"That's right, take an hour every day during working hours to have a dedicated game experience, and then I need you to give me a game review of no less than 500 words every three days." Yang Chen nodded to confirm their doubts.

Are you kidding me?

The expressions of the four of them, Chen Shu, were confused:o((⊙﹏⊙))o

What is the impression that ordinary players have on game practitioners?

Working in a very sci-fi office, having creative ideas, gathering in small groups to drink coffee and brainstorm, or maybe play a game to relax when you are tired from work?

Indeed, this situation exists, but this is the treatment that belongs to the big game companies. The game production of most small companies is in small offices, sitting in front of the computer like workers on the assembly line, doing unskilled work.

repeating work.

As for playing games during work hours?

Except for special positions such as testing and numerical values, which require actual testing, playing other positions, even games made at home, will break your legs!

"Of course this is a work requirement. There are restrictions on the games you can play. There is a TXT file on the desktop of everyone's computer, which contains the account number of the official game platform. I have already given you the games you need to play in advance.

Just buy it and place it.”

But when they were happy to see the games on the computer, they were shocked.

"Are they all JRPG games from the last century?" Everyone looked at the hard drive and saw more than a dozen games with a total size of less than 1 G. They were quite speechless.

"Okay, at your age, if you have played games as children, you must be familiar with these." Yang Chen said with a smile.

Until now, Yang Chen still remembers how shocked he was when he played this kind of game for the first time when he was in elementary school.

At that time, graphics technology was not as exaggerated as it is now, and even immersive VR had already achieved breakthroughs. At that time, mainstream games were limited by their performance and were mainly pixel-based.

The game that Yang Chen saw in his dream memory made him feel familiar with its very special pixel style, so he decided to let him develop a game like that after "The Binding of Isaac".

As for making money, Yang Chen really didn't think too much about this when deciding which game to choose.

Because "The Binding of Isaac" has been successful, even if he doesn't make games, the money earned from "The Binding of Isaac" is enough for him and Wang Yaliang to live happily in the small city in their hometown.

A lifetime.

If he said he didn't want to make money, he was speaking out of conscience. Rather than making money, he wanted to show the dream memories in his mind to others.

Show the game culture of another world to players in this world.

"But Mr. Yang, players may not buy into the pure pixel style. After all, pixels are just pixels." Wang Ye looked at Yang Chen and raised his concerns again.

Many players think that the memories in their minds are actually not as beautiful as they think in the present. If you played certain games as a child and found them particularly fun and awesome, you may never forget them in your lifetime. When you grow up

Afterwards, facing countless 3A masterpieces, I still lamented how awesome and awesome that game was back then.

But if you really want to play that game again, even if it is an HD remake, how many people can insist on playing it? The rest is just feelings.

For example, Yang Chen saw several games in his dream memory. One of them was called Resident Evil 2 Remake. The remake was released more than ten years later, but it was not so much a remake as it was a complete redesign.

A game.

Except for the general plot and missions, in terms of gameplay settings, you can hardly find the same place as before. The operation methods, perspective, and combat modes have all been innovated with current technology, which is why it is a great success.

If it had been limited to functionality and technology as it was originally, there would have been no doubt that it would have failed.

"It is human nature to package the beautiful things in one's memories. As I said before, although the new project is a pixel representation, we need to use modern game development technology, physical effects, light and shadow rendering,

Including 3D exquisite models, using modern technology to beautify the pixel style." Yang Chen said while looking at the crowd.

This is a conclusion he came to after studying the dream memory game in his mind for a long time.

Simply looking for pixels for the sake of pixels is ultimately just repeating the ancient technology of the past. Retro games are not just retro for the sake of retro.

Modern game screen technology, combined with pixel style, is the final effect.

"First complete the follow-up content of "The Binding of Isaac". The corresponding GDD files are already in your computers. You will take a look at them later and then discuss them. Regarding the new project, we will wait for next week.

I will introduce it to you in detail." Yang Chen said to the four members of the team after answering Wang Ye's question.

Wang Yaliang, who was next to him, had been sitting there, listening to what Yang Chen said, nodding slightly unconsciously, as if he understood everything.

There is actually no specific content on the first day of work. The main thing is to supplement the follow-up content of "The Binding of Isaac". Regarding server support and the construction of the server, Yang Chen has already contacted Galaxy Network about the server.

They will solve it, they just need to add the interface part on the client side.

When he got off work in the evening, Yang Chen paid for everyone to have a meal in the hotel, and then everyone went back to their homes early. As for social activities like KTV, Yang Chen didn't like it when he was still working in the company.

These things always feel like they are squeezing my time, and they are just the first establishment of the project team, and they are not a celebration party after the project is successful, so I don’t play with these fictitious things.

The next morning, Yang Chen did not go to the company with Wang Yaliang. Instead, he took a taxi to an outsourcing company, Chasing Dreams, the studio that was previously responsible for outsourcing work on "The Binding of Isaac."

"Should I call you Mr. Yang now?"

Hu Jun, the boss of the company, came to the door to greet Yang Chen with a smile on his face.

There is no way not to laugh. It has been many years since he founded Chasing Dreams. At first, he did self-research and development, but then he successfully and failed to create a few games. Although he did not lose money, he did not make any money, and then he started to engage in OEM and outsourcing.

This is the way to go.

But in the OEM and outsourcing industry, to be honest, the water is quite deep. Although the projects have not been too worrying over the past few years, there is no outsourcing project that can be used at all.

But this time it was different. He never expected that the previous 400,000-yuan "The Binding of Isaac", which was outsourced from programming to art and music, could actually reach such a point.

In terms of money, it’s true that they don’t earn much. After all, their outsourcing company handles everything from art to source code and music. Most of the 400,000 yuan is used to pay bonuses to employees.

But I didn’t make much money, so that’s not the key to the problem. The most important thing is that the game “The Binding of Isaac” was a big hit.

If he could have known it in advance, Hu Jun would even be willing to pay money to let his company outsource the game.

"Does Mr. Yang have any business for us this time?" Hu Jun brought Yang Chen into the office and shouted at the same time: "Xiao Zhang, from the cabinet in my office, I got two cups of tea."

When Yang Chen and Hu Jun walked into the office, many employees started whispering in the quiet hall outside.

'That's awesome! That game has sold at least a million copies!'

‘By the way, this game is all made by us! Except for the numerical values ​​and gameplay design, everything else is made by us. In other words, we are also the ones who have made million-selling games?’

'I suggest you go to the toilet, pee and take a look at yourself.'

'Just finished taking pictures!'
Chapter completed!