Kai-Fu Lee praised the more than expected

Kai-Fu Lee said that innovation Workshop has invested in a number of game-type projects, the future does not exclude the continued investment in the heart of the technology outside the client gaming company.

"TechWeb Report" February 30 news, the first client to invest in innovation Workshop company Heart Tour Technology today held a 2D martial arts MMORPG game "Carefree Rivers and lakes" media tasting, Innovation Workshop founder Lee Kai-Fu said in the media interview, the development of a year time, The game has gone beyond the original expectations of the Innovation Workshop. He also said that innovation Workshop has invested in a number of game-type projects, the future will not exclude the continued investment in the heart of the technology outside the client gaming company.

Jinshan Original COO Zhan Yang after the departure early last year, after the establishment of online games company Heart Travel technology, and access to innovative factory investment, become the latter's first online investment project. At present, the Heart tour technology first 2D martial arts MMORPG game has been developed, is expected April 20 official internal seal test, June open beta. The development of the game a year, in the view of Kai-Fu Lee, "has exceeded the expectations of innovation workshop."

When talking about why investment has never been tried in the client area of online gaming, Kai-Fu Lee said, do not want outside the Innovation workshop box on a "Only investment innovation, mobile, platform project" narrow impression, its investment does not have a unique definition of standards, but the most important is the team and product innovation capabilities.

In addition to heart travel technology, innovative factory also invested in the line cloud, graffiti Mobile, Lei friend technology and other game items, "Client game is not our main direction, but the future does not exclude the investment Heart tour technology outside the other client online games company," Lee said.

Kai-Fu Lee has revealed that the innovation Factory has invested a total of 47 projects, of which 18 have entered a round of financing. Of these, mobile Internet investment projects account for the majority. So does it mean that the future of innovative workshops will promote the development of a PC client online game to try to move the field of products?

Kai-Fu Lee said, do not rule out this possibility, but not at this point. "Do not expect heart to swim such a deep accumulation in the PC field of the team quickly transplanted to the mobile platform, which must need a process and groping process. We can't force the team to do things that they don't like. ”

According to the introduction, "Carefree Lake" core development team mostly from the Jin Shan Mountain team, is also Zhan Zhen Yang team in the West Hill "Swordsman World", "Swordsman 3" and other works of the concept of continuity. (Chuck)