At ten o'clock the next morning, in an office building in Shanghai.
Chen Xu had just signed the lease contract with the agent and the owner, and was sitting on the sofa chatting with Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue.
"Chen Xu, does the monthly rent for your office building cost a lot?" Yang Xin asked casually, looking at the layout of the surrounding environment.
"Well, I signed it temporarily for three months. The rent is not bad. The main reason is that the game development machine and other office equipment are relatively expensive."
The rent is 5 yuan per square meter per day. He rented 2 rooms for a total of 160 square meters.
The rent alone is 24,000 yuan per month, and the property fee is 20 yuan per square meter per month.
Of course, if you go to a small city, the cost may be only one-tenth.
But this is obviously unrealistic. After all, the gap between small cities and big cities in terms of talent is still too big.
"It's simple. My company happened to be closed down, and all kinds of development prototypes are useless and ready-made. When the time comes, Chen Xu, just give me some." Yang Xin next to him took care of everything.
"But then again, we are the only two main developers in our company?" Yang Xin asked Chen Xu.
At present, in the company, there are a total of four employees including himself.
Yang Xin was engaged in game development with him, and the other two were former employees of Yang Xin's company.
One is responsible for finance and administration, and the other is responsible for operations.
After testing the two people's working abilities, Chen Xu also recruited them.
"Well, it is indeed the two of us now. The core team members are missing an art creator!" Chen Xu sighed, and then glanced at Ruan Ningxue, who was holding ice cream in his hand.
In Chen Xu's plan, in addition to himself, he also needs someone with certain attainments in art.
And Ruan Ningxue is his target.
As for the team with only three people, Chen Xu is not worried about this.
After all, the game development industry in this world is different from the previous one. A core development team of three people is enough for Chen Xu's plan for now.
Among them, Chen Xu can complete the numerical values, level planning, and core design by himself.
Most of the remaining content, such as art modeling output, can be handed over to outsourcing teams.
Because these are not technical tasks, they just take a lot of time.
Although the cost of outsourcing these aspects will definitely be higher, Chen Xu is more willing to invest money costs rather than time costs.
What remains is whether Ruan Ningxue can be 'fooled' into the team.
During the development of "Magic Mirror", after seeing Ruan Ningxue's art skills, Chen Xuke was interested in it.
"That's right, Ning Xue, join us... By the way, Mr. Chen, what's the name of our company?" Yang Xin suddenly thought of something and asked.
"Nebula Games." Chen Xu said helplessly.
"Actually, senior sister, I don't think there is much difference between comics and games. They are all about showing the stories in your heart to readers and players." Chen Xu looked at Ruan Ningxue in front of him and said seriously: "And in the future, Nebula games will also There is a comic business, and corresponding comic book volumes will be released for some games. When the time comes, if the senior is interested, she can continue to work on this content."
It is actually very normal for a game to extend a comic, or to adapt a comic into a game.
And unlike the previous comic book games, which were basically based on fans' money, Chen Xu learned about Parallel World. Although the design concepts of most games lag behind those of the previous life, comic book games are the only one that leads the way.
Hearing Chen Xu's words, Ruan Ningxue showed an excited expression, and finally seemed to have made up her mind, nodded and said: "Then I will call you Mr. Chen, my junior!"
"It's just a title, senior sister, you can call me whatever you feel comfortable with." Seeing Ruan Ningxue joining, Chen Xu also smiled.
"Xiaoxue, why did you agree so readily? I've obviously painted you such a big cake before!" Yang Xin next to him showed a speechless expression.
Although Ruan Ningxue's joining made her very happy, the key point was that she had tried to persuade her many times without success before, but now how could it be done by Chen Xu
"Sister Xin, you are just a piece of cake. Even if you succeed in a game, I won't think about it without considering it." Ruan Ningxue was speechless.
Chen Xu has a guaranteed "Magic Mirror" here, and he is very clear about the company's development direction. The more good games you make, the smaller the company will be and the fewer manpower it will have.
"Okay, in order to celebrate the senior sister's joining, let me talk about some of the next arrangements." Chen Xu said while looking at the two people.
Hearing Chen Xu's words, even though they had just joined the job and did not even have office equipment, Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue both showed serious and expectant expressions.
After all, the two of them joined Chen Xu's company not just to mess around, but also to achieve results.
"Next we will develop a new game, a metagame type game." Chen Xu said.
Yang Xin and Yang Xin showed doubtful expressions.
Metagame, metagame
"Yuan Game? Are you not going to continue developing 18R games?" Ruan Ningxue was a little surprised.
"Of course not, the 18R game is just our starting capital." Chen Xu shook his head.
He has no idea of building I Company in a parallel world.
"But Mr. Chen, what type of game is metagame?" Yang Xin was a little confused. She had developed three games and got the title of game designer.
But she had never heard of this so-called metagame.
Not to mention Ruan Ningxue next to her.
"To put it simply, the so-called metagame refers to the content in a game that breaks out of the game itself, and there is a direct interaction between the game and the player himself."
"Have you read "Don Quixote"? In the novel, the author walks into the novel from time to time and gives pointers to the plot." Chen Xu explained.
"Breaking the fourth wall?" Yang Xin was still a little confused, but Ruan Ningxue had some realization.
"That's right." Chen Xu smiled and nodded.
Regarding the meta-game, Chen Xu paid attention to it in the parallel world. In fact, some types have appeared, but they have not yet become a system.
Including novels, comics and other themes, there are also applications, but it has not become a special category.
"Our next new work is a metagame, and the name of the game is "Undertale". I will tell you more details when the work starts."
"Of course, in addition to "Undertale", we will also develop a DLC character pack for "Mirror" during this period, and sell more while the popularity has not dissipated."