Video Game Designer

After staying in Osaka for two days, in addition to visiting various departments in Platinum Studio and displaying the results, Chuhe had a good time eating, drinking and having fun with Kamiya Hideki and others.

"Shouldn't you stay in Osaka for a while? There are still many interesting things that I haven't brought you to see." Atsushi Inaba said regretfully.

"It's been a long time since I came out, and there are still many projects, I have to go and have a look." Chuhe looked at Atsushi Inaba and said, he doesn't have so much free time.

"However, about Neil's budget, $5 million??" Chu He frowned while looking at the project document, and said to Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya, who was already at work and outputting crazily on the computer.

These big brothers are probably used to poverty after the establishment of Platinum Studio, and they are afraid of the game budget. Before being acquired by Tianhe Network, SE approached Platinum Studio and gave an initial budget of 100 million yuan. Development costs.

Oh, by the way, this is based on their domestic currency as the unit number, not RMB and not US dollars.

This number is pitifully low. If it is added several times later, the total cost will be 300 million at most, and if converted into US dollars, it will only be about 3 million US dollars.

"It's not as good as 4 million dollars?" Seeing Chuhe frowned, Atsushi Inaba said carefully.

At the same time, Hideki Kamiya, who was immersed in work, also came over. With a big bald head and a short beard, he looked very rough. Known as the tyrant of game production, Hideki Kamiya, who was able to provide them with the freedom to be a game sponsor At that time, it was quite quiet.

"$4 million, I want to make an excellent ACT game. In order to maintain the perfection of the action elements, it is estimated that the screen, including the details, will have to be castrated. What can I do with this money? The initial budget is 10 million US dollars, and the initial stage of completion After the demo, apply to Tianhe Network, and you can discuss the specific contract and follow-up share ratio by yourself." Chu He said rather speechlessly.

$10 million! ?

Hearing Chu He's words, Hideki Kamiya and Atsushi Inaba and Takahisa Taura who had been eavesdropping beside him widened their eyes.

!!!∑(Дノ)ノ

This is double the budget they originally wanted to apply for?

The 10 million US dollars is only the initial budget. If it is not enough later, can you continue to apply for funding?

Hearing Chuhe's words, Hideki Kamiya and the others were overjoyed after being shocked.

But Chuhe pouted secretly.

A big ACT for $4 million? Moreover, the production location of the game is still in Neon, a country that is recognized as having the highest salary level and consumption level. How about you use 4 million US dollars to play house?

If the budget is really $4 million, how many places do you have to castrate, how much content do you have to cut?

Even because of the salary of the employees and the cost of 4 million US dollars, you have to compress the production cycle to an extremely tight time. In this way, it is common for employees to work overtime day and night. The quality of games under high pressure and anxiety is really real. Is it satisfying?

The language description may not have a concept. For example, with an investment of 10 million US dollars, the final effect is to strike on the map like Dynasty Warriors.

Then what was made for 1 million US dollars is to retain the original action and sense of attack, and then the background changes from complex battlefields such as mountains and woodlands to an endless prairie, and then a group of stickmen fight back and forth on the prairie.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, under the same technical conditions, the cost of 10 million US dollars is almost the same as the cost of 1 million US dollars.

As for the production cycle, Chuhe doesn’t want his studio to spend three to five years on a cake, but in the absence of manpower, if you make a more complicated game in a few months, the quality can still be seen. ?

Just like in the past, from the perspective of external elements, the ET aliens that caused Atari's collapse was that Atari asked game producers to compress the production cycle. As a result, it only took a few weeks to complete the release.

The poor quality of the game after that became the last straw that crushed Atari's camel.

After sending Chuhe away, Hideki Kamiya, Atsushi Inaba, and Takahisa Taura returned to the office.

Now there is only one thought in their minds.

rich!

Although he took over projects worth tens of millions of dollars when he was working at Capcom, that was in the past. After ten years of hard work at Platinum Studio, he almost forgot when was the last time he worked on a project worth more than ten million dollars. up.

Bayonetta?

Externally, although it claims to have an investment of more than 10 million US dollars, but my family knows their own affairs, 5 million US dollars is enough to support it, and most of it is still on publicity.

Otherwise, the cost of more than 10 million, plus the later budget, would only sell a little over 1 million copies. Sega could stuff their heads into the toilet. How could it be possible that Nintendo would give them funds to release Bayonetta 2 later? This sequel?

"Let the art department immediately start looking for first-line painters who still have a schedule, and contact the best motion capture studio, we will use it all the way, and find a first-class music production team, and by the way, we also need to form a plot team!" Shen Gu Hideki stood up suddenly, his huge bald head gleaming under the light of the incandescent lamp.

The whole person suddenly became excited! How long has it been since you spent so much money?

Think about the original modeling in the game in order to save money, if it can be castrated, it will be castrated, and if the music can be mixed, it will be mixed. The plot can be done by one person, and two people are also unpredictable. Why do you need a team to complete it?

Let's all work together, after all, funds are in short supply.

What now?

Now we have money! We hugged a thigh! I'll pick the best of everything!

It turns out that after being bought by the thigh, it feels so good!

At this moment, Hideki Kamiya seemed to understand the true meaning of game producers. If you want to make games happily, you must have money!

How do you get the money? Especially how does that kind of discretionary, very free money come from?

Count on the whole world to be angel investors like Tianhe Network?

unrealistic?

What if, what if Neil's sales are not good, just like the Bayonetta back then.

Wait for Tianhe Network to lose confidence in Platinum Studio, sell it or merge with the original department, and then leave the company if you are not satisfied and start your own business?

Set up a diamond studio, and then look at people's faces being forced to do this and that like in Sega?

With enough sales, Platinum Games should have its own sales games and its own source of profit!

At this moment, it was as if he had opened up Ren Du's second channel, and he felt that he had been sublimated.

He fully understands, if he wants to be happy and play the game he wants to make, how can he realize this wish.

"Gags should be enough, especially as the protagonist manipulated by the player, it must be sexy and attractive enough, similar to breasts, thighs, buttocks, etc., to make enough texture, and even let the player have the desire to buy after seeing the character. , this time we are going to fight a beautiful turnaround!" Hideki Kamiya turned his head and said to Taura Takahisa seriously.