The Game Developer Who Left the Company Is Too Competent

41. conflicting atmosphere

[The truth of Pantheon and Project D is revealed!]

[Pantheon will be released in 3 years, Project D will be released next year!]

[The story that developers around the world gave K-Game a standing ovation with tears… … ?!]

“Awesome, right? Our country’s game community is in a frenzy right now!”

Early morning cafeteria.

Taeyeon was taken aback by the article Hong Min-seok’s AD showed.

“I got a standing ovation, but I don’t think anyone shed a tear… … ?”

“The important thing is that the reporters have a great liking for PD-nim! In contrast… … .”

Hong Min-seok AD put out another article.

[The reality of Nexle’s 50 billion anticipated ‘Elcross’. The reversal itself?!]

[The result of the Elcross test is a game that started as a masterpiece and ended as a bad one?!]

[Neckple. Feeling embarrassed by the test results below your imagination?]

[Neckple employees expressing concern. Did you really spend the 50 billion development cost on dinner expenses?]

“Um… … !”

Overall, the content about Elcross and PD Song Jae-hee was serious. No matter how serious the leakage of the test content was, it was useless even if Nexple issued a warning.

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Many developers who participated in the test posted leaks through anonymity, and reporters are dictating that they are correct.

Users who were expecting Elcross were greatly shaken.

“Producer Song Jae-hee and the development team will be hurt.”

The current situation was so serious that even Taeyeon, who had nothing to do with it, was concerned.

Hong Min-seok AD shrugged.

“It’s something they have to deal with. To be honest, they show off a lot. As if they were Nexple’s deficit, as if they were an aristocratic, elite group.”

“… … .”

“Not all of them are like that, but there was definitely an atmosphere like that. Even I have heard so many complaints.”

“I haven’t heard… … .”

“Who would do that to PD-nim without going crazy? Right now, there are rumors that PD Song Jae-hee is also trying hard to avoid being robbed by PD-nim.”

“Where did that rumor spread again?”

“I heard that you visited the office several times and even looked for it, but returned without meeting you?”

“… … .”

“Even on some days, even though I was in the office, I locked the door and pretended it wasn’t there and induced me to go back… … .”

“… … ?!”

I was stunned.

Where the hell are these rumors going around… … .

Lee Young-ae answered on behalf of Song Min-seok, who smiled triumphantly.

“This person comes here and meets a lot of people here and there, so he’s on the bright side of rumors.”

“Not just to meet people, but to gather information and find talent… … .”

Song Jae-hee came.

Taeyeon received his gaze and headed to a Japanese restaurant with him.

‘I’ve lost a lot of energy.’

I couldn’t find the look that I felt like I was proud of before.

Taeyeon silently handed over the file album.

“This is a document that I have tested and put together in my own way.”

“… … ?”

Song Jae-hee checks the document in bewilderment.

A look of astonishment spread across his face.

From the producer’s point of view, exactly which part should be modified and how. It was very neatly organized.

“… … Didn’t you hate me?”

“I don’t particularly like or dislike it. I have no feelings for PD.”

a more terrifying word.

However, it was Song Jae-hee who thought it was rather fortunate.

“Then why is this… … ?”

“It’s because the game is a waste.”

“yes?”

“The first part was definitely a well-made game. It seems that the balance has started to break due to the issue of leaving the main personnel in the early days… … It’s a problem that can be corrected after struggling for about a year.”

“… … .”

“I won’t ask what the story was. I don’t even want to know that much. Just Elcross… … In my view, there is room for a comeback if we delay the release schedule for a year and then tweak and fix it in the meantime.”

Taeyeon calmly confessed.

“I’m just giving you advice as a gamer, wanting to play a fun game.”

I said one last thing to Song Jae-hee, who had a blank expression.

“what… … If even this hurts my pride and I can’t accept it, it’s a problem I can’t help myself.”

* * *

December has begun.

The Netflix Live headquarters was busier than ever.

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Mostly because the studio was gearing up for the last major update of the year. The same goes for Atlantis Electric. Taeyeon periodically visited the studio to check on the work progress, and sometimes held meetings to deliver test feedback.

And requested.

“Again, this update is very important. Because there is a new revival of a fairly old game called Atlantia Electric.”

What is sales?

I didn’t want to burden myself with something like this.

‘That burden only needs to be carried by me, the chief executive officer.’

The developers were very good at handling my needs. I did it this far, but if something goes wrong, it’s up to you as the captain.

“Let’s update it neatly on December 21st and spend the end of the year in abundance.”

Everyone responded vigorously to the meaningful remark.

December 10th.

The Elcross open beta test has begun.

-It’s sh*t. I can’t even see the list of servers, and it explodes no matter how I enter it… … .

– Queues are huge. Could this be in today?

-Ah, the server exploded again;

There were many incidents from the beginning, which is a problem that most large-scale online games that attract attention experience.

It is still a situation that users can understand.

Server lag showed no signs of getting better.

Seriously, even inside the Pantheon, these words came out.

“I think I’m wandering because I can’t find the problem right now… … Shouldn’t we go and help?”

“They said that their server team hadn’t been able to get off work for a week and was staying up all night. I went to visit someone I knew, and they said they were about to die… … .”

Server programmer is a job group that is not easy to reveal its presence compared to its importance.

But actually, that’s a good thing.

If the presence is revealed, it means that there is one reason, server lag or down.

like right now

-What is the server? why do you keep blowing up?

-If you’re going to do this, do it later. It seems that the server optimization has not been done yet… … .

– Why does it bounce when you enter a dungeon?

Taeyeon stood up from her seat.

“I’ll be gone for a while.”

Son Young-sang, director of development, was already at Elcross Studios.

Developers are running here and there, creating a frantic appearance.

The situation was so urgent that it was unavoidable.

As Taeyeon stood next to her, Son Young-sang said with a dying face.

“It is a very total mess. If the crash is resolved, the unresponsive problem immediately occurs and immediately leads to server lag… … .”

“hmm.”

Song Jae-hee was sweating profusely at her seat on the server team. The faces of the programmers were almost dying.

The reason why the server continues to stretch is not being found.

Taeyeon strode closer and said.

“Let me see.”

“uh?”

“Bo, Chief?”

In the midst of everyone’s surprise, Taeyeon took off her suit jacket, put it on one side, rolled up the sleeves of her shirt, and began to look at the server situation.

“… … .”

While everyone, including Song Jae-hee, was flustered and did not know what to do, Son Young-sang approached and asked.

“Are you familiar with programming?”

“I designed and built the foundation for every game I’ve ever made and launched, including Pantheon and Project D, by myself.”

It was Taeyeon who had been developing one person since childhood.

The study of development trends was still continuing. From the point of gaining the power of the bracelet, its capacity was increasing rapidly.

The moment the immersion reached its maximum, the tattoo on the wrist glowed, but no one recognized it. Including Taeyeon.

-Tadak, tadadak… … !

Taeyeon, who was checking the situation mainly on this and that, began to raise problems.

“For some reason, it seems that the dungeon is being created at an abnormally fast speed, causing an overload… … .”

Taeyeon’s eyebrows narrowed.

“Just in case, the server architecture design is similar to the early days of Shinhwa Online 1. Let’s try an experiment.”

Taeyeon went to a site that developers had never seen before, logged in, purchased and installed the core of Shinhwa Online, and ran it on the internal developer server.

Then, entering the dungeon and playing using the hack, surprisingly, a situation occurred in which the room was cleared in 1 minute, re-entered, and the room was repeatedly created.

at last.

“uh… … ?!”

Server down due to overload!

“ah… … .”

Silence passed.

Taeyeon said with a frown.

“As far as I know, in the early days of Shinhwa Online 1, a similar situation occurred due to a nuclear problem in the dungeon, so I remember having a hard time… … .”

Everyone’s eyes fell on PD Song Jae-hee.

His face was white.

“This is not a problem that can be solved simply by adding more servers. The architecture needs to be modified, but it will take some time, so it would be better to set various entry conditions such as time limits and acceptance of specific quests in dungeon creation.”

In addition to this, Taeyeon quickly found several problems and came up with a solution to the issue.

All of the developers were gathering and listening to the content before they knew it.

“Now that we know the problem, let’s quickly fix it.”

With a single clap, the developers disperse.

Taeyeon stood up from her chair, patted PD Song Jae-hee on the shoulder and left.

Day 5 of Elcross OBT.

Server lag and down phenomenon have been noticeably reduced.

However, the insane queues remained, and users raised questions about this issue.

-I don’t think there are that many users wandering around in the game, but why are there so many queues?

└ That’s how I see it. Looking at the number of people in the in-dungeon party application window, there aren’t that many.

└ From my point of view, there is some problem with the server, so it is being processed while controlling the number of people entering, or it is highly likely that it is a simple operation.

└Why queue manipulation?

└ To make the game appear to be a hit. Otherwise, the server itself may not have a lot of capacity in the first place… … Only the developers know!

In addition, another problem surfaced on the surface.

– They say it’s a twist game, there’s really nothing wrong with it. In the beginning, the directing is good and the details are excellent, giving off the scent of a masterpiece.

└ Even if the NPC’s personality keeps changing, the scenario probability error is serious… … The biggest problem is that the combat is not fun!

└ Why do you insert a drain when using a mage wide area skill? I’m still in the water, but every time I use a skill, mobs come with me in an attack state and die before I can activate it;;

└ I thought I was playing Shinhwa Online 3 for a moment while playing the game.; No matter how many games are made by Shinhwa Online developers… … Everything is the same except for the graphics.

If you look at the game reviews, there is no overall difficulty.

Looking at the initial atmosphere, the result was clear.

“I think Elcross is going to fail… … ?”

“The scent of Mangem is already strong. It shouldn’t have been like this from the start… … .”

“What was pointed out at the time of the in-house test, almost nothing has been fixed. It was also strange that I edited it… … .”

Taeyeon let out a quiet sigh at the sound of conversation around her.