Chapter 1279 Don't Work Overtime?

After listening to Min Jingchao's explanation, everyone nodded.

Obviously, these words came out of Min Jingchao's mouth and were particularly convincing.

Because Min Jingchao himself is the designer of GOG and has been in charge of the balance between data and game mechanics, his understanding of this aspect is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people.

In many cases, a person's ability does not all depend on his own talent or hard work, but also on the platform he is on.

When a person reaches the right platform, even if his talent is not very high, his ability will increase by leaps and bounds.

And if a person's talent is very good, but there is no suitable platform, his talent will be difficult to activate.

Just like in history, why did all those famous people in the early Han Dynasty appear together in a small place?

Not because this small place has so many talented people, but because they follow Liu Bang and have a high enough platform to continuously improve.

Similarly, famous generals in troubled times are also because they grow faster in frequent wars.

GOG is an excellent platform. Min Jingchao has been practicing here for so long. It can be said that he has witnessed the rise and prosperity of this game. He has different thinking at different stages. Over time, his understanding of this aspect has been very profound.

Of course, the balance of GOG is not without problems, and it is often criticized by players.

This is normal. After all, strong heroes will be cut, but if you cut less, it will not hurt or itch. If you cut too much, you may be cut down with one blow; while weak heroes are strengthened less without qualitative change, and they are strengthened a lot. It may suddenly become overwhelming.

In addition, there are already huge differences between different player groups, and a hero may be completely different in fishpond, high-end and professional games, which makes the balance problem even more difficult.

But in general, Min Jingchao has done a good job in the balance of the game during the time he was in charge of GOG. This is because he can get advice from the professional players and professional tactical analysts of the DGE club, and also Opinions can be heard from the player community.

When thinking deeply about the issue of career balance in FPS games, Min Jingchao found that the career setting of FPS games is best not to copy MOBA games or MMORPG games, so he made the current design plan.

So far, the entire design of "Bullet Scar 2" has been explained.

There must be a lot of work in the future, such as what the layout of this big map is, how the strongholds are distributed, what is the magnitude of the resources refreshed by each stronghold, and how many special items are available to players...

But these are all done by other designers. For example, the big map is the work of the level designer.

As the chief designer, Min Jingchao only needs to ensure that the general direction is not deviated.

There was a brief silence in the conference room. After a while, Sun Xi said, "I'm fine here."

The other designers said nothing.

Zhou Muyan looked at it and nodded, "Okay, that's it."

If it is someone else's design plan, these designers may have to ask some more questions and discuss it.

But there is really nothing wrong with Min Jingchao's plan, after all, the resume is here.

Although some innovative gameplay has no precedent, no one dares to guarantee whether it will succeed or fail.

In this case, it is better to trust Min Jingchao and President Pei completely.

If I keep giving opinions on my side, and the game fails, who is it?

Min Jingchao looked at Sun Xi: "Then I will continue to refine the plan. Please distribute the design draft to the designers in the group, keep an eye on the progress, and start writing the design plan on Monday."

Sun Xi nodded: "Okay, this is my job."

He was stunned for a moment, then asked again, "Monday? Uh... how about Saturday?"

If you follow the default process of Tianhuo Studio, the designers will definitely default to 996 when the game is first established.

Some designers are even responsible for a lot of design plans, and they have to revise the design draft overnight the day before the meeting to ensure that the design draft can be completed as scheduled during the meeting.

Although this situation can only mean that the workload is arranged unreasonably, after all, everyone is here, so most designers are used to it and have no complaints.

So Sun Xi thought she would have to work overtime to write the design plan tomorrow and Saturday, but Min Jingchao didn't mention it at all.

Min Jingchao said as a matter of course: "Have a normal rest on weekends."

"This..." Sun Xi looked at Zhou Muyan subconsciously.

Zhou Muyan coughed twice: "Brother Min, I have heard about the working model at Tengda, but... every company has its own situation, so you can't just blindly copy it, right?"

"The designers in our studio are not as capable as Tenda's side, and they are used to working slowly and carefully. Sometimes they spend more time polishing, and the details of the plan are better."

"Why don't I see it this way, Brother Min, you still follow the work schedule at Tenda, and the rest of the project team follow the original process of our studio. What do you think?"

Zhou Muyan obviously didn't want to open this hole.

One is worrying about the quality of the game.

After all, in his opinion, Tenda can fill up the holiday because the employees are very efficient, but the efficiency of the people in Tianhuo Studio is not so high.

It is a normal holiday and there is no tension during the development period. What should I do if the development node cannot be completed?

On the other hand, it is also afraid of affecting the mentality of others.

Everyone came to work overtime on Saturday, but no one from the "Bullet Scar 2" project team came. Do others think it's unfair? Don't want to work overtime?

Time is money, and the same is true of game development. Zhou Muyan felt very distressed that the time that was finally cut out came back like this.

Of course, he doesn't feel that he has treated these people badly. After all, when the game makes money and divides the bonus, he is always generous compared to other old versions.

Min Jingchao shook his head: "I don't think this is necessary."

"I believe that the designers of Tianhuo Studio are also very strong designers, including art, programming and other project personnel, and they are also the top in the industry."

"The reason why the progress is sometimes slow may be that the mental state is low due to frequent overtime work, and the body has not reached a perfect state, so the efficiency is invisibly slowed down."

"I hope that we can still follow Tenda's development model, and it is strictly forbidden to work overtime outside normal working hours."

"When making a work plan, it is determined according to the normal workload. If it can't be completed, people will be added. If it can't be completed, it will be postponed."

"Mr. Pei once said that there are many ways to solve the problem, but it definitely does not include overtime. Overtime only solves the temporary problem on the surface, but in the long run, it will cause many new problems."

Zhou Muyan hesitated for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, let's do it like this."

The game plan has been finalized, so there is no need to quarrel with Min Jingchao over such trivial matters.

Although not working overtime will definitely slow down the development progress, but as long as the game can be made smoothly and can make money, then this is not a problem.

Zhou Muyan looked at Sun Xi: "Then today's meeting will be here first, go back and re-screen, and choose a few most suitable designers to come to the "Bullet Scar 2" project team. The plan is brought to my office."

Sun Xi nodded: "No problem, President Zhou."

The meeting was over, and everyone left the conference room one after another.

At present, the positions of the project team of "Bullet Scar 2" have all been vacated, and Min Jingchao has already had his own work station. His daily work is to sort out the design drafts and carry out preliminary preparations.

The selection of the bottom-level personnel of the project team has almost been completed, but there are still some vacancies in the middle-level.

The main reason is that the gameplay has not been completely finalized before, and it is impossible to determine which designer is better at it, so it was postponed for two days.

Zhou Muyan attaches great importance to this project, so the selection is also carefully selected.

Just as Sun Xi sat down at his workstation, he heard someone say next to him, "Brother Sun, I want to take the initiative to apply for the "Bullet Scar 2" project to do numerical values, can you see it?"

Sun Xi looked up and hurriedly stood up: "Brother Han, isn't that appropriate? Your current position is the chief planner."

This brother Han joined Tianhuo Studio earlier than Sun Xi. Now he is independently leading a project team. It was launched some time ago, and the results are not bad.

He also participated in these two meetings, but Zhou Muyan considered that his own project was running well, and he had no special advantage in FPS games, so he did not choose him, but Sun Xi.

It stands to reason that the list of personnel to be finalized by Sun Xi this time is a middle-level list, which is for himself.

Brother Han is higher than Sun Xi in terms of qualifications and position. It is not appropriate to go to "Bullet Scar 2" to help him.

Brother Han shook his head: "What's wrong? My project is on the right track, and I can just give up my position to young people and give them more opportunities to grow."

"And my son has just been born recently, and my time as the person in charge there is relatively tight, so I'll come here instead..."

"Cough, of course, I definitely don't want to take advantage of the holidays here! I just think Brother Min's plan is very good. This project is very special and should be able to get some inspiration."

For this reason, Sun Xi naturally understood.

"Okay Brother Han, then I'll add you to the list first, but whether this list can pass... depends on whether President Zhou agrees."

Brother Han nodded: "Thank you Brother Sun! When you send the list, if President Zhou asks, I hope you can help me with some kind words. I really attach great importance to this opportunity!"

Sun Xi: "Okay Brother Han, I understand."

According to the regulations of Tianhuo Studio, once you leave the original project team, the bonus will be taken for a maximum of three months, and it cannot be taken in the future.

After all, no one is in this project, so what reason is there to continue to share bonuses?

The lifespan of a game is at least half a year to a year. As the main designer, Brother Han has given up a lot of bonuses.

But it is clear that he is more interested in "Bullet Scar 2" because of three factors: first, there is no need to work overtime; second, following Min Jingchao to do this new project can get some inspiration and growth; third, once "Bullet Scar 2" is successful, Will there be bonuses too?

If you stay in the original project, even if "Bullet Scar 2" succeeds, it has nothing to do with yourself.

So after some comprehensive consideration, he decided to take the initiative to sign up to join the project team of "Bullet Scar 2".

After sending Brother Han away, Sun Xi wrote his name on the column of Numerical Designer as an alternative.

As a result, as soon as I finished writing, I saw several messages pop up on the company's internal chat software.

"Brother Xi! I heard that the "Bullet Scar 2" project team doesn't work overtime? Is it true?"

"Brother, when will the list come out?"

"Be sure to bring me one. I'm also the number one in the company's level designers. It makes no sense not to take me!"

"Brother Sun, can I go to the project team of "Bullet Scar 2"?"

Looking at the series of news from these people, Sun Xi was a little dumbfounded.

Good guy, as soon as I heard that I don't work overtime, they all came!