The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 100 Why do we have to choose between the two? (Second update, asking for monthly tickets)

While the players were celebrating the New Year, Huodao always felt something was wrong.

If you really want to adapt "Frost and Snow Project" for VR, why not just find a manufacturer that specializes in VR glasses to cooperate with?
In the end, you can just put a label on it and sell it jointly. It’s easy and profitable, and the players won’t say anything.

Is it necessary to do it yourself?

So he actually has his own ideas——

Is it possible that DreamCraft recruits so many people not just for the update of "Frost and Snow Project"?

[Dream Building may want to make a new game.]
This idea has been brewing in his head for a long time.

It started from the first time he proposed to interview Xu Meng.

Because he saw many different things from [Treasure Hunt in Dragon Palace]:
Completely different from the design concept of the second tour.

The creativity and execution to make major innovations in traditional shooting competitive games and successfully implement them.

Rich skill features and map interaction mechanisms ensure a basically fair and balanced game.

……

These things don’t seem to be intended to fill in the gameplay of the second game, but rather more like technical explorations for the new game.

Now that the technology is mature, it has also been proven that players highly recognize this way of playing.

Then on this basis, it is only natural to develop a more complete, richer and more playable [Dragon Palace Treasure Hunt Enhanced Edition].

but……

This doesn't explain why we need VR.

Or is it that [Neuromancer Technology Co., Ltd.] is actually just making peripherals such as mice and keyboards, and players are simply overthinking it?

Huo Dao was tortured by curiosity and could not help but contact Zhu Meng for the second time, hoping to interview Xu Meng as soon as possible.

But Xu Meng postponed the interview again.

But this time, Xu Meng gave a clear time -

"[GameShow], if you can go, do this interview in Cologne."

"I'll make sure you get the big news."

"Cologne International Games Fair?!" Huo Dao was surprised, "Zhu Meng is going to participate in this game fair?"

"What else? Fly over to visit the exhibition?" Xu Meng asked in confusion.

"Um, that's not what I meant. What I meant was... Is DreamBuild's exhibition content "Frost and Snow Project"? Or is it a new game?" Huodao asked sincerely while trying to get the question to come out.

Xu Meng smiled slightly: "Guess?"

"Okay..." Huodao felt very regretful as his attempt to trick people failed.

Xu Meng was about to hang up the phone, but when he looked up, he saw the new team members standing ready in the conference room, so he suddenly changed his mind.

He said to Huo Dao on the other end of the phone: "Why do we have to choose between the two?"

Huodao, who had already given up hope, was overjoyed when he heard this!

"You don't have to choose between the two. That means we have both "Frost Project" and a new game?!"

Xu Meng said in a relaxed tone: "It's a bit early to talk about this now. It's hard to say whether we can catch up. I can only say that there will be big news about "Frost Project"! There may be new games."

This answer was enough to excite Huo Dao: "Okay! Then I look forward to meeting you in Cologne!"

"Okay, see you then."

Huodao hung up the phone and excitedly ran to the editor-in-chief to tell him about his business trip, while at the same time he was already planning to apply for an expedited visa.

Xu Meng on the other end also hung up the phone and walked into the meeting room.

Today is the day when the "Lord of War" project was officially launched.

A group of people selected from the original "Frost and Snow Project" team, middle and senior management of the new project, and some young but potential newcomers, were all sitting in the large conference room, waiting for Xu Meng to start the meeting.

The new office building had not actually been fully renovated, but time was tight and Xu Meng couldn't wait, so he started work early.

None of the people in the office complained about starting work early.

Because they can't wait any longer.

As for the reason——

Xu Meng strode into the conference room and began to speak: "Let me introduce myself. I am Xu Meng, the boss of Dream Building."

"First of all, welcome everyone to join us in building our dream!"

"Everyone is also welcome to join... the "Lord of War" project team!"

"Normally, the next process is for everyone to introduce themselves one by one, but today is a special situation, so let me introduce you."

In the "Lord of War" project, ordinary employees are recruited from outside.

But the core figures were basically those he had gathered in the past half month.

Some of them had even changed their careers, but were still fooled by him again.

They may not all have experience in making war-themed games, but when it comes to making pay-to-play games, these people are absolutely qualified!

"Chen Junyi, the original creator of the [Legend of the Sword] project team, led the development of Xiaguo's earliest stand-alone knight-themed game."

"However, the market had not yet developed, the profits were meager, and piracy was rampant - the legitimate copies only sold 50 copies, while the pirated copies were as high as 2000 million copies. Eventually, the studio closed down, and I completely lost confidence in the domestic buyout game system. I changed jobs and became a writer."

"But I couldn't let go of games, so I ended up joining a publishing company to help distribute domestically produced, one-time games."

A suppressed low cry was heard from the back of the conference room.

Obviously, many people have heard of this name.

Chen Junyi, who has retired behind the scenes for many years, sat calmly in the front seat.

Listening to Xu Meng talking about the experience that once made him despair, there was only a flash of reminiscence in his eyes, and there was not much emotional fluctuation.

He is no longer young and his mentality is no longer the same as before.

Xu Meng nodded to Chen Junyi, then looked at the man next to him who had a sad look on his face.

"Zu Rongyao used the 3D game engine he developed to create the first self-developed 3D FPS game in Xiaguo's history, "Heroes."

"But because of the prevalence of piracy, we couldn't make any money at all. In order to fulfill our promise to our studio partners, we had to lead the studio to develop online games, and only then did we succeed in making money."

"But this was completely contrary to what he really wanted to do, and he was deeply tormented. In the end, he had to leave the studio and even leave the developer circle to study hardware."

Zu Rongyao didn't say anything either.

But some young people in the conference room had expressions of surprise on their faces.

Especially those young people who have just graduated from school and still have the dream of playing games in their hearts, when they heard these two names, they excitedly stretched their necks to see what it was like.

But Xu Meng's introduction continued, and they could only suppress their excitement.

Xu Meng looked at the young man who was sitting quietly next to Zu Rongyao and looked a bit like an artistic flower boy at first glance, and introduced him to everyone:
"Li Xingyun, you should all know this name. He is the most valuable expert of the year in the world by Sofort. He is a genius and expert in the field of game programming and engines. He once published "Windows System Game Programming from Scratch". Many of you may have read this book."

The noise in the conference room was getting louder and louder, so Xu Meng had to raise her voice:
"He has always dreamed of producing the first domestic 3A project, and he has already touched this dream - two years after the studio was established, it was invested and incorporated by Netcom."

"He once thought that hope was just around the corner."

"But in the end, Netcom cut off the studio where he had poured so much effort and placed all his technical and product ideals, and also destroyed his dream."

"He left Netcom in despair and fell into depression for a time."

"Luckily, we found him at this time."

"He will be our project lead."

There was some chaos in the conference room.

Although Chen Junyi and Zu Rongyao are powerful, they have not been in the gaming circle for a long time.

But Li Xingyun is not like that.

Last year, the circle had high hopes for his domestic 3A project - many people even just found out that this 3A project was canceled by Netcom.

Li Xingyun's smile was a little bitter, but he still turned around and nodded to everyone gently.

Afterwards, Xu Meng sped up a little:
"Wu Xiaoyang, a former member of the main planning team of "Bird of Prey", left the company with 500 million to pursue his dream. He failed in producing a buyout game and eventually his studio went bankrupt."

"Ge Ming is an independent game producer. He once developed an independent game with a very good reputation. Unfortunately, it was not a hit. After developing two games with great difficulty, he could not continue and had to return to the workplace."

"Cai Yuan, worked for the stand-alone game development company [Polar], the company closed down three months ago and he lost his job."

"Xue Liang single-handedly developed the demo of [Stormfire], which was widely praised. However, in the process of trying to develop it into a complete game, he encountered dual difficulties of funding and technology. In the end, he decided to work part-time to earn money and improve his technology in order to perfect this game."

"Wen Xingyuan, the former game planner of Konjac, was transferred to the new project "Mirror World Story" a while ago. He felt that he was wasting his life in pay-to-win games every day, and his leader was stupid and gave blind orders, so he resigned in anger..."

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