Anderson was originally an employee of the Ark Company, but when the company was expanding, he was dug out of the university by Noyce and others. Before he finished college, he had already started working at the Ark Company.

In the beginning, he was in charge of the hardware side of the work, and slowly came into contact with some software content.

At this time, the Ark company had a great demand for software and set up a software department. When Anderson was thrown into the software department, he was still a little unhappy, thinking that he had been thrown into the cold by the leadership and exiled to an unappreciated position.

After transitioning to a software engineer, Anderson quickly found the department to be interesting, more dynamic and passionate than the hardware group.

More importantly, the bosses behind the scenes value their department.

After a meeting, the newly established software department expanded rapidly, and it didn't take long for the software department to come on its own. In addition, a company called "Microsoft" was formed, and I heard that this was the name set by the big boss Alex himself.

Microsoft?

Well, the name sounds pretty good, but it's reminiscent of a masculine function, which is embarrassing.

But it's nothing, just a name, doesn't mean Anderson can't do that. Microsoft soon became the largest software development company in the United States and even in the world, not only developing the personal computer system produced by the Ark Company, but also developing various practical software, such as the Office series of office software, which was developed by their company and was very popular with the majority of users.

In addition to this, they have also developed some mini-games using their personal time. For example, playing cards, sweeping mines, etc. It's also put in the operating system, giving users free of charge to play in their spare time.

Speaking of games, this kind of game is still made when they are bored. In the beginning, they were just playing within the company, and when the boss found out that they were so unprofessional, he didn't say anything, but asked them to integrate these games into the system software.

For them, this is equivalent to a disguised encouragement.

Since then, some of them have specialized in various games. Find a way to implement these games with a computer program. But. This approach is actually quite a test of skill, and the most important thing is to make the game playable, otherwise such a game will be lifeless.

What's even more surprising is that Alex, the big boss behind the scenes, has also heard about these things. I also found a time to meet with them, software engineers who like to develop games.

Just in the beginning. Anderson: They were still a little uneasy. For fear that the big boss would be angry and fire all their employees who are not doing their jobs.

Surprisingly, Alex didn't get angry at them. Instead, I talked to them about developing games.

"Red Alert? Could it be that this is a game set in the movie "Red Dawn", and is it intended to be a sequel to the game? ”

Anderson has a very flexible brain, and he has also watched Alex's "Red Dawn", and is obsessed with the kind of fights full of violent beauty in it. I also went to Chinatown and found a martial arts gym to learn kung fu. In fact, he wants to learn from Bruce Lee more, but his status is different, how can he be recruited as a student.

"That's close, but it's still too accurate." Alex glanced at the other party and felt that Anderson was quite flexible, and he had learned about it just now, and he could see that this guy had a lot of experience with games. So I paid more attention to it and said to him: "I want to make a real-time strategy game, and the story background is from "Red Dawn", and as for the sequel, of course, I still have to make a movie to make a sequel, and no one has used a game to make a sequel." ”

At this time, Anderson understood, and he immediately asked what exactly this real-time strategy game was playing, what to pay attention to, and so on.

So Alex laid out the schematic diagram he drew, and also took out the game framework and background setting he made, this game of "Red Dawn: Red Alert", of course, will not use the story background of the later game of the same name. For Alex, who has the movie "Red Dawn: The White House Falls" in hand, it is better to use ready-made things than to start a new story background.

The popularity accumulated by the film reached a new height after the assassination of President Kennedy. More people are going to the cinema and watching the movie over and over again, some trying to find evidence of conspiracy theories, some just curious, and some genuinely hooked on the movie.

Since you have such a good resource in your hands, make full use of it.

Alex gave a very detailed thing, after all, he already had a mature game in his head, and through the puppets in the mental space, he quickly figured out the key content and values of this game.

The software engineers present were also amazed when they got the design draft, they never imagined that the game could still be played like this.

Just simulating it in their minds already makes them feel the charm of this game.

This game has to be made! And it's meant to be done right away!

They all thought about it, and with great passion and spirit in their hearts, under the guidance of the setting documents provided by Alex, they made a demo version in just a few days. If someone can control the whole picture and know what everyone should and shouldn't do, they will naturally make things quickly.

Alex is not the kind of person who has empty ideas and no ability, and he personally led the whole epoch-making game "Red Alert", which was already perfect in the DEMO version, except for some small bugs, it can almost be sold on the market.

"It's—it's incredible!" As Anderson played the game, he exclaimed, "This game is so much fun!" ”

His colleagues around him also praised him again and again, he had never played this type of game, but he played it very energetically.

Only Alex is not satisfied, he feels that this version is still too rough. For example, the character dubbing, animation special effects, background sound effects, etc., are just their voices dubbed into the microphone. There's also the lack of cutscenes, the balance of various data, and so on.

"We have to keep improving the game!" Alex finally made a decision, but he didn't plan to continue to lead them in R&D, this kind of thing only needs to be demonstrated once, and the rest will be left to his men.

"Still improving?"

Most of the software engineers were a little surprised, in their opinion, this game has long been many times better than the other games on the market, and if this level can't meet Alex's requirements, then they really don't know what the big boss wants to make a game.

Alex reiterated his thoughts once more. At the same time, use a pen to draw various important points on the design document. Pointing out the game's shortcomings, he said: "The graphics could be a little more beautiful and smooth, the sound effects had to be remastered, and I had to go to the record company and find a professional to help me." ”

"The other thing is the bug problem. There must be no one. Even if there is, it will be released only if no bugs are found after repeated tests. The most important point is: Balance of values! This is important! ”

At the end of the day, Alex looked at the software engineers present and said, "I've decided. Draw people from Microsoft and set up another company. This company specializes in games and nothing else. I've got a name in mind, it's called Blizzard! Everyone here belongs to the list of the first employees of this company, and if anyone is unwilling to come out, they can submit it now! ”

Alex's words immediately caused a stir among software engineers, some of whom were ambitious, because a new company meant new opportunities and more positions.

As a mothership company, Ark has continuously split into large and small companies in recent years, including Apple, Light Giant, Microsoft, etc., all of which have made remarkable achievements without exception, making many small people who were originally unknown soar into the sky and become independent talents.

However, there are also people who are uneasy about this. They have long since adapted to the working atmosphere of the current company, and if they start another business, they will have to give up their current comfortable and comfortable life. More opportunities mean more dangers, and if the new company had been a promising subsidiary of Apple or Microsoft, they would have rushed out crying and shouting for another door.

But the company that develops the game? This makes people scratch their heads, after all, games are still in their infancy, there is no mature market, and there is no bright future. For the sake of an undetermined position, to give up what you have is still insensitive to thank you.

As a result, two-thirds of the software engineers present said that they wanted to stay in the original company, and less than ten software engineers were willing to break through.

Seeing this situation, Alex did not say a word of dissuasion, but immediately let those who chose to stay in the company leave, leaving only those who were willing to work hard in the game field.

Eventually, Alex appointed Anderson as the president of Blizzard, and gave him a lot of authority and allocated a large amount of money. However, Anderson's first goal is to make this "Red Alert".

Alex said to Anderson: "Now this demo version is only for demonstration, and the real version must be ten times better than it!" Also, we're adding networking capabilities! ”

"Networking capabilities?"

Anderson was stunned by this idea, knowing that the Internet is still a new thing, although the government and the military have invested a lot of money to make the Internet good, and AT&T has lowered its head and is willing to provide all kinds of help to the Ark in exchange for the right to drink soup after it.

However, this network cannot be built overnight. Anderson has also been following the news in this regard, knowing that many universities in the United States have installed modems and can connect to the Internet, but for the general public, this thing is still very sci-fi, and it was only seen in movies a year ago.

If "Red Alert" has an internet function, it will be a big challenge, no wonder Alex didn't even mention it just now, if Anderson knew about it, I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to stay.

When Alex saw Anderson's expression, he knew that the other party had misunderstood, so he explained, "Naturally, it's a networking function, but we can't make an Internet game all at once." Let's get a LAN networking function first! ”

Local area network! Of course, this is a good idea!

As an employee of the Ark, Anderson had already experienced a high-tech technology when he joined the company, and this LAN is a very cutting-edge technology. At that time, Anderson was still a student, and when he saw that computers could link and interact with each other, he was already fascinated by it, and felt as if he was living in the world of the future.

Because of this, Anderson gave up the opportunity to continue his education, gave up receiving his college diploma, and defected to the Ark. In the past few years, Ark and its subsidiaries have established local area networks, and can also connect all the computers between companies.

What can be said is that the computers of these employees are as if they are on a small Internet network, years ahead of the others, and experience the feeling of surfing the Internet.

Speaking of which, this LAN function was developed by Anderson's company, Microsoft, and he knows the functions and the underlying code very well.

When Alex said that he wanted to implement the LAN function of Red Alert, he knew that he was going to lead the rest of the software engineers to work hard to make the game better. Not only that, but the Blizzard company also recruited many excellent students from the university, which soon made the game company skyrocket.

And the "Red Alert" game is slowly being perfected under their work attitude of excellence. (To be continued......)

PS: My dad has been hospitalized these days, and I'm a little busy, but the house cat will insist on updating! Please rest assured about this!