Villain’s Programming - Chapter 260



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Episode 260 Real Fantasy Engine

After the AI ​​issue was resolved, the ‘Gae-ma-musa’ project began to gain speed. This was because the uncertainties in the planning were eliminated.

The development speed of the Black Cat ‘Gaemamusa’ team is starting to increase.

What was unusual was that not only in Korea, but also the development speed of developers affiliated with FromSoft increased.

‘You said it was a blessed project?’

Dojun chuckled. The day before the Great East Japan Earthquake, Dojun held a workshop in Tokyo with all Fromsoft developers and their families.

The Great East Japan Earthquake struck the day after the workshop. Tokyo was also affected by the earthquake, but it was nothing compared to Fukushima or the Tohoku region.

Thanks to the workshop, many people escaped the damage caused by the great earthquake. Because of this, FromSoft employees began to believe that the ‘Gae-ma-musa’ project was blessed with good luck and blessings.

‘Director Miyazaki in particular thinks so. Didn’t he say that his nephew, who was planning a trip to Fukushima, came to the concert? He said that his nephew’s life was saved, and he is giving his all to this project.’

Everything went smoothly.

Dojun checked the project progress in the morning, had lunch, returned to the office, and turned on the Internet.

[Baeksent becomes Epic Games’ largest shareholder.]

Dojun opened his eyes wide after reading the article.

Actually, this article wasn’t one that people paid much attention to. But it was an article that had a very big meaning to Dojun.

‘Epic Games was taken by Baeksent. Just like in my previous life.’

With Baeksent’s situation not going well these days, I thought they wouldn’t be able to acquire Epic Games, but they ended up acquiring Epic Games.

‘That’s even faster than in my previous life. Is the power of history that strong? Or is there another reason?’

Do-jun thought for a moment and then called Min-may. Min-may said she would look into it further.

– Sabu. Baeksent is making a Goguryeo game called ‘Ssangryong’, and for this incident, they decided to change the game engine and make it from scratch.

– The game engine is Unreal 3, and they say they acquired it in order to get help from Epic Games.

Dojun opened his mouth wide.

‘You bought Epic Games to help you make new games?’

Dojun thought that Ma Huateng’s distribution and decision were great.

‘Should I say it’s Ma Huateng?’

Normally, if all the data were gone, I would give up or do something else, but Ma Huateng was different.

‘Trying to make a better game.’

I thought that he was someone who had created a large company called Baeksent in his previous life.

‘That person is putting all his effort into making a game. There’s no way that game would be ordinary. It’s likely that Unreal Engine 3’s performance will be pushed to the limit.’

Minmay had the same worries as Dojun. Minmay called again a few days later and said in a worried voice.

– Ssaboo. From what I’ve heard from people on the Ssangryong team, the graphics are pretty good. I think they have better graphics than any other game out there right now.

It was just as Dojun expected.

“Minmay, don’t worry. There’s a way.”

– Really? How?

“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Graphics for graphics. I’ll show you a new world soon.”

After hanging up with Minmay, Dojun downloaded the latest ‘Gae-ma-musa’ project and ran the game. The game ran at a fairly decent quality.

‘I’ll probably hear that it’s okay to release it now. Maybe, with a little more work, I can make graphics like Ssangryong. But it shouldn’t be at that level.’

Ssangryong and Gaemamusa were not just simple games. They were games where each side made the history of Goguryeo known to the world as their own history.

‘It has to be so overwhelming that it will astonish the world.’

Dojun sank deep into his chair.

‘How can we make better graphics than we have now?’

Dojun’s worries deepened. Then he received a call from Minmay again.

– Fight, this is a big problem.

“why?”

– They said they’ll announce the twin dragon prototype in two months!

“Two months?”

Minmay explained about Baeksent’s three shifts. Dojun frowned after hanging up the phone.

‘This is a bigger problem.’

Nowhere in Korea, or indeed anywhere in the world, could they even begin to emulate China’s madness of developing the three-shift system.

‘300 people invested? They work in three shifts? They’re developing the game like a factory. It’s very Chinese.’

Dojun wondered how to solve this problem, but he couldn’t come up with an answer.

‘This won’t work. I need to find a way to increase productivity, even just a little.’

Do-jun, who thought he should hear what the practitioners had to say, left the CEO’s office and went to CTO Yang Ha-seong.

But then, something caught Dojun’s eye.

‘huh?’

CTO Yang Ha-seong and AD Choi Young-gyu were talking with serious expressions.

Dojun approached the two people and spoke.

“What are you two talking about with such serious expressions?”

AD Choi Young-gyu, who discovered Do-jun, answered.

“Oh, sir. It’s because of the collaboration.”

“Collaboration? Art and program?”

“yes.”

“What’s the problem?”

“that is…….”

When AD Choi Young-gyu could not answer right away, CTO Yang Ha-seong answered on his behalf.

“The art team has some requests for the client team, but it’s difficult to give them right away.”

Ultimately, the game was released in the form of a program.

As a result, the works created by the art team also had to run on the program, and the program team’s help was needed to check whether what they had created was good or not.

“Does the CLA team reject artists’ requests?”

CTO Yang Ha-seong responded to Do-jun’s words.

“No. I will cooperate actively. However, Clara also has her own work to do, and she keeps asking me for help in the middle of the process… … .”

“Ah! The flow is going to be interrupted.”

“But if we set a separate schedule for it, it is often a simple task, so it is not efficient.”

AD Choi Young-gyu continued CTO Yang Ha-seong’s remarks.

“The art team also knows that the client team is having a hard time. But if the client team doesn’t help, the art team will have to wait until then.”

Dojun nodded. He thought he knew what the problem was.

‘I think there might be a solution to this problem.’

Dojun spoke as he recalled the work he had done in his past life.

“Then, is that all I need to do?”

AD Choi Young-gyu responded to those words.

“That’s the biggest one, but there’s actually one more thing. That’s why I was talking to the CTO.”

“What is it?”

“I want to improve the quality of the game graphics. Please assign a programmer who can write shaders.”

“Oh, shader.”

Shaders are algorithms that generate color changes on the surface of objects. Simply put, you can think of shaders as handling the light reflection and shadow shading of all objects visible in the game.

The problem was that this couldn’t be done by the art team alone. The programmers had to work with the artists to create it.

‘In the future, there was a person called a TAD (Technical AD) who specialized in this. Do we have a TAD now?’

When Do-jun was worried, AD Choi Young-gu said.

“Yes. If our requirements are met, we can produce faster and higher quality graphics than we can now.”

Dojun’s eyes lit up. That was exactly what Dojun wanted.

“I will definitely resolve that issue.”

* * *

Son Hak-bin, CEO of Real Fantasy Games, went to work at the office in Gangnam Station.

Son Hak-bin smiled while looking at the building in his office.

‘I never thought the day would come when I would have an office in Gangnam.’

Son Hak-bin walked up to the 7th floor where his office was with light steps.

“good morning!”

“Hello, sir.”

9 a.m. There were already about 50 employees in the office.

Son Hak-bin went to the pantry, tore open a bag of instant coffee, and put it in a paper cup.

‘There are more people. You said there were a lot of applicants this time?’

Son Hak-bin felt proud.

It seems like only yesterday that I was looking around here and there to get investment, but now I am the CEO of the most successful ‘game engine’ company in Korea.

‘It’s all thanks to CEO Hwang Do-jun. And it’s also thanks to Min-hee. If I had to pick the best thing in my life, it would probably be meeting those two people.’

In fact, things weren’t so good with Do-jun at first. But the one who brought him and Hwang Do-jun together was Jeong Min-hee.

Son Hak-bin poured hot water into a coffee cup and stirred it with a bag. At that moment, a person came into the steam room. It was Team Leader Choi Gyu-ho, who had worked with him for a long time.

“Sir, stop drinking instant coffee and drink coffee from Byuldabang. You have to save face.”

“Okay. This suits my taste just right.”

Team leader Choi Gyu-ho shook his head and said.

“That’s why you can’t get married, sir.”

“No, what does drinking coffee have to do with marriage?”

Team leader Choi Gyu-ho said the same thing while pouring instant coffee into a paper cup.

“He must have a lot of money. He must be a decent person. He’s a bit old, but it’s normal for women to line up. Why wouldn’t women approach you?”

“why?”

Team leader Choi Gyu-ho touched the suit Son Hak-bin was wearing and asked.

“You’ve been wearing this suit for over 7 years, right?”

“Why? It’s good.”

“If you’re a representative, dress up and go around like a representative. You have a lot of money.”

That was right. The ‘Real Fantasy Engine’ created by ‘Real Fantasy Games’ was a huge hit.

It became famous due to the success of Pluto Online, and many game developers came to like the ‘Real Fantasy Engine’ by adding features that Korean developers would like.

It wasn’t just Korea. With the success of Pluto Online and subsequent games like ‘Dungeon & Warrior’, numerous game companies around the world purchased ‘Real Fantasy Engine’.

I could now live without worrying about money.

“Just because you have money, do you spend it all? You should save it.”

“Sir! Seriously, take care of yourself.”

“it’s okay.”

Son Hak-bin said that and took a sip of coffee.

“Sir, no, hyung! Do you know that? Minhee likes things to be neat.”

At that moment, Son Hak-bin spit out the coffee he was drinking.

“Ahhh! What the heck! I buried it all!”

Son Hak-bin took out a tissue and wiped Choi Gyu-ho, saying:

“That’s because you’re talking nonsense. Why are you suddenly talking about Minhee?”

Team leader Choi Gyu-ho looked around and said, seeing that there was no one around.

“Oh my. Hyung, let’s be honest with each other. Hyung, you’re interested in Minhee, right?”

“I… am interested.”

“You met Minhee yesterday too, right?”

“That’s it. For business…”

Choi Kyu-ho said while wiping his clothes with tissue paper.

“Business, my ass. It’s been almost 10 years since we met. What kind of business is this? Hyung, CEO Hwang Do-jun is married now, right? I told you that there’s no one in Min-hee’s heart anymore. What are you hesitating for? Are you confident that you won’t regret it if you lose Min-hee?”

Son Hak-bin couldn’t answer.

‘You won’t regret it?’

In fact, Son Hak-bin thought of Jeong Min-hee as his younger sister. It was because he had seen her since she was very young.

‘It seems like she just graduated from high school the day before yesterday, but she’s already the head secretary of the Gold Circle. And she even graduated from college.’

Son Hak-bin felt proud every time he saw Jeong Min-hee pioneering her own life.

At some point, that proud feeling began to change little by little. Little by little, I began to look like a woman.

Every time that happened, Son Hak-bin would criticize himself.

“…Minhee is like a younger sister to me. And we have an age difference, so if other people see her, they’ll curse at her.”

“No. Who cares about other people? If you two are good together, that’s the end of it. Hyung. In my opinion, Min-hee is interested in you too. So don’t let it go and do your best.”

“it’s okay.”

After saying that, Son Hak-bin entered the CEO’s office.

“Phew.”

My heart was pounding.

“Me and Minhee?”

Son Hak-bin knew himself well. He was a middle-aged man in his late 30s with a potbelly. He didn’t dress well and didn’t know how to take care of his appearance. He drove a 10-year-old car.

That kind of person and Jeong Min-hee did not get along.

‘Minhee is always neat and tidy. She wears clothes without a single wrinkle, walks confidently. She handles things with precision. Above all, she’s so pretty.’

To Son Hak-bin, Min-hee was too bright and someone he couldn’t be near.

“Eight. Come to your senses. The thing you should be worrying about right now isn’t Minhee.”

Son Hak-bin looked at the industry status report.

‘Epic Games is making Unreal 4?’

Son Hak-bin bit his lip.

‘Sales of Real Fantasy Engine are going well right now. But will they be able to do the same when Unreal 4 comes out?’

No. With each new version, Unreal Engine has introduced a new world of gaming.

Although we don’t know what features will make their way into Unreal 4, it’s clear that it’ll bring some new innovations.

‘We should do that too… .’

The problem was ‘innovation’. Real Fantasy Engine also had to create a next-generation game engine, but it was unclear what part it should show.

‘What should I do?’

Son Hak-bin, who was thinking, looked at the photo on his desk. A photo of them smiling brightly in a shabby office. There were the original members of ‘Laonzena’ there.

‘At that time, it was hard, but everyone was passionate.’

In that photo was Son Hak-bin, and next to him was Jeong Min-hee, looking like a baby.

‘Now that I look at it, Minhee was shining even then.’

Although he was wearing a white shirt with jeans, there wasn’t a single wrinkle. Minhee was shining even in the photo.

Looking closely, it was light shining through the window, but Son Hak-bin thought that Min-hee was shining.

It was then that Son Hak-bin tilted his head.

‘Wait. Light?’

The general public may not know this, but if you ask what the most demanding task in a game engine is, the first answer is ‘light’, or ‘light source’ effect.

In reality, all objects react instantly to light. When light moves, the shadow of an object or person is immediately reflected, and a reflected light is also created. However, this could not be done in a game.

‘All of that is computation. Naturally, light is the part that takes up the most load. If you do this in real time, it won’t work with just any spec.’

At that moment, Son Hak-bin suddenly stood up.

“This is it! Lighting effects. We’re making a game engine that supports real-time lighting effects!”

In the past, hardware didn’t support it, but not anymore.

‘This is what makes Real Fantasy Engine 2 a core feature!’

Son Hak-bin clenched his fists. He thought that this would work.

“But this alone is not enough. If it’s a new version of the engine, it needs more than just one new feature. Isn’t there something like that?”

As Son Hak-bin was pondering, the door to the CEO’s office opened and Team Leader Choi Gyu-ho came in.

“Sir. I heard that CEO Hwang Do-jun will be arriving soon.”

“What? Representative Hwang? Why?”

Hwang Do-jun was not only a solid business partner, but also the major shareholder of Real Fantasy Engine.

‘Did we do something wrong?’

When Son Hak-bin was worried, Choi Gyu-ha said.

“You said you wanted to discuss game engines?”

“okay?”

As Team Leader Choi Gyu-ho said, Hwang Do-jun arrived a while later. And after hearing Hwang Do-jun’s explanation, Son Hak-bin shouted without realizing it.

“Is that… is that possible?”