Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

In about a week, the popularity of"The Shore of the Earth" on the Internet has still not subsided.

But at the same time, some similar games have appeared

《There are not many game manufacturers on the market making games of the type"Three Kingdoms".

Mainly because the sense of déjà vu is too strong, and"Three Kingdoms" itself is the product of this game committee's official tour.

There are a lot of things to worry about.

After all, for a game like"Three Kingdoms", no one knows whether players can still like it if the gameplay is changed into a different framework.

But"The Coast of the Land" is different.

Different from the mode of"Three Kingdoms","The Coast of the Land" gives more game designers the feeling that it shows a new direction for SLG.

Even if you don’t do the Three Kingdoms, there are still many themes that you can do.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when Chu and Han fought for hegemony, if it didn’t work, they would move the battlefield abroad.

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At this time, Chen Xu and his team had already moved to a new workplace.

Tianda Plaza in the urban area has exactly three floors. The first floor is used as an experience store, and the second and third floors are used as offices. The sound insulation effect is also relatively good.

Although the cost is not small, it is completely affordable for current Fengyun Games.

Of course, the difference between the experience store and the previous free experience is that now there is a charge.

15 yuan per hour is about the same as the price of ordinary high-end Internet cafes, and it is relatively expensive even in the imperial capital.

But in fact, including the rent and daily manual operations, it is still losing money.

But Chen Xu doesn't expect to make money from this thing. He wants to make more contact with players and understand their feedback.

As for the newly opened experience store, there are actually quite a lot of customers coming in.

On the one hand, students from the school will also come to experience it after they know that Chen Xu has opened an experience store.

On the other hand, there are many players of"Lutu Coast" who came in to experience it.

Especially when a player posted on the forum that he had drawn Liu Bei in the Chen Xu experience store on the day it opened, it made many local players near the imperial capital excited to experience it.

"It's unscientific. I go to the experience store and the company every day, and I can't get Liu Bei's."Hearing the movement from the players on the first floor, Qin Yi smacked his lips and felt a little strange.

"Okay, you really believe in such metaphysical things."Chen Xu, who heard Qin Yi's words next to him, was a little speechless.

"This is the third time in the past few days!"Qin Yi expressed disbelief.

"There have been hundreds of people in the past few days. Isn't it normal to have three people? And maybe they are krypton money bosses."Chen Xu said speechlessly.

Chen Xu would not do things like locking the card rate.

Although there is no so-called guaranteed mode in the game, there is actually a guaranteed guarantee for card drawing.

And Chen Xu did not set it deliberately. How high it is, the explosion rate will be infinitely higher if you continue to draw cards.

Therefore, even ordinary monthly card players can assemble a complete lineup for a period of time if they insist on playing.

After all, even if you know that"The Shore of the Land" is It is a long-term game, but as long as it is a game, it has vitality. It is really too much to think about relying on"The Shore of the Land" for a lifetime.

Since he does not want to play for a lifetime, Chen Xu will not deliberately lock the card rate, or In order to make a profit, launch various krypton gold content that affects the balance.

There is no need for that

"Mr. Chen, there have been a lot of games similar to our"Landu Coast" recently released on the Internet."Chen Qingzhu next to him came over and said to Chen Xu

"yes! Some small manufacturers even just changed their skin!"Zhao Shan said angrily.

"What about big manufacturers like Tenghua?"Chen Xu asked

"These major manufacturers have not made it. After all, it is a game that the Game Committee is soliciting, so I guess I still have some concerns."Zhao Shan said

"Then don't worry about it. Just imitate these games, and you'll probably die."Chen Xu said with a smile.

He was not worried about this at all.

Why did he only dare to use"Vitality Knight" to accumulate starting funds in the early stage, and then rely on"Three Kingdoms" to accumulate popularity before he dared to produce"Lute Land Shore""This SLG game?

Because this type, although it is a niche game, is different from text adventure and visual novel games.

SLG is not something that small companies can play.

Because of its unique characteristics, It requires enough players to keep this game alive.

Since it is a niche genre, it is quite difficult to get started, which means huge promotion costs are required. Only by pushing the game widely can there be enough player pool.

In addition, compared with the general SLG games,"Lateo Shore" is more difficult to get started than similar SLG games.

So this is why he adopted pan-entertainment marketing in the early stage, mainly to select a targeted player group.

Secondly , That is, the core of"Lituo Bin" seems to be the gameplay, but in fact it is not. The real core is balance.

If civilian players have no role in the game and have no sense of existence, then the gameplay of this game will be like a pile of sand. Just like a built castle, it falls apart as soon as you push it.

Just imagine, if you add a setting to the march in"The Shore of the Earth", you can spend jade talismans to fast forward directly, and then add another setting that allows you to spend money to buy stamina, then the entire game will What will it look like?

If it is a big factory like Tenghua, it is a threat.

But an ordinary small factory wants to make"The Shore of the Land"?

Chen Xu is not an alarmist. One person will die, or a hundred will die. A hundred people can die.

In the previous life,"The Coast of the Land" was in operation for four years, and then there was a game of Three Wars.

And the Three Wars were not ordinary small characters, but real industry giants.

The giants of the Three Kingdoms IP, coupled with Alibaba's promotion, can be said to be a top combination.

Therefore, Chen Xu can say that he is not worried at all about some small and medium-sized manufacturers wanting to make games similar to"The Coast of the Land"

"Download these games and play them carefully. Then everyone will write an analysis book for me."After chatting for a few words, Chen Xu took out a list and handed it to several people.

"Eh...a real-time strategy game? Mr. Chen, are we going to make a real-time strategy game next?"After seeing the name of the game on the paper, Qin Yi was surprised.

Hearing this, Chen Qingzhu and Zhao Shan were also a little surprised.

"This is currently a game that is more suitable for our Fengyun game."Facing the surprised looks of several people, Chen Xu nodded lightly.

Real-time strategy is also an RTS. This is the type of game that Chen Xu chose after conducting some market research.