Let you make games, you directly shoot blockbusters?

Magical MMORPG?

Hearing Chen Lin's words, Old Song and Old Li were shocked.

Not because of the style of play, but because of the type of game!

Who in the entire industry doesn't know that Penguin and several other major capital companies are trying to get involved in the role-playing game category?

It's like Penguin took the lead and occupied the territory of the shooting game genre.

Role-playing is also the category with the largest player base today, and many manufacturers are keeping an eye on it.

You can even say that.

Being able to occupy a place in this category is equivalent to having the capital to gain a foothold in the gaming industry!

And it seems that the production cycle of this game is not short.

No wonder Chen Lin was so cautious.

Or.

Manufacturers of this type of games are very cautious.

"Huh? You are here."

At this time, Chen Lin, who was chatting, noticed Old Song and Old Li and looked towards them.

Liu Heng turned around with confusion on his face: "Who are these two?"

"Operating Director Lao Song, and Production Director Lao Li, we usually leave project development and operations to them."

After Chen Lin explained, he introduced him to Old Song and Old Li: "He is my former art design tutor Liu Heng, and he is also a tenured professor at Binhai University. I specially invited him to be the art director."

"We understand, we understand. I just heard Xiaoli say that Professor Liu can come to our studio, which really makes us proud."

The two people quickly came up, held Liu Heng's palm, and greeted him warmly.

Because they all know that having such a person in charge will definitely be beneficial and harmless to Honghuang.

If someone produces some research results in the future and becomes a leader in academia, they can also benefit from it.

After all, this professor looks to be in his fifties, which is much younger than other professors who are casually in their seventies or eighties.

"You two are welcome, I'm just here to help my students." Liu Heng responded with a smile.

After being polite, he looked at Chen Lin beside him: "By the way, what kind of game is that you just mentioned?"

As soon as these words came out, the attention of Lao Song and Lao Li suddenly shifted.

The entire art team also focused on Chen Lin.

Chen Lin did not answer immediately, but asked instead: "Have you ever heard of orcs?"

"Orcs? Fury's kind?" Lao Li said subconsciously.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, everyone looked at him strangely.

"Uh... don't get me wrong, it's just that a lot of people on the Internet have been saying recently that I just happened to get it."

Lao Li finally came to his senses and explained quickly.

Ever since they logged the AI ​​program into the Honghuang Kaitian platform, many such pictures appeared in the backend database, and it was hard not to see them.

Chen Lin smiled and said, "It's not the kind you mentioned, but another kind of orc, a more ferocious and wild kind."

"Are you talking about the orcs with a Western fantasy background?" Liu Heng's eyes lit up. "I did study a similar art style design and dismantled the bones for a while before. If it is this kind of thing, it is not that difficult."

"What about the architectural style living environment?" Chen Lin asked quickly.

The content of that game was so huge that even he couldn't remember it clearly. It was not easy to completely restore it.

"That's no problem, I have a few assistants who are currently studying this subject and have collected a lot of information."

"Okay! That's no problem."

Chen Lin breathed a sigh of relief. Without the other party's technical support, his project would have been shelved.

By then, other manufacturers may have already released new MMO games to seize the market in advance.

Now everything is ready.

In a year, he should be able to launch the game.

"By the way, what's the name of your game?" Liu Heng asked.

Chen Lin took a deep breath: "Warcraft, this game is called World of Warcraft!"

...

New project finalized.

The entire Honghuang Studio also became busy.

Under the coordination of Lao Song and Lao Li, a new game team was established to develop this epic masterpiece and began to make preliminary preparations.

This game is mainly made to cope with the upcoming MMO market.

certainly.

Chen Lin also knew that its production cycle was not short, so he was not in a hurry and let the new project team polish it slowly.

Their main focus.

Or on other games.

When the production is completed and the time is right, it won't be too late to officially release it, so there will always be a way to hide it.

After all, which major manufacturer doesn’t have a few projects in progress?

When the trend arrives, you can take it out directly and quickly seize market share.

This is also the reason why small factories are slower than large factories.

Plan ahead.

There is always nothing wrong.

But precisely because of this, Chen Lin's little game plan fell through.

There is no extra manpower, so there is no way to consider it at the moment. We can only wait for a while.

"That's right, Lao Li."

Soon, he found Lao Li who was busy at work: "How is the new map of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds doing?"

"The test was completed a few days ago and can be launched at any time. Do you want to launch it now?" Lao Li looked through the information and replied.

"Come on, let's take advantage of the fact that the heat of the competition has cooled down. If we continue to gain popularity, we should be able to sell over 10 million units."

"OK, got it."

As soon as he heard about tens of millions of sales, Lao Li immediately became energetic and hurried to do this.

Half an hour later.

An update announcement was issued, instantly attracting the attention of a large number of chicken-playing players.

[Honghuang Studio: To thank you for your strong support, "PUBG: Battle Royale" will be updated online at 8 o'clock tonight with new content. 】

【1. Newly added snow country map "Vikendi Snow". 】

【2. Open custom mode. 】

【3. Add a large number of TP appearance decorations. 】

【4. The types of firearms and supplies have been expanded. 】

【5. Added new weather system. 】

【6,……】

A long row of updated content was like a depth charge, exploding the player circle.

"Updated! It was updated so quickly!"

"I was just going to say that a map is a bit boring."

"The expansion of firearms supplies is great!"

"What does this TP look like?"

"What the hell, there's even a weather system!"

There were exclamations one after another, and everyone clicked on the game to check it out.

As soon as 8 o'clock in the evening came, there was indeed an additional update package worth dozens of gigabytes, and it was free and not sold as DLC!

"It's a loss, it's a blood loss in the prehistoric times."

With so much content, other manufacturers would probably have made it into DLC and sold it. How could they be so conscientious?

Overjoyed, players who had just finished dinner rushed into the game to experience the new content.

Sure enough, it was just as the announcement said, there was a new map, a round island covered in snow.

After landing on the island, the weather sometimes turns to sleet, or even blizzards, raising the level of environmental simulation to a new level.

Some people are checking out the newly added TP store.

I found that there are actually many fashionable appearances that can be exchanged for game currency.

"Wow! This pan is so handsome! I want to buy it!"

In the live broadcast room, Ouyang Xiao, who had just entered the game, exclaimed and immediately took a fancy to the appearance of the pan in the store.

There are other appearances such as rabbit hoods, camouflage firearms, cowboy hats, etc., which can also be exchanged through TP, which is game currency.

"Let's go, play a few rounds first to earn enough TP."

After that, Ouyang Xiao started matching single player mode directly and entered the new map.

What you see is a frozen lake.

The player who comes in the match stands on the ice.

Just in time.

She noticed a dozen people gathered in the center, lined up in several rows, as if they were having a secret gathering.

But when she walked over, she suddenly laughed.

Because as she approached, dynamic music gradually sounded on the public channel.

And the dozen or so people suddenly started to move, and followed the music and danced a very familiar dance exclusive to the Ax Gang.

"What is this? You even updated the dance moves?"

Ouyang Xiao couldn't hold himself any longer, these guys still knew how to play.

This is just how long it has been updated.

Seeing this, other players nearby also ran over to join in the fun.

After a while, the center of the ice turned into a scene of demons dancing wildly, and laughter continued to echo in the public channel.

at the same time.

In the live broadcast room on the other side, Old E was also shouting hard.

"Come on, come on, the custom mode, the H Power Plant Bicycle Race, and the Motorcycle Long Distance Running Drug Circle Competition have begun. If you want to come, hurry up and sign up!"

Unlike others.

As soon as Lao E went online, he immediately focused on the new custom mode and called on fans to hold competitions.

It's just that this game...

It's unseemly.

Through the custom mode, a lot of weird rules have been created.

Riding bicycles on the circle platform on the top of the H power station, waiting for the poison circle to come, and then running to the safety zone together, having a glider sky battle...

Various competitions are simply more outrageous than prank shows.

But the audience still likes to watch this, and the live broadcast room is extremely lively.

"I'll come! Save a place for me!"

"Already on the way home, wait for me!"

“How can a mountain bike competition be possible without me?”

"No way, right? No one really gets caught up in the poisonous circle, right?"

"It's too careless. There are all kinds of broken rules. Is this custom mode of Honghuang going to make me laugh to death?"

"It's a loss. This game has lost 98% of its sales."

I thought that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds before the update was outrageous enough.

The result was unexpected and even more outrageous after the update.

Adding various small gameplay methods on the original basis will make this game more playable.

finally.

It only took two months.

The sales of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" were unstoppable, successfully reaching tens of millions of sales and causing a sensation on the entire Internet.

...

"Another multi-million-selling game!"

"Did Honghuang take drugs?"

"You're not that strong on drugs, right?"

The major manufacturers were shocked. If there was just one game like this, they would burn incense and worship Buddha, but Honghuang released two games in a row.

Including "Monster Hunter", which just exceeded 1,000 sales some time ago, there are three games in total.

Doesn't this allow people to live?

You must know that with the addition of the past two years and the exclusives on the console, there are only just over 50 games that have sold tens of millions.

Honghuang only occupied three places, which is simply outrageous!

They all had to pay attention to it and hold a meeting to discuss this matter.

"In fact, after careful study, it is not difficult to find that every game in the prehistoric era basically invests the maximum amount of money in promoting it. For example, this "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has an estimated R\u0026D cost of 50 million, which is spent on promoting and organizing competitions. Hundreds of millions of dollars, more than twice the cost!”

"Why don't we also try to spend a lot of money on publicity? Organize e-sports?"

"To put it bluntly, who would dare to easily increase investment before the response of the game is confirmed? You are willing to be shareholders, and you are not willing!"

"Indeed, those guys don't see the rabbits and don't spread the eagles. It's better to count on them to use the concept promotional film to make more investment."

"..."

In the end, the manufacturers were silent.

It is true that listed companies are better than listed companies. If they are short of money, they can open a project circle (cheat) to invest, but it depends on the face of investors and shareholders.

If you make money, you have to be sucked by those guys first.

There is not much left in my hands.

As for Hong Huang, a lonely and independent studio like this, it is his own as much as he earns.

In short, each has its own advantages.

Even if they are envious, it is impossible to transform.

"For the present plan, we can only bet on the next trend."

"Penguin and several other companies have sent people to talk about agents recently, focusing on the MMO category. There has been no major innovation for so many years, and they are probably holding back big moves!"