Number One Game Designer

"May I ask Mr. Suiyuan, one of the main creators of Octopath Traveler, you have finished this game now and your dream has come true. What are your plans for the next life?"

Shui Ran even took out the recording pen in a serious manner. This was the recording pen she used when she faced Xiao Wei in the afternoon. At that time, she thought she could get a little out of the interview, but it turned out to be all online language, so on the way back, she had already used it. The recorder is emptied.

Facing the younger generation who suddenly became serious, Shui Yuan blushed.

He is no stranger to interviews. In the first half of his life, Shuiyuan experienced entrepreneurship and failure. There were times when there was a lot of attention, and he also experienced years of inexplicable penny. He was already nowhere to be found, but he did not expect that the deepest part of his heart was still unwilling, so He didn't refuse when Fang Xi came to him, because he knew what he wanted in his heart.

He wants to play games, he wants to prove himself, he wants to prove that his initial starting point is not just good luck, he wants to prove that his subsequent loss is not just bad luck, he wants players of this era to also play him game.

Therefore, Fang Xi's trip to Wangjing went smoothly, because from the very beginning, the leader Shui Yuan never thought of rejecting it. After switching from a game to carpentry for many years, he understood how precious an opportunity is.

"Ah, what should I say." Shui Yuan said dryly, rubbing his hands, looking at Shui with the urge to roll his eyes.

"My plan is actually not very complicated. I must first see if the players have any opinions on Octopath Traveler. If there are opinions, can they be improved? By the way, this game is still planned by Chief Fang, so theoretically it is necessary. Report to Mr. Fang..."

Listening to the second uncle talking there, Shuiyuan unconsciously released and pressed the button on the recorder. On which side the second uncle had already talked about the difficulty of creating games in his early days, Shuiran moved a little quietly. Sitting on the bench while listening to my second uncle talk about the past years, just like I did when I was a child.

Hongyi still attaches great importance to The Octopath Traveler. After reviewing the draft of Shuiran, Hongyi also sent a edited CG, indicating that it was sent simultaneously. The manuscript was scheduled to be released at ten o'clock the next morning.

After confirming the news, the official blog of "GAME World" first announced the news, and at this time, on the other side of the earth, IGN had just received the express.

"Hongyi's new game? Or is it for us to evaluate?"

Ign seems to be a little more careful here. Usually the editorial department and the department responsible for the evaluation are well-watered, but at this time several editors in charge of the evaluation rushed to the editor-in-chief Jones’ office and looked at Jones with eyesight. Many people in the editorial department outside the office knew the news and were a little moved:

"FANG's game, ah, ah, I want to test it too."

"Is it too late to move to the evaluation department now? I will jump back after the evaluation of the FANG game."

"Ahhhhh, did FANG finally wake up after resting for half a year?"

Jones, who was sitting in the office, turned a deaf ear to these voices. He watched the few people in front of him play the USB flash drive in his hands for a few times, and finally threw it to the leader of the evaluation team in front of him. Looking at the other party with a smile, Jones still confessed:

"This is the first time that Hongyi has taken the initiative to give us an opportunity to evaluate the game before the game is released, so this opportunity must be treated with caution. In addition, I have to die. There are only two early evaluations for Hongyi this time, one is us. The other is in China’s local media "GAME World". Their official preview has completed the evaluation and will be released soon, so we definitely can’t match each other in terms of time. Then I need you to play this game thoroughly. Through, an in-depth evaluation must highlight our professionalism."

The Evaluation Department has nothing to do with it. Seeing the group of people who left, Jones frowned. He was originally happy that Hongyi attaches great importance to them, but after He Shuiran passed the news, he felt a little bit more depressed:

Hongyi sent their parcels simultaneously, but because of the geographical location, he has only received it now, and the media in Wangjing City of China has already completed the evaluation.

Don't think he has a natural contact information, and occasionally contact him, but don't think that the relationship is really good, after all, there is an old saying that goes well: colleagues are enemies, the kind of endless death.

IGN itself has always been in a state of super-first gear in the game industry. Even some small manufacturers have no confidence in front of IGN to stand up and speak, just like Hongyi is no longer just a game player, IGN is not only It is a media. For example, the evaluation fee from overseas foreign exchange received by IGN every year is a considerable amount of income. The Internet era has indeed weakened the authority of traditional media, but it makes this super-class media easier. Up.

In this Internet age, the space that can be accommodated at the top of the media industry is getting smaller and smaller. If you sit back and watch your opponents grow bigger, you are weakening yourself from the side.

What made Jones especially alert on this was "GAME World". This company was originally only slightly famous in China, and it was not even the largest media in China. It has become the most authoritative in Asia by relying on Hongyi to give it a bite. One of the game media, even in the North American reddit forum, many ordinary North American players think that the game world is similar to IGN.

Of course it's not the same! Jones roared in his heart, IGN is the only authority, and the game world is just a despicable usurper who climbed up by relying on Hongyi to enjoy food!

But the roar in his heart turned to roar, Jones also knew that solving the current problem was the most real thing.

The company’s previous decision was to cope with the upcoming Hongyi Carnival, as well as the already anticipated problem of the global gaming focus shifting eastward. It set up an office in China’s Haifang City, but now it is obvious that one office is not enough. .

"Next time, the old men must be persuaded to set up a branch in the East, and it must be in China, not in Japan as they said before."

This is what Jones thinks.

Ignore the reaction of IGN for the time being, or that no one cares about them at this time, because everyone is waiting for the CG and evaluation of the new game promised by the game world. They want to see Fang Xi, who has always been amazing. This time What kind of surprise can it bring them.

At ten o'clock, the game world was released on time.

At ten o'clock, in a university class, the professor who was teaching linear algebra helped his glasses, and looked at the students who were all brushing down and bowing their heads. The old professor was not a newcomer. As soon as he took a look at this posture, he knew the hand below. I must be holding my phone.

In the past, he must continue to lecture. After all, it is a university class. The teacher will not beg the students to study, but this kind of swiping and looking down at the phone... The old professor is also considerate and took a sip of the water. :

"Below you preview for ten minutes, and we will continue to class after ten minutes."