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Chapter 120: [Black Myth: Wukong], How Much Does It Cost To Make A Game? (1/5)

Within a few days, Lin Hao's game company was officially opened. As for the location, Lin Hao simply chose the 16th and 21st floors of Shangbin International Center.

Unlike Internet security companies, game companies may not need so many top computer talents, but due to the huge amount of projects, if you want to make a huge project, you will need a team of at least a thousand people.

When Lin Hao first arrived, these two floors were empty. Now Lin Hao has rounded up the two floors.

Thanks to the experience of setting up Feng Lin Network Security Company last time, this time the game company has clear responsibilities as soon as it is opened. The art team, design team, development team, etc. Lin Hao's company configuration is all aligned with the world's first-class game companies.

But precisely because of this, just to recruit these talents, Lin Hao spent nearly 100 million, and the company has more than 1,000 employees, not counting some details that are outsourced to "797".

When it comes to talents, Lin Hao is not stingy with his own money.

If you want to do something, be the best. This is Lin Hao's concept for his game company.

Xia Kingdom games lack masterpieces?

Then Lin Hao will make the first Xia Guo single-player game masterpiece.

At the same time, the screenwriter hired by Lin Hao also quickly finalized the game script.

[Black Myth: Wukong]!

This script was also personally read and approved by Lin Hao. The plot directly applies the world view of "Journey to the West" that everyone in Xia is familiar with, but this time, the plot is intended to tell a different Wukong.

As for the theme of Journey to the West, in fact, China, including all over the world, has tried to produce many games, but they have all failed.

Because the expectations of the people of Xia Kingdom for Journey to the West are really too high. Even if a work that meets the standard is handed over, it will be difficult to satisfy the game players of Xia Kingdom.

Lin Hao dared to decide on this theme because he was confident to make a truly top-notch masterpiece, one that would not disappoint the players of Xia Kingdom.

After the script was finalized, the next step was the art work, and character models were quickly built one by one.

At the same time, the development of the game is also in full swing.

Under the guidance of Lin Hao, and with the joint efforts of thousands of people, the development was naturally very fast. In just two or three days, a three-minute first draft of the game flow was created.

"Mr. Lin, the initial version of the game process has been completed."

A middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked into Lin Hao's office and reported to Lin Hao.

Wang Hang is a talent that Lin Hao hired with a lot of money. He has many years of experience in large-scale game production, and has participated in the production of AAA giants by foreign game companies. Therefore, Zhu Hang is now Lin Hao's designated project leader.

"Let me see…."

Lin Hao opened the game.

As the melodious music sounded, the words [Black Myth: Wukong] appeared on the computer screen, and then the three-minute gameplay video roughly showed some of the game's monster-killing methods and operating concepts.

These are all things Lin Hao has passed. Lin Hao is naturally very satisfied. However, Lin Hao always feels a little unnatural about the light and shadow effects and physical effects of the game environment.

"The game is well done, but the quality and details still need to be improved." Lin Hao commented.

"Boss, this is the best we can do." Wang Hang said helplessly: "The engine we use is a third-generation engine, and it is already very good to achieve this effect."

"The best engine on the market is the fourth generation engine, why not choose it?" Lin Hao asked with a frown.

Wang Hang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Lin, no one among the domestic game manufacturers has used the 4th generation engine. Although the 4th generation engine has the best effect, the production cost is too high. Even our team, It will take at least seven years to make this game."

"Seven years?"

Lin Hao frowned.

He definitely can’t wait for 7 years!

This production cycle is too long for Lin Hao. He can't keep an eye on this game company for 7 years, right?

In fact, foreign AAA giant productions often take three years, and some even take more than ten years to produce. Why?

It’s because it takes a lot of time to control the quality and details!

If you want to make a pixel game, it's very simple. A programmer can develop it for you in a few days, but do you want the picture quality to be lifelike?

Then you need to carefully polish all the effects and match the hardware based on the engine. This time consumption is very scary.

This involves another topic. Many outsiders have wondered why a 3A giant production is so expensive?

The physics engines are all ready-made, and the most they cost is art and audio. Why do foreign games cost hundreds of millions at every turn?

In fact, most of the game production costs come from labor costs......

A large-scale AAA game requires at least thousands of people to produce. At the same time, the production cycle can often take several years, and the salary requirements for the technical personnel involved are not low. This is why game production is so expensive.

Take Lin Hao's current Fenglin Game Company. There are about 1,200 people involved in production, and the average salary is 15,000 yuan a month. So if it really takes seven years to produce, then the labor cost alone will be almost 13 100 million!

Yes, making large-scale games costs so much money!

This is also the reason why Xia Guo’s single-player games have not seen any big hits for a long time. No one dares to make such a large investment to take risks in the market!

In fact, for Lin Hao, money is not a problem. Even Lin Hao can still spend more than one billion. The problem is that the production cycle of seven years is too long.

"I will solve this problem. You go ahead and do it. This level is definitely not possible. Let's start over with a fourth-generation engine." Lin Hao ordered the main pilot.

Wang Hang was stunned for a moment. To be honest, Wang Hang knew many big bosses in the domestic gaming industry, but none of them were as courageous as Lin Hao.

You actually asked for the 3.8 version of the 4th generation engine?

This is a 3A benchmark against foreign countries!

"Perhaps, I am participating in an epoch-making project..."

Wang Hang took a deep look at Lin Hao and then withdrew.

"Is the engine problem difficult to solve?" Lin Hao tapped his fingers on the desktop: "Does it take seven years to perfect the rendering texture..."

"But if I have my own game engine that can generate games based on algorithm descriptions and adapt to the hardware at the same time, the process can be shortened to a great extent." Lin Hao's eyes lit up.

Isn’t it just a game engine?

He can just develop one himself!

What does he do with his master-level skills in game production?

It is used to do impossible things!

As soon as he said it, Lin Hao started to make his own game engine!

Game engine: Feng Lin!.

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