Chapter 1401 Brand new standards

Lin Feng flipped through the background information of "Contra".

In "Contra", "Contra" is the Chinese pronunciation of Indian Sanskrit, and he is one of the Brahmin warriors. According to legend, "Contra" can stand upright after fighting, and later became a god and was worshiped by the world.

, can be said to be a spiritual symbol of warriors in India.

Of course, in the game, "Contra" means "a person with excellent fighting ability and quality", which is the title given to the strongest warrior. This passage appears in the opening scene of Japan's "Contra"

.However, at that time, almost all the American Contras were produced in China, so very few people had read this sentence.

The game background of "Contra" took place on September 12, 2631 AD, when a mysterious meteorite fell on the Galga Islands near New Zealand. Two years later, in December 2633, the Federal Army Command received the news.

It is said that an armed organization called "Red Eagle" began to build the Garga Islands area into a base for launching alien invasion wars. Therefore, members of the Defense Force "Contra" Bill Reiser and Lance Bean were sent to destroy

the other party’s plan.

This is the background information of "Contra". However, Lin Feng only realized this when he was looking through the background information of "Contra". In the past, when I was playing the game as a child, I only knew that if I destroyed the enemies and passed the level, I never cared about it.

What is the background of the game? Of course, on the one hand, this has something to do with not being able to read Japanese or English. On the other hand, this kind of shooting game does not need to pay attention to the plot at all. The tense and fierce gun battles are enough to make all players addicted to it.

I don't even care to pay attention to these.

But when Lin Feng saw these contents, his mind was agitated.

The game background of "Contra" takes place in the future park in 2613, that is, in the future. After the earth was attacked by meteorites, the earth was attacked by terrorist organizations. Based on this plot, then "Contra"

The world should be an apocalyptic world with people in panic, frequent wars, and shortages of supplies. Thinking of the apocalypse, Lin Feng had an idea in his mind.

Looking at the 11 major game development departments of the "Second World", they have various types of games, but they only lack apocalyptic games. Looking at the global game industry, apocalyptic games have always been quite popular, such as the former "capcom"

(Now it has been annexed by Lin Feng's "Second Game") The most famous "Resident Evil" series is regarded as a classic of horror games by players around the world. Although it is more like a horror game, humans are naturally interested in apocalyptic games.

Games and apocalyptic movies have an instinctive desire.

Human beings are naturally afraid of disasters, and this fear makes people long to watch such apocalyptic movies or games. In order to achieve a sense of spiritual joy and excitement that I am safe and happy now.

In this case, "Contra" can be adapted into an apocalyptic online game. Of course, the "Resident Evil" series can also be adapted into a horror online game, but will horror online games be restricted in various countries?

How big the market is still needs to be investigated.

Lin Feng refocused his attention on "Contra". If it was adapted into an apocalyptic online game, what format would it be? After some thought, Lin Feng came up with an idea. What if "Contra" was adapted into a post-apocalyptic online game?

It's not impossible to turn it into a large-scale online game, but players may not buy it. After all, "Contra" is now in the past, and players still have good memories of it and the enthusiasm to play it again, just like "Tank Battle"

, players are still enthusiastic about it. But if it is adapted into a large-scale online game, players may not buy it.

After all, this kind of game is an extremely simple and direct game that does not take much time to enjoy the fun of the game. However, if it is adapted into a game that takes too much time and energy to enjoy the fun of the game, then

On the contrary, it is not good. The same is true for "Contra"! Lin Feng hopes to adapt it into a simple online game that can be enjoyed as soon as you enter the game.

Therefore, the simplest thing for "Contra" is to adapt it into a side-scrolling online game like "The Strongest on Earth". However, the difference from "The Strongest on Earth" is that in "The Strongest on Earth"

Players learn various stunts to fight, and in "Contra", players rely on various firearms to fight.

Soon, Lin Feng printed out his thoughts and ideas on the computer, and then called Wu Zhaopu and "Seventh Game Development Department Director" Nishiyama Takashi.

The two of them looked at each other.

"Director Lin, your idea for "Contra" is similar to a 2D side-scrolling online game that our game department is developing. I think there should be something we can learn from," Takashi Nishiyama said excitedly.

Lin Feng was stunned.

"Director Lin, the global average online rate of "Strongest on Earth" currently remains at around 2.7 million people. I think this game mode is still very popular with players, so we are thinking about developing a gun battle game of the same type.

Now the character modeling and gun system have been completed, but they lack a sufficiently attractive game background and upgrade mode. Now that the company has acquired "Contra", we can completely combine the historical background of "Contra" with other

The map can be used, and its reputation is enough for us to promote the game." Nishiyama Takashi said eagerly.

When he originally planned this 2D side-scrolling shooting game, he didn't know much about it, so he just ordered his game department to design some character models and gun systems, but it's hard to say what the future will hold. Because according to the

According to the regulations of the "Second World", each of the eleven major game departments will receive financial allocation for the next year based on the profits they created for the company last year. Within this allocation quota, the company does not care about how the major game departments operate.

You only need to register with the company and accept financial supervision. But if it exceeds this limit, the company will conduct a strict review of every game and plan it submits to evaluate whether it is worthy of the company's continued allocation of funds.

And more importantly, this will have an impact on the evaluation at the end of the year. Once a game development department exceeds the budget but does not achieve sufficiently good results, not only will the financial budget for the coming year be significantly reduced, but also the salary of its department employees will be greatly reduced.

The year-end bonus will also be reduced accordingly.

Think about it, at the end of the year, other game departments have received sufficient budgets for next year, and their employees have received generous and eye-catching year-end bonuses. However, not only has the budget of our own department been significantly reduced, but the year-end bonuses of its employees are also far less than those of other departments.

Game development department, what a shame.

Therefore, when Takashi Nishiyama was developing this 2D side-scrolling shooting online game, he was always a little uneasy and afraid of failure. After all, the current trend of online games is 3D online games, which pursue beautiful graphics, and this game he designed

The graphics of 2D side-scrolling online shooting games pale in comparison. Will players buy into it? Now Lin Feng also proposed that "Contra" will be adapted into a 2D side-scrolling online game. This time he was immediately impressed.

There is a backbone.

You know, Lin Feng's vision has never been wrong when it comes to game creation. Although Lin Feng, the president and chairman of "Second World", doesn't even know a piece of game code and doesn't have any experience in game development,

His vision is in the game industry, especially in the "Second World" company, which is famous. Therefore, there is a truth within the company, that is - if Lin Feng says that the game is good, it must be good.

Now, Lin Feng has said that he will adapt "Contra" into a 2D side-scrolling shooting online game, so there will definitely be no problem.

"Minister Nishiyama, I think this game should just use the name of "Contra Online", so as to maximize the benefits of "Contra". As for the background of the game, I hope it will be set in the end of the world, so I requested

The picture is in the end of the world, and my biggest request is that no matter what the scene, players can cooperate with multiple players, and there is no upper limit on the number of cooperative players." Lin Feng thought for a while and said.

"Haha, Director Lin, what you are thinking is what I am thinking, and it is also what our department is designing. If it is just an adaptation, I believe it will not take long at all, and it will be available for public testing in a week at most!" Nishiyama Takashi blushed.

stood up.

What Lin Feng said was what he and the department staff thought. It’s just that everyone was a little unsure and a little uneasy in their hearts. But now that Lin Feng said this, Nishiyama Takashi was still afraid of a ball. He was not afraid anymore. He was not afraid of anything.

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Lin Feng was also stunned. He didn't expect that Nishiyama Takashi he mentioned had already designed it.

"Well, boss, not everything is ready. But we already have the model, and we just need to modify it. Basically, we just need to make some detailed modifications. Of course, as for the map, we can change the levels of "Contra"

The map has been added so that players will be more familiar with it," said Takashi Nishiyama.

Lin Feng nodded.

"Well, I don't know how you designed the map before. Aren't there many versions of "Contra"? What - Contra 2 Robot Version, Contra 3 (Contra Gaiden), Aerial Contra, Interstellar

Contra or something like that? I think these "Contra" games should all have their own player groups, so we might as well move their maps to "Contra Online". That way not only will the number of maps be greatly increased, but it will also be able to

To give players a more familiar feeling, of course there are some small bugs in the maps in some versions of "Contra", which need to be corrected during the transplant," said Lin Feng.

Nishiyama Takashi nodded heavily.

"Director Lin, there is no problem in this regard. Now that I have mentioned this, I have a suggestion for the company. I think that although our 'eleven game departments' are all in a competitive relationship, the company's annual budget depends on the strength of each game department.

To divide it, it can be said that although we are friends in private, we are all competitors at work. We have adopted strict confidentiality and security measures to prevent the secrets of various game departments from leaking. From the perspective of the company, this has advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, I

It is proposed that although each game department develops it, it is not as good as our company to formulate a standard, a standard for game models." Nishiyama Takashi said.

Standard? What standard? - Lin Feng and Wu Zhaopu were both stunned.

"Boss, it's like this. As our company develops and each game department continues to launch games, our company will have more and more resources. But currently, these resources are blocked by each game department, and all

The design programming languages ​​chosen by everyone are different, and the standards for transferring into the database are also different. My proposal is to let all the game development departments of the company use a unified programming language. Of course, if the company can develop a completely unique

An internal programming language within the company would be even better. Moreover, I propose that the company adopt a unified database transfer standard and make it open to all game development departments. They can call each other's already formed models or maps, so that they can be greatly improved.

Save game development time." Said Takashi Nishiyama.

When developing this 2D side-scrolling shooting online game, Nishiyama Takashi suddenly discovered that if the game types are similar, the same games can be transferred to each other. In this case, many advantages may not be reflected in the initial stage, but as the number of games accumulated

With the number of resources increasing day by day, the resources that can be called upon are terrifying. In the future, perhaps to develop a game, you only need to have an idea, and then you can call various character models, maps, and even various systems from previous games, and then integrate them

Making detailed modifications can greatly save development time.

Of course, this also has risks, that is, once the database is opened, once it is invaded by outside hackers, or internal employees of the company are betrayed, or commercial espionage enters, the company will suffer heavy losses. But in Nishiyama Takashi's view, this is very harmful to the company.

In terms of development, it is completely beneficial. This will not only save labor costs for the company, but also greatly save game development time, which will be of great benefit to the company.

But the premise is, will the eleven major game development departments agree to such a public unified plan?

"Well, I will hold a meeting to discuss this matter in two days. You should hurry up and develop "Contra Online" first, and get the closed beta version out first. I will take a look first." Lin Feng responded to Nishiyama Takashi's proposal.

It's quite tempting, but in this way, the company's confidentiality measures will be greatly challenged. Once it is leaked, it will be quite scary. In the past, even if there was a hacker intrusion or an internal employee leaked, at most one leak would be

The relevant information of the department, but now it is leaking the information of the entire company, and it is the most core thing.

"Yes, I understand, Director Lin." Nishiyama Takashi nodded.

"Uh, boss, how are you going to charge for "Contra"?" Wu Zhaopu thought for a long time, but he just couldn't figure out how to charge for "Contra Online".
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