My game, you have no right to award

Chapter 108: Extending One’s Own Feelings to Others
Xu Yanjie nodded slightly, as if thinking about something.

"I remember when he was still in Antarctic Interactive Entertainment, I seem to have seen him a few times." He returned his gaze to the food in front of him, scooped up another spoonful of rice with a spoon, looked at Wu Qianhe and said.

"Looks a little familiar."

"But I've only met him. We don't have any connection."

Xu Yanjie took a sip of water and continued, "I didn't expect that he would actually come to your project to be the game producer."

The project "Netherworld Mountains and Seas" is now being watched by all game companies in China, and the producer of this game will naturally be well-known in the industry.

Therefore, Feng Qi's jump from Antarctic Interactive Entertainment to Megvii Games was definitely a good move.

Not only do they have better salaries and more power, but their reputation in the industry is also increasing day by day.

Before, Feng Qi was at most a game producer for an ordinary project that only the senior executives of Antarctic Interactive Entertainment were familiar with.

Although senior management appreciated him and kept him after the failure of the project "Journey to the West in Troubled Times", this does not mean that everyone in Antarctic Interactive Entertainment agrees with this view.

So even though he is still a producer, Feng Qi's power has been greatly reduced compared to "Journey to the West in Troubled Times".

I'm afraid this also contributed to his final decision to switch to Megvii Games.

Of course, Feng Qi only calls him "ordinary" within Antarctic Interactive Entertainment. After all, they have at least dozens of producers like him.

But for those second- and third-tier game companies, he was also a star producer at Antarctic Interactive Entertainment, just less famous. But as long as he was willing to change jobs, these game companies would definitely give him a much higher position than at Antarctic Interactive Entertainment.

Just like a world-class game.

After Feng Qi jumped ship, Antarctic Interactive Entertainment actually didn't respond at all.

It was not until they learned that he had jumped to the "Youming Shanhai" project team, and not only that, he had become the person in charge of the entire project and the game producer of "Youming Shanhai" that Antarctic Interactive Entertainment finally reacted.

Zhou Kuang, the boss of Kuangshi Games, values ​​this person so much, there must be a reason behind it.

After Niu Tieming sent people to the "Youming Shanhai" project team, Antarctic Interactive Entertainment learned more about the performance of the project team led by Feng Qi.

Only then did they finally feel a little regretful.

"Yes, Feng Qi is very capable." Wu Qianhe praised his colleague generously. "He has a very good control over the overall project."

"Especially when it comes to coordination among various departments, he handles this aspect the best."

This suddenly reminded Wu Qianhe of Ma Tu. Although he worked very hard, he always seemed overwhelmed when faced with large-scale projects.

When Ma Tu was in charge before, although the entire project was not in chaos, it was definitely not as worry-free as Feng Qi is now.

At that time, the number of people in the project team was not even half of what it is now.

This may be the difference in personal strength. Ma Tu is definitely not a rubbish producer.

On the contrary, he is experienced, friendly and has strong professional qualities.

But compared to Feng Qi, a project manager who came from Antarctic Interactive Entertainment, China's top gaming company, he is not on the same level.

There is a clear gap between Ma Tu and Feng Qi in the overall coordination and scheduling of large-scale projects.

But the good news is that Ma Tu has now established himself in Qingyan Studio and is doing quite well.

After the hit of "Vampire Survivor", his strength was also proved.

Moreover, many employees of Kuangshi Games headquarters are quite jealous of Qingyan Studio.

After all, they haven't finished "Netherworld Mountains and Seas" yet, so they can only receive salary and overtime pay every month, and they won't get the year-end bonus until the end of the year.

But after "Vampire Survivor" sold millions of copies, Qingyan Studio gave out a huge bonus!

This has led to Qingyan Studio now earning more than the over 100 people at Kuangshi Games! How can anyone not be jealous?

"Excellent!" Xu Yanjie showed an admiring look. "With a producer like this, you guys will definitely have less internal friction."

"Of course I've met plenty of subpar producers before. No matter how good their ideas are, when you ask them to execute them, the final product is mediocre at best!"

In front of Xu Yanjie, Wu Qianhe basically said whatever he wanted without any scruples.

"yes……"

Xu Yanjie seemed to think of his past experiences, and responded without saying anything else.

"But since I came to Kuangshi, I have basically never encountered such a thing. The producers I met are all very good." Wu Qianhe praised.

"Everyone's really motivated right now, especially with the arrival of you greats." Wu Qianhe, noticing that his words had caught Xu Yanjie's attention, continued, "I feel like I've learned more in the last month than in the past year!"

He scratched his head embarrassedly, "I used to think my skills were pretty good, but when I compared myself with you guys, I realized there are always people who are better than you."

Xu Yanjie smiled modestly.

"You are also very strong, there is no need to underestimate yourself."

"Hey hey hey!"

The two of them ate and chatted, and enjoyed the meal very much.

When I returned to the office, my colleagues around me were all wearing eye masks and taking naps at their workstations before the deadline.

Xu Yanjie returned to his seat, moved the mouse, and checked the unfinished work. His brows were slightly furrowed, and the conversation between him and Wu Qianhe was still echoing in his mind.

Wu Qianhe's previous complaints about mediocre producers reminded him of his past experience at an Unreal Engine production company.

There, all technical indicators must give way to profitability, and his leadership ensures that all innovations must first ensure profits.

Because it is difficult to say that a game engine can make stable profits, unless it becomes a phenomenal game engine like Unreal Engine now, then of course there is no problem and you can make money without doing anything.

But in addition to those well-known game engines, there are countless game engines lying in the dustbin of history, and are occasionally taken out by independent developers to play with.

A more well-known game engine represents a larger developer community. Even independent developers prefer mature engines with countless development tutorials, development plug-ins, and development experience, rather than studying unpopular engines that no one cares about on their own.

Unless the developer has experimental game needs, the game engine provides an extremely lightweight development experience, or the game engine can provide unique stylized art assets.

Of course, Unreal Engine is not the most advanced game engine on the market by default.

The production company has achieved its current market share by fully utilizing advanced engine technology and combining it with extremely clever marketing.

However, Xu Yanjie is a purely technical talent and he hates developing for profit.

During the development of Unreal Engine, many of the technical solutions he proposed were rejected or postponed by senior management and leaders.

The priorities of both parties are different.

Even though he could understand it, Xu Yanjie was still unhappy deep down.

Why not let him develop these features? He is very sure that these features he proposed are the key to make Unreal Engine truly different from other game engines.

However, the reality is that he can't do anything about it.

So, when Antarctic Interactive Entertainment made an invitation, he took the initiative to choose to join Antarctic Interactive Entertainment and became a senior Unreal Engine expert, hoping that things would change in a new environment.

He was too naive. Could the world's capital have two faces?
After Xu Yanjie came to Antarctic Interactive Entertainment, he thought he could give full play to his long-suppressed technical ambitions.

However, the barriers between different departments within Antarctic Interactive Entertainment were so high that he despaired.

Any technical improvement plan, once it leaves his department, will immediately become mired in a quagmire and become unable to move forward.

How come this is worse than before?

He just became depressed.

Xu Yanjie's passion was gradually extinguished and he eventually became dead.

He can no longer love. Perhaps there is no commercial company in this world that can allow technology to grow purely on its own.

So later he chose to give up. Anyway, as long as he taught these newbies a lesson, the company would still pay him.

The rest of the time is used to research and learn what interests me.

In other words, Xu Yanjie was spending the company's money while improving his own abilities.

It feels a bit like taking advantage of the company.

However, the feeling here at Kuangshi Games is a little different.

Maybe it’s because the company is not that big, and a team of 100 people is basically not worth mentioning compared to the bloated structure of Antarctic Interactive Entertainment.

There was no obstacle to cooperation between employees with different responsibilities, which made Xu Yanjie feel refreshed.

Perhaps this was one of the reasons why he subconsciously wanted to come here at that time.

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On the other side, Zhou Kuang invited Niu Tieming to Kuangshi Games.

This time he did not choose to go to Antarctic Interactive Entertainment in person, mainly to let the other party see the current progress of the project.

After all, words are not enough. Even if he repeats Feng Qi's words, the other party may not believe that the basic development of the project can be completed by the end of the year.

However, I believe that if Niu Tieming experiences the first three completed levels, he will understand the current status of the project.

Zhou Kuang has experienced it himself, so he is quite confident.

Let’s put it this way, he himself didn’t expect the quality to be so high!

After playing the first three levels, Zhou Kuang summarized his gaming experience, which actually reminded him of the first time he played "Bloodborne".

He could even say that "Netherworld" is at least eight points on the level of "Bloodborne".

After he finished this summary, he was shocked himself.

After all, "Bloodborne" is a game that many players have been thinking about, and it is an absolute classic and industry benchmark.

And if the current "Netherworld" has reached the 80% level of "Bloodborne", and the later levels maintain this level, and they use time to continue to improve the quality of the game.

So when the game is finally completed, "Nether Mountain and Sea" may not be able to reach the level of the original "Bloodborne", or even surpass it!
Niu Tieming came to the 21st floor and Zhou Kuang led him into the office.

He observed that the employees of Megvii Games were full of energy and enthusiasm.

Walking into the test room, you will find not only thick soundproof walls, professional audio equipment and comfortable sofas, but also a huge monitor of unknown size.

It looks almost as big as a TV.

Moreover, the refresh rate is extremely high, and the panel color gamut, color accuracy, and brightness are all in the top tier on the market.

Zhou Kuang spent a full five figures just to purchase this screen.

If he hadn't bought it for the company, he would never have considered using such a good screen in his life.

Zhou Kuang, along with Feng Qi, Yang Ji, Chen Xingyu, Wu Qianhe and Xu Yanjie, watched Niu Tieming experience the game for the first time.

Feng Qi and Yang Ji, as the top two leaders of the project, must be present.

As the head of the programming team, Wu Qianhe is responsible for answering any technical questions Niu Tieming has.

As a technical expert sent by Niu Tieming himself, Xu Yanjie had no choice but to come.

Chen Xingyu hadn't planned to come from the beginning.

In his opinion, if someone can understand his music, then listen to it; if not, then get out. It's that simple.

But Zhou Kuang finally persuaded him to come and listen, and even persuaded him that if Niu Tieming asked questions, he should answer them patiently.

He still used the old method.

Zhou Kuang told him that if he was so picky and did not interact with ordinary people, he would never be able to reach the ease and comfort of composing like "Golden Wind and Jade Dew".

Sure enough, after hearing these words, it was as if he had been hit on the sore spot. After understanding Zhou Kuang's reasons, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

All for the sake of becoming a master composer!!

I will endure!

Zhou Kuang handed the connected handle to Niu Tieming.

"Netherworld Mountains and Seas" will definitely be adapted for both PC and console, but as an action game, it is definitely more comfortable to use a controller.

Therefore, no matter in the development process, the first logic they consider is the handle.

As for keyboard and mouse players, they have not considered it yet, but when the game is released, Megvii Games will definitely optimize both to a similar level.

There will never be a situation like in many games from Japanese or even international manufacturers. Even if they are ported to Steam or PC, allowing players to choose to play with keyboard and mouse, many commands in the game are still equally difficult to use.

right?

I'm talking about you, nudge WASD!

"Boss Niu, please try it out from the first level."

Zhou Kuang said after handing him the handle.

Niu Tieming nodded, turned around and focused his eyes on the screen in front of him.

Because the screen area is so large, every pixel can be seen clearly, so any flaws will also be nowhere to hide.

Zhou Kuang asked him to try playing the game directly on such a monitor. Niu Tieming admired his determination to win.

If he lacks confidence, then he can just try playing on an ordinary screen.

He took the controller and took a deep breath. With a hint of anticipation and scrutiny in his eyes, he clicked the confirm button to start the game.

(End of this chapter)