Number One Game Designer

This model of EA is what Fang Xi wants to learn.

This kind of company's gameplay, in a word, can be called the big dog's gameplay.

Fang Xi himself announced before that the Hongyi Industrial Park invested in Beiyang City is almost the same idea as EA, to build a city within a city.

The cost of doing this is also very high. So far, according to the budget of the project department, Fang Xi has almost taken away nearly one billion budgets just for the basic things such as land acquisition, building construction, and glass installation. Let alone the subsequent decoration and so on, it seems like a bottomless pit for the time being. In a small city, as long as you think about it, there are many places to spend money.

So after reading this plan, Young Master Lin summed it up as "the big dog game."

"Generally speaking, large companies have to burn a lot of money to make an office building smart. If you want to make a small town smart, I'm afraid you don't have to burn cash as ghost coins."

Regardless of whether it is Ming coins or cash, Fang Xi still intends to come here to learn from it first, at least EA already has a practical example here.

The more interesting thing is probably meeting this Andrew. Fang Xi doesn't know whether this person is naturally extroverted or just curious about oriental faces. He is not the only one who comes to play alone in this group, but this elder brother chose himself. , chattering by his side from beginning to end - the only advantage is probably that this big brother is not the first time here, and besides chattering, he can also be an incompetent tour guide, so Fang Xi just let him go.

In this kind of chatter, Fang Xi got to know Andrew, an elderly nerd, who currently lives in Texas temporarily, usually earns his living by picking up design work online, and calls himself a freelancer. I like EA games, I am a DND lover, I am a collector of model figures, I have never held a woman's hand since graduation, and I have a puppy named Anderchi...

Fang Xi felt that if he insisted on listening, he might not be able to help Andrew register for a marriage in a century when he returned home. Anyway, Fang Xi had all his information cleared up. So in this strange atmosphere, Fang Xi had no choice but to interrupt Andrew's eloquent chatter.

"Andrew, you said you've come here more than once? What's the tallest building over there for?"

Andrew stood in the car and took a look, and saw a thin tall building behind the right window, which was obviously higher than all other buildings.

"Oh, that, let me think about it...that is EA's own communication base station."

Of course Fang Xi understood what a communication base station meant, so he was a little curious:

"EA has its own satellite?"

"No, no, no." Andrew waved his hand:

"DAN, you are from China and you probably don't understand. There are many companies in the United States that can independently launch satellites. Of course, EA itself has enough money to launch its own satellites, but it's not cost-effective. So they rented satellites, isn't it great?"

Fang Xi nodded, took out his small notebook and wrote down this one, so he can use it later. And the role of satellites...

"In this way, EA has its own dedicated SIM card, and they have their own independent network service. EA's employees can enjoy all of this for free. It's cool to think about it."

...Andrew has already given a vivid explanation.

The area of ​​EA's campus is not small, basically as big as the standard campuses of two universities, but as a tour, it can be seen in half a day, because many buildings are free for idlers, Fang Xi You can only stop and look at it from a distance with Andrew. All that is open to tourists are departments or contents that EA obviously doesn’t value anymore. For example, they specially built EA’s office in the 1980s and a cassette collection room. It collects all the game cassettes and CDs produced by EA since its establishment, and there is also a standard game room for tourists to relax. Andrew is very excited to see these, but it is of no use to Fang Xi.

Declined Andrew's invitation to play games together,

Fang Xi took out his notebook and slowly summarized what he saw and heard along the way.

From what I saw along the way and what Andrew explained, EA's park has its own independent communication system, independent security facilities and medical facilities. , the interior is divided into apartments of different grades, and the commissioner-level apartment building has a simple gym, bar and screening hall.

The management's apartment should be more exciting, physical therapy and relaxation, swimming and fitness, and movie bars should all be involved.

Of course, there are more laboratories and studios. EA is also a studio that recruits madmen. It just happens that EA's revenue has stagnated in the past two years and its staff has become saturated.

Fang Xi was writing and drawing while thinking about what kind of functions he would add to his park in the future. At this time, a fluffy head suddenly appeared in front of him, which startled Fang Xi.

When I fixed my eyes on Andrew, I didn't know when he had put down the game and ran to his side again.

"Dan, you really don't play games?"

Fang Xi refused with a smile, he had never played most of the old games here. After thinking about it, Fang Xi still said the truth:

"Andrew, I'm not actually a fan of EA, I just came here to see what EA's headquarters looks like."

"However, Andrew, you know so much about EA, and you also said that your design level is very good, why don't you come to EA to try?"

Speaking of this, Andrew's face was a little bitter. It seems that the pain has been poked, Fang Xi thought calmly, but President Fang just likes to listen to stories.

"I tried and failed." Andrew replied, pausing for a while and Andrew explained:

"In the United States, it is very difficult to get into EA now, because EA's conditions are too comfortable, so their personnel turnover is very slow, EA has not recruited for a long time, and their talent replenishment depends on the studio , they will acquire those small studios, and then bring them to the headquarters. The favorable environment here will quickly disintegrate those small studios, and soon become a small part of EA. This is also the name of EA's "studio killer" outside origin."

"So I came here twice later, probably because I was unwilling." Andrew continued.

"Actually, I'm here as a farewell. I've applied for another company's recruitment. They appreciate my talent. I'm going to work next week." Speaking of this, Andrew didn't look very happy.

"EA gave me a lot of joy when I was the same age, but then their games became less and less creative, not to mention that they have completely stagnated now. I feel a little sad when I look at EA now, because it is not what I liked when I was young. The energetic and creative EA is more like an old man lingering on his last breath, which makes me sad."

"Then you might as well join a new company, make a game that you think is good, and then use your achievements to tell EA's current boss that their development model is wrong." Boss Fang has probably been the president for a long time, and now this chicken soup Just drop by.

"Oh, by the way, which game company did you join, I would like to congratulate you in advance."

"Mysterious bird studio."

"ha?"