Chapter 365 Unified Understanding
The three giants of programmers, artists, and planners were all present in the conference room, plus Lin Xiaohe, the director of the test team.
This Lin Xiaohe is fair and fat, wears glasses, looks like Maitreya Buddha, and has a smile on his face.
He is the new backbone who was recently promoted and is responsible for managing the twelve employees of the test team.
Because he is able to endure hardships, has strong learning ability, and is smart, he can quickly master various testing tools. Because of his outstanding performance, he was elected as the leader of the testing team.
Lin Xiaohe had been in the company for less than a year. This was the first time he attended an executive meeting held by his boss. He found a chair and sat back.
Art director Hong Fei and head of planning Liu Kun sat on chairs, not speaking to each other.
Soon the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Qin Shaoyan and Fan Xiaoqian walked in, talking and laughing.
Qin Shaoyan casually pulled up a chair and sat in front of Hong Fei and Liu Kun. He also greeted Lin Xiaohe, "Come and sit, come closer."
"Let's have a meeting today. , unify our understanding and sort out the current situation.”
"Don't be restrained. Everyone can speak freely and tell us about their respective situations."
"Teacher Hong, you come first."
Hong Fei has become a lot more haggard during this time, and his shaved head There were white hairs on his head, and he said in a low voice: "The art side is quite capable of fighting, but the workload is too heavy, the time is tight, and the tasks are heavy. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time."
Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, " Teacher Hong, please tell me the amount of art resources first, how many maps, how many professional suits, how many NPCs, how many mobs, and how many BOSSes.”
Hong Feilue. After thinking about it, I counted on my fingers, "Six professions, each profession requires twelve sets of equipment, a total of seventy-two sets. We have completed eight sets."
"The map requires twenty-four scenes in the wild, four in the main city, thirty-six dungeons, and twelve event maps."
"The requirement is seventy for mobs, eighty for BOSS, and NPC The number needs to be thirty."
"There are also more than a thousand prop icons."
Qin Shaoyan reached out and interrupted Hong Fei's report, "How many have been completed?"
Hong Fei said: "The map is about 70% to 80% complete, and the monsters are about the same. The main reason is that there are too many BOSSs, and the NPCs are still less than half."
"The planners are constantly getting new requests. This month, we have proposed a dozen BOSSs, eight NPCs, and three map scenes." We agreed that every time a critical moment comes, a lot of requests will be thrown at us, and we won’t be able to finish the work if we don’t sleep.”
Qin Shaoyan smiled when he heard Hong Fei’s complaints, “It’s okay, Teacher Hong, starting from today. From now on, you can refuse the demands made by the planners. You don’t have to worry about them. Just finish what is needed in the plan first.”
Hong Fei sat up straight with a look of shock on his face. He couldn't believe it and asked again: "Is it true?"
"It's true." Qin Shaoyan patted Hong Fei on the shoulder, "Just say it was me who said it, no one else can ask for it. Well, the art team is no longer available today.”
Hong Fei was overjoyed and slumped down on the chair relaxedly, "It's better for Mr. Qin to speak up. When Mr. Qin comes, someone will make the decision for us."
"When Mr. Qin comes, we will Peace!"
"Mr. Qin is here, Qingtian will be here!"
Liu Kun next to him hesitated, looking at Hong Fei's happy expression, he was anxious to say something. , glanced at Qin Shaoyan again, but did not dare to speak after all.
Qin Shaoyan looked at Fan Xiaoqian again, "Teacher Fan, where are you?"
"It's okay here." Fan Xiaoqian took a bite of the pancake fruit and said calmly, "The basic system was completed before, and now all the activities are added. The planning is constantly changing the rules. Every activity It needs to be changed at least four or five times.”
Qin Shaoyan was shocked when he heard this. Teacher Fan was still too arrogant.
He could accept the four or five changes in the gameplay of an event. He was worthy of being a Gudu man. If he had been so angry, he would have killed people long ago.
"Then what is your biggest difficulty?" Qin Shaoyan asked.
"The biggest difficulty is that the combat system is too complicated." Fan Xiaoqian frowned and thought, "There is a problem when synchronizing with the server. Some combat mechanisms are not easy to implement. There are still many bugs. We are thinking about it. Solution.”
Qin Shaoyan finally looked at Liu Kun, "Brother Kun."
Seeing that the art director and CTO had finished their complaints, Liu Kun couldn't sit still and said with a sincere face: "Mr. Qin, planner None of us intentionally added more work to the art.”
“This project is now a free game, which is different from paid games on the market. There is no reference for how to do it specifically. We are exploring as we go, so we make modifications. It’s inevitable.”
“But don’t worry, Mr. Qin, I will teach them well and discuss with the art department how to reduce unnecessary workload.”
"Brother Kun." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "I trust your ability very much, so I leave the planning to you."
"What you just said is correct. Our online game project is different from other products on the market. There is no reference for it. We need to explore it ourselves."
"But the exploration process must also pay attention to methods. After all, Is it an unintentional mistake or a lack of necessary management procedures, or a lack of responsibility? "
"Did the planner follow the company's prescribed procedures, or did he omit it to save trouble?"
< br>“After the requirements were raised, was the entire process followed up, and was there timely verification and communication from the requirements document to the art program production process?”
“Has the feedback information raised by the test team been processed in a timely manner by the planners?”
"This..." Liu Kun was speechless for a moment.
Qin Shaoyan turned to look at Fan Xiaoqian, "Teacher Fan, have you ever counted how long it takes from the completion of a function to the modification?"
Fan Xiaoqian shook her head, "This I don’t have statistics, but I remembered something. For an event we did two weeks ago, the planner suddenly pointed out that there was a problem with the event and needed to be modified.”
“Oh, that means there was no feedback until two weeks ago. ?" Qin Shaoyan smiled, "What were you doing in the middle two weeks? Or was it something else?"
Liu Kun wiped away a cold sweat and explained: "The whole game. The gameplay design is constantly being tested and modified. Maybe it didn’t need to be changed two weeks ago, but later this function needed to be modified because other functions needed to be modified.”
"Brother Kun, I am not looking for responsibility." Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "Today everyone can speak freely and talk about the problems in the project."
"The sooner the problem is exposed, the better, and the more thoroughly it is exposed, the better." Okay, today I am here to solve the problem."
"Try to clear up the entire project, find the disease accurately, and cure it."
Liu Kun said quickly: "Mr. Qin said. Well, everyone is still confused about the whole project and urgently need your guidance, Mr. Qin."
Liu Kun is also feeling miserable.
This free online game was not his project at all. It was originally Mr. Qin's own project.
As a result, Mr. Qin was busy all day long, except for putting forward a bunch of requirements when the project was approved, and then he ignored it. In the game company, there is a director responsible for art and programming, and the management is in order.
The planning side is completely in a sheepherding state, and Liu Kun usually helps manage it.
Including reviewing plans, making decisions on new gameplay and new systems, and promoting production progress, etc.
And the side-scrolling fighting game he manages is still under development, and it's really hard to control it by running from both ends.
In order to fill the big hole in this free online game, he transferred half of his key men to fill the hole.
The various problems that arise in free online games are caused by the lack of a main person in charge.
But this cannot be said openly.
Mr. Liu Kun can't say that the biggest person responsible is Mr. Qin himself.
Mr. Qin was very kind to him. He not only helped him redeem his shares in Sohu, but also spent a lot of money on his studio.
What's more, he is the person in charge of planning, and managing the planning here is also his scope of responsibility.
Now Mr. Qin wants to solve the problem, and he is the first to raise his hand in favor.
Finally relieved!
At this time, he also wanted to shout after Hong Fei, Mr. Qin is here, and the sky will be clear!
Qin Shaoyan said seriously: "Now let the planner stop what he is doing, sort out all the systems and gameplay in the game, and draw me a mind map."
"Put everything in It is listed, including basic system, combat system, activity gameplay, growth system, copy, and mission system. "
" OK," Liu Kun immediately recorded it in his notebook.
“There is one more important thing.” Qin Shaoyan said solemnly, “Who is in charge of the combat system?”
“It’s me.” Liu Kun was a little surprised, “This is me. I watched it in person, any questions?”
"Did you borrow skills from World of Warcraft?" Qin Shaoyan asked.
"Yes." Liu Kun immediately explained, "The skill design of World of Warcraft is very clever and very useful for reference. I have studied it for a long time."
"The combat system of World of Warcraft is indeed Okay." Qin Shaoyan said in agreement, "But good things are not necessarily suitable."
"Our free online game does not need such a complicated battle system."
"This... ..." Liu Kun was very confused and said hurriedly, "Mr. Qin, I think the combat system is a very important part to measure the quality of a game."
"I understand." Qin Shaoyan explained patiently, "Brother Kun, I agree with your statement."
"But the complex combat system is really inappropriate."
"On the one hand, it is It increases the understanding cost and difficulty of getting started. On the other hand, the combat system is too complicated and is not conducive to development and maintenance. There is also the professional balance. "
"Most players don't really care about whether the skills are complicated. The combat system is so exquisitely designed.”
“We are not engaged in fighting e-sports. The battles in our online games are not based on 1V1 individual PK, but on group PK.”
"Players only care about whether they have many skills, whether the special effects are dazzling, and whether the damage is high."
"From now on, the combat system must be changed to streamline unnecessary things." Qin Shaoyan looked at Fan Xiaoqian, " The skills are mainly simple and practical. Teacher Fan, please mobilize someone to sort out the combat system and cooperate with Brother Kun to modify it."
Fan Xiaoqian nodded, "No problem."
Qin Shaoyan. He looked at Liu Kun again, "Brother Kun, what do you think?"
"Okay." Liu Kun hesitated for a moment and quickly replied, "Since it is Mr. Qin's opinion, I will implement it."< br>
"Mainly focus on damage skills, control and control-free skills should be deployed carefully, and BUFF skills can be used." Qin Shaoyan added, "The skill descriptions allow players to understand them at a glance, reducing the player's learning and understanding costs."
"We are engaged in online games and are actually in the service industry. Those who provide services must consider the feelings of players as much as possible, with the purpose of serving players and making players enjoy the game."
"How to spend money if people are not happy while playing. Money?"
"Teacher Hong." Qin Shaoyan looked at Hong Fei again, "The art team compiled a list of the art resources on hand and gave it to me. I think what you have is enough."< br>
“The next step is how to make good use of the resources at hand, focusing on refinement and optimization.”
"Our main goal is to focus on the content of the online version, and everything else can be put behind."
"The art team should not be so stubborn. Just paint the surface of the map and the model can be used universally." , a map becomes a new map by replacing it with different building model ornaments.”
“As for the little monsters and humanoid monsters, just change the color of their clothes. One color is a kind of monster.”< br>
Hong Fei was dumbfounded. He used to think about how to be lazy as an artist, but he never expected that one day he would hear his boss teach him how to be lazy.
"We are ready to allow players to play the game content for half a year." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Then we will use three months as a big update version node, and we will update some small ones every month How to play.”
Liu Kun was a little confused, "Mr. Qin, you just said that you would prepare content for half a year for players. Will the half-year time span make players feel that it is too long and they will get bored without new things."
"I said that. The six months are only calculated based on normal free-spending players," Qin Shaoyan replied, "In fact, the operation will continue to launch promotional commercial activities at the expense of squeezing the life of the game."
"For example. It takes a month for weapons to be dropped by monsters as normal, and they are given as long as you spend money. This allows paying players to skip a month and experience the weapons in advance.”
“I estimate that the operation will be completed within three months. It consumes all the content we have prepared, so I proposed a three-month version update node."
"Three months based on the above online start time," Qin Shaoyan said with a smile. Some content should be updated every month.”
"Ah?!" Liu Kun was stunned. This was his first time coming into contact with this type of online game.
"This...this spending model destroys the balance. What about the lifespan of the game?"
Qin Shaoyan didn't take it seriously. Many online games in this era have a long life, as long as they are not operated to death. , there are no big bugs, and it can at least operate for several years.
So what if squeezing the life of a game is nothing more than consuming a game that has been in operation for several years one or two years in advance.
At worst, if you change the skin, it will be another game.
"This is a free online game." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "You can do whatever you want with money."
(End of Chapter)