Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

At the same time, there are also some potential geniuses here who are unwilling to be easily confined to one game genre and want to find ways to develop what they consider to be the best game.

This game developer competition is not just a simple event.

Otherwise, every game created by each individual might be too far-fetched.

Therefore, it is necessary to add a little bit of restriction, or rather, a target.

You could say it's giving a general direction.

Therefore, there is a game development theme every year.

This topic can be a game genre or simply a noun.

Then, as long as your game is similar to this term, it can be considered to meet the competition requirements.

This year's game development theme was decided by Zhuyouxing.

Its name is: Wings.

When Zhu Youxing came up with this term, he didn't think too much about it; he simply thought that wings represented a leap in a dream.

And so the game developer competition officially began.

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"I didn't expect the atmosphere here to be so amazing. It's never been this lively in any of my previous competitions."

In one of the seats at the competition venue, a young man with an afro kept his hands glued to his keyboard, but at the same time, he kept looking around to see what everyone else was doing.

This person seemed to be able to multitask, typing away at the computer while simultaneously observing his surroundings.

"Hey, let's finish development quickly and leave as soon as possible. If the boss sees that we're participating in this competition instead of working properly on Infinite World, he'll probably dock our pay."

Another young man at the same table as the young man with the afro was urging him on anxiously.

There were also two other young people at the table.

They were together.

They all come from the United States.

They had just recently become employees of a large game company and finally secured a relatively stable and secure job.

Then they can continue doing what they like at the same time.

The infinite world game they are striving to build is their ultimate goal.

That was a game that truly possessed an infinite world.

This world features countless diverse environments and landscapes, allowing players to roam freely without ever reaching the end.

With open-world games being so popular now, these young people are very proud and believe their game will definitely be a huge hit.

However, the game has not been released yet because some technical challenges have not been fully overcome.

Their coming to London today was a mistake. They should have stayed at the company and worked hard to meet their boss's requirements as soon as possible and create this infinite world.

But the young man with the afro was the leader of the four.

He was the one who first came up with the idea of ​​an infinite world, and he was also very talented in game development.

He is also a person who really enjoys being in a lively atmosphere.

He especially loves this kind of environment where countless game developers gather together.

So even if he doesn't win any awards every time he develops a game, he's still willing to participate in competitions.

That sounds a bit strange.

It's not normal to have talent for game development but never win a game development competition.

But the young man with the afro didn't care.

He just likes to enjoy the moment.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely finish my game as soon as possible, and then we'll just stay for a little while and then go back."

The young man with the afro continued to look around nonchalantly, while his fingers continued typing code without stopping.

However, he would occasionally turn around to check his code and sometimes make some modifications.

He has talent, but that doesn't mean he's cheating. He still has to do some basic checks during game development.

But that's already impressive enough.

The entire game development competition has a 48-hour time limit.

During this time, people should try their best to create a good game.

Exceeding the limit will result in point deductions or disqualification.

Chapter 1106 Observation

Being a judge in a video game development competition is not like other cultural competitions where judges simply sit in their seats and wait.

At least Zhuyouxing wouldn't do that.

He would go directly to the site to see for himself what all the games were like.

With wings as the theme this time, Zhuyouxing is also very interested to see what kind of game world these developers will create.

However, the competition has only just begun, and most people are currently gathered together discussing how to make their games.

Only a few game developers seem to have found their direction in game development and then started frantically typing code in their positions.

Generally, these groups consist of only one or two people, and there is not much discussion required.

Zhu Youxing then headed straight for the location of these people.

Some developers became much more serious and cautious after seeing Zhuyouxing arrive, and even their speech became more careful.

However, Zhu Youxing didn't pay much attention to these people unless they were also preparing to start developing games; otherwise, Zhu Youxing would simply ignore them.

Zhu Youxing first walked straight behind one of the developers.

The developer looks to be around the same age as Zhuyouxing.

Zhu Youxing is quite old now, but he still looks very young, as if time has not left too many marks on his body.

In previous years, not many people paid attention to it, but in recent years, more and more people have started to discuss whether Zhu Youxing has some kind of age-defying gene.

The person in front of me looked like a typical middle-aged man in his forties.

He stared intently at the screen, his fingers never pausing as he rapidly typed out lines of code on the keyboard, completely unaware that someone was watching him from behind.

Other game developers also noticed the commotion on Zhuyouxing's side and looked over with curiosity.

"Hey, who's that developer? Are they close to Mr. Zhuyou?"

"I don't know him. He's probably just an ordinary developer. Mr. Zhuyou probably only noticed him because he's currently developing a game."

"You've already started developing the game so quickly, that's quite efficient."

"But developing a game so quickly can easily lead to a lack of clear direction and ultimately require starting over."

"Who knows? What if they were prepared in advance, or what if the theme just happens to be very similar to the game they want to make?"

Zhu Youxing's actions attracted some attention and discussion, but they quickly returned to their own discussions about game development.

This is a competition, and you can't waste too much time in a competition.

Zhu Youxing stood silently behind the man, watching him type his code.

This person... didn't use any existing game development engine, but instead typed out the game program line by line.

That's something special.

This is similar to pursuing classical aesthetics in modern society.

Abandon the best tools and instead do the meticulous work of a craftsman.

This could be due to personal obsession, or it could be that the developer is not familiar with using the engine.

However, games that are built one by one from scratch also have advantages, namely, they are easier to control in terms of game stability.

The advantage of using an engine to develop games is that much of the code is already built into the engine and can be called directly.

The downside is that calling too much code will inevitably cause program conflicts. This will test the developer's ability to eliminate these conflicting codes.

The Stanford team at Youxing Electronic Entertainment is now doing this job, solving all the problems in the company's game development processes.

Zhu Youxing glanced at the document and determined that the person was indeed quite capable in programming and was probably a senior programmer at a large company.

At this point, we can't see many details in this person's game. We can only tell from the characteristics of the code that it should be a game that focuses on flight, which fits the theme of wings very well.

Then Zhu Youxing looked at other places and walked behind the other people who had also entered the development stage.

Those who can participate in this game development competition must at least have some skill.

Otherwise, they would feel embarrassed to come over.

Regardless of the final quality of the games, those who dare to start developing games directly from the beginning are all incredibly skilled in game development.

Just then, Zhu Youxing suddenly heard someone shouting loudly not far away.

"Everyone, I have a really great idea, but I'm currently lacking partners for game development. Is there anyone willing to work with me on the game? I need two programmers, one artist, and one sound designer."

Zhu Youxing looked up in that direction and saw a young man standing on a stool shouting loudly.

Many people around him also looked at the young man with strange expressions.

"Are there still people forming teams on the spot at this time?" Zhu Youxing was also a little curious.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any people forming teams on-site at this stage. Most people have already found teams, so it's a bit late to form teams now.

However, because the number of participants this time has increased several times, to more than a thousand, there are indeed a few people on site who have not yet found a team.

Those who couldn't find a team weren't in a hurry. If they really couldn't find one, they would treat this competition as an experience and an opportunity to exchange ideas with their peers. The competition itself wasn't important.

This is another benefit of game developer competitions: many developers gather together, including well-known independent game producers, up-and-coming game developers, and game developers from large game companies. They all have their own valuable experiences, and it's a great opportunity for them to share them.

This also gives the game developer competition the nature of a general game development exchange activity.

The young man made a lot of noise and actually attracted a few people to come and inquire about the situation. After about ten minutes, he successfully found a few people who were willing to cooperate, and then they prepared to start development.

Zhu Youxing didn't go over to join the fun. Anyway, the game development there definitely hadn't officially started yet, so it was best to wait.