Almighty Video Game Designer - Chapter 443
Chapter 443: The award ceremony
On the night of the awards ceremony.
All the designers knew that all the talks and social exchanges were just for show. The real highlight was the awards ceremony.
The lectures were all for show, and the awards ceremony at night represented the achievements and honors of the designers this year.
The video game designers entered the studio one after another. When Chen Mo and his group entered, there were already many people.
This year’s awards ceremony seemed to be more Grand than the previous years. Although the venue had not changed, the decorations were more gorgeous. There were also special cameras to record the entire award ceremony.
Moreover, several video websites had also started to broadcast it at the same time.
This was the first live broadcast of the awards ceremony. The previous awards ceremony was not a problem with the technical requirements. The reason it was not broadcasted was because the game Committee did not want to do so. The award ceremony was mainly between the game Committee and the designers, and had little to do with the players.
But this year, the game committee leaders probably wanted to expand the influence of the awards ceremony so that more players could participate, so they arranged for a live broadcast for the first time so that players could watch it.
Although they had arranged for a live broadcast, it was not that big of a deal. They only opened a live broadcast room on a few live broadcast platforms and video websites, so the popularity was not too high.
But even so, there were still hundreds of thousands of viewers watching.
Many viewers were discussing it on the bullet screen.
“Why isn’t it starting yet?”
“Hurry up, hurry up. It’s time to announce the winner!”
“Game of the year: magnificent Tang, it’s definitely won!”
“Will there be League of Legends?”
“Can you see Chen Zhao? Where’s Chen Zhao?”
“Those sitting in the front row are all S-grade video game designers? Who are they? I can’t see them clearly because they’re too far away …”
The awards ceremony hadn’t officially started yet, so the video was still the entrance of the designers. Most of these viewers were players who were more interested in the gaming industry and preferred VR and single-player games, while a small portion of them were just trying to be fresh.
Chen Mo, Zhang xiaokong, and the others entered the venue together, and the staff members dutifully guided them.
To Chen Mo’s surprise, he didn’t sit with Zhang xiaokong and Qiu Hengyang this year. He sat in the front.
Looking around, he didn’t see anyone he knew, which made him feel very awkward.
“I knew it,” Zhang xiaokong said.”You’re no longer in the eyes of the game committee leaders. You’re no longer sitting with us.” Hurry up and go, have fun with the designers from Emperor dynasty and Zen. ”
Chen Zhao was speechless.
The seats were all arranged in advance. Except for the leaders in the front row, the seats were basically arranged according to the designer’s rank. The first two rows were basically all S-grade video game designers, followed by A-grade, B-grade, and so on.
Of course, there were differences between designers of the same level. Some A-grade designers already had several representative works, so they were definitely seated closer to the front.
As for Chen Mo, he was assigned to a more sensitive position, in the first two rows, but to the side.
Strictly speaking, Chen Mo was still an A+ grade, not an S-grade. However, S-grade videogame designers didn’t fill up two rows of seats, and there were still two or three empty seats, so Chen Mo was put in.
Obviously, in the eyes of the game committee leaders, Chen Mo was only one step away from S-rank.
Chen Mo knew most of the other S-grade video game designers, but he had never spoken to them before. This was because most of these videogame designers were under Emperor dynasty entertainment and ZEN Entertainment, and Chen Mo didn’t really get along with either of them.
There were also independent designers, but those were even more loner. They focused on making games and rarely showed their faces in public, so they didn’t have many opportunities to interact with them.
Most of the S-grade video game designers kept a polite distance when they saw Chen Mo.
The reason for this was complicated. On one hand, scholars looked down on each other, but as S-grade video game designers, they were all a little arrogant. The tension between companies was one thing. After all, Thunderbolt entertainment was at odds with Emperor dynasty and Zen, especially Lin chaoxu and Liu Yuanfeng, who were secretly angered by Chen Mo. It wasn’t good for these designers to be too close to Chen Mo as employees.
As for why these S-grade video game designers would join Emperor dynasty entertainment and ZEN Entertainment, that was another story.
This was because making a game was a relatively high-return but also high-risk thing. These large-scale VR games could easily invest tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. It was good to make a profit, but what if they lost? Most S-grade video game designers couldn’t bear the risk.
The biggest advantage of joining big companies like Emperor dynasty and Zen was that they could avoid risks. The company would be in charge of the R & D funds and promotion, so it was fine to lose money. If he earned it, he would have to give a lot of money to the company, but he could also earn a lot.
From a comprehensive perspective, joining a big company could effectively avoid risks, and these designers could create without any worries.
Most video game designers were only good at designing games, they didn’t know anything about company operations, marketing, and so on. This was why these big companies were attractive to S-grade video game designers.
As for Chen Mo, he was a special case. There were very few designers like him who started from scratch, developing games and distributing them, and even being their own boss, so he was an exception.
As soon as Chen Mo sat down, the designer turned around.
“Chen Zhao? It’s an honor to meet you. ”
Chen Mo recognized the person. It was ZEN Entertainment’s S-grade videogame designer, ran he, who was also the creator of fire assault.
Ran he could be considered one of the more established S-grade video game designers in the country. Furthermore, he specialized in FPS games and had a certain level of fame in the game industry.
“You’re too kind,” Chen Zhao quickly said.”You’re my senior.”
Ran he laughed.”What senior? it’s just that you entered the industry a few years earlier. This year, with the release of Overwatch, the momentum is really strong. If there are no accidents this year, the game of the year should be your Overwatch, and you’ll enter the S rank.”
The two of them chatted for a while.
As the designer of an FPS game, ran he had obviously studied Overwatch a lot. He was also very clear that this game was an innovation for FPS games, which was why he was so optimistic about it.
As for himself, he had just finished updating a major version of burning assault this year. The new game was still in preparation, so he had no works to participate in the selection for the time being.
These S-grade video game designers had long passed the stage where they relied on quantity to win. It was already considered good if they could produce one work in two to three years.
It was even more so for designers like ran he and Qin Xiao, who designed high-quality games. They would not start new projects frequently and would prioritize running the old projects first. They would only start new projects when the old projects were almost at the end of their lives.
Unlike Chen Mo, who made a few games a year as if he didn’t need money.
