Game production: I really have landed

Chapter 53 Unifying the Mind

"There is no standard answer to this question, and everyone can speak freely."

With Luo Bai's encouragement, many people gave their own answers.

"Games are the crystallization of the wisdom and sweat of game developers."

"A game is a game."

"Games are how game developers make a living."

"..."

The commotion in the audience gradually subsided under Luo Bai's signal. He looked around, and then gave his own answer:

"For me, a game is a commodity that brings joy to players."

Almost everyone present caught the key words in Luo Bai's words just now:

"Bring happiness to players", "commodities".

Some agreed, some frowned.

Luo Bai didn't care what the people present were thinking, he continued to talk on his own:

"The job of a game developer is to make games, but the job itself is not the game.

It’s one thing to regard making games as your own hobby, but when it comes to factors such as cost, sales, manpower, etc., you can’t help but think about how to make the best-selling game at the lowest cost.

Because only by making money can game developers survive in this society and continue to produce new games.

There may be game developers in this world who don't have to think about cost and sales at all, but there are very few. "

For this, everyone in the audience is nodding.

Yes, no matter how wonderful ideas or brilliant ideas a game developer has in his mind, as long as the ideas cannot be exported as products for sale, waiting for the final outcome of a game developer is to starve to death or change careers.

Therefore, surviving is the most important thing.

"I believe that many people present have a sense of superiority in their hearts more or less like mobile games.

But what I can tell you is that if I was born ten years earlier, if my original intention was born ten years earlier, I would not hesitate to make mobile games.

Even if I had the idea of ​​Ori in my mind at the time, even if I knew that Ori would be as successful as it is today, it was the same.

And this also involves the second concept I want to tell you today, how we should treat the job of game development. "

Talking started, Luo Bai hated that there was no blackboard at the back of the conference room, but his emotions had already risen, and it was hard to stop, so he could only continue talking:

"Ideally, all of us game developers would be free to make whatever games we want.

Because of reading a certain story, because of a sudden idea in my mind, because of a certain sentence that someone said unintentionally, and so on.

All of them can be the introduction to the birth of a game.

However, this is under the premise of not considering profitability.

And once we start thinking about profitability, it means that you must be cautious and ready to respond to demand at any time. Many game makers end up developing games that they don't like to play. This is the status quo of life.

Take the artist as an example. Assuming that the artist himself is a pure love warrior, but the company he works for is a game company that focuses on Tauren games as a selling point, it may be difficult for him to enjoy his work.

But even then, work is work, you have to do it, and you should do it as hard as you can. "

Compared to most of the laughter when they heard Luo Bai's example, Mo Yun's expression changed several times when he heard it below.

After finally waiting for Luo Bai to finish this long paragraph, he raised his hand.

After Luo Bai nodded to him, he hurriedly asked:
"But Mr. Luo, if you repeat something you don't like every day, how can you guarantee that you will respond with a [-]% attitude?

Under the premise that you can't guarantee your mood and what you like, how can you ensure that you can do your best to do it well? "

If what Luo Bai said was true, Mo Yun felt that there was no need for him to jump ship from Tianxing to Chuxin.

When I was in Tianxing, I was doing some games that I didn’t like. If I still play games that I don’t like after coming to Chuxin, what’s the point of quitting?
Mo Yun is a little confused now.

"That's a good question." Luo Bai smiled and nodded towards Mo Yun,

"Before answering your question, Mo Yun, do you know why I am in this business? Why am I making games?"

"Because you like games?"

"It's just one aspect."

Luo Bai shook his head,
"The more important thing is that I am good at making games, and I can gain fun and a sense of accomplishment from the process of making games."

like……

good at...

Mo Yun felt that he had vaguely caught something.

"Like is just an emotion, and emotions are ephemeral.

When I was young, I really liked playing games. I still remember that when I was still in high school, I liked to go to Internet cafes during the monthly vacation.

If I don't play until it gets dark, or until my family members come to find me, I don't want to go back at all. "

Luo Bai's eyes were full of memories.

In the audience, there are not a few people who resonate.

Who wasn't an Internet addicted teenager back then?

"But as I grew older, I went to college and I entered society.

I find that my liking for games is decreasing day by day. Sometimes I just don’t want to play games that everyone says are fun.

Obviously, I have already bought that game and put it in my warehouse, but I would rather put it there and eat ashes than play it.

Can I just say I don't like playing games?No, of course I still like to play games.

It's just that I can no longer gain enough sense of accomplishment and fun from playing games like I did when I was a child. "

Looking into Luo Bai Chen Ken's eyes, Mo Yun suddenly realized that he would have such a day too.

"Then why are some people willing to keep playing the game tirelessly?"

"Because... they can also gain enough sense of accomplishment and happiness from playing the game."

Mo Yun murmured.

"Yeah, when I make games with the emotion of liking, once I encounter a game type or a design idea I don't like, I will hesitate.

And a qualified game developer needs to find content that can feel fun and value in the development of the game.

Turn a love of making games into being good at making games. "

Luo Bai smiled and looked at the audience,

"That's what I'm going to tell you.

Although it may disappoint some people, I still have to say yes.

My ideal Chuxin Game Studio, as the cradle of game developers, its core purpose is to cultivate talents who can develop games that are loved by players according to the market, and make profits from it, and continue to move towards a positive cycle.

It is by no means arrogant to think that the idea in my mind is a good idea that is invincible in the world, but I just lack an opportunity.

With all due respect, without a market-tested idea, there is no such thing as a good word.

In the game development process, we must put our own preferences aside. "

Many people in the audience blinked their eyes thoughtfully, and Mo Yun's eyes seemed to be shining.

He knew that he had come to the right place!
"Mr. Luo, how did you find the fun and valuable content during the game development process?

Do you have any experience in this area to share with us? "

Pu Xingyu raised his right hand high with excitement on his face.

Um?Good guy, do something, Xiao Pu.

Glancing at the void, the system panel that no one could see except himself, Luo Bai raised the corner of his mouth and said:

“It is difficult for me to answer this question.

It's just that every time I like something, the majority of gamers like it. "

Silence.

This old thing!Really good at pretending!

Just wait, if I have the chance, I will definitely smash your gold coins!

Pu Xingyu secretly cursed, his teeth were about to be crushed.

(End of this chapter)