Lunar New Year, the first day of the new year.
Chen Mo didn't play any more games this year, and instead stayed at home.
Although Chen Mo's family was relatively simple, and didn't have that many aunts and aunts, he was still quite busy this year.
However, there was one good thing about it now. Everyone had switched to using communication software to pay their New Year's greetings, which saved a lot of trouble. Instead of going all the way to meet someone, it was more practical to send them red packets in the chat group or PM.
Chen Mo also sent a bunch of red packets, three to the designer chat group, five to the Thunderbolt Games staff chat group, and ten to the player chat group.
At the same time, he used Thunderbolt Gaming's official identity to organize a lucky draw event on Weibo. There were all sorts of lucky draws that made everyone have a lot of fun.
It wasn't a lot of money for Chen Mo, but it was Chinese New Year, so he might as well have some fun. The ones he sent to the player chat group were taken from the people and used for the people, right?
Ahem, that didn't seem to be the right way to put it, it was more like wool comes from the sheep.
Chen Mo sighed, "Geez, it's rare to see a video game designer as good as me. I'm losing out again after sending so many red packets to the players."
Of course, the Game Committee had to do something as well. Chen Mo sent red packets to Qiao Hua, Zhang Zhongxiang, and a few other members of the Game Committee that he was familiar with. It wasn't a lot, only 666 RMB.
But they were all rejected.
Qiao Hua replied, "I appreciate Mr Chen's kindness, but I can't accept the money, they've been really strict lately."
Chen Mo was speechless. He purposely didn't give too much money, but there was a risk of bribery for 666 RMB?
In the end, Qiao Hua sent a red packet to Chen Mo, "This is for Mr Chen, Happy Chinese New Year."
Chen Mo opened it up, it was 6.66 RMB.
Chen Mo was speechless.
Chen Mo instantly felt like he was back in the family chat group. Red packets were usually given in three digits, but the first digit was usually followed by a decimal point.
After chatting for a bit, Qiao Hua said, "By the way, there might be a special mission for you after Chinese New Year, do you want to prepare for it?"
"Special mission?" Chen Mo was shocked.
Dark Souls was actually a special quest that was tailor-made for the Pangu engine. As for the completion, the Game Committee should be quite satisfied. Although it was a bit of a scam in the beginning, it was enough to win TGN's Game of the Year, proving how good the game was.
Qiao Hua sent a voice message. "Here's the thing. You know that VR games have always been closely related to military exercises and training. In fact, after the Pangu engine was developed, the higher-ups had been urging them to do this. Now, everyone has seen the effect of the Pangu engine. It's very good, so I think we'll definitely talk about this again after the New Year. "
"VR games are used in many industries, especially in the military. There have been VR FPS games for military training overseas for a long time, and there are some in China as well. However, they are lagging behind and not very satisfying. "
"So, there's a possibility of making an FPS game. Are you interested? Speaking of FPS games, you've made Overwatch before. Although it's a futuristic game, it's still one of the top three FPS games in the country. It shouldn't be a problem to make another one, right? "
After some consideration, Chen Mo replied, "I can do it, but I don't know the specific requirements. As long as I'm not dancing in chains, I'm fine with anything. To be honest, I'm good at making a game that the players like, but I'm not confident in making a game that will satisfy the higher-ups. "
Qiao Hua sent another voice message, "Don't worry, most of the higher-ups in the Game Committee have high hopes for you. After all, you have Dark Souls. Although they don't really like the game, the fact that you won TGN's Game of the Year is proof enough."
"This FPS game won't place too many restrictions on you, but you have to remember that while this is a game for gamers to play, it's also meant for military exercises. At the very least, it has to be helpful for the soldiers' training. Games like Overwatch don't have much of a purpose."
Indeed, no one could play Genji Golden Wah Ya Kukri in a VR game during military training.
Chen Mo replied, "Alright, I understand. Head Qiao, can you send me the specific requirements later, I'll think about it. "
The two chatted for a bit more, and Chen Mo used his authority as an S-grade video game designer to look up some information.
Chen Mo already knew that VR games were widely used in various fields in the parallel world. It was due to the importance of VR games that many countries placed so much importance on it, leading to the rise of the video game industry and the establishment of a Game Committee to manage it.
FPS games, or shooting games, had always been a popular genre in VR games, closely related to the military.
Every country had similar programs, specifically organizing soldiers to undergo combat training in VR games. Through the simulation of VR games, soldiers could be placed in a more dangerous environment without worrying about any casualties.
Of course, there was still a huge gap between the VR games in the parallel world and the real world, but this gap was slowly narrowing.
Especially in the FPS field.
Compared to other game genres, FPS games required much less character movements. Hence, it was much closer to reality once it was created.
Currently, there were two other popular FPS games in the country, Blazing Assault and Wolf Soul. In fact, many of the game contents were specially customized for the army to complete special training activities.
Although shooting in VR games wasn't exactly the same as shooting in real life, there were still many things that soldiers could train in, such as reflexes, awareness, teamwork, etc.
However, these two games were quite old, and they needed a better FPS game after the development of the Pangu engine.
Of course, there wasn't a clear and unified standard for how this type of game should be done.
If it was only for the soldiers to practice, then it would definitely be a large realistic gunfight simulator, to ensure the best results.
But the problem was that a VR game could easily cost over a hundred million, and the Game Committee wouldn't be willing to fork out this money for the company …
Therefore, to the gaming company, the first priority was to make an FPS game that the players liked. They had to ensure that they could recoup their investment in the game first. They could not possibly incur losses just to please the leaders. The cost would be too high. Moreover, the results might not be good.
While making sure the game was profitable, they had to make the game as realistic as possible, as long as the gameplay was useful for the soldiers' training.
Of course, Chen Mo wasn't the only one assigned this task. Wolf Soul's designer, Qin Xiao, and Raging Assault's designer, Ran He, also received this task.
After all, they were the only top FPS game designers in China.
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