Restart the Gaming Era

"... What's the point of buying hot search? The money might as well be used to give me a bonus." Zhou Sen murmured.

Zhong Ming smiled: "Buying hot search can increase the popularity of the game and make more money. I will give you bonuses, and you will not be more grateful to the company. Dade, where do you want the money to go? . "

"But the heat has not been brushed up." Zhou Sen said.

Zhong Ming nodded: "Yes. This is the thing about heat. Now everyone's attention on the Internet is hard to figure out. Sometimes it ’s useless to spend money on hot search. When the heat goes down, there is no better way."

"Poor old Xie, still in trouble." Zhou Sen sympathized.

Zhong Ming said: "Don't worry about Lao Xie. He has nothing to worry about. Now that the project is under the control of Director Bai, he is just continuing the Buddhist sect. And for others, the bonus has only been reduced. It ’s not that I ca n’t make it any longer. When the estuary gradually passes, President Yu no longer pays much attention to the project of "Learning the Boundless Sea", Director Bai is transferred, and Director Xie can continue to point to the game to earn bonuses. "

"But will there be a bonus by then?"

"Yes. As long as there is no policy to completely ban such answer programs, it will definitely exist forever. It is simply a matter of earning more and earning less. The decline in heat is a good thing, and you can continue to provide for the elderly."

"Ah, keep working." Zhou Sen no longer has to worry about bonuses, and continues to type code.

...

On the Internet, the enthusiasm for the virtual idol competition is gradually dissipating.

After the virtual idol competition, Xinghua Mutual Entertainment announced the company's next stage of the promotion plan. The two virtual idols, Shangguan Yun and Tiya, will be the focus of future promotion, and will be created by a professional team. Meet all fans.

At the time, Xinghua Mutual Entertainment's virtual idol concert, several newcomers will be on stage with old virtual idols such as Su Bai and Dina.

Just a lot of fans wondered, how about Chanel?

After taking the first place in the virtual idol contest, why is there no news after that? ?

Especially after the official Weibo of Xinghua Interactive Entertainment announced the promotion plans of Shangguan Yun and Tiya, many question marks appeared below.

"Why is my Chanel wife not on the list?"

"What the hell, the second and third places have promotion, but the first place doesn't?"

"Spicy chicken Xinghua mutual entertainment, shady!"

"Brothers do n’t scold .... This is really not the pot of Xinghua Mutual Entertainment. Do you think they do n’t want to push Chanel? They think so much, but the original author did n’t sign a contract with them, did n’t sell the copyright, you let How to push Xinghua Mutual Entertainment. "

"Ha? I always thought that I had signed a copyright development agreement by participating in this competition."

"No, Xinghua Mutual Entertainment did not force all the contestants to sign. It is estimated that they are very confident in their company. But it is also that most of the contestants participated in the competition and sold their works smoothly. How good is it? Xinghua Mutual Entertainment did not expect that Zhong Ming would hold the virtual idol in his hands and would not sell it at all ... "

"The original author wanted to develop the copyright by himself?"

"Develop a fart, the author is a newcomer. I just got a bonus two days ago and just registered a studio. I still do an independent game ... he has a fart resource development copyright ..."

"... Day, wouldn't I have no way to see my goddess at the concert? It's uncomfortable to think about it! I feel uncomfortable!"

"Hey, I don't know what the author thought, and I don't know to cherish such a good promotion opportunity."

"So what is an indie game?"

"I don't know, I haven't done it yet. I also paid attention to the author's Weibo, and since the studio's Weibo, there has been no movement."

"Ask a private letter?"

Many people sent private messages to Zhong Ming's Weibo to ask about Chanel.

In short, you have to continue to develop the image of Chanel. Big brother, you do n’t give it to others, and you ca n’t develop it yourself. Is n’t that blind?

However, these private messages were not answered.

...

In a blink, a week passed.

Since the script is already available, it won't take much time in this regard. The program framework of the game itself is not complicated, and the character standing painting does not need much precision, so it is fast to do.

Of course, because there are too many original portrait paintings and original scene paintings, in order to complete them more quickly, we also need to outsource a group of less important characters to reduce some workload. At the market price, an ordinary vertical painting also needs about 2,000 This is also a large expenditure of tens of thousands.

Moreover, since it is a serious independent game, it is certainly impossible to copy it all as it is, and many aspects can still be optimized.

For example, in terms of character drawing, each character will have various expressions and actions according to the different plots, and various sound effects and screen effects according to the plot.

Things like screen shake, red filters that mimic bleeding, and so on, all take a little time to do.

The more important thing is the character voice.

Although there is no such thing as voice, it is better to have it. It can give players a stronger sense of substitution. With the auto-play function, text adventure games are more like a moving book, which will give A better gaming experience for players.

And voice is not difficult to do, just spend money.

In fact, for Zhong Ming, the development of "The Hidden Path" never spent more than one million yuan. This was done to control costs and prevent some uncontrollable situations from happening.

For example, what should I do if the original painting is not finished? Not enough music? Or try to buy some recommended places where the game goes live?

These may or may not be spent, Zhong Ming has also taken into account. After all, he can't get money from other places now. In case the game breaks half of the capital chain, it is really difficult to do.

Fortunately, dubbing can be found in a special studio ~ www.readwn.com ~ the price is 90-120 yuan / minute / person. And because there are so many characters in "The Hidden Way", even if the voice actors are monsters, they can dub N characters by themselves, which is still a very huge project.

The game is talking almost all the way. If all the lines are connected, it may take 8-10 hours. In this way, the money spent on dubbing alone will be 60,000 to 70,000. Of course, there are definitely discounts with so many tones, but there is no discount.

After all, if you want to dub the color, you have to find some outstanding voice actors, and some emotionally insufficient sentences must be re-recorded.

Zhou Sen and Jiang Wanna are very tolerant, and have never watched the plot written by Zhong Ming.

Zhou Sen only set up the program framework according to Zhong Ming's requirements, and then assigned a small part of the table. The main plot progress was directly controlled by Zhong Ming. In the words of Jiang Wanna, she just painted a part of the figure, helping Zhong Ming to paint different expressions and actions of the same person.

Because these two people are holding back, want to wait for the game to come out and experience it by themselves.

"Um, Zhong Ming, in fact, I always have a problem. How can we promote the game? To be honest, the name is really not suitable for promotion, and it means to dismiss the name.

Zhou Sen expressed his concerns.