Interactive movie games aren't as exciting as shooters, but if the plot is done well, you can take the immersion of VR games to the extreme. Moreover, the operation of interactive movie games is relatively small, and the perspective is relatively stable, which is more in line with the characteristics of VR.

The success rate of these two game types seems too high to be done!

Although the probability of success of real-time strategy games seems to be very low, after all, the lessons of "Mission and Choice" have only passed for a long time, and Pei Qian is a little PTSD about this game type, so he still doesn't consider it.

Pei Qian waved his hand: "It's not appropriate." ”

"The types of games you are talking about, they can't be effective if they have a small capacity, and they are difficult to support when the capacity is large."

"After all, the device has not yet been developed, and it is not clear how high the resolution can be. Most of the games you mentioned are realistic and require high accuracy to produce results. ”

Lin Wan nodded, feeling that what Mr. Pei said was very right.

Especially for interactive movie games, if the audience sees a bunch of mosaics, it will definitely seriously affect the game experience.

"That'...... Mr. Pei, if the realistic painting style is not good, then you can only do a cartoonish style. ”

"But VR games don't seem to fit in with the cartoon style, right? What types of games can you make? ”

In the case of low equipment function and low picture resolution, it is a more ingenious way to make a cartoon style. For example, the very excellent "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" also made the picture very delicate when the Switch picture is only 720P.

And this style is distinctive, and it is easy to impress players.

The only problem is that the type of game that can be selected by this style of painting is relatively limited, of course, it is not completely impossible to force this style of painting to make FPS games and interactive movie games, but it will be a little less meaningful, which is not in line with Mr. Pei's pursuit of excellence.

Pei Qian said: "To sum up, this game should meet the following characteristics:"

"We have to fully consider the relatively weak function of VR equipment at this stage, so we use a cartoon style, and the capacity of the game should not be too large."

"Moreover, considering that VR equipment at this stage is easy to cause dizziness to players, the perspective conversion of the game should not be too fast, and it is best to be relatively smooth, mainly teleportation perspective."

"The operation of the game should not be too difficult, and do not create obstacles for the player because of the operation."

Lin Wan thought thoughtfully: "It sounds like it's better to make a casual game, but the current VR games also have some relatively simple casual games, but these games seem to have a mediocre response." ”

"In terms of current device capabilities, casual games are indeed the most secure, but they are also not easy to shine, right?"

"If we make our own VR glasses, but the game that is released is not attractive enough, it is likely to pull down the sales of the glasses, which in turn will affect the sales of the game, then it will be troublesome."

Pei Qian said: "The reason why other casual games have a mediocre response is mainly because the designer's ability is not good, the investment is too little, and the gameplay depth is not enough. ”

Lin Wan nodded slightly, thoughtful.

Mr. Pei's analysis made her feel quite reasonable inexplicably.

Pei Qian continued: "My idea is to make a casual development game, where the player is born on a desert island, and can pull weeds, plant flowers, cut trees, and fish on the desert island, and at the same time go to other players' islands. ”

"Then do some in-depth development gameplay to maintain the stickiness of the player, and try to make our VR glasses equipment attractive enough when there is only this one game."

"Of course, you can think more about the specific details, and the design of this game is still based on you."

Pei Qian's words are seven points true and three points false, although they sound quite reasonable, but they are actually not operable.

Making casual gameplay deep enough that players can stay hooked on it is easy to say, but it's actually too hard to do.

The threshold for casual games is very low, and there are so many casual games in the world every year, how many can really stand out?

If it is on the computer or mobile phone, as long as the casual game is sold cheaper, it will not worry about finding a market.

But the problem is that on the VR side, if you want to play this game, you have to spend two or three thousand yuan to buy a VR glasses, unless the game is particularly good, who would be willing to spend this money?

So Pei Qian's words sounded fine, but the probability of real success was very low.

Lin Chang frowned slightly, and said with some suspicion: "Mr. Pei, it sounds like a bit of a problem, right?" These ideas seem a bit too ideal, and they have to be taken into account......"

Lin Wan immediately interrupted him: "If you don't understand, don't mix it blindly, I think Mr. Pei's idea is indeed very novel and worth a try." ”

Lin Chang: "......"

Pei Qian smiled slightly, it's okay!

As long as Lin Wan approves of this design plan, then the rest of the things will be easy to do.

Lin Chang really doesn't understand the game, although he instinctively feels that there seems to be a bit of a problem, but since Mr. Pei and Lin Wan have reached an agreement, there is nothing to say.

"Okay, then the last question, how much to invest?"

The development of games and VR glasses requires money.

Chi Xing Studio is jointly funded by Shenhua Group and Tengda, and the shares of both parties are the same, so the capital contribution should be the same. Of course, considering Lin Wan's relationship, Lin Chang felt that it was no problem for Shenhua to have some extra money.

Lin Wan estimated a little and said: "For casual games, the investment should not need too much, and 10 million is almost enough." ”

"As for VR glasses, it is estimated that 15 million will be about the same if they are completely independently developed, but if they are just made for headsets, they will be much cheaper, and it should be no problem to make millions."

There are three main components of VR glasses, which are the head-mounted display, the controller, and the base station locator. If you want to save costs, you can only develop a headset, and the handle and base station locator are ready-made abroad.

At that time, you only need to sell your own headset with other brands of controllers and base station locators.

Lin Chang nodded slightly, thinking that this investment was completely within the affordable range, and he would not feel distressed even if he was lost.

With the size of Shenhua Group, the mobile phone department has more than enough money to accumulate inventory at any time.

However, Pei Qian shook his head and said categorically: "That's not good! ”

"Everything to do is to do the best, the key to the success of Tengda games is to keep improving!"

"It's better to spend twice as much money to make a 100-point work than to save half the cost to make an 80-point work. Because the former will be remembered by players for a long time, while the latter will quickly drown in many excellent games. ”

"In my opinion, the R&D cost of the game has doubled, 20 million."

"The R&D cost of VR glasses is 20 million."

He looked at Lin Chang: "If you think the cost is a bit high, it's no problem for Tengda to bear more......

Lin Chang hurriedly said: "How can it be done!" We still do what we said before, half a family. ”

Originally, Lin Chang felt that it was completely unnecessary to invest so much money in VR, but now that the entire market has been completely opened, it has not even budded yet, and the risk of investing so much money is too great.

But Mr. Pei said, "It's okay to take on a little more Tengda", Lin Chang definitely can't back down.

Because Mr. Pei took the lead in establishing this company, he originally had some intention of helping, and then let Mr. Pei pay more money, which was done by people?

Lin Chang must resolutely express his position, how much money Mr. Pei pays, Shenhua must also pay how much, otherwise it will be too uninteresting.

In this way, all the preparatory work in the early stage of Chi Xing's studio was finalized.

Next, Lin Wan has to prepare the design plan of the game while recruiting. As for VR glasses, you can cooperate with the mobile phone department of Shenhua Group.

Pei Qian stood up: "In this case, the preliminary preparations will be completed, and I have something to do in the afternoon, so I will leave first." If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. ”

Lin Wan also stood up: "Okay, Mr. Pei, I will definitely take Chi Xing Studio well and make this game well!" ”