April 16th, Monday …
"It's finally done!"
Qiao Liang rubbed the dark circles under his eyes and stretched lazily.
The computer screen in front of him showed that the new episode of Products of the Gods had been uploaded successfully and approved. That made him feel relieved.
After completing Mission and Choice and Fantasy Battle Remake on Saturday, Qiao Liang suddenly had a burst of inspiration. He spent the entire day on Sunday working hard and stayed up late to edit this video.
After sleeping for four to five hours, he woke up this morning and worked intensely for a few hours. The video was finally completed in the afternoon!
Qiao Liang was very satisfied with this video.
Qiao Liang had suffered a small setback when he was analyzing Struggle previously. The video almost had a hard time. In the end, Big Boss He An posted a long Weibo post to analyze the game from the perspective of a designer. Qiao Liang was enlightened.
After that, Qiao Liang learned his lesson.
He gradually realized that Boss Pei's realm was getting higher and higher, and his game design concept was also advancing by leaps and bounds. As a gamer, his understanding of the game was gradually drifting away from Boss Pei.
If this continued, sooner or later, there would be a situation where Boss Pei would create a classic game that could go down in history, but Teacher Qiao could not understand it.
Qiao Liang would never allow such a thing to happen!
Thus, in order to catch up to Boss Pei's ever-changing understanding of the game, Qiao Liang spent a lot of time learning professional knowledge about game design. He read various game media and professional game designers' analysis and evaluation of some classic games.
His hard work had finally paid off.
Qiao Liang noticed that many players were praising Mission and Choice online, but many of them did not hit the nail on the head.
Mission and Choice might be popular, but it was not popular enough. It had not completely broken out of the circle!
Time was a very important factor.
Mission and Choice lacked early publicity after all. Its popularity was still limited in just two to three days based on the natural spread of popularity.
Thus, Qiao Liang felt that he should use this video to brag systematically, completely, and in all aspects. He wanted gamers to understand the historical significance of this game!
Only when gamers clearly understood this would they be able to face the true value of this game. Those who were still hesitating and watching would be able to buy it without hesitation!
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At the same time …
Pei Qian had just arrived at Shang Yang Games and was prepared to bluff Lin Wan into setting up Shenhua's games department as soon as possible.
There were at least two benefits to setting up this department. First, he could arrange for Lin Wan to leave. Second, he could be more relaxed when it came to spending money.
Shenhua's games department had just been established. The probability of failure in games would definitely be higher. What's more, the system gave different restrictions to Tengda Corporation's own projects and the projects that Tengda Corporation invested in.
For example, the games developed by Tengda Games would be restricted by the system. On the other hand, the games developed in the incubation base of the Destitution Plan would receive much fewer restrictions. The other companies that were invested in through Dream Realization Ventures would have even fewer restrictions.
At that moment, the office of Shang Yang Games was filled with a busy and enthusiastic atmosphere.
"There seems to be a small bug in this place. Hurry up and fix it."
"This domineering sister character's personality still feels a little stiff. Should I tweak it a little more?"
"I think so. Maybe it's mainly because of the dubbing. Let's get the dubbers to redo these lines."
The Fitness Battle that Shang Yang Games had developed had also entered the end. It had begun testing, modifying bugs, and the final stage of optimization.
The success of Mission and Choice had undoubtedly given Shang Yang Games a shot in the arm, filling them with motivation.
Tengda Corporation only had two sons in the games department after all. One son was already about to take off. How could the other son be willing to fall behind?
Pei Qian saw this and felt his heart ache.
How did Shang Yang Games become like this?!
Obviously, Lin Wan, as the person in charge of Shang Yang Games, should be responsible.
At that thought, Pei Qian came to Lin Wan's office and knocked gently.
"Boss Pei?" Lin Wan was a little surprised. "Please take a seat."
She poured some tea and asked, "Why is Boss Pei here today? Shouldn't you be keeping an eye on Mission and Choice at Tengda Games?"
"Or could it be that you feel that Mission and Choice is completely settled and there are no problems, so you want to take a look at the situation of Fitness Battle?"
Pei Qian sipped his tea silently and chuckled in his heart.
Lin Wan was completely wrong.
Mission and Choice was not completely settled, but it was completely hopeless. That was why he came to Shang Yang Games!
What's more, Fitness Battle was not the main point. Pei Qian did not pay attention to this project at all.
What waves could a fitness game cause? Could it compare to a project like Mission and Choice?
How much could you earn if you were allowed to earn freely?
Pei Qian was now concerned about the future development of Shang Yang Games!
He pondered for a moment and said, "You've been the person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games for a long time. How do you feel?"
Lin Wan thought for a moment. "Very good! I feel that my abilities have steadily improved during my time as the person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games. I've also learned a lot of game design theories. I can be said to have benefited a lot! "
"However … I still have many shortcomings."
"I can't catch up to games at the level of Struggle and Mission and Choice no matter how hard I work. Therefore, I have to continue learning!"
Pei Qian fell silent.
Indeed, Lin Wan's attitude was still the same.
However, I can't take it if you think that way!
'Struggle' and 'Mission and Choice' actually did not have any profound game design theories at all. Their birth was a complete accident. In fact, your game design theory had long surpassed mine. Please leave quickly and let me lose money!
However, Pei Qian could not say that out loud.
Pei Qian could not tell Lin Wan that she was already outstanding enough now because Lin Wan firmly believed that she was still far from it. If Pei Qian said that, it would trigger the protection mechanism in Lin Wan's heart. That would make her suspect that Lin Chang was the one behind it. If that happened, the situation would get out of hand.
Pei Qian had to send Lin Wan away safely without triggering the protection mechanism in her heart.
He had already thought of a set of excuses very cleverly. What's more, based on his understanding of Lin Wan, the success rate of this excuse was very high.
"Yes, indeed."
"Your ability in game design might have improved, but you're still a distance away from becoming the top game designer."
Pei Qian agreed with Lin Wan's words on the surface. That way, he would be able to eliminate her wariness to the greatest extent and pave the way for what he was going to say next.
Lin Wan's eyes lit up as she asked, "Boss Pei, what should I do next to improve myself?"
Pei Qian remained silent for a moment before saying, "I think you should walk out of your comfort zone."
Lin Wan was stunned. "Walk out of my comfort zone?"
Pei Qian nodded. "Yes, Shang Yang Games is your comfort zone."
"To become a top-notch game designer, all three aspects are indispensable."
"First, bold and imaginative thinking and far-sighted vision."
"Second, management and control of the team."
"Third, adaptability to unfamiliar environments."
"Thinking and vision are relatively mysterious things. You have already taken the initial form. If you want to improve further, you can only rely on your own enlightenment. No one can teach you step by step."
"The key is the last two points."
"An outstanding game designer never works alone. He has to have a very strong team behind him to support him. You have to ensure that every employee in the team can understand your intentions and act as an extension of your thinking, turning these intentions into detailed rules in the game. "
"For an outstanding game designer, the environment he is in is definitely not the same. If he is very good in one environment but can't achieve anything in another, he can't be called an outstanding game designer either."
Pei Qian's expression was very serious when he said this. It gave people the feeling that he was' insightful and insightful '.
In fact, this was all nonsense. It was to pave the way for what he was going to say next.
However, it sounded very reasonable to say that it was nonsense. That was the only way to confuse Lin Wan.
Lin Wan had a pensive look on her face, but there was a hint of confusion in her expression.
"But, Boss Pei, I have a good team in Shang Yang Games. Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou have helped me a lot. Our thinking is very unified. "
"As for adaptability to unfamiliar environments … Shang Yang Games develops different types of games. Isn't that enough to show that we can adapt well to unfamiliar market environments?"
Pei Qian immediately shook his head. "No.
"This is the point I was talking about before: you need to leave your comfort zone!"
"Why is Shang Yang Games your comfort zone?"
"That's because long before you came, Wang Xiaobin, Ye Zhizhou, and those low-level employees had actually been working together for a long time. After I acquired Shang Yang Games, I made a series of adjustments to the personnel structure. The entire organizational structure of Shang Yang Games was completely determined."
"You accepted a very mature team the moment you came. Of course, everything was very smooth."
"However, for an outstanding game designer, an outstanding production team obviously has to be personally built."
"It's the same for adaptability to unfamiliar environments."
"In a mature team like Shang Yang Games, your adaptability has actually greatly improved. The general direction of the game has been determined long ago. The details can also be more or less finalized after everyone's discussion. When the game was released, it automatically put on the 'Tengda Halo'. Players have their own filters in their eyes … that greatly improved adaptability. "
"However, in fact, this adaptability does not belong to you personally. It belongs to the entire Shang Yang Games and even Tengda Corporation."
"At this time, if you are only satisfied with your current state, of course, you can continue like this. However, the problem is, are you really satisfied with this? "
Lin Wan immediately said, "Of course not!"
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