Leon was born in an ordinary town.

The so-called small towns are better than the rural areas and worse than the cities, and the economic development has always been slower than the cities.

It was because of the slow pace that Leon was able to see the development of the entire video game industry in China.

From noisy arcade halls to computer rooms with big-butted monitors, from all kinds of handheld hosts with complex import channels, to smoky Internet cafes of all sizes, from profiteers assembling computers everywhere, to brand computer stores that fool people......

From childhood to adulthood, Leon has witnessed the development of this series of industries, from their rise to their decline.

He has gone to the arcade hall to shake the pole, once went to the computer room to throw snipers online, once played a handheld computer from a full battery to an automatic shutdown, once fought in an Internet café to slay the dragon overnight, once worked in a game handheld console store, and also helped people repair computers in the computer city.

He loved the bizarre, fantastical, and fun world of video games, and he was deeply obsessed, intoxicated, and couldn't help himself.

He couldn't wait to learn more, to learn about the world of wonders forged by human fantasies and top-notch machines, to learn about this legendary ninth art.

Therefore, when he was in college, Li Ang was admitted to Pengcheng, the most developed video game industry in China, and applied for the game design and production major of Pengcheng University.

He loves games, not just playing, he wants to be a part of them and create that wonderful world himself! Create your own piece of art!

It's just that you can't do things with ideas alone, just like you can't generate electricity with love.

If you want to make a game, you must first have some experience in making games, and understand the general process of a game from project establishment, to production, to release. And, most importantly, the money to support the development of the game!

It costs a lot of money to develop games, even if it is a domestic pit daddy online game that can be made in two or three months, it also needs R&D funds, as little as hundreds of thousands, as much as millions, if you want to make it more refined, and then buy an IP or something, the cost can easily reach tens of millions.

For example, those 3A masterpieces abroad, R&D funds can reach tens of millions or even hundreds of millions casually, and the unit is still rice gold!

Of course, the cost of making a small-scale indie game or a small-scale single-player game is not too high. For example, the most important game engines, there are many ordinary game engines on the market that are free, some premium game engines that are paid for are also free simplified versions, and some top game engines that are charged but have very low license fees. It is enough to make your own games with these game engines.

But making a game is not only a matter of the game engine, but also the materials, programming, art, optimization, soundtrack, and sound effects...... There are few game makers who are all-rounders and can do anything, and it is admirable to be able to make a game on their own, but the vast majority of people do not have such comprehensive abilities, and they always need the help of others.

Some of these "helps" are free, can be found online, or can be solved by bothering friends, but most of them need to be obtained at a certain cost.

The so-called "price" is money!

For Li Ang, money is his biggest shortcoming, he comes from an ordinary background, his family is not rich at all, and he can even be regarded as poor, and he used student loans to go to college back then, so naturally he has no money to develop games for himself.

Therefore, he can only make money by himself, he has worked hard for so many years, never complains about overtime, and he is also frugal on weekdays, except for sending 3,000 yuan back to his hometown every month, other money has been saved.

Of course, there are many people in the company who save money like him, but others are saving money to pay a down payment to buy a house, while Li Ang is trying to raise funds to make his own games.

And today, now, he has finally fulfilled the goal he set at the beginning, officially resigned, and set off towards his dream!

This goal is not high, only 500,000, which is far from enough to pay the down payment for the house in Pengcheng, but after Li Ang's general estimate, it should be enough to support him to make a beautiful indie game!

Leon sat on a bench in the park, looking at the calm lake not far away, and thought quietly.

Of course, I have no problem in terms of game design, and I have already accumulated more than a dozen game planning plans in the computer in the room. But which one should be done first?

Well, everything is difficult at the beginning, so let's make a simpler one first, and make a 2D independent small production first to accumulate experience!

In that case, the first game will be one of the Assassin's Chronicles and Between the Mountains and Seas. One is a Chinese-style infiltration assassination game,The other is a puzzle-solving game of the mythical ancient tornado,The process of both games is not too long,If you work hard,,It should be completed within two years,When the time comes to sell on G Fat's Stiem,You can return the funds to develop the next game......

Although I have been engaged in planning work all these years, I have not let go of programming technology, and some free game engines will also be used, but free engines have certain limitations after all, and if you want to fully realize your ideas, you still have to use paid advanced game engines. Well, if you make a 2D game, you can use the UN engine, which has outstanding functions and top-notch effects, and it is charged according to the number of games made, and the license fee for a game is only 1000 meters of gold, almost more than 6000 Chinese dollars, which is also cheap, and you can afford it......

But the art and music are more anxious, I don't have any art cells since I was a child, although I have learned a little, but the things I draw are still the same as ghosts, and I don't know anything about music and sound effects......

Although there are a lot of free materials on the Internet, they are mixed, and most of them do not meet their own requirements for the quality of the game......

Looking for outsourcing online? Or go directly to an outsourcing company? However, if you outsource art and music materials, it is difficult to guarantee this quality, and communication is difficult, and they may not be able to create the results they want......

There's no way, you can't make a game by relying on one person, so let's recruit people! Hire an artist, a sound engineer, and a programmer to help me, so I can communicate and modify anytime and anywhere......

No way! That's too much overhead! When I officially resigned, I would definitely not be able to live in low-rent housing, and I would have to rent a house outside, rent a studio, use water and power grids, and add various equipment, all of which would cost money. These artists, sound engineers, programmers, each salary should be at least 5,000, three people together, plus food insurance or something, the labor cost is nearly 20,000 a month! I've worked so hard to save up so much money, but I don't have to spend it......

Well, right! Go straight to the talent recruitment market to recruit those dead college students who have just graduated! As far as the probationary period is concerned, they don't need to pay for insurance, according to Pengcheng's minimum wage standard, and they don't care about food, each person should be able to pass away more than 2,000 yuan! It's just that although these dead college students are cheap, they have just graduated and have no work experience, so it's hard to say what they make, and they have to bring it by themselves......

Oh, by the way, I think there are a few college students who are also starting their own businesses and making their own games, why don't you go to their side and see how you can save costs and learn from experience? Let me think, how many are there? Abin seems to have been making his own games for a long time, and Sister Bai's words seem to have started preparing her own studio at the end of last year, but I don't know if it's up now......

If you think about it carefully, there are a lot of miscellaneous things, and it's going to be a big head, why is it so difficult to start a business and make a game?

Hey, I'm so tired, I seem to be looking for a girlfriend who can draw, play music, programming, be beautiful, have a sweet voice, have big breasts, and have long legs......

While drinking beer, he was thinking nonsense, when suddenly, Li Ang caught a glimpse of a white light out of the corner of his eye!

What's the situation?

Putting down the beer can in his hand, Leon looked in the direction of the white light.

That white light came from the sky, and it came very quickly!

It grew bigger and bigger in Leon's field of vision......

Before he could see it clearly or react, it enveloped him all of a sudden!

Then, he didn't know anything.