Agreed to make bad games, What the Hell is Titan Fall 109
by adminChapter 109: Project Officially Launched! All Stand Up!
2024-07-17 Author: Bulufen Warrior
Chapter 109: Project Officially Launched! All Stand Up!
Whoa—
You really can brag.
Shen Miao Miao laughed silently in her heart, amused by Gu Sheng’s wild ideas.
Our game…
First, we’ll give players a beautifully packaged but cheap and shoddy product, then add a free DLC with in-app purchases.
Just this one operation…
Not to mention the players, even I want to curse you.
This is literally using the reputation you’ve built up from previous works as coupons for reckless spending.
Later, not only will this work collapse, but even your future works will be affected, constantly criticized and with dismal sales.
And me!
Shen Miao Miao!
I will reap huge fortunes in the process, becoming the super-rich woman who sits behind the decaying supernova, madly counting cash!
Good life is right in front of me!
Thinking of this, Shen Miao Miao’s mood also became extremely beautiful, clapping her hands:
“Okay, now that the problem is solved, can we play the game properly?”
“Of course!”
Having solved the problem that had been bothering him for so long, Gu Sheng also rallied his spirits, picking up the controller:
“Fire up the cooking!”
嘟嘟——
The small food cart started moving again.
Soon, bird songs and flowers filled the conference room:
“No lettuce! I’ve said it over 3,000 times, don’t put lettuce in this burger! Are you forcing me?”
“You’re a rascal! You absolutely didn’t say that! If you don’t want lettuce, why did you throw it at my feet?”
“Next time I play a game with you, I’m bringing a monitor!”
“Hey! No need! I’ll install a monitor in the conference room tomorrow! It’s just specifically for recording your stubborn and deceitful actions!”
“You’re being unreasonable, Shen Miao Miao!”
“You’re being unreasonable, Gu Sheng!”
“Don’t copy me!”
“Don’t copy me!”
“You’re going to copy again?”
“You’re going to copy again?”
“Shen Miao Miao is a pig!”
“I’ll kill you—you dog-thief!!!”
“…”
…
Days later.
Binjiang Technology Building.
Golden Wind Conference Room.
Click.
As the conference room door opened, the five core project department managers already seated in the room turned to look.
They saw Gu Sheng and Shen Miao Miao walking in one after the other.
Behind them, their secretary Chu Qingzhou also followed in with the meeting minutes. The three took their seats.
Sitting in the lead position, Shen Miao Miao surveyed the conference room, nodding: “We’re all here, let’s begin. Director Gu, please give us an update on the situation first.”
As she spoke, Shen Miao Miao looked at Gu Sheng.
The two exchanged glances, and Gu Sheng nodded, saying:
“Yesterday, Shen and I went to the Capital to attend ArtTour’s project mobilization meeting. I believe everyone knows about it.”
“I’ll give everyone a brief introduction to the meeting situation.”
“The main point of yesterday’s meeting was that three manufacturers attended, namely us, Nu Yan, and Kol, the developers of the three major games.”
“The main purpose of the meeting was firstly, for the three of us manufacturers to exchange information and get to know each other, so that we could support each other later.”
“Secondly, ArtTour took this opportunity to showcase the development progress of ArtTour X2 to the attendees, as well as the fully immersive assistive technology that has been basically completed and passed the neural safety test.”
“Without exaggeration, this is a technological explosion for sensory pods.”
Gu Sheng’s tone was firm, without any hint of boasting.
He had personally experienced the assistive technology yesterday.
In two words—
Terrifying.
With the support of assistive technology, ArtTour X2 truly achieved lifelike realism in the game environment, particularly in its rendering and detail processing.
A simple example:
The game sets up a player sitting at a desk writing.
Under the basic immersive system, the player can feel the temperature of the paper, the texture of the objects, and hear the rustling sound of the pencil writing.
However, after being enhanced by assistive technology, the player, in addition to the above, can also feel the dust on the desktop, the resistance between the tip of the pen and the paper, and the subtle feedback of the writing pressing onto the paper.
This microscope-level optimization of details greatly shocked Gu Sheng, it was even frightening to say the least.
Because at that moment, he seemed to see the invisible barrier between virtual and real being completely broken.
The gates of the illusory world are completely open.
A truly second world, already prepared, awaits pioneers to explore, to establish new territories, and to build everlasting achievements.
Gu Sheng immediately regretted it after experiencing it!
Damn, I messed up!
I shouldn’t have made Titanfall!
I should have made a Mirror world!
Shooting, innovation, and immersive experience, all of them are highlighted!
I underestimated it!
Immediately, Gu Sheng secretly vowed that when the time was right, taking advantage of the protection of the game rating system, he absolutely had to make a Mirror world.
Hmm…
However, it was definitely too late to change projects now, millions of emotional values have been exchanged for Titanfall.
Moreover, it would be a bit too outrageous to give people an erotic game as a flagship title.
Maybe I’ll put Mirror on hold for a while.
Thinking this, Gu Sheng said:
“That’s basically the situation from yesterday’s meeting.”
“So, we called everyone here today, I believe you all know why.”
“The TTF project proposal, I have sent it to all of you yesterday. Any thoughts?”
That’s right.
Just yesterday, Gu Sheng, after multiple edits and revisions, finally completed the project proposal for “Titanfall”.
The topic of today’s meeting is the “Titanfall” project launch meeting.
Seeing Gu Sheng finish, several people looked at each other.
Finally, everyone’s gaze turned back to Gu Sheng, their expressions seemingly hesitant.
Without a doubt!
Gu Sheng’s current position in the company is soaring.
Whether it was “Left 4 Dead”, where he ten times the cost and defeated Guangyao Studio, or the Asian Showdown where “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” fought its way out and left the Golden Crown and Scepter in China.
His illustrious achievements clearly demonstrate his core status.
Currently, the project department is all looking up to Gu Sheng.
However, it is clear that everyone has some reservations about the TTF project.
But because of the presence of the big boss Shen Miao Miao, they were afraid that if they spoke up, it would affect the director. Therefore, they hesitated.
They all turned their questioning gazes towards Gu Sheng, their meaning clear: Can we say anything? Should we talk about it privately in the project department?
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Gu Sheng was startled!
What the…
Why do I suddenly have a yellow robe on me?
He thought to himself, “It’s just that Little Nezha is willing to be a hands-off manager and doesn’t care about these things. Otherwise, just this one glance would be enough for me to drink a whole pot of trouble.”
He helplessly waved his hand: “Say it, say it…say whatever you want…we’re here to report to Shen today anyway…”
Oh—right, right—
Everyone finally came to their senses, like sunflowers, turning their heads back to Shen Miao Miao.
After pondering for a moment, Jiang Yun was the first to speak:
“Shen, I assume you’ve also seen the proposal.”
Jiang Yun’s first sentence choked Shen Miao Miao.
Recalling the dozens of pages of the proposal, Shen Miao Miao couldn’t help but shiver. She gave Jiang Yun a vaguely awkward smile.
“Sorry, I didn’t read it, I felt that if I read it, I’d lose my hair.”
Besides, I’d already talked about the project with old Gu a long time ago.
The game content doesn’t matter, I only know that it will definitely lose money.
“Uh…um, um.”
Shen Miao Miao barely managed to curl her lips, as a response, signaling Jiang Yun to continue.
“Honestly, I didn’t expect our script to be so complex this time.”
Jiang Yun nodded and continued:
“Of course, undoubtedly, a script of this magnitude will definitely be of great benefit to our game story development.”
“After all, due to cost constraints, our scale is limited.”
“If we want to surprise everyone, we have to tell a good story in a limited amount of time.”
“But…”
At this point,
Jiang Yun paused.
He weighed it in his mind for a moment, then glanced at Gu Sheng. Finally, he said:
“But the mecha genre…honestly, I’m not too optimistic about it.”
Oh?!
Hearing this, Shen Miao Miao raised her eyebrows slightly.
An unexpected surprise?
Although she had talked to Gu Sheng about the flagship project before, she knew that the project was very difficult and would be hard to make a profit.
However, she didn’t learn about the specific game content in detail, nor did she carefully read the proposal that looked like it could give someone a headache. This time, Jiang Yun suddenly raised objections about the game content, making Shen Miao Miao’s eyes light up.
She became interested: “Manager Jiang, tell us more.”
Jiang Yun spoke eloquently—
He wasn’t intimidated without fighting, nor was he intentionally spreading fear and chaos.
Because right now, in the entire game market, the mecha genre, both domestically and internationally, is considered a niche among niches.
Moreover, this niche is different from the previous horror games.
Players don’t like horror games because they hate the repetitive Jumpscare tropes, which is why “Terror Phobia” had a chance to turn things around.
But players don’t buy mecha games because the genre is fundamentally flawed. No one can make it well!
Theoretically, operating a mecha with a sensory pod sounds exhilarating just listening to it.
But in reality, when manufacturers actually put mechas into the game, they realize the actual gameplay experience is not that way.
Because mechas, once you make them, their destructive power must be incredibly strong.
Otherwise, why would I drive a mecha?
Therefore, early mecha games basically treated mechas as a supporting prop.
They could fly in the sky, go underground, and do anything, unleashing a whirlwind of blood and violence as soon as they appear, extremely powerful.
But soon, problems arose—because mechas were so overpowered, they always had a crushing advantage against enemies.
Small, ordinary people are powerless against mechas, they can only be slaughtered.
And the excitement brought by mechas, like a stimulant, quickly fades after the initial effectiveness, and players lose interest quickly.
In the long run, players will fall into the loneliness of invincibility.
After all, killing ants only maintains a momentary sense of novelty and cannot bring a lasting sense of accomplishment.
Without challenges, there is no motivation. Operating a mecha becomes a routine, more and more boring.
Therefore, manufacturers, aware of this drawback, began to change their approach.
They started making units that are evenly matched with mechas in single-player games, and in multiplayer battles, they even directly introduced mecha battles.
But it didn’t take long for problems to arise again—everyone has the ability to practice, everyone has a mecha to drive, and mechas are no longer so special.
It’s like you are a rapper, he is a rapper, everyone is a rapper, and the “skr” becomes meaningless.
Even more so, because mecha battles require frequent and continuous creation of large-scale explosions to create a visual impact.
In the long run, the experience this kind of combat brings to players is like watching a several-hour-long Michael Bay director’s cut compilation.
Your head is buzzing from the explosions, the experience is even worse than a traditional firearm combat game.
“So,”
Jiang Yun spread his hands:
“Mecha games were initially a flash in the pan concept. In terms of actual works and popularity, they have always been rather awkward. Now, they have almost completely disappeared.”
And Jiang Yun’s words were like pulling back the curtain.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Shan continued:
“Of course, what Brother Yun said about the lack of mecha balance is just one aspect. In terms of game style and expressiveness, mecha games have also long since gone astray.”
“When it comes to games, especially domestic games, everyone is very wary of the cold steel industrial aesthetic, that kind of emotionally detached style.”
“Even, after some manufacturers have grasped the players’ XP, they’ve made mecha girls and mechanical dolls, and the cold steel industrial aesthetic has become even more marginalized.”
“Although I personally prefer this niche realistic mecha style…but the market is not very optimistic.”
After Jiang Shan finished, Kailang, who was usually taciturn, also explained the difficulty of creating mecha games from a technical perspective, saying that although he was looking forward to this challenge, the market was not looking forward to it.
Everyone was talking, analyzing the current decline of mecha games and the unfriendliness of the market from different perspectives.
To sum it up in one sentence—
It’s not a wise decision to make a mecha game as a flagship title.
Even to say it bluntly,
In the current gaming landscape, making a mecha game is completely spending big money on a small thing, laborious and thankless.
The more Shen Miao Miao listened, the happier and more excited she became!
Good!
Great!
The project was already facing three major challenges, and Old Gu actually chose a difficult path.
If it weren’t for her system, Shen Miao Miao would even suspect that Old Gu had already discovered that she had a system!
This operation!
It was literally a U-turn from the high-speed road to making money, abruptly diving into the lucrative highway of losing money!
She nodded in satisfaction, scanning the crowd: “Anything else? Any other questions?”
This time, everyone didn’t hesitate and shook their heads in unison.
Yes.
The TTF project, apart from the fact that the genre is unsuitable for the current gaming market, has no other issues.
However, it is precisely this one issue that is the most fatal!
No matter how good a game is, without suitable soil to survive, it will be in vain, no matter what.
Unless—
“Then we will be the starting point and create the market!”
Shen Miao Miao waved her small hand, shouting!
Ah?!
As soon as these words were spoken!
The conference room was in an uproar!
Everyone looked at Shen Miao Miao in astonishment, as if they couldn’t believe their ears.
Seeing this, Shen Miao Miao smiled inwardly!
She finally understood.
Everyone’s statements just now were all of the “although…but” type!
Jiang Yun liked the game’s plot construction, but he thought it didn’t have a market.
Jiang Shan liked the game’s aesthetic style, but she thought it didn’t have a market.
Kailang liked the game’s technical challenge, but he thought it didn’t have a market.
In short!
Everyone liked the game, but as game developers, their liking was useless.
The market didn’t like it and wouldn’t support it.
Therefore, this was a self-indulgent project to satisfy their creative desires, and it would definitely flop.
Shen Miao Miao almost wanted to stand up and salute Gu Sheng!
Respect! DirectorGu!
He’s a master of ideas!
You should have brought this idea out earlier, our company would have become big and strong long ago!
Shen Miao Miao wouldn’t miss out on such a good project!
“If there are no conditions, we will create conditions! If there is no market, we will create a market!”
Seeing that everyone was looking at her in shock, Shen Miao Miao knew it was time to pump them up!
“Unwavering determination, unwavering passion, and unwavering spirit of exploration!”
“Have you forgotten our Golden Spirit?”
“Now,”
“I ask you!”
“Do you want to make this game?”
Hearing Shen Miao Miao’s question, everyone turned their heads and exchanged glances.
Jiang Yun wanted to do it.
Because he was captivated by the game’s grand and twisting story.
Jiang Shan wanted to do it.
Because the cold steel heavy machinery style depicted in the game fascinated her.
Kailang wanted to do it.
Because the emergence of immersive assistive technology would allow him to realize his long-held dream of piloting a mecha!
As for Lu Bian and Da Jiang, needless to ask, they would always stand on the same side as Gu Sheng.
Everyone had extremely high expectations for the game’s artistry.
They just felt that the game wouldn’t be profitable for the company.
Seeing what everyone was thinking, Shen Miao Miao waved her small hand, full of ambition:
“If you like it, then do it!”
“The world is always developing, games are always advancing.”
“If every game company is timid and afraid, standing still, how will this industry develop?”
“We are a new game company, we have the most dazzling supernova designer, we have the most creative project department!”
“If there are no conditions, we can create conditions!”
“If there is no market, we are the market!”
“Now!”
“You are the elite who are breaking new ground, and what you represent is no longer just Golden Wind.”
“It is the progressive spirit of the entire Chinese, even the entire world’s gaming industry, seeking innovation in gameplay.”
“This is not a small step for us.”
“It is a giant leap for the world gaming industry!”
“I announce—”
“ArtTour X2 flagship title—‘Titanfall’ project”
“Officially launched from now on!!!”
When she finished speaking!
The conference room froze for a moment!
Then!
Boom—!!!
A thunderous applause filled the conference room!
Everyone stood up!
Everyone was filled with excitement, even the younger Kailang and Jiang Shan, couldn’t help but shed tears of joy!
Look!
This is our company, this is our team, this is our president!
Young, ambitious, pioneering, innovative!
She never dwells on profits, nor does she wallow in past glories!
It seems that in her eyes, money is just insignificant numbers, only the path ahead, forging ahead, is the most exciting!
We are so lucky to be part of such a company!
We are so lucky to be working under a leader who is so responsible and charismatic!
Shen is right!
If there are no conditions, we can create conditions; if there is no market, we will be the pioneers of the market.
No one can make a mecha game well?
We’re here! Innovation is here!
Titanfall is here! The market is here!
Project launched!
Let’s get to work! —
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