In the afternoon.
The design of Plants vs. Zombies was pushed out by Zhang Ye.
At the beginning, it was only Fat Sis who was listening to Zhang Ye excitedly. But as time passed, Old Wu's villa became more and more lively. The sounds of people knocking on the door came one after another.
A young man entered the villa, puzzled. "Fat Sis."
Fat Sis, who opened the door for him, grumbled, "Little Sun, what took you so long?"
The young man gave a wry smile. "I rushed over from the company after receiving your call. It took me a long time to find the address."
"Come in, come in!" Fat Sis called out to him.
The young man suddenly saw Zhang Ye sitting in the living room and was stunned. "Ah? Teacher … Teacher Zhang Ye? "
"Don't be so surprised. Come over and listen to what Teacher Zhang has to say!" Fat Sis had also changed the way she addressed Zhang Ye. She no longer called him Little Zhang so casually.
Dong dong dong.
Someone else came.
"Fat Sis, what's the hurry?" A middle-aged man came over.
"Old Lu, you came just in time. Come over and listen!" Fat Sis said.
The middle-aged man did not know what he was here for. "Huh? Listen to what? "
"The idea for our new game!" Fat Sis said.
The middle-aged man wondered, "Isn't the idea for the game already set in stone?"
Fat Sis said, "Come over and listen and you'll know! Hurry, hurry, hurry! "
The middle-aged man did not recognize Zhang Ye. He only felt that he looked familiar and thought he was a celebrity, but he could not remember his name. He found a chair and sat down.
Zhang Ye was still talking. He did not care if anyone came over and continued with what he had just said. "In the survival mode and puzzle mode, some of the levels are almost limitless. The enemies will come in wave after wave, so if a player wants to play it, they can even play it for a year or so. We can also do the same for the main storyline. After clearing it once, the difficulty will be increased the second time."
Fat Sis hurriedly asked, "How do we avoid getting bored if we play it continuously?"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "That's easy. Open a shop system where you can buy Plant Cards. You can spend money to buy new plants and other items. There will be many ways to earn money. For example, you can grow plants in the garden and sell them to the shop. Or you can clear levels to increase your gold and silver coins. This is a slow leveling process, but it can also keep the players interested and increase their anticipation. As for the boring mode, we can do a reverse in the mini-game. We won't let the players control the plants, but let the players control the zombies. We can use all sorts of zombies to eat the enemy's plants.
One person!
Five people!
Ten people!
The entire production team from Fat Sis's company had arrived. Old Wu's living room was suddenly filled with more than a dozen people. They were all listening to Zhang Ye talk about the game with their mouths agape.
Everyone kept asking questions.
A white-collared lady in business attire asked, "How many ways can a plant attack? Will it be monotonous? "
Zhang Ye said, "You can think of as many as you want. For example, the Cherry Bomb can blow up the nearby zombies, or the Chili Bomb can blow up a bunch of enemies, or there are plants that can shoot two or three at once, or there are plants that can attack airborne targets, or there are plants that can block an enemy's path. There are all kinds of them."
A woman asked, "Won't the game be too big? Is this even a puzzle game? "
Zhang Ye said, "It might sound complicated, but the structure of the game is actually very simple. It's not complicated at all. If we really make the game according to my ideas, I estimate that the final product won't even be 100 trillion."
Not only did Zhang Ye explain, he even drew out his ideas.
Sunflower …
Peashooter …
Cherry Bomb …
And so on and so forth.
Everyone held up Zhang Ye's drawings and looked at the level settings. Images of the game appeared in their minds and made their blood boil with excitement!
Fat Sis slapped her thigh. "Awesome!"
A skinny youth said excitedly, "This game is awesome! It's awesome! "
A middle-aged man also gasped. "I also didn't expect that a small puzzle game could be played in such a way. This is so much better than our previous game, Soldiers' Fury! "
"Yeah!"
"This game is simply too awesome!"
"I agree too! If we can make it, it will definitely be exciting! "
"Just listening to it makes my blood boil! If it wants to be innovative, it has its own settings. It can be said that there are no flaws at all. Some of the flaws and drawbacks that are hard to avoid in puzzle games can't be found in this game at all! "
Everyone was exclaiming in admiration.
Fat Sis looked at her company's staff. "Does everyone think it'll work?"
"It's too good!"
"Yeah, this is godly creativity!"
"Fat Sis, this game will definitely become popular once it's made!"
"Besides, the game model of our previous Soldiers' Fury has already been completed. A lot of the preparations for the early stages have been perfected. All we need to do now is to make some changes to the character design and program. Even using the same engine won't be a problem. Since we can convert it directly, it will save us a lot of time to remake the game! I think that if we hurry up and make a demo version, we should be able to make it in time for this year's gaming expo! "
Everyone was unanimously optimistic about it. In fact, it was not as simple as just being optimistic about it. This game even gave them a sense of amazement. They couldn't wait to make it into production!
Fat Sis nodded and looked at Zhang Ye excitedly. "Teacher Zhang, I really have to take my hat off to you this time!"
Zhang Ye said in amusement, "I was just spouting nonsense."
At this moment, footsteps could be heard coming from upstairs. Wu Zeqing had changed into a new set of clothes and was carrying her bag down to the living room. "Big Sis, I'm going to work now."
Fat Sis said, "Hurry up, I'll borrow your place for a while."
"Little Zhang." Old Wu smiled and said, "Let me have a word with you."
"Sure." Zhang Ye bade farewell to Fat Sis and followed Wu Zeqing out of the villa. Standing in the yard, he asked, "What's the matter, Old Wu?"
Old Wu said gently, "My big sis's company isn't that big, so you can just …"
Without waiting for her to finish, Zhang Ye interrupted, "Hai, how could I not know that? Don't worry, I won't take a single cent from your big sis. We're family, so your big sis is my big sis. How could I possibly ask her for money? Why are you so funny? Alright, don't worry about it. I know what I'm doing. "
Old Wu smiled. "Then I'll have to trouble you."
"Why are you being so polite with me? Don't you still have work to do at work? Go ahead and do what you need to do. I'll definitely settle the matter with your big sis today. "Zhang Ye thumped his chest.
After Old Wu left, Zhang Ye came back.
In the living room, Fat Sis and a few others were discussing something in low voices. When they saw Zhang Ye coming back, they stopped talking.
Fat Sis suddenly said, "Thank you for coming all the way here. Alright, you guys can go back first. I'll have a chat with Teacher Zhang first. We'll talk again in the meeting tonight."
"Sure."
"We'll be leaving first then."
"Teacher Zhang, goodbye."
The dozen or so employees bade farewell and left.
Only Zhang Ye and Fat Sis were left in the house.
When Fat Sis saw him, she went straight to the point and said, "Teacher Zhang, I'm not the type of person to beat around the bush. I'll just say whatever I want to say and won't hide anything from you. I really like the idea of the game that you mentioned just now. I'd like to buy the copyright to the game proposal so that we can develop it together."
Zhang Ye waved it off. "If you treat me as a friend, then don't talk about money. I was just casually mentioning the game proposal. If you're willing to use it, then just use it. When the time comes, just add my name to the list of developers."
Fat Sis said firmly, "That won't do. Then I'll be taking advantage of you too much!"
Zhang Ye threw up his hands and said, "I won't hide anything from you, Fat Sis. To be honest, I'm not lacking in money. Even if I earn so much money, I can't spend it anyway. It's not that I'm bragging to you, but in the entertainment industry, I'm the only one who doesn't have a manager and I don't need a manager to help me contact clients. Ever since I debuted, I've never taken on any commercial appearances. I'm the only one in the entire entertainment industry."
Fat Sis laughed and said, "I've heard of that before."
"If I wanted to earn money, I could just take on a few commercials and have everything I need, don't you think?" Zhang Ye said, "That's why you don't have to mention this to me. At most, I'll just do as Old Wu said. If this game of yours really becomes popular, you can give me some dividends."
Fat Sis clenched her teeth and said, "Alright, then I'll take advantage of you!"
Zhang Ye sorted out the design drafts on the table and passed them to her. "Take these. If there are any questions about the details, you can ask me again. For example, the attack speed of the plants, the attack power, defense power, speed of the different zombies, etc. I can help you quantify all of them and come up with the most suitable ratio. I'm a layman when it comes to making games, so I don't understand the programming either. But doing quantification is still my specialty. After all, I work in mathematics."
"Alright!" Fat Sis was very happy. Having accepted Zhang Ye's favor, she did not argue any further. "In your concept, you mentioned that there's an important character in the game called Crazy Dave? He's the player's guide and also the owner of the store? Throughout the entire game? How about this, I don't think we should call him Dave. Why use a foreign name for our Chinese game? I think we should just call it 'Crazy Zhang Ye' and put your cartoon character in it. If Plants vs. Zombies really becomes popular, it will also increase your popularity. At the same time, the game can also bask in your glory and borrow your popularity. On this point, when the time comes, let's write it all into the endorsement contract. If we're going to work together, let's do it on a big scale and incorporate the endorsement into the content of the game. What do you think? "
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "That's fine."
"Alright, then it's settled. I'll go get the contract now and include the dividend agreement. You don't have to worry about that, I'll prepare it myself!"
"When do we sign the contract?"
"Tomorrow?"
"Sure, I'm fine with it anytime!"
For such a big deal to be settled in just a few hours, it was even done on the spur of the moment by both parties. Speaking of which, it was quite interesting. Zhang Ye had not expected that he would bring up one of the most popular puzzle games from his previous world, Plants vs. Zombies, just because he wanted to drop off his child for a stroll!
Fat Sis and her staff had been saying that if this game would become popular or sell well, they were all just making assumptions!
But to Zhang Ye, there were actually no ifs. He knew that Plants vs. Zombies would definitely become popular, and it wouldn't just be popular all over the country, but could even be popular all over the world!
Zhang Ye did not have much desire for money. Being in the entertainment industry, what he valued more was fame and popularity. Zhang Ye had never learned game production before, so he did not know how to do such things, nor did he have the energy to do so. All of the online games and puzzle games from his previous world that he knew of were all rotten and useless in his current world. But today, he had unexpectedly come up with this project, and it had opened up a new path for Zhang Ye. He did not know how to make games, but he could definitely collaborate with others. If a game designer and planner could reach the pinnacle, it would also bring him a lot of popularity. Furthermore, Zhang Ye also had an endorsement deal with them. To be able to endorse a phenomenal puzzle game that was the most popular in the world would clearly help increase Zhang Ye's popularity. It would allow people from other fields to recognize him!
Today, a door had been opened for him.
After Zhang Ye had crossed over to the education world, the crosstalk world, the mathematics world, the advertising world, and many other fields, he was once again aiming his guns at the gaming world. He was officially entering the puzzle game market!
In the entire entertainment industry, there was no one who could stir up more trouble than him!
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