Game designer: I am making games, not charity

Recently, the new game of Zhuchang has not been announced.

Although the research and development of the original plans and projects are still continuing, the entire company is still a little bit stagnant.

And all of this comes down to the massive publicity that Goose Factory did for the game "Legend of Warriors" some time ago!
The goose factory, which has really started to use its hands for nothing, is simply not something that small companies like them can compete with.

So after that, most of the CEOs of small and medium-sized game companies, including Mr. Ding, decided to avoid the front for the time being.

This has almost become the consensus in the industry.

However, Platinum Company, which has only been around for more than two years, has once again broken everyone's perception at this time!
Not only did they not avoid the edge, but they also released the official game the day before the closed beta of Goose Factory's new game!
This is undoubtedly another declaration of war since the last time "Legend of Sword and Fairy" vs "Xianxia Simulator"!
Free games, declare war on Goose Factory PC paid games!
As the former number two in the game industry, Mr. Ding of Zhuchang, naturally has been paying attention to the two upcoming games of Platinum and Goose Factory.

The Platinum Games game was released yesterday.

The Goose Factory game will be released for internal testing this afternoon.

In order to be able to feel the charm and similarities and differences of the two games at the first time without any preconceived ideas.

And make the most intuitive comparison to be more sure of your company's future route.

So, Mr. Ding after the release of "Dungeon and Warriors" yesterday.

Everyone in the company has been banned from playing "Dungeon and Warriors" and searching for information about this game on the Internet.

Today, after the closed beta of Goose Factory's new game "Legend of Warriors" begins.

Mr. Ding called almost all the key employees of the company.

It was a big meeting!

In the conference room, Mr. Ding pointed to the two games "Legend of Warriors" and "Dungeon and Warriors" on the big screen, and said:

"These are the latest two games of Goose Factory and Platinum Gold. Under the crazy publicity effect of Goose Factory, Platinum Gold is still in trouble. I think it is a little bit dependent.

So I made a decision a long time ago and divided [-] employees into two groups, one group was responsible for the platinum "Dungeon and Fighter" and the other group was responsible for "Legend of Warriors".

For the next half day, put down all the work at hand, and the only goal is to play games!
Half a day later, when you get off work at 6 pm, you all come to me to submit evaluation reports.

Of course, if you feel that you need a longer time, you can also postpone the working time until 9 o'clock in the evening!
Overtime pay as usual! "

After Mr. Ding's words fell, the eyes of the employees who were a little listless immediately lit up!
Who would say no to playing games while at work?
And this is still playing games according to the order, and it's still considered overtime pay!
Those employees who are engaged in the Internet industry rarely enjoy such happy treatment!

"no problem!"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ding!"

The employees were very excited, and almost no one made any comments.

As long as this kind of good thing is a person, he will not refuse it.

After all, even if they don't play games and stay in the company, they probably won't get off work until after 9 o'clock.

Most Internet industries are so introverted, and the game industry in this world is the king of introverts, referred to as the introverted king.

Especially after Platinum Game Company was born out of nowhere, and in just two years, it has built a huge foundation and reputation.

Those who play games are even more introverted!
Mr. Ding was naturally not surprised by the reaction of the employees.

Looking at the excited crowd, he smiled mysteriously: "In addition, in order to check the payment status of the two games, I will give each of you a 200 yuan game recharge fee.

You can use this money freely, but please note that it can only be used in the game.

Moreover, afterward, you must explain to me the reasons for recharging each sum of money and your thoughts at the time. "

As soon as these words came out, the employees in the meeting room widened their eyes even more, and each and every one of them was full of surprises!
Where is this still working?

It's simply that Mr. Ding's conscience found out that he is giving out benefits!

Today's President Ding is so generous that they feel that they don't even know him!

As for this, Mr. Ding actually had no special idea.

He believes that this sum of money must be spent.

Although I really don't agree with Platinum Games' idea of ​​free games.

But the president of Platinum Gold is Chen Feng after all!

Naturally, Mr. Ding will not underestimate this guy who can always perform miracles.

So the only purpose of giving the employees this sum of money is to see what the meaning of Platinum's free game is!
He gave the money to the employees, and the employees' public funds were naturally more willing to spend than ordinary players.

If Platinum's game does make money, then free-to-play is actually an option.

But if even the employees can't spend money in "Dungeon and Fighter".

Then this free game is really meaningless!
In this way, this "Dungeon and Warriors" will definitely make Mr. Platinum Chen lose everything!
But at this moment, an employee of the "Legend of the Warriors" team suddenly said: "Mr. Ding, you need to purchase an activation code to play "Legends of the Warriors". Now the time has passed, we can't play it."

Boss Ding grinned: "I have prepared the activation code here, and you can get it from the secretary before you leave."

Mr. Ding had this idea a long time ago, how could he not prepare the activation code in advance?
And, even if he wasn't prepared in advance.

Now it's not that you can't play without an activation code!

These activation codes issued by Goose Factory are not completely bound to buyers.

Rather, it can be transferred.

This has already been stated in the notice clause when the activation code is sold.

In other words, these activation codes can completely allow scalpers to buy in bulk.

Then, at the right time, increase the price and release it!
And this suitable time is naturally when the internal beta of the game starts!
In order to make the activation codes appear rare, Goose Factory must explain that these activation codes are in limited supply.

Only in this way will the player's buying psychology be stimulated to a greater extent.

But if they really limit the number too much, then there will definitely be fewer beta players, and a lot of money will be saved.

Especially the internal beta of the game. After the start, if the quality of the game is really good, there will definitely be many players who want to play it!
But at this time, the official activation code has already stopped selling.

Then these players have nothing to do.

Goose Factory will not be able to earn money from these players.

Such a lose-lose situation is naturally not what Goose Factory wants to see.

That's why Goose Factory added such a rule in the precautions!
And Mr. Ding also paid attention to it before this meeting.

It has been an hour or two since the opening of the internal test server, but there are a large number of scalpers selling the internal test activation codes on the Internet.

And most of them are still sold at a price of 120~150, which is cheaper than the original price.

Where did these cattle come from?That must have been done by the operation department of the goose factory.

It's impossible for some players to buy the activation code for the closed beta, and after playing for an hour or two, they don't want to play, so they sell it?
How could Goose Factory's games be so rubbish?

In Mr. Ding's view, these can only be pre-planned by the goose factory early in the morning.

The operation of the goose factory is extremely scary when you think about it carefully, so scary!

Next, Mr. Ding didn't waste any time.

Soon enough staff were assigned to each of the two games.

Being assigned to "Legend of the Warriors", all the employees in that group were all smiling and happy.

After all, it was a game that Goose Factory had spent so much money to promote, and even the activation code required money to buy.

But they can play for free, and the company also gave a recharge amount of 200 yuan.

This kind of treatment is simply not too comfortable!

The employees of the "Dungeon and Warriors" group seemed a little disappointed. In comparison, they naturally felt that "Legend of Warriors" was more fun than "Dungeons and Warriors".

After all, one is charged and the other is free.

And Platinum Game Company is relatively fast in making games.

But how long has it been since their last game was released?

In such a short time, I don’t know if I have tested it before making a game, so I just took it out.

Can this game be fun?
But this is the task of the boss, even if they don't want it in every way, they have no choice but to carry it out.

After emphasizing a few precautions at the end, all the employees left the conference room, went to different work areas, downloaded the game, and started playing.

Seeing the employees start playing the game in full swing, Mr. Ding smiled and returned to his office, looking forward to the result later.

……

after an hour.

office.

Mr. Ding is drinking tea and reading some comments on the Internet.

It's all about Platinum and Goose Factory, these two games.

In order not to affect the judgment, even he himself did not pay attention to the information of these two games in advance.

Just started watching it until today.

Now he will look at the comments and information on the Internet first, and then combine the most authentic feedback from the employees.

Definitely be able to figure out all of these two games!
The first is "Legend of the Warrior" by Goose Factory.

Mr. Ding is naturally more interested in this game.

So searched for the name at first.

But looking at those articles and comments on the webpage, Mr. Ding frowned involuntarily.

This goose factory's "Legend of Warriors" closed beta has just started for a few hours.

How come there are so many people scolding on the Internet?
And the negative review rate seems to be very high.

He flipped through several webpages, but most of them were a series of curses.

He felt unbelievable for a moment, it was "Legend of the Warrior" by Goose Factory!

It was a game that won the Pangu Game Award before. How could it be sprayed like this by players just a few hours after it was launched?
Even if Goose Factory transplanted the VR version directly to the computer, it is impossible to have so many negative reviews, right?
After all, the excellent quality of the VR version lies there, otherwise it would be impossible to win the Pangu Award.

And could Goose Factory be so stupid, just put the VR version on it?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Mr. Ding's mind.

Will there be any problems with these comments on the Internet?

Could it be the navy bought by Platinum Corporation?

After all, with the current size of Platinum Corporation, it can indeed afford to hire a navy army!

And now the game has just started, so little time for internal testing.

The credibility of these comments on the Internet is still not so high.

Ding always felt that his idea made sense.

He temporarily closed the search page of "Legend of Warriors", and decided to look at the experimental results given by his employees later, and then analyze the quality of the game.

Then came "Dungeon and Fighter".

Mr. Ding typed the name of the game and clicked Search.

As soon as he talked about it on the website, he immediately saw the full of praise and all kinds of praise.

[Platinum Corporation is making every effort to create the free game "Dungeon and Fighter", which will be a fugue game! 】

[Platinum Corporation has another blockbuster, this "Dungeon and Warriors", I am afraid it will easily surpass "Legend" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy"! 】

[This article is three hours late, because "Dungeon and Warriors" is so fun! 】

[This year's biggest hit, a dark horse in the game industry, a theme that has never appeared before, a computer game that crosses the century! "DNF"】

[The editor is obsessed with "Dungeon and Fighter", and can't think of a title, so I just say: This game is awesome!fun! 】

【This kind of game, Platinum Company can get it for free. If such a conscientious company goes bankrupt, it will be the common responsibility of all our players throughout the summer! 】

[From today onwards, I will be a die-hard fan of Platinum Games, a brain-dead fan, and a die-hard fan!Don't even think of seeing any words against Platinum Games in my article! 】

[We need such an excellent game as "Dungeon and Fighter", but we don't need a company like Platinum that forces free companies for charity! 】

[Although I'm just a bad writer, I'm putting my words here today. I will never let Platinum Games go bankrupt! 】

……

Mr. Ding: "???"

Mr. Ding: "????"

Mr. Ding: "?????"

Is it so exaggerated?

Looking at this dazzling array of articles, but the meaning is exactly the same.

Mr. Ding was completely dumbfounded.

Is this game really that awesome?

Is it all about crossing the century?

Why?Because it's free?
Could all these be navy media bought by Platinum?
As an outstanding businessman, he naturally knows the unspoken rules of these industries.

And as I said just now, with Platinum's current size, it is indeed affordable to buy a navy.

So he wisely skipped these articles.

Go directly to the bib, intending to read the comments of real players on the Internet.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Mr. Ding said lightly: "Come in!"

Soon, nine employees came in from outside the house, they were the employees of the previous "Legend of Warriors" team.

But there was one person missing.

Because of Mr. Ding's previous arrangement, each game is in a group of 10 people.

They all looked downcast with tired eyes.

Mr. Ding frowned: "Didn't you agree to come back in the afternoon? Why are you coming back to me now?"

He looked at the watch on his wrist: "It's only been half an hour! Could it be that the money given to you has been spent?"

Employees, you look at me, I look at you, and finally pushed an honest person out to speak.

The honest man had no choice but to say, "Boss Ding, we don't use any of our budget other than the money to buy the activation code. Goose Factory's "Legend of the Warrior" is too rubbish, we can't continue playing it.

That angle of view is so uncomfortable, Xiao Huang has vomited twice playing this game, and is still in the toilet now. "

No wonder one is missing...

Boss Ding couldn't help but nodded, but then he came back to his senses and stared immediately: "Don't talk nonsense, the games made by Goose Factory must be too hardcore, you should stick to it for a while and try to get used to it.

Xiao Huang should have a problem with his own body, so he will stop playing, you guys go back and continue. "

The nine people immediately mourned, but since Mr. Ding said so, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and go back.

The game is not fun, the big deal is fishing, just wait until after get off work.

So when they got off work at six o'clock, the nine of them came back and talked to Mr. Ding about the "Legend of the Warriors".

Mainly because of the uncomfortable viewing angle.

The feeling of the game is really anti-human.

But after sticking to it, I can actually get used to it a little bit, but the playing experience is still not very good.

Other than that, there are no other problems. After fully adapting to this perspective, they still find it quite fun.

It's kind of like a VR version.

Or to be more precise...it should be exactly the same as the VR version!
In addition to the game experience is really too bad!

It can be summed up in one sentence.

There is no way to play VR games on a computer!

But this is an internal test after all. When Goose Factory solves the screen shake and adds some content, the game should be very good.

Mr. Ding listened to the employees' summary and nodded secretly: "The Goose Factory is worthy of being a Goose Factory, and the Legend of the Warriors is indeed worthy of being the Legend of the Warriors. It is indeed an award-winning game.

However, Goose Factory was a little anxious this time. Obviously, it just completed the transplant without making too many changes, so it was directly uploaded.

But after the test is completed, the sales of this game should be very good... At least it should be able to easily surpass the legend, right? "

Employees, you look at me and I look at you, but they don't quite agree with it.

Most of these employees on the pig farm have already played other computer games of Platinum.

Leaving aside "Legend", at least "Legend of Sword and Fairy" feels slightly better overall than "Legend of Warriors".

I have to admit that VR games have filters!
The extremely real and substituting experience in the VR game cabin will greatly improve the player's evaluation of the game.

But once these things are brought to the computer, there is a layer of screen.

Whether it is good or bad, you can feel it all at once.

At least for now, after putting aside the filter of VR games, the computer version of "Legend of Warriors" is indeed not as good as "Legend of Sword and Fairy", so rich and rich!

The employees did not hide their true feelings, and they all spoke out clearly.

After listening to Mr. Ding, he couldn't help but look a little dignified.

From this point of view, if the quality of the game has not been greatly improved after the next few tests until the official launch.

Goose Factory, the first computer game, might actually encounter Waterloo?

"Let's look at Platinum Games now, what's going on with this "Dungeon and Fighter"!"

Speaking of this, Mr. Ding was taken aback for a moment. He looked up at the secretary and couldn't help asking: "What about the group of "Dungeon and Warriors" group? How come there is no news at all until now?"

It's impossible to think that the game is not fun, so you sneaked away before get off work?

A bad premonition suddenly surged in Mr. Ding's heart.

He frowned, and immediately told his secretary to go and have a look at the place where another group of employees played games.

Call that group of people to the office to report!