Game development giant

As the time entered June, the team sent by Shinhwa Studio to the United States had also returned to China. Li Yuanhang's invitation to them to have a big meal was considered a cleansing.

At this time, the Minyang Software Park has been renovated, and the Shinhwa Studio has also been relocated, all of which have been moved to the Software Park.

The office area provided by the software park is very large, the upper and lower two floors are 2,000 square meters, not to mention just a mythical workshop, even if the other two studios are moved together, it is very empty.

When Li Yuanhang was decorating, he reserved a total of five studio workstations. The four sacred beasts’ studio and the mythology studio can also have ample space when they live together. The others have been transformed into entertainment rooms, Fitness room, rest area, etc.

In addition to these, Li Yuanhang also deliberately prepared a canteen not far from the park, and invited several chefs with good skills, at least it is healthier and more convenient than eating outside.

After Shinhwa Studio completed the move, Li Yuanhang held a brainstorming meeting on the new game.

"This is our first PC-side game plan. Let's see if you have any comments and suggestions." Li Yuanhang sat in the spacious and bright conference room, leaning comfortably on the back of his chair, and Shen Bing started Send the printed plans to everyone one by one.

This "Minecraft" project was jointly worked out by Li Yuanhang and Zhang Wei. At the beginning, Zhang Wei disapproved of this pixel-style game.

Later, after in-depth understanding, Zhang Wei highly praised Li Yuanhang's idea. Following Li Yuanhang's instructions, he led the planning team to rack their brains to perfect the idea. This time, he has the current plan.

Lin Qiang stayed in the United States for more than a month. All he saw were big-made 3A games. Even indie games were well made. After returning to China, he was planning to do a big fight, but he didn't expect his boss to actually take out one. With the arrival of a small pixel-style game, I can’t lift the energy right now, and said: "BOSS, although we are making the first PC game, we must also do a pixel-style game?"

Lin Qiang's words resonated with many people, especially those who visited and studied in the United States.

Zhang Wei frowned and said: "Don't you think the pixel style game is simple, but I bet he is definitely a great game, enough to leave a strong mark in the history of the game."

Zhang Yunhai curiously said, "Is this game as amazing as you said?"

"Miraculous? It should be called great!" Zhang Wei said disdainfully: "You have all read the plan. What do you think is the biggest highlight of "Minecraft"?"

Wang Xiuqin hesitated and said, "Is it open?"

The new server program Wang Feng thought: "Should it be freedom?"

Zhang Wei took a look at Wang Feng appreciatively: "Yes, it is freedom! Players can really do whatever they like in the game, which is far unmatched by all sandbox games that advertise freedom. ."

Wang Feng seemed to have a sudden realization: "I feel that "Minecraft" is different from the games I have played before. It turns out that this is the case. The freedom of other games has a certain limit, but the freedom of "Minecraft" does not."

The new script planner Zhang Jun stood up at this time. He also participated in the writing of the "Minecraft" plan. He used a projector to project the pictures from his mobile phone on the screen. The screen was a set with countless different At the Old Summer Palace made up of squares, he pointed to the curtain and preached: "This is a rendering of a part of "Minecraft". How do you think about it?"

Everyone looked at the simple but magnificent Old Summer Palace on the screen, and was speechless for a while.

Zhang Jun changed another picture at this time, this time it is the Forbidden City, the next picture is the Arc de Triomphe, and the next dynamic picture of a cube computer that can run...

All the pictures are all built with small cubes of various colors. Although simple, they have a shocking power.

After playing more than a dozen pictures, Zhang Jun said: "These are only a small part of the functions in "Minecraft". As long as the player is patient, he can accomplish everything he wants in the game."

Lin Qiang opened his mouth wide and said dumbfounded: "This is too awesome..."

After being shocked, Zhang Yunhai said in embarrassment: "BOSS, I am afraid that my abilities are limited and I can't achieve the effect you want."

Li Yuanhang smiled and said: "Brother Hai, don't be discouraged. The game "Minecraft" is actually not difficult to develop, and it is easy to master."

Zhang Yunhai nodded silently: "BOSS, I will try my best."

Li Yuanhang stood up at this time and said, "Everyone has a preliminary understanding of what kind of game Minecraft is, and now we are starting to brainstorm. Let us say all our ideas."

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After the project of "Minecraft" was established, the development process was very fast. Even the latest version in Li Yuanhang's mind, it took only half a month to make a demo.

The demo’s successful demonstration has made everyone beaten up. Even if Li Yuanhang stipulates that overtime is not allowed at this stage, everyone is working hard to maximize efficiency during working hours. Almost no one is there when working. Fishing is working hard.

A month and a half later, the Alpha version of Minecraft was released.

After another month, the beta version is ready, and it only took more than three months from the project to the beta version, which is a super fast.

Because "Minecraft" only has a computer version for the time being, it must not be tested on MBGM, so test it directly on the TANK platform.

The TANK platform is the most PC game platform in the world. Its status is similar to that of previous steam. Domestic players are habitually calling it a tank platform.

It is said that the founder of the platform is a fan of the army, especially for tanks. There are several real tanks in the family, so the game platform he created is called TANK directly. It is really simple and rude.

Unlike steam, the TANK platform has been registered in China, so if you want to charge for testing in the country, you must first get the domestic version number. Other regions do not have this restriction.

After the B test started, Li Yuanhang couldn't help but think of Jiang Caiwei, who worked with him last time. Unknowingly, he hadn't contacted him for half a year. He sent her a whistle message: "My new game is being tested. play together?"

After the news was sent out, Li Yuanhang felt a little regretful. Isn't it a bit languid when he did this?

After a while, Jiang Caiwei replied to Feixun: "Boss Li, you haven't contacted me for a long time. I thought you had forgotten my little anchor."

Li Yuanhang quickly replied: "How can I, I'm just a little busy lately, I didn't care about it, this time my new game has just launched on TANK, can you help me test it?"

Jiang Caiwei made a few smirk expressions: "What help with the test? You obviously want me to help you publicize it. You boss Li is very bad."

Li Yuanhang quickly replied: "How can we, we are old friends, I absolutely sincerely ask you to help me test the game."

Jiang Caiwei replied: "Looking at the words of Boss Li, I will try to test it for you. What is the name of your game? I will play it when I have time."

Li Yuanhang felt his heartbeat speed up slightly: "The name of the game is "Minecraft". You download the game first, and I will give you the activation code right away."

Jiang Caiwei quickly replied: "That's OK, I'll take the time to play your new game, let's talk about it later."

Li Yuanhang looked at the screen of the phone, and began to look forward to it.