Chapter 847 To make a great game, you must have great players
A few days later, Li Kewen, who got the college entrance examination results, was very happy.
His score is good. If he predicts the scores of previous years, it is basically a foregone conclusion to enter the two universities in Tsinghua and Peking University.
Moreover, coupled with the honors he usually won in various competitions, he had already entered the eyes of these two top universities in the country. So, when the college entrance examination results were just called, the admissions offices of these two universities called.
What they said on the phone was very simple, because many things were not explained clearly by phone, just that they didn’t have to rush to apply for a volunteer first, and they would talk to them in detail when they went over.
Although Li Kewen's family had decided to let Li Kewen go to the United States to study, the other party did not give them time to explain this kind of thing on the phone and hung up the phone. In fact, before the college entrance examination scores came out, Li Kewen called Jester again to explain his and his family's thoughts.
Of course there is no problem with Jester.
After asking Li Kewen about his own thoughts, he determined the university he wanted to go to.
Of course, because it is very likely that you will have to go to Mars Entertainment for an internship, there will always be many more opportunities for internship at the headquarters, so some universities are not easy to choose. Although Jester said that he can guarantee that Li Kewen can be admitted to any American university, because anyone who can be jointly recommended by him and Carmack will not refuse.
However, in the end, Li Kewen decided that it would be the best choice in California, even near Los Angeles.
Therefore, under the final recommendation of Jester, Li Kewen chose the University of California, Los Angeles, which was also Jester's alma mater. This university is also the simplest for Jester. As a famous alumnus of this university, he has a great influence, with a fixed annual donation amount, even a speech every semester, and sometimes even special courses for game students.
Therefore, his recommendation letter is particularly useful in this school.
Of course, Li Kewen still needs to prepare something that can prove his grades, such as his high school academic performance, his teacher's comments, and preferably the recommendation of his school principal.
Of course, college entrance examination results are also necessary.
Because Li Kewen did not take the Sat exam, although the scores of this exam are only used as a reference for university admissions in the United States.
When he gave his student a letter of recommendation, and the famous UCLA in the world, the principal of Jingshan Middle School was very excited. He knew that Li Kewen was a very smart student and had a talent far surpassing his peers in computers, and he was even a graduate of the computer department of the university hired in the school.
In this regard, it is not as good as Li Kewen.
After hearing that his student was made by Jester Li personally, and proposed to recommend him to study in the United States for a university, the president was of course very happy to write a letter of recommendation.
Time has been said quickly and not slow. When Li Kewen went to UCLA to study, Jester contacted Ula. Of course, the other party had no objection. Especially when checking out some awards and achievements of Li Kewen in China, plus the recommendation letters jointly created by Carmack and Jester.
This is enough for admitting a talented middle school student.
What you need now is that Li Kewen goes to the United States for an interview, and everything is OK.
Of course, Jester will get this opportunity for him. There is no problem with the visa issue. Jester still has influence, and the US Embassy also gives Jester face.
The round-trip expenses were also all inclusive. He even gave Li Kewen a chance to visit Mars Entertainment. After he participated in the interview, Jester would arrange for his subordinates in the United States to take Li Kewen to visit the Mars Entertainment studios throughout North America, so that the other party could appreciate the game development atmosphere of Mars Entertainment in advance.
Even Carmak said that if he had time, he would meet Li Kewen, which also made Li Kewen extremely excited.
Things will be much simpler after that.
Time flies in China, but in fact, it is mainly about some domestic layouts. Jester has considered a lot. He knows what kind of online games will be popular in China, but for Jester, these are irrelevant.
Because he thinks that whether a game is popular or not is not the key.
The key is whether the developers are really serious about making games, and whether players really like to play.
What he wants to do in China is that he doesn't expect to make a very popular game. If he wants to, just copy "Fantasy Westward Journey" or "World Journey 2", or even copy out the not-come "Stone Age" creative ideas that have not yet been released, so that people can do it? But Jester thinks that this approach is extremely boring.
He still hopes that there will be a real team in China that is using his own abilities and ideas to build games.
There was no such environment or condition in the past history. Now Jester is creating such an environment so that some people who really love games can create games without any pressure.
In later generations, many people said that there was no way to make good games in China because there was no good environment for them to make games.
So later, the more abnormal the domestic game market became, the less expectations the Chinese game market was, and the more likely it was to see. Jester knew a friend who made games. The company had made some money by making Android games, but later, seeing the sluggish mobile game market, their boss immediately cut off the entire Android game business unit, concentrated some of his strength to make Apple games.
Jester asked why.
The answer you get is simple, ensure your creativity and wait for the opportunity.
Then his friend also said that their boss was about the same age as them, and he also played Little Bastard, Arcade, Internet Genesis, eq.o, ps2, and ps3 since he was a child. He is a real person who likes games. He said that when the company was undergoing strategic transformation, he said that he believed that the time was coming, and he did not believe that domestic players would not be able to tell what kind of game is a good game.
In fact, the environment is created by people in the environment.
When Jester was discussing with others, he was speechless by a passage of refutation.
The person said: The main consumption power of the domestic game industry is not the players we will discuss in various forums, but those mobile game players similar to those in Foxconn's factory. Mobile games are their only way of entertainment. They will throw money into it. Their population base is large. And most of us, the vast majority of people in these forums, have not paid for the domestic game industry. We consume Blizzard and Steam. The games on the console may be the most, and several former "domestic masterpieces". So why should domestic game manufacturers cater to us? Who is their parents for food and clothing?
Yes, who is their parents for food and clothing?
So, Jester wanted to change this situation from the source to let players know that in China, there are people who insist on making games and fun games.
Xishanju's acquisition was very successful and basically no obstacles were encountered.
The main reason is that Mars Entertainment and Jester give you enough face.
At first, Kingsoft didn't want to agree. He even asked Bojun to discuss with the core members of Xishanju. However, when the people from Xishanju said that if they disagree, they would resign, Kingsoft knew that it would be irreversible.
Jester personally met the people from Xishanju. These people were all young people, the oldest was less than thirty years old.
They are all veteran gamers who have played the earliest games made by Jester. Most of them regard Jester as their idol. Their greatest ideal is to make games as successful as Jester, and so many people like their games.
"I know the gaming environment in China is very difficult."
Jester was also heartfelt when he spoke to these people.
"I like your martial arts style games very much. I think it is very suitable to make the M-Touch Rpg style. You should be familiar with the type of this game. I have no other requirements for you. So I just make the game fun. Don't think about how to make money. Everyone knows that games like M-Touch Rpg require players to be online for a long time, so many games try to do some boring things, but if you want to play this game, you must play online frequently."
"I don't like this setting. I think the only thing a game keeps players should be interesting."
"So, my only request for you is fun."
"Making a fun game is that simple, your task is that simple, and the ability you show in "Swordsman Love" is enough to enable you to do this. Of course, you have many shortcomings and even shortcomings in technology, art, and even creativity. I can make up for these for you, enough to make you worry-free."
"A saying I firmly believe is that as long as it is an interesting game, no one will play it."
The people in Xishanju were also excited by Jester's words.
Make fun games!
This deafening sentence also made them feel inexplicably moved.
"Actually, there is a very strange argument now, that is, the game is just fun, why bother to care about which country and which team did it?"
Jester laughed as he spoke.
"I don't agree with this concept. As a game designer, I know what it feels like to be abused, insulted, and said to be garbage. As some game makers, do you hope that what you make yourself will be called garbage? I think you definitely don't want it, but, if the domestic game development environment becomes such that people are abused, and you don't even have the courage to say something, what will you feel?"
"We are for gamers who can recognize our gamers and play games. It is not the same as gamers. I hope you can understand this."
"Before, I considered a very lethal operation method for the game type of mtrpg, which is that playing games is free, but you can make a profit by selling some props, some privileges, and some things that can make a character unfair. I have analyzed it with a special team, and I call this game a free mode."
"After analyzing, they all said that this kind of gameplay could attract more players and thus generate more profits."
"But I said, this way of playing will make the fun of the game disappear."
"The most essential purpose of playing games is to gain fun. Many people say that "Monster Hunter" is so difficult, how can players create fun? In fact, players who like "Monster Hunter" have the difficulty of this game, which is precisely the greatest fun of this game. Many people say that "Monster Hunter" does not show monster blood bars, but not displaying blood bars just increases the fun of this game."
"However, the pay-to-in gameplay method can allow a gamer to gain fun. People who can gain fun from this mode are not worthy of being called a gamer."
"We make games for real people who can know what the fun of games is, not those other people."
"You must understand this."
“This is crucial.”
In fact, this is a very common problem in the future. Some people lack sufficient understanding of games. They do not know how to understand right or wrong, and distinguish between bad and bad. In the eyes of some people, there is no essential difference between "Zhengtu" and "o", which are exactly the same as "S", but in Jester's eyes, these two types of people are completely different. They make games for gamers, not for those who just play games.
There is a big difference between the two.
Because the target group is related to the game content, only when you understand what your target group is, can you create what kind of game content the players of this target group like.
To make a great game, you must have a group of outstanding players.
Chapter completed!