Seeing Li Xiang and Sun Wencheng retreat, Xue Kui picked up the plan on the table and glanced at it, and stuffed it into the drawer.

What's there to see?

Leaning back in a chair to play a game, reading a novel is not more comfortable than reading a report?

Because there were two classes in the afternoon, Xue Kui played games in the office until 11:30 and left work.

After lunch, after returning to the apartment, Xue Kui remembered that he hadn't paid attention to the sales of "Phantom Show" for several days.

He opened the background and found that the download curve given by the website was still climbing, but the speed of the climb had slowed down a lot, and it was estimated that in another 1 week, the number of downloads would decline, and then the game's revenue would also decline.

It's finally almost over.

Xue Kui sighed and called out the system, today is the day when the ELSP website settles the income.

【Wealth Freedom System】

[Host: Xue Kui]

[System funds: 7.476 million (3.12 million ↑)]

[Host property: 47150.5 (350↓)]

[Next settlement time: 75 days later.] 】

"The budget of 5 million is really not enough." Looking at the system funds, Xue Kui was ready to find an opportunity to call two more people over and tell them to raise the budget again.

……

In the afternoon, No Return Technology Co., Ltd.

"Brother Xiang, relying on our company alone, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to make this game in 2 months." Although he was reluctant to admit it, Sun Wencheng still told the bad news after estimating.

Li Xiang heard the news, and his face also showed sadness.

If you can't get the game online in 2 months, Mr. Xue should be dissatisfied...

What to do?

Sun Wencheng saw that Li Xiang didn't speak, and said: "Brother Xiang, I've thought about it, if you want to make the game within 2 months, you can only find foreign help..."

"Looking for foreign help?" Li Xiang was puzzled for a moment and understood what Sun Wencheng meant: "You mean, find other companies to help you do it?" ”

"Yes!"

"It's problematic to do that... bar. Li Xiang pretended to say in a deep voice, and the last 'bar' was deliberately said in such a low voice that even he himself could not hear it, let alone let Sun Wencheng hear it.

He didn't know exactly what the problem was, but it was certainly not as simple as he said.

"Yes, there will be problems." Sun Wencheng's previous studio also took on some outsourcing work, and he knows this piece well: "If you find an outsourcing company to do it, the most likely problem is actually communication, if there is a problem in communication, it is very likely that the whole game will collapse." ”

That's what worries him the most.

Normally, the art style of a game is decided at the beginning.

Whether it's the background of the game, the character model needs to match the established art style, if the whole game is done by a company, usually everyone can communicate in time to correct some models or items that have deviated.

And leave some elements of the game to an outsourcing company, such as outsourcing the modeling of a city-state, although it will also be done according to the given list of requirements, but people's personal understanding is different!

For example, for the concept of 'big', the list of requirements is 'the door is designed to be bigger', and this 'bigger' may be as big as '10 by 10' in the concept of the requester, but when it is handed over to the outsourcing company, he may understand it as '20 by 20'.

In some less important places, this misunderstanding may not have particularly serious consequences.

However, if there is a misunderstanding in some important places, it is very likely to lead to discord in the whole game.

In order to solve this problem, it is common to hand over a certain piece of work to an outsourced company, which can effectively avoid problems such as inconsistent drawing style and inaccurate modeling.

Where there are benefits, there are disadvantages.

The disadvantage of this can lead to the problem that the two systems cannot be perfectly interconnected.

What the outsourcing company makes alone is a whole, and what the main company makes is also a whole, and the two wholes will eventually be combined into one game.

On the overall docking of the two, it is easy to have the problem of system confusion, causing various game vulnerabilities.

Modifying vulnerabilities is also a headache.

Therefore, in the game industry, you must be especially careful when outsourcing, otherwise errors and loopholes will make programmers change to the point of numbness!

Stripping away the game itself, another problem with outsourcing is funding.

After all, outsourcing can only be carried out if the price is negotiated.

"Is there any other way than outsourcing?" After Li Xiang heard this, he had no idea in his heart, so he could only be anxious: "It's going to be over before it starts?" ”

"There's no better way to do it." Sun Wencheng shook his head.

In fact, only the "5-on-5" confrontation mode was developed, and it was still too late for two months, the key is that Xue Kui emphasized that he must add the "stand-alone plot mode" to the game, which made the two people worried.

It's as difficult to do a single-player story mode as it is to develop a new game!

"Why don't you discuss it with Mr. Xue?" Sun Wencheng said.

"Let's write out what needs to be outsourced first, then find some outsourcing companies to communicate, and finally discuss with Mr. Xue."

Li Xiang didn't have a good way, he had just raised difficulties to Xue Kui in the morning, and immediately went to Xue Kui to raise difficulties, he was really worried that Xue Kui would question his ability.

It's just that no matter how you think about it, finding outsourcing to help you do it is the only solution at present, before opening his mouth to ask Xue Kui, he wants to understand the outsourcing market first, and when the time comes to ask Xue Kui, it is easy to speak.

I can't just say when I get to the boss's office: "Mr. Xue, our game needs to be outsourced?" ”

Then when Xue Kui asked about the specific things to be outsourced, he replied because he didn't do an investigation, 'Wait for me to go back and investigate.' 'Right?

Fools do that!

"I still think about my brother thoughtfully." Sun Wencheng admired from the bottom of his heart, and then returned to his workstation to start planning the construction period and listing the parts that needed to be outsourced.

Li Xiang was not idle, and began to make up for his knowledge about the 'possible problems of game outsourcing' on the Internet.

There is not enough material to fool employees in my head, so I can only make up for it!

After the other employees sent the 'summary of the reasons for the big sale of the game' to Xue Kui a day ago, they had not yet received Xue Kui's next instructions, so they could only fish during work, waiting for the upcoming double holiday...

As soon as 6 o'clock arrived, the other employees got off work on time, leaving only Li Xiang and Sun Wencheng still in the company.

"Why is Sun Wencheng still busy?" glanced at Sun Wencheng next door who was still busy with his work, and Li Xiang was too anxious in his heart.

He could go, but when he left, he was worried that he would leave the impression of 'nothing matter' in Sun Wencheng's heart, and he was worried that he would not be able to hug Sun Wencheng's thighs in the back.

Although he is so much higher than Sun Wencheng in his position, he is not even a scumbag in terms of professional skills.

Li Xiang had no choice but to work overtime and wait for Sun Wencheng to get off work together.