Video Game Designer - Chapter 557

c554 In-game recording function

“The total cost is 2 million to shoot a 40-minute episode, which is about 4 episodes in length?”

In the office of Tianhe Network, Chuhe said with a strange expression.

“Yes, after all, our funds are not enough, so in terms of the authorized price, can Mr. Chu…” After recovering from being amazed at the very sci-fi decoration layout in Tianhe Network Office, Liu Yuan felt a little embarrassed when he heard Chuhe’s words Said.

Obviously, he begged someone else to authorize it, but he didn’t want to spend the money. This is really hard to say.

But there is no way, there is really no money, and the documentary itself is not flattering on the side of the producer. It took a lot of time to get the 2 million batches.

If it weren’t for the fact that he wanted to make the documentary more realistic and have more visual effects, in fact, to be honest, he didn’t even want to pay the licensing fee.

Shooting directly at the war site and replacing it with two textbook cartoons is a money saver.

“Let’s forget about the authorization fee, but is it okay to directly use the game’s screen to shoot?” Chu He waved his hand and said.

A very poor crew, this is how Chuhe feels now.

You must know that the latent launch of Tianhe Network uses real-life actors and post-CG technology.

But even so, the cost of acting in real people alone cost about 4 million.

This documentary filmed by Liu Yuan called Die Xue Changping, can it really be shot for 2 million yuan?

Chuhe really expressed some doubts. More importantly, the other party wanted to use the war scenes in the game, but he had to know that this was a game after all.

Soldiers have names and blood bars on their heads, and sometimes even display BUFF values. You can’t just release this picture, there must be post-editing.

Is this 2 million really enough?

“I hope I can watch the finished film, otherwise we won’t authorize it.” Chuhe shook his head and said.

Chuhe doesn’t care about the hundreds of thousands of licensing fees. What really worries Chuhe is that this director is not a fun thing. It’s disgusting to use their Tianhe network and war series to promote it.

“No problem.” Liu Yuan nodded quickly.

After chatting casually with the other party for a while, Liu Yuan left Tianhe Network Building.

Chuhe didn’t dare to authorize others without seeing what the other party took.

If the effect of the shooting is good and can satisfy him, it is not impossible to even invest a little money, and it will be used to expand the influence of the war series and use it for advertising.

But aside from the documentary, the arrival of Liu Yuan gave Chuhe a general idea.

Maybe it will be able to add some new features to the war series two parts?

What kind of players are there in the game player group?

There are all kinds of players, and no matter how the players play the game, there is no reason for neither the manufacturer nor others to point it out.

Because this in itself is a matter of one’s own happiness, such as in games like Red Dead Redemption.

Some players don’t like to do plots, and like to wander around the western world at will, experiencing the unique charm of that era.

Some people like to play the tasks of bounty hunters in the western mode, revolver duels, and exciting pursuits.

Some people like to experience a sufficiently exciting plot, and never touch it again after the plot is cleared.

Some like multiplayer online mode, only play multiplayer and not stand-alone.

At the same time, some people do nothing, just watch the scenery in the game, and then take pictures and send them to Moments.

And there are more and more such landscape parties, along with the development of game screen technology.

Even some landscape images in the game, after lighting rendering and engine processing, are more beautiful and more dreamy than the real scenery.

“A new function is added to allow players to experience various scenery in the game, and a video recording function is also introduced to allow players to shoot game movies, such as built-in lenses and so on.” Chu He said looking at the team.

“It’s not that difficult. The game already supports these plug-in functions. It won’t take long to recode the plug-ins in the test version.” Ronier and the technical staff of the two-part war series, After hearing Chuhe’s request, he replied decisively.

After discussing some of the follow-up updates of the game in detail, Chu He leaned on the sofa and looked at the two-part war screen on the computer screen in front of him, feeling a little dissatisfied in his heart.

The MOD community is being built, and the MOD creation tool has been released; and the multiplayer mode is also in the process of being intensively produced, and there will be almost two weeks of internal testing before it can be launched.

But this is not enough, Chuhe is full of ambitions for this game.

In order to fight against the sudden emergence of TEU, the steam platform has come up with a big killer, Half-Life 3, which has been silent for more than ten years, although with their research and development speed, it is estimated that it will take a few years.

Although EPIC has a bad reputation, it still achieved good traffic by spending money to buy a third-party monopoly.

Including several games exclusive to EPIC, EPIC alone contributed a quarter of the global sales of millions.

This figure is not less than the sales of some games in the same period on the steam platform.

Even though many players on the steam platform say that this game can sell more if it is on the steam platform, the actual implementation is there.

Moreover, Chuhe reckons that more manufacturers will be bought by EPIC’s dollar bills in the future.

Because the game manufacturer did not suffer a loss, the sales volume of about 250,000 was half of the commission of the steam platform, plus the exclusivity fee.

If you want to have this profit, it means that the game must sell at least 700,000 on the steam platform, or even higher.

And it was a sales volume that was sold without the game being discounted.

“In the early years, when there was no similar platform, the steam platform applied BitTorrent technology, opened player communities, and creative workshops, coupled with the scoring system, which is not too much for game manufacturers; but it has developed to the present The steam platform has been going the old way, facing new challengers, they are not invincible.”

At the TEU internal meeting, Chu He expressed his views with Ibrahimovic and Wilson.

“Let EPIC do the thing of monopolizing the inferior character. I think they should be a little bit hard to get off now. Let’s continue our strategy, and for third-party manufacturers, the steam platform has become more and more attractive. It is getting weaker and weaker, because the sales volume of several games on the TEU platform has even surpassed that of the steam platform, and this is done at the same price.” Ibrahimovic said with a smile on his face.

As for whether there is any promotional effect behind it, such as the official cooperation with TEU publicity, this is another matter.

Data is enough.