Chapter 1401 A New Standard

Chapter 1401 A Brand New Standard Lin Feng flipped through the background information of "Contra". (Reading the novel)

"Contra" is the Chinese pronunciation of the Indian Sanskrit word, and is one of the Brahman warriors. According to legend, "Contra" fought ten enemies alone, and stood upright after dying in battle. Later, he became a god and was worshipped by the world. It can be said that deification is a spiritual symbol of Indian warriors.

Of course, in the game, "Contra" means "a person with excellent combat ability and quality", and it is the title given to the strongest warrior. This sentence appears in the opening screen of the Japanese "Contra". However, at that time, most of the domestic games were American Contra, so few people had seen this sentence.

The background of the game "Contra" takes 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 news that an armed organization called "Red Eagle" began to build the Galga Islands area into a base for launching alien invasion wars. Therefore, Bill Reiser and Lance Bean, members of the Defense Force "Contra", were sent to destroy the opponent's plan.

This is the background information of "Contra". However, Lin Feng only discovered it when he was looking through the background information of "Contra" at this moment. When I was a child playing games in the past, I only knew that if I eliminated the enemy, I would pass the level, and I never cared about the background of the game. Of course, this is related to not being able to understand Japanese or English. On the other hand, this kind of shooting game does not require attention to the plot at all. The tense and fierce gunfight is enough to make all players indulge in it, and they have no intention to pay attention to these.

However, when Lin Feng saw these contents at this moment, his mind was shocked.

The game background of "Contra" takes place in Future Park 2613, that is, in the future, and after the earth was attacked by a meteorite, the earth was attacked by a terrorist organization. According to this plot, the world of "Contra" should be the end of the world with panic, frequent wars, and shortage of supplies. Thinking of the end of the world, Lin Feng had an idea in his mind.

Looking at the 11 major game development departments of "Second World", there are various types of games, but there is only a lack of apocalyptic games. Looking at the global game industry, apocalyptic games have always been quite popular. For example, the most famous "Resident Evil" series of the former "m" (now swallowed up by Lin Feng's "Second Game") is regarded as a classic horror game by global players. Although it is more like a horror game, humans have an instinctive desire for apocalyptic games and apocalyptic movies.

Humans are naturally afraid of disasters, and this fear makes people eager to watch such apocalyptic movies or apocalyptic games. To achieve a spiritual pleasure and excitement that I am now safe and happy.

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

and how big the market is, it still needs to be investigated.

Lin Feng refocused on "Contra". If it is adapted into a doomsday online game, what format will it be? After some deep thinking, Lin Feng had an idea. It is not impossible to adapt "Contra" into a large-scale online game, but players may not buy it. After all, "Contra" is now a thing of the past, and players still have good memories of it and are enthusiastic about playing the game again, just like "Tank Wars", 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. If it is adapted into a game that takes too much time and energy to enjoy the fun of the game, it will be bad. The same is true for "Contra"! Lin Feng hopes to adapt it into a simple online game that can enjoy the fun of the game as soon as you enter the game.

Therefore, the simplest way for "Contra" is to adapt it into a horizontal scrolling online game like "The Strongest on Earth", but unlike "The Strongest on Earth", players in "The Strongest on Earth" fight by learning various stunts, while in "Contra", players fight with various firearms.

Soon, Lin Feng printed out his ideas and concepts through the computer, and then called Wu Zhaopu and "Head of the Seventh Game Development Department" Nishiyama Takashi.

The two looked at each other.

"Mr. Lin, your concept of "Contra" is similar to a 2D horizontal scrolling online game that our game department is developing. I think there should be some reference for it." Nishiyama Takashi said excitedly.

Lin Feng was stunned.

"Mr. Lin, now the global average online rate of "The Strongest on Earth" 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 similar type of gunfight game. Now the character modeling and gun system have been completed, but it lacks a sufficiently attractive game background and upgrade mode. Now that the company has acquired "Contra", we can completely make use of the historical background and map of "Contra", and its fame is enough for us to promote this game." Nishiyama Takashi said with a fist.

When he was planning this 2D horizontal scrolling shooting game, he was not sure about it, so he only ordered his game department to design some character models and gun systems, but it was hard to say what the future would be like. Because according to the regulations of "Second World", these eleven major game departments will receive the next year's financial allocation based on the profits they created for the company last year. Within this allocation, the company does not care how the major game departments operate, they only need to file with the company and accept financial supervision. However, if it exceeds this amount, the company will conduct a strict review of every game and every plan submitted by it, and evaluate whether it is worth the company to continue to allocate funds to it.

And more importantly, this will have an impact on the year-end evaluation. Once a game development department exceeds the budget but does not achieve good enough results, not only will the fiscal budget for the next year be greatly reduced, but the year-end bonus of its department employees will also be reduced accordingly.

Think about it, by the end of the year, other game departments will have sufficient budgets for next year, and their employees will receive generous year-end bonuses that will make people jealous, but not only will the budget of his department be greatly reduced, but the year-end bonuses of his employees will also be far less than those of other game development departments. How embarrassing.

Therefore, when Nishiyama Takashi was developing this 2D horizontal version 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 pictures, and the 2D horizontal version shooting online game he designed is much less colorful than it. Will players buy it? Now Lin Feng also proposed that "Contra" will be adapted into a 2D horizontal scrolling online game, which immediately gave him a backbone.

You know, in terms of game creation, Lin Feng's vision has never been wrong. Although Lin Feng, the president and chairman of "Second World", does not even know a piece of game code and has no experience in developing games, his vision is well-known in the game industry, especially in "Second World" company. Therefore, there is a truth within the company, that is - if Lin Feng says a game is good, then it must be good.

Now, Lin Feng said that he wanted to adapt "Contra" into a 2D horizontal shooting online game, so there must be no problem.

"Minister Nishiyama, I think this game should directly use the name of "Contra NE", so that the benefits of "Contra" can be maximized. As for the background of the game, I hope to set it in the end of the world, so I require the screen to be in the end of the world, and my biggest requirement is that no matter what the scene is, players can create gods and cooperate with multiple people, 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 think is what I think, and 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 stood up with a red face.

What Lin Feng said is what he and the department employees think. It's just that everyone is a little unsure and a little nervous. But now that Lin Feng said this, Nishiyama Takashi is still afraid of the ball, not afraid, not afraid of anything.

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

"Well, boss, not all of them are ready. But we already have the model. We just need to modify it. Basically, we just need to make some details. Of course, in terms of maps, we can add the maps of the levels of "Contra" to it, so that players will be more familiar with it." Nishiyama Takashi said.

Lin Feng nodded.

"So, I don't know how you designed maps before. Isn't there a lot of versions of "Contra", what - Contra 2 Robot Edition, Contra 3 (Contra Gaiden), Air Contra, Star Contra and so on? I think these "Contra" should have a certain player base. Simply move their maps to "Contra ne". In this way, not only the number of maps will be greatly increased, but also it will give players a more familiar feeling. Of course, there are some small bugs in the maps of some versions of "Contra", which must be corrected when transplanting." Lin Feng said.

Nishiyama Takashi nodded heavily.

"Mr. Lin, there is no problem in this regard. Now that we are talking about this, I have a suggestion for the company. I think that although our 'eleven major game departments' are in a competitive relationship, the company's annual budget is divided according to the strength of each game department. It can be said that although everyone is friends in private, they are competitors at work. Strict confidentiality and security measures have been taken to prevent the leakage of secrets of each game department. This has both advantages and disadvantages from the company's perspective. Therefore, I propose that although each game department develops, it is better for our company to formulate a standard, a standard for game models." Said Nishiyama Takashi.

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 ​​used 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 programming language. The company's internal programming language 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, so that gods can call each other's already formed models or maps, so that It can greatly 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 completely call each other to create gods. In this way, many advantages may not be reflected in the initial stage, but as the game accumulates The number of games is increasing day by day, and the resources that can be called upon are terrifying. In the future, you may 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 modify them in detail. This can greatly save development. time.

Of course, this also has risks, that is, once this 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 completely beneficial to the company's development. 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?

"In this case, I will hold a meeting to discuss this matter in two days. You should hurry up and develop "Contra ne" 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 leaked, it would be quite terrifying. In the past, even if there was a hacker intrusion or an internal employee leaked, the relevant information of one department could only be leaked. But now, the information of the entire company is leaked, 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 ne".

"Haha, Mr. Wu, this is simple, I decided to adopt a new charging model." Lin Feng laughed.