On the night of the award ceremony.

All designers know that any lectures and exchange meetings are all virtual, and the real highlight is the awards ceremony in the evening.

The lectures were all on stage, and the awards ceremony in the evening represented the designers' achievements and accolades this year.

The designers entered one after another, and when Chen Mo and others entered, there were already many people on the scene.

This year's award ceremony seems to be more grand than in previous years, although the venue has not changed, but the decoration is more gorgeous, and there are special cameras to shoot the whole award ceremony.

Moreover, several video websites have also begun to broadcast simultaneously.

This year marks the first time the awards ceremony has been livestreamed. In the previous award ceremony, the technical conditions were completely fine, and the reason why there was no live broadcast was only because the leaders of the game committee did not want to arrange it, because this award ceremony was mainly an internal matter between the designers and the game committee, and it had little to do with the players.

However, this year, the leaders of the game committee probably wanted to expand the influence of this award ceremony so that more players could also participate, so for the first time, a live broadcast was arranged for players to see.

Although a live broadcast was arranged, it was not so fanfare, but a live broadcast room was opened on several live broadcast platforms and video websites, and the popularity was not too high.

But even so, there are hundreds of thousands of viewers watching.

On the barrage, many viewers were discussing.

"Why don't you start yet?"

"Hurry up and announce the awards!"

""Tang Dynasty Game of the Year, proper!"

"Will there be a League of Legends?"

"Can you see Chen Mo? Where is Chen Mo? ”

"Those sitting in the front row are S-class designers? Who are they, it's too far away to see clearly......"

The awards ceremony has not officially started yet, so the current picture is still the entrance of the designers. Most of these audiences are players who are already more concerned about the game industry, preferring VR and single-player games, and a small number of them are new and indiscriminate.

Chen Mo entered the hall with Zhang Xiaokong and others, and the staff also dutifully showed them the way.

To Chen Mo's surprise, this year, his seat was not with Zhang Xiaokong and Qiu Hengyang, but sat in a very high position.

Looking around, there was no acquaintance, which made Chen Mo very embarrassed.

Zhang Xiaokong said: "Sure enough, your status in the eyes of the leaders of the game committee is different, but it is no longer the time to sit with us before." Let's go and have a good time with the designers of the Imperial Dynasty and Zen. ”

Chen Mo: "......"

The seats are all arranged in advance, and except for the leaders in the front row, the seats are basically seated from front to back according to the designer's level. The first two rows are basically S-level designers, and the next two rows are A-level and B-class, and they are all the way down.

Of course, there is also a distinction between designers of the same level, and some A-level designers already have several masterpieces, and they must also sit further forward.

As for Chen Mo, he was placed in a more sensitive position, in the first two rows, but the position was relatively far away.

Because Chen Mo is still strictly speaking, A+, not S-level, but the S-level designer did not fill two rows, and there were still two or three empty seats, so Chen Mo was stuffed in.

Obviously, in the eyes of some leaders of the game committee, Chen Mo is basically one step away from the S-level now.

Chen Mo basically knew all these other S-level designers, but he hadn't spoken or dealt with them. Because most of these designers belong to Imperial Mutual Entertainment and Zen Mutual Entertainment, and Chen Mo and these two companies don't deal with each other very much.

There are also individual independent designers, but that kind of designer is even more solitary, making games, rarely showing up, and even less opportunity to contact.

Seeing Chen Mo coming, most of the S-level designers kept a polite distance.

The reasons for this are more complicated, literati are contemptuous on the one hand, as an S-level designer, they must be a little arrogant; The discord between the companies is also one thing, after all, Thunder Mutual Entertainment is not dealing with the emperor and Zen now, especially Lin Zhaoxu and Liu Yuanfeng were secretly so angry that Chen Mo slammed the table, and it is not good for these designers to be too close to Chen Mo as employees.

As for these S-level designers, why they want to join Imperial Entertainment and Zen Entertainment, this is another matter.

Because making games is relatively a high-reward but also high-risk thing, these large-scale VR games often invest tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, and it is naturally good to make money, but what if you lose money? Most S-class designers can't afford to take this risk.

The biggest advantage of joining a large company like Emperor Dynasty and Zen is that you can avoid risks, and the company has to worry about R&D funds and promotion, and it doesn't matter if you lose money, you have to lose money anyway; If you make money, you will have to share a lot of money with the company, but you can also make a lot of money.

All things considered, joining a large company can effectively avoid risks, and these designers can create without any worries.

Most designers are only good at designing games, and they don't know anything about company operations, promotion, etc., so these large companies are also attractive to S-level designers.

As for Chen Mo, it is a complete exception, there are very few designers like him who started from scratch, developed games and channels, and became their own bosses, so they have become an outlier.

Chen Mo had just sat down, and the designer next to him turned around.

"Chen Mo? Long admiration. ”

Chen Mo took a look, this person he knew, Ran He, the S-level designer of Zen Mutual Entertainment, was the producer of "Fire Assault".

Ran He is also a relatively old S-level designer in China, and he specializes in FPS games, and he also has a certain reputation in the game industry.

Chen Mo hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, you are a senior." ”

Ran He smiled: "What seniors, it's nothing more than a few years earlier in the industry, this year's "Overwatch" came out, the momentum is fierce, if nothing happens this year, the game of the year should be your "Overwatch", and you will enter the S level." ”

The two of them chatted a little.

As the designer of the FPS game, Ran He obviously studied "Overwatch" a lot, and he is also very aware of the innovation of this game for FPS games, so he is so optimistic.

As for himself, he has just finished updating a major version of "Fire Assault" this year, and the new game is still in preparation, so there are no works to participate in the selection for the time being.

Like these S-level designers, they have long passed the truncation of winning by quantity, and it would be good to be able to produce a work in two or three years.

This is especially true for designers like Ran He and Qin Xiao who design high-quality games, who generally do not open new projects frequently, but give priority to the operation of old projects, and only consider opening new projects when the life of old projects is almost up.

It's like Chen Mo, who releases several games a year, as if he doesn't need money.