The Game Developer Who Left the Company Is Too Competent

54. Beginning of growth (4)

The source itself is obviously theirs.

However, there are several differences in the way they are implemented.

Dark clouds suddenly gathered in the clear sky and raindrops fell. Soon the heavy rain will change.

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Moisture is formed at the moment, water collects on the floor, the character slips, or it becomes inconvenient to aim at the enemy.

“It’s the new Epic Engine!”

It was a product that began to attract attention from around the world thanks to Taeyeon and the Pantheon team. Developers strain their eyes and look straight at the screen.

“Obviously the source is ours… … .”

“As the engine functions are strengthened and the things that can be implemented increase, the quality just becomes a completely different game.”

“The light source effect is crazy.”

“Look at how it has been implemented so that you can know the situation on the other side through reflections on windows and car surfaces. If it’s like that, I’ll be able to play more.”

Exclamation bursts forth incessantly.

PD Choi Won-mok instinctively asked with his gaze taken away.

“This is a new game being prepared by Nepple Entertainment. It’s really awesome.”

“… … It wasn’t like that, I was working alone.”

“Oh, I see.”

PD Choi Won-mok, who was shaking his head, stopped his actions.

Same with other developers.

Creeping, he slowly looked at Taeyeon and asked with wide-eyed groping.

“I-that… … You said you worked all by yourself?”

“That’s right.”

“… … Light effects, weather changes, specular… … Did you implement all of that yourself?”

“Isn’t that a bit clumsy?”

People look at the game screen again with eyes that are about to pop out.

“… … It’s not awkward at all, is it?”

“It’s just a pro’s skill, right?”

“No way, the game engine is so good that if you put resources in it, everything will be made like that… … ?”

“Where is that engine?”

The voice grows louder.

Taeyeon said.

“Considering the time when the existing Battle City was created and the speed of development of FPS games, I think the limit of lifespan will come sooner than expected.”

“… … .”

“The latest version of the Epic Engine you are looking at now has powerful features and high user convenience, so you can easily create high-quality games. Above all, there is a lot of potential for improvement, so you can make a game and continue to refine it and improve the quality.”

Developers were paying attention to Taeyeon.

Taeyeon finally brought up the second suggestion.

“Let’s make Battle City 2. Now that I’ve laid the foundation for development, I can retouch, plan new content, and polish it to make a game that’s even better than the first one.”

“that… … Are you leaving the development of a new game to us here?”

“That’s right.”

“Everyone here has only been doing maintenance… … There must be many more talented people on the new development side, but why… … .”

“Because you are experts in Nexle’s battle royale FPS.”

It’s not lip service.

Of course, it is necessary to add more skilled personnel, but their development capabilities are generally above average.

‘Considering the length of service in Battle City, there’s nothing better. We can develop Battle City 2 centered on them.’

In any case, most of the difficult and esoteric basic work had been carried out by himself.

All they have to do is reinforce the sketch they drew, paint over it, and materialize it into a work.

“will you do it?”

“… … .”

“If you don’t have confidence, leave it to another team… … .”

“no! I’ll do it! please do it! I’ll do it!”

At PD Choi Won-mok’s urgent cry, Taeyeon gave a small smile.

* * *

“Pandemonium. I think it could be released as it is if we add a little more content to it. In a cute and charming casual style.”

These were the words of AD Hong Min-seok.

“Let’s recruit the people who originally worked on that and proceed as they are.”

Taeyeon shook her head.

“I can’t because there are too many deficiencies.”

“Is the internal evaluation that good? I hear a lot of people say that the game that employees play the most these days is the test version of Pandaemonium. Did you know?”

“… … .”

“The daily average access rate is consistently over 1,000. In a company with a total of 6,000 employees. Aren’t they putting up petitions on the intranet asking studios who don’t have access rights to let them play too?”

“It’s still a real headache. In fact, I was thinking of finishing the test soon after I had gathered enough information… … .”

“I beg your pardon? You want to finish the test? No, why?!”

Hong Min-seok’s AD is startled.

Taeyeon doesn’t even have time to panic and starts pushing.

“That doesn’t work. My couple these days… … No, it’s the game our art team is having the most fun with… … It’s so much fun to raid together during lunchtime, but you’re going to throw it away!”

“… … .”

“As an art director, I am against it!”

what do you mean

Taeyeon let out a sigh.

* * *

-Let us access the Pandaemonium test server too!

-What do you mean by studio discrimination? Please allow the new development department to access it too!

-Where is the law that only takes care of developers? General affairs, business, and marketing also like games!

Taeyeon shook her head.

‘I’m paying attention to security, but I don’t know when something will happen, so it’s better to stop here.’

All necessary data collection has been completed.

Since I was going to hand over the Battle City remake project that I had been working on alone, I was thinking of starting the development of Pandaemonium in earnest.

Alone for now!

“good. Let’s post a notice.”

After making up her mind, Taeyeon accesses the intranet.

I started writing notices.

[Announcement of end of Pandaemonium in-house test.]

hello. Nexle employees.

I am Taeyeon Yoo, the developer of Pandaemonium.

In announcing the decision to end Pandaemonium internal testing as of this Friday… … .

“done.”

After posting the notice, I felt relieved.

In fact, it was because it was quite a burden to keep the test going.

It was on a different level from running a free server.

The purpose was to collect data for development.

‘Today’s work ends here, shall we go home?’

Today was the day scheduled for a musical appreciation with Yoona. After that, there was also a plan to spend a wonderful evening at the Sky Lounge bar with a great view.

Taeyeon left work in a good mood.

Without knowing what awaits the next day.

* * *

-what is this sound? End of testing, so you’re saying you won’t be able to play for at least a few years, right? no!

└ I’m young for this game… … It wasn’t until then, but anyway, I was burning with passion, but suddenly… … Where in the world is this law? Let’s protest!!

└ Move! Let’s protest!!

└Uh… … Are you really going to protest the representative? What are you trying to do… …

└ Aren’t we making unreasonable demands? I will protest! I couldn’t leave my character like this. ㅠㅠ

└ I can’t let you go even if I die!

“… … .”

After checking the intranet status, check the e-mail account of the CEO.

[Title: Hello! I’m Jung Ju-young, developer of Moonlight Studio!]

It is full of all kinds of mail.

There are so many that I can’t read them all!

Still, I had to read all the opinions related to the direction of development, even if it took time.

[I heard that you are considering making Pandaemonium with realistic live-action graphics. Of course, it would be nice to do that, but personally, I think the cute fairy tale casual style like now is much better.]

[It’s a worldview that deals with demons, but if those concepts are made into a live-action film, it will leave the quality and smell overly maniac… … I think it’s better to induce the influx of young users and female users with a casual style.]

‘It certainly makes sense.’

In fact, this was a word that came up a few times even inside the studio.

However, other studio developers are saying the same thing.

I need to make the most of the concept now.

other than that.

[Playing Pandemonium has rekindled a genuine passion for a game I thought had died long ago. If you give me a chance, I would like to participate in the development of Pandaemonium!]

There have been quite a few requests like this.

It was enough to fill the TO of the development team just by collecting them well.

[I am a server programmer. If you use me as a developer, I can take responsibility for running the test server! So please… … !]

Somehow, there were messages that seemed to have a slightly different purpose, but it was okay.

Taeyeon added to her worries as she took care of her e-mail work during her morning routine, taking it easy for the first time in a long time.

‘Casual MMORPG… … .’

* * *

After much deliberation, I made a decision.

‘Let’s do it.’

In fact, making Pandaemonium casual was also an unavoidable choice.

‘Because there was not enough support at that time.’

According to CEO Kang Gunn at the time, breaking through the limits did not make much money, and the company was in a situation where even survival was in short supply, so it was necessary to extract the highest efficiency with the lowest development cost as possible.

-If I really overdo it, I think I can somehow collect up to 1.5 billion?

Production cost pressure was severe, and CEO Kang Gun urged them to show results that anyone could understand in a short time.

Since the game was born that way, it was natural for Taeyeon to feel regret. Now that it was possible to develop it at Nexle, which has a lot of capital, there was a desire to invest more than 20 billion won and make it into a aaa-level game.

but.

‘I have to put my thoughts aside. A lot of people say they like it.’

One’s thoughts and greed alone are not the answer.

‘I’ll have to issue an official development notice to the company first.’

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Many expressed their intention to join.

If you refer to the performance evaluation and the status window, you can set up excellent manpower, and you can start working right away.

‘They are people who have played all of Pandaemonium, so they have a high level of understanding.’

After a while, the following official document was uploaded through the company intranet.

[Pandemonium Developer Recruitment]

* * *

Even today, the gaming community was hot with issues related to Nexle.

-If you look at the news these days, you might be confused whether this is a game industry issue bulletin board or a Nepple bulletin board. It’s all about Nexle. Did you eat Youngja’s money?

└ In this case, internal information was leaked, so there is nothing to say to Nexle.

└By the way, has Battle City changed its direction to new development? He said he would work on fixing things… … .

└ That’s what it is, it seems like this is what it is.

└Aha. But how did you know that? if… … ?

└ Information leaked to the Reed Forest app.

└ㄳㄳ I will go and see.

working community.

Information leaked through the reed forest was a big issue.

A brief summary of its contents was as follows.

-Began development of Battle City 2!

-Confirmed as a casual MMORPG after collecting opinions from MMORPG Pandaemonium testers. Currently, a large number of developers are being transferred through internal announcements.

– Added Battle City 1 tutorial, single campaign mode. It is planned to be added so that you can enjoy playing the scenario alone.

– Atlansia. Preparing for North American launch.