The Game Developer Who Left the Company Is Too Competent

7. workshop(1)

Universe Studio left the workshop to a pension in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do.

‘I don’t like it, but it’s a company rule… … .’

Having served as a workshop director not once or twice, Taeyeon prepared several programs for a fruitful workshop despite grumbling.

As soon as we arrived at our destination, we gathered the five people together and said.

“Please control that there will be no accidents for 2 days and 1 night. After unpacking at each lodging and taking a break for an hour, let them gather in the seminar room. I will be presenting myself there.”

After the announcement, Taeyeon moved to her personal dorm.

I changed into a zip-up hoodie, a Univers Studio team outfit tailored by the company, and immediately went to the seminar room to prepare for the presentation.

Exactly an hour later, 25 employees dressed in identical uniforms entered and filled the seminar room.

Taeyeon cleared her throat and proceeded with the first program.

“From now on, we will proceed with the presentation of the Pantheon project.”

* * *

What is the most important thing in game development?

“All development teams paint one common picture.”

Even within the planning team, the pictures we draw about the game are all slightly different. Not to mention, if the team is different, there is nothing to say.

What will be the world view and scenario, what technology will be applied, and in what specification and how the service will be provided.

Taeyeon has seen many people who go to work without even knowing these basic details.

For this reason, it is often the case that managers of the planning team give presentations to all employees whenever planning details change.

However, there are cases where it changes again even after proceeding like that, so in that case, developers who showed enthusiasm in the early days often give up on understanding the contents of the project.

It was a producer’s presentation to prevent that. It was time for the TF team to organize and present the contents that had been agreed upon through brainstorming.

“This is Pantheon’s basic field composition.”

Originally, MMORPGs have various bases, fields, and indungeons, but Pantheon had only one base.

That is the Pantheon, a floating city made up of Yggdrasil and ruled by the absolute system Deus Ex Machina.

“As you may know, it is a concept of a united city inhabited by numerous gods and followers who appear in the myths and tales of each country. You can think of the basic shape and size as Manhattan, New York.”

A mysterious city where the past, present and future coexist.

We plan to reduce the number of servers as much as possible and provide services in a global integrated version from the beginning.

The original drawings and sketches created by AD Min-seok Hong and Young-ae Lee, the head of the original painting department, are shown on a large roll screen, and detailed explanations are provided for each area.

“The Pantheon began as a united group after the first Ragnarok to effectively counter demonic forces and protect humanity and civilization.”

The worldview is summarized as much as possible and only points out what you need to know.

“Actually, Yggdrasil, the base of the Pantheon, is just an imitation trying to imitate the real thing. The world view is based on the setting of Yggdrasil in Norse mythology, but the content is slightly different. The energy radiating from the World Tree became the universe, and the seeds formed the galaxy. So is the Earth.”

People were immersed in the picture unfolding on the roll screen with their eyes and the explanation with their ears.

“As the earth, which was a seed, grew into its present form, it bore many fruits. The very first fruits are gods and demons with the status of the main god, and beings of chaos who can be the public enemies of the two forces. They created mortal creatures such as gods, beasts, animals, and humans.”

Gods and demons fought each other to claim the ‘Earth’, their base. But the gods were at a disadvantage. It was because demons with strong warlike tendencies first fought among themselves to determine the order, built a group called Pandaemonium, and then challenged the gods to fight.

Eventually, the first huge war, Ragnarok, unfolded, and the damage caused by it was so great that the gods finally decided to unite and created the current city ‘Pantheon’.

“Mojo Yggdrasil, the base of the Pantheon, was created by combining the powers of several gods. Yggdrasil, who does not belong to any god, created the absolute operating system ‘Deus Ex Machina’ to rule the Pantheon fairly and efficiently. It is this system that observes the situation of Earth and demons and issues missions to gods, followers and ‘players’.”

Everyone in the Pantheon is fair before Yggdrasil and Deus Ex Machina. Even the gods will be punished if they break the law. If you refuse and rebel against punishment, you will be punished by the security group operated by Deus Ex Machina.

“In this worldview, users start to tell various stories. And depending on your choice, you can belong to a certain god’s force. And you will be endowed with appropriate characteristics, abilities, etc.”

The fields and dungeons of Pantheon are the Earth itself. There are fields and dungeons on Earth. And what you have to deal with there are the demons of Pandaemonium, the opposite force, or the ‘beings of chaos’, who are the common enemies of the two forces.

“You can do various quests in the Pantheon. Whether it’s policing the streets, solving terrorism and other crimes. You can earn money from a part-time job to earn money for living or building, expanding, and maintaining a housing system.”

As the explanation continued, the developers in the seminar room could not keep their mouths shut.

It was because I could fully guess how difficult the work would be, as much as the freedom of my worldview.

But I didn’t feel vague.

‘A plan of that scale was really detailed.’

‘The blueprint is clear. I won’t get lost.’

The presentation was finally over.

Taeyeon said one last time and bowed her head.

“It will be a tough job, but I think it will be a great game if you do your best. Let’s make sure to succeed and become rich together. thank you!”

Powerful applause broke out.

After lunch, lectures by Hong Min-seok and Lee Young-ae continued in the afternoon.

The two shared their experiences with world-class educational institutions and content creation companies. It was not just a talk, but it was a valuable time for everyone because there were interesting materials together.

In the evening, we had a barbecue party and had free time.

Taeyeon was eating quietly and at the right time, but in the meantime, she opened her laptop.

A document titled ‘Neckple Plus Warrior Workshop Schedule’ was displayed on the screen.

‘If you include 70 employees, executives at the head office, the CEO, and the chairman, the total number of people… … .’

Even Satoshi Takizawa and the producers of the development team are scheduled to participate in this workshop.

After the workshop, you have to visit the Neple Plus work site with them, hold a meeting together, and support their two-day tour of Korea.

belt ring.

Then the messages flew in one after another.

It was a message from Nexple Plus CEO Kim Myung-wook, the development team, and an outsourcing company.

They responded via message and gave work feedback on important matters over the phone, but someone approached and quietly sat by their side. It was Hong Min-seok’s AD.

After spending a long time without hesitation, he was finally able to catch his breath, so Hong Min-seok AD said.

“You are busy.”

“What is my karma?”

“When does the Nexple Plus workshop start?”

“It’s next Friday, Saturday and Sunday.”

“Do you do it for two nights and three days?”

“It will be conducted in a real seminar atmosphere. Everyone is new to localization, and the operation team has a lot of training to do.”

Hong Min-seok AD, who nodded at those words, carefully opened his mouth.

“PD-nim is a really great person.”

“Me?”

“Development is also development, but… … I can’t help but admire it for the eyes. He is better than any other organization leader I have ever experienced.”

Taeyeon smiled at the heavy yet sincere praise.

“thank god.”

“It’s been a while since I went to work, and I think it’s fun to work. My wife thinks the same way. I am really grateful to the current working environment and above all to the PD who created all of this.”

“Oh, if you keep floating like that, I get dizzy. I’m already dizzy.”

While we were laughing and talking like that, Lee Young-ae and other female art team members started to come in one by one.

“PD! I have a question!”

“me too!”

It was not a conducive environment to work in.

Whether they were talking about the Pantheon or not, they poured out their doubts without hesitation. Among them, there were also erroneous opinions.

Taeyeon closed her laptop and started responding with a smile.

During the conversation, I saw a woman who was very happy with a red face, perhaps because of the alcohol.

Seong Tae-hee from S University’s Department of Fine Arts, who looks good with a short cut. She eventually succeeded in joining the company and is now working as a pre-graduation student and art developer.

With his outstanding appearance, style, and bright personality, he is receiving a lot of attention from the males of the development team.

‘It’s fortunate that I don’t have an idiosyncratic personality.’

It is good to select veterans with good experience, but it is also important to discover newcomers with infinite possibilities.

In addition to Seong Tae-hee, 3D modeler Choi Ye-ji from Konkuk University game school, and Lee Jae-moon, who was an aspiring original artist but started his life as an animator, were also highly evaluated.

AD Hong Min-seok confessed that he was unaware of the passage of time in nurturing these three chicks with good personalities and full of potential. Taeyeon was also watching closely.

‘Next, I’ll have to hire a few new program and planners.’

There are countless lectures scheduled from now on. If we see a good newcomer among them, we will start the excavation work without hesitation.

‘Oh, it’s really good.’

Taeyeon smiled and looked up at the moon and starry night sky.

Even if there are many people in the future, I hope this good atmosphere will continue.

Taeyeon prayed earnestly.

* * *

The atmosphere of the Nexple Plus workshop was different in many ways. Somehow, the ratio of women to men was almost equal. They care about each other, and some people strongly feel the signs of love.

“Isn’t it interesting?”

“well. I don’t know how to look… … .”

Ignoring Kim Myung-wook, who couldn’t control himself because he was excited, Taeyeon looked at the 70 or so employees. At first, when I said that I would go to the workshop for 2 bars and 3 days, the people who made bamboo statues are now very bright.

“I think there will be some couples at the end of this workshop!”

Taeyeon smiled and checked her smartphone.

A message has arrived.

[Scheduled to arrive in 10 minutes.]

Taeyeon stood up from her seat.

“Suddenly, President, I think I should prepare to go to meet the directors.”