The two sides reached an agreement, but how to sign the specific contract, back to slowly consider.

Micro-light studio now also has legal affairs, so sign the contract this kind of thing, the ringing does not have to have a headache, only need to be finalized after the contract is generally glanced at it.

Lin Xiaoguang wanted to talk to Zhong Ming about the design details of this game, and he may also feel that he has no bottom in his heart.

Originally, he did not hold too much hope for the side of the glimmer studio, that is, he planned to spend two or three million to buy a game and enrich the game library.As a result, the bell sounded this confident look, and Lin Xiaoguang was also looking forward to it.

"Don't hurry, wait for the game to make a demo out, and then show Lin."If the game is not demo, I can't say any flowers with my mouth alone."The bell laughed.

Lin Xiaoguang said: "Mr. Zhong is very confident, he is not afraid of the demo to make our side is not satisfied, do not sign the exclusive?"

The bell hon said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Lin, if you don't want this game, I won't worry about selling."

...

Back home, the bell rang out the hand-painted board and began to draw a concept map about the game.

On the other hand, it is also Calculated how many people the studio needs to recruit urgently.

This life is a big job.

Although the handheld platform is slightly less efficient than the console, it is far more than the independent games that were previously produced.In the end, this time it is a 3D game, and it must be picturesque, the combat system is excellent, the feel is good, and the machine must be fully taken into account.

Can't do it, the game can't make people blow; if you can't do it, the handheld can't take it.

Just like the previous life of the "Soldia of Zelda" so many people blowing, because such a big open world, can run smoothly on the handheld, this is a good show of the Switch function.

Moreover, it is necessary to consider the actual situation of the current low light studio.

There are not many people, and most people do not have the experience of developing similar games, and if they want to make a game similar to the Zelda legend in the short term, it is purely crazy and not allowed in all aspects.

The key is to also get some Chinese elements.

How many Chinese elements are specifically taken with it, too.This game is to take into account the Chinese and Western players, so the proportion of Huaxia elements in the game can be said to be too much, must be just right.

To make "Taiwu drawing volume" such, Huaxia players certainly like, but Western players will definitely not buy; but if the content of Huaxia elements is too small, and can not show the cultural characteristics of this game, perhaps Huaxia players and Western players do not like.

Moreover, it is best not to use some particularly esoteric and complex culture, such as the ancient set of myths of China, it is best not to use them, because Westerners do not understand.

They do not know Pangu, women, Hou Qi, and even if they know, it is only a half-understudied, and it is too hard to do these things in the plot of the game.

At present, the low-light studio has not yet reached the stage of exporting Chinese culture to the world as it pleases.

All these factors are combined, and Zhong Ming roughly thinks of a game.

This game, changed from a classic game in the previous life, "Wanda and the Colossus", and then added the Chinese elements, changed its name to "zodiac guardian".

In this way, the game's art style needs to be changed, and the boss battle needs to be changed, but this change is still within the acceptable range of the bell.

There are three reasons why you should choose this game.

First, it is very suitable for handheld platforms.Wanda and the Colossus is a game from the PS2 era, which has been reset since then in the PS3 and PS4.The game was released as early as 2005, and with a very fashionable seamless map, at that time, it can be said to make all players shine.

Even from today's perspective, the combat system and design concept can hardly be over time, and it can almost be said to squeeze the performance of the PS2 to a limit.

Now used as a handheld, you can show the performance of the handheld through this shocking boss battle, and you don't have to worry about not running.

Second, its development difficulty is still within the reach of the low light studio."Wanda and the Colossus" a total of 16 bosses, only boss, no small monster war, which greatly reduced the development of content.

If it is like the Legend of Zelda, there is a boss battle, there are hundreds of shrines, there are a lot of map collection elements, there are a lot of plots... that gives the current low-light studio a year, but also enough to choke.

But if only the boss fights, the development workload is reduced a lot, and the 16 bosss are changed to the zodiac, and the number is reduced again.

Third, its gameplay, artistic, are rare and good works, and even after ten or twenty years, there is still no time, such a game, enough to blow.

Of course, in order to join the Chinese culture in it, Zhong Ming must also change it to a certain extent.However, because the original plot itself is relatively simple, the difficulty of the magic change is not high.

The protagonists of the hero and the story, the background of the story are relatively good to say, and the framework of the whole story can be directly used.

The biggest difficulty lies in the art style and the design of the boss war, which can almost account for more than 90% of the game's changes.

However, this is also the reason why the bell is going to choose it, because the content of the game is very suitable for Chinese culture!

In the original, each colossal image is very design, leaving a deep impression on the player.

The "Guardians of the Zodiac" to be developed by Zhongming is also trying to achieve such an effect.

A relatively simple plot framework is not difficult for Western players to understand; and the cultural output of the colossus in the artistic image is more acceptable to Western players.

It is easier for people to receive picture information.

Imagine that a shrine full of Chinese breezes, surrounded by twelve zodiac guardians, each guardian god has its own characteristics, and also has a strong Chinese style from the outside, which is also very attractive for Western players.

This practice is definitely a hundred times better than feeding the Chinese culture into the game to feed those Western players.

The rat Ugly Cow Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake...

Each zodiac sign is a ready-made animal, on this basis to re-create art, and the design of boss warfare around this image will reduce the difficulty of development a lot, and the effect will be extremely good.

What Zhong Ming now has to do is to make as many concept maps of the twelve zodiac signs as possible, different bosses, different shapes, active areas and environments are also different, and the skills and styles are naturally different.

Set these contents down, after the development, will be much easier.

...

The next morning.

Zhong Ming called the heads of several departments and the core members, all to the conference room.

"To tell you the good news, I've got a big job."Zhong Ming said, "As for how big ... as long as we can do 500,000 sales, there will be an exclusive cost of 30 million; if we can do 1 million sales, there will be an exclusive cost of 50 million!"

“Fifty million!”

Many people’s eyes light up.

Is there just a lot of exclusive cost?

You know, this 50 million is equivalent to extra income, the game is really broken millions, then should take the share but a penny will not be less.

He asked, “Exclusive?What kind of game platform is exclusive?”

Zhong Ming chuckled: "Not a game platform, is the exclusive power of Moya technology handheld platform, what we want to do this time is a handheld game, is to use those 3A on the market to make frontal hard steel."

Hearing this, many people were a little discouraged.

Fu Xing'an and Wu Ming a few people looked at each other, all a little embarrassed.

Not to say to look down on Moya technology, not to look down on the handheld, but to look down on yourself...

Sell a million copies on the plane?

It's too hard, isn't it?

Half a million, it's hard!

The key is that so far, although the glimmer studio is smooth, it is basically tossed in this small circle of the Chinese cultural circle.

The first month of "Taiwu Painting" sales are indeed expected to reach one million, but the problem is that this is an independent game!Indie games, naturally have a set of special evaluation standards, which are not suitable for the same evaluation system as those 3A masterpieces.

Do similar games, and then work hard, rush millions of sales, everyone is still confident.

Do you want to fight with those 3A on the market?The moment is false.

What is more, the user group facing the handheld, how much is it?

Do independent games, for PC players, the number of PC players is the largest in the world, the number of host players is also quite, in some developed areas can even reach more than 20% of the host share.In contrast, the user group of handhelds is very rare, and it is estimated that it is a fraction of the host group.

Millions sold in this group?That Huaxia market alone is absolutely not enough, we must open up the Western market.

But... the glimmer studio, has never had the experience of selling games to the Western market, and the games developed are basically very different from the taste of Westerners.

So in the end, this is not as reliable as the bell said.

He raised his hand and said, “Boss, I have a problem.If our game is doing well, but because the handheld platform is too spicy chicken, it drags down our sales, what should we say?”

The bell rang: “That’s a problem.This handheld, will be released in the near future, we want to catch up with its first estimate is a bit difficult.But also take the opportunity to see the reputation and performance of this handheld.If we don't do well, we'll use time-limited exclusivity, and the game can still be sold on other platforms."

He nodded his head brightly, relieved a little.

Time-limited, reduced risk.But there is still risk.

Because according to Zhong Ming, this game is completely developed for the handheld of Moya technology, and it is inevitable to take into account each other's requirements in all aspects.If the sales on the handheld platform is not good, then this game and then send other platforms, such as the host platform, PC platform, also does not see sales will be particularly good, after all, it is completely for the handheld platform development, porting also has some design and technical problems.

However, Wu Mingming also understands that there are many opportunities to cooperate with large companies such as Moya Technology.Even if you take some risks, it’s worth it.

The key is to see the effect of the game.

"In the near future, we need to urgently recruit a group of manpower, mainly programs and art.In terms of program, to recruit programs that are very proficient in 3D engines, art side, modeling, action, etc., are also very critical.But the whole does not need much, mainly to make up...”

Zhong Ming said a lot here, mainly around the studio architecture.HR and Miao Zhu frequently recorded that these recruitment things, and they were busy after.

Recruiting, should be good, although some missed the golden period, but after all, it is still not a year, it is really not, you can go to the headhunter to dig people, anyway, now the glimmer studio, give some premium is no problem.

"Well, the R&D team left, and let's just say the game we're going to develop next."

When the bell was finished, they sent them away from Miao Zhu, and the remaining R&D personnel listened to the bell ringing to talk about some basic information about the zodiac guardian.

Design concept, not yet.

However, this game is not particularly necessary, and a concept diagram is enough.

The bell first shows a large map with a little bit of Huaxia wind and landscape painting, but the lines are not so thick.The center of the map is an ancient temple, around the temple, there are mountains, the sea, swamps, snow, volcanoes, waterfalls, deserts and other different terrain, these terrain is very natural patchwork together, the whole map to form a whole.

In each terrain, there are also different images, these images are highly recognizable, and everyone in this room can recognize it at a glance.

“The twelve zodiac signs?”Shawn blurted out.

These zodiac guardians also have a close relationship with the terrain, such as the Chenlong flying by the sea, the afternoon horse galloping on the grassland, the rat drilling holes in the mountains, the monkey activity in the dense jungle, the pig in the vast swamp, the snakes in the desert, the sheep in the volcano...

The bell rang back to the second picture.

This time, it is a ready-made zodiac guardian concept draft, that is, the image of these bosses in the game.

The bell is painted by a Chinese dragon, which is very different from the Western winged and fire-breaster.

The shape of this dragon is processed by art, it is no longer the image of the pure-flesh dragon, but has become the form of the body + stone statue, its whole body seems to be covered with stone armpits, these stone parts and its body are very exquisitely combined, giving people a sense of vicissitudes and chronology.

That is to say, it gives the impression that it is not a god beast or a living creature, but more like a creature of a god, like some kind of guardian.

Then, the bell ming showed the cow and the monkey, the three guardians, which he had conceived last night, and the other zodiac guardians, had not yet been spectroscrumped.

However, these three pictures are basically enough to express his design ideas.