game trailblazer

Chapter 201 New Developments in the Domestic Game Industry

"Boss, what are your orders?" Wang Mengyao asked respectfully while standing aside.

"Hmm..." Zhang Lexing thought for a while, and decided to listen to the domestic game industry first, and then talk about his own affairs, so he asked Wang Mengyao, "Mengyao, what's going on in China recently?"

"The situation in China during this period is like this..." Wang Mengyao took out her notepad and began to introduce it in detail.

The PS version of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", which was originally expected to be launched at the end of last year, was launched as scheduled, just in time for the best time for the commercial war at the end of the year. Although it was released in a short period of time, it also achieved sales of 80 sets, surpassing the sales volume of PS games. It's not too prominent on the list, but compared with the results on the computer platform, it's already quite impressive.

Fengyun Interactive also arranged some games to be launched during the winter vacation, including the card battle game "Mythology", the strategy game "Eastern Zhou Dynasty: The Spring and Autumn", the monopoly game "Happy Rivers and Lakes", and the simulation management game "China Civil Aviation" of Xishanju. " and the leading company's first work "Guandu" and so on.Among them, there are no games that can be called masterpieces, but perhaps because of the approaching Spring Festival, "Happy Rivers and Lakes", which supports multiple people to play on the same computer, has achieved quite good sales. The sales volume in the region has already exceeded 4 sets, even surpassing the record set by "Legend of Sword and Fairy" last year. Of course, this is also due to the ultra-low price of 5 yuan.

As for "Mythology" and "The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: The Spring and Autumn Period", the results were mediocre. "The Mythology" barely passed 1 sets, while "The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: The Spring and Autumn Period" just reached 1 sets. "Mythology" is mainly affected by the fact that the game method is not yet popular, and there are not many people who are interested. If the game screen is not dazzling enough and the character setting is attractive, the performance may be even worse. However, its related comics and other peripherals will gradually develop in the future. In the future, maybe the situation will be greatly improved. "The Spring and Autumn Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" mainly has a small audience. Fortunately, there are not a few players who have been exposed to computer games during this period and are interested in this type of game. In the familiar era of the Three Kingdoms, perhaps sales can still rise.But Zhang Lexing doesn’t want his company to lack pursuit, just like some game companies, when it comes to strategy, it’s Three Kingdoms, and when it comes to role-playing, it must be martial arts. There are so many similar games that players want to make movies when they play it until they throw up. , always shooting around the same subject, sooner or later there will be fewer and fewer usable themes, and only with more innovation and new ideas can it last forever.

"China Civil Aviation" was originally said to be a work of Qiu Bojun's personal practice, which is hardly a qualified game. However, with the help of a more powerful Xishanju, "China Civil Aviation" has also been reborn and become a decent game. The strategy management game is more like a refined version of "Aviation Overlord". Unfortunately, it is still a bit complicated to get started, and only 1 sets have been achieved.

With a series of gimmicks such as "Three Kingdoms" and "Real-Time Strategy", "Guandu" has successfully attracted the attention of many people, and it has reached 2 sets of sales in one fell swoop. Dare not to invest in game development and improvement. Fortunately, with the help of Fengyun Interactive, "Guandu" successfully entered the RB and Korean markets and achieved quite good results. It even earned 12 US dollars for the leading company overseas Sales share.Adding the two together, not only has the investment been recovered, but in the eyes of everyone in the leading company, it is almost a profit, and there is a lot of laughter in the company every day.

In addition to the release of these domestic games, some Chinese-language games of Fengyun Interactive have also landed on the market this winter vacation, bringing some different game styles.The game market during this winter vacation is extremely lively. In addition to a series of works released by Fengyun Interactive, many other companies have also launched many games, especially Jinpan Electronics, which launched "Bosnia and Herzegovina War", "Charge", "Virus There are four games such as "War War", which even includes typing practice games such as "Chocolate ABC", which is very suitable for the needs of the popularization of computers.In addition, some companies that have accepted Dream Fund investment or self-raised funds have also come up with works that have been brewing for a long time, but the influence is not great, but an unknown company named Genesis Technology has produced a product called The game "A Wind and Cloud" is actually a simulation game similar to CM, but with the just-emerged A League, this game has attracted the attention of many people, including some players.

Following Zhiguan, another Taiwanese game company, Spectrum Boshuo, has entered the mainland market. Its first appearance brought nearly ten games, including "Wealthy World", "Happy People" and "End of Century Business Empire". .However, in comparison, the news that Electronic Arts (EA) has officially landed in China is even more shocking. According to Wang Mengyao, their office is in BJ’s Haidian District, and there may be several Chinese-language games on the market in the near future. .Compared with these market news, the last news Wang Mengyao said made Zhang Lexing feel even more palpitating.

Wang Mengyao looked at the notepad and said, "Boss, according to reliable sources, the Press and Publication Administration is about to announce a "Interim Regulations on the Management of Electronic Publications", and the scope of its management also includes games. It means that the publishing and distribution of games will also be included Within the scope of the administration of the Press and Publication Administration, future game listings cannot be done alone, but need to cooperate with the publishing house, because electronic publications need to mark the name and address of the publishing unit, the special Chinese standard book number and the book number barcode of the electronic publication on the cover Wait for the content..."

After listening to Wang Mengyao's introduction, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but think of those games that had been caught by the river, and couldn't help but feel worried: "The board of directors has come out, and it seems that the censorship system for this game may not be far away. I hope the ones I mentioned The suggestion can start to work..."

Seeing Zhang Lexing's expression, Wang Mengyao seemed to be a little worried. She thought she was worried about the "Interim Regulations on the Management of Electronic Publications". Some publishing houses have a good cooperative relationship, I believe that with this relationship in it, Fengyun Interactive will not be very troublesome to deal with those publishing houses."

Zhang Lexing knew that Wang Mengyao had misunderstood, but after all, what he was thinking hadn't happened yet, so it was hard to bring it up, so he nodded, and let it go for the time being.

"Mengyao, have there been any changes in the creative workshop recently?"

Wang Mengyao didn't look at the notepad this time, she just opened her mouth and replied: "Well, the total number of people in the creative workshop has reached 520, including 470 game developers... According to the resolution at the annual meeting, the creative workshop will be held in Establish independent companies in Shanghai and Guangzhou, and transfer about 60 people to each of the two places, including some employees with 3 to 5 years of development experience. They will adopt an independent accounting business operation model, and the investment will come from Fengyun Interactive. In order to support its development, the follow-up versions of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Three Kingdoms" will be handed over to these two companies for development.

In addition, the creative workshop will also allow employees with more than three years of development experience to lead their own businesses. Employees can raise funds by themselves or be invested by the company. Now there is a team of about 20 people who intend to set up a game development studio and plan to develop a more Intelligent strategy game.Their application has been approved, and the studio should be officially established by the end of this month (referring to March).

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Zhang Lexing nodded in satisfaction. Although he doesn't know whether this change can achieve the expected goal, at least he has the opportunity to recruit some talents who are unwilling to come to BJ's side, and has the opportunity to accumulate more strength. The future of the domestic game industry brings some benefits.

After Wang Mengyao finished introducing the situation, Zhang Lexing finally stated the purpose of today: "Mengyao, I have a game idea that needs someone to complete it. Can you find someone from the creative workshop? Not necessarily. There are too many people, there are five or six plans, three or four programs and art, so it’s almost the same, I need them to help perfect the idea first.”

Wang Mengyao took out the notepad and looked at it, and said: "It's definitely no problem, there are just a few project teams that have just finished work, except for those who will be transferred to Shanghai and Guangzhou, and those who will soon set up a studio, there are still enough people. It’s no problem at all to transfer a dozen or so people over.”

"Well, you can do it right now and let them come over as soon as possible." Zhang Lexing explained that he couldn't wait to make the game in his heart.

"Okay, boss, I'll call right now. As soon as I have news, I'll report to you right away." Wang Mengyao bowed slightly, turned and left Zhang Lexing's office.

More than ten minutes later, Wang Mengyao came back again. As soon as she entered the office, she smiled at Zhang Lexing and said, "Boss, the matter is settled. I have adjusted 8 plans, 5 programs and 5 artists for you. They still have more There is a little matter to deal with, and I should be able to arrive in Hong Kong in two days."

Although there are still two days to wait, it doesn't matter, I can just use these two days to do other things, and by the way, I will improve the idea of ​​"Adventure King".Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing nodded, and said to Wang Mengyao: "Mengyao, you did a good job in this matter. It's okay, you can go to other things first, and I will call you if there is something else."

"Okay, boss, I'm going out first." Wang Mengyao bowed slightly again, turned and walked out of the office.

(End of this chapter)