The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 296 If necessary, explain the game production process to Maozi
The next day, early.

After Li Mu washed up and exercised, he stayed in the study for a while.

He also wrote a research proposal on turboshaft engines and modified double-base propellants as a reference for the Aviation Institute.

As for the research on 3+2 axis CNC milling machines, it should remain in the stage of theoretical discussion and drawing design in the short term.

There is still a long way to go before we can manufacture the machine, so there is no need to rush.

……

After writing, put the manuscript into a sealed file bag.

Li Mu left home and came to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Seeing him coming, Guo Mo immediately stood up to greet him and said with a smile: "Why don't you go to the Aviation Academy? Wouldn't it be more reassuring that way?"

"Just some opinions for reference. There's no need to go through all the trouble of making a trip." Li Mu shook his head.

To get to the research base, it takes at least a day to go there and back.

Guo Mo patted his shoulder and said:

"That's fine, go early and come back early."

"By the way, the production line of the Type 02 computer wants to upgrade it using CAD and CAM."

"If you have time, you can go and have a look."

Although the production of Type 02 computers has increased, it will take time to increase production capacity if they are to become popular.

If the production line can be upgraded again, not only will the output be increased, but the cost will also be reduced accordingly.

"The upgrade is not difficult. In fact, it can be done without me." Li Mu smiled and said, "You can go to the Semiconductor Research Institute and transfer a few people over to do it."

"It's just a matter of a little faster or a little slower."

"Let me think about it and recommend a few to you. Professor Zhou, Professor Lan, Xu Shenghua, and Liu De. Four people should be enough. If not, I'll come back and take a look."

He was well aware of the abilities of the two professors and the two students, so even if they couldn't come up with a design after seven days, they could still come up with a good preliminary plan.

"Okay, then I'll do as you say." Guo Mo nodded, and then said helplessly: "It's a pity that the country still has too few talents to use in this area."

"Now the higher-ups want to use CAD and CAM to upgrade machines and production lines, but there simply aren't enough people to fill this gap, so we can only pick the important areas."

"If the first batch of software engineering students hadn't studied for even a semester, I would have wanted to recruit them."

"People majoring in software engineering cannot be moved, but we can organize more training courses and recruit some useful talents." Li Mu thought for a while and said.

He knew that Guo Mo was just complaining and would never do that.

But the shortage of talent is indeed a big problem.

Nowadays, various research institutes have computers, but not many people can use them.

Even fewer people can use CAD and CAM skillfully.

In response, Guo Mo sighed and said, "This is the only way."

Most experts who are passionate about a certain field may only have heard of computers but have no idea how to use them.

If there is no one to help, it will be difficult for them to learn on their own and it will take up a lot of their time.

……

After chatting with Guo Mo for a while, Li Mu left the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Talent shortage has always been a problem in Xia State.

Not only now, but also in the future.

The bottom line is that the foundation is too weak and education started late.

"Let's take it one step at a time." Li Mu shook his head and didn't dwell too much on this issue.

Cultivating talents is not a matter of overnight.

Apart from trying his best to help the country's economic development and thereby indirectly increase investment in education, he has no other good ideas.

……

Afterwards, Li Mu rode his bicycle to Beijing Institute of Technology.

This was also the last place he would visit before leaving.

He estimated the time and believed that Shen Jianxin and others should have completed the framework design of Adventure King.

Maybe even the levels have been designed.

As he thought about it, he entered the school and walked towards the game development center building.

Just as he reached the door of the building, he suddenly noticed some "uninvited guests."

——A group of people were standing at the door of the game R&D center, looking around curiously.

Qian Shuyan and Wang Shoujue, school leaders, accompanied them and seemed to be stopping them from entering.

However, the more they were not allowed to enter, the more curious Maozi became.

Although he didn't break in by force, he still acted like a spoiled child and stayed there and refused to leave.

Seeing this, Li Mu thought about it and decided not to go over for the time being.

He stepped forward only after Maozi was persuaded to leave.

When Qian Shuyan saw him coming, he was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly reacted and said, "Why are you here? Hurry up, go inside, don't let those people see you, otherwise they will pester you."

As he said that, he quickly pulled Li Mu into the building.

This reaction caught Li Mu off guard.

They're just a bunch of Russians, why should you be so nervous?

"It's okay, Dean. It doesn't matter even if they know that this is a game R&D center. As for me, I'm even less afraid." Li Mu explained quickly.

Big Brother has no foundation for game development at the moment, and even if it can do it, it will not be able to compete with them.

As for himself.

If I were really exposed, I would never have the chance to meet these Russians.

Qian Shuyan thought for a moment and said, "Well, that's true. I was overthinking it. As the creator of J language and software engineering, it's only a matter of time before you meet them."

"But can they really just enter this game development center?"

"Of course. If necessary, it wouldn't hurt to explain the game production process to them." Li Mu said with a smile.

It’s different in the past.

The Type 01 computer had already been decided to be exported, so there was no point in keeping it secret any longer.

As for whether they would learn the game? Li Mu was worried that they would not be able to learn it.

But Qian Shuyan couldn't figure it out, and asked doubtfully: "Why is this?"

"Wouldn't it be a great opportunity to promote the gaming market with Big Brother after learning it?" Li Mu said with a smile.

Hearing this, Qian Shuyan suddenly understood.

……

Afterwards, because he had to take care of the group of exchange students, Qian Shuyan left quickly.

After he left, Li Mu turned around and went up to the third floor.

In the machine room.

Shen Jianxin is leading people in programming the game "Adventure King".

In the next room, a five-member game planning team organized by Zhang Kai was intensely discussing the design issues of the game levels.

He was not in a hurry to check the progress of the game development.

Instead, he walked to Zhang Kai's door and listened curiously to their ideas on level design.

However, just as he reached the door, Zhang Kai turned his head and discovered his trail.

The latter directly called out his presence and shouted, "Advisor Li, why are you here?"

This voice immediately made everyone who were discussing look towards the door.

Seeing that it was really Li Mu, they immediately stood up to welcome him. "Everyone, sit down, you guys continue, I just came here to listen." Li Mu looked at Zhang Kai speechlessly, then waved his hand to signal.

As he said this, he moved a stool and sat down at the back.

But even if he said so, it would be impossible for everyone to be as comfortable as before.

Zhang Kai obviously also saw this.

But he did it on purpose, because Li Mu always liked to call his name.

Seeing that no one was discussing this actively, he thought for a moment and said, "Advisor Li, how about we report to you on the level design of Adventure King?"

"Yes, Consultant Li, we are also experiencing some difficulties..." The others also nodded, their eyes full of hope.

Li Mu smiled and said, "Then listen, but don't expect me to be of any help."

Zhang Kai said:
"Even if you, Advisor Li, don't say anything, just sit here and we'll feel more confident."

"Let's talk about the design of the game levels first. After your guidance last time, we have already created the first 50 levels, with 12 types of terrain, including volcanoes, swamps, and oceans."

"But we also discovered a problem. After a certain number of levels, there will be more and more repeated mechanisms, which will lose the original playability to a certain extent..."

……

He first flattered the boss a little, and then introduced the development of "Adventure King".

For everyone in the game R&D center, the most difficult problem in completing the game is not writing code for each system.

But how to develop a good game.

"Adventure King" is undoubtedly a very good game.

However, hardware and technical limitations force them to make trade-offs in the design of some levels.

It's too complicated and takes up too much space.

But if it is too simple, players will quickly get bored.

"We even thought about developing color games like the game department of the semiconductor group. In this way, many problems can be solved," Zhang Kai said finally.

The expressiveness of color games is indeed incomparable to that of black and white games.

He had watched the production of the game department, and every scene was enough to make people marvel.

Li Mu looked at the way everyone was looking at him, shook his head slightly, and said:

"It's not impossible to play color games, but it's too early under the current conditions."

"Let's take the color game console for example. They are almost as big as a TV and the cost is so high that it is impossible to mass produce them."

"There are also color TVs. They are more developed abroad than we are, but not every household has one yet. It would be a mistake to create a color game now."

His words made everyone stunned.

Yes, if the conditions for playing the game are not met, then what’s the point of making a good game?

"Why don't we increase the size of the game consoles appropriately, make a second generation, and then sell it again to make money, that wouldn't be bad, right?" Zhang Kai suggested.

His idea is not impossible.

Today's black and white game consoles are actually about the same size as the common red and white game consoles of later generations.

It is not impossible to slightly increase the size in exchange for improved performance.

However, Li Mu directly rejected it and said:
"Who would buy our new game console after this?"

"At the end of the day, what you're trying to solve is the problem of repetitive levels causing the content to become boring."

"But there are many ways to solve this problem. We don't necessarily have to focus on hardware. For example, we can consider the two-player mode."

He still couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he gave everyone a few small pointers.

Blaming the hardware for not being able to make a good game is no different from being killed by a single monster in a laning phase due to the network card.

"Two-player mode, how do we do it specifically? Could you elaborate on it?" Zhang Kai's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this.

Li Mu refused outright, "Are you going to develop the game, or am I going to develop the game? That's enough. Let's discuss it further."

"I still have to go visit Shen Jianxin and the others, so I won't stay any longer."

As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up and went to the computer room next to him.

Although everyone wanted to ask a few more questions, they had no choice but to give up.

Li Mu can take the initiative to say it, but they cannot take the initiative to ask for it.

After all, they are veterans who have developed several games, and they themselves can’t stand relying on Li Mu to solve everything.

……

This is the engine room.

Shen Jianxin and others had already heard the noise from next door.

But no one left their post and everyone continued to write the game code seriously.

Li Mu took a look and felt very satisfied.

Immediately prepared to turn around and leave.

He had just taken two steps when a voice behind him said, "Advisor Li, how about you also come and guide our project?"

"Well done. There's nothing much to guide you. Just keep it up." Li Mu looked back at Shen Jianxin who had chased after him, and was speechless.

The latter did not give up and said: "I think we still have a lot of shortcomings!"

"No, it's nothing. Just work hard and you'll be fine." Seeing this, Li Mu walked up to him, patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

After saying that, she left without waiting for him to say anything else.

Shen Jian was left standing there with a look of belated realization on his face. It took him a long time to react. This was Li Mu's way of expressing his complete trust in them.

"But we are still not confident in ourselves!" He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

……

Step out of the game development center.

Li Mu looked at the time and it was time for dinner.

In order to avoid running into the Russian exchange students who might still be hanging out in the Beijing Institute of Technology, he did not stay for dinner.

Instead, he rode his bike to the Semiconductor Research Institute.

Things here have basically been dealt with.

All that remained was to inform Huang Xinhua and the departure time of the several students he was going to bring with him.

Of course, before that, you have to ask them if they are willing to go.

But the result was not surprising.

When Yang Tianxing, Zhou Xiling and Lei Ming heard that Li Mu was going to take them to Sichuan and Chongqing for academic exchange activities, they were so happy that they almost jumped three feet high.

He nodded his head like pounding garlic and agreed without thinking.

……

The next day, early.

After Li Mu washed up and finished exercising, he began to pack his luggage.

After asking for the opinions of Yang Tianxing and others yesterday, he went to see Huang Xinhua again and agreed on the departure time.

Give everyone else a half day off this morning.

Once they are ready, they will take a train to Sichuan and Chongqing at 2 pm today.

"Let me clean up. You go and rest for a while, or you can go to the cafeteria to eat first." Just as Li Mu was packing up, Wang Ya walked in and said.

She usually gets up a little later than Li Mu.

As he spoke, he stepped forward and took the clothes that needed to be packed.

Li Mu looked at the clothes he had just "folded" being neatly folded again by Wang Ya, touched his nose, and said, "Okay, I'll bring you some too."

He then went to the Semiconductor Research Institute.

(End of this chapter)