Chapter 520: Final Fantasy

After releasing six songs in a row, Luo Quan lived in the room safely and started live streaming, stealing half a day of leisure.

In the past few days, in order to record songs, I haven't live-streamed much. With so many ways of working, it is really easier to sit in front of the computer and live stream for everyone.

She has recorded all the remaining four songs, but she has to wait until the early morning of the day after tomorrow to release them together.

And the days of continuous high temperature will probably end in two days, which is also the day when the crew starts work again.

Taking advantage of the free time in these few days, Luo Quan also live-streamed for a while, so as not to make the fans too lonely.

As for the content of the live stream, Luo Quan lost her dream after playing some "revenge on society" games.

These games are interesting, but sometimes they can really make people angry. There is no need to find anger for yourself during a good rest time.

Speaking of which, the games in this world are really crotch-pulling. There are not many 3A masterpieces, and the picture quality is really touching.

However, like the previous life, the quality of foreign games far exceeds that of domestic ones. Many companies and studios are prosperous, and excellent masterpieces are emerging one after another.

And just a few days ago, the Yuju company announced that they had developed a powerful game engine called "Frost and Snow Flower". The game picture quality produced by it has a qualitative leap compared to other games!

This news immediately exploded domestic and foreign game forums. After watching the demonstration video, everyone said that the new era of electronic games is coming.

And as the base camp of young people, there are naturally quite a lot of netizens who like to play games on Bilibili. Today, as soon as Luo Quan started broadcasting, the fans also asked her to talk about this matter.

"Where is the way out for domestic games?" Luo Quan saw this question and wanted to laugh a little, and really didn't know how to say it for a while.

After thinking about it, she said in a deep voice:

"At present, domestic end games and stand-alone games are basically stuck on Xianxia. Role-playing does Xianxia, action fighting does Xianxia, and even shooting games use Xianxia themes.

Obviously, the sales and reputation are not very good, which shows that this road is not feasible. We should change strategies in time and seek our own way out."

This immediately caused a discussion in the barrage:

"Doing Xianxia themes is for cultural output. If you do it well, you can definitely let foreigners understand our Chinese culture."

"Unfortunately, it is not very good, the action is stiff, the plot is childish, and the special effects only know how to make light pollution."

"Domestic stand-alone games are a dead end. This big environment is hopeless."

"At least our mobile game industry is quite developed, definitely the world's number one!"

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"Haha, our mobile games are indeed powerful. It is said that the East is not bright and the West is bright." Luo Quan's laughter was full of ridicule, "As for stand-alone games, I believe there is still a market in China, and if they are done well, selling them abroad can also make money.

The key problem is whether the quality of the games produced can reach the level that players buy.

I think many people pay special attention to a cultural output. This is completely a castle in the air for the current domestic game industry. The foundation has not been laid well, why do you want to go to the next level?"

Speaking of this, Luo Quan laughed: "I haven't achieved any cultural output with this influence. Expecting to use a game for output, the difficulty is too high."

As a Chinese, she certainly wants to carry forward traditional Chinese culture and let foreigners understand the beauty of China.

But the ways she can output are relatively limited. In most cases, she can only pass songs, and sometimes she can wear Hanfu and take a photo.

When singing "Concubine" before, it did output a lot of culture, letting foreign fans search for relevant knowledge.

However, this is temporary. Once the heat of the song passes, not many people care about it.

Therefore, this task is a long way to go for all Chinese with international influence.

"Of course, I don't mean that no one can do cultural output well, such as YouTube blogger Wang Xiaojiu." Luo Quan took this most famous Chinese person on YouTube as an example, "She just wears Hanfu and shoots some rural life videos and sends them to YouTube. In our opinion, there may be nothing special, but it can be welcomed abroad.

In the final analysis, Wang Xiaojiu's videos are well done, and others are willing to watch them.

Since they are willing to watch, then these people are also willing to understand. In this way, isn't cultural output available? This is the correct way to open it!"

A long talk, the barrage is full of voices of approval.

The truth is actually very simple sometimes, but what is missing is someone who can explain it thoroughly and convince the public.

"Then does Luo Bao have any good suggestions for the current predicament of domestic games?"

"This question is a bit out of bounds, Luo Quan is not making games."

"You should ask Penguin and Wangyi about this question. These are the two leading companies in domestic games. Only when they stand up can domestic games have hope."

"Then it's okay, let's destroy it. I don't want to see the interface of first charge 6 yuan to send VIP when I play stand-alone."

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"Er, this matter." Luo Quan scratched her head, some words are really not easy to say.

After all, she is now considered to have a deep relationship with Penguin. The cooperation between the two sides has always been very happy. Live spraying or yin and yang weirdness is not appropriate.

But the key is that Penguin's current behavior in games is really a bit like that. Besides spraying, I don't know what to say.

"I can only say that there is still hope. If there is really no good stand-alone, I can make a few for everyone to satisfy their cravings." Luo Quan said in a half-joking tone.

As early as a few months ago, she made up her mind to expand the business of Sister Quan Shui Entertainment Company. Media is one aspect, and now games have been temporarily added.

It is not a well-thought-out decision, but it is not without a plan. Many businesses actually have homework to copy.

As for the stand-alone games she mentioned, she only talked about stand-alone, and didn't say it was 3A.

She knows quite a few low-cost and fun stand-alone games, such as The Binding of Isaac, Plants vs. Zombies, Angry Birds, etc. These are not in this world.

Although it is not as shocking as foreign 3A, the fun is definitely not bad, which can help the company make a good start in the game business.

However, the fans obviously misunderstood Luo Quan's meaning, thinking that Luo Quan was announcing that she was going to enter the 3A industry, and started to celebrate.

Looking at the full screen in the barrage: Domestic 3A has hope, she suddenly felt a feeling of riding a tiger.

I, I didn't say I would do 3A!

Luo Quan wanted to cry at this time, but couldn't cry.

What's terrible is that this matter soon reached the trending search of Zhihu and Weibo, directly making the whole network know. At this time, Luo Quan's clarification essay hadn't even been written halfway.

Whether it is Zhihu's answer or Weibo's comments, they are all optimistic about Luo Quan, hoping that she can make a 3A masterpiece to set an example for the country's game studios and teach them how to make games!

To this day, netizens have developed a habit of unconditional trust in Luo Quan, feeling that she is omnipotent and can do anything.

For her, this has both good and bad.

Before overturning, she is a perfect goddess.

But if she overturns, she will fall off the altar, without any fault tolerance rate.

"Hey, where is so much time?" Luo Quan looked at the trending search with a headache, not knowing what to do.

Yes, what she is worried about is where there is so much time, not how to do it.

A mere 3A, as long as there is time, she can definitely develop it by gathering heavy money. She has quite a few ideas in her mind, and each one is a masterpiece that subverts the current electronic game pattern.

However, making games is much more laborious than making an album or filming a movie. Fast is one year, slow is two or three years. She doesn't want to spend time on this.

Just when she was worried about whether to confess to the excited netizens, an email in her mailbox attracted her attention.

"Hello Luo Quan, I am the person in charge of China Unreal Studio. We heard that you are interested in making a domestic 3A game, and the Unreal Engine we developed has a great advantage in making 3A games. Perhaps we can take this opportunity to discuss cooperation."

The email also attached a demonstration animation made by this studio using their own engine.

The picture quality can be said to be quite good, and the character movements are far smoother than those domestic stand-alone games.

However, this is just a demonstration video, which cannot fully prove its actual effect.

This kind of good thing that someone handed a pillow when sleepy didn't make her happy for too long. After all, there are so many scammers in society now, who knows if it is true.

"Where is your studio, I will take people over to see it immediately." Luo Quan replied to an email like this, deciding to investigate on the spot before talking.

"Lin'an City, Jiangnan Province…………." The other side also immediately gave the address.

It's quite a coincidence, all in Jiangnan Province.

Without delay, Luo Quan immediately took two employees who knew more about computers and took the high-speed rail to this Unreal Studio.

Originally thought that the office of this studio was in some office building, but it turned out to be in an old bungalow warehouse, with more than fifty programmers knocking on the computer desk.

The office is quite spacious, and there is air conditioning, but the decoration is a bit shabby, and the ground is not particularly clean.

"The studio's economic situation is not very good, so the expenses in all aspects are quite simple." The person in charge is named Li Jiang, and he is quite honest. He came up and said that the studio has no money, "But our work absolutely does not contain any moisture, and the performance of the Unreal Engine is absolutely trustworthy!"

"How about compared with Frost and Snow Flower?" Luo Quan doesn't know much about this, but the popularity of the engine made by this foreign company some time ago is very high, and she still heard some.

"We are not as good as them in the processing of light and shadow, and the picture quality is slightly lower, but the advantage is that the operation steps are simplified a lot, so the production time of the same level of games will save a lot.

In addition, if the funds are sufficient, the picture quality is not completely impossible to catch up with Frost and Snow Flower. It is mainly because the studio is indeed facing difficulties now. If you don't pull investment to return blood, it will…………" Li Jiang showed an embarrassed expression, a large group of programmers stood behind the boss, and their expressions were also unnatural.

"Boss Li, how can there be a negotiation that exposes all your weaknesses at once." Luo Quan smiled, feeling that this programmer was really straightforward, but also satisfied with the honesty he had always exuded.

"By the way, your engine is so good, China should not be unable to pull investment, right?" Luo Quan was curious about this, so she asked.

"Penguin did look for us before, but we all refused." Li Jiang snorted, "At the beginning, our brothers couldn't see Penguin's style in the game circle, so we planned to make our own engine and make our own games.

Although the days are bitter, we all have faith and pursuit. Even if the engine is sold cheaply to foreigners, it will never be sold to Penguin!"

Looking at these boys with messy hair and bearded faces, Luo Quan couldn't help but want to give them a thumbs up.

She has always wanted to do things that are cynical, but sometimes the interests are too involved, and she has kept silent many times.

In this regard, she is really not as pure as these "big boys".

"Introduce this engine to me." Luo Quan finally expressed her willingness to invest in this project and put forward the requirement of checking the goods.

Li Jiang's spirit was shocked, and he took Luo Quan to the computer: "In fact, after we finished the Unreal Engine, we immediately started using it to make the stand-alone game we had planned long ago—"Shenjian Daxia Biography"."

"Just can't get past the Xianxia theme." Luo Quan complained, "This theme has pitted so many studios, and you are really not believing in evil."

Li Jiang smiled awkwardly: "After all, this is the dream of most boys since childhood. Besides Xianxia, it is Wu Xia, or Three Kingdoms. What other themes can there be?"

"How are your fifty-plus employees in game development?" Luo Quan asked directly.

Li Jiang patted his chest and said loudly: "Original painters, modelers, action designers, basically everything that should be there, and the technology is definitely not worse than big factories. The key is that the funds are not enough now, and the manpower is also less, and the output cannot be improved."

"There is technology but no output, right." Luo Quan nodded and took a pen from her pocket.

Taking a pen is certainly not to sign a check, although such a style is very handsome.

"I will let professionals see if your engine is as powerful as you said later. If there is no problem, I want to sign a contract with your Unreal Studio and use the Unreal Engine to help me make a game.

I dare not say anything else, but the funds are definitely not a problem. High-end office buildings, world-class computers, and expanded manpower are not problems!

The key is that your engine and your employees must have real materials!"

Saying that, she put the pen on the table: "If there is no problem, you can draft the contract now. After checking, you can sign the contract immediately."

Hearing Luo Quan's straightforward words, Li Jiang and his brothers looked at each other and finally cheered and hugged together, crying with joy. ===== CHAPTER 521 =====