E3 exhibition, in the original world, was abbreviated from the three words starting with the letter E.
Its Chinese name is Electronic Entertainment Exhibition.
It is the largest and most well-known commercial exhibition and video game conference in the world.
In human terms, the main purpose of the E3 exhibition is to provide a stage for major manufacturers in the game industry to throw ultimate moves at each other.
Here, let them show off their most valued and valuable products.
Therefore, the main audience groups of the E3 exhibition are businesses and media.
However, these manufacturers’ big moves are not finished products.
It's just a CG or a live demonstration.
The purpose is to attract the attention of businesses and media, warm up the game in advance and build momentum, attract investment and sponsorship, etc.
Therefore, for players in the original world, the so-called E3 exhibition is just a painting convention.
Moreover, these cakes may overturn.
For example, the games released by some manufacturers may be very cool and realistic real-life demonstrations, which make players excited and want to buy and experience them immediately.
But when the game was actually released, I realized that what I had in my hands was vastly different from the actual demo. There were traces of castration everywhere, and I became one of the countless 'buyer shows'.
Some manufacturers are simply full of confidence when announcing their games, and their quality also makes players feel that they have great potential.
But a few months later, it was suddenly revealed that the game development was terminated, or the development was chaotic and delayed indefinitely, or there was simply no news, etc., which is regrettable.
Or maybe a certain manufacturer released a few seconds of CG of a certain game, but it turned out that there was nothing in it, and only a title and scene were shown, making the audience who had been waiting for it for nearly ten years climax.
Then a few years later I discovered that even the folder had not been created.
Therefore, it is different from the expectations of Chinese players for the exhibition. In the eyes of some foreign players, instead of attending E3, waiting in line in the crowd for hours to experience a game demo for a few minutes, or watching the developer's embarrassing press conference with no presentation skills.
It's better to wait at home and wait for someone else to release the edited video of the game.
At least it's more comfortable.
Therefore, the E3 exhibition is a place where game manufacturers show off their talent and attract the attention of players and media.
It is also a good place to promote your own key game projects.
Through the memory of his original body, Meng Shu discovered that the same was true for E3 in the parallel world.
As a leading manufacturer in China, Infinite Entertainment is also developing a game, so promotional exhibitions like this will naturally not be missed.
In that case, would Meng Shu miss it?
Obviously not.
"Next month?"
Meng Shu put down his cell phone, thoughtfully.
Then, I made a decision in my mind.
"Originally, I planned to make each game one by one as planned. Since there is E3, let's learn "Black Myth" first and get a real-life demonstration of the new game."
"As for the finished product, it will be ranked behind "Dark Forest" as planned."
"Anyway, everyone comes here to draw cakes. This time I will also draw a cake."
Thinking of this, Meng Shu smiled.
Then he picked up his phone and replied to Mr. Liang, with just three words on it.
[Of course. ]
At this time, Yang Ying, who was working overtime, suddenly received a message from Mr. An on the company intranet.
It was a screenshot of Danmaku Shuoguang’s response, with the support and dreams clearly displayed on it.
Mr. An himself also sent a question.
[What do they mean? Want to copy our game with the same theme again? I won't allow them to copy us over and over again! ]
Yang Ying suddenly felt overwhelmed after seeing the news about Mr. An.
What happened to the only game?
What did they send?
Yang Ying ignored Mr. An, but clicked on the screenshot first, carefully read Shuoguang's response on the barrage website up and down, and then... his head got bigger...
"They also want to make a space science fiction game. This is really difficult. How should I explain it to Mr. An..."
Yang Ying looked at Mr. An's profile picture and felt tired.
Putting such an outsider as the leader is really messing around.
He, Yang Ying, is just the head of the game development team. Things like this between media and social networks are not his responsibility at all.
Why send it to me? What does this question mean?
Moreover, it is also the opponent’s freedom to choose whatever theme it chooses.
Maybe the only game I saw was that my own "Bloody Scientist" was a space science fiction theme, so I wanted to do it too?
There's nothing wrong with that.
If it is a friend, it may choose to avoid it to some extent, but isn't Infinite Entertainment a competitor?
It’s understandable that they chose the same theme. What was Mr. An thinking?
Is it possible to ban others from doing space science fiction?
Yang should have a headache.
I don’t know how to explain the subject matter of the game to Mr. An, an outsider.
After all, there are only a few games on the market, and how many games released in a year are based on the same theme.
Your family has made a modern warfare-themed game. Hey, my family is also planning to make a modern warfare game.
I can’t change the future war or the ancient war just because your family did it.
It's really hard to predict when themes will collide like this, or when they will follow suit and do the same theme.
But now that it has happened, what can we do?
You can't criticize harshly, right? This doesn't make sense...
Yang Ying rubbed his head, thought for a while, and typed a response.
[Mr. An, I’m really sorry, I don’t know what they mean. ]
Snapped--
The keyboard beeps and the message is sent.
After more than ten seconds, Yang Ying felt something was wrong and felt that this reply was not what Mr. An wanted to see.
So he added another sentence.
[But our game will attract players to buy it before they do, because our game is the first to create a combination of 'horror' + 'shooting', and it is a science fiction theme that is not found in horror games. Therefore, we have a great advantage. Even our competitors are envious and express their support. Success is certain! Our development team will also seize the time to optimize and adjust in the remaining time to make the game better presented! ]
After typing, Yang Ying looked at it carefully twice, and when he thought it was OK, he pressed send.
Then, he slumped down on the chair as if he was liberated, his eyes dull.
"I can't guess what others will do. I can only try my best to do what I'm responsible for. So if you ask me about other things, I know nothing!"
After finishing speaking, Yang Ying leaned on the chair and rubbed his somewhat swollen head.
It was at this time that he came up with the idea that he didn't want to do it anymore.
Then he was startled for a moment and quickly shook his head to get rid of the idea.
"What am I thinking? This is a technical game. Being able to join a company like this and lead a team alone is already enviable. How could I not want to do it?"
After getting rid of this idea, Yang Ying stood up and looked at his teammates who were working overtime outside the office, feeling speechless for a moment.
At this moment, he vaguely guessed.
Maybe the jump team... will be decided by this game...
Time passes day by day.
"Control Failure" is also becoming more and more popular as the main line progresses.
New content is discovered and published by players every day in major communities and Danmaku.com.
Earn a lot of clicks and plays.
Meng Shu's new company has also been refurbished.
The originally planned gymnasium, entertainment room, tea room, etc. have also begun to be put into use.
Art director Fang Yuancheng also officially came to work in the company, working collaboratively with Xia Nianzhen and Qiu Yuan.
After everyone returned to work, Meng Shu announced the development plan for the VR version of "Dark Forest".
Then a meeting was held to explain in detail the concept design of "Dark Forest" that was given by the system after traveling through time.
Let all the employees lament the vastness, tranquility, weirdness and horror of the forest in the game.
From this point of view, the reason why "Dark Forest" adopts the top-down perspective design is to consider the player's tolerance, so this perspective is used in disguise to reduce the horror atmosphere.
Horrible...really terrible...
Now, Boss Meng is finally developing a VR version of "Dark Forest".
When the time comes, what awaits the players is probably the unprecedented extreme horror in the strange forest...!
After the meeting, the next step is the recruitment of employees.
At this point, Meng Shu no longer paid attention and directly handed over full power to the old employees.
For example, Chen An is responsible for recruiting mission designers. Xu Hong is responsible for recruiting animators, motion designers, etc.
Fang Yuancheng is responsible for recruiting the art professionals he needs.
In short, power has been delegated, and everything is done to enable work to proceed smoothly.
And for the game "Dark Forest", Meng Shu planned to make a VR version a long time ago.
But then it was shelved due to one work plan after another.
During this period, people kept sending him private messages and comments asking whether he would be able to see the VR version of "Dark Forest" in his lifetime.
In this regard, Meng Shu has never responded.
Now, the main reason why we decided to develop a VR version is because "Dark Forest" is as popular as the newly released "Control Failure".
A PC horror game from a year ago is almost as popular as the latest VR masterpiece?
How can this be! ?
Therefore, Meng Shu searched the Internet before and found out the key to the problem.
It’s MOD…
Players have created a considerable number of MODs for "Dark Forest" to maintain the gameplay.
On the entire barrage website, if you search for the keyword "Dark Forest", in addition to a few clearance videos collected throughout the entire process, there are some MOD demonstration videos.
In addition to the common backpack expansion and infinite backpack MODs, there are bullet doubling and unlimited bullets MODs.
There are also mods such as teleportation mods, in-situ archive mods, unlimited skill mods, safe house wooden boards that are not easy to break, etc.
There is also infinite durability MOD, which is easy to make.
What’s even more awesome is the additional map MOD and the new branch MOD.
It can be said that it has given "Dark Forest" a second spring.
No wonder its popularity is still comparable to that of "Control Failure" a year after its release. It turns out that there are such a group of fanatical fans who insist on it.
But I have to say that "Dark Forest" does have such charm.
After overturning the stigma of "horror games are a joke" in one fell swoop, the charm of this genre is gradually being amplified.
The emergence of "Dark Forest" is not only the first game in the world to be truly labeled as "horror".
More importantly, it opens the door to the horror game market and establishes the status of horror games in other categories.
It is also the game "Dark Forest" that truly brings fear to players for the first time and tells them what it means to be afraid.
A game like this with a 'new pioneering' meaning can indeed be deeply remembered by players.
Because of this, I kept asking Meng Shu if there was a possibility of VR.
So, after a gap of one year.
When Meng Shu saw the enthusiasm of the players, he decided to give "Dark Forest" a major upgrade.
But he did not announce it publicly.
Because he plans to give players an unexpected surprise.
Let them know that I take note of all your requests!
…
At this time, Boss Meng was busy working.
Brother Banana, who was far away in Chongqing City, suddenly looked confused.
He looked at the things collected in "Control Failure" and his expression gradually turned into disbelief.
There was a continuous surge in the throat, and he couldn't stop swallowing.
"I say...the protagonist of this parallel world...is too..."
"This is a bit impossible... I'll play around again... to see if it's true..."
With that said, Brother Banana put on VR again.
I pushed the progress a bit and packed the content of two or three chapters into one chapter.
(End of chapter)
