I Am a Nobleman in England

After chatting about some follow-up work on the game "Stupid Birds Fly First", Arthur, accompanied by Edward, came to the game "Talking John the Cat", which was independently created when the studio was established, and was recreated by Arthur. Become a game instant messaging APP project team.

The development progress of John Cat and Stupid Bird is different. After all, Stupid Bird is not as easy to develop as John Cat in terms of image quality and music.

In the game of John Cat, the technical status occupies the key position, and the development progress and development planning are basically technology-oriented, and the main strategy and planning have become auxiliary.

Prepare the game framework, prepare various components, prepare the basic functions of the communication protocol and so on. It will take three to four months to determine the development time of each module, start module function development, and so on.

Therefore, it is not so easy to develop a straight-forward mobile game. After a round of rotation, Arthur also knew that his plan was really nothing special.

Because in the game development world, due to the unprofessional planning of products, the whole team has to do too many wrong things. After all, planning and writing wrong documents can be corrected by changing a few words, but technical personnel development and testing need It takes a lot of work to change it.

So at present, everyone in John Cat is discussing and making it sound around his boss's heinously simple plan, and Edward also devotes most of his time to this development team.

"...Fortunately, our staffing is relatively sufficient. In this project, I am also responsible for part of the work, mainly responsible for writing the framework communication, and most of the rest are writing components and modules. The chief is responsible for writing instant messages and synchronizing voice changes. Everyone thinks this staffing is very reasonable.”

Edward and Arthur stood on the edge of the office area of ​​the studio, smiling and introducing the details of the John Cat development team to Arthur.

"Did the idea of ​​instant messaging that I temporarily changed completely change the difficulty of developing this game?" Arthur asked with a slight frown as he saw that there were more employees than the studio on the other side.

"Yes, boss, the development difficulty is not as simple as a mobile game, so the time may not be so fast."

"Can you lay out the framework well, develop it in the game mode first, and then slowly update the version and add functions?" Arthur asked again after hearing Edward's words.

"Yes, this is what I would like to propose to you, the boss. Recently, I have been researching some popular mobile games on the market. I found that it is really not that easy for a game to succeed.

Sometimes luck also plays a big role. For some games, the code is particularly bad, but it makes money. Must make money.

We can first make the entire program of John Cat open and modular. If we want to add any functions at that time, we can directly add modules. After all, John Cat is basically a game, so let’s put it on the market first. After seeing the response, we can decide whether to continue to increase investment. In this way, even if the response is not good, we can reduce the loss and think of a new way. "

Edward's eyes flickered slightly. Arthur's proposal was indeed right in his arms. It was just a mobile game. From the beginning, the stall was too big, and if the manpower and material resources invested were too large, the gain outweighed the gain. After all, the market response is unknown. , Instead, it is better to work steadily and steadily step by step. This is also the conclusion that everyone came to after many meetings of their project team.

However, although they reached a consensus, the headache for them was how to persuade the boss who did not know a little about technology to come up with a good idea and plan, and changed his mind, which became the biggest trouble they would face.

In the IT world, these technicians are most helpless and the last situation they want to face is a project led by someone who doesn't understand technology!

Not only in the eyes of managers who do not understand technology, the progress of the project can be solved by working overtime and adding people. In their eyes, the progress of one person in three days is the same as that of three people in one day. What makes them speechless is, Often let the technology spend a lot of money to develop a function with a relatively low priority and little meaning in output, and this kind of manager who does not understand technology will think that the ability of developers is the same, regardless of the principles of software design, Just get it done as planned. . .

Therefore, it is a developer's luck to meet a leader who understands technology and respects technology. If the person in charge of the company or project is a product or planner who has switched from technology to career, then it is really lucky for the developers!

But now, the sad thing is that the boss not only doesn't understand the technology, but is also the planner of this game. They are really worried that the boss they haven't met yet will come to a layman to lead an expert, and give them blind instructions, making them exhausted , and finally made a bunch of Xianglai.

Arthur naturally didn't know the tricks in it, but fortunately, he was not the kind of headstrong person who didn't listen to opinions. His greatest advantage was his self-knowledge.

He knows better than anyone else what he is good at and what he is not good at. To be honest, apart from being able to grasp the pulse of time and grasp the general trend of the future, he can do some writing, understand some antiques, and read more books. , he is really ignorant.

Fortunately, in his previous life, he was bathed in the light of wisdom of 5,000 years from childhood to adulthood, and there are many stories of ancient sages and kings that can be used for reference. People like him who have cheated, as long as they learn how to employ people, delegate power, and supervise, Balance is enough, and other things are left to the subordinates to do.

Now that you have stood at the top of the pyramid, you must learn how to control talents for your own use, instead of dismounting and charging into the battle yourself. As a billionaire, you can't fight for jobs with one of your subordinates, right?

If Arthur really only has such a pattern, then failure is his final outcome!

"Since this is the case, then implement it according to the plan you have discussed. I am a layman in the IT industry. I only provide ideas and ideas. How to improve and make them is your business. I will not interfere or direct the process. To me, it doesn't matter, I just need to wait and see the result." Arthur smiled and patted Edward's arm, and said very frankly.

Edward nodded slightly, and had a new understanding of the grandeur and strength of the young boss. This is the one who can do great things. The boss deserves to be a billionaire at such a young age!

Afterwards, Arthur personally presided over an all-hands meeting. First, he made an appearance in front of all the studio members to let them know who they were serving and let them see what their boss looked like.

Then listen to the development progress reports of the heads of the three game development teams. In addition to Stupid Bird and John Cat, the Fruit Swordsman project has also been established, staffed, and development started.

To be honest, Arthur actually took a certain risk to set up a game studio. Although he knew how big the money scene of mobile games was, he was a layman with no technical knowledge. Look at those successful In game companies, a few founders basically made a game. Later, the game made money and got investment. They recruited people to grow the company slowly and started new projects. The individual team could grow bigger at that time.

And it is certain that the founders must be able to stand alone in all aspects. The producers, technology, and testing must be relatively good. A single game is successful, and the company continues to grow and develop new projects.

Even for game companies developed under such circumstances, if the company’s development speed far exceeds the current skill quality of the company’s founders, if the founder’s skill level can keep up with the new project, the probability of success is high. If the skill level fails to improve, the risk of failure will still be great.

Therefore, starting a business is hard. It doesn’t mean that you can start a successful company by spending money. What’s more, if you are involved in an industry that you are not familiar with, it will be even more difficult to succeed.

As the saying goes, every line is like a mountain. Therefore, in order to succeed, Arthur can only create enough space for his subordinates to play freely. At the same time, he must also master the rudder of the ship so that the ship will not be destroyed.

Of course, as a person who grasps the general trend of the future, he will not be afraid of risks and difficulties, because the future belongs to the era of subversive logic, and it is easier for laymen to subvert experts!