Game production: I really have landed

Chapter 297: No announcement is still a kind of announcement

After three months.

The new hunter gradually grows into the brightest blue star in the entire new continent.

The old becomes new, and the new becomes old.

A harmonious circle of monster hunters has been initially formed.

The highest simultaneous online volume of more than 70 on the steam platform has also shocked the industry.

About why this game is fun and about the superiority of this game's design.

All kinds of discussions can be regarded as bad.

But those things actually have nothing to do with the players. If the game is fun enough, that’s enough.

But recently.

A discussion from a post in the Chuxin Game Bar triggered a large number of players in the gaming circle to join in the fun:

"Score, what type will Mr. Luo's next game be like?"

As we all know, Chuxin Games is undoubtedly at the top level in the world in terms of output and quality.

Since several years ago, there have been two models every year, which is basically unbeatable.

There is one 3D masterpiece and one sketch game.

Moreover, Mr. Luo's own style of making games is extremely varied. So far, he has not only made most of the game types on the market, but has even created several game types with broad influence.

Needless to say, the timeless classics Ori, Potato Brothers, Slay the Spire...

Basically it can meet the needs of all types of players.

Anyway, as long as people are exposed to the stand-alone game circle, they have basically played all the games they originally wanted to play. The difference is that they play more and less.

Of course, this is also a point that has been extremely criticized by countless fans who originally intended to play a certain type of game.

There are many games that I haven't finished playing yet. When I want to see if the game company has any new games, I find that it seems to be a distant thing.

And every time Chuanxin releases a new game, a group of more enthusiastic fans will always buy it without thinking.

Regardless of whether you play the game or not, a negative review must be given.

"When will the sequel to Dark Souls be released? It's urgent!"

"Where's the Resident Evil? Where's the big Biohazard? Where's the follow-up of Leon and Ada?"

"No, it's okay to make a prequel if you can't make a continuation? I'll definitely pay for it. Isn't it good to learn from other game companies and make bad money?"

And like today's discussion thread, it's not the first time these guys have posted about guessing Chuanxin's next game type.

But this time, the commotion was inexplicably huge.

The sudden explosion of something like the Internet can only be said to be incomprehensible.

"Come on, come on, according to Mr. Luo's past practice, Chuxin's next game will be a sketch.

At present, we have counted all the games that Chuxin has made, and there are relatively few game types that we have not made. Let us rate our expectations for the next possible game type.

0 points, the dogs don’t play.

1 point, no interest.

2 points, you can look forward to it.

3 points, a must buy.

4 points, God.

5 points, God of Gods. "

"First floor!"

"The host's horse is now in my hands."

"We have successfully seized the underwear on the second floor!"

"Hitting is prohibited here."

The building became crooked very quickly, and the host himself was having a hard time posting messages intermittently under the siege of everyone.

"[-]. Simulation business games. Example: Farm Story.

The founder of business simulation games, and the number one game in the minds of countless fans, everyone knows its value. "

"0 points! Even dogs don't play business simulation games."

"5 points! Dear, dear, I like to play business simulation games. Recently, a farming game from a big IP really disgusted me. It is expensive and difficult to play.

I’m really looking forward to what kind of vitality this game type will evolve under Mr. Luo’s hands. "

"0 points! Grandma, it doesn't matter if you go to work in real life, you have to go to work in the online world, right?"

"[-]. Tower defense games. Example: Defend Carrot.

After the birth of smartphones, tower defense games have become a big mountain that cannot be avoided. Although it has become a pure mess now, there are still people playing it. "

"0 points, that's it for games like tower defense. Most of the players have already played most of the playable mechanisms.

Most of the games on the market now feel like they're just trying to make things difficult, or they're just using two-dimensional to sell their meat, and I'm not very interested in them. "

"5 points! Tower defense version of mirror! Please! Mr. Luo, please have one!"

"3 points, this point is for defending Carrot, it has accompanied me in a lot of boring time."

"[-]. Game movies. Example: Mechanical Revolution.

The entire game tells you a series of stories that happen after an artificial intelligence acquires its own consciousness. "

"0 points, Gou Shi. It only costs a few dozen to go to the cinema to watch a movie, and a few hundred to play a game. Why don't I go to the movie?"

"5 points. I still approve of Mr. Luo's control of the plot. Whether it is the narrative of Dark Souls or Resident Evil, they are all works that have left a deep impression on me in recent years."

"0 points, poster, are you stupid? I talked about a sketch game, and now I'm putting this game movie on the map. Is there any need for this thing to exist if it's not going to be a 3A movie?"

"Guigui, you are so aggressive!"

"..."

"[-]. A sequel to Original Inspiration's orthodox IP! Example: Hollow Knight.

Let’s give a private rating of 5 here!Mr. Luo, give it a try!I'm going to die without a hollow to play with, uh uh uh. "

"Stupid poster, your map of Yan Kingdom is too long, but I still give it 5 points."

"The First Emperor of Qin even went to the harem to make a fool of himself before you showed off your dagger? It's only 5 points and you don't have to explain it."

"New work! New work! New work!"

This kind of rating post has been popping up all over the internet lately.

As long as you know how to attract hatred, the popularity of your posts will be extremely high.

And Luo Bai, as a guy who likes high-intensity self-searching, had a few drops of cold sweat falling on his forehead at this moment.

The poster in front of me is quite idle. Most of the game types on the market that he has never made have been opened by himself.

Theoretically speaking, there is always one that is right.

But the problem is, it wasn’t done.

After the development of Monster Hunter was completed, Xiao Luo Bai was born.

Luo, who became a father for the first time, was immersed in the joy of life and took several months of vacation for himself.

Although this is an excusable thing, it is not easy to talk about family matters to everyone.

While looking at the types of games on the post that he had never done before, Luo Bai suddenly felt a little empty.

In fact, the most carefree and happiest time playing games was when he was a child.

"Or...how about making a game that even children can play?"

Luo Bai smiled slightly.

……

Plants vs. Zombies.

Xiao Weirui looked at the names on the plan book and opened the title page. She did not look at the professional estimates of investment and reporting rates, even though these things were her job.

Instead, I directly looked at the gameplay and style of this game.Handling the project is just a routine procedure.

The success over the years has already given the man in front of him a faint layer of invincible brilliance.

Anyway, as long as the game comes out of his hands, there is absolutely no difference.

Instead of focusing on boring things like costs and possible return ratios, it’s better to see what new ideas this guy has in mind.

"Help Crazy Dave defend his house? Grow plants to fend off zombies? Tower defense game?"

Just like the thickness of the planning document, the entire game design is surprisingly simple.

There is no such thing as a brand-new design or amazing creativity.

It looks like an ordinary tower defense game.

Based on the current strength of Chuxin and the maturity of the plan in front of us, it may only take about a month to complete this project.

Xiao Weirui's eyes moved from the planning case to Luo Bai's face, her suspicious eyes seemed to be asking.

Are you sure you didn't mess it up?

However, Luo Bai just had a faint smile on his face and folded his hands on his chest:
"Brother Rui, I feel like this game is quite suitable for you."

"Don't be ridiculous, I've long passed the age where I like playing games."

Xiao Weirui only thought Luo Bai was joking.

Although she has been deepening her learning and understanding of the entire game industry over the years.

But basically it’s all about market operations, business operations and the like.

The game has always been just unemployment in her eyes, nothing more.

"When the game is finished, I'll give it to you to play."

Luo Bai was noncommittal. After seeing Xiao Weirui stamp and sign the plan, he started his work directly.

half a month later.

Original Heart Part [-], BUG testing room.

Luo Bai was invited by Mo Yun to come here to test the first version of Plants vs. Zombies.

Looking at Mo Yun, whose face was also covered with stubble and had matured a lot, Luo Bai nodded slightly.

In fact, with his ability, he could have gone out to be responsible for a studio alone like Pu Xingyu, but Mo Yun seems to be quite adaptable to staying here.

Familiar music rang in his ears, and the sight of Dave's house, the World Tree, and a huge tombstone seemed to pull his thoughts back to an afternoon long ago.

The trial results are naturally very satisfactory.

"That's it, go online directly."

……

I believe that the vast majority of first-time fans will invariably fall into a state of confusion when they wake up on October 10th.

"The original intention is to produce a new work!"

The first thing many people think of when they hear it is whether today is April Fools' Day, or whether their friends are joking on them.

But when they open Steam and see the game being pushed around the world on the Steam homepage, they are still a little confused.

Is this your first intention?It is also a well-known manufacturer in the industry.

Although your new work is just a sketch, everyone knows the quality of your sketches.

There wasn’t even a promotional video before the game was released. Isn’t it too shabby?
The sales volume of Monster Hunter isn’t bad either, right?
At this moment, the Xianyu player exchange group also exploded.

Goudan: “@ Erxiao, come out and explain what’s going on? What the hell?”

The repeated readings by Lao Lu, Chang Wan, and Tuitui also blew up Erxiao.

But she was also confused at this moment.

"How do I know? If you ask me who is going, several of my groups are noisy now."

Goudan: “Aren’t you an insider?”

Erxiao: "My internal staff don't know either! Damn it!"

At this time, Chuxin's fans have been divided into three factions.

One group ignores Sanqi 21 and just buys it to have a good time.

One group goes around eating and drinking, and the other group starts looking for clues on the Internet to analyze.

This analysis did not reveal any truly useful content, but instead triggered a carnival among the fun-loving people.

First of all, Plants vs. Zombies is priced at RMB 6, and the size of the game does not exceed 50M. It is a very typical sketch game.

In other words, a very typical low-quality sketch game.

You know, even independent games from small domestic studios will never have such a low price.

And the magical number of 6 yuan seems to remind people of Chuxin's first work.

"Brothers! Damn it! This is butter!"

"Wuhu! Return to the world with your original intention! Good, good, good."

"FNMDP! This game is rated for all ages, you're such a good girl."

#Plants vs. Zombies has not been announced#
A hot search is directly posted on the homepage, and the initial publicity creates more noise than if there is no publicity.

A group of passers-by who didn’t know what to do clicked on this hot search to take a look.

The description "Plants vs. Zombies, Chuxin's new work, has not been announced at all" made them even more confused.

What the hell?
Mr. Jia, are you really sick?

No announcement?Then this hot search hangs high?Did the Chinese teacher die early?
With such strong interest, I carefully understood what happened.

It turned out that Chunxin's behavior of putting its works directly online without any announcement shocked everyone.

Fine.

Count you awesome.

No, I have to share such fun things with my brothers.

Take a screenshot, repost it, and start spreading it virally.

Others went directly to Luo Bai’s Weibo to message him directly.

The question mark avatar immediately sent by Luo himself also made the players laugh on the spot.

"It's so funny that Mr. Luo himself was confused by the brothers' questions."

"You deserve it, I let you distribute the game without announcing it."

"By the way, what exactly is Plants vs. Zombies?"

Not long after, people in the industry also received first-hand news.

At this moment, the publicity departments of major game companies held a short meeting.

Looking at the projector in front of them, "Plants vs. Zombies", which was at the top of Weibo's hot search list, everyone frowned.

"Dirty! So damn dirty! Isn't this just deceiving players?"

"It's true. It's obviously Chu Xin's own propaganda trick. Why are you still pretending to be a White Lotus here?"

"Question mark picture? Disgusting! It's so disgusting!"

Everyone who silently decided to use this strategy next time they had the opportunity announced that the meeting was adjourned.

Plants vs. Zombies also instantly attracted the attention of blockbusters in a weird way.

The effect is even better than normal publicity.

……

“Okay, brothers, let’s not talk much today, Plants vs. Zombies.

I'm dizzy. I didn't sleep well yesterday. I woke up so early today to broadcast. Mr. Luo made a mistake! "

With the opening of Erxiao's live broadcast room, and with the joy of fans, a somewhat weird BGM sounded in everyone's ears.

Deng Deng Deng Deng~Deng Deng~
Deng Deng~Deng Deng~
(End of this chapter)