好多年前，玩 PSP 上的

God of

War，被其精良的製作所震驚。於是跑到製作這款遊戲的公司 Ready At Dawn Studios 的官網上去看，不經意間看到其公司自我介紹，深獲我心。那篇文章再次證明，能開發好產品的公司，是能正確的表達自己的。

剛剛想去重讀舊文，發現該公司官網居然改版，而且把這篇絕妙好文刪掉了！只好費了不少力氣從歷史存檔中把這篇文章翻出來，再讀又如當年般備受鼓舞。在此分享一下，聊備一檔。

Get Ready…

Ready At Dawn® is a brand new game development studio with an old mission： making fun games a lot of people want to play。 We know it sounds trite and basic， but reality sometimes is much simpler than we pretend it to be。

We could tell you that we have a “magical recipe” for making great games or we could tell you that， because we have been doing this for so long， we have somehow figured out a whole bunch of game-making “secrets” no one else has， but we‘d be kidding ourselves， and you would not believe us anyhow！

Yet， while hardly secret， there are a few things we have learned about making games。 We haven’t composed that “magical recipe” just yet， still we have been able to distill our vision into a few fundamental principles… the essence of Ready At Dawn®， if you will。

We learned that making games requires a lot of hard work， a good deal of talent， and an appreciation for the complex social dynamics which emerge when a team of artists sweats on a project for months， sometimes years at a time。

We learned that great game makers are ruled and driven by their child-like nature。 To accept， even to embrace this fact is essential for any game developer hoping to let fun spill into their creations。 At Ready At Dawn®， we are so much in touch with our “inner child” that at times we have trouble locating our “outer adult。”

We learned that technology is only a mean to an end。 While we love the challenge and the rush of technological innovation as much as any other developer， we will not let our games become digital ego-trips。 Our technology will serve the needs of our designs。

We learned that the very best developers are those who have a variety of interests and passions， and that never let their lives be defined by a single activity or association。 We will always try to encourage exploration and nurture personality。 Drones and one-dimensional minds have no place at Ready At Dawn®。

We learned that the biggest obstacle between an inspired vision of a game and a shipping product is the daily grind。 Like sculptors， game makers must carve， chisel， and sometimes cleave their visions out of solid nothing， and their patience is routinely put to the test by mundane or tedious tasks。 Turning the grind into a tool to harness creativity is what a great team does， and what makes the difference between a game that ships by default， and one that becomes the best it could be。

We learned that it is possible for people who work hard together to like and respect each other。 That is the case with the team at Ready At Dawn®， and it will be our highest priority to make sure it remains that way。

And finally， the most important of all the things we have learned： the best way to turn a good idea into a great game is to

evolve it

， draw it， hate it， shape it，

demolish it

， eat it， tune it，

forget it

， resent it， sing it，

insult it

， love it， live it with friends。

We learned that network television is evil and will rot your brain。。 this has nothing to do with games， but it was worth mentioning anyhow。