Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

After the year, the employees of Nebula Games began to join the company one after another. At the same time, major online game manufacturers also made various big moves in the new year.

The main direction stems from two blocks.

The first is the battle royale gameplay triggered by the "War Zone". Many game manufacturers are trying to launch new content.

The second is the open world created by the worldwide hot Red Dead Redemption: Redemption.

Many game makers have followed suit.

Although many game manufacturers do not understand the core of the open world.

But a similar gimmick is enough.

As for how it looks like?

Excellent picture performance, big map and various unfinished tasks.

Especially on the side of atrai, a new project was announced non-stop.

As for the type, it is naturally an open world.

However, this time atrai did not use any means of IP adaptation, but the designer of the new project was an ordinary designer.

Judging from the content released by atrai, some senior designers in the game industry basically understand their ideas.

That is to use the leftovers of "Operation Storm" and "Beautiful World" to make a new game, and then title it as an open world, similar to canned products.

On the one hand, it is to test the waters of the open world, and the other can be regarded as a fortune.

As for word of mouth?

It's as if they had a good reputation before atrai.

In Nebula Games, many new employees have also been added.

"It's completely transformed into a Nebula game." Inside the office, Meng Zuo said with emotion.

After going back and thinking about it for a long time, he finally contacted Chen Xu and joined the Nebula game.

After all, there is not much to choose from. These are the first-line game manufacturers in China.

Moreover, he also agreed with NetDragon, so he directly joined Nebula Games after the year.

"Mr. Meng, please don't say such weird words." Chen Xu next to him was speechless.

But rather happy. Because Meng Zuo was not alone, he also brought a small group of technicians.

Of course, many of these people still need a month or two before they can join the corresponding contracts with NetDragon, because they are still in charge of NetDragon's projects and need to complete the handover.

As for things like competing contracts, the company had communicated with NetDragon before.

After all, the two sides are still in the honeymoon period of cooperation.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, you?" Meng Zuo suddenly noticed a device on Chen Xu's desk.

"Shenyouji, of course, is now a brand of Nebula Games." Chen Xu smiled.

This is an old brand in China. Of course, it is old and old. To be honest, it is really worthless.

After a little contact, he revealed a little bit of intention, and Shenyou wanted to sell it.

Of course, it was not acquired in the name of Nebula Games, otherwise it would probably take a lot of work.

"Mr. Chen, are we really going to be a handheld console?" Meng Zuo looked at Chen Xu and asked, it can be said that he has a very strong sense of belonging to the camp.

"That's right, Mr. Meng. Just like what I said before, I think there is still a market for handheld devices." Chen Xu nodded with a smile.

Regarding the handheld, Chen Xu didn't even think about finding a third-party manufacturer for cooperation.

After all, switch is not so strong in technology, it is more of a design concept and matching games.

And in the aspect of technology, the parallel world is also much stronger than the previous life, at least it is completely sufficient for the switch.

"Mr. Chen, don't call me Teacher Meng, just call me by my name, but what direction should we cut from next?" Meng Zuo asked Chen Xu.

Hearing Meng Zuo's words, Chen Xu nodded, but he didn't really care about this.

"The next thing to do is the game. Nebula Games has cooperative third-party game manufacturers, and they will port some games at that time."

"At the same time, some suitable games under Nebula Games will also be transplanted at that time." Chen Xu looked at Meng Zuo and said.

After all, it is impossible to have no games at the beginning of the launch.

It's definitely not possible to develop a whole new game for all.

So that is to transplant some classic games, third-party game manufacturers and their old games under Nebula Games.

Of course, the price of this piece will definitely have to be taken care of.

It is impossible to say that selling old games is more expensive than new games like the previous Switch.

After all, in a parallel world, the cost of this kind of platform porting is not large.

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When Chen Xu was talking to Meng Zuo about these aspects, and at the same time, he also started to lay out the content.

A gossip was uploaded from the Internet, that is, Nebula Games acquired the Shenyou handheld.

After seeing this news, many players didn't believe it at first. After all, in the eyes of most people, the handheld is basically a product that is about to be eliminated.

Otherwise, how could Shenyou, the former big brother in the handheld industry, get to this point?

It was not until some players found that the related LOGO of Nebula Games and the corresponding links were added to the official website of Shenyou, and they did not confirm that this was true.

After the news spread, players and people in the game industry were shocked.

On the major forums, there are many players' discussions.

"Ye Qing is back, does that mean that the Shenyou handheld has been resurrected again?"

"Cough cough... Let me remind you upstairs, your youth is still gone, because Shenyou has become the game of President Chen and Nebula."

"Speaking of which, how did Mr. Chen run to become a handheld console, hurry up and develop the sequel to "Red Dead Redemption"!"

"Are you thinking of peaches? A sequel to my cousin? I'm still thinking of developing a VR version of Warcraft! Stormwind City has all the easter eggs in it! When will the game be released!"

"However, the handheld feels almost like an antique that has been eliminated from the market. Why would Chen Xu make it specially?"

"Yeah, it feels like there shouldn't be much room for survival in the handheld, right?"

Many players, including some people in the game industry, were surprised.

If it wasn't Nebula Games that made this decision, many players and industry designers may think that the other party is absolutely insane.

But now? Looking at the development of Nebula games, many people really dare not draw conclusions.

But can the handheld really come to the rescue?

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When there were various discussions and speculations in the outside world, Chen Xu didn't care much in the Nebula game.

They didn't even respond to the outside world. After all, Nebula Games is not a listed company, so they don't care how the market sees it. Besides, the distance on the switch side is really facing players, and it's not a matter of a while, so there's no need to respond for the time being.

On the side of the office, Chen Xu received the person in charge of Shenyou.

Yan Xiong, who is also an engineer in the R&D department of Shenyou, was sitting on the bench in the conference room with some trepidation.

After all, it is really hard to say the direction of Shenyou in the future.

At the same time, he also has a glimmer of expectations, after all, it was Nebula Games that acquired them.

As a game practitioner, Shenyou is naturally aware of the weight of Nebula games.

"Next, on the handheld business side, all production lines will be stopped, and we will develop a brand-new handheld."

"A related new product requirement, Dr. Yan, take a look and see if there is any technical problem."

Chen Xu watched Yan Xiong hand over a first draft.

"Switch?" Yan Xiong looked at the title of the document and was stunned for a moment.

"Well, the name of the new handheld." Chen Xu nodded lightly.

Switch, the English translation is a switch converter.

It sounds a bit nondescript, but it is actually quite appropriate to refer to the mode of the switch.

Because one of the biggest features of the switch is that as a handheld, it can switch back and forth between the home computer and the handheld.

At the same time, a joy-con can be combined into a dual handle, with a somatosensory controller, which fully utilizes the characteristics of the switch to the extreme.

It can be said that the birth of the switch, all the functions are for the service of the game, and this is the biggest difference between the handheld and the mobile phone.

For a specific hardware technology content, Chen Xu did not study it, and just left it to a professional.

The design of this handheld made Yan Xiong have some surprises, which can be said to have never happened before.

It is not a novelty to switch between the handheld and the host at will.

Mainly the somatosensory mode and the joy-con handle that can form a double, these settings are very novel.

"Mr. Chen, from a technical point of view, it can be achieved at the current level, but these functions need to be adapted by game manufacturers, if not..." Yan Xiong did not speak.

"And if you want to run a first-line masterpiece, the cost may reach five figures." Yan Xiong has some difficulties.

It's not that he didn't make a summary of the reason why Shenyou got to the point where he is today.

That is, the cost of handheld hardware is too high.

But he feels that this is an endless loop, and the hardware cost is high, so it must be upgraded.

Otherwise, wouldn't it keep up with the times?

"The output resolution in host mode supports 2K display, and the video output in handheld mode is 1080P. In addition, other configurations can be compressed directly, including the lightness of materials. How much is the cost when fully reduced?" Chen Xu looked at Yan Xiong and said.

Hearing Chen Xu's words, Yan Xiong was a little stupid.

It's not that the requirements are too high, but it's too low, right?

"Theoretically, the cost can be reduced to about 850. Of course, this is the case when the production line is deployed. If the amount is large enough, the cost can continue to be Yasuo... But this configuration of President Chen?" Yan Xiong hesitated.

Hearing Yan Xiong's words, Chen Xu was greatly surprised.

Compared to the switch in his previous life, his requirements were much higher.

I don't think about 4K for the time being. After all, the first version is 4K. How can switchpro surprise players after that?

At the same time, the price is cheap, which is also very important for the promotion in the early stage.

After all, Nebula Games is not so extravagant as to say anything, selling a machine to the point of losing $150.

As for the configuration is too low, for a handheld console, the output resolution can be up to 1080. At the same time, when the configuration is well optimized, it fully supports games such as "Dark Souls" with 1080 resolution on the switch. Performance, in Chen Xu's opinion, is enough.

Moreover, in the host mode, the support of 2K resolution can almost meet a requirement of most games, at least it is much stronger than the switch skills of the previous life.

"The development of the handheld, as well as the follow-up channels, are already familiar to you, Dr. Yan, so I won't say much about this one."

"The price of a switch remains at 1,199 yuan. Of course, it depends on how much the cost can be reduced at that time. After deducting the expenses of dealers and offline and promotion, it is enough to complete the line without loss. "Chen Xu thought about it and asked Yan Xiong.

? ? ? ? ? ?

Listening to Chen Xu's words, Yan Xiong's small head was full of question marks.

Did he hear it wrong?

"President Chen, you... what did you say?" Yan Xiong stuttered a little.

"From factory to sale, we guarantee that each handheld will not lose money." Chen Xu looked at Yan Xiong and said.

When he got a positive answer, Yan Xiongren was stupid.

The purpose of selling a machine is not to lose money?

This... what does this mean! ?

Chen Xu looked at Yan Xiong with a confused face and did not explain much.