The night of the awards ceremony.
All the designers know that all the lectures and exchange meetings are fake, and the real big thing is the awards ceremony at night.
Those lectures are all about the scene, and the award ceremony in the evening represents the achievements and honors the designer has won this year.
Designers entered the venue one after another. When Chen Mo and others entered, there were already many people on the scene.
This year's award ceremony seems to be more grand than in previous years. Although the venue has not changed, it has been more gorgeously arranged, and there are special cameras to record the entire award ceremony.
Moreover, several video sites have also begun to broadcast simultaneously.
This year marks the first time the awards ceremony will be broadcast live. The technical conditions of the previous awards ceremony were completely fine. The reason why there was no live broadcast was only because the leaders of the gaming committee did not want to arrange it, because this award ceremony was mainly an internal matter of the designers and the gaming committee, and had little to do with the players. .
However, this year, the leaders of the gaming committee probably want to expand the influence of the awards ceremony so that more players can participate, so they arranged a live broadcast for the first time so that players can see it.
Although a live broadcast was arranged, it was not so fanfare. It only opened live broadcast rooms on several live broadcast platforms and video websites, and the popularity was not too high.
But even so, there are hundreds of thousands of viewers watching.
On the barrage, many viewers were discussing.
"Why haven't you started yet?"
"Hurry up and announce the awards!"
"Game of the Year in Prosperous Tang Dynasty, it's all right!"
"Will there be a "League of Legends"?"
"Can you see Chen Mo? Where is Chen Mo?"
"Those sitting in the front row are all S-level designers? Who are they? It's too far away to see clearly..."
The award ceremony has not officially started, so the current screen is still the entrance screen of the designers. Most of these viewers are players who are already concerned about the game industry, and they prefer vr and stand-alone games, and a small part of them are fresh and random.
Chen Mo, Zhang Xiaokong and others entered the arena together, and the staff also dutifully showed them the way.
To Chen Mo's surprise, this year he didn't sit with Zhang Xiaokong and Qiu Hengyang, but sat in a very front seat.
Looking around, there was no acquaintance, which made Chen Mo very embarrassed.
Zhang Xiaokong said: "Sure enough, you have a different status in the eyes of the game committee leaders, but it is no longer the time to sit with us before. Hurry up and have a good time with the designers of Dichao and Zen Yo."
Chen Mo: "..."
The seats are all arranged in advance, except for the leaders in the front row, the seats are basically seated from front to back according to the designer's level. The first two rows are basically S-level designers, and then there are A-level and B-level designers, and so on.
Of course, there are differences between designers of the same level. Some A-level designers already have several masterpieces, so they must sit higher.
As for Chen Mo, he was placed in a more sensitive position, in the first two rows, but relatively to the side.
Strictly speaking, Chen Mo is currently at the A+ level, not the S-level, but the S-level designers did not fill two rows, and there were still two or three seats vacant, so Chen Mo was stuffed in.
Obviously, in the eyes of some leaders of the gaming committee, Chen Mo is basically one step away from the S-level.
Chen Mo basically knew the other s-level designers, but he had never talked to them or dealt with them. Because most of these designers are affiliated to Emperor Interactive Entertainment and Zen Interactive Entertainment, and Chen Mo and these two companies do not deal with them very much.
There are also a few independent designers, but that kind of designer is more of a loner, working on games, rarely showing his face, let alone having a chance to meet.
Seeing Chen Mo approaching, most of the S-level designers kept a polite distance.
The reasons here are more complicated. One aspect is that literati are less important. As an S-level designer, everyone must be a little arrogant; the discord between companies is also one aspect. To deal with it, especially Lin Zhaoxu and Liu Yuanfeng were often thrown on the table by Chen Mo in secret. It's not good for these designers to be too close to Chen Mo as employees.
As for the awesomeness of these s-level designers, why they want to join Emperor Interactive Entertainment and Zen Interactive Entertainment is another matter.
Because making games is relatively high-reward but also high-risk. These large-scale vr games often invest tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. It is good to make a profit, but what if you lose? Most s-level designers can't afford this kind of risk.
The biggest advantage of joining a big company like Dichao and Zenyi is that you can avoid risks. The R&D funds and promotion are all taken care of by the company. It doesn’t matter if you lose money. It’s the company that loses anyway; You can also earn a lot by yourself.
Taking it all into consideration, joining a large company can effectively avoid risks, and these designers can create without any worries.
There are specialties in the technology industry, and most designers are only good at designing games, and they don't know anything about company operations, publicity and promotion, etc., so these big companies are also attractive to S-level designers.
As for Chen Mo, it is completely a special case. It can be said that there are very few designers like him who start from scratch, develop games, develop channels, and become their own boss, so they have become an anomaly instead.
Just as Chen Mo sat down, the designer next to him turned around.
"Chen Mo? Long time."
Chen Mo saw that he knew this person, Ran He, the S-level designer of Zen Interactive Entertainment, and the producer of "Fire Assault".
Ran He can also be regarded as a relatively old s-level designer in China, and he specializes in fps games, and has a certain reputation in the game industry.
Chen Mo hurriedly said, "Don't dare, you are a senior."
Ran He smiled: "Senior, it's nothing more than entering the industry a few years earlier. This year, "Overwatch" is coming out, and it's gaining momentum. If there are no accidents this year, the game of the year should be your "Overwatch". It also entered the S rank."
The two chatted for a few words.
Ran He, as the designer of fps games, obviously has studied "Overwatch" a lot, and he is also very aware of the innovation of this game for fps games, so he is so optimistic about it.
As for himself, he has just finished updating a large version of "Fire Assault" this year, and the new game is still in preparation, so there are currently no works that can participate in the selection.
These s-level designers have long passed the cutoff of winning by quantity, and it is not bad to produce a work in two or three years.
This is especially true for designers like Ran He and Qin Xiao who design high-quality games. Generally, they don’t start new projects frequently. They always give priority to running old projects well, and only consider starting new projects when the life of old projects is almost up. of.
Unlike Chen Mo, who released several games a year, it seemed like he didn't need money.