The Rebirth of the Male God Starts From Playing Games

  Chapter 233 231. The Fifth Race

  So far, Bomi’s internal restructuring has been completed.

  Bomi Games subsidiary in the U.S. has also been established. In addition, it also has:

  Games, movies, information platforms (portals and blogs), smart phones, music, engines...

  The layout within the current capacity has been completed, and the rest should be easier.

   But there is another question that lingers in Cao Yang's heart——

  That is now the Warcraft project team in the Bomi Interactive Entertainment business group.

After   The Frozen Throne was released, the positioning of this project team became more awkward.

  Li Lanyun once wanted to classify it, but found that it is also a more troublesome problem, because now in the mutual entertainment business group, each studio group actually has its own clear positioning.

   is called a studio group because they are a collection of many studios. A studio group can incubate n studios, and each studio corresponds to a game project.

  Penguins in the previous life are divided into 4 studio groups: Photon, Tianmei, Northern Lights and Rubik's Cube.

  In fact, there is another one, called next, which mainly focuses on incubating innovative products. What is more weird will be studied, but because there is really no output, it is not classified as a studio group.

  Now Bomi’s studio group includes:

  King Studio Group: The main series of Glory of Kings, Audition, and games with modern, urban, and magical themes.

   is a relatively international route.

  Whether it is the glory of the king or the Audition, it gives people a more fashionable and future feeling.

  So it is especially popular with young people.

  Audition has also cultivated a large number of families with killing Matt style, the most famous of which is the funeral family.

  Love and death and killing Matt are their eternal slogans.

  Guofeng Studio Group:

  This studio was brought up by Li Lanyun alone. There must be a tilt in the resources. With the explosion of a scripture of mountains and seas, it has directly become a very famous studio group in China.

  Guofeng Studio, the main focus is games with national customs, or game products based on Eastern culture.

  The existing studios are:

  Three Kingdoms online, Shan Hai Jing, Assassin's Soul

  In the future, Shanhaijing and Assassin’s Soul will hatch more sub-projects.

  It’s just that the first generation has not yet been fully released, so there is no plan in this regard.

  And Zhao Yunchuan of the original Guofeng studio group has stopped development, and the original members are scattered among other projects of Guofeng Studio.

  Westward Journey Studio Group:

  Ding Yingfeng is currently in charge of R&D.

  Although there is only one game project called "Fantasy Westward Journey", Cao Yang is very optimistic about it.

  In the future, the Westward Journey studio group will be able to derive many works.

The original "Westward Journey" and "Cinderella" have been registered by NetEase. Fortunately, the name Fantasy Westward Journey does not exist, so you can continue to use it. Westward Journey is an old IP, as long as you don’t use Star Master’s "Westward Journey". It involves infringement issues.

  Speaking of which, Boss Ding is really a little memorable. He paid a lot of money to ask Master Xing to endorse, but "Western Journey" was still cold.

  Dahua 2 and Cinderella did not launch either.

However, because there is no way to use the IP of "Westward Journey", many characters in the current Fantasy Westward Journey have to be changed. They can no longer follow the image route of the previous life, and the image of Zixia Fairy can no longer be used. Repack it.

It’s a pity that    can’t get the heat of big talk.

  ……

  So, from these studio groups, we can see that each studio actually has its own characteristics and positioning.

  Warcraft is actually very distinctive in features and positioning, because it is completely different from the styles of these studio groups, and it follows the Western magical set.

  Because of this, the members of the World of Warcraft project team cannot be integrated into a certain studio group, and they are now being brought out by Li Lanyun alone to become a project team.

  Not even a studio.

  Because Liu Guangran was originally responsible for Warcraft, and Meng Xiao was a numerical leader in the planning team. It turned out that the chief planner and producer of this project was Boss Cao.

  So when the Frozen Throne completed its mission, Liu Guangran naturally transferred personnel to develop other more important and urgent projects.

  Now the Warcraft project team has less than 10 members.

  One is Meng Xiao, the original numerical leader of the planning team, and the other is Zhang Mohuan, the leader of the copywriting team. Although it is called the copywriting team, this project has only Zhang Mohuan as a copywriter.

   Then there are two planners responsible for adjusting the values, one is called Zhou Chen, war3 competitive player, nicknamed magicyang, and the other is Ma Tianyuan.

  There are two programmers who do routine maintenance.

After all, the development of the Frozen Throne has been completed, the project has been sold, and there is no development plan, so the work of the programmer is nothing more than fixing some bugs. If no one reports the bug, the programmer is the easiest. Occupation.

  Now this project team does not even have an art. If there is an urgent need, one will be seconded from another department.

The Frozen Throne project team can be said to be the most leisurely department of the entire Bomi Interactive Entertainment, and even the entire Bomi Group. Everyone comes to work every day to check in, and then start to play a day of games, or watch a video, chat, until 6 pm Leave work on time at the time.

   is simply the dream job of many people.

  However, Boss Cao is deeply worried about this.

  It’s not that capitalists don’t like workers being lazy. The main reason is that if this goes on, the fighting spirit of these employees will be worn down, and there will be nothing to do. They will be pensioned from the early 20s. How terrible is this life?

   Still have to get this project team to work.

  According to the truth, in the previous life, Warcraft belonged to Blizzard, and Blizzard’s entire team operated very smoothly. After war3 was developed, when no one was needed, the staff would go to support other departments, so as not to cause the staff to be vacant.

   But if you want to say that Bomi’s Frozen Throne employees are thrown to other departments, it feels unrealistic.

  Those who can be thrown into other projects are actually lost a long time ago. What is left is the minimum configuration and the smallest unit of personnel that must be maintained.

  And it’s not that this project doesn’t need them. After all, every day war3 players play on it every year. Some subtle numerical balances need to be adjusted accordingly. This is a long-term process.

  But if you throw them into the U.S., the language is not good, and you can’t adapt to life, it’s pitiful.

  So now Cao Yang has two plans in his brain.

  The first one is to disband the project team of Warcraft China, and then hand over Warcraft back to the United States for maintenance by the people of Blizzard North.

  The other is to continue to develop new products on the existing basis.

  ……

  So today, Cao Yang called both Li Lanyun and Meng Xiao into his office to discuss this issue.

  To be precise, there are two problems:

  First, the fate of the Frozen Throne project.

  Second, if you stay, what is the ownership of the Frozen Throne project?

  Cao Yang threw the question out, and talked about some of his thoughts and analysis, and then looked at the two people.

  "What do you think? What choice is better?"

  While questioning, he pushed the teacup in front of the two people.

  Meng Xiao was a little nervous when he came to the boss’s office for the first time, and he encountered such a big problem as soon as he came in. He just lowered his head and put his hands on his thighs, motionless.

  Instead of asking what the project will do in the future, the boss is actually asking what the project staff will do.

  Meng Xiao felt very hurt inside.

  He has only been in Bomi for less than a year. He is still a recent university graduate. He was previously in the Department of Mathematics at National Tsing Hua University. He was planning to develop in the financial field or go back to teach in the future.

  I didn’t expect to be dug over by Boss Cao and served as the main value in this project.

  He also loves games, especially war3, so for Meng Xiao, when he heard the news, he was very excited.

  Is there anything in this world that is more happier than doing what you love?

No.

  The Frozen Throne is his life.

  Now that Boss Cao wants to take his life away, Meng Xiao feels a bit bitter.

  Although I didn’t say it directly, but Meng Xiao can also feel it——

  The current positioning of the Frozen Throne team is a bit awkward.

  ……

  Everyone was silent for a long time.

  Finally, Li Lanyun broke the deadlock. He said, “Emotionally speaking, I definitely support the retention of this project team. But intellectually speaking, I would even recommend sending Warcraft back to the United States.

  Originally, this game was developed by the Blizzard team. Although there are differences between Blizzard North and Blizzard South, it is always more suitable to give it to them.

  Bomi Miguo’s team, they have played games in this area, they are more professional than us, and they can do better in the future. "

   "Hmm." Cao Yang nodded.

  In theory, this is the case.

  Although it is cruel, but this may really be the best solution.

"What do you think?"

  Cao Yang asked Meng Xiao.

  After all, he put the most effort into this game.

  When Cao Yang didn’t have time, the entire Warcraft team was led by Meng Xiao. Although this young man had just graduated for a year, he had become quite mature after this time of tempering.

   Seeing Meng Xiao not speaking, Cao Yang suddenly remembered something and said, “Don’t have psychological pressure. Even if you send Warcraft back to the United States, you can also go to other project teams. I think you have grown quite fast during this year.

  Your current ability, everyone sees it.

  Go to other studios and mix for another year, and you can bring your own projects. "

What Cao Yang said was actually to relieve Meng Xiao’s psychological burden and at the same time to encourage him, telling him that you are already very capable now and that you will be the chief planner appointed by Lao Tzu in the future. .

  This is an opportunity that so many people dream of.

  Up to now, there are no more than 5 people in Bomi who can set up their own projects and become the main planners.

  Meng Xiao thought for a while, holding the teacup, gritted his teeth, "Mr. Cao, if I can, I actually want to choose 2."

"Um?"

  Li Lanyun and Cao Yang turned their heads to look at him at the same time.

   "I mean," Meng Xiao paused and said, "Although this game is not our original, but we have taken over it for so long. Everyone has feelings for Warcraft.

  Where do Lao Yang and Ma Tianyuan play against each other every day, we have a great time, we really love this game. "

  Li Lanyun's body was shocked.

  Gosh!

  Meng Xiao, are you stupid?

  You say this is equivalent to saying that you are openly playing games during work hours and want to keep the project, isn’t it just playing it down?

  The boss thinks that you go to work and play games like this, how can you be assured of letting you do projects?

  Li Lanyun winked at him desperately.

  Unfortunately, Meng Xiao didn’t see it. He just looked down at his cup and said, “I think we can make this game well. Whether it’s the future expansion or war4, we all have the confidence to develop it.”

   Cao Yang did not speak, he just lowered his head and thought.

  Warcraft is a very special game, it is different from other stand-alone games.

  It is a competitive game.

  Competitive games need to be connected to the Internet, need to fight, and need to maintain the stability of the version, while ensuring the balance of values.

  Many people compete in Warcraft on wcg every year.

  This year’s War 3 is similar to the future League of Legends.

  Competitive games require a stable version, and at the same time new things need to be added to it, so that they can last forever.

  And Cao Yang, who has experienced all this in his previous life, knows--

The decline of   war3 is actually a certainty.

  Warcraft requires too many units for each player to operate. There are almost 8 to 10 units in a formation. You have to operate heroes at the same time, operate the second team, the third team...

  The number of units that need to be operated is as high as dozens.

  So even with an APM of 120 like Lao Yang, the hand speed is considered slow among professional players.

  But for players of Dota and League of Legends, APM75 is enough.

  Because future moba players only need to control their own unit.

  The operation is complicated and the threshold is high. This is the disadvantage of the decline of war3 and the reason why it will be replaced by MOBA games in the future.

  An event that is bound to happen.

  Cao Yang was thinking, is it necessary to save it?

  Or is it possible to start developing future MOBA games now?

  Use the IP of Warcraft to make the future League of Legends?

or……

  Can take advantage of the past two years, continue to make Warcraft shine?

  Cao Yang himself was a bit entangled.

"boss!"

  At this moment, Meng Xiao suddenly punched the table, shocking Cao Yang.

  When he raised his head, he found that there was something more in the eyes of a young man who was about the same age as Meng Xiao——

  A raging fire.

  He said, "Boss, I have no way to prove anything now, but I still hope you can give me this project and give me a team. I want to keep Warcraft."

  Cao Yang was taken aback, staring at him for a long time.

Li Lanyun next to    was very nervous.

  He actually likes Meng Xiao very much, because he is very smart, he graduated from National Tsing Hua University, and his ability is very strong. Even if he is not in the Warcraft project team, he can be the master of the game even if he changes to any other studio.

  So Li Lanyun felt that there was no need to be so stiff with the boss.

  In case boss Cao thinks you are too aggressive, the newcomer who just arrived will speak big words and think you are flashy, then it will be troublesome.

  Li Lanyun opened his mouth, and was about to say something for Meng Xiao...

   Boss Cao laughed.

   "Very good, that's what I want to hear today. Alright, you continue to lead the team to develop Warcraft, and Brother Yun will find someone for him."

  Li Lanyun and Meng Xiao said at the same time: "Huh?"

  ……

   "I think so." Cao Yang said.

  Because of the late launch of the Frozen Throne, the current ice frog has not yet developed dota’s ALLSTAR series of maps.

  In the version of Reign of Chaos before war3, there is indeed a dota map, but it has not been improved.

  Dota, the oldest moba game in the world, is called the ancestor of moba. It really becomes popular. It will not spread until icefrog, that is, ice frog, takes over.

  Even if Dota appeared, Cao Yang was not very worried.

  Because war3 has a treaty that says:

  All games that are developed through war3 editor and use war3 characters, the copyright belongs to the owner of war3, which is Bomi.

  So even if the ice frog succeeds in bringing Dota into flames, then the copyright of Dota is also owned by Bomi.

  Someone will do future development for Bomi. Boss Cao couldn’t ask for it.

  The next one to two years will be the blowout period of war3 editor maps, and the copyrights of those maps made with war3 editor will all belong to Bomi.

  ……

  From the rise of Dota, to the decline of Warcraft, to the complete replacement of Warcraft by Dota, it will take about 2 years.

  Now Bomi can take advantage of these 2 years to make Warcraft glow and burn the last small universe.

  So after seeing Meng Xiao's determination, Cao Yang already had his own choice.

  He chose to hand over the development power of Warcraft to Meng Xiao within these 2 years, hoping that he can make Warcraft more brilliant for a while.

  Wait for Meng Xiao to finish this product, then two years later, it is time to develop the next generation of moba.

"I think so," Cao Yang said. "Warcraft is very different from other project teams. It is not suitable for any studio group. First, set up a Warcraft studio, and then this one. Just do all the derivative products of Warcraft.

  If it can be bigger in the future, then the studio will be established as a studio group, focusing on the Western magic series, so that the product and positioning will be more differentiated. "

  Since you have made up your mind to do it, then you have to play the biggest one.

  Bomi does not lack this money.

   "Great, thank you boss." Meng Xiao was grateful to Cao Yang.

  Cao Yang just smiled.

  Waiting for Meng Xiao’s mood to ease slightly, he did not intend to let the two people leave the office, but said:

  "Don’t go, so, let me tell you about my thoughts on the next new Warcraft product."

   "Hmm." Li Lanyun and Meng Xiao nodded, then sat back on the chairs, silently holding tea cups.

  Compared with when he first entered the office, Meng Xiao now looks much more relaxed.

   Cao Yang looked at them and smiled, "My idea is to add a new race to Warcraft, and we will be the fifth race."

"what?!"

  Meng Xiao almost didn't spit out a sip of tea.

  ……

  (End of this chapter)