Chapter 525 Hearthstone Legend (Seeking votes for next month)
Youmei.
After the reminder to encourage the completion of the task popped up.
Lin Yao was basically relieved.
She chatted with Lin Xi and Zhang Youjie for a while.
Then the next day, she returned to Linmu Studio.
Linmu Studio was fine yesterday because of the window period.
But it is impossible to say that Linmu Studio has nothing to do at all, given the current size of Linmu Studio.
The mobile phone project has an acceleration buff and a ready-made design plan, and it will definitely get on the right track slowly. Lin Yao is very sure of this.
And Lin Xi and Zhang Youjie also know that Lin Yao's focus should be on Linmu Studio, so they deliberately don't let Lin Yao invest too much energy in Youmei.
This is good.
So in the end, Lin Yao just symbolically registered in Youmei to see if she could get the buff of "no decisive difficulty", and then let it go.
She plans to go over and take a look after the mobile phone project has made phased progress.
As soon as Lin Yao returned to Linmu Studio, Mu Wanqing came over.
With the successful release of "Diablo", the backlog of things was also pushed to Lin Yao.
First, there was the animated film plan of Qi Jianhua and Motion Capture Studio.
They submitted many plans.
Lin Yao also read them carefully.
However...
"I always feel that they are too obsessed with the interlocking plot."
Lin Yao put down the plan in her hand.
She shook her head gently.
Although there was no script on it.
Because they felt that they were not good enough, they begged Lin Yao, who knew everything, to write an exquisite script...
The problem was that their requirements were all kinds of strange.
Lin Yao couldn't write it.
And even if she could write it, she didn't recommend that they make a difficult script for the first challenge.
"Maybe the story you wrote is too good."
Mu Wanqing stood beside Lin Yao with the information in her arms and said, "And isn't this a good thing?"
"Well... how should I put it."
Lin Yao thought for a while and replied, "I personally think that it is too difficult to challenge an exquisite story for the first cross-border. We have accumulated a lot of experience in CG, especially in atmosphere, but we have no experience in long narrative... So I think we can actually try a simple story and win with emotions."
"Atmosphere? Emotions?"
"Yeah."
Lin Yao nodded.
Take animated films as an example.
She herself likes Trigger's "Promia".
Is the story of this animated film good? Not necessarily, it's quite thin.
After all, the ending of the story is all about fantasy...
Even viewers who have watched animation for a long time, as long as they have been exposed to the works of Hiroyuki Imaishi such as Tengen Toppa,
can see the shadow of previous Trigger works in this work. In addition to Little Witch Academia, there are a lot of elements of Trigger's previous works.
And the movie has a lot of commercial traces.
But it's just such a work.
Lin Yao likes it very much.
One of the advantages of Trigger is that as long as the atmosphere is set in place, the audience's emotions will be mobilized, and they can completely ignore the thin plot. The second-year soul will be awakened instantly, and they will shout "WTF!"
Even a sentence "The heart of belief is your magic" can ignite it, and it is said that this is a work that the entire Trigger has devoted itself to.
So Lin Yao thinks that Linmu Studio can try to go in this direction for the first time to cross over to make an animated film.
After all, most of the audience, such as Lin Yao herself, don't think too much. Generally, the excitement of watching a movie is the best gift.
To put it simply,
popcorn movies are also good.
But... this is not easy to make.
After all, it is not a professional animation company.
Not everyone can do the level of Trigger.
In addition, the emotional flow is also a big problem. It is actually difficult to balance the style and the public aesthetic. If it is slightly offset, it will become embarrassing... or it will become necessary to match the aesthetics and brain waves to watch it, otherwise... well.
"Forget it, I'll think about it."
Lin Yao took a last look at the plan submitted by Qi Jianhua, and finally did not make a rash decision.
I plan to think about it later.
Anyway, there is no rush.
She looked at Mu Wanqing again, asking her what the next thing is.
Mu Wanqing picked up the information in her arms and said, "The next thing... Regarding Gibber and Dreamland, they said they really want to talk to you directly."
Lin Yao asked, "What do they want to do?"
"They proposed a plan, saying that they can allow their works to be re-logged on the Vaporwave game platform without changing the profit sharing, but there is a condition, that is, they want to keep the option of logging in the works on Game playe, and require that the games re-logged on the Vaporwave game platform must have Game playe to start."
"Ha, it's really the same goal."
Lin Yao understood what they meant halfway through listening.
The general meaning is that the Vaporwave game platform becomes a "jumper" in exchange for a reduction in profit sharing.
Most game companies in Lin Yao's previous life did this, such as Ubisoft.
This can not only attract traffic to their own platform, but also ensure that the works will not miss the traffic of the top platforms. It
is indeed a good plan.
However, for Linmu Studio, this is not so good.
There are only two companies that have defected here.
Lin Yao could not agree to such a request from them.
Lin Yao thought about it and gave her own answer: "Let the business department talk. As for me, I will not accept the dialogue for the time being. Let's leave them alone for a while and wait for the public beta of "World of Warcraft". It's just a "Diablo". I don't have enough confidence."
Mu Wanqing: "..."
Bottom, lack of confidence?
Although I really want to say something.
But Mu Wanqing looked at Lin Yao's profile and finally swallowed her words back.
She opened her mouth and was about to say something else.
But before she could speak, Lin Yao seemed to have thought of something again, and suddenly said: "Miss Mu, I have another problem for you."
"What do you say?" Mu Wanqing was a little curious.
"Collect the most popular game characters from Gibbs and Dreamland, and make a list for me. Also, help me collect the games these characters belong to."
Lin Yao suddenly made a request that confused Mu Wanqing.
"Ah? Why?" Mu Wanqing couldn't help asking.
"Collect stamps, and then find a way to send out the love letters I imagined." Lin Yao raised her head, blinked at Mu Wanqing, and then smiled brightly.
"Stamp collecting, love letters..."
Mu Wanqing's eyes became strange.
Lin Yao didn't think much about it. She put her little hand on Mu Wanqing's belly, gently patted the flat belly of the black silk glasses girl, and fell into deep thought.
Love letters refer to games with a free-for-all gameplay.
Although at present, the possibility is not high, after all, the use cannot be disclosed for the time being, and it is too difficult to let the mortal enemy license the most popular character image under its own company.
Who knows what Linmu Studio will do with the character image.
But even if the possibility is low, you can give it a try.
What if it succeeds
? "Anything else, Miss Mu." Lin Yao came back to her senses.
Mu Wanqing thought about it, and stopped dwelling on the previous topic, and turned to the next thing.
"The remaining things are the matters of World of Warcraft and the mobile game department."
Mu Wanqing said softly: "The second round of testing of World of Warcraft has been successfully completed. Lei Hongguang gave a specific public beta date. The marketing department has made a complete publicity and distribution plan based on the date, but Lei Hongguang said it was too bland after reading it. He said he hoped to hold a sufficiently eye-catching public beta event for this game. Otherwise
, he didn't have the confidence to play the games released before, but this is also the problem. The previous games brought too much traffic, and now all the pressure has come to World of Warcraft. The marketing department and the project team where Lei Hongguang is located are very troubled, and they don't know what to do to give back to the players who are looking forward to it."
There are a total of four games in the Linmu Carnival.
The first three have been released.
And the latest "Diablo" has landed on both ends, and the sales have exploded. It will soon be linked with World of Warcraft.
Now the pressure is indeed all on World of Warcraft.
"Actually, it is enough for the game to be publicly launched on time... However, I can understand that you want a public beta event that is eye-catching enough. I'll look for them later."
Lin Yao thought about it, and did not rush to deny Lei Hongguang's idea, but put it aside for the time being: "What about the other thing? What happened to the mobile game department?"
"A staff member named Kang Yi submitted a project plan to me, hoping to give it to you. I took a look and found it to be quite creative. The person in charge of the mobile game department has not yet been determined, and I think I can let him have a try."
"Kang Yi?"
Lin Yao tilted her head: "It sounds familiar, but also strange. Is he a new staff member?"
"Well, he joined some time ago. He's the author who used the World of Warcraft editor to make the "Lone Hero" map, and was later sued... You helped him out, and then asked him to study hard. He has graduated now."
Mu Wanqing smiled: "I was also surprised when I saw his information. I didn't expect that he actually joined the company, and he even ran to the mobile game department and took the initiative to ask to participate in the development of mobile games."
"Oh, it's him."
Lin Yao suddenly realized, and then for some reason, she felt happy.
At that time, she felt that the other party was quite thoughtful and wanted to hire him, but he was studying and she didn't want to disrupt his ivory tower life.
So she put it aside for the time being.
As for asking him to join after graduation, it was just a joke.
With a resume like "lone hero", he actually has many choices. It's not surprising that he can get a high position as soon as he joins a smaller game company.
But he still came to Linmu Studio.
And he joined the company quietly.
This proves that Linmu Studio has not disappointed this small producer who is also a player at least during this period of time.
But... time flies.
Lin Yao was thinking about a lot of things, and at the same time, she subconsciously took the plan from Mu Wanqing's hand and flipped through it.
Originally, she thought it was a game plan.
But as she looked at it, Lin Yao realized that something was wrong.
"Interesting..."
Lin Yao suddenly smiled softly.
This plan is not so much a game plan.
It's better to say that it is an opinion and IP operation plan.
Kang Yi seemed to be aware of Lin Yao's idea of ​​developing a mobile platform, and spent a lot of time describing his own ideas about mobile platforms.
He also explained in detail what kind of games he thought were suitable for mobile platforms.
At the end of the plan, he put forward his own views in very cautious terms.
He believed that since the World of Warcraft IP could be used to launch two types of games, RTS and MMORPG, Lin Yao also wanted to make its famous IP more popular.
Why not add mobile terminals?
After that, he also listed some IPs, such as the types of games that would be suitable for World of Warcraft after it was moved to mobile terminals.
He believed that the standard should be simple gameplay, and one of them was the card game option.
However, he did not know how to combine them, or he had not thought it through, so there were only a few relevant explanations.
Combining character images with cards, using existing background stories.
Although there was no specific gameplay written,
the idea coincided with a certain game.
"Let's go, it seems that we have picked up a talent."
Lin Yao read to the end, closed the plan, thought about it, made up his mind, and stood up: "Let's go meet that Kang Yi, Miss Mu."
...
Time went forward a little.
Linmu Studio.
Product department, corner.
Mobile game department.
Kang Yi was working with his head down, deconstructing the plans for the small games given by Lin Yao.
From his own perspective, he began to list the answers to why Lin Yao designed it this way.
He moved quickly.
After a while, a whole page of documents was filled with dense writing.
Kang Yi typed the last word, then looked up, looked at the full document, breathed a sigh of relief, then turned his head to look at the location of Lin Yao's office, his eyes full of admiration, and at the same time, a little uneasiness...
He did guess that Lin Yao wanted to layout the mobile terminal, and he himself felt that the mobile terminal would be the future, especially after the commercialization of the new generation of communication technology.
In addition, he was very interested in the mobile phone as a carrier, so he took the initiative to come to the mobile game department.
Then, he came into contact with the plan given by Lin Yao.
To be honest.
Seeing the plan was a big blow to him...
In fact, he was hit hard as soon as he came to Linmu Studio.
At the beginning, when he joined Linmu Studio, he was actually a little proud. After all, he had been operating the MOBA-like game "Lone Hero" alone for nearly two years.
He is also arrogant!
However, this thought only lasted until the second day of his employment...
When he entered the PC department of Linmu Studio and met the staff of Linmu Studio, his arrogance disappeared, leaving only a wry smile... They are all geniuses, geniuses in every sense.
Take Zhong Xiu, the leader of the PC department, for example. Kang Yi met him on the first day of his employment, and then because of the shortage of staff, he worked for him for a week.
Then, during the few days he followed Zhong Xiu, Kang Yi felt that his outlook on life had been refreshed...
Zhong Xiu really never stopped. He checked the code in the morning, and when he was pressed, he directly wrote the code himself. In the afternoon, he would meet with the heads of other project teams to coordinate the human resources of each project team, and in the evening, he would tinker with social software that had nothing to do with games and Kang Yi could not understand at all.
Occasionally, at night, he would drag a bunch of people to play games... He
was almost busy all day.
If it were just like this, it would be fine.
But the problem is that Zhong Xiu did everything to the best of his ability, which is the most terrifying.
He is good at playing games, writing code, understanding games, and software, and he is also very good at playing games!
Kang Yi has also played games with Zhong Xiu. He witnessed Zhong Xiu holding a cigarette, mocking Qi Jianhua, holding the mouse with one hand, and hammering Qi Jianhua to the ground with Yasuo...
This scene formed a strong contrast with Zhong Xiu during the day, and it also became an extremely profound scene for Kang Yi.
Such a person, from Kang Yi's shallow workplace experience, can be called a genius.
More importantly, he still loves his work and loves games...
And there are many such people in Linmu Studio...
Because he followed Zhong Xiu, he ran around for a few days and met all kinds of staff.
The most outrageous time.
He once witnessed two programmers disagreeing on how to implement a function on the engine, and then the two spent two days each to make the same DEMO together, and then compared the fluency.
Kang Yi has also played that DEMO.
In fact, he feels that both plans are OK. Ordinary game companies may just choose one at random.
But just for this matter, the two stubborn programmers wanted to convince each other and everyone with facts... and the others not only did not object, but also cheered on the side, including Zhong Xiu, because he was not sure which plan was better.
They were stubborn and decided the winner.
Kang Yi even suspected that if the project time was not limited, they would still fight to the death...
Because Zhong Xiu told him later that this kind of PK within the product department was meaningless, and it was more interesting to fight between the engine group and the development group. In order to achieve better results and to prove that their ideas were correct, the staff of the engine group would even perform "I can do it, I will do it"...
And for Kang Yi, this was really outrageous!
Is it that necessary?
Making a big fuss for a small detail.
He once asked Zhong Xiu about this question, and Zhong Xiu's answer was also very simple. He said he didn't know if it was necessary. He only knew that the games of Linmu Studio were getting better and better, and the game engine was getting more and more perfect, precisely because of the "big fuss".
After getting this answer, Kang Yi was silent.
Then he thought that the two programmers actually made a DEMO in two days, and he became even more depressed...
Then, he understood that he had nothing to be proud of. He operated "Lone Hero" relying on the World of Warcraft editor, and the editor was developed by this group of people.
And there are many similar geniuses in Linmu Studio.
But they are different from ordinary geniuses. They seem to have a common goal.
Although they occasionally show their edge, more often, they will put away their edge and work together.
Then move towards a certain goal together.
To be honest, Kang Yi feels that this place is like a... utopia.
And Kang Yi... quickly fell in love with this place, because it's not that he has never worked in a game company. He was even sued by a game company.
So although he was hit, he also emerged with a stronger fighting spirit.
He began to absorb experience from other staff members crazily, and then he became more and more comfortable in the PC department.
But just when he was gradually emerging.
He suddenly received a notice that the mobile game department was established and all interested staff could participate.
Then, Kang Yi joined without hesitation.
It's not that he can't make a name for himself in the PC department, but after he graduated, he saw the news that the new generation of communication technology will be commercialized soon. After studying the mobile phone market, he felt that mobile games have great potential and are very optimistic.
Now, he has been in the mobile game department for some time.
His views on mobile games have also been further improved.
So he plucked up the courage to write a business plan and wrote all his ideas in it.
He submitted it and wanted to show it to Lin Yao.
To be honest.
It was okay when he submitted
it. But he was really nervous at the moment .
It's not that Kang Yi has never seen Lin Yao.
But every time it was just a quick glance... If there was nothing to talk to
, Kang Yi really didn't dare. So his understanding of Lin Yao was limited to the descriptions of other staff members.
He didn't know Lin Yao's personality, Lin Yao's preferences, and Lin Yao's attitude.
And his short experience of joining another game company before made him understand that not all bosses like opinions and suggestions...
What's more, he was just an ordinary staff member in Linmu Studio, not a person in charge.
So at this moment, in addition to admiration, he also felt uneasy.
After all, it was not long since he graduated.
"I don't know if I will be scolded..."
Kang Yi retracted his gaze, looked at the screen again, sighed, and became more and more worried the more he thought about it.
The uneasiness was spreading.
He couldn't work anymore
. But soon.
There was a sound of footsteps next to him.
It stopped the spread of uneasiness in Kang Yi's heart.
The sound of Mu Wanqing's high heels was very recognizable.
Kang Yi thought it was Mu Wanqing, and immediately raised his head.
But when he looked up, he not only saw Mu Wanqing, but also saw a beautiful girl with a high ponytail.
The first time he saw the girl.
Kang Yi's first thought was... her skin was so white.
"Did you write this business plan?"
Lin Yao looked at Kang Yi, who felt a little silly, and asked after confirming that she had found the right person.
"Ah? Me? Uh... it's me!"
Kang Yi was incoherent for a while, and finally reacted. He stood up and explained in a low voice: "I was just writing it casually..."
Lin Yao looked at him and didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't be so nervous. The IP operation plan is well written, but you don't seem to have written the gameplay in detail. Can you tell me about it? Especially the plan for the Warcraft card game."
"I..."
Kang Yi didn't seem to expect that his business plan would really be seen, and that Lin Yao would come in person. He was very nervous at first.
But Lin Yao's pleasant voice seemed to have a magical power.
After Lin Yao spoke, Kang Yi slowly calmed down, organized his words, and repeated his thoughts.
"Card image?"
Lin Yao pondered for a while after listening to Kang Yi's explanation, then picked up another plan in her hand and handed it to Kang Yi: "Actually, I have a similar idea. This is the plan I wrote. You can take a look. Now it is just a rough idea and part of the content. I will give you the specific plan after the public beta of "World of Warcraft". Then I want you to be responsible for this project. Take a look first."
"Project?"
Kang Yi took the plan handed over by Lin Yao curiously, turned it over subconsciously, and took a look. Just looking at the concept map drawn by Lin Yao, he couldn't move his eyes away.
"Hearthstone? Cards? Dual-end login? Damn!?"
A few minutes later.
Kang Yi held the plan tightly in his hand.
The first reaction was genius! It was a genius idea!
Lin Yao saw his reaction and smiled: "Take a look first. After the detailed plan comes out, I will talk to you in detail. In addition, you should also participate in the public beta of "World of Warcraft". It's a good opportunity to get familiar with it."
"World of Warcraft public beta?"
Kang Yi came back to his senses and raised his head.
But Lin Yao had already run far away. She seemed to have thought of something and ran straight towards the World of Warcraft project team.
Kang Yi looked at the graceful back and fell silent.
He finally understood why the PC department had a "mate selection standard group"...
This was a private group of the PC department with many members and extremely strict review.
It was said that it was to prevent a manager named Mu...
Because several groups had been destroyed before.
And this group, after joining, basically few people come out to chat.
But every day, the private album in the group will be updated with a few photos.
Kang Yi had seen it on other staff members' mobile phones, and it seemed that they were all Lin Yao.
He didn't understand why his colleagues created this group at the time, but now he understands, not only does he understand, but he also wants to join...
"Kang Yi."
Just when Kang Yi was looking at Lin Yao's back and thinking about it.
Suddenly a voice came.
Kang Yi turned around.
The manager surnamed Mu was standing next to him...
"Why, what's wrong?" Kang Yi didn't know why, but suddenly felt guilty.
Mu Wanqing smiled, and then asked in a induced way: "You have just come here not long ago? Have you heard of the mate selection standard group?"
"I don't know!"
Kang Yi was silent for a moment, showing an expression of defending something to the death, and then shook his head vigorously, with a firm expression: "What mate selection standard group, I have never heard of it!"
Mu Wanqing: "..."
...
on the other side.
Lin Yao didn't know about the conversation between Kang Yi and Mu Wanqing.
After she explained to Kang Yi that the Hearthstone project was officially launched, she came to the World of Warcraft project team and held a small meeting with Lei Hongguang and Xi Qianyu from the marketing department, and then officially confirmed the public beta of World of Warcraft.
Nearly an hour later, Lin Yao came out of the meeting room.
She stretched lightly, then looked around and smiled happily.
It's finally going to be publicly tested.
One of the most important online games of Linmu Studio!
(End of this chapter)
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