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Chapter 175 : Orcs and Humans
California, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
"Zzzz..."
Mike lay sprawled out on his bed, sleeping so soundly he was oblivious to the world.
Aaron, taking advantage of Frank's rare absence, was using his NX to play Civilization.
Strictly speaking, he was testing the mod the three of them were developing.
Е̌n̄ u m̂а .іď
After a period of studying, the three of them had somewhat gotten the hang of it.
And the more familiar they became with this development system GAMENOVA had left for them, the more shocked the three of them were.
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It was excessively easy to use.
For example, if you wanted to add a new unit, you only needed to create a new file according to the format taught in the template, fill in the corresponding content, and it would be automatically recognized after compilation.
This caused the three's hidden creative desires to gush forth, completely uncontrollable.
The mod in front of them, named Orcs & Humans, was a test version they had created.
Е̌n üm̄ â
Aaron dragged the 'Orc' civilization's unique unit, the 'Orc Grunt', two steps towards the area covered by the fog of war.
Then he ordered the capital to start producing Peons.
"It actually really works, this is invincible..."
Seeing that everything was running very well, Aaron was overjoyed. He hurriedly sat back in front of his PC, typing a bunch of things with a crackle, occasionally picking up a pen and paper to sketch and draw in his notebook.
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He glanced at Mike, the main carry of this mod development, who had just finished a sleepless, bitter all-nighter and was currently in a state of complete astral projection.
Unlike himself and Frank, who were pure Computer Science majors, Mike was the only one among the three with an Electrical Engineering background, so he naturally had to shoulder many tasks the two of them couldn't do.
W̃ е b̊ ṅ о̂ v̄ е̌l̇ E n um̂ӓ
As for Aaron himself, although he wasn't as proficient in programming as Frank, he shouldered the main content planning.
The setting of Orcs fighting Humans right in front of them was proposed by him.
And the original name Blizzard was adopted as the name of their trio and placed in the author column.
"Hmm... next is the modification of resource types."
Aaron opened his notebook and found the resource design section.
"Gold is definitely needed, but we can add another resource, 'Wood'..."
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He planned to simplify the game's originally complex resource system into just two items: Wood and Gold.
Civilization's resource design was certainly interesting, but at the same time, it was extremely complicated.
In Aaron's mind, a more simplified macro-management logic could appropriately speed up the pace, allowing players to pour more of their energy into other areas.
Such as combat.
This was also an idea proposed by Mike.
Unlike Frank, who liked the farming playstyle, Mike was a typical warmonger enthusiast.
Е̂ ǹ u ḿ а
Often, while the AI was still building farms at home, Mike's units were already rolling towards the opponent with the momentum of a landslide and a tsunami.
Whether in Civilization or Fire Emblem, crushing opponents tactically through troop formations had always been his favorite playstyle.
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This greatly inspired Aaron, making him think that perhaps they could design a mod around this point.
"Units and buildings can also be simplified a bit..."
Bang!
Aaron was still constantly scribbling and altering on the paper when suddenly the dorm room door was violently pushed open.
Eñú m̃ а
Frank rushed into the room in a whirlwind, clutching a copy of the latest Electronic Games magazine in his hand.
Hearing this loud noise like a cannon blast, Mike shuddered all over and violently bounced up from the bed.
"What? What happened? Did the Russians attack?"
After seeing clearly that the person who came was Frank, Mike rolled his eyes, turned over, and planned to continue sleeping.
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"Stop sleeping! Get up quickly, something fucking huge happened!"
Frank grabbed the magazine and smacked Mike's large rear end a few times.
Ѐ ňu m̂_a . i d̆_
"??"
Only then did Mike reluctantly roll out of bed.
"Aaron, you come look too!"
Frank waved his hand, calling both of them to his side, and then opened the magazine.
[The 1st Civilization Mod Development Awards]
[No theme restrictions. Participants must upload their content to the GAMENOVA Information Center in the manner described below]
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[Creation Requirements]: ...
[First Prize]: $100,000
[Second Prize]: ...
[Upload Channel]: [Dial into the Information Center and select upload while the ROM is inserted]
...
Tens of thousands of dollars in prize money...
Wе b ṅо̄vе̇ l̊ Е̇ ǹ u mа̌
"Holy Nova!"
After seeing that bolded $100,000, Mike's whole person became energized.
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With so much money, even if they paid off all three of their student loans, there would still be a large sum left over.
Who wouldn't be tempted?
No wonder Frank was so excited; even Mike and Aaron felt their breathing quicken significantly.
"FucK! I'm not sleeping! Aaron, where is the development progress at? I'll take over, you continue designing the content!"
É ň ù ḿа
Now Mike couldn't fall asleep no matter what.
This $100,000 was like a carrot dangling in front of them; they would truly be dreaming about it.
"No, I'll do the development. Mike, you figure out a way to get a bigger ROM. If we're going to do this, we're going to do it the best!"
Frank cracked his knuckles. If it was a competition of programming ability, he believed he wouldn't lose to the two of them.
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And Mike's electrical engineering knowledge was their precious resource.
...
Ēn̄uḿ а̂._і̃ d̀
Micron.
The engineers stared blankly at this new boss who had descended from the sky like a macho man not long ago, their expressions inexplicable.
Just a few months ago, Micron was still on the verge of bankruptcy. Whether it was technology, production capacity, or cost, they were left far behind by other manufacturers.
After just such a short period of adjustment, today's Micron had already been given a new lease on life.
The DRAM production lines were fully restarted, a technology swap was reached with Samsung Electronics, and they even additionally swallowed up several of Texas Instruments' production lines.
Not to mention that terrifying SDRAM.
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Clock-synchronized memory directly made its work efficiency far exceed traditional DRAM.
Although the total capacity hadn't seen a major breakthrough, the increase in speed was already enough to let developers pull off quite a few fancy tricks.
It could be said that without high-speed memory, there wouldn't be this kind of absurd performance on the NovaXeno.
But it wasn't perfect either.
At least in the commercial sector, this was a production line that purely lost money.
Aside from the NovaXeno motherboard with its specially made Northbridge chip, there wasn't a single device on the market that could be compatible with the SDRAM produced by Micron.
Ĕ n̆ûmа
In the past, this kind of thing would have long been ordered to be abolished by the board of directors and swept into the garbage heap of history.
But now Micron was Lin Lixin's own property.
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"Let me introduce to everyone, this lady will be the Chief Executive Officer of Micron from now on."
Lin Lixin reached out and pushed Vivian in front of the crowd, whispering a sentence to her:
"How about it, the VRAM problem should be considered solved now, right?"
Memory chips aren't just used to make RAM sticks.
Ẃ e̊ḃṅ o v̇еl̊ Е̌ n̆u m а̇
Vivian's mouth twitched.
As early as when Lin Lixin announced he was completely swallowing up Micron, she already had some guesses.
No wonder every time she reported the VRAM problem to Lin Lixin before, he seemed not to care much.
To directly buy an entire memory wafer fab just for this problem...
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Alright, this was indeed Lin's style of doing things.
[End of Chapter]
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