When Huang Qing conveyed Brother Ba's idea to the management of Mirage Electronics, the entire Mirage Electronics was stunned.

What's that?

Is there no interest in making peripheral hardware such as controllers, mouse, keyboards and Galaxy suits? Do you want to make hardware that fits in the chassis?

Ah......h

The management of Mirage Electronics probably never dreamed that they would be a company that makes handle keyboards, and one day in the future they will be able to produce and design graphics cards, which is simply incredible!

If another person says this, they probably won't believe it, after all, you say that the production of graphics cards is the production of graphics cards, really when the chip and design scheme are cabbage?

But the person who said this is Brother Ba, so ...... It's hard to say!

As we all know, there are two significant differences between public and non-public consumer PC graphics cards.

The public version is the "reference" solution made by NVIDIA and AMD themselves, and the non-public version is the version that downstream manufacturers redesign and strengthen the materials, heat dissipation and frequency according to the design plan and core layout of NVIDIA and AMD.

The so-called production and manufacturing of graphics cards by Mirage Electronics must take the road of non-public version.

This involves several very important questions, that is, if you want to produce non-public graphics cards, where will the core chip come from? Where do you get the design solution? Will AMD and Nvidia agree?

The most important of these problems is how to convince upstream supply chain manufacturers such as AMD and NVIDIA.

No kidding!

In the consumer PC graphics card hardware, only A card and N card can play a little bit, and if Mirage Electronics wants to enter the game, it must obtain the consent of at least one upstream supplier.

After getting the upstream supplier, that is, one of AMD and NVIDIA, the rest of the problems will be solved.

After all, with the core, all that remains is to redesign the shape and heat dissipation scheme, and by the way, get the frequency to ensure that this graphics card maintains a balance between "performance" and "heat dissipation".

Originally, Mirage Electronics didn't have this idea, nor did it have this ability, but Brother Ba took the initiative to speak......

Thinking of Brother Ba's strange voice in the "graphics card industry chain", the people of Mirage Electronics suddenly had confidence and confidence.

Don't ask, ask is networking!

In today's world, where there are many first, second and third-tier brands such as Hit Renshuo, Shrinking Star, Refuse Baojia, and Miserable Rainbow, it is still a bit difficult to rebuild a graphics card brand.

After all, there are too many first-, second- and third-tier brands, large factories and small factories are mixed, and the product lines are even more diverse. With the same core graphics card, you can search for more than a dozen versions with different prices on the e-commerce platform......

In this case, both Nvidia and AMD have actually begun to shrink their licenses.

Take Nvidia, for example.

The market for consumer-grade PC hardware is not much in the first place, and there are really few players who like DIY consoles.

Moreover, NVIDIA's AI chips are booming, and the stock price has soared, and most of the talents have been allocated to AI chips that are more profitable and have more market prospects.

The production capacity is given priority to the supply of AI chips, and there are so many little brothers waiting to be fed below, hoping to get the latest 70 series and 80 series graphics card cores, which will definitely cause a situation where there are more monks and less meat.

This is also why, some second- and third-tier brands, obviously obviously cards are doing well, and gamers are extremely satisfied, but it is difficult to buy, and there is a feeling of playing monkey.

However, this is not a monkey, but the chip share obtained by this second- and third-tier graphics card manufacturer is too small, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it cannot meet the market demand at all.

Unless it is a manufacturer of this level, it will not be bothered by this.

More than ten or twenty graphics card brands, in the eyes of AMD and NVIDIA, can not continue to increase, but should be appropriately reduced, and only four or five brands with stable product lines can be retained.

Of course, this is for everyone else.

This is not the case for Brother Ba, as long as he speaks, neither Lao Huang nor Su Ma will refute his face, and it is not a big problem to get a share.

Not only can you get a share, but you may also get a lot of shares! After all, the relationship is like this, A card and N card can all be played!

Sure enough!

After Chen Ba came forward, Mirage Electronics quickly obtained the qualification to produce and manufacture graphics cards, and it got two A cards and N cards at one time.

But then again......

Although it has obtained the qualification, it is estimated that it will take some time to polish the first graphics card of Mirage Electronics.

No way!

After all, Mirage Electronics has not produced and manufactured graphics cards, and there is a serious lack of experience in matters such as heat dissipation solutions and frequency adjustments, and it is estimated that it will take half a year to see the finished product at the earliest.

"Don't rush, take your time!"

Chen Ba told him over the phone: "The first batch of graphics cards, the quality must be stable and stable, and it will be over if you work hard to protect your reputation." ”

The newly born graphics card brand, consumers must lack a sense of trust, at this time can not be in a hurry to make money, rather than lose a little to beat the "Batian" series of fame.

That's right!

After Chen Ba, Huang Qing and others, the first generation of products designed and manufactured by Mirage Electronics, that is, the 7050, 7060 and 7060Ti mid-range series, was named "Decepticon Sword Queen".

The sub-flagships are also 70, 70Ti, 80, and 80Ti, and are named "Decepticon Sword Master" and "Decepticon Sword Demon"!

The top flagships 90 and 90Ti are called "Decepticon Sword God"!

This is Chen Ba's name......

Don't ask where the inspiration came from, at first the name of "Tianba" was read backwards, and then it was associated with a very famous set of sci-fi skins in LOL - Decepticon mecha.

Therefore, there are four series of names: Sword Queen, Sword Master, Sword Demon and Sword God.

Back to the production of the graphics card, you can also go to the goose factory to cooperate with a wave of linkage, it is also a good thing to rub the heat, anyway, the new graphics card needs to be famous to increase sales!

The first batch of Batian series graphics cards, Chen Ba has high requirements, and even proposed a very perverted heat dissipation design scheme to optimize the current extremely hot "Star Emperor 2" in both directions.

What is two-way optimization?

In addition to game developers, in addition to taking special care of the "Batian" series graphics cards, the Batian series graphics cards will also take special care of the games under the Tianba Studio, which is called two-way optimization.

What, this is shady?

The shady scene is the shady scene, who let Chen Ba be both a referee and an athlete? His own game, his own graphics card, isn't it up to him to optimize this part?

If you don't accept it, you can also make a game and make a graphics card brand!

……

The development of "The True Story of Aba" requires Chen Ba to take people to hospitals, disabled persons' federations, communities and other places to actually understand the situation.

It's quite a tiring job.

How so?

For example, a disabled friend contacted by Tianba Studio had his left leg amputated and needed to use crutches or a wheelchair to move. In this case, motion capture is very difficult to do.

Normal games, what special actions are needed, just let people put on the mocap suit and rattle and the operation is over.

But "The True Story of Aba" can't use the "prototype" motion capture, people are already inconvenient, and if you let him wear a motion capture suit, isn't that intentionally embarrassing people?

As a result, Chen Ba could only let a healthy motion capture actor observe the disabled in reality, and then wear a motion capture suit to simulate the movements or trajectories.

It's a hassle!

It takes time to observe, and it takes time to try to perform and restore it after observation, and each of the types of disabilities involved in the game has to be done again.

The motion capture actors have changed their stubble......

The main reason is that the workload is too large, and there are only one or two motion capture actors who are not enough at all, so Chen Ba simply recruited more than a dozen people and took turns to call.

During this visit and investigation, Chen Ba also encountered something that moved him very much.

It turned out that at the location of the high-speed import and exit in the suburbs of Jiangning, there was a "special" car wash shop.

Why is it special?

Because the employees employed by this car wash are all disabled friends, the boss told Chen Ba that he didn't want to make money when he opened this shop, anyway, after deducting the water and electricity bills, the remaining money every month will be sent directly to everyone.

Hold the grass!

It was the first time for Chen Ba to encounter such a special car wash, and he also saw the light from this boss, and he was a little ashamed of this light.

The owner of this car wash is really helping his disabled friends, and what he does is a bit of a "fake big empty" in comparison.

"Can I buy a stake?"

Chen Ba proposed: "The scale of the car wash is a bit small, and you only have four or five employees. Why don't you expand the scale of your business? Another breakfast shop next door, or a small hotel? ”

"Okay!"

The boss also saw Chen Ba's thoughts, and happily agreed: "Your joining can provide more job opportunities and positions for the children, I thank you for them!" ”

"Don't don't, don't thank me, this is what I should do, after all, I'm going to make your car wash into the game, and it's just the copyright fee I paid......"

"Fit into the game?"

The boss was a little curious when he heard it, after all, he really didn't know what Chen Ba did.

"Introduce yourself, Chen Ba, from Tianba Game Company!"

Chen Ba said with a smile: "I am developing a game with people with disabilities as the protagonist, and I came here to visit to understand the real situation......

Chen Ba introduced a general overview of the "Abba Story" project, and said that he would add this car wash to the game as a special game "easter egg".

The owner was interested.

Although he is a middle-aged man in his fifties, the saying is good, a man is a teenager until he dies, and even at his age he is still full of curiosity about games.

"Good thing, I really haven't played this kind of game, and I'll definitely support the game when it comes out!"

As for Chen Ba's idea of adding a car wash to the game, the boss said that there was no problem, just add it if you want, he didn't care.

"Can you tell me the story of you and your employees? For example, how did you meet, and how did you come up with the idea to open such a store? ”

Chen Ba had an idea.

Not only did he add the car wash to the game, but he also had to create a hidden story that would only be triggered after the player came to the car wash and "washed" the car once.

This hidden plot is actually to introduce this "special" car wash that exists in reality, and introduce the process of getting along with the boss and these "special" employees.

Chen Ba was looking forward to the players in the process of playing, accidentally passing by a seemingly ordinary car wash, and had a whim to wash the car, and then triggered the expression of the plot.

It must be exciting, right?

Especially at the end of the plot, the address of this store is posted in the game, indicating that this is not an apocryphal plot but a real reality, which is even more touching.

Of course!

The story of this car wash also reminded Chen Ba that the country is so big, there must be many people like the owner of the car wash, and the same touching deeds.

It's just that these people are relatively low-key, and they don't like to talk about themselves everywhere, so they don't report it.

If you can sort it out and set up a few more similar easter eggs in the game, it will definitely greatly arouse the player's desire to explore!

Don't forget......

Abba is an "open world" game with a large map and a lot of realistic streets and buildings.

Under normal circumstances, unless the player is particularly curious and free, he will follow the main story and rarely explore the entire map.

After all, the map is so big, and there is no clear goal, who will have nothing to do and walk around every corner?

It's been so long since GTA5 was released, how many players dare to say that they have explored the entire Los Santos and visited every corner of the map?

The open world is a façade!

Why?

Because of the large open world map, many players don't need it and haven't explored it. Take the Mi family's trump card game "Yuanshen" as an example, there are so many players, and how many dare to say that they have traveled all over the map?

More than 80% of players, when playing an open-world map game, will choose to follow the "mission" or follow the "goal".

In other words, he will explore the map, but his exploration is very purposeful, either to complete the mission, or to obtain materials to unlock new features, etc.

Substituted into the game, wherever you go, it is completely a tourist or sightseeing mentality to play the game, go to every corner of the map, and seriously greet every NPC player, it can be said that there are very few players.

If nothing else.

The same will be true for "The True Story of Abba ", don't look at the map so big, but the places where players will really explore, back and forth to just a few mission locations.

So here's the problem......

If that's the case, then what's the point of Chen Ba and others painstakingly making this open-world map?

With such a large map, I definitely want players to explore and experience it after it is made. But what if the player is lazy and just wants to do the quest and push the main line and doesn't want to go outside?

Then give them a goal!

Add some buildings or NPCs to the map, such as "Car Wash", which have a hidden story and can be unlocked to obtain "hidden achievements".

This is similar to the "adventure" system of the XX national style martial arts mobile game, anyway, players are encouraged to wander around the map and strive to unlock more achievements and story easter eggs.

With objectives and benefits, players will actively explore the map!

In this way, the open world map has the meaning and value of existence, and it will not be like other open world games, which seem to be very large, but in fact the content is empty.

(End of chapter)