Chapter 396 300 Smiling Like a Villain

Tokyo.

Ginza.

Pokeni Co., Ltd.

In the president's office.

Qing Zhiyuan sat on a chair, his eyes looking at the computer, but he didn't intend to focus on it at all.

He folded his hands, actually thinking about many new problems.

Since the games "The Devil Hunter 2" and "Princess Mononoke" have been completed, the manpower will be released.

Now Qing Zhiyuan is considering what game to arrange Miyazaki Hidetaka and Mikami Shinji to make next.

He closed his eyes and sorted it out carefully.

The games currently being developed in the company include the Pokémon series:

Pokémon Racing.

This game is almost coming to an end now, and it should be released in the second half of the year.

Pokémon Racing is a great expectation of Qing Zhiyuan, hoping that it can be benchmarked against Rentendo's Mario Kart.

Qing Zhiyuan is now justified,

Since Rentendo can make "Super Mario 3D Adventure", many elements are also borrowed from our Pokémon 3D World.

So, why can't we make a Pokémon Kart to kill Super Mario Kart?

Although it's a bit shameless, we have added a lot of original gameplay to Pokémon 3D Adventure.

Thinking of this, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help laughing.

Oh, as a time traveler, isn't it a bit too arrogant?

He himself didn't expect that the once invincible Rendoh will now start to go downhill. To be precise, Qing Zhiyuan thought about their decline.

But he didn't expect it to be so fast.

It's like driving downhill, and someone stepped on the accelerator.

If it were a few years ago, a small game company like Pokeni would not have the qualifications to challenge Rendoh.

However, Qing Zhiyuan no longer thinks so now. Pokeni has grown to a mature level and it's time to bring Rendoh down.

It's a pity that the current hardware level is not enough, otherwise he especially wants to make another Breath of the Wild game directly, and then successfully snipe Rendoh's Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.

The gameplay elements in Breath of the Wild are so rich that if it could be released earlier, the whole world would be shocked.

In addition to Pokémon Racing, a single-player 3D action game is also under development.

It's just different from the action games that people usually imagine. After Pokeni's brainwashing, most people will probably think of "Princess Mononoke" or "The Devil Hunter 2" when it comes to 3D action games. These games seem to have a deep story, and also have a strong sense of attack, excitement and operability in battle.

But the game that Pokeni is making is very different.

This game is called "Pokémon: Mysterious Adventure". Wow, it's a little similar to "Super Mario 3D Adventure" by Rentendo.

But this is a single-player game.

Players can control Pikachu to fight throughout the whole process, jump, run, and use skills.

At the same time, they can also replace it by constantly collecting other Pokémon.

But you can only operate one Pokémon as the main body each time.

How to choose different Pokémon and operations according to different situations in the process of adventure to make the game smoother is a problem that players need to consider.

Pokémon is originally a game for all ages, and this all-age means younger age.

Because you have to be backward compatible with younger children.

It is equivalent to a separate game adventure gameplay.

To a certain extent, "Pokémon: Incredible Adventure" is Qing Zhiyuan's current version of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

If you think about it carefully, there are various adventure elements, decryption elements, and Pokémon with different attributes and different skills to deal with different situations. This is indeed a bit like Breath of the Wild.

Thinking of this, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help laughing.

Of course, there is still a distance from the Breath of the Wild in his mind. That is a great game that combines sandbox games and various chemical reaction elements to create a new game mode.

The current hardware can't run such a game at all. Just think about it, a flame blowing in the wind can burn a large area of ​​grass, and this thing can crash Sony's PS.

So we still have to wait for the power of time.

However, in Qing Zhiyuan's view, "Pokémon: Mysterious Adventure" has achieved the current level, with a high enough gameplay richness, which is actually enough.

It is another textbook-like game that the whole world can learn from.

Moreover, speaking of puzzle mode.

Maybe there will be games like Detective Pikachu in the future.

I wonder what it will feel like when these Pokémon games are hatched and put on the game market when Mr. Yamauchi Hiroshi sees a large wave of Pokémon appear?

Just imagining the rage of Yamauchi Hiroshi and Miyamoto Shigeru, Qing Zhiyuan is inexplicably happy.

Sorry, Scorpio is so narrow-minded.

…

In addition to the Pokémon series, the only game that the company is currently developing is the chess game "86 - Non-Existent Battle Zone" led by Ishino Mika and developed by Maeda Jun as the scriptwriter.

Qing Zhiyuan still has great expectations for this.

The game is actually in the final stage of bug convergence and is expected to be put on the market soon.

After that, the manpower of Ishino Mika and Maeda Jun will be released, and new games are waiting for them.

...

These games are expected to be put on the market within this year, and almost all of them have been developed.

There are still a few new productions left, which have just started and may take one or two years or even longer to complete.

One is "Mushishi", which is led by Qing Zhiyuan himself and uses the name of Furuhara Tsubaki.

Furuhara Tsubaki seems to have disappeared from the players' sight for more than a year. Since LL, this name has not been used again.

It's time for Gu Yuan to show his presence, otherwise if the players forget him, the company will lose a signature figure.

However, this also means that in the future, Qing Zhiyuan's work status will become busier and more intense.

In addition to being the president of Pokeni and controlling the overall situation, he also has to have various social events and accumulate connections. Moreover, Yuehe Company is just starting now, and it is the time when the company needs him and Tsuda to put their energy into it.

In this case, it is actually very difficult to take care of being a game producer.

I just hope that Tsuda and Ichihashi Fumi can take more responsibility on Yuehe and run Yuehe smoothly. According to Qing Zhiyuan's idea, he will participate more in the establishment of roles and film and television projects in the future, and he will not have so much time and energy to manage the specific production process.

And Tsuda also has things he wants to do, and he does not rely entirely on Qing Zhiyuan.

He also has movies and TV series he wants to make, but he is more concerned about the linkage in games.

The game "Mushishi" uses the beautiful Japanese comic style and follows the route of "Princess Mononoke". However, in terms of the game mode, except for the relatively rigid requirement of the large map, the other development difficulties are not difficult.

It requires more developers to be attentive.

In addition to the newly started Mushishi, the company has another product, which is expected to take longer to produce -

"Monster Hunter"

This game is now in charge of Hideki Kamiya, and it is unknown what it will look like.

Fortunately, Shinji Mikami is the supervisor. As long as Mikami's energy is not distracted, the quality and progress can be controlled to some extent.

Monster Hunter is the company's first large-scale game with a large world, multiple ecological food chains, multiple dimensions, high richness, more playability and exploration, and also takes into account collection and production elements... Such a large game.

It is really not easy to complete the development.

Qing Zhiyuan is more looking forward to the fact that in this game, Hideki Kamiya can fully grow and grow into the next Hidetaka Miyazaki.

...

Ah! Thinking about it this way, the company's existing games are basically big productions, and there are quite a few of them.

The task is arduous, but it is also full of infinitely bright future.

With Qing Zhiyuan's overall control and acceptance, generally speaking, there will be no major problems with the game, unless there is a problem with his own judgment.

In short, the company's situation is very good, not just slightly good, not medium good, but very good!

Qing Zhiyuan is increasingly looking forward to the company's games.

And at the moment, Qing Zhiyuan is thinking about what Mikami and the others should do.

...

Just as Qing Zhiyuan was lost in thought, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Come in."

"President, do you have time now? We have prepared a new plan and want you to see it."

Mikami Shinji, Gen Urobuchi and Miyazaki Hidetaka came in one after another, and finally Mikami Shinji handed their newly made [Plan] to Qing Zhiyuan.

Qing Zhiyuan looked up and saw the person coming, and couldn't help laughing.

What is this called?

When you want to sleep, someone will hand you a pillow.

These guys have shown their initiative.

Shinji Mikami, who has now been promoted to supervisor, has begun to play the role of Qing Zhiyuan. Without him urging him, Mikami himself has been busy preparing the project proposal.

Mikami is eager to start more projects. No matter what, it is too uncomfortable to be urged by the president every time.

This time they took the initiative.

…

Qing Zhiyuan looked down and saw the project proposal on the table. There were a few big words on the cover -

"Dragon Quest"

The game itself is an imaginary world, a bit like Princess Mononoke.

In this world, the heroine is in a place full of suffering and water shortage for many years.

Half is desert and the other half is grassland, but the weeds on the grassland are also decreasing year by year, making people's lives more and more difficult.

In general, the word "water shortage" is highlighted.

However, this place, many, many years ago, was not a barren desert, but a rich land with abundant water and grass and lush forests.

According to legend, it was the death of the Dragon God who was responsible for raining in the village, coupled with people's over-exploitation and destruction, that led to a series of desertification and disasters.

After hearing such a legend, the heroine resolutely embarked on a journey to find the dragon. She must bring back the [Dragon God] who can bring rain and hope to the village so that people can live a better life.

Next, there are all the fantastic stories that the heroine experienced in the process of searching for the dragon.

Of course, there are still many places that reveal dark humanity and make people feel desperate.

Especially when he saw the end of the story, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but feel chilled.

It feels like it starts with [Miyazaki Hayao] and ends with Urobuchi Gen.

As expected of you, Lao Xu.

Read it again,

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but sigh.

"Journey to the Dragon" is so well written that it almost doesn't look like Lao Xu's style.

I don’t know if it’s because after this guy got married, there was really a lot of nihilistic love in his heart that didn’t exist before, but it became like a fairy tale. In this game project, there is a lot of fantasy and romance everywhere. Atmosphere.

If anything, Qing Zhiyuan can only think that Lao Xu has found true love, which has caused a subtle change in his heart.

It’s really hard to say whose style it resembles.

Probably more like Shinjin Makoto's.

In other words, it's more like Hayao Miyazaki's style.

If this game is used as a sequel to "Princess Mononoke", it will really be a very qualified animated movie.

It's a pity that Studio Ghibli probably won't be able to package this animated movie.

Everyone makes their own original animations.

But...

A thought flashed through Qing Zhiyuan's mind.

"It's great. It's so well written that it could be made into an independent animated film."

"Thank you, President." Xu Yuanxuan smiled, and several people breathed a sigh of relief.

"So what are you going to do with this game??"

Shinji Mikami and Hidetaka Miyazaki looked at each other and said, "President, here's what we think about it, Dragon Quest may be more of an animated movie style in general. If that's the case.

We are going to use the gameplay model from the previous "Princess Mononoke".

The specific content is written in the plan. "

Qing Zhiyuan turned over it, and it was really true.

All I can say is that everyone wanted to go together.

"If that's the case, then there is no problem on my side. You can start making preparations." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.

After a few people left, President Qing Zhiyuan showed a happy smile on his face:

Ah, it’s really not easy. I have developed a sense of accomplishment.

Now these guys can take the initiative to do things, and they are more in line with their own ideas than Qing Zhiyuan imagined.

Geniuses who are growing faster and faster may one day no longer need me.

Qing Zhiyuan thought so.

…

After everything was arranged, Qing Zhiyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. At least he had to ensure that P Club could continue to produce several excellent games every year.

And according to the company's current expansion scale, it is not certain that it will develop dozens of games at the same time a year in the future.

The current development costs are still controllable, but if we enter the terrifying 3A large-scale production period in the future, the resources and money consumed for each game, as well as the number of developers, will increase exponentially.

When Qing Zhiyuan thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

It's over, it's over, the game industry is going to be rolled up by me.

Qing Zhiyuan sat on the chair and laughed sadly.

Akane Ayase took a look outside the door, and her heart went crazy.

It's over, it's over, the president started laughing like a villain again.

Akanishi-senpai and Sakata-senpai may have new things to do.

I also have a new job to be busy with.

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There is another chapter in the evening (end of this chapter)