Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Takeyusei gave the young man a simple encouragement to do his best in the game, which made the young man excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood before he went to find Uesugi Yuki.

Chapter 1117 An Adventure of Family and Love

"President, these are a few of my Final Fantasy projects. I've also teamed up with a well-known screenwriter to write an origin story for Final Fantasy VII, a story about ancient people living on this planet. What do you think?"

The head of the Fifth Development Department, Yuki Uesugi, looked at Yusei Take with expectant eyes.

Takeyusei sat to the side, carefully looking at the Final Fantasy series that Uesugi Yuki had planned.

Yuki Uesugi is a big fan of the Final Fantasy VII series.

This magical setting, with its blend of steampunk and modern technology, is fantastic.

Moreover, there is much more to explore in this story.

Tetsuya Nomura, who created the Final Fantasy VII series, also wanted to plan a vast world.

He incorporated some myths from his past life, and the names of some of the characters even carried a sense of destiny from those myths.

If studied carefully, the Final Fantasy VII series could stand alone as a franchise, potentially rivaling the entire Final Fantasy universe.

However, Takeyusei thinks that Tetsuya Nomura's planned new Crystal Myth Final Fantasy XIII series is also very good.

Unfortunately, Tetsuya Nomura was also a lazy person, and he slacked off a bit during the later stages of Final Fantasy XIII's development.

The capitalists had no patience to wait for him to develop the project slowly, so they decisively fired him from the project and replaced him with a more obedient producer, Tabata Hajime.

Changing the director at the last minute is a big taboo. Even the best series can become a flop if the director is changed at the last minute.

Because the two producers have different personalities and philosophies.

Yuki Uesugi may have been inspired by the Infinite World that was recently released in Mickafu.

The concept of infinity was also incorporated into the game he designed.

To be precise, it is finite infinity.

Yuki Uesugi decided to lead a team of a thousand people to develop a massive world that would keep players entertained for hundreds of hours.

This world could be larger than any existing open world, reaching thousands of square kilometers.

Furthermore, Yuki Uesugi will use the latest AI technology in its development to save resources as much as possible without diminishing the game's enjoyment.

Then, he had a sudden inspiration and added a building function to the game.

However, this cannot be considered a sudden idea. The development of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is already underway, and as a department head in the game development department, Yuki Uesugi naturally has access to information about his colleagues' game development progress.

He also had a general idea of ​​how to play The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

This time, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom focuses on player customization.

Giving players more freedom, in Kingdom Tears players can truly fly and dive into the earth, and can also build any item to adventure in the world.

These gameplay elements are already quite mature in this world, but they haven't been fully developed yet. Kingdom Tears is one such attempt.

Yuki Uesugi also drew inspiration from the team behind Kingdom Tears and wanted to add building functionality to this spin-off Final Fantasy title.

Moreover, this building function allows players to build anywhere in the world, except for certain main story areas, where they can do whatever they want.

If you want, Yuki Uesugi has even planned a building gameplay that allows players to freely dig up land and change the terrain of the entire world.

Bamboo Star immediately gave the impression that this game had the feel of sandbox building games from his previous life.

If the infinite world game is intended to be developed long-term, then adding a similar building feature would also enhance the game's enjoyment.

"Very good, the idea and creativity are quite good."

Zhu Youxing nodded and gave a very affirmative answer.

As a spin-off game that tells the general origin of a series of stories, Takeyusei wasn't too worried about the team's ability to write the story.

Moreover, this can be seen as an attempt to break through the existing game, which is commendable.

I'm really looking forward to playing this familiar series of games created exclusively for this world.

Yuki Uesugi was thrilled to receive Takeyusei's affirmative reply: "Then, President, I'll immediately arrange for someone to plan the game. As for the budget..."

"Don't worry about funding, but I need to personally supervise every stage of your game development."

"Ok!"

Takeyusei put aside Uesugi Yuki's game development plan and took out his own prepared game plan.

“I have another game development plan, and I hope that you can develop this game at the same time.”

"What kind of game is it?" Yuki Uesugi asked curiously.

"This game is a mainline title in the Final Fantasy XIII series."

"13?" Yuki Uesugi perked up.

Final Fantasy XIII is also a series he really likes.

He is very interested in fantasy stories with a modern technological style.

And that's exactly what the Final Fantasy series excels at.

If you like something, you're more likely to put in more effort and make the game even better.

He immediately and respectfully took the game plan prepared by Zhu Youxing.

The gameplay concept is not the core of this game.

Final Fantasy XIII is based on the original Final Fantasy XV and its main purpose is to tell a complete story.

The original Final Fantasy XV didn't do a particularly good job with its open world. After thinking about it, Takeyusei decided to adjust the open world in the original game, compressing the entire game's flow into a limited scope, which would also increase the tension of the game's story.

Yuki Uesugi opened the first page of the game project plan, and what caught his eye was the plot outline of Final Fantasy XIII.

In ancient legends, there are several gods whose origins are unknown. The only thing known is that they are a group of gods who love to create.

Among these gods, some are fond of human beings and are willing to help them so that they can thrive in this world.

However, as time goes on, humanity's self-destructive tendencies and the relationship between the gods are slowly changing.

And so, a story of destruction and rebirth began.

This is an introduction to the game's basic world view.

The worldview itself can also be related to the Final Fantasy XIII series, with the aim of telling the whole story of Final Fantasy XIII more perfectly.

As for the main storyline of the game, it is an adventure about family and love.

Chapter 1118 Sometimes tragedy needs a little spice.

The young prince was preparing to drive with his companions to the agreed-upon wedding location to marry a princess from another country.

The two were childhood sweethearts, and this time being together was something they had been looking forward to for a long time.

However, not long after leaving the kingdom's capital, devastating news arrived.

The prince's country was currently in a standoff with another very powerful nation.

Another very powerful and aggressive country, during a meeting of the two sides, suddenly joined forces with internal rebels, plunging the entire country into an abyss.

The king also died in the process, and the young prince could not accept this fact, but there was nothing he could do.

Now, they've gone from princes to wanted criminals overnight, and all they can do now is escape as fast as they can and find the princess.

Unsurprisingly, Final Fantasy XIII ended in tragedy.

They won't stop until they wipe out the entire main character group.

Yuki Uesugi felt a pang of heartache after seeing the outline of the story.

He felt a little sorry for the prince and princess stories in this story.

However, he quickly returned to normal.

He is also a seasoned game producer, and these kinds of ups and downs in the game industry can no longer affect his game development.

Moreover, he is a developer who has worked on many games, and he has followed the entire Final Fantasy series from beginning to end.

He was initially the head of the Final Fantasy series development team.

He later became the head of an entire development department, and every Final Fantasy game passed through his hands.

Having witnessed so many tragedies, he had become somewhat numb.

He wasn't surprised that the story would be a tragedy.

When he saw that the story in the project written by Takeyusei ended in tragedy, he felt it was only natural.

However, he was stunned again when he turned to the next page of the plan.

On the next page, we will discuss the plans for future DLC expansions for this game.

The game will have four expansion DLCs, as well as a prequel-like 3D animated film about how the king died.

Based on the scale described above, any one of these four DLCs is enough to support a game on its own.

This is a very high-standard development model.

Yuki Uesugi looked at Yusei Takeyuki with great surprise.

"President, are you sure you want to develop it this way?"

"You mean releasing more expansion packs to make the game larger than a typical game?"

"Yes."

Zhu Youxing asked, "Is there any difficulty in this?"

"There are no difficulties, but it feels like if we're just selling expansion packs or DLCs, our usual DLC prices are generally around $20-$30. However, any one of these four DLCs is as big as a $60 AAA game."

"Just do it, don't worry about that."

Yuki Uesugi blinked, then seemed to remember something and said, "President, is Unreal Engine going to get another major update?"

Zhu Youxing nodded and smiled: "That's right. AI game development and the overall game screen design have made another breakthrough. So the large-scale game you think you have is no longer a problem in the face of Unreal Engine. When developing games with Unreal Engine, as long as there are no major changes in the modeling of the game world and the gameplay, the cost of the game can be greatly reduced."

Yuki Uesugi immediately realized.

So that's the reason.