All Novel Full Chapter 1190
Chapter 1190: Chapter 1084 [Cradle Project]!_1 Chapter 1190: Chapter 1084 [Cradle Project]!_1 The next day, under the conscious guidance of the official, the big discussion about “Never Offline” was still underway.
Lincoln watched the discussion with great interest for a while.
However, the discussion was just beginning.
Whether it was scholars or netizens, there wasn’t too deep a dive yet, most were just teasing and playing with ideas, so it was only entertaining for the time being.
But as long as this type of discussion continued, valuable content would soon appear.
After watching a bunch of entertaining discussions, Lincoln cheerfully headed to work.
After delaying official business for two days, today he could finally focus and make progress.
He called in Samuel, Randall, Little Chun, Fred, Jason, Peter, Vanessa, Jerome, Quentina, and Cheryl…
almost all department leaders gathered in the virtual office to articulate his ideas—
“I plan to select some outstanding teams from the domestic small and medium-sized developers and involve them in a new development project.”
“A new game?” Randall responded first, “Our team has the capacity to develop in parallel, isn’t it unnecessary to involve outsiders?”
“Let’s not rush, listen to me first.” Lincoln waved and said, “I tentatively named the project — [Cradle Plan].”
“Before getting into the specifics of this project, let me introduce a new achievement to all of you— [Planet Generation Algorithm].”
“It’s an algorithm that Xiaomeng and I developed a while ago.
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After several iterations, it can now generate a variety of planets based on different initial input parameters.”
“The initial version of [Pandora] was generated with this algorithm.”
“However, there is a problem with this algorithm: it generates very quickly, but it is not detailed enough.
It requires manual post-production before it can be truly implemented— and this adjustment requires a lot of effort.
It either requires a sizable team or a considerable amount of time.”
“If you only rely on Cloud Dream’s employees, it’s not impossible, but the time required would be too long.”
“According to the current plan, in the final chapter of ‘Chang’an’, players will repair the destroyed space elevator and use it as a springboard to officially enter the space era.”
“But once players fly into the universe, what should we present to them for exploration?”
“A bunch of randomly generated planets that seem infinite but are actually empty?”
“Such a dull and uninteresting universe would be hitting our own signboard!”
“Therefore, after the launch of ‘Chang’an’, we need to provide players with the first batch of planets for exploration and adventure as soon as possible.”
“Initially, I planned to do this myself.”
—Upon hearing that, all the game producers present were stunned, their eyes wide open in shock.
Even though everyone knew that when Lincoln and Xiaomeng worked together, the development efficiency exploded, but for them to develop “a batch” of planets on their own was just too absurd!
However, Lincoln continued on as if he had just said something mundane:
“But a few days ago, I was inspired by a report and thought of the development teams that continuously create mods on the [Mod Sharing Platform].”
“They are proficient in using the simplified version of development tools and, even better, they’re capable of developing novel gameplay and innovative ideas.
Not utilizing such a source of inspiration would be a waste.”
“Thus, I have decided to delegate the development of new planets.
Cloud Dream will develop a portion, as the most secure basic plan, and the rest will be left to these experienced third-party teams.”
“I’ve even figured out the charging method: once a new planet is developed and its coordinates on the star chart are set, the players can decide which planet they want to go to and pay to get there.
How many star charts they open, it’s all up to the players.”
Randall hesitatingly raised his hand.
“Any questions?” Lincoln asked.
“If we adopt this billing method…” Randall pondered, “Won’t players have to ‘black screen’ teleport when they log into a new planet?”
“Why would it go black?” Lincoln didn’t get it.
Randall blinked, “Is there an air wall?
Or an endless atmospheric layer?
Or a planetary barrier?”
“Why are we discussing landing methods?” Lincoln found it odd, but still affirmed, “No black screen!
And no air wall!
We need to provide players with the most realistic seamless landing experience!”
“But if that’s the case…” Randall finally voiced his worry, “Since each planet is so big, what if players don’t pay and just randomly sneak in somewhere?”
Given Lincoln’s character, he obviously intended to create a real seamless world where players could fly around in their spaceships and land on any planet their eyes could see.
But in that case, the payment technology would be tested.
If everyone snuck in, who would still pay?
However, to his surprise, Lincoln calmly shook his head and said, “As for payment…
the most realistic and immersive way of charging is, of course, through the airport.
Let NPCs collect the fees!”
“As for stowaways…”
“That is a problem the development team will have to face.”
“Don’t you find it interesting watching the struggle between the players and the planet managers (development team)?”
Randall gave it some thought, except for it being a little absurd and a pitfall for developers, this matter…
in essence.
It is indeed interesting.
“Alright, I get your point.”
Randall understood Lincoln’s idea.
After Samuel and the others finished communicating, they immediately voiced their support: “This idea is good, and it’s also more amiable to the purchasing power of players.”
“It is foreseeable that as the amount of planets increases, in the future, to gain more traffic, there will be development teams that would voluntarily drop the price and even provide their services for free and gain income from other avenues.”
“Those development teams who wish to increase their average customer price will need to offer more comprehensive, advanced, and interesting gameplay to attract players to pay willingly.”
“This not only provides users with a larger choice space but also allows developers to continually develop higher quality content!”
Jerome and Quentina also nodded their heads in agreement, feeling that this could tightly and healthily bind Cloud Dream and Da Xia Game’s development ecosystem together, with the benefits far outweighing the disadvantages.
“Well then, since everyone agrees, let’s discuss a plan framework.
The first step is to filter out the strongest development teams for the first phase and send them letters of intent to cooperate!”
“Then there are the cooperation plans, technical support, development requirements, share division plans, timeline for going online…
and so on.
These things should be quickly negotiated and drafted.”
“Good luck!”
“Huh?” Randall was taken aback, “Why…”
——he wanted to ask “why are you wishing us luck?”
But before he could finish his question, Lincoln vanished.
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In the virtual office, the top executives of Cloud Dream were left puzzled, looking at each other with question marks on their faces.
However, after exchanging glances, they almost simultaneously laughed without saying a word.
After the laughter, they took out papers and pens and began to discuss and perfect Lincoln’s brainstorm, turning what was probably a spur-of-the-moment brainstorm into a refined, executable plan.
Their boss has always had this sort of personality, and they’ve pretty much gotten used to it…
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Moreover, they were genuinely intrigued by such a grand plan!
——they would personally initiate the era of the universe in the virtual world!