Game designer: I am making games, not charity

"President Ma, when the time comes for their new TV series, should we let our colleagues in the video department get stuck?

Without the traffic of our penguin video, let's see how arrogant he is with Platinum President Chen! "

Goose Factory, in President Ma's office.

Mr. Ma was sitting with several executives he was most familiar with, watching the match scene of the World's No. [-] Martial Arts Conference projected on the big screen in the office.

At this time, Zhang Jiafei's song is being broadcast live.

One of the executives saw the news of the TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy", and couldn't help but think of "Cultivation Simulator", which they had failed before.

So such a suggestion was made.

But when Mr. Ma heard this, he shook his head slowly and remained silent.

Then he directly picked up the remote control next to him and turned off the live broadcast.

Seeing the situation in front of them, several executives knew that Mr. Ma was thinking about things now, and he might not be in a good mood.

The executive who suggested using the Penguin video to target Chen Feng immediately shut up and didn't say anything more.

Other executives also shifted their gazes to Mr. Ma's face, waiting for Mr. Ma to speak.

Mr. Ma frowned and remained silent for a moment, and then, his eyes involuntarily flashed a light.

He cleared his throat, looked around, and said very seriously: "After this period of time, the quality and gameplay of our Legend of Warriors have been greatly improved, and it can already be called a high-quality computer game.

Although there is a gap in comparison with Platinum's "Dungeon and Warriors", in fact, the two games are originally of different types.

"Dungeon and Fighter" is a 2D game, and our Warrior Legend is more inclined to Platinum's previous "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

I remember that when "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was in full swing, there seemed to be quite a few players asking for a competition..."

He looked at several executives around him and asked, "Is there such a thing?"

Several executives looked at each other, most of them looked blank.

Penguin has been firmly seated in Daxia Country, the number one game company for many years.

There is also the big killer of traffic entrance in hand.

These executives are used to resting easy and have a high and far-sighted vision. Sometimes they basically don't care about things that are too low.

Only one of them frowned and thought for a moment, and then replied: "There is such a thing, my staff once told me!

Because I also make fighting games myself, and I have also held offline competitions, so I also studied the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and the opinions of some players on the forum! "

Mr. Ma already had a look of impatience on his face, but he immediately relaxed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Then what result did you get from your research?"

The executive was slightly taken aback: "It... depends on which aspect it is."

Mr. Ma said: "It's about the competition! Was there enough people who asked Platinum to do the competition in that game?"

The executive immediately replied: "A lot! There are a lot! Although that game is not a serious fighting game, it is also very good at PvP.

Basically, [-] to [-]% of the players support Platinum to hold offline competitions! "

Mr. Ma continued to ask: "In your opinion, or do you others have any information channels, tell me why Platinum didn't use the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy" to hold a competition?
Instead, a "Dungeon and Fighter" was launched later. What is the difference between them? "

Ever since I saw that the No. [-] Martial Arts Association in the World was held so smoothly and successfully.

Mr. Ma's first reaction was that their goose factory is also going to have a game competition!

They have more money, better connections, and more experience.

It is definitely possible to do larger-scale competitions, and there is a high probability that it can be done more successfully!

And there is absolutely no plagiarism involved in holding game competitions.

After all, the games used to compete are different.

So during the period of contemplation just now, Mr. Ma has already begun to think about how to hold this competition!

The first thing to consider is naturally what game should be used.

Basically all VR games were excluded by Mr. Ma before.

After watching the overall process of the World's No. [-] Budokai in "Dungeon and Warriors", Mr. Ma has fully understood why the competition in "Dungeon and Warriors" is so successful.

That's because of the number of players!

That being the case, naturally all previous VR games cannot be used!
Otherwise, just like the previous competitions, it is basically a waste of water, and there is no splash.

Because it is impossible to have that many viewers.

So his idea can only be put on the only mature computer game in the entire company.

That is the legend of the warrior after remaking!

But today's Legend of Warriors game is different from "Dungeon and Warriors".

So he also needs to seek the opinions of others while thinking for himself.

It is finally determined whether this game will be played or not!
There was a moment of silence in the office, and then the executive who had just talked to President Ma finally said, "That's right!
In my opinion, the biggest difference between the two games should be in balance.

The balance of the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is not completely good. The equipment and level of players in pve will affect Pvp.

But in the dungeon, this situation is completely isolated. In the duel field, the two players are completely fair, relying purely on their own abilities.

I guess Platinum realized this at the time, and immediately learned from his mistakes and corrected them in "Dungeon and Fighter".

Finally, the world's number one martial arts meeting was held! "

President Ma nodded involuntarily: "Very well, it coincides with my thoughts. In addition, I think there are two reasons why the charging strategies of the two games are different. At that time, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" used point cards. Fees, even for computer games, cut some players out.

So this time "Dungeon and Fighter", Platinum is directly and completely free for all players to play, so that the game can have the largest number of viewers!

But other than that, can we think of any other reasons? "

Mr. Ma looked at several senior executives around him: "It's okay, you can speak out what you think, everyone can speak freely!"

Everyone started discussing immediately.

"Could it be that the backgrounds of the two games are different?"

"This is absolutely impossible. "Dungeon and Warriors" is more biased towards foreign backgrounds, and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is more biased towards our domestic backgrounds. Everyone knows which background players use more immersively and prefer. thing!"

"Could it be that the operation method is different? It seems that the skills of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" are all pressed by shortcut keys, and the skills of "Dungeon and Warriors" can be directly rubbed out by hand?"

"It shouldn't have much to do with this. The skills of "Dungeon and Fighter" can also be locked to the shortcut keys, and a large number of people play like this. However, we can also consider trying to make the There are two sets of operation methods, players can choose freely."

"Is it possible that it was the reason for the job change?"

"Is there any connection between whether to change jobs or not and holding a competition?"

"Then why do you say that!"

"I do not know either."

……

People keep coming up with their own ideas, but they are directly excluded after discussion.

Some people even said, could it be that the combat and operation of "Dungeon and Warriors" are better than "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

But this point was directly rejected as soon as it was raised.

The one who vetoed this point was the executive who knew the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy" very well.

He is very sure that the battle of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is also very good.

In this 3D form, it is more immersive, and more things need to be considered in operation.

This kind of battle is the best battle, and it is also the direction of the future.

Because the executive himself developed and designed, and also operated and updated this very good pure fighting game.

And there are a lot of diehard fans.

Therefore, his speech is undoubtedly of great reference value.

So this point was immediately ruled out by everyone.

Several executives discussed in the office for a whole night, until 12 o'clock in the morning, finally came to a result.

That is, in addition to the two points discussed by Mr. Ma and the executive at the beginning, the balance of the duel field and the pricing strategy.

None of the other fringe factors affect whether or not Platinum holds a gaming tournament.

On the surface, the whole evening's discussion seemed to be meaningless and fruitless.

But for Mr. Ma, the harvest this time is incomparably huge!
Because after eliminating all the wrong answers as much as possible, he has basically determined that his original thought is the correct answer.

This discussion has strengthened his thinking and made him basically have no worries.

Today's President Ma has completely determined that he will hold a game competition.

Just use the legend of the warrior to hold a game competition that is countless times bigger than the world's number one martial arts club!

The Platinum World's No. [-] Budokai is a national competition.

Then, he will turn the Legend of Warriors game into a global one!

Get the whole world involved!
And with the ability of the goose factory, it is easy to do this kind of thing.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Ma gave an order to all the executives in the office.

"Tomorrow, contact me with every country, our partners and allies, and we will distribute the computer version of the Legend of the Warriors!"

Several executives were taken aback, and one of the executives asked suspiciously: "But the Legend of the Warriors hasn't been released online yet? Those game manufacturers shouldn't be agents, right?"

Basically, all games may be represented abroad after they have achieved excellent results in their home countries.

Otherwise, foreign game manufacturers will not be agents at all, and it is impossible to spend their own money to promote it abroad, right?

Because every country has its own culture and its own language, I want to make the game available to other countries.

Whether it is voice or text, it must be replaced with the version of other countries.

And this is also a huge cost!

Under normal circumstances, this cost is paid by foreign agents themselves.

After all, they want to represent a successful game in their own country, and they want to make money.

So they are naturally willing to spend huge agency fees and localization money.

But if it's a game that's still going to be released...

Almost no game company will do this kind of operation.

Because no one knows whether an unreleased game will be successful or not.

If it has not been released in the country and has not been successful, it will be forced to use its own money to push it abroad.

Basically no game manufacturer will agree!

Unless the company makes other countries' versions by itself and bears the cost by itself.

And it may have to give up a lot of profits before it can be pushed out.

And this kind of behavior is simply to spend the cost of many games to make one game.

Put all your eggs in one basket.

This kind of loss-making business is definitely not done by anyone!

Such thoughts have emerged in the minds of every executive.

But none of them dared to say it.

But Mr. Ma's next answer surprised these senior officials: "Talk to them first, we can give up some benefits, if we can't negotiate, we will spend our own money to push it out!"

Several executives were dumbfounded.

It is even suspected that Mr. Ma did not say these words.

Do we really have to spend our own money to do this kind of loss-making business?

"President Ma... calm down!"

Many executives immediately persuaded him.