Old Song immediately called the person-in-charge of the independent game incubation base, Qiu Hong, after leaving Tengda Corporation's headquarters.
Qiu Hong had already opened the independent game incubation base to first-tier cities with developed cultural industries such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. The scale was getting larger and larger, and the incubation base could accommodate more and more independent game designers.
However, he did not stop because of that. He was still doing his best to publicize the independent game incubation base.
There were still many independent game designers in the country that needed support after all. Qiu Hong had a long way to go.
Fortunately, the 'grassroots' activity this time was limited to the various departments within Tengda. Otherwise, Qiu Hong would have to go to Upwind Logistics to deliver packages.
Old Song quickly made a call and briefly explained Boss Pei's arrangements to Qiu Hong.
Qiu Hong was a little surprised. "Let the independent game incubation base produce a game router?"
"Are you sure this is Boss Pei's request?"
Old Song said helplessly, "I also think this is a little ridiculous, but that is indeed Boss Pei's original words."
Qiu Hong pondered for a moment and asked, "What else did Boss Pei say? Did he say what kind of game he wanted to create? There should at least be a general direction, right? "
Old Song shook his head. "Boss Pei only said that we definitely can't use a reset version of the old game to fool gamers. The game 'The Future You Choose' will be released two months later than the game router. The time is not suitable."
"It's best to develop a game that can match the characteristics of the game router, or at least have a connection in content so that the hardware and software can be well combined."
"Boss Pei did not say anything else. He asked me to pass this information to you and said that you would definitely be able to think of a good solution."
Qiu Hong still had some doubts but nodded. "Alright, I'll discuss it with Xi Hao and figure out Boss Pei's intentions."
"By the way, Boss Pei said that we want to combine hardware and software. Do you have a design draft for this new system?"
Old Song said, "There is a more primitive design draft, but Boss Pei's idea is clearer. The form of this machine should not change much in the future. I'll send you the design draft now. "
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After hanging up, Qiu Hong waited patiently for a while and soon received the design plan for the new system.
This plan was still relatively primitive but he could already see Boss Pei's design intentions.
"Combining the game console and the router together to achieve the streaming effect of the game, thereby achieving the effect of cloud gaming in the players' homes?"
"It's indeed Boss Pei. His design ideas are still so imaginative and unpredictable!"
"However, Boss Pei said that we have to combine software and hardware. We have to make this first escort game related to the characteristics of the host computer …
"How is this related?"
"What's more, Boss Pei thinks too highly of these independent game designers in the incubation base and me."
"I really didn't expect that there would be a day when I would have to be a game designer again. What's more, I would be the game designer who developed Tengda's first game console. The pressure is really huge …"
"I'd better hold a meeting with Xi Hao, Wu Zhicheng, and the other outstanding independent game designers to figure out Boss Pei's design intentions."
Qiu Hong called Xi Hao, Wu Zhicheng, and the others to the resting area and prepared for a small meeting.
After all, this was Tengda's first mainframe. It was not a small matter and could not be neglected.
Wu Zhicheng did not have any particularly good inspiration after developing Black Ink and Clouds. Thus, he did not develop a new game project.
Recently, he had been developing various patches and downloadable content for Black Ink and Clouds. However, the completion rate of this game was already very high. It was about time to consider new projects.
Qiu Hong quickly introduced Boss Pei's request to everyone.
Wu Zhicheng was confused. "Huh? Boss Pei actually wants us to develop an escort game? What's more, all of us independent game designers? "
Qiu Hong was a little helpless. "That's right."
Obviously, Boss Pei's request was a little too ridiculous. Every time he conveyed it, he would gain new questions.
After a moment of silence, Xi Hao asked, "Can we reject this request? Just say that the current research and development strength of the incubation base is not enough to support the development of such a large-scale project. "
Qiu Hong shook his head. "Of course not! Since Boss Pei has given us this task, it means that he thinks that the current research and development ability of the independent game incubation base is sufficient for this task. "
"Boss Pei thinks that we can do it, but we're questioning ourselves. Is that appropriate?"
"Everyone, don't think about those useless things. Hurry up and follow the standard process. Start analyzing Boss Pei's design intentions first."
Qiu Hong might not be working in Tengda Games, but he had heard about Tengda's internal design methods: First, carefully analyze the unreasonable content in Boss Pei's request, and then extend and derive it. Finally, they would be able to come up with a unique design plan.
The others were also listless. Since they could not reject this mission, they would try to design it first.
Qiu Hong said, "I'll give it a try first."
"Boss Pei has actually roughly limited the development time of this game. He wants it to be released at the same time as the new game console. In other words, this game will be much smaller than a 3A masterpiece like 'The Future You Choose'."
"I think it would be more than ten hours of game time and priced at more than 100 yuan."
"However, Boss Pei has special requirements for this. It has to match the characteristics of the game routing machine and achieve the effect of combining hardware and software as much as possible. Do you have any thoughts on this? "
Xi Hao pondered for a moment and said, "Wait a moment. I think there's a problem that we have to solve first."
"The independent game incubation base is filled with independent game designers. It's not a complete game development team. These independent game designers have their own ideas. They have never been screws on the assembly line before. I'm afraid it would be very difficult to manage a project if they developed it together. "
"Didn't Boss Pei think about this when he assigned the mission?"
Everyone was stumped by this question, because it was indeed a doubtful point.
As an outstanding game designer, Boss Pei definitely knew better than anyone else. Could it be that Boss Pei had no other research and development forces under him that he forcefully handed this mission to the independent game incubation base?
This did not match Boss Pei's image of a strategist.
Wu Zhicheng remained silent for a while before saying, "I think Boss Pei must have considered this problem. Perhaps it's because we're the most suitable for this game? "
"Compared to ordinary game development teams, the biggest advantage of independent game incubation bases is that there are many independent game designers, more ideas, and more styles."
"If each of us independent game designers creates a part of this game separately, and then finally links them together to give players many different game experiences in one game, wouldn't that be equivalent to fully utilizing our advantages?"
"Boss Pei should be very happy to see this happen."
Qiu Hong nodded. "Eh? That makes sense! Boss Pei must have seen our unique advantages since he assigned this task to us. We should think about how to make use of this advantage and not deny ourselves first. "
"What do you think about how to combine the gameplay with the hardware of the game router?"
Wu Zhicheng continued, "According to the current plan, the biggest advantage of the game router is the very convenient wireless streaming."
"In other words, after using the game router to build the entire house network and connecting all the display devices in the room to the router, we can achieve wireless streaming and projection from the host to all the display devices through the router."
"Players can also play games in front of any screen."
"What's the use of this function? Could it be that players can seamlessly connect to the bedroom after they get tired from playing games in the living room? "
"Of course, this is one of its functions, but its practicality is too poor."
"I think this function is actually more suitable for multiplayer games!"
Everyone's eyes lit up at this point. "Multiplayer games?"
Wu Zhicheng nodded. "That's right. The characteristic of multiplayer games on the host computer is that multiple people are on the same screen. We have to split the screen into two or four pieces. "
"However, after splitting it up, each player's screen would be too small. Unless the players use a very large television, the gaming experience would definitely be affected. "
"It's like a game that can be split into television and computer, television and cell phone, cell phone and tablet. That would definitely be a huge improvement to the gamers' gaming experience!"
"What's more, the number of players that can join the multiplayer game would also increase greatly. It would no longer be limited to two to four people like before."
"As for the controller problem, it's easy to solve. We just need to provide a virtual controller app for the players on the cell phone."
Qiu Hong could not help but give a thumbs up and praise, "That's great! I think this is the effect that Boss Pei wants to achieve! "
"What's more, if we follow this train of thought, multiplayer games for gatherings are actually very close to the style of independent games. That's the strength of independent game designers!"
"This way, the prototype of this game is very clear."
"It's a party game that can allow multiple people to play on the same screen. We can develop about ten hours of main plot for it. There can be several or even more than ten different ways of playing within the main plot. Apart from the main plot, we can also create some small games that allow multiple people to play on the same screen to increase interest and playability. "
"Compared to other multiplayer games for gatherings, the greatest advantage of this game is that the game can be projected onto different monitors through the streaming function of the game router, breaking through the limitations of the monitor size!"
"That way, we only need to finalize the main storyline and style of this game. The internal structure and small gameplay can be left to an independent game designer to complete!"
"Isn't that what Boss Pei is looking forward to?"
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