Game Designer

Chapter 4 – Competition Rule

Chapter 4 – Competition Rule

After Chen Mo sat down he then began to observe the situation at the game competition.

The audience already entered the stadium, and the number of people was about 700. They were either chatting and laughing, or playing mobile phones.

The communication technology of this world is very advanced. An ordinary telephone card had hundreds of Gs network data per month, and the signal is very good. Coupled with a large coverage of wireless network, basically you could use the phone to watch video, watch live broadcast at your will, the network data is enough.

Chen Mo felt that this should be one of the reasons why this world’s mobile games were underdeveloped. Most people played VR games at home, and they only played mobile games when they felt bored. They also allocated some of their time on watching movies, TV series, variety show, live broadcasts, news, social activities and some other activities.

You must know that the entertainment in the parallel world is very developed. There were many substitutes for games, plus the network data almost cost no money. In this way, you could watch movies and TV series at your will. Therefore, many people don’t play mobile games any more.

Of course, most of the audience on the venue should love playing games, especially mobile game enthusiasts were the majority.

Only mobile game enthusiasts would come to this competition as audiences.

After all, since this game design competition was relatively a beginner level, there were few D-class game designers among these contestants. What kind of excellent games could they make?

At most, there would be a few simple casual games.

Many of these audiences, presumably, came to see the competition with free tickets gifted by others, and they had little hope for the awesomeness of the competition.

There were also three judges who just entered the venue.

There were identity signs on the three judges’ tables. Chen Mo used his mobile phone to search quickly and found the identity of the three judges.

Shi Huazhe, 47, a B-Class game designer. Once work as a game designer in the Emperor Interactive Entertainment, he is now retired, and his identity is a game evaluation expert.

Lin Hai, 39, a B-Class game designer. Chan Yi Interactive Entertainment game designer, who has now entered management and no longer participates in game development. Game evaluation expert.

Qiu Hengyang, 27, a B-Class game designer. Founder of Hengyou.com.

The numbers of the three judges’ age are consisted of arithmetic progression, respectively in their twenties, thirties, and forties, basically covering the golden age of game designers.

Although apparently they are all B-Class game designers, their actual abilities are still different.

The Emperor Interactive Entertainment and Chan Yi Mutual Entertainment are the two best game developer companies in China. They basically divide more than 80% of the domestic game market. A large number of game designers likely join this two companies to enchance their abilities.

However, it is not all that comes from the two companies are excellent, like Shi Huazhe, although he has been working for Emperor Interactive Entertainment and has only one or two decent works, but in fact he had no true skill and genuine knowledge. It was time that made him look extraordinary.

As for Lin Hai, his design level is much better than that of Shi Huazhe, but after having chosen to be a management member, the level of his work has definitely declined after leaving R&D.

It seems that the 27-year-old Qiu Hengyang has the highest level, and he has become a B-class game designer at a young age. He is also the founder of Hengyou.com. The future is much brighter than the previous two.

“I hope these three big brothers will raise their hands, at least one of them will let my game pass…” Chen Mo secretly prayed.

The other contestants are also very nervous. There are 20 contestants in this competition, but the highest reward is for the champion.

Although getting the qualification of the D-class game designer was also important for them, it was clear that these competitors were more concerned with the 300,000 yuan and the experience shop. If they couldn’t win the championship, then the competition was of little significance for them.

Soon, the competition officially started.

The host warmed up.

The leaders delivered speeches.

Judges were introducted.

The judges spoke.

…….

After a series of lengthy introduction ended, it finally entered the competition.

The host looked at the sleepy audience in the stadium. Four hundred of the 700 people were playing mobile phones.

More than two hundred people were whispering, and some audience even fell asleep directly on their seats.

There was no way for an officially organized event to skip these steps.

“Cough.”

The host cleared his throat to wake up the audience and gestured that the competion was about to begin.

“Okay, the next big thing to start this competition, that is, the selection process, allow me to repeat the rules of this competition.”

“Everyone has already got a tablet for evaluation and the 20 game entries made by the contestants are already installed.”

Chen Mo looked at it. There was a tablet computer on the table in front of the audience, every audience had one. The voice of the host just fell, and the tablet automatically turned on one after another.

“You can choose the game on your tablet to evaluate it within an hour. At the same time, we will play a brief introduction of each game on our big screen.”

“When you quit the game, you can choose 【 Recommended 】 or 【 Not Recommended 】 . The recommendation means that you are willing to share this game with your friends.”

“Our three judges will also try these 20 games during this period.”

“After an hour, we will count the total length of time and recommendations for each game, and use this as a basis for ranking the game.”

“After this, it is the evaluation of the judges. After the review of the judges, the audience will get another chance to select 【 Recommended 】 or 【 Not Recommended 】 for each game.”

“Finally, the game duration plus the recommended numbers, these two data combined rank first in the game, and its game designer will be the first in this game design competition!”

The host switched the conversation to some other subjects and stressed: “However, there is one more point for your attention. If the first rank game is selected and the three judges doesn’t approve it, then it will be directly invalidated. The original second place will become the first and so on.”

“Everyone, are you clear about the rules?”

“Okay, then an hour of evaluation, now, start!”

There was no need for the host to announce, the audience already started to play with great interest.

This game rule, Chen Mo has already known, so he was somewhat worried about the three judges.

In this selection rule, the role of the audience was very important, because the audience’s game duration plus the number of recommendations directly determined the game’s ranking.

However, the role of the judges was more important.

First of all, the judges have a commenting session. After the commenting session, the audience still has a round of voting.

That is to say, the judges can guide the audience. If the two games are originally similar in data, and then the judges likes one of the games, the result is obvious.

Second, the judges have the ultimate veto power. Once the three judges unanimously believe that the game is unqualified, then even if they get first, they are useless and will be directly disqualified.

This is probably because the world respects the professionalism of game designers, but in Chen Mo’s view, this rule is meaningless and very stupid.

But after all, he is now an entrant and can only honestly abide by the rules.

At this point, the big screen just introduced Chen Mo’s game.