"And the topic I want to talk about today is very related to this."

Jester smiled.

"I think you seem to be indifferent to such topics, don't deny it, because I can easily compare the expressions that flash on your faces now with the expressions before."

After hearing Jester say this, the people at the scene were once again amused by Jester's humor.

"Okay, I was just a joke before. Of course, I wouldn't tell you how to shoot games, how to complete the game planning, how to design plots, and how to design levels in your daily life. This is something that requires you to study hard in your daily life. Not only do you have to work hard, but also some talent. What I want to talk about today is how an independent game producer can make the game he wants to make."

When Jester said this, his voice was not loud.

At that time, it attracted everyone's attention, because most of the people who came to participate in the GDC Global Game Developer Conference were still some independent game producers. Even if they had been incorporated by large game companies, they were all independent game producers or independent studios.

"I know, independent studios are difficult, the reason is simple, there is no money." Jester shrugged.

"I started out as an independent game. When I was producing "American Cubes", there were only a few thousand yuan of liquid funds. If it weren't for my family's help, the game might have never been made into an arcade and sold to all over the United States. Of course, I wouldn't have thought at that time that I was just an idea when I was compiling building blocks. The simple game I made would have been so popular."

"Okay, I'm talking a little bit too much. Now I'm going back to the point."

"I know that money is the most difficult thing for these people to survive. Maybe the development of a game doesn't cost much, about tens of thousands of dollars, but many independent game developers may still be college students who are still in college, or graduates who just graduated from college and need to exchange loans, and ask them to spend tens of thousands of dollars to develop a game that doesn't know what the future is. It's really a bit difficult."

“Not only that.”

"Even if many people who have worked in game companies for a while, one day they suddenly have a great idea. But it may be because of their status or other reasons, your ideas are not valued, but you want to complete this game."

"It is also possible that your views are valued, but because there are too many creative electronics, seniority is started again..."

“There are many possibilities like this.”

"All in all, it's just one sentence, that is, how can I get the money for the game with my ideas? This is the most difficult thing. And any other technical problems are not considered difficult, they can be solved through time and energy investment. Why do I say that? Because I came today just to not solve this problem and provide a feasible solution."

With this big call from Jester.

All the game developers present stood up almost at the same time and cheered for Jester.

Because, what Jester said just now really came to their hearts.

"Let me first talk about the reason why I had this idea. In fact, there is nothing special about it. The employees of our company usually have many reliable and interesting ideas. They cannot become their games, because our company's resources are limited, and it is impossible to start dozens of projects at the same time. Without so much funds, there will be so many people."

"But, some ideas are really good, so I wonder if I can launch such a plan, that is, first describe this idea and tell it to many people, and see if your plan can impress others, if..."

Then, Jester talked about the idea of ​​crowdfunding that he had talked to Mark Seney in the company before, and after Jester finished speaking, the audience was silent, everyone looked at Jester with incredible eyes, and then cheered again that almost lifted the entire ceiling.

Because what Jester just said, this idea about crowdfunding was really too surprising and was very in line with their wishes.

"I call this idea crowdfunding. Of course, there is still a big difference between crowdfunding and venture capital. Moreover, I can guarantee everyone here that our game companies including Mars Entertainment, Sony, Sega and other games have decided to support the progress of this plan. The name of the plan is the incubator program. As the name implies, we are just the incubator of your idea, but whether you can incubate real things depends on yourself."

Jester said, making a pressing gesture with both hands, hoping that the scene would calm down.

Because Jester's previous words really caused a stir, everyone was extremely excited and wanted to discuss with the people around them the idea of ​​crowdfunding that Jester just proposed.

The same is true for Ye Mingzhang.

He originally came with this idea. His purpose was to find an investor interested in their games on this GDC and provide a little self-service to their game development plan. However, according to his efforts over the past few days, his idea seems a bit unrealistic, because the person in charge of the game company he has visited seems to have no interest in hearing his ideas about the game he wants to make.

When they heard where he came from, they immediately looked stern.

A direct order to expel guests was issued.

Even when he left, Ye Mingzhang vaguely heard them talking because he was a Japanese, but he found out that he was a slander and other very angry words.

Originally, he had no hope. After this GDC conference ended, he immediately returned to Wanwan. When he was trying to find a way, he heard Jester's keynote speech on crowdfunding, an incubator plan that was about to be implemented.

Immediately, endless hope immediately emerged in my heart, which was originally hopeless.

Ye Mingzhang now wants to hear what specific content there is about this incubator plan. He is a smart person. He knows that the crowdfunding idea mentioned by Jester just now may be a very good way to raise funds if it is many years later, but at the beginning, the funds that can definitely be raised are very weak and almost a drop in the bucket.

So, Ye Mingzhang also knew that certainly, the key to this time was all about this incubator plan.

After the scene responded to the quiet again, Jester began to introduce the content of the incubator plan in detail. In fact, this plan is not complicated, but just a supplement when the crowdfunding power is still very weak.

"Before your ideas are on our crowdfunding platform, they need to pass our review. Only those who pass the review can enter our crowdfunding platform and allow players who are interested to evaluate the games you want to make, just like investors evaluating the projects they want to invest in. Your ideas must impress them, because you can see them as, they are your investors."

"Of course, we also have monitoring methods, so I won't talk about them in detail here. If you are interested in this plan, you can contact our organizing committee to receive some documents on this plan after the meeting."

"Then, there are the supplementary terms of our incubator program. We will conduct a very strict secondary review of games that have passed our crowdfunding review. Those who review will definitely be experts in the industry. If your ideas can be recognized by them, then we - Mars Entertainment, Sega, Sony and other game companies, will make a guaranteed investment in your game."

"Of course, our guaranteed investment requires some copyright of this game. It is not like crowdfunding, but the copyright belongs to you entirely."

"It should be noted that this guaranteed investment is optional and you can completely choose to refuse. This is completely possible. Of course, if you cannot achieve your crowdfunding goals, then the funds obtained from the valuable crowdfunding need to be refunded to the people participating in the crowdfunding, which requires your special attention."

At the end of the day, Jester added with a smile.

"In fact, crowdfunding is just a simple idea in game development now, but when I was discussing this with President Nakayama and President Kutaraki, the idea we discussed was indeed very feasible, that is, why not expand crowdfunding? Why do we have to limit it to games? Why can't we add anything to the crowdfunding plan?"

"This idea came naturally when we discussed it, and then we began to have infinite longing and reverie. However, it may be too early to think about it now. However, if crowdfunding about game development can be successful, it may be true that crowdfunding will really come true in all aspects of the industry."

Jester didn't talk much later.
Chapter completed!