Chapter 107: 10 Years to Make Games, 9 Years to Make CG

The core players of domestic RTS games are also discussing such a brand new RTS game.

In a certain "Legion Conquest" player group.

"I heard that there is a new RTS in China. It has been very hot recently, and it is being discussed everywhere."

"I heard that it's called "Warcraft", and it's a Western fantasy theme."

"...Really? Aren't Xihuan and RTS two forbidden areas for domestic games? The two companies, Dichao and Zenyi, have all been smashed together. What other designer who is not afraid of death dares to touch it? Just touch two at a time?"

"Leiting Interactive Entertainment, Chen Mo's company."

"Chen Mo? Never heard of it."

"You've heard of "Plants vs. Zombies" and "My Name is MT"."

"Ah? Isn't that a mobile game company? It's transformed into a PC terminal? It's also an RTS?"

"I'm not afraid of dying..."

"But it is said that this guy is very evil. He makes all kinds of games, and he makes a popular one. I'm already downloading "Warcraft", and I will share my experience with you later!"

"Go, brave man! The villagers are waiting for the news of your return alive!"

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This player group is all RTS game enthusiasts, and most of them are playing Legion Conquest.

A group manager with a nickname of Kaiser asked in the group, "Really? New RTS game? Send me the address, I'll download it and see."

As soon as he spoke, many people exploded in an instant.

"Wow, does God K want to test the poison himself? Yes, I'll be blessed when I wait for the rookie."

"God K is bubbling, wow, awesome, take a group photo."

"God K, "Warcraft" has to be downloaded on the Thunder game platform, you can search for it."

This ID is Kaiser's guy, and he is also a well-known figure in the domestic RTS game circle. There are several famous gods in the game "Legion Conquest", and Kaiser is one of them.

However, Kaiser is not one of the top players. He ranks in the top ten in China at most. The reason why he is very famous is because he often complains about the shortcomings of the game "Legion Conquest" on the forum, and often writes letters of advice to Foreign R&D firms, of course, have largely not been adopted.

Kaiser is also an opinion leader in the domestic RTS player circle. He has a group of fans, and his teaching video of "Legion Conquest" has also influenced a large number of RTS players.

Originally, this guy has been diving all year round in the group, which fits the image of the great god's coldness, but today I heard that a new RTS game came out, and he couldn't help but bubbling.

In fact, the so-called K God who has a large number of fans on the Internet is nothing more than a second-year high school student.

Xue Kai, game ID: Kaiser, 17 years old, a god-level player of "Legion Conquest".

Xue Kai has a wealthy family and is very keen on RTS games. He has captured a large number of fans through making videos and live broadcasts, but he always has great opinions on "Legion Conquest".

I have written a lot of suggestions, but after all, this is a foreign game. Even if Xue Kai finds someone to translate the letter of suggestion into English, it will not attract the attention of the developers of Legion Conquest.

Therefore, Xue Kai has been suffering from the lack of a better RTS game. I heard that a domestic designer has developed an RTS game. He tried it out with a fluke.

In case, I mean in case, is this game fun?

Find the Thunder Game Platform, register for the Thunder Game Pass, and download Warcraft.

Soon, the download is complete.

The icon of the game is a young man with a three-point evil spirit. Although a small icon can't express too much, it feels great.

Xue Kai double-clicks the icon to enter the game.

The first is a cutscene CG,

Thunder game's LOGO flashed by.

The howling wind blew, and the camera swooped down from the clouds, like a bird flying freely.

A melodious melody sounded along with the wind whistling beside his ears.

A crow flew over the continuous snow peaks, over the barren valleys, and finally came to a prosperous human city-state.

Human Palace, the capital of Lordaeron.

Countless voices were discussing, and the old king Terenas was contemplating on the throne.

At this time, the crow flew in from nowhere, landed in the center of the hall, and landed in front of the old king.

The background sound turned low, and this strange crow caught the old king's attention.

Just as everyone was arguing, a strange green light suddenly appeared on the crow's body. In the eyes of everyone's astonishment, the crow turned into a human being.

Medivh.

His face was hidden under the hood, but his voice resounded throughout the hall.

"Humanity is in crisis. The tide of darkness will strike again, and the world is on the brink of war!"

"Your people, the only hope is to move to the West, to the forgotten continent, Kalimdor!"

The old king looked serious, and he stood up from the throne: "I don't know who you are, and I don't know your beliefs. But now is not the time to make prophecies. Our kingdom is being ravaged by war, but it should be us. Decide how to protect our people! Not you!"

At this time, the melody became a little sad.

Medivh's voice was a little lost: "I lost my humanity once, but I won't be like that again."

"If you can't fix this, then I'll find someone else who can."

Medivh turned and left, leaving only a murmur like a self-talk.

"I have given a warning, and now their fate is in their own hands."

The screen goes black, the CG ends here, and the game screen is entered.

This CG is very short, but the amount of information it contains is very large. Xue Kai did not pay attention to Azeroth-related stories before, but from this CG, he still learned a lot of information.

At this time, the human kingdom was being invaded by orcs, and the unknown plague was spreading. A mysterious prophet came to the human palace, but his words did not attract the attention of the king.

A short CG highlights the suspense of the whole story. Although Xue Kai doesn't know who Medivh is or what this human kingdom is, this CG successfully arouses his interest. This is enough.

Also, the CG is very well made.

In this world, it is not that there are no good animation and CG companies in China, nor is there no good sound effects companies and voice actors, all of which are available, the only thing missing is money.

As long as the money is given, you can make great CG works, even if you can't fully reach the CG level of top foreign masterpieces, it won't be too bad.

But the only problem is that most game developers are not willing to spend this money.

After all, CG usually only takes 2~3 minutes, and the money for making a CG is almost catching up with the development of a boutique mobile game.

How much did Chen Mo spend to make these CGs?

In the past life, there is no conclusion about how much Blizzard spent on CG, but it is widely circulated that the cost of WLK's CG is 5 million US dollars in 3 minutes.

In the parallel world, animation and CG technology are more developed, labor costs are reduced, and coupled with more advanced real-time calculation technology, the price has been cut a lot.

Chen Mo did not choose the highest level of CG, but chose a cheaper CG level that he could relatively afford.

But even so, Chen Mo still spent more than 37 million.

That's it, it's still the result after the crazy cuts to the plot. Chen Mo has already cut down those not-so-classic plots as soon as they can, and cut them down as much as they can, almost frantically compressing the budget, and finally compressed it to 37 million.

Like the opening animation of "Warcraft", it was directly replaced by Medivh's warning to the old king, and all the CGs in front were cut off.

In order to do these CGs, Chen Mo basically lost all the money he had made a while ago, and even in some places, the budget was not enough, so he could only make do with real-time calculation, or replace it with shady narration. .

To be honest, without the support of a money-hungry game like "My Name is MT", Chen Mo really doesn't have the money to do this kind of money-burning thing, at most it is a castrated version.

As far as Chen Mo felt, if he opened up to do these CGs, the cost would easily exceed 100 million yuan, and it was impossible for him to spend so much money now.

The cost of the game itself, including art resources, etc., is nothing compared to the cost of making CG. Now Chen Mo has realized the sentence: "Ten years to make games, nine years to make CG."

Su Jinyu and the others didn't know about this matter, only Chen Mo and Guo Feng, the head of Xuandong Aurora Studio, knew better. If Su Jinyu and Qian Kun knew about it, they would definitely be shocked.

After all, this is too risky, what if no one buys Warcraft? Isn't that tens of millions of dollars gone?

If all this money is used to make money-making mobile games like "My Name is MT", how much money will it make!

But Chen Mo himself knew, is it worth burning money to do CG?

Other CGs are not necessarily, but the CG of Warcraft is so worth it! You know, every CG here will become a classic in the history of games, even if the money is doubled, it will be worth it!

Chen Mo dared to burn all this money, because he knew that this was almost a sure-fire business. If he could put up this golden sign of Warcraft, there would be places to make money in the future.

What's more, if 37 million is converted into a US knife, this is only more than 6 million US dollars, which is quite cheap!

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At this level, in Xue Kai's opinion, it is already very, very amazing. There are very few domestic game companies that spend so much money on CG, even foreign companies, very few are willing to toss like this.

What's more, this CG not only has quality, but also connotation!

Xue Kai was shocked in an instant, and clicked to start the story mode.

After the human prince Arthas and Uther the lightbringer exchanged a few words, the battle officially began.

Here is a relatively simple operation prompt, instructing Xue Kai to select units with the left mouse button and move with the right mouse button.

"Huh? Is it different from the operation mode of Legion Conquest?"

Xue Kai was a little surprised, because Legion Conquest is the benchmark of RTS games, and few RTS games dare to change its settings in terms of basic operations.

As a senior player of RTS games, Xue Kai did not start the battle for the first time, but first studied the operation mode of "Warcraft".

Left-click to select, right-click to move, and after selecting a unit, there are many command buttons at the bottom right, including move, stop, stay in place, attack, patrol, and hero skills.

Moreover, these operations have shortcut keys.

"Stay in place? Patrol?"

Xue Kai clicked the [Patrol] button and selected a spot on the map. Arthas immediately ran back and forth between the two spots. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

"What a rich variety of operation types, much richer than Legion Conquest." Xue Kai was surprised.

Moreover, the setting of hero skills also makes him feel very special. In Legion Conquest, although there are some special units, there is no concept of "hero".

In "Warcraft", the hero has become one of the game settings. The hero's avatar will be displayed in the upper left corner, and the hero will also have special skills, which play a very key role in the battle.

In addition, there is an item bar at the bottom right. Although there are no items yet, it is clear that this game supports the setting of obtaining and using items.

"Interesting, there are innovations in so many places."

Xue Kai controlled Arthas and began to challenge plot missions.

In the process of completing the plot, Arthas also kept talking, responding to Xue Kai's instructions.

"certainly."

"For glory!"

"May the Light bless my people."

This is similar to Legion Conquest, but the localization of Legion Conquest is not perfect, and many translations are awkward.

The lines of the characters in "Warcraft" are personally checked by Chen Mo, with the translation of the previous life as a comparison and reference. These lines give Xue Kai a very natural feeling, both the flavor of Western fantasy, and the strong translation is removed. cavity.

Xue Kai manipulated Arthas and quickly cleared the first level.

After all, with a very solid RTS foundation, Xue Kai has no difficulty in playing these plots, and he can easily pass the level soon.

After completing the first level, Xue Kai did not continue to play the next level, but cut to the desktop and sent a message to the group.

Kaiser: "This game is really his bunker, kill Legion Conquest!!!!"