allendalepharm Chapter 206 Seven Heroes of the Martial World
Chapter 206 Seven Heroes of the Martial World
The next morning, at the Rabbit Technology office.
Lu Ran called Zhou Mingzhe into the conference room and slammed the proposal on the table.
Zhou Mingzhe adjusted his glasses, flipped through a few pages, and then looked up: "President Lu, did you write this last night?"
"Hmm, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing," Zhou Mingzhe said with a complicated expression. "I just feel...don't you ever need to sleep?"
Lu Ran laughed: "I went to sleep. I went to bed at midnight and woke up at eight. Eight hours of standard sleep."
Zhou Mingzhe decided not to pursue the issue and continued to look at the proposal.
The more he looked, the brighter his eyes became.
"This...you wrote this all night?" Zhou Mingzhe was increasingly incredulous as he looked at it.
"Never mind these unimportant things, take a look at the feasibility of this plan first." Seeing that he was about to change the subject, Lu Ran quickly changed the subject.
After all, the things he brings out each time are always quite unbelievable, not only complete but also novel.
Most importantly, the quantity was so large that it was impossible for one person to complete it. Lu Ran was afraid that Zhou Mingzhe would notice something amiss, so he quickly interrupted.
At the same time, Lu Ran also thought about this problem. Next time, he must leave a period of time between his works, or give them a heads-up in advance, so that when he comes out with a shocking work, he can avoid being exposed.
"Oh...oh, let me see." As expected, after being interrupted by Lu Ran's long speech, Zhou Mingzhe's thoughts returned to the game design.
"This weapon system... nine weapons, each with its own unique skill tree?" He flipped through the documents. "Daggers, longswords, greatswords, hammers, dual daggers... how do you ensure balance?"
"Take it slow," Lu Ran said. "First, we'll create it, then do internal testing, collect data, and continuously optimize it. We have complete move data as a foundation, so it won't be too far off."
Zhou Mingzhe nodded and continued scrolling down.
Turning to the page on technical architecture, he paused for a moment: "Converting a standalone machine to a networked one? That's a lot of work."
"That's why I'm entrusting it to you." Lu Ran smiled sincerely. "Brother Zhou, I believe in your abilities."
Zhou Mingzhe adjusted his glasses: "Don't flatter me. Tell me specifically what your thoughts are, and what you plan to do?"
Lu Ran walked to the whiteboard and picked up a marker.
"The first step is to create a standalone version to verify the core gameplay. There is existing source code for this, and it should be up and running in about a week."
"The second step is to build the server architecture and enable online functionality. You are responsible for this. Just tell me how many people and resources you need."
"The third step is the matching system and the account system. This can be done in parallel with the second step, allowing interns to practice."
"The fourth step is internal testing, optimization, and launch."
After listening, Zhou Mingzhe nodded thoughtfully: "It sounds feasible. But there's a problem."
"explain."
"Server costs," Zhou Mingzhe pushed up his glasses. "For real-time battle games, the server requirements are much higher than for farming. A battle requires real-time synchronization of both sides' operation data, and the latency must be controlled within 50 milliseconds. Our current server architecture can't handle that kind of pressure."
Lu Ran nodded; he had thought about this question last night as well.
"We'll proceed in phases," he said. "Initially, with a small user base, we'll rent high-performance cloud servers and scale them elastically. Once the user base grows, we'll build our own data center. Additionally, we can optimize the matching algorithm to group players from the same region together as much as possible, reducing latency."
Zhou Mingzhe jotted down a few notes in his notebook: "Anything else?"
"And..." Lu Ran thought for a moment, "You know more about the technical aspects than I do, so I won't interfere. In short, I'll oversee the core gameplay, and you'll be responsible for the technical implementation. Together, we'll be invincible."
Zhou Mingzhe pushed up his glasses again, this time more frequently than usual. He likes to push up his glasses every now and then when he's thinking.
"Okay." After thinking for a short while, he closed his notebook. "I'll take this project."
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A week later.
The conference room at Tutu Technology was packed with people.
There were four or five laptops on the long table, and a huge whiteboard on the wall was covered with various technical terms and flowcharts.
A dozen or so young people sat in a circle around the table, their eyes all fixed on Lu Ran and Zhou Mingzhe at the front.
"Is everyone here?" Lu Ran glanced around. "Okay, let's begin."
He turned on the projector, and several large words appeared on the screen:
[Seven Heroes Jianghu Project Launch Meeting]
"Everyone here is a core member of the technology department at Tutu Technology," Lu Ran said. "I've called you all here today because I have a new project to present to you."
Whispers began to circulate below.
New project?
Since the launch of "Happy Farm" and "Rabbit Pet", the main work of the technical department has been maintenance and optimization, and there have indeed been no new projects for a long time.
Lu Ran raised his hand and gestured for everyone to be quiet.
"This project is a martial arts combat game." He clicked on the next page, "Nine types of weapons, real-time battles, supporting 1v1, 2v2, and 4v4 modes. The core gameplay is action fighting, and the goal is to make it the first truly meaningful martial arts e-sports game in China."
The previously quiet meeting suddenly erupted into discussion after hearing Lu Ran's words.
"Esports games?!"
"Real-time battles?!"
"Holy crap, is that a huge step?"
Lu Ran didn't interrupt the discussion below. After everyone had digested it for a while and the noise had subsided, he continued, "I know what you're thinking. As a team that makes social software, it's one thing to make some small games to enhance social interaction, but why do we have the right to make these kinds of games? And action games at that? We have no prior experience, so why are we taking such big steps?"
Although no one responded below, it was basically a tacit agreement.
After all, fighting online games are far more difficult than Farmville.
It's like skipping directly from elementary school math to high school math, or even advanced math.
However, Lu Ran also knew how to address their concerns. He clicked on the next page and said, "Just based on this."
The screen displays a document directory: source code, art resources, planning documents, operation strategies, commercialization plans... dozens of items are listed densely.
"This is the complete set of development materials for the project," Lu Ran said. "The core gameplay, weapon system, and move data have all been designed. What you need to do is to use this set of materials to transform it into an online game."
The people sitting below in the conference room were shocked. Even Zhou Mingzhe, who already knew the news, was still deeply moved.
Compared to the previous proposal, this time it's a complete set of materials.
Fortunately, Lu Ran took it out a week later. Although Zhou Mingzhe was shocked, he did not have too many doubts.
What if Lu Ran's game plan has been in the works for many years?
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