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Compared to Qiezi and Zhou Xun, Liu Peng of "Dream Link" has been in the industry for a longer time and seems more experienced.

"How did you know?"

Upon hearing Liu Peng's confident answer, Qiezi and Zhou Xun instinctively looked over.

"Because it's the Shanghai branch of my former employer, Ourpalm."

It's a bit of a coincidence that Liu Peng left his job to start his own business less than a year ago, and now he's come full circle back to his old job.

However, neither Qiezi nor Zhou Xun felt embarrassed at all.

"Oh, so you're very familiar with the office environment? Hehe, you can help us choose a good place later."

This time, the [Game Star Factory] will really be working in an office building for a month.

Moreover, quite a few game development teams have joined the platform.

Even most of the production teams.

For example, companies like Qiezi and Zhou Xun only have a dozen or so people.

However, a good development environment is obviously more conducive to development.

"That's no problem. I remember there used to be a rest area for the upper floors on the second floor, and there were a few administrative offices next to it. It's quite spacious. We can see if anyone will go there."

The group chatted as they led their people through the gates of "Star Factory".

They were originally planning to choose their workspace.

As soon as they entered, staff members led them to their pre-assigned workstations.

The three of them were quite lucky, although they didn't get the best positions.

However, the three of them work in adjacent areas, which will make future communication easier.

After the three men had settled all their employees, the staff from Xinghuo led them to a conference room on the second floor so they could rest for a while.

They said that Mr. Lin would come to the site in a while to hold a launch meeting with the project leaders.

"President Lin is really coming!?"

"real or fake."

Filled with excitement, the three of them entered the conference room.

Some people had already arrived before them.

As soon as they entered, the three of them saw someone sitting on the side of the conference room near the door, watching a video on a tablet.

Although he was wearing headphones, the tablet was actually playing music aloud.

"Lin's assessment of this game is very accurate. We see that the feedback from Sony regarding the previous question was actually problematic, and Lin here..."

The three looked at each other, then decided to go up and say hello.

However, after they took a few steps forward, they were drawn to the video on the tablet.

Because they saw themselves reflected in this video.

The video content is very simple; it's just an American blogger watching their "Rising Stars" competition from a few days ago.

Chapter 493 President Lin's Practical Tips

Judging from the density of bullet comments on the tablet.

This video is quite popular. After watching it a few more times, Eggplant quickly understands why so many people have watched it.

Because this streamer named MAX is very interesting to talk about, and his program format is also very interesting; he puts a whiteboard behind him.

He not only commented on these projects like a judge, but his analysis was also very professional.

A project is scored by combining subjective and objective factors such as gameplay, art style, creativity, the likelihood of its completion, and the user's expectations.

If that's all there is to it, it might only be a minor hit. The key point is that this blogger might be trying to gain attention or for the sake of the show.

He not only judges the games, but also the judges.

This is so interesting.

On the left side of the whiteboard behind him were the names of several judges. If he agreed with a judge's point of view, he would mark it with a star; if he disagreed, he would mark it with an X.

Among the names of several judges.

There were so many stars after the name LIN that MAX had to come up with a counting rule to make 10 small stars become one big star.

Although the video is from YouTube, the version being watched is a repost on Bilibili, and this reposted version is now even more popular than the official video released by Bilibili's Spark platform.

This can be considered a kind of reversal of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

"In other companies, if you get scolded by your boss, you can vent your frustrations in private, say a few words, and then tell him to stop complaining and that if he's so good, he should do it himself. But at Xinghuo, you probably can't say that. If you ask President Lin to do it, he really can do it."

"So it's no wonder that Spark's games are so fun."

"Old Man Lin actually knows about games?! I always thought he was just faking it."

"I knew Old Man Lin knew about games, but I didn't expect him to know this much. Look, after Mr. Lin spoke, not only did the blogger agree, but that big shot from Capcom also nodded repeatedly."

"As expected of President Lin, he hits the nail on the head with so many insightful points."

The comments from viewers on the live stream effectively reflected the thoughts of those watching the video.

The video title, "[Top YouTube Viewer! See How Foreign Experts Review Domestic Games]", also indicates that this video is not only popular in China.

Instead, it became popular overseas first, and then it was brought to China, where it also became popular.

As a result, the number of followers on Bilibili and Weibo surged.

Also.

Games like "The Scroll of Taiwu", "Dyson Sphere Project", and "Chinese Parents" have also garnered significant attention.

For people like Eggplant, watching this video will resonate even more.

Because MAX reviews their games.

As everyone else arrived, the tablets became communal, and the progress bar was dragged around like watching an action movie.

Later on, they simply turned on the projector.

They were projecting the message while chatting with each other.

The comment comes from a blogger who comments on their game.

It's like a Russian nesting doll; it belongs to that category.

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"What, you guys are watching this video too?"

A group of people were having a lively conversation.

Lin Li suddenly walked in.

A broad smile.

"Mr. Lin!"

"Mr. Lin!"

Lin Li waved his hand.

He arrived, and today's "training camp" began.

Throughout the Star Factory activities, Lin Li could only spare one to two hours each day, so he didn't waste much time talking.

After exchanging a few pleasantries...

And so today's meeting began.

At the start of the meeting, Lin Li wrote two words on the whiteboard behind him.

【core】

"Actually, the content of today's meeting is very simple, which is to help everyone sort out the core of your project."

Lin Li's time is limited.

Although it's supposed to be centralized management, he can't really be there for the whole process.

As the saying goes, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a

So today is our first formal meeting.

The first thing Lin Li did was to sort out the core of their respective projects.

to this end.

Lin Li spent several hours last night carefully reviewing each of their project documents.

"Because we're short on time today, I won't waste any more time. You can keep the recording on, and I'll give you a general overview of your projects in one go."

"Everyone can sort out the details on their own based on the situation."

Although Lin Li has two hours today, there are a total of 10 projects on site.

Each project is assigned a one-on-one communication session that takes only about 10 minutes.

Also because time was too tight.

At the beginning, the attendees were not very enthusiastic. After all, what could you possibly say in just over ten minutes?

Even if it were President Lin, he could only speak in general terms.

But as soon as Lin Li opened his mouth, the atmosphere in the venue immediately changed, and everyone involuntarily sat up straight.

As someone working in the field, you can clearly sense that Lin Li had thought things through beforehand.

He probably knows the project better than he does himself.

Therefore, the content of the speech is very dry, almost completely devoid of any substance, extremely dry.

Sometimes it's even too dry.

It was so tiring that it was almost suffocating.

such as:

Lin Li's first words regarding "The Scroll of Taiwu" were...

"Eggplant, if you keep going like this, this game is doomed."

Then, to Eggplant's astonishment, the entire project was analyzed.

"You focus too much on details. You want to run before you can walk, and you want to build a skyscraper before you can establish a framework."

"Take the combat system in your initial demo, for example. The combat system alone is so complex that it could be the subject of a separate guide. The various technical terms could fill a dictionary. It's too complicated!"

"And I really don't understand why you let players control moving forward and backward in combat? Are you an action game?"

"I said before that games should focus on their core gameplay."

"This shouldn't be the first time you've heard similar arguments. I can understand if others make this kind of mistake, but you've been in the Spark Program for almost two years now, and you still haven't figured this out?"

Eggplant was a little stunned by Lin Li's combo attack and tried to explain.

"I...this."

Lin Li shook his head.

"Write down your thoughts in a document later, and I'll share my understanding first."

"First of all, what is the core of The Scroll of Taiwu? From your files, demo, and game framework, it is clear that the core gameplay revolves around exploring a vast world."

"What do players want from your game? They want to immerse themselves in a martial arts world, learn new martial arts, explore countless areas, interact with the people on those areas, learn new techniques, acquire new equipment, and trigger new storylines. These are what players want."

"What should your combat system showcase around this core concept?"

Lin Li's questioning left Eggplant somewhat speechless, but following Lin Li's line of thought, he hesitantly uttered a sentence.

"To present a combat gameplay with a martial arts feel?"

Lin Li glanced at the eggplant.

"wrong!"

"You need to show the changes in the players!!"