Chapter 116 Game Show

As the year draws to a close, there is a lot going on.

First of all, the rent for the studio is due to expire in less than two months, and I have to negotiate the renewal with the landlord in advance.

This place is pretty good.

Chen Ba plans to negotiate with the landlord for a longer period of time this time, and try to renew the lease for 3-5 years at a time. As for longer periods of time, or even buying the house outright, he doesn't think it's cost-effective.

First, more than five years is too long.

Who knows what Tianba Studio will look like by then? If it continues to expand, will it need to move to another place?

Buying it directly is even more outrageous.

Considering the market conditions, geographical location and total area, the total price he wanted to buy for the house where his studio was located would definitely be in the eight figures.

Tianba Studio can now afford the eight-digit expenditure, but this will leave the studio with little money in its account.

What do you buy this thing for?

I can’t eat or drink, and it doesn’t improve the studio as a whole. Besides getting a property certificate, I just want to save hundreds of thousands of yuan in rent every year? “The landlord is very easy to talk to.”

Yang Dong was responsible for negotiating the lease renewal. He told Chen Ba that the landlord agreed in principle to lease Tianba Studio for a long term, so that he didn't have to look for new tenants.

However, the landlord has requirements for rent increase. If it is a long-term lease, the rent will have to be increased at a fixed rate every year, and it is impossible to maintain the original price all the time.

“It should be…”

"As long as the price doesn't go up too much, higher than the market price, we can accept it. After confirming the long-term lease, we will renovate the house, and he has to waive rent during the renovation period."

Chen Ba stated his conditions.

The food court is indeed very convenient and the place is big enough, so he doesn't want to go through the hassle of moving.

It is a good thing to settle for a long term lease.

After signing the contract, he had to hire someone to redecorate the studio. He was not very satisfied with the current decoration and wanted to make adjustments to some areas.

In addition to renewing the lease and redecorating, the studio also has an important task, which is to determine the year-end bonus standards and organize people to sign up for the upcoming Neon Game Show.

The year-end bonus is issued retroactively.

In fact, no year-end bonus was given out last year because at that time, Chen Ba simply couldn't come up with much money and used it all to develop new games.

Because of this, Brother Ba felt bad and wanted to compensate everyone this year and raise the standard of the year-end bonus.

The Neon Game Show was a pleasant surprise.

With the hot sales of many games, especially the popularity of the "Star Emperor" GAL Professional League, Tianba Studio has also become famous in the gaming industry.

Therefore, the Neon Game Show, which will be held in December this year, took the initiative to send an invitation letter, inviting Tianba Studio to participate in the exhibition.

This is something to be happy about.

Although the Neon Game Show is not as famous as international exhibitions such as Cologne and E3, it is actually not bad. Every year, there are hundreds or even thousands of game interactive entertainment companies participating in the exhibition.

Worth mentioning is…

Although there are hundreds of participating companies, and domestic game companies are flocking to the exhibition, "being invited to participate" and "actively participating" are two different things.

This is just like when XX Film Festival is held and XX actress shines in the audience wearing a dragon robe! Did they invite you?

Some people walk the red carpet because they are invited to receive awards, while others walk the red carpet purely to show off and gain popularity, and are worried that no one will take pictures of them, so they bring their own photographers with them.

The same is true for game shows.

Chen Ba looks down on those people who go to others to take advantage of the popularity without being invited, then turn around and find a few self-media editors, take a few photos of the queue, and then appear on the hot searches the next day.

#Chinese XX game shines at XX game exhibition# #Foreign players praise XX# #Chinese elements at XX exhibition# Chen Ba disdains to do such things, and he is not interested in it. Generally speaking, if Tianba Studio is not invited to an overseas game exhibition, he will not go to it.

This time, after receiving an invitation letter, the organizer not only promised to prepare a good booth for Tianba Studio, but also stated that the majority of Japanese players were looking forward to their arrival. Only then did Chen Ba decide to sign up for the exhibition.

"Going abroad?"

This was Xiao Lu's first time going abroad. He said with great anticipation, "I think I'll be able to meet a lot of foreign game developers when I go to Neon this time, right?"

"Of course!"

“It’s hard to say about independent game developers, but I think I can see quite a few well-known game developers working for big companies.”

Yang Dong smiled and said, "Besides, it's an exhibition held in Neon. Major companies like Sony, Sega, Capcom, etc. should all be participating in the exhibition."

“There’s nothing interesting about the big factories.”

"These big companies exhibited AAA games, and they exhibited AAA games!"

Chen Ba shook his head and said, "We can't learn anything. After all, there is a gap in technology, and the size of the game is not at the same level."

This is the truth.

As an ordinary player, it is normal to focus on those big manufacturers and pay attention to the 3A masterpieces they announced. After all, 3A is much more fun than other games.

But as a practitioner in the gaming industry, and also an exhibitor, it’s meaningless to just stare at the big companies.

What can you learn? Even if the big companies show you the technology, can you produce the same effect? ​​In other words, do you have the funds and confidence of the big companies to integrate these technologies and experience into the game? Don't be funny! Even if Tianba Studio has a full set of 3A game development experience and technology accumulation, it will still be the same and cannot make the same game.

“We should visit and learn from game studios of the same size as ours to see what highlights the games they develop have.”

At this point, Chen Ba seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but laugh: "There should be a lot of Galgame games on display at this Neon Game Show. Remember to go and learn some."

"Galgame..."

Yang Dong and Xiao Lu were both speechless.

Everyone knows that Japan is a country with a strong Galgame culture. After all, otaku culture is really popular in that country, and there are many players who like to play this kind of game.

But the problem is, even if they learn the real skills from the master, where is the space to display them? There are not so many Galgame players in China, and it is a dead end to mess around.

"Just learn a little about plot design. This is our shortcoming and has always been criticized." Chen Ba explained.

I have to admit that the plots of some Galgame games are really "amazing"! The lines are so touching and warm, the atmosphere is so good, and the fullness of the characters is so amazing that it beats some two-dimensional games that use "character plot" as their core selling point.

If Tianba Studio can learn this trick and do a good job in character design and plot, it will be easy to make money in the domestic environment.

"I understand."

After understanding what Brother Ba meant, Xiao Lu nodded and said, "Then which game should we choose for the exhibition?"

"The Lord is the Divine Grace Continent."

"In addition to exhibiting old games, this exhibition is a good opportunity to promote the popularity of new games in advance..."

Chen Ba was not going there for tourism.

Since he has decided to participate in the exhibition, he will definitely make sufficient preparations and reveal some never-before-disclosed information at the exhibition.

For example, next year's new game! Although there is no PPT for this thing, it does not need to be played at the exhibition, so it can be regarded as a bragging contest to arouse the interest of players.

Whether the game can be made or not, or whether it has started or not, is not important...

The important thing is to draw the pie first!

Mature game developers have their own set of skills in drawing cakes. Although the cakes they draw are different, they can always arouse the interest of players and whet their appetite.

In this regard, Rockstar is the best of the best!

Many years ago, someone broke the news on the Internet that Rockstar was preparing to develop "Give Him Love 6".

As soon as the news came out, the whole Internet was in an uproar.

Countless players are eagerly waiting for good news from Rockstar and more latest information about "Give Him Love 6".

Every year since then, there have been people on the Internet talking about this non-existent game.

Rockstar also knows how to keep people in suspense.

Whenever someone asks about the news of "Give Him Love 6", the answer is always "It's being worked on, it's being worked on."

Are you really doing it?

Chen Ba felt that it was definitely done, at least the "New Folder" was definitely done. But no one knew to what extent it was done.

After all these years, it’s impossible that we’re still stuck at the “create a new folder” stage, right?

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

If it is true, then Rockstar has really set a big goal, spanning nearly ten years... Ever since the rumor of "Give Him Love 6" first broke out on the Internet, it has whetted the appetite of players for a full ten years.

This is the master of pie-in-the-sky painting!

Although Tianba Studio couldn't do something as outrageous as Rockstar, the news of a newly created folder had controlled players for a whole decade.

But Chen Ba followed suit and released some explosive news and "ambiguous" game content, which should have no problem creating some hype.

…

There were more than a dozen people in the studio, half of whom followed Chen Ba to Neon, and the other half took a vacation where they were because of visa or other reasons.

The decoration company has already arrived.

During their absence, the decoration company will redecorate the studio according to Brother Ba's instructions, and the time is tentatively set to be 10 days! Jiangning has a high-speed railway station, but no airport.

So Chen Ba and others took the high-speed rail to Zhonghai first, and then took a flight to Neon.

Before leaving, Tianba Studio had already announced in the community, player communication groups and games that the game would stop maintenance and updates for the next week.

It is mainly aimed at the two online games "Star Emperor" and "Garbage Elimination".

You don't have to worry about stand-alone games. After all, it's normal for many stand-alone games not to be updated for several months or even years.

Online gaming is not possible.

No matter if the studio is on a long vacation or going out for team-building, if there is no update for a long time, they must indeed tell the players, otherwise everyone will think that Brother Ba has gone bankrupt and been arrested.

In fact, stand-alone games should also say something, for example, Hideo Kojima, who never forgets to take photos and share them on social platforms when chasing stars and traveling, telling players what he is doing recently...

It was the first time for many people in the studio to go abroad. Taking into account the language barrier, Chen Ba even specially called for an interpreter to accompany them.

After arriving in Neon and completing the hotel check-in procedures, everyone went to the exhibition venue and visited the booth belonging to Tianba Studio.

03-S03!

This is the booth number of Tianba Studio. It’s a pretty good location, right next to Zhuchang and Mijia. I didn’t expect the organizer to cram them together.

"Your old boss..."

Xiao Lu stretched out his arm and poked Zhong Shengwei, unable to help but teasing, "How is it? Did you see anyone familiar?"

"No!"

The people from the pig farm arrived early and were already setting up the booth. Zhong Shengwei didn't see any acquaintances here.

This is normal.

After all, Zhuchang is a large company with many departments and studios. Most of the colleagues Zhong Shengwei knew before were in the same department.

How could it be such a coincidence that I could run into someone I know here? "Wow! An open world?"

Chen Ba saw the posters hung in the pig factory and couldn't help but exclaimed: "If the words 'open world' are not added to the game these days, will no one play it?"

"That's not the case."

Yang Dong explained with a smile: "But the open world is indeed quite popular. Nowadays, players are more in favor of the term open world."

No matter what type of game it is, as long as it has the word “open world” in it, it’s the right thing to do!

This trend, after all, was started by Xiaomi. After all, their product O-God was so popular that many friendly competitors became interested in it.

Speaking of Mijia, Chen Ba took everyone to visit the Mijia booth next door.

Hmm...just right!

Compared to the shy attitude of the pig factory, Xiaomi is much more frank. The layout of the booth is full of two-dimensional elements, the kind that makes otakus and housegirls unable to walk after seeing it.

As for games, there aren't any new ones.

Several old games were pulled out for display, and the only new game was still Xiaomi's traditional three-game lineup, which was really nothing to watch.

certainly!

This is from the perspective of a game developer. If you are an ordinary player, your opinion will definitely be different from Chen Ba's.

"Forget it, let's set up the booth."

I am too lazy to think about other people's affairs. After all, whether it is Mijia or Zhuchang, they are both behemoths for Tianba Studio.

Instead of thinking about these trivial things, it is better to hurry up and set up the booth, and strive to gain more exposure for the company's games through this video game exhibition.

Especially "The Land of Divine Grace".

As an RPG adventure game, Shen'en Continent has a very good sales in Japan. Especially after the release of the professional version, many users are from Japan's animation industry.

This time, Chen Ba brought a version where the NPC can speak, which I believe will arouse the interest of many people.

Not only that, he also made targeted optimizations for the "different world" anime works where neon is more prevalent.

This optimization is very interesting! Many Japanese anime about different worlds have the setting of "reincarnation", which is what we call time travel.

There are different ways of crossing, including mud trucks, gods playing pranks, and accidental deaths...

In the game "Divine Grace Continent", Chen Ba has optimized the "Summoning of Heroes". In the past, heroes were suddenly selected and came to another world from modern cities.

But now, the dump truck is coming! How can a brave man who has not experienced the baptism of a dump truck be called a brave man?

You must get on a dump truck and break open the door to another world at a speed of 100KM/h.

In addition to dump trucks, there are also other bizarre ways of traveling through time, such as being struck by lightning, falling to death accidentally, and dying suddenly from overtime work.

Players are free to choose.

All in all, these are plots designed to be realistic and meet the needs of some players.

If you don't like mud trucks, there are also buses, trucks, public buses and even trains to choose from, with a main feature of good service...

(End of this chapter)