Chapter 230

Chapter 230

   Seeing Song Yang pointing at him, Carmack was surprised, not knowing what Song Yang meant.

  The Id game company that was established by one hand, is now facing disintegration after Sierra Mountain proposed to acquire it.

  If possible, Carmack was willing to use the "Thor's Hammer" engine in exchange for Xue Leshan to stop the acquisition of Id games, but he didn't expect that Song Yang's goal was actually him!

   "I know that you, Carmack, may be a little dissatisfied with the acquisition of Sierra, but with all due respect, even without Sierra, how long do you think, Carmack, Id Games can last?"

  Song Yang looked directly at Carmack and asked, the genius in the game industry who was asked by Song Yang had a blank look on his face.

When it comes to research and development, Carmack is a good hand, but when it comes to human sophistication, he is not enough. His thinking is still stuck a few years ago. A group of game-loving geniuses gathered together to jointly develop a game. At that time, few people had no social status and fame.

   But now, it is completely different. Id games have been able to shine in the past few years, and Carmack has become the "god" of the game industry in one fell swoop. The other founders of Id games can also be regarded as successful.

   But because of this, when the brilliance of one person completely covers up the brilliance of the others, and the other founders of Id who are equally talented are unwilling to be inferior to others, how can the IdSoftware game company survive?

Hearing Song Yang's words, Carmack looked dazed and surprised. He didn't expect that the Id game would be related to him today. He remembered that for more than a year, he advocated the supremacy of game technology, and the other founders of Id game It is argued that the game plot is more important than the gameplay. Carmack thought that this was a different idea, but apparently he and the other founders have begun to part ways.

   Carmack's look of depression was even worse. He picked up the coffee and poured it down, making Song Yang feel bitter for him.

"Carmack, maybe the acquisition of Id Games is a good thing for everyone. After the acquisition is completed, you will become the chief technology officer of Sierra Mountain, and the brand of Id Games will be retained. Romero, Adrian, Huo Bill, Sandy Peterson and the founders of Id can form their own game studio!"

Song Yang told Carmack that the best way to deal with this veteran game company after the acquisition of Id Games is to let them set up their own game studios, otherwise, they may have to leave Id Games one after another. up.

   "Also, for you, Carmack, this is also a good thing!"

  Song Yang poured chicken soup for Carmack, "I know Carmack, you are an advocate of open source software, and I very much agree with your point of view."

   Tapped a finger, Song Yang continued to fool around, "Just like you, Carmack, I also hope that more game manufacturers can develop better games, so Xueleshan launched the "Dawn" plan."

   "I hope that after you become the chief technology officer of Sierra Mountain, Carmack, you can develop more general-purpose versions of the "game engine" based on the Quake engine!"

  Song Yang's words completely attracted Kama's attention. He developed the "Thor's Hammer" game engine, but he still only had a vague idea about the use of this game engine in the game industry.

   "General game engine?" Carmack murmured.

  Song Yang nodded, "In the future, the game engine will be an indispensable part of game development, even the core, but it is impossible to develop a game engine for every game."

"Once Carmack develops a general version of the game engine, you can directly authorize it to other game manufacturers. Other game manufacturers only need to use the game engine and directly develop game resources to complete the development of a game. For the game industry, it will be an epic change, and all of this will be done by you, Carmack!"

What is the use of a game engine? The development of a game is basically divided into two parts, the game engine and game resources. Among them, as long as you have a game engine, you can directly develop game resources, that is, maps, models, characters, As for the props, as long as they are developed and the game engine is running, a game will become.

In other words, a game engine is just like other engines. As long as there is an engine, as for car design, materials, and interiors, you can design whatever you want. Anyway, as long as you build it, you can run it with the engine installed. The engine is the same as the game engine. There is no such thing as the core product of a car.

  Carmack also wanted to understand Song Yang's meaning, and the feeling of depression disappeared immediately. Thinking that there may be countless games in the future, using the game engine he developed to develop games, Carmack couldn't help showing a little excitement.

  Open source technology is what Carmack has always pursued, and now Song Yang has given him such an opportunity.

  However, Carmack still has some doubts, "Song, if the game engine is developed, how will the game engine, technology, patents, etc. cooperate with other game companies?"

Carmack is still worried, afraid that the things developed by Xueleshan will be sold to other game manufacturers at a sky-high price. At that time, this may become the last straw that crushes other game manufacturers. Carmack does not want to, Become the villain of the entire game industry by yourself.

  Song Yang laughed. He was not surprised by Carmack's thoughts. This kind of argument may not be understood after decades. They want to play open source instead of earning a good patent fee.

   But in this era, this kind of thinking is not surprising. The Internet is more created by a group of technicians with common interests. In any industry, when it first started, it never thought about how much it would make!

   "To be honest, Xueleshan is developing an Internet digital game platform, which is expected to be launched early next year!"

  When Carmack heard the word "digital game platform", he couldn't help being surprised. He didn't expect Song Yang to associate the game industry with the Internet.

   "When you, Carmack, have developed a general version of the game engine, you can put this game engine on Xueleshan Online for free use by game manufacturers!"

"Any game manufacturer can download this game engine from Xueleshan for free. Xueleshan Online has only two requirements for users. The first is that when the game development is completed, Xueleshan must be used as its release platform. One, Xueleshan will not intervene in offline and host platforms, but the digital game platform must be published online by Xueleshan!"

   "The second requirement, when the revenue of this game exceeds 600,000 US dollars, Xue Leshan requires 5% of the game's revenue!"

   Such a condition is absolutely shocking today. Carmack has already done it. Song Yang is going to rely on the game engine to make a lot of money. As long as the fee charged by Song Yang is not so ruthless, Carmack will accept it.

Hearing that Song Yang directly wanted to make the game engine free, Carmack's eyes widened. You must know that the cost of developing a game engine is not low, and it needs to be continuously upgraded and new technologies added. Money, but now Song Yang is giving the engine to those game manufacturers for free.

  As for selling on the Xueleshan platform, the revenue reached 600,000, and 5% of the profit had to be handed over, etc., in Carmack's view, it was actually nothing.

Carmack looked at Song Yang, and was a little worried for Song Yang. He was an advocate of open source technology, but how did Carmack feel that compared with Song Yang, he was a bit conservative. Carmack was even worried that the game engine was free. Will Yang lose money? !

  Song Yang didn't know Carmack's worries at this time, otherwise he would have to laugh out loud. The most expensive thing in the world is free, and this has never changed.

  The game engine is free for game manufacturers to use, will it lose money? On the surface, it seems that it is indeed a bit of a loss. The game engine developed with a lot of money is actually free for game manufacturers to download and use.

Think about it, those who use free game engines are basically small and medium game manufacturers. Using the free game engine provided by Xueleshan is equivalent to being tied to Xueleshan's chariot, and they don't expect to make much money from them. , as long as they are on the Xueleshan online platform, it is enough to release the game, and it is enough to add some copyright library to attract more game players.

  This point refers to the Eipc game platform. As a rising star of the game platform, why can Eipc challenge the stam platform and provide game engines for free? It is absolutely indispensable.

  If one day, a blind cat meets a dead mouse, if it encounters a game developed using a free game engine, and the sales are hot, it can almost be fattening.

There is another point that Song Yang didn't directly say. Free game engines are also an important means of attacking opponents. They are not profitable. Those big game manufacturers may not be willing to develop too many game engines. This is almost a disguised form. , Hacked many potential opponents to death!

"Carmack, I hope that after you join Xueleshan, you will not only develop PC game engines, but also develop more game technologies for Xueleshan. The future game industry may not only be limited to PCs, but maybe mobile phones, virtual Gaming equipment will also appear, and I hope Sierra will become a technology leader in the gaming industry!"

   "I will ask ICQ and Xueleshan to build a laboratory for you to conduct research and development and experiments."

Song Yang hoped that the addition of Carmack, a technical genius, would make Xueleshan the most technically powerful company in the game industry. Id Game Company couldn't tolerate Carmack, who is technology-oriented, but it was not a problem for Xueleshan at all. At worst, build a laboratory for Carmack to mess around with.

Don't ask Carmack, what kind of black technology such as VR and virtual reality can be tossed out within a few years, as long as the technology produced can be used by companies such as Xueleshan, Blizzard, and Rockstar, that is quite If you make a profit, take a step back, even if you provide a game engine for the games developed by Blizzard and Valve, it will not be a loss!

  When he came to Los Angeles, Carmack was still depressed and worried, but when he left, he had completely put down his mind and even had expectations.

  In the game industry, when he was still immersed in the three fires released by Xueleshan, the news that shocked the industry suddenly came out. Carmack officially announced to join Xueleshan!

  (end of this chapter)