11. main event(1)
“For that reason, starting today, we are starting to work on a build version of the Game Festival, one month away from the event.”
Taeyeon’s announcement made the conference room quiet.
“For reference, a total of 10 dedicated PCs will be set up, and for 2 nights and 3 days, all of the operation team must be put in and act as guides. Program team leader and planning team leader, please wait for the system.”
Someone on the art team raised their hand.
“What are we doing?”
“You just have to enjoy it. You don’t have to do anything special.”
“Oh yea!”
“Ooh!”
The joys and sorrows were mixed.
Taeyeon smiled and said.
“I’m going to go into shift work anyway. It’s hard to say that it’s a reward for your hard work, but I’m going to spare no support so that everyone can enjoy this event comfortably, so please work hard.”
“yes!”
“Until the end of the festival, thank you.”
Emergency work began to prepare for the game festival demonstration.
* * *
Nexple Plus planning team leader, art director, and program team leader sat together in the conference room. The Monster Eater Online development team, including Satoshi Takizawa, was projected on the roll screen.
to conduct a video conference.
Taeyeon checked the list and spoke in Japanese.
“Monster Eater Online development team, Nepple decided to cover the travel costs, so please select and let us know the number of people who will come over at least this week. That way, you can make flight and hotel reservations in advance.”
– I will.
“And at this event, I would like to give a short presentation about the new global update version, please take care of that part. Just hand over the data and I will take care of the rest.”
After the two-hour video conference, an internal meeting began.
“If Crying Soft hands over the original picture and video source, we’ll try to decorate it nicely for domestic promotional materials. AD, please use your skills. I will actively support you.”
“I will do my best.”
“And speaking of the range of demo builds. I thought about dividing it into beginners and existing users, but about this part… … .”
The meeting continued from lunchtime to three in the afternoon.
At 3:30 in the afternoon, Taeyeon, who returned to Universe Studio, immediately called a general meeting.
“You know that the game festival will be held in a month, right?”
“yes!”
“I already informed you by e-mail the day before, but I will say it again. Our Pantheon development team also participated in this event.”
Of course, a demonstration is a no-brainer, but you have to make use of the art and planning materials you have worked on so far to produce a video that will be featured at the new work presentation.
Taeyeon looked at Hong Min-seok and said seriously.
“Show your skills. Nepple’s strongest Hong Min-seok AD! I believe AD-nim can make good use of what he has, even if he doesn’t have much, and make a great video that will make the audience swoon! Right?”
To Taeyeon’s mischievous words, Hong Min-seok responded with a polite, calm expression.
“I’ll just write a resignation letter, so please fix it.”
and laughter broke out.
* * *
There really weren’t many made. A small map area of only a few blocks, a player character created for testing purposes, and three monsters.
Even so, it was an unfinished version where all the necessary animations had not been worked on.
“It seems unreasonable to create a new graphic source here, so I’ll have to refine the work I did for practice in the past and load it into the engine.”
In this way, Hong Min-seok’s personal portfolio folder was filled with dazzlingly brilliant works.
Taeyeon’s eyes twinkled.
“Wow, I don’t even need to just make a new one. I can make this.”
“Quality is lacking. And few fit the Pantheon artwork concept.”
Hong Min-seok’s previous work was the pinnacle of real action that swept the game awards, but before that, he had a lot of experience in casual projects with outsourcing or company projects.
Works put into other projects cannot be used, but what he made for practice and did not use was sufficiently usable.
There were quite a few such works in the personal folder of his wife, Lee Young-ae.
“I am ashamed. It’s just something I made for practice a long time ago… … .”
Lee Young-ae was not just an original artist.
She was a woman who was greedy for art work. In addition to webtoons, I studied a wide range of fields such as 3D modeling, animation, lighting, and effectors, and had experience building skills through hands-on practice.
It was for this reason that Taeyeon hesitated when hiring Hong Min-seok and Lee Young-ae, not knowing who to choose as AD.
Hong Min-seok said calmly.
“We try to trick the parts where we haven’t done enough with the camera direction.”
* * *
Participate in the largest game festival in Asia!
All of the staff at Universe and Nexple Plus were excited about this amazing event that was difficult to experience.
But that was only for regular employees.
The generals were all having a hectic day. The higher the rank, the more so.
Taeyeon was not the type to leave the talented alone. I didn’t order unnecessary overtime or weekend work, but even if it wasn’t, it was all too familiar to squeeze to the limit and use my abilities to the fullest.
While concentrating on her work, Taeyeon heard interesting news.
[CEO Kang Geon participates in the game festival with the new Chaotic Ragnarok.]
News of Bless’ participation in the festival.
It was clear enough that the decision wasn’t just for promoting the game.
‘Are you trying to get a contract somehow?’
In addition to the audience, game festivals also attract numerous corporate officials for business purposes. In fact, many contracts, large and small, have been made here.
The goal of the game companies participating in the festival was right here.
An event like this could be a place of opportunity for developers with a game launch in mind, as it was much easier than usual to get in touch with various corporate officials.
‘I just want it to perish.’
Even though it was small, they were planning to set up a booth and a place for a demonstration, so Taeyeon prayed earnestly for all sorts of bugs, including the server down, to disgrace CEO Kang Kun, and for such a miraculous event to happen.
* * *
one week before the event.
The build version for Monster Eater Online demonstration has been completed.
While Nexple Plus was conducting tests in cooperation with Crying Soft, Taeyeon visited the event booth with the program manager.
Nexple got the largest booth as the sponsor of this event. And among them, Monster Eater Online, which is scheduled to be serviced this year, and several new mobile games occupied the largest seats.
After installing the new build client for demonstration, check it works. Since this task had to be performed on 10 PCs, it was all finished in the evening.
And finally I was able to look around.
The other booths were still bustling.
I saw beautiful women who were contracted for publicity and support receiving training from developers, and I saw a game test with a huge video in a fancy booth.
‘Everyone is crazy.’
In Taeyeon’s case, all the urgent work was finished, so I took a leisurely look around the other booths with the program manager. Then we met.
Representative Kun Kang and developers with familiar faces who are busy moving in a small booth.
The program manager asked indirectly.
“That person is representative Kang Geon, right?”
“yes.”
“Wouldn’t it be nice to go back? I don’t think anything good will happen if PD-nim runs into that person now.”
Taeyeon agreed and moved to another location.
It was best to avoid confusion as much as possible.
Before leaving, Taeyeon looked back once more.
All too familiar graphics and characters were unfolding on the promotional display.
Taeyeon kept her eyes on her for a moment, then turned her back without hesitation.
And after a few days… … .
“I will start my position from now on.
Asia’s largest gaming event has finally begun.
* * *
People who entered the venue ran straight to somewhere. and where we arrived
“It’s Monster Eater Online!”
“wow! There is already a line like this… … !”
“Damn it, I ran as soon as I started entering!”
It was the Nexle booth and the Monster Eater online demonstration site.
There were already many people, but those who arrived a little late were frustrated by the fact that they had to wait for dozens of minutes. Still, I stood in the waiting line.
“Where is this anyway? Look at it now, the line is growing exponentially.”
The popularity of Monster Eater Online was beyond imagination. Even the old users couldn’t guess this popularity, and they were surprised to see the waiting line rather than the booth.
“Finally we!”
“let’s go!”
After waiting for a long time, they were finally able to demonstrate, and they looked surprised when they saw the PC set up.
“uh? Will this add a VR function as well?”
“What, there was no story like this!”
The back of the head was hit hard, but it was full of joy rather than pain. Operators dressed in uniforms approached those who hesitated, not knowing which one to start with, and started supporting them with smiles.
“Hello family. Have you played Monster Eater Online?”
“yes. It’s the Japanese version… … .”
“That’s right. Not sure what to do? Let me help you!”
The operators, who had undergone two days of special training for today, actively approached, trying not to show tension.
The prospective users of the Korean version, who finally started the demonstration, immersed themselves in the game.
Taeyeon was standing on one side of the booth watching the scene. With Taeyeon holding the center and directing, the booth was able to proceed with the event stably without any confusion.
At that time, someone next to Taeyeon spoke in Japanese.
“I see a lot of existing users, but when they play, their expressions look like they’re playing a new game, so it’s fun.”
“It might feel that way because we are playing with Korean voice and text.”
Wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap given to him by Taeyeon, he was producer Satoshi Tajikawa. They had arrived early and were monitoring user reactions.
The Crying Soft development team greatly helped to create the build version for this demonstration. The global version patch release schedule was slightly delayed so that you could try out new maps and new jobs.
Since it was only for demonstration purposes, it was designed so that all content could not be enjoyed, but existing users were happy with that alone.
and another one.
“You seem to be very satisfied with the VR version.”
“It will be a great happiness for users just to be able to monitor the adventure and intense raid scene through VR.”
“Actually, I had a lot of worries… … Seeing the reaction at the demonstration, I should actively consider adopting it.”
In fact, this VR patch, in Taeyeon’s opinion, was for the limited experience of the demonstration build version.
In the first place, the contents of Monster Eater were famous as a world-class aaa game, and of course, the graphic texture and quality were also top-notch.
Of course, it is an online game, and there are parts that have been downgraded a lot from the existing console series in consideration of optimization, but even considering that, it was the highest level among existing MMORPGs.
What if you could enjoy these graphics and a well-made combat system with the latest VR technology?
Taeyeon strongly asked Satoshi Takizawa to make a limited version of Siyeon, and as a result, it was presented here.