Chapter 53 Unifying Thoughts (Part 2)
"There is no standard answer to this question, everyone can speak freely."
With Luo Bai's encouragement, many people gave their own answers.
"Games are the crystallization of the wisdom and sweat of game developers."
"A game is a game."
"Games are how game developers make a living."
"..."
The noise in the audience gradually subsided under Luo Bai's signal. He looked around and then gave his answer:
"For me, a game is a commodity that can bring happiness to players."
Almost everyone present captured the key words in what Luo Bai just said:
"Bringing happiness to players" and "commodity".
Some agreed, others frowned.
Luo Bai didn't care what everyone present was thinking. He continued to talk to himself:
“A game developer’s job is to make games, but the job itself is not the game.
It's one thing to regard making games as your hobby, but when it comes to factors such as cost, sales, manpower, etc., you can't help but think about how to make the best-selling game at the lowest cost.
Because only by making money can game developers survive in this society and continue to produce new games.
There may be game developers in this world who don't have to think about costs and sales at all, but they are very few. ”
At this point, everyone in the audience nodded.
Yes, no matter what wonderful ideas or brilliant ideas a game developer has in his mind, as long as he cannot export his ideas into products for sale, the only outcome for a game developer is to starve to death or change careers.
Therefore, surviving is the most important thing.
“I believe that many people present have a sense of superiority to something like mobile games.
But what I can tell you is that if I had been born ten years earlier, if my original intention had been born ten years earlier, I would have made mobile games without hesitation.
Even if I had the idea of Ori in my mind at that time, even if I had no idea that Ori would be as successful as it is today.
And this also involves the second concept I want to tell you today, how we should treat the job of game development. ”
As he started talking, Luo Bai only hated that there was no blackboard at the back of the conference room, but his emotions were already rising and he couldn't stop, so he could only continue:
“In an ideal world, all of us game developers would be free to make any game we want.
Because I read a certain story, because a certain idea suddenly came to my mind, because of a certain sentence someone else said unintentionally, etc.
It can all be the introduction to the birth of a game.
However, this is without considering profits.
And once we start to consider profitability, it means that you must be cautious and ready to respond to demand at any time. Many game producers end up developing games that they do not like to play. This is the current situation of life.
Take the artist as an example. Suppose the artist himself is a pure love warrior, but the company he works for is a game company that mainly focuses on tauren games as its selling point. I am afraid it will be difficult for him to enjoy his work.
But even so, work is work, you have to do it, and you should do it well with your best efforts. ”
Compared to the majority of people who laughed after hearing the examples given by Luo Bai, Mo Yun's expression changed several times when he heard it below.
After Luo Bai finally finished speaking this long paragraph, he raised his hand.
After Luo Bai nodded to him, he hurriedly asked:
"But Mr. Luo, if you repeat something you don't like every day, how can you guarantee that you will respond with a 200% attitude?
Under the premise that you can't guarantee your own mood and you can't guarantee that you like what you make, how can you ensure that you can do your best to do it well? ”
If what Luo Bai said was true, Mo Yun felt that there was no need for him to switch from Tianxing to Chuxin.
When I was at Tianxing, I was playing games that I didn’t like. If I still play games that I don’t like after coming to Chuxin, then what’s the point of changing jobs?
Mo Yun was a little confused now.
"That's a good question." Luo Bai smiled and nodded towards Mo Yun,
"Before answering your question, Mo Yun, do you know why I want to engage in this industry? Why do I want to make games?"
"Because you like games?"
"This is just one aspect."
Luo Bai shook his head,
"The more important thing is that I am good at making games, and I can get fun and a sense of accomplishment from the process of making games." Like...
Good at...
Mo Yun felt like he had vaguely caught something.
"Like is just an emotion, and emotions are short-lived.
I really liked playing games when I was young. I still remember that when I was in high school, I liked to go to Internet cafes during my monthly vacation.
If I don’t play until it gets dark or until my family comes to see me, I don’t want to go back at all. ”
There was some reminiscence in Luo Bai's eyes.
In the audience, there are many people who agree.
Who wasn’t an internet addicted teenager back then?
"But as I grow older, I go to college, and I enter the society.
I find that my love for games is gradually decreasing. Sometimes I just don’t want to play games that everyone says are fun.
Obviously I have already bought the game and put it in my warehouse, but I would rather leave it there to collect dust than play it.
Can I say that I don’t like playing games? No, of course I still like to play games.
It's just that I can no longer get enough sense of accomplishment and fun from playing games like I did when I was a child. ”
Mo Yun looked into Luo Bai and Chen Chen's eyes, and he suddenly realized that he would also have that day.
"Then why are there still people willing to play the game tirelessly?"
"Because... they can also gain enough sense of accomplishment and happiness from playing games."
Mo Yun murmured.
"Yes, if you play games with the emotion of liking them, once you encounter a game type or a design idea that you don't like, you will hesitate to move forward.
A qualified game developer needs to find content that can provide fun and value during game development.
Turn loving making games into being good at making games. ”
Luo Bai looked at the audience with a smile,
"This is what I want to tell you.
Although it may be disappointing to some people, I still have to say this.
My ideal original game studio, as the cradle of game developers, its core purpose is to cultivate talents who can develop games that are loved by players according to the market, and make profits from it, and continue to move towards a positive cycle.
It is by no means arrogant to think that the ideas in my mind are unparalleled good ideas, but I just lack an opportunity.
With all due respect, if there is no creativity that has been tested by the market, it cannot be said to be good.
In the game development process, we must put our own preferences aside. ”
Many people in the audience blinked in thought, and Mo Yun's eyes seemed to be shining.
He knew he was in the right place!
"Mr. Luo, how did you find content that can make you feel fun and valuable during the development process of the game?
Do you have any experience in this area that you can share with us? ”
Pu Xingyu raised his right hand high with excitement on his face.
Um? Good guy, let's do something, right?
Glancing at the system panel in the void that no one could see but himself, Luo Bai raised the corners of his lips and said:
"It's hard for me to answer this question.
It’s just that every time I like something, the vast majority of gamers also like it. ”
There was silence.
This old thing! You really know how to pretend!
Just wait, I will definitely blast your gold coins when I get the chance!
Pu Xingyu cursed secretly, his teeth were about to break.
(End of chapter)