Chapter 22 A mediocre work!
"This is impossible! How could I lose..."
The Demon King looked at the brave sword that passed through his chest, his eyes full of unwillingness,
But with the last roar of the young warrior with gorgeous blond hair in front of him, in a holy golden beam of light, the devil was completely reduced to ashes.
The brave man once again defeated the devil and restored peace to the entire continent...
CG slowly disappears on the computer screen, and the story of "Legend of Demon World 2" has come to an end here.
All the people present who participated in the confidential test stood up from their seats and clapped vigorously.
"Congratulations, Old Tang."
"Congratulations, Director Tang."
All kinds of complimentary words spouted out from the industry insiders and professional players who participated in the confidential internal testing, as if the success of "Makai Legend 2" was already a certainty.
Tang Yunpeng also smiled the same way, and like everyone else, he was immersed in the joy of completing the project.
But after he sent everyone away, the smile on his face gradually calmed down.
Tang Yunpeng looked at the friend next to him who also participated in this confidential internal test and had been instructed by him to stay in advance, and asked bluntly:
"Lao Lu, what do you think of "Legend of Demon World 2"?"
Lu Maru turned to look at Tang Yunpeng and smiled slightly:
“Isn’t everyone praising you?”
"As for our friendship, are you interested in playing tricks on me here?" Tang Yunpeng was a little unhappy and kicked the pulley chair where Lu Mayu was sitting.
Lu Maru hooked one hand on the table to prevent himself from being kicked too far, raised his head and said:
"You know what you know and you still ask me?
Old Tang, what did you do? The ticket was delayed for a month and a half, and you ended up with such a piece of shit?
Who are you trying to fool with this? To be honest, if I hadn't received the money, I would have turned into a land key fairy when I went back today! ”
"How did you speak?"
In addition to Tang Yunpeng, Lu Maru, and other developers from the "Legend of Demon World 2" team were present.
After all, this project took them almost a year to come up with, and some people were even sent to the hospital because of this project.
Everyone was so complimentary just now, but why did it become worthless in this person's mouth?
And the scolding was so unpleasant.
"Just listen!" Tang Yunpeng gave his subordinate a hard look and glanced around the audience.
Seeing that everyone else had closed their mouths, he looked at his old friend with a wry smile:
"Is it really that bad?"
Although he was scolded so badly, Tang Yunpeng didn't have any anger on his face. It was precisely because the two were friends that Lu Maru told the truth.
"Of course it's not bad." Lu Mayu shook his head, his tone full of gunpowder,
"After all, you are the one in charge, and the entire game is top-notch in the industry in terms of plot, action system, art, and music.
But..."
Tang Yunpeng breathed and frowned, knowing that something big was coming.
"But are you really innovative at all?"
Lu Maru frowned, looked at Tang Yunpeng in front of him and asked:
"Do you know how I feel when I play this game all the way?
In the first half hour, I was quite excited. I felt that you were paying homage to the previous game and taking care of those of us old players who like the Legend of Demon World generation.
After playing for an hour, I started to get a little bored. I could see through all the secret rooms at a glance, and I could figure out the action patterns of the monsters I encountered within two minutes.
When I played for two hours, I really wanted to drop the controller.
The further I play, the angrier I feel. I want to pull you over and let you try what you made. ”
Lu Maru stared into Tang Yunpeng's eyes and asked with disappointment:
"Are you talking about "Legend of Demon World 2"? Aren't you just covering up "Legend of Demon World" and selling it?
If that's the case, Old Tang, why don't you just call this game "The Legend of Demon World Remastered Edition" instead of calling it "The Legend of Demon World 2". ”
Tang Yunpeng was speechless by Lu Maru's words.
Doesn't he want to innovate? As a developer who already enjoys a high reputation in the industry, it is what he should do to challenge his upper limit.
But there is no way.
Due to the collapse of the mobile game market, the entire Tianxing company now urgently needs a game to boost market confidence in order to maintain its stock price.
If the first version of "Legend of Demon World 2" still had some innovations, then with the emergence of the first major BUG, Tang Yunpeng had to abandon the first version and directly cheat after the ticket bounced. Only in this way is the most reliable monetization model.
"Old Tang, don't blame me for not reminding you."
Lu Maru looked at Tang Yunpeng who was speechless, shook his head and said with a feeling of hatred that iron cannot become steel,
"If you put aside the IP of "Legend of the Demon World", this game can be regarded as an outstanding work. As soon as this game was released, Tianxing's publicity was overwhelming. You will definitely make this money.
However, you will offend all the old players of "Legend of the Demon World". ”
Lu Maru laughed at himself:
"Of course, there are not many old players like us.
After all, the younger generation is the main force of consumption. We people can't provide much sales, and we are nothing in the eyes of capital.
But Old Tang, your reputation will be ruined by then.
Think about it. ”
After leaving these words, Lu Maru didn't stay much. He patted Tang Yunpeng on the shoulder and left without looking back.
Looking at Lu Maru's retreating figure, Tang Yunpeng shook his head, looking a little disappointed.
As a veteran of Tianxing, he also owns a certain amount of shares in Tianxing, and his relationship with the company is mutually beneficial.
Right now, protecting the company's interests is what a qualified adult should do. As for reputation...
hehe.
Just when Tang Yunpeng was about to announce that the development of "Legend of Demon World 2" was officially coming to an end and the game was ready to be launched immediately.
But when he turned around, what he saw was the unwilling eyes of his team members.
"Boss...is what we make really that bad?"
The speaker was a young man.
He looked at Tang Yunpeng blankly, his eyes filled with dissatisfaction.
Tang Yunpeng knew this kind of look. Its name was "young and frivolous", and he had had it before.
This is a group of young people. In other words, programmers themselves are a profession for young people, especially young people who are related to games.
They can tolerate 996 and oppression, but they cannot tolerate the fact that "efforts cannot be rewarded".
In their opinion, they have worked so hard to complete "Diamond 2", and this should be a game that can satisfy players.
"What we make is not bad, at least it is better than 90% of the games on the market."
Tang Yunpeng said.
"Are you satisfied with 90%?"
Tang Yunpeng's breath was stagnant.
Why doesn't he want to make "Legend of Demon World 2" better?
"But we don't have time. Innovation is not a simple thing. You don't have to pay too much attention to what my friend said.
Even if we take the first version of our game as an example, I don't think that kind of innovation would be any better than our current product. ”
As he said that, Tang Yunpeng also saw the disappointed eyes of his young team members. He paused and added:
"Of course, if you have a brilliant enough idea, you can make an exception."
The scene suddenly fell into silence.
If an idea is brilliant enough, how brilliant should it be?
If they had this ability, why would they need to stay here?
Seeing that everyone's emotions had calmed down, Tang Yunpeng nodded slightly with satisfaction.
"Um...boss, why don't you watch this video?"
Suddenly, a hand raised in the crowd attracted the attention of everyone present.
Tang Yunpeng's brows jumped and he walked forward quickly.
With just one glance, he was shocked by the beauty in the video that seemed to penetrate people's hearts.
And as the progress bar slowly moved backward, the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.
"Genius! Masterpiece! Work of art!"
Tang Yunpeng murmured to himself.
He seemed to be able to keep his posthumous name.
(End of chapter)