Chapter 42: Game production is very simple
Yes, why bother?
Qin Shaoyan knew that stand-alone games were a trap, but he still wanted to get in.
Qin Shaoyan asked himself this question from the moment he chose the game engine.
The risk is high and the prospect is unclear, why should you choose this.
Well, of course it’s not because the cost is small and the profit is high.
At least this is not the main reason.
To live this life again, you must do something.
In this life, it is easy to make money. You can achieve financial freedom by lying on the wind.
Now find venture capital or sell the website, buy a bunch of houses, invest in something, it will be more money than you can spend in a few lifetimes.
But if you let Qin Shaoyan lie down like this, he always feels a little uncomfortable.
In my previous life, I was busy working as a cow and horse, and there was no meaning in life.
I am only 23 years old in this life, I have to find some fun for myself.
By the way, do something meaningful to satisfy your spiritual needs.
Except for other things, Qin Shaoyan is still very confident in his stand-alone game plan.
The chance of successfully making a lot of money is not only possible, but very high!
Qin Shaoyan is an honest, upright, affectionate and righteous person. Now there is an opportunity to make a fortune in front of Zhang Minyi.
Can he watch his good brother give up in vain and become a regret?
That’s impossible!
Qin Shaoyan decided to bring Zhang Pingyi in to achieve a win-win situation.
We are all brothers, no one can escape.
......
After Zhang Pingyi finally solved the server bug, he sat back on the chair a little tiredly. When he looked up, he saw Qin Shaoyan with a smile on his face.
"Why are you laughing?" Zhang Pingyi asked with some displeasure.
“I think of happy things.”
"Don't be happy, just think about money." Zhang Pingyi looked sad, "There are not many active users now, and it's hard to predict the future. We have to prepare in advance."
"Don't be anxious first. ." Qin Shaoyan said unhurriedly, "I'm thinking of a solution."
"Brother Yi, the server crashed again!"
Xu Lei screamed again, and Zhang Pingyi hurriedly said. He got up and rushed over.
Half an hour later, Zhang Pingyi came to Qin Shaoyan with a tired look, "The server will be expanded today."
Qin Shaoyan had a calm expression and nodded with a smile, "Okay, you can figure it out."
Hearing this, Zhang Pingyi did not feel relaxed. Instead, he sat down directly and asked seriously: "What are your plans?"
"I'll ask Mr. Tian and Wang to win again. They won't refuse."
Zhang Pingyi didn't seem surprised to hear this answer, " Change it."
"That's Brother Dong. We are all brothers. How can we not take him with us if we have good things?" Qin Shaoyan picked up the phone with a smile and was about to make a call.
"I'm telling you to change your plan, not to ask you to cheat with someone else." Zhang Pingyi held down Qin Shaoyan's hand.
"Comrade Zhang Minyi, business skills do not mean cheating." Qin Shaoyan corrected again.
Zhang Pingyi was silent for a while, then took out the turtle shell and shook it.
"Danglanglang"
Three copper coins fell to the ground. Zhang Pingyi glanced at it, then turned to Qin Shaoyan, "Tell me about your stand-alone game plan."
Qin Shaoyan immediately became excited and turned on the computer, "I have a planning document here with detailed instructions."
Opening the document, Zhang Pingyi was shocked to find that the document not only described the game's gameplay rules in detail, but also included Complete UI layout diagram. It also lists the design requirements for various art resources in detail, and makes specific requirements for the painting style.
After reading this detailed planning and production document, Zhang Pingyi looked up at Qin Shaoyan, "We need a game engine. I can't write this thing."
" I have the game engine." Qin Shaoyan picked up the USB flash drive and shook it, "2D or 3D."
"..." Zhang Minyi looked at Qin Shaoyan silently, "You are really well prepared. You didn't plan it in advance, right?"
"How is that possible?" Qin Shaoyan categorically denied, " I'm not a god."
Zhang Pingyi was silent for a while and said seriously: "I can't predict how long it will take to make this game, but I want to remind you."
< br>"It is very likely that you will not find a company willing to publish a stand-alone game, and even if you publish it, you may not make any money."
Qin Shaoyan nodded, "I know this very well."
"Then why are you still doing it?"
"I want to try." Qin Shaoyan said rarely seriously.
“This type of tower defense game of yours is novel, but isn’t the name a bit hasty?” Zhang Pingyi complained, “Plants vs. Zombies, can’t you change it to another one?”
"No." Qin Shaoyan flatly refused.
"Game development is not a simple matter. You have to be patient. I have never done this before." Zhang Pingyi said while turning on the engine. "R&D takes time, and it also takes time for me to learn the engine."< br>
"I understand this." Qin Shaoyan asked, "Is two or three months enough?"
"Hard to say."
Zhang Pingyi was quickly attracted by the engine in front of him. I found that the learning threshold is very low and it is very convenient to use.
Even people who have never been exposed to game engines can get started using it in half a day.
After determining the target direction, the two people officially started project research and development.
The game designed by Qin Shaoyan looks simple, but it is very painful for Zhang Pingyi to make it.
Because I don’t have any R&D experience, I have to try many technical issues bit by bit.
However, Zhang Pingyi found that Qin Shaoyan seemed to know a lot about game development and would often provide some ideas and simple methods to solve seemingly difficult problems.
For example, use Mark points to mark the placement of plants.
Use the table import method to control monster model, size, blood volume, attack power, defense power, movement speed and other values, and even the time interval between monsters appearing.
Zhang Pingyi only needs to solve the technical problems of monster spawning and monster AI, leaving all the rest of the tedious work to Qin Shaoyan.
Compared with Zhang Pingyi’s technical problems, Qin Shaoyan’s workload is actually quite heavy.
Solving program problems is only the first step in game development. The next levels and values are the soul of the game.
How much does each plant attack, and what is its HP?
What are the nut defense and blood volume respectively?
What is the appropriate moving speed of the zombies and what is their attack power?
How to set the interval between waves for zombies to appear, and how to match the types of zombies in each wave?
Qin Shaoyan felt very melancholy when he worked hard late at night to configure the form.
Why is it so difficult to make a game? Do you have to do it yourself?
Shouldn’t this thing be easily copied and then wait for a big sale?
Whenever he saw Qin Shaoyan's painful and entangled look, Zhang Minyi felt very happy.
I never thought you would be here today.
"By the way, you have to find an artist quickly." Zhang Pingyi instructed, "Now I have to debug the performance of the animation on the engine, and I can't do it without the cooperation of art."
"Art! ?" Qin Shaoyan sighed, "Okay, I understand."
Art is indeed a big problem, where should I get someone to join?
(End of this chapter)