Chapter 135 Divine Grace Animation Festival
Qian Xin is very lucky.
He was one of the first UP creators to transition to the production of Shen'en animation and became famous with "The Adventures of Jayne".
Standing on the wind, a pig can fly, and he is that pig!
With the fame and fans accumulated from "The Adventures of Jayne", he later purchased the professional version of Shen'en Continent and produced two brand-new Shen'en animations.
"God's Grace Magic Academy" and "I, the Reincarnated Elf, Was Confessed by the Queen"!
Although these two divine animations did not achieve as brilliant results as "The Adventures of Jayne", they were not bad and allowed him to successfully earn a fortune.
As the saying goes, when people have money and meet their basic needs for food, clothing, housing and transportation, they will pursue fame and fortune, especially "fame"!
Qian Xin is no exception.
He believes that he is a member of the animation industry and is already a qualified animation director.
But it is a pity that the animation industry does not accept him, nor does it recognize animators like him who started their career with "God's Grace Animation", and still excludes them.
Qian Xin also signed up to participate in many animation award ceremonies with his own works, but he always came back disappointed.
This is just like how it is difficult for online writers to get recognized by traditional published writers and integrate into their circles. People look down on you and think you are not worthy of being on the stage. So what can you do?
Of course, I don’t want to play with them and just create my own circle.
Qian Xin wrote a 10,000-word letter to Tianba Studio, which detailed the impact and fragmentation of Shen’en Animation on traditional animation.
He suggested that Tianba Studio take the lead in establishing the so-called "Shen'en Animation Association" and organize the "Shen'en Animation Festival" to speak out and rectify the names of the vast number of Shen'en animators who do not receive attention and attention.
He introduced in the letter:
"... Shen'en Animation originated from "Shen'en Continent" and is half a game derivative. Because of this, Shen'en Animation has never been recognized by the animation industry, thinking that we are just entertaining ourselves."
"As of August this year, the cumulative total production of Shen'en Animation worldwide has reached 13.07 million minutes, which is dozens of times higher than traditional animation!"
"The total output value is billions of yuan. Shen'en Animation is one of the representatives of new forces in animation. It is also a group that has been ignored by the mainstream. We need a voice channel..."
"If we don't give Shen'en Animation fair treatment, then we don't need other people's approval. We can just play our own game!"
"It is urgent to establish the Shen'en Animation Association and hold the Shen'en Animation Festival. I think only Brother Ba has the reputation and appeal to unite all Shen'en Animation people..."
Brother Ba is God, Brother Ba is light!
Brother Ba is like the sun, shining on every Shen’en animator. The Shen’en Animation Association cannot lose Brother Ba, just like a fish cannot leave the water.
After taking a photo of the rainbow fart, Brother Ba was probably happy to see it, so he decisively wrote back to express his support.
Therefore, under Qian Xin's appeal, Chen Ba stood up and publicly stated that he would establish the so-called Shen'en Animation Association and invite Shen'en animators from all over the world to Jiangning to formulate industry standards and regulations and jointly seek the future development of the industry.
Yes, globally!
The Shen'en Animation Association must be a global industry association. After all, Shen'en Animation is not only available in China. Shen'en Animation is also broadcast in other countries and regions.
The president must be Brother Ba.
All Shen’en animations originate from the RPG adventure game “Shen’en Continent”, and Brother Ba is the producer of the game.
To put it harshly, he is the founder of Shen’en Animation and has given everyone a job!
He is not worthy of being the president, so who has this prestige?
The association's headquarters is located in Jiangning.
Brother Ba serves as the president, while Qian Xin serves as the vice president and secretary-general. The other vice president is from Neon, who has also made many outstanding contributions in the field of divine grace animation.
More importantly, this neon animator has considerable fame and prestige in the entire animation industry.
In addition to the president, vice president and secretary-general, the association also has 17 "directors". It is served by divine animation producers from all over the world who have outstanding performance and excellent results.
Brother Ba basically doesn't care about anything.
This is just like the GAL League. Brother Ba is the "rubber stamp" and "spiritual leader" that everyone holds up.
In ancient times, the prime minister used the emperor to order the princes, but now the wealthy secretary-general uses the Ba brother to order the princes...
to be honest!
Chen Ba, the president, is nominally powerful, but he really doesn't care and has no time to manage the internal affairs of the association. Qian Xin, the vice president and secretary-general, is the one who is really in charge.
After the association was established, the first president Chen Ba solemnly made a suggestion: hold a Divine Grace Animation Festival!
This Divine Grace Animation Festival, as the name suggests, is similar in nature to the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival.
Only open to Divine Grace animation!
As long as you are a Shen'en Animation, you can sign up to participate in the Shen'en Animation Festival. In addition to the grand exhibition activities, major "God's Grace Awards" will also be selected.
Awards include Best Divine Grace Animated Short Film, Best TV Animation, Best Animated Film, Best Animated Character, Best Animation Director, Best Animation Screenwriter, Best Animation Music, Best Animation Editing, Annual Divine Grace Award, etc. wait.
This is different from other animation awards.
At the Shen'en Animation Festival, the awards selected focus more on "creativity", "direction" and "screenwriting". As for production, there is no commendation at all.
This is also normal.
After all, how can Shen’en Animation produce this part? There is an editor in Dingtian, and the rest is left to "God's Grace Continent" to complete.
The establishment of the awards, including bonuses and corresponding expenses of the Shen’en Animation Festival, mainly comes from the membership fees paid by members and the sponsorship provided by Tianba Studio.
The first Divine Grace Animation Festival is scheduled to be held at the end of this month.
Qian Xin started busy for this early, looking for suitable venues and renting them, decorating the stage and venues, and customizing trophies.
The most important thing is to contact major animation companies and animation producers and submit your works to the jury for review as soon as possible, so as not to be too late to participate in the selection.
Because it was the first Shen’en Animation Festival, the process was very rushed, basically just a formality, and awards and other things had already been decided.
There's nothing we can do if we don't decide.
After all, time is limited and the judges are very busy, so we can’t waste too much time.
However, although it is an unofficial selection, the winning works selected are all truly wonderful and beautiful. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the best of Shen’en Animation.
what is interesting is……
The first Shen’en Animation Festival established a Lifetime Achievement Award and awarded it to Brother Ba.
The award speech said:
"He opened up a new track in the animation industry, and he created the category of divine animation... Although he is not an animator and does not have any works, he has left a colorful page in the history of animation."
The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded in the first session, which indeed broke many people's perceptions.
But if you think about it carefully, this award really has to go to Brother Ba. If he hadn't developed the game "God's Grace Continent", how would we be where we are today?
The applause was very warm.
Brother Ba won the prize, and everyone was convinced.
Although he is not in the animation industry, his legend is spread in the animation industry. The great achievement of leveraging the entire animation industry with one game is unique in the world!
"Brother Ba actually won the award?"
"Yeah! I won a prize!"
After Yang Dong applauded, he said regretfully: "It's a pity that it's not a game award, otherwise we would have an excuse to ask Brother Ba to give us a salary increase."
Why not The Game Awards?
Brother Ba has always dreamed of winning a game-related grand prize, but unfortunately he has not been able to realize his dream until now. On the contrary, in the field of animation, Brother Ba has already become famous, and he is reluctant to get the trophy.
Not just in animation.
In other fields, Brother Ba has also won many awards, including the best dealer and the most beautiful matchmaker in Jiangning. His achievements are also not low.
Why is the main business so low?
After thinking about it, Yang Dong felt that it was still a matter of game topic selection. Tianba Studio only made some small-scale games, and there were no large-scale games.
If it's not a big game, it's more difficult to win awards. Mainly the size of the game determines the content of the game. If you have less content, you will lack competitiveness.
Unless it is a game like "Two Players", which is not large in size but is indeed eye-catching and stunning, it will be difficult to compete head-on with 3A.
"You can pull him down!"
Xiao Lu curled his lips and said, "We're still putting this salary increase on hold. If we don't get fired by Brother Ba, it will be considered a success!"
Fired?
When Yang Dong heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "Have you heard anything?"
"Do you even need to hear about this?"
"Brother Ba has already informed in the group that the studio will expand to about 25 people. At the same time, some employees with insufficient professional skills and improper work attitudes will be eliminated."
Xiao Lu sighed and said: "Don't worry, we entrepreneurial veterans will not be beaten to death by Brother Ba for the time being."
It's hard to say for others.
There are more than a dozen people in Tianba Studio, but not everyone is super capable, and not everyone is as diligent as Xiao Lu and Yang Dong.
It is inevitable for Brother Ba to get angry.
There are a few people who are really too lazy. This attitude cannot be said to be wrong. It is true that you can have a little bit of fun in a large enterprise. Anyway, you are not afraid that no one will work.
But in an "entrepreneurial" team like Tianba Studio, Chen Ba would definitely not be able to accept the presence of such a bastard only found in large companies.
His requirements are already very low.
We don’t expect everyone to be a great person, but if you are in a startup team, you must have the proper work attitude, right?
If you don't care about your health, why not apply for a job in a big company? When he came to the entrepreneurial team, not only did he feel uncomfortable, but Chen Ba also felt upset when he saw it.
A group of people will be fired.
But similarly, Tianba Studio will also welcome a group of new employees, and the team will further grow.
A team of 25 people is the limit that the current studio office space can bear, and it is also a number that Chen Ba has seriously considered.
The size of this team is enough to meet the development work of some "medium-sized" games.
The so-called medium-sized games are probably games whose domestic price starts at 98 yuan and moves closer to more than 100 yuan.
Three digits!
This is Chen Ba’s next stage goal, and it is also Tianba Studio’s work arrangement for next year. A mid-sized game with a three-digit price tag.
This is not 3A...
Although it is true that the prices of some AAA games are in this range, they are "discounted" prices, not normal prices.
What Chen Ba wants to do is to create a game with a three-digit original price that can be sold for sixty or seventy yuan after discounts.
Although this kind of game has not reached the height of 3A, the overall quality and completion quality are already quite high, and cannot be compared with games developed in the past.
After the Shen'en Animation Festival ended, Chen Ba was thinking about a question.
If a game wants to sell for three digits, what conditions need to be met?
Forget about the confusing pricing.
Under normal circumstances, 100-yuan games should have relatively good game graphics, or particularly excellent gameplay.
In other words, it is to make the game better than 68 yuan, so that players are willing to pay dozens of yuan more, instead of feeling that the price is inflated and not worth buying at the original price.
PUBG is probably like this.
However, the price of PUBG in the early days was only 98 yuan, and the gameplay was relatively simple and boring. Apart from a basic map, there were no desert or rainforest maps at that time.
in other words……
In the early days of PUBG, the basic maps alone could not support the price, and it was barely reasonable to include desert and rainforest maps.
Tianba Studio’s games, “God’s Grace Continent” and “Love Staff” both cost 68 yuan.
These two games are worth the price.
Regardless of the other functions of these two games, purely in terms of gameplay and game volume, selling for 98 yuan is a pure premium.
"If Star Emperor has a bigger map, richer plots, optimized combat methods, and a rich worldview background, it can barely afford a 100-yuan game."
Yang Dong explained: "No joke, if we can really make Star Emperor a magnificent experience from the humble beginning to the peak, coupled with the large map of the open world, this will be the foundation of a 3A game."
Yes!
Chen Ba nodded.
From the time when he was weak, he went all the way to become the Emperor of the Starry Sky and conquered the road of becoming an immortal. Combined with the open world map, this is a standard 3A masterpiece.
Unfortunately, the process is too long.
From the weak to the peak, the magnificent life of the Star Emperor is presented to the players, and a large open world map is also required. This workload is really huge.
This is also the reason why 3A has difficulty giving birth.
A complete AAA game, with multiple components separated, can be sold for fifty or sixty yuan as a single game.
Such as the classic Gwent card.
That's part of 3A. Can't it be taken out and made into a game? The answer is yes!
There is also the driving and vehicle system of Grand Theft Auto. Wouldn’t it be possible to use it separately to make a racing game?
There is a high probability that it is also feasible!
"If Starry Sky Emperor has a chance in the future, it won't hurt to reset it, but it may not be called this name by then."
As Chen Ba talked, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "And at that time, "Star Emperor", which has gone through a reset, is very likely to become a real 3A masterpiece!"
At that time, selling a game for 300 yuan was not too much, right?
But this is a joke.
The three figures that Chen Ba mentioned barely exceeded one hundred yuan. It was not like reaching the sky in one fell swoop and directly selling the game for two, three, four, or five hundred yuan.
Although they are all in three digits, the gap is still huge. A game priced at 100+ and a game priced at 200+ are completely different concepts.