Chapter 198: Add Budget!
It's normal for Lin Wan not to understand, because the project she did when she was in Tianhuo Studio was "Bullet Marks", and after arriving in Tengda, she participated in the production of "Sea Fortress" and "Game Producer", and these are all terminal games.
"Bloody War Song" is a web game, and it can basically be seen as a completely different species from the above games.
Web games have a unique set of design concepts and ideas, and a variety of mature system gameplay is relatively rare in terminal games.
Lin Wan not only did not participate in the development of web games, but she also didn't even play web games, and she was not interested in it at all.
And Ye Zhizhou and these people held meetings, using some commonly used terms in the development of page games, mixed with some English abbreviations, and when describing the gameplay, there were many colloquial and internal abbreviations for the gameplay.
In this way, it is clear that everyone is communicating in Chinese, but Lin Wan can only understand three or four percent.
In a word, I know every word, but when it is connected, I can't understand what it means......
Lin Wan could only record silently, without nodding or asking.
didn't nod her head because she really didn't understand, and she didn't want to pretend to understand; If you don't ask questions, you are worried that you will show your cowardice and embarrass Tengda and Mr. Pei.
As for Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin, every time they talk about a paragraph, they secretly look at Lin Wan's expression.
I saw Lin Wan's face solemn, constantly writing and drawing in the small notebook, her expression was unfathomable, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Although she looks very young, everyone doesn't dare to despise her, after all, everyone knows that Mr. Pei has always been eclectic in employing people.
What can be favored by Mr. Pei is either a real talent and a real learner, or there is a deep potential to be tapped, no matter which one it is, it must not be offended.
Ye Zhizhou paused a little every time he spoke, wanting to leave a little time for Lin Wan so that she could express her opinions.
Although Mr. Pei has not changed this design draft at all, who knows if the development director will have any high opinions?
However, Lin Wan just recorded silently and didn't say a word.
Ye Zhizhou even had some self-doubt.
Why don't Mr. Pei and this director have any revisions?
Is my design really that perfect?
Can't you?
Or am I underestimating myself?
……
Finally, all the design drafts were finished, and Ye Zhizhou briefly explained the construction period, as well as the approximate amount of art resources this time, as well as the budget required to purchase various resources, which was more than two million.
Then, Ye Zhizhou looked at Lin Wan.
This time, the director has to say a few words, right?
Otherwise, what are you doing here?
Feeling everyone's blazing eyes on her, Lin Wan was also a little panicked.
What to do, they talked for a long time, and I basically didn't understand it!
Even if you understand part of it, you definitely can't take it out for discussion, because what you understand is obviously very basic, isn't it timidity to take it out?
Fortunately, Lin Wan was in danger and successfully caught a place that Mr. Pei was absolutely dissatisfied with.
"Nothing else is a big deal."
"That's the budget...... According to my understanding of Mr. Pei, it will definitely not work. ”
Ye Zhizhou was a little nervous, and sure enough, in the end, the budget couldn't be passed!
The budget of two million is a bit much compared to the page game.
In the mode of page games, R&D funds only account for a small part, and most of the rest of the money is used for marketing, such as buying click ads on web pages, spending money to hire celebrities, and so on.
This is determined by the characteristics of the target group for which the web game is intended.
Page games are mainly for office white-collar workers、Local tyrant bosses,These people do not have high requirements for game screens,Many of them are secretly playing during working hours,Neither want to work hard,Nor do you want to use your brains。
They just want to charge money and cut people with the click of a mouse.
These people tend to have strong spending power, so saving money on R&D and spending on publicity can maximize the benefits of the game.
But when Ye Zhizhou was making a budget, he was unwilling to do it in the traditional way.
It's hard for Mr. Pei to make a decision.,This time the name of the game is "Power Enhancement Version".,You can't make that kind of picture at the same level as ordinary page games, right?
Art resources must be in high definition, and all kinds of gameplay must be optimized to perfection.
This back and forth has increased to more than two million, and Ye Zhizhou has also specially met with Wang Xiaobin and is very satisfied with this budget.
However, is it still over-the-top?
Ye Zhizhou looked at Lin Wan with some apprehension, and thought to himself, at most, cut three or four hundred thousand, and if there are more, you can't cut it again!
Lin Wan continued: "I think...... I'm afraid it will take at least four million before Mr. Pei will approve this project. ”
"Forget it, you should add it directly to five million, and when you save it, Mr. Pei will call back, and you will be busy for a second time."
Every time the budget is overturned, all art resource sheets, various plans, and good artists, programs, etc. on the resource site must be replaced.
If it is increased from two million to three or four million, doubling all at once, these plans will basically have to be overturned and redone, after all, the changes are too big, and it is not possible to simply change a few painters.
Therefore, Lin Wan was very considerate and directly helped them to raise the budget, and when they got it, the budget table they worked so hard to make was called back by Mr. Pei and redone.
Everyone was confused.
Ye Zhizhou almost thought that he had misheard.
Two million is too little? Add to five million??
Just gave a super double, okay?
But looking at Lin Wan's serious expression, it was definitely not a joke, but quite serious advice.
Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin glanced at each other and hesitated: "Five million? It's too much......"
"Actually, you don't need so much money, more than two million is enough, it's really enough."
Lin Wan shook her head: "It's enough for you, but it's far from enough for Mr. Pei." You don't know how much Mr. Pei will strive for these details, listen to me, and add it directly to five million. ”
Looking at Ye Zhizhou, who was looking confused and bowing his head to change his appearance, Lin Wan couldn't help but smile.
"I finally understand why Mr. Pei asked me to come here!"
"In addition to learning the design knowledge of other types of games here, it is also very important to convey the spirit of Tengda!"
"Ye Zhizhou's submissive budgeting is really like Lu Mingliang in the past."
"Mr. Pei is busy with work and lacks skills, so it is impossible for him to come over to correct the bad habits of these people in person. So it just happened to send me over, on the one hand, to give me a chance to exercise, and on the other hand, to correct the bad habits of these people! ”
"So, I should guide them more mentally, so that they can try to keep up with Tengda's footsteps."
"Mr. Pei didn't lie to me, this is really a very important job!"
Ye Zhizhou quickly went over the budget, his brows furrowed.
"But...... If the budget is really increased to five million, a new problem will be encountered. ”
"We're just a page game, even if we change all the resources to the HD version and hire a few excellent concept artists to do the concept design, I'm afraid the money will still not be spent......"
"Moreover, we are now using the 2D version of the engine of the official platform, and the support for these high-definition resources will not be very good, and the effect may not be particularly obvious at that time."
In short...... The value for money would be poor. ”
Lin Wan thought for a while: "Then change the engine and go directly to 3D." ”
Ye Zhizhou was speechless for a while: "On 3D...... Then you can't do a page tour. The amount of art resources that need to be transferred is too large, and the current network speed is too slow to load. ”
The mode of the page game is to open and play, and all the art resources are transmitted in real time.
Limited by the speed of the network, the resources cannot be too large, otherwise the transmission is very slow, and the players have moved on to the next scene, but the resources of this scene have not been loaded, wouldn't it be very embarrassing.
When Lin Wan played "Bloody Battle Song", she could see "Resources Loading" every time she came to a new scene, and it was because of this.
Discussions went and went, but the problem was still not solved.
Lin Wan knew very well that the budget of just two million would definitely not meet Mr. Pei's requirements, but due to the limited mode of page games, adding the budget to five million would not significantly improve the picture.
Unless you don't do web games, you can do terminal games, so that players can download all the resources to their computers.
But then......
This game has even changed the genre, isn't it unrecognizable and a piece of sparseness?
Wang Xiaobin coughed twice: "Cough, I think that if we have to make a 3D version with high-definition resources, we can try to make a microend." ”
"It's a micro-client."
"Compared with PC games, players need to download much less resources, and the requirements for computer configuration are not very high; Compared with the web game, the picture can be significantly improved. ”
"Of course, it's also possible that both ends are not pleasing to each other, and this is very risky."
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