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Chapter 167 Let’s start a business together!

Knowing that the friend Li Qing was going to see in the hospital turned out to be Yao Xiaoguang, Zhang Wei immediately expressed his intention to go with him.

When it comes to the name Yao Xiaoguang, not many people may know it. But if you mention the product he developed, "Honor of Kings", it is definitely a household name.

It is precisely because of this product that it has become a thorn in the side of many parents and the "culprit" that prevents their children from getting into their ideal schools.

Go online and search for articles introducing Mr. Yao. All the comments that follow are scoldings from parents.

Yao Xiaoguang's relationship with games originated from Blizzard's "Diablo". It is said that he played "Diablo" for the first time when he was seventeen years old and was deeply touched. From then on, he had the ideal of making games.

When he was in college, he wrote a demo that imitated "Diablo", but it was better than "Diablo". It was also because of this demo that he got his first game development job.

An entrepreneur in Shanghai commissioned him to develop a game, but because the other party was just a newly established small company and did not have enough financial support, the project was eventually abandoned.

Later, the entrepreneur went to South Korea, bought a game called "Legend", introduced it directly to the country, and then became the richest man in China.

Yao Xiaoguang, after several twists and turns, joined Tianqing Digital and developed "Phantom Ranger".

At that time, Tencent Games had just started, and games were not Tencent’s main business yet.

Of course, Zhang Wei wanted to make friends with such a great master.

Of course, the one that really made Yao Xiaoguang become a god in one battle was "Glory of the King". This game is so famous that everyone knows it without any introduction.

"Mr. Yao, I never thought you'd heard of me!" Zhang Wei nodded.

When I arrived at the hospital, I happened to meet Yao Xiaoguang returning to the ward. He had just done rehabilitation training.

At this time, Shanda invited him to join in the development of new games.

This is not surprising, after all, the project with high hopes has just failed, and he got sick and was admitted to the hospital. Under the double blow, no one will be happy.

Yao Xiaoguang was not interested in the titles "Tsinghua University" and "Scientist", but when he heard about WCG World Championship, Yao Xiaoguang's eyes suddenly lit up.

At this time, Shanda had grown into a giant in the domestic game industry because of "Legend", but because of disputes with South Korea, it had already started to think about developing its own games.

"Phantom Ranger" was a great success, and Yao Xiaoguang also had the idea of ​​​​starting a business. He used all his savings to only make a game that imitated "Diablo", but unfortunately it failed.

Yao Xiaoguang's first work after joining Tencent was the famous "QQ Speed"!
The success of "QQ Speed" also allowed Yao Xiaoguang to obtain more resources. Subsequent Tencent's "Tiantian Series" games, "Reverse War", and the mobile version of "Cross Fire" were all works led by Yao Xiaoguang.

Yao Xiaoguang developed a 3D game called "Miracle" at Shanda. Unfortunately, the game failed to achieve the expected results.

But Yao Xiaoguang's talent was still recognized by the industry. At that time, many game companies came to poach him, including Tencent, which had just started making games. The vice president of Tencent personally came to invite him, hoping that he would join.

"Are you the ZW who won the championship in San Francisco?" Yao Xiaoguang asked.

……

Over the next more than a year, Yao Xiaoguang fell ill, went to the hospital for surgery, and has been recuperating since then. It wasn't until 2006, when I fully recovered, that I joined Tencent.

"Li Qing, you're here." Yao Xiaoguang glanced at Zhang Wei behind him and didn't pay much attention to him. He probably regarded Zhang Wei as Li Qing's follower.

Li Qing took the initiative to introduce: "Xiaoguang, let me introduce you to a person. His name is Zhang Wei, my junior fellow student at Qingdao University, a top scientist! And he is also the world champion of WCG!"

"Xiaoguang, how are you recovering recently?" Li Qing walked to the bed and placed the gift beside the bed.

As far as game development is concerned, Yao Xiaoguang's strength is definitely obvious to all. It's hard to say whether he is the number one in China, but there should be no objection to saying that he is the top three game developers in China.

Yao Xiaoguang looked a little haggard, his face was unshaven, he looked a little depressed, and his mental state was not very good.

"There is no need for Mr. Yao now." Yao Xiaoguang took a breath of frustration.

"Then let me call you Brother Yao!" Zhang Wei said.

"Brother Yao is just Brother Yao, what's the difference between big and small?" Li Qing complained from the side.

"It's different. Big brother Yao has to be left to Yao Ming." Zhang Wei said with a smile, and then continued: "And little brother Yao sounds handsome too! Little brother Yao, brother Xiaoyao, are handsome enough!"

Zhang Wei's explanation made the two of them smile knowingly. We are all gamers. Naturally, we have all played "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and know who brother Xiaoyao is.

Yao Xiaoguang continued: "When I heard that a Chinese player had won the WCG world championship, I was surprised. I even went to check who the champion was, but I couldn't find your information."

"I'm still a newcomer, and I'm not a professional player either. I have to go to school and just find time to play in competitions, so there isn't much information online." Zhang Wei said.

"I also checked the text battle report of the game and found that you actually won Grubby with random! You beat Grubby without any temper. You are so awesome!" Yao Xiaoguang couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Zhang Wei asked: "Brother Xiaoyao, do you also play World of Warcraft?"

"Hahaha, Zhang Wei, you still don't understand those of us who make games!" This time it was Li Qing who spoke, and he continued: "How could we not play Blizzard's games!"

"Yes, products produced by Blizzard must be high-quality! Who can make games without playing Blizzard games? If you look at the games on the market, most of them have the shadow of Blizzard. I entered this industry because I played "Diablo" god"."

Yao Xiaoguang paused and then said: "Zhang Wei, when I get better, let's play two games of World of Warcraft and let me see how powerful the world champion is."

After chatting for a while, Li Qing said: "I see that you are recovering very quickly. I guess it won't be long before you can get out of bed and move around freely. Do you want to consider coming to our Ancestral Dragon?"

"I know that if you show your courtesy for nothing, you must be either an adulterer or a thief." Yao Xiaoguang said and shook his head: "I haven't decided yet whether I should continue to work in this industry.

As you know, I put so much effort into my last project and it ended badly. Now I really have some doubts about whether I am suitable for playing games. "

"Don't be discouraged, failure is the mother of success! Besides, if you don't make games, what else can you do? Be an ordinary programmer? That's a waste of your brain! Consider our Zulong! Although our scale is far less than Shanda, But we really put our heart into making the game," Li Qing said.

"I know that if you don't care about making games, you won't be able to find anyone else in the country who cares about making games. I will consider it carefully." Yao Xiaoguang agreed.

After a few more pleasantries, Li Qing took Zhang Wei and said goodbye.

At this time, Zhang Wei had a bold idea in his mind. …

The next day, Zhang Wei came to the hospital alone, this time he also brought a laptop.

Yao Xiaoguang was a little surprised to see Zhang Wei arriving. He didn't expect that the new friend he met yesterday would come to visit him again today.

"Zhang Wei, why are you here! Sit down quickly! Do you want some fruit? There are apples and oranges."

"Who gave you the oranges? Isn't this taking advantage of you?"

Zhang Wei took out his notebook with a smile and continued: "Brother Xiaoyao, I'm here to accompany you to fight World of Warcraft."

"Fighting World of Warcraft? Here? Don't kid me, it's just a laptop, it's just a computer." Yao Xiaoguang said.

Although the laptops at that time also had wireless network cards, the network speed was too slow and was not enough to connect to the battle platform. Therefore, if you really wanted to access the Internet, you still had to connect a network cable.

At that time, it was good to have a TV in a hospital ward. Probably only expensive VIP wards were equipped with network cables.

Zhang Wei said: "Brother Xiaoyao, I will show you a World of Warcraft map. You can give me some pointers."

Clicking on the Warcraft game terminal, Zhang Wei found the DOTA map.

"DOTA official certified version? Is this an RPG map? What is it for?" Yao Xiaoguang asked with interest.

"This is a 5V5 battle map, which is relatively popular internationally." Zhang Wei replied.

"5V5? It takes ten people to play a game. It's not fun for me to play alone." Yao Xiaoguang said, the map has been read and he entered the game.

"Okay, so many heroes!" Yao Xiaoguang was surprised when he saw there were many heroes to choose from.

"Each hero here has different types and skills. There are melee output, long-range output, mage, control, auxiliary, and human shield. Each hero chooses different equipment according to its own situation." Zhang Wei introduced. .

"The goal of the game is to kill the opponent's hometown? There are defense towers on the road, so you have to demolish the towers first. Huh? Why are there still soldiers? Can't I control these soldiers? Can I only control the hero? This little soldier It's a little weak, and it will die after a few shots from the defense tower. Oh, this hero is also very fragile, and he can't beat the defense tower..."

You just want to get started with the operation and gradually become familiar with DOTA.

After Yao Xiaoguang understood the game mode of DOTA, Zhang Wei found a game video of players playing DOTA and played it to Yao Xiaoguang.

Watching a 5V5 game, the physical experience must be completely different from playing alone and just thinking about it. Yao Xiaoguang was quickly attracted by the video of the game.

After watching the game video, Zhang Wei asked: "Brother Xiaoyao, what do you think? Is this gameplay interesting?"

Yao Xiaoguang frowned and nodded seriously after a moment: "This is the first time I have seen this kind of gameplay. It feels a bit like a team battle PK in an online game, where the focus is on equipment, coordination, operation and tactics.

But what is different from online games is that at the beginning, every player is on the same starting line. The subsequent growth depends entirely on their own operations and mutual games. Unlike online games, the equipment of two players will have innate differences. difference.

There is also the setting of this defensive tower. Even if one side loses a wave of team battles, at most one defensive tower will be pulled out. It will not lose immediately, and there will be a chance for a comeback in the overall situation.

I personally feel that this form of team PK is more fair than PK in online games, and is more friendly to players with good operating skills and exquisite coordination. "

"What about playability?" Zhang Wei then asked.

Yao Xiaoguang thought for a while and replied: "This type of game play is very novel and highly competitive. It is easy to get started and the operation is not difficult. The playability is quite good.

But the premise is that one thing must be done, and that is to maintain the balance of the game! In this type of game, once the balance of the game is destroyed, it will be a devastating blow to the game.

When designing heroes and props, you must pay attention to balance. You must not have very powerful heroes that will destroy the balance of the game, and you must not have equipment that is so unbelievable that it can instantly hit the sky and earth in seconds.

In addition, there is a difficulty in the design of this kind of game, that is, the heroes are easily homogenized. When there were not many heroes in the early stage, each hero would have its own characteristics, but as there are more heroes later, the homogeneity of heroes is definitely inevitable.

Players are all fresh, and players do not play games to experience the content of the game repeatedly. Therefore, once there are too many homogeneous heroes, it will inevitably affect the players’ experience. "

"He is worthy of being the father of "Glory of Kings". In such a short time, he can accurately get to the core of MOBA games! It seems that my trip is not in vain!" Zhang Wei thought to himself.

So Zhang Wei asked: "Brother Xiaoyao, I heard from Senior Brother Li Qing that you have started a business before, but it failed. Are you interested in starting a second business now?"

"Starting a business for the second time?" Yao Xiaoguang was stunned and asked, "What to do?"

"Just do this! DTOA map!" Zhang Wei pointed to the laptop.

"You mean, let me make a similar map?" Yao Xiaoguang asked.

"We did it together!" Zhang Wei continued: "This DOTA map was made by me. I would like to invite Brother Xiaoyao to join us, and we will do the follow-up update of this map."

The loneliness on Yao Xiaoguang's face flashed across his face. He felt that he was engaged in large-scale client games, and now he was invited to make a map. This was somewhat insulting!

If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Wei was introduced by an acquaintance, maybe Yao Xiaoguang would have kicked Zhang Wei out.

Zhang Wei continued: "Brother Xiaoyao, I know that updating such a map with your talents is definitely overkill. Don't be impatient. Listen to me. Updating the map is just the first step.

I have obtained the official authorization from Blizzard for this DOTA map, so I plan to use Blizzard’s name to promote the DOTA map to the world. When the player base increases, we will develop a sequel game specifically. This is like using Blizzard's chicken to lay our eggs! "

"Your idea is quite bold! It's not very realistic!" Yao Xiaoguang shook his head and continued: "Blizzard attaches great importance to copyright. If the players on this map are technically advanced, Blizzard will definitely hold on and won't let go. Leave it to us?"

"Don't worry about copyright. I not only have a letter of authorization from Blizzard, but also registered the DOTA trademark. Whoever registers the trademark owns it, so only we can use the name DOTA in the future." Zhang Wei said.

"Even if there is no problem with the copyright, what about the funds? Developing a game requires a lot of funds." Yao Xiaoguang continued.

"Funding is not a problem. Is one million enough?" Zhang Wei asked.

"One million? If it was three years ago, I would have said it was enough, but now, it is definitely not enough!" Yao Xiaoguang shook his head.

Zhang Wei smiled slightly: "I mean, one million per month, is it enough?"

(End of this chapter)