Chapter 1006 VR Controller Design

Wednesday morning, April 25.

Ye Zhizhou came to the office of Chixing Studio according to the address given by Lin Wan.

After Lin Wan left Shangyang Games, Ye Zhizhou took over as the new person in charge of Shangyang Games, and the employees of Shangyang Games have already had dinner with Lin Wan.

Although there is some reluctance, as the saying goes, there is no permanent banquet in the world, and the job transfer within the Tenda Group has always been very frequent. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin also know that they will have to take over sooner or later, so they are not too sad.

What's more, the office of Chixing Studio is also in Jingzhou, not far from Shangyang Games, so you can visit often, and you will have many opportunities to meet in the future.

Ye Zhizhou came here today to finalize with Lin Wan about the new game of Chixing Studio.

Mr. Pei has already confirmed that the first game of Chixing Studio is a VR game, but the details of how to design this game have not yet been finalized.

Ye Zhizhou came to help make up his mind.

As far as Ye Zhizhou knew, apart from him and Lin Wan, there was also a product manager from Shenhua's mobile phone department who was in charge of developing VR glasses, and a new chief planner recruited by Chixing Studio.

Finalize the name and details of the game, let Chixing Studio get on the right track as soon as possible, and sometimes enter the development process as soon as possible, which is the best way to run the team.

Ye Zhizhou came to Chixing's studio and subconsciously looked at the working environment.

Well, it is indeed in the same line as Tenda Games and Shangyang Games.

Although the Chixing studio has only just been established, there are already employees working at the workstations. I have to say that the recruitment efficiency is quite high.

Ye Zhizhou came to the conference room and sat down on the empty seat.

Lin Wan was carefully flipping through a thick pile of resumes, picking out the qualified ones and putting them aside, preparing to invite interviews.

Seeing that everyone was here, Lin Wan tidied up her resume a little bit, and poked on the conference table: "Everyone is here, let's hurry up and start, there are still a few interviews in the afternoon."

Ye Zhizhou found that Lin Wan seemed to be more and more stylish. When he first joined Shangyang Games, he often hesitated and couldn't make up his mind. Now he is more and more like a qualified leader.

"Are you very efficient here? It's only been three days, and new employees have already joined the job?" Ye Zhizhou said after taking a sip of tea.

Lin Wan smiled: "Well, as long as you put out the brands of Shenhua Group and Tenda Group, and then put up the successful games of Shangyang Games, the recruitment mailbox will explode immediately."

"Many people who want to enter Tenda's game department can't get in, and they have to take an exam. The benefits here are similar to those of Tenda, and they have a good reputation. Many gamers want to come here."

"However... I am under a lot of pressure because of Tengda's glory. If the game is not done well, I will be really at a loss for President Pei."

"Let me introduce to you, this is Ye Zhizhou, the current director of Shangyang Games, this is Lao Song, the product manager of Shenhua Group's mobile phone business, and this is Cai Jiadong, the chief designer of Chixing Studio..."

Lin Wan quickly gave an introduction to everyone present.

Lao Song is the product manager, responsible for borrowing the resources of Shenhua Group to produce new VR glasses, and Cai Jiadong is the chief designer who has just been recruited. His resume is unknown, but these two seem to be in their thirties or forties. rich experience.

Cai Jiadong shook hands with Ye Zhizhou: "It's a pleasure to meet, a pleasure to meet! I have played all the games developed by Shangyang Studio. I didn't expect the chief designer to be so young. I really feel ashamed."

Ye Zhizhou hurriedly said: "Everywhere is the platform of Tenda Group. If it weren't for Mr. Pei, I would still be an executive planner now."

After the two parties exchanged a lot of business, they quickly entered the topic.

Lin Wan said while distributing the document: "This is a few key points settled after the last meeting with Mr. Pei. Let's take a look."

She looked at Ye Zhizhou: "It's still the same as the previous workflow in Shangyang Games, first analyze President Pei's intentions, and then determine the specific form of the game."

Cai Jiadong took the document with both hands and read it very carefully with an extremely devout expression.

Although he is the chief planner of Chixing Studio in name, but now his chief planner is a false title, and he is only responsible for the execution work. After slowly getting used to the working rhythm here, he can gradually take over the design work.

Cai Jiadong's resume as a designer is very good-looking. He has many years of working experience as a chief designer in a large domestic game company, and has also brought out successful projects.

There are two reasons why he came to Chixing Studio, one is because the treatment here is better than his original company, and the other is because of the relationship with Tenda Games.

Every game producer actually has a dream deep in his heart.

Doing krypton gold games can indeed make money, but it is just a job, and it will not be very happy. And being able to make a 3A game of your own, with both sales and word-of-mouth, is a real thing for designers to be proud of.

The game "Mission and Choice" reawakened the enthusiasm of many designers like Cai Jiadong who had been silent for many years, so he accepted the job without hesitation.

Although Cai Jiadong has rich experience in game design, the development process of 3A masterpieces and krypton gold games is still very different, and they cannot be generalized.

What's more, he has long heard that Tenda Games and Shangyang Games have a very unique game design method that belongs to Mr. Pei, so he just took this opportunity to learn it.

He looked at the document and found that there were several hard and fast rules on it, including the input of games and VR glasses, the type of game, the general style, and so on.

Cai Jiadong glanced twice, and a shocked expression immediately appeared on his face.

20 million for glasses and 20 million for games?

Casual game, and it's a cartoon style... so much money?

Cai Jiadong was very confused. Although there were only a few regulations in this document, these regulations were obviously contradictory and unworkable based on his experience.

20 million venture capital investment for casual games and cartoons is outrageous enough, but you want to spend another 20 million to develop a VR glasses for a single game?

If it were in other game companies, this proposal would definitely be rejected immediately, but here... it seems to be a common practice?

Cai Jiadong was new here, so he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he could only listen silently.

Lin Wan first looked at Lao Song, the product manager: "If 20 million yuan is used to develop VR glasses, how far can it be achieved?"

Lao Song replied truthfully: "It is enough to develop the glasses body, and it is even a bit wasteful. I suggest that there is no need to invest so much money. After all, the domestic market is not big, and we can't expect to sell well after making it."

"It's better to make a basic model, speculate on the concept, and sell it casually to recover the cost."

Lin Wan immediately shook her head: "That won't work, the research and development funds can only be more or less, just say what you can do."

Lao Song thought for a while: "Then we can only make a fuss about the handle."

"But the handle... seems to be difficult to make patterns."

"VR handles are nothing more than those things, joysticks, buttons and so on."

"There are currently two kinds of handles, one is relatively simple, one-handed, without a rocker, only a simple touchpad, one or two buttons and a trigger button; the other is more complicated, two-handed, with two rockers There are four buttons for the thumb and a trigger for the index finger."

"The first one is too simple, and it doesn't cost much for pure research and development. Since we have sufficient funds, we must do the second one."

"But the function of the second type is already perfect. Each finger already has buttons, and it is more in line with ergonomics. We don't need to force ourselves to make a new design. At most, it is just a modification."

"So I don't think a redesign ... would make much sense."

Lin Wan thought for a while: "Then how about we add some functions?"

Lao Song shook his head: "There is nothing to add. The thumbs of both hands should press the joystick and the four buttons on the front, and the index finger should press the trigger button. How can I add functions when they are all occupied?"

There was a brief silence at the scene. Obviously, no one had a good idea as to how to spend the money.