Chapter 116 Video Game Exhibition

Chapter 116 Video Game Exhibition

As the end of the year approaches, there are a lot of things going on.

The first is the studio rent, which is due in less than two months. To renew the lease, you must negotiate with the landlord in advance.

This place is pretty good.

Chen Ba plans to talk to the landlord for a longer time this time and try to renew the lease for 3-5 years at a time. As for longer term, or even buying the apartment outright, he doesn't think it's cost-effective.

First, more than five years is too long.

Who knows what Tianba Studio was like at that time? What if we continue to expand and need to move to another location?

Buying it outright is even more outrageous.

Considering the market conditions, location and total area, if he wants to buy the house where his studio is located, the total price must be eight figures.

The current Tianba Studio can afford eight-digit expenditure, but as a result, the studio will not have much money left in its books.

Why buy this thing?

You can't eat or drink, and it doesn't improve the studio as a whole. Apart from getting a certificate of property rights, just to save hundreds of thousands in rent every year?

“The landlord is very nice to talk to.”

Yang Dong was responsible for negotiating the lease renewal. He told Chen Ba that the landlord agreed in principle to rent Tianba Studio on a long-term basis so that he would not have to find a new tenant.

But the landlord has requirements for rent increases. If it is a long-term lease, the rent will have to be increased fixedly every year, and it is impossible to keep the original price all the time.

"It should be..."

"As long as it doesn't increase too much and is higher than the market price, we can accept it. After confirming the long-term lease, we will renovate the house, and he will be rent-free during the renovation period."

Chen Ba stated his conditions.

The food court is really convenient, and the place is big enough, so he doesn't want to bother moving anymore.

Setting up a long-term lease is a good thing.

After signing the contract, he had to hire someone to renovate the studio. He was not very satisfied with the current decoration and wanted to make adjustments to some areas.

In addition to renewing the lease and renovating, the studio also has another important task, which is to determine the standards for year-end awards and organize people to sign up for the upcoming Neon Game Show.

The year-end bonus is reissued.

In fact, there was no year-end bonus last year because at that time, Chen Ba couldn't afford much money at all, so he spent it all on developing new games.

Because of this, Brother Ba felt so sorry that he wanted to compensate everyone this year and raise the standard of year-end bonuses.

The Neon Game Show was an unexpected surprise.

With the hot sales of many games, especially the popularity of the GAL professional league of "Star Emperor", Tianba Studio has also become famous in the game industry.

Therefore, the Neon Game Show that will be held in December this year took the initiative to send an invitation letter, inviting Tianba Studio to participate in the exhibition.

This is something to be happy about.

Although the Neon Game Show is not as famous as Cologne, E3 and other international exhibitions, it is actually not bad. There are hundreds or even thousands of game interactive entertainment companies participating in the exhibition every year.

It is worth mentioning that……

Although there are hundreds of exhibitors, and domestic game companies are flocking to the exhibition, "being invited to participate" and "taking the initiative to participate" are two different things.

This is just like the XX Film Festival, where the XX actress shines in a dragon robe!

Have you been invited?

Some people walk on the red carpet because they are invited to receive awards, while some people walk on the red carpet purely to show off and gain popularity. They are also worried that no one will take pictures of them, so they bring all the photographers there.

The same goes for game shows.

Chen Ba looked down on the kind of people who didn't invite you, so he took the initiative to go there to gain popularity, then went back to find a few self-media editors, took a few photos of the queue, and it became a hot search the next day.

# Domestic XX games shine at XX Game Exhibition #

# Foreign players praise XX #

# Chinese elements at the XX exhibition #

Chen Ba didn't bother to do this kind of thing, and he wasn't interested in it either. Generally speaking, if people don't take the initiative to invite Tianba Studio to overseas game exhibitions, they won't rush to show off their enthusiasm.

This time, after receiving the invitation letter, the organizer not only promised to prepare a good booth for Tianba Studio, but also said that the majority of neon players were looking forward to their arrival, so Chen Ba decided to sign up to participate in the exhibition.

"Going abroad?"

It was the first time for Xiao Lu to go abroad and he said with great expectation: "When I go to Neon this time, I should be able to meet many foreign game developers, right?"

"Sure!"

“It’s hard to say what independent game developers are, but you should see quite a few well-known game developers working for major companies.”

Yang Dong said with a smile: "And it is an exhibition held in Neon. Major manufacturers such as Sony, Sega, and Capcom should be participating in the exhibition."

"Big factories are nothing to look at."

“The games exhibited by these major companies are not only 3A masterpieces, but also 3A masterpieces!”

Chen Ba shook his head and said: "We can't learn anything. After all, there is a gap in technology, and the size of the games is not at the same level."

This is the truth.

As an ordinary player, it is normal to focus on those major manufacturers and pay attention to the 3A masterpieces they announce. After all, 3A games are much more fun than other games.

But as a game industry practitioner and an exhibitor, it’s no longer interesting to focus on big companies.

What can you learn?

Even if a big manufacturer demonstrates its technology to you, can you achieve the same effect? In other words, do you have the funds and confidence of a major manufacturer to integrate these technologies and experience into the game?

Stop being funny!

Even if Tianba Studio now has a full set of AAA game development experience and technical accumulation, it will still be the same and cannot make the same game.

"We should visit and study game studios of the same size as ours to see what are the highlights of the games they develop."

Speaking of this, Chen Ba seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but smile: "There should be many Galgame games unveiled at this Neon Game Show. Remember to go and learn about them."

"Galgame..."

Yang Dong and Xiao Lu were both speechless.

Neon is a big country in Galgame. This is something everyone knows. After all, in that country, otaku culture is really popular and there are many players who like to play this type of game.

But the problem is, even if they learn their true skills from their masters, how can they have room to display them?

There aren't that many Galgame players in China, and playing SeSe is a dead end.

"Just learn plot design. This is our shortcoming and we have been criticized for it." Chen Ba explained.

I have to admit that the plots of some Galgame games are really "amazing"!

The line copywriting is so touching and warm, the atmosphere is created, and the fullness of the characters is astonishing to some two-dimensional games with "character plot" as the core selling point.

If Tianba Studio can learn this trick and do a good job in character design and plot, it will be easy to make money in this domestic environment.

"I understand."

After understanding what Brother Ba meant, Xiao Lu nodded and said, "Then which game should we choose for the exhibition?"

"God's grace is the main continent."

“In addition to exhibiting old games, I would like to take this exhibition as an opportunity to highlight the popularity of new games in advance...”

Chen Ba is not traveling.

Now that he has decided to participate in the exhibition, he will definitely make full preparations and reveal some never-before-disclosed information at the exhibition.

For example, next year’s new game!

Although this thing doesn't even have a PPT, there is no need to try it out when exposed at the exhibition. It can be regarded as a bragging contest to arouse the interest of players.

It doesn’t matter whether the game can be made or whether it has been started...

The important thing is to draw the pie first!

Mature game developers have their own set of pie-making skills. Although the pie they draw is different, they can always arouse the interest of players and whet their appetite.

In this regard, R Star God is the God of Gods!

As early as many years ago, someone broke the news on the Internet that Rockstar was preparing to develop "Give Him Love 6".

As soon as the news came out, the whole network was shocked.

Countless players are looking forward to the good news from Rockstar and more latest information about "Give Him Love 6".

Every year since then, there are always people on the Internet talking about this non-existent game.

Rockstar also knows how to whet your appetite.

Whenever someone asks about the news about "Give Him Love 6", the answer they get is always "It's being done."

Are you really doing it?

Chen Ba felt that he must have done it, at least "create a new folder". But no one knows exactly which step to take.

After all these years, it’s impossible to still be at the “create new folder” stage, right?

If it is true, then Rockstar's pie is really big, spanning nearly ten years... Ever since the earliest rumors of "Give Him Love 6" broke out on the Internet, it has whetted the appetite of players for a full ten years.

This is the master of pastry painting!

Although Tianba Studio couldn't do it as outrageously as Rockstar, the news of a new folder has kept players guessing for ten years.

But Chen Ba followed suit and released some exciting news and "ambiguous" game content, so there should be no problem in making it popular.

…

There were more than a dozen people in the studio, half of whom went to Neon with Chen Ba, and the other half were on vacation because of visas or other reasons.

The decoration company has already entered the scene.

During their absence, the decoration company will renovate the studio according to Brother Ba's instructions. The time is tentatively scheduled for 10 days!

Jiangning has a high-speed rail station but no airport.

Therefore, Chen Ba and others took the high-speed rail, arrived at Zhonghai first, and then transferred to a flight to Neon.

Before leaving, Tianba Studio had already announced in the community, player communication groups and the game that the game would stop maintenance and updates for the next week.

Mainly for the two online games "Star Emperor" and "Garbage Breaker".

Don't worry about stand-alone games. After all, it's normal for many stand-alone games to go months or even years without updating.

Online play doesn't work.

Whether the studio is on a long vacation or going out for team building, if it doesn't update for a long time, it really needs to tell the players, otherwise everyone will think that Brother Ba has gone bankrupt and been arrested.

In fact, stand-alone games should also be mentioned. For example, Hideo Kojima, who did not forget to take photos and share them on social platforms during his star-chasing travels, told players what he has been doing recently...

It was the first time for many people in the studio to go abroad. Considering the language barrier, Chen Ba specially hired an accompanying translator.

After arriving at Neon and checking in at the hotel, everyone went to the exhibition venue and visited the booth of Tianba Studio.

03-S03!

This is the booth number of Tianba Studio. It’s a pretty good location, right next to Pig Factory and Mijia. Unexpectedly, the organizer packed them together.

"Your old boss..."

Xiao Lu stretched out his arm and poked Zhong Shengwei, and couldn't help teasing: "How is it? Do you see anyone familiar?"

"No!"

People from the pig factory arrived earlier and were already setting up the booth. Zhong Shengwei didn't see anyone he knew here.

This is also normal.

After all, the Pig Factory is a large factory with many departments and studios. Most of the colleagues Zhong Shengwei knew before were in the same department.

How could it be such a coincidence that we could meet an acquaintance here?

"Hey! Open world?"

Chen Ba saw the poster hanging in the pig factory and couldn't help but exclaimed: "If we don't add the word "open world" these days, will no one play the game?"

"That's not the case."

Yang Dong explained with a smile: "But the open world is indeed quite popular, and players now prefer the open world concept."

Regardless of what type of game it is, the words "open world" are definitely correct!

In the final analysis, this trend was started by the Mi family. After all, their O-God is so popular that many friends and businessmen are interested in it.

Speaking of Mijia, Chen Ba took everyone to visit the Mijia booth next door.

Hmm... right!

Compared with the coquettish posture of Pig Factory, Mijia is much more candid. The layout of this booth is full of two-dimensional concentration, the kind of style that otakus and otakus will find difficult to walk around.

As for games, there aren’t really any new ones.

Several old games were put on display, but the only new game was Mijia's traditional three-blade axe, which was really nothing to see.

certainly!

This is from the perspective of a game developer. If you are an ordinary player, your opinion will definitely be different from Chen Ba.

"Forget it, let's set up the booth."

I'm too lazy to think about other people's affairs. After all, whether it's the Mi family or the pig factory, they are all giants to Tianba Studio.

Instead of thinking about whether these things are available, it is better to seize the time to set up the booth and strive to gain more exposure for its games through this video game exhibition.

Especially "The Continent of Divine Grace".

As an RPG adventure game, Shen’en Continent has sold well in Neon. Especially after the release of the professional version, many users come from the neon animation industry.

Chen Ba has brought a version of NPC talking this time, which I believe will arouse the interest of many people.

Not only that, he also made targeted optimizations for "different world" animation works where neon is prevalent.

This optimization is very interesting!

Many of Neon's otherworld anime have the setting of "reincarnation", which is what everyone calls time travel.

There are different ways to travel, including dump trucks, pranks by gods, and accidental death...

In the game "God's Grace Continent", Chen Ba has optimized the "Call of the Brave". In the past, the brave was suddenly selected and came to a different world from the modern city.

But now, the dump truck is coming!

How can a brave man who has not experienced the baptism of a dump truck be called a brave man?

You must get on a dump truck and hit the door to another world at a speed of 100KM/h.

In addition to dump trucks, there are also weird ways to travel such as being struck to death by lightning, accidentally falling to death, and dying suddenly while working overtime.

Players are free to choose.

All in all, these are all designed to be realistic and meet the needs of some players.

If you don’t like dump trucks, there are also buses, trucks, buses and even trains to choose from, focusing on a considerate service...