Chapter 730: Independent game producer

Thursday, November 10th.
Imperial capital.
Qiu Hong looked at the address on the phone, and then looked up at the old community in front of him.
There are some elderly people coming and going in the community, because the old community is very long, the living conditions are quite worrying, and the apartment types of the residential buildings are also very narrow. Not to mention working here.
But according to the address on the phone, there is an independent game producer.
Qiu Hong also looked at the unit building number, followed the corridor full of various psoriasis advertisements, and climbed up to the sixth floor.
After repeatedly distinguishing which is 601 and which is 602, Qiu Hong knocked gently on the door.
"Tuk Tuk."
A moment later, there was a footstep inside, and the old-style anti-theft door opened.
A young man with messy hair was wearing two big dark circles, and hesitantly asked, "Are you ... President Qiu?"
Qiu Hong nodded: "Yes, are you Wu Zhicheng?"
Wu Zhicheng nodded: "Yes, President Qiu, just call me Xiaowu, please come in."
Wu Zhicheng gave way.
Qiu Hong stepped in and closed the security door.
The emperors should only be heating around mid-November. It is still almost a week away, so it is the coldest time.
After entering, Qiu Hong didn't feel how warm, but felt that there was wind constantly drilling in through the gaps in the windows.
Wu Zhicheng seemed to be used to it, and dragged a chair: "Sorry President Qiu, I'm so messed up, you can just do it."
Qiu Hong didn't care either, took the chair and sat down.
Originally, Wu Zhicheng hoped that two people would find a coffee shop and chat, but Qiu Hong insisted to come to Wu Zhicheng to work and talk, because he wanted to see the most real working environment and working condition.
Qiu Hong looked around.
It looks like a one-bedroom with a small area. The part of the living room has become Wu Zhicheng's studio. Computer desks, computers, cluttered books, game consoles, small TVs, small dining tables ... There are hardly any feet. local.
And the other room is Wu Zhicheng's bedroom. Besides the bed and wardrobe, there is not much to put in. The bed is also full of books. The situation is also worrying.
Wu Zhicheng was a little embarrassed. After looking for a long time in the small refrigerator, the result was only the fat house happy water, and I did not know that Qiu Zongxi was not used to drinking this.
Qiu Hong hurriedly said: "No need to be busy, let's go directly to the topic."
Wu Zhicheng nodded: "Okay, then I will briefly talk about my situation."
Compared with Jiang Fan of Cherry Studio, Wu Zhicheng's experience is much simpler.
Jian Fan originally worked in a law firm. After making a game in his spare time and succeeding, he was determined to use the money to set up a cherry studio to start a business.
Wu Zhicheng worked for a period of time after graduating from college, had a certain savings, and then because of dissatisfaction with his work, he resigned to eat soil and began to play games.
As for how to do this game, if you can't make money, Wu Zhicheng didn't even think about it.
Anyway, if the support can't continue, go to find a job again.
Qiu Hong asked: "At what stage has the game been developed? Can you simply try it out?"
Wu Zhicheng nodded: "Yes, but ... the degree of completion is very low, President Qiu, you may have to play with your brain."
Said that Wu Zhicheng opened his computer and opened the game project he made in the official editor.
Qiu Hong sat down in front of Wu Zhicheng's computer, watching the dust on the keyboard and mouse, and the ashtray and empty Coke bottles on the computer table full of cigarette butts.
Wu Zhicheng quickly took out two tissues from the tissue box next to it, carefully wiped the keyboard and mouse, and then packed up the computer desk.
"Mr. Qiu, this is a mobile game, but currently it can only be played on the computer. You need to use the mouse to complete the hand drag operation. It is not convenient. You bear more."
Qiu Hong nodded and started to enter the game.
The name of the game is "Ink and Cloud", it is a 2D horizontal version of the game, the difficulty is relatively high. The biggest difference between this game and the general horizontal version of the game is that it has a special gameplay, which is to interact with the scenes in the game through painting.
Players can create or erase objects in the game scene by painting. This interactive experience will bring players a very novel experience in some special levels and boss battles.
But ... this is the ideal situation.
Many games are played with ideal and fullness, but the reality is very skinny.
If you want to achieve the effect that Wu Zhicheng expects, you must have two premises: the first is that every level and every battle must be carefully crafted, and the second is that you need to have very outstanding artistic effects.
The biggest difference between "Ink and Smoke" and other 2D horizontal version games is this interactive interactive painting experience. However, if you simply draw a little and wipe a little, as always, the player experience will be very boring, and this gameplay innovation is also Meaningless.
The so-called gameplay innovation must not be a simple concept, but a rich set of gameplay and content.
Each level and each boss's play style must be conceived and planned. Based on this play style, more patterns can be developed to make this game a success.
Moreover, since this game is a game featuring screen interaction, the screen must be brilliant, otherwise the fun of playing will cut a large part.
Judging from the current degree of game completion, it is really far from the point.
This is also normal. Wuzhi is only a student who has not graduated for a long time. The game is purely powered by love. Seeing this condition, I do n’t have the ability to complete the gameplay and level. The resource piece has no solution.
Wu Zhicheng is not good at art, and can't afford Daniel on the official platform, so the resources in the game are all coming together, and it looks very unstyled.
Moreover, all operations are done with the mouse, and it is not as smooth as playing on the mobile phone.
In short, Qiu Hong's fun with this game depends on his brain.
Qiu Hong sighed softly with some melancholy.
Before, he felt that, like the Cherry Studio, the capital chain was almost broken, and the salary could not be paid out, which was very in line with the rescue conditions of the "Poor Path Project".
As a result, when I saw Wu Zhicheng today, I discovered that things like "poor way" were only poorer, not the poorest.
Then the question is coming, does this project meet the criteria?
President Pei said, neither too reliable nor too reliable, can not vote.
According to general standards, this is certainly not particularly reliable. An ordinary person who does not have any game development experience at all, completely generates electricity with love, no matter the level design ability or the art level, there is no guarantee.
But Qiu Hong instinctively hopes that Wu Zhicheng can get help, because Wu Zhicheng has a belief in him, and it is this belief that makes this project reliable.
"Mr. Pei said, I am not sure if it is reliable, it is up to me to decide."
"Since so ..."
Qiu Hong considered for a long time and asked, "How much money do you think it will take to complete this game?"
Wu Zhicheng was asked: "Uh ... this ..."
"To be honest, I don't know clearly."
"If there are 200,000, I can use it to ask a good painter to help draw the game scene."
"If there are 50,000 more, you can use it to pay the rent first ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Can support for a long time ..."
Qiu Hong also fell into contemplation.
For Cherry Studio, there are very clear plans for the completion of the project, the salary of employees and the daily expenses.
But for Wu Zhicheng, he did not have a very clear concept of project planning, construction period, and resource control at all, so naturally he could not give a specific number.
How much money to give can only be resolved first, and I will talk about it later.
Qiu Hong was n’t worried that Wu Zhicheng would spend too much money, so he could n’t spend much on this condition.
The key is that without a clear plan, project management and control will fall into chaos. Qiu Hong is very clear that this is a fatal factor that may lead to the complete failure of the project.
For these independent game producers, what they lack is not only money, but also various other packages.
For example, how to plan the project development cycle, how to control costs, how to solve financial problems, etc., all of which are difficult to solve.
But for a game volume like a game studio, it would be particularly wasteful to have a complete set.
Can't find three or four people including finance, administration, etc. to turn around Wu Zhicheng alone? That's not funny.
Qiu Hong thought for a while and said, "Wait a moment, I'll make a call."
Wu Zhicheng nodded and waited patiently.
Obviously, he is also very clear about his own conditions. If he wants people to invest, it is indeed too far-fetched.
I hope that the great leader Qiu asked for his kindness.

For details of the game "Ink and Cloud Smoke", please see Chapter 194 of "Restarting the Game Era". Those who are interested can take a look and it will not affect the plot of this book.