drag on and on, and in the end you will become more and more entangled, slowly breeding irritability, anxiety, nervousness, and even frustration. ”

"The accumulation of these emotions in the future will greatly affect your work and even your life status."

"So we can only do the best we can in one degree, you know what I mean."

"yes, I understand."

It's not that Yang Shu doesn't know this kind of truth, it's just a little emotional, just communicate and guide it in time.

"It's also a very frustrating thing, but sometimes we do need to know how to make trade-offs, and nothing can be perfect."

"You just said that the project positioning, did you mean that the project "Survival" is not important?" Yang Shu asked with wide eyes.

"No, it's important. But its positioning is not entirely the game itself, but also a tool to assist the spread of our digital distribution platform, so it must be tied to the platform and launched. ”

"So will we have that kind of game that shows off technology in the future? In terms of program planning, there is also in the arts. ”

This girl's understanding of the game has improved recently, Ye Shenxi smiled secretly in his heart.

"Of course there is, that's the 3A I told you at the previous party, and its game positioning is ...... Shape the company's image, show the strength of R&D, and make the world's jaw drop shock. ”

Yang Shu thought about it, roughly understood what the "shock stream" was, nodded and asked, "When is that?" ”

"It should be after opening the international market."

"Oh......" Yang Shu didn't seem to be satisfied with this answer.

It is estimated that with Yang Shu's cognition of games, the 3A she understands stays in some large-scale 3D domestic games, but Ye Shenxi obviously refers to a stand-alone game that can really lead the international trend, and there is a certain deviation in understanding, but Ye Shenxi did not explain.

"Isn't it a bit frequent to work overtime lately, and it's a lot of pressure?"

"Hmm."

"You don't like to talk again, it's easy to hold things in your heart, how to do it if you don't say it."

"Oh."

"It's been almost two months since you've been here in Funan, do you think you have a general understanding of what you do in the game industry?"

"Yes, I've been playing some games lately."

"It's not going to be Lianlian, is it going to be a bubble dragon?"

"No, I'm playing Eternal War."

Poof, Ye Shenxi almost couldn't hold back the joy, it's hard to imagine Yang Shu playing "Eternal War".

"Have you made any friends in the company in the past two months?"

"Yes...... bar. ”

"Chen Xiaofan? It's like watching you sit and eat with her at noon. ”

"Well, she took me to the score."

"She's pretty big and complements you."

"Xiaofan is fine."

……

After chatting casually for a while, Ye Shenxi stood up and said: "The next month or so will be busier than before, and the pressure will be greater, you don't have to work overtime this week, take a good rest and adjust your mentality, go back to play games and watch "Fist of the Big Dipper" or something, we will enter the real retreat mode from next week." ”

In other words, not working overtime is as generous as letting someone take a few days of paid leave......

"Okay."