Chapter 160 Today is another day full of hope
After hearing the employee's answer, the owner of the gold-making studio left his seat and walked over curiously.
On the employee's computer, there was an announcement about the launch of the game that Honghuang Studio had just released.
[Official announcement: 2D horizontal fighting online game, "Dungeon & Fighter" will be officially launched at 12 noon next Thursday. Join me and enjoy the joy of fighting! ]
Below the announcement, there is a short promotional animation and screenshots from the game.
But when he saw those screenshots, his brows frowned instantly.
"What is this? A 2D horizontal version? Forget about this outdated gameplay from more than a decade ago. Not many people will play it. Let's just give up. Our focus is on the new games from the big companies."
"Okay, then I'll tell the others to hurry up and prepare."
As the employee spoke, he directly deleted the new game registration he had just filled out and excluded "Dungeon & Fighter".
After all, their main business is gaming gold farming.
The player base is not large enough, so even if they earn a lot of gold, they won’t be able to sell it, which is just a waste of manpower.
There are many people who hold the same idea as them.
Even for those players, their top priority is to choose new games from major manufacturers, and they plan to take a look at the situation first before considering other games.
…
"Chen Lin, aren't we being too impulsive by colliding with the new games represented by those big companies?"
Inside the prehistoric world, Lao Song asked with some concern.
Although their fame in the stand-alone industry will attract some players over.
But after all, online games are different from stand-alone games.
The player conversion rate is not expected to be very high.
When it comes to game selection, they will prefer games from big manufacturers that they recognize.
Because even if you are not into the quality of the game, you can still enjoy a lively social environment with more players.
"We can't help it. Our game is targeted at young people, and there is only so much time during the summer vacation. If we miss it, it will be even harder to launch it online."
Chen Lin naturally knew that it was not appropriate to clash with a big factory.
But this is his only chance, he has to rush in no matter how unfavorable the situation is, and he is very confident in this game.
"By the way, how is the NPC dubbing that Lao Li is responsible for going?"
"I heard that there were some problems. Another reason I came here this time was for this. It seems that the dubbing and the role don't match well. Do you want to go over and take a look?"
"It doesn't fit the role?" Chen Lin raised his eyebrows. "Okay, I'll go take a look."
The NPC dubbing in this game is of utmost importance and cannot be taken lightly.
Therefore, he had already told Lao Li long before that he must select people according to his requirements and not be lazy.
It seems that guy really cares about it.
After saying that, he immediately stood up and left the office with Lao Song and went to the outside of the recording room next to the studio.
As soon as I walked in, I heard voices echoing.
“Treat your equipment like a lover.”
"The sword cuts through the flesh and the body and the soul!"
"That guy passing by is pretty handsome~"
“Today is another day full of hope.”
hiss!
Chen Lin took a breath and his body trembled uncontrollably, even his forward steps stopped instantly.
"What's wrong?"
Old Song looked over in confusion .
"Nothing, I just suddenly felt a little liver pain."
Chen Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Old Song was even more puzzled now: "Liver pain? How can you have liver pain at such a young age? Is there something wrong with your body? You'd better go to the hospital for a check-up."
"No, let's see how the dubbing goes first."
Chen Lin waved his hand and then walked into the dubbing room.
Old Li was seen frowning and looking at the character dubbing script in his hand, and he didn't notice their arrival at all.
It was the employee next to them who noticed them and quickly said, "Mr. Chen, Director Song!"
A shout startled everyone who was busy in the dubbing room, and they all looked over here.
"Mr. Chen, why are you here?"
Old Li quickly put down the document in his hand.
"I heard that you encountered some difficulties in dubbing the character, so I came to take a look. Please tell me about the problem."
Chen Lin signaled others to continue and went straight to Lao Li.
Lao Li scratched his head and said anxiously, "It's not a big problem, but the voice acting for the character of Kelly always feels a bit awkward. I've tried several different voice actors but none of them fit the role very well."
According to Chen Lin's requirements, Kelly's dubbing needed to have a lazy, casual and provocative feeling, and she couldn't be too young or too old.
This is easier said than done.
I always feel like no dubbing is appropriate.
"It turns out that this role is indeed a bit difficult."
Chen Lin touched his chin, trying hard to recall the voice that broke the hearts of countless warriors.
After a while, he finally looked at the female voice actor in the recording studio and said into the microphone, "Do you know how to dub CCTV animation? Try it with that. Remember to keep your voice relaxed and casual."
"CCTV animation?" Several voice actors looked at each other in bewilderment. "That's not a problem, but do we really have to use such a formal tone?"
"You'll know after you try it first."
"Well... okay, I'll give it a try."
One of the voice actors hesitated for a moment, then followed his request, took a deep breath, and came to the microphone.
"Hello, my name is Kelly~"
hiss--
Hearing this voice, Chen Lin took another breath and his liver began to ache again.
Old Li next to him had his eyes light up.
"That's right! It's the right taste, this is it!"
He never expected that this character would require this kind of accent, and he was immediately pleasantly surprised.
When I turned around, I found that Chen Lin had turned around and left, leaving behind a few words.
"There is still more than a week before the launch, so hurry up and import the character voices. The testing work will be left to you."
After saying that, he disappeared out the door.
The abnormal behavior left them with a lot of question marks.
However, time was running out, so I didn't think much about it and continued recording. Strange accents began to be heard in the dubbing room.
…
A week passed quickly.
Just as Chen Lin and his team were making preparations, the day for the new game to be launched arrived as scheduled.
It’s just noon.
Players who had been waiting for a long time flocked to the new games represented by several major manufacturers.
"Not bad, not bad. I've been waiting for this game for so long, and finally there's a Chinese server agent."
"There's actually a server launch event, I'm going to rush in right away!"
"This real-time gunfight game is pretty good. Let's try it first to see if it's fun."
"Oh my god! We're queuing up right after the server opens? Are you kidding me?"
“Are the servers full so quickly?”
"Why hasn't the money I just recharged been credited to my account? Where's the GM?"
It is said that where there are people, there is the world of martial arts.
With the influx of a large number of players, various problems began to occur frequently.
Login queue, disconnection, black screen, flash back, abnormal recharge...
This has also led to the loss of many players, who directly switched to other games, which has kept employees of major manufacturers busy and overwhelmed.
"Director, the game has only been online for ten minutes and we have received hundreds of complaints about long queue times. What should we do?"
Shengqu Company Headquarters.
An employee anxiously found the operations director who was pacing back and forth.
The reason they caused line congestion was that they overestimated the carrying capacity of their own servers and underestimated the number of players.
However.
The operations director didn't take it seriously.
He said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about these trivial matters. Login queue can better reflect the popularity of our game. This will attract more and more players."
"What about those players who have topped up their accounts? Many of them have called to complain."
"Are you stupid? Of course it's different for those who have recharged. Just let them go through the VIP channel and the number of people in line will be reduced tenfold! If it doesn't work, divert the traffic to other regions. Don't we have three groups of servers?"
"Oh, oh, I'll do it right away."
The employee responded and hurried away, carrying out the man's instructions.
Something like that.
The same thing happened to several major manufacturers at this time.
The countermeasures they adopted were basically the same, either opening VIP channels or adding several more sets of servers to divert traffic.
Create a situation where the product becomes popular as soon as it goes online.
I have to say.
This method is actually quite useful.
Ordinary players who didn't know the reason were more convinced that this game would be popular when they saw so many people queuing up.
Especially the area with the greatest potential.
Even though there were thousands of people in line, they were reluctant to leave. They ate instant noodles while waiting in front of the computer , watching the numbers on it jump every few minutes.
certainly.
There are also some players who can't stand the long wait.
Change zone.
Switch to other games.
This unexpectedly allowed games from other small companies to gain some traffic and attracted a large number of new players.
"Huh? This game seems to be online today too. How about playing it first ?"
In a university dormitory.
Several students who did not go home for the holiday sat in front of their computers, looking for new tours with no queues.
One of them's attention was attracted by an unfamiliar game, and he looked up and said to the others.
"Wait a moment, I just got in line, let me try this game to see if it's fun or not."
"I'm only about a dozen people away from the line, so I can't leave for the time being."
"Old Guo, go explore the route first, and call us if it's fun."
The roommates' voices rose and fell, and they were basically busy with their own things, and they didn't even turn their heads when answering.
"Okay, I'll go explore the route first. If you find anything interesting, remember to call me."
As Lao Guo spoke, he clicked on the game he had just downloaded.
Dungeon Fighter
Then, a login interface that couldn't be simpler appeared.
"Pfft! What is this? An old game from the 80s or 90s?"
Looking at the interface that only took up less than half of the screen, Lao Guo almost laughed out loud, thinking that he had opened some nostalgic game.
But now that I have downloaded it, I have to play it anyway.
So he didn't think much about it, quickly registered an account, and then logged into the game.
Clang——
The sound of a wooden door opening was heard.
Several regional options popped up, and they were actually divided by region.
Lao Guo just took a quick glance and directly selected the South China region where their school was located and entered the game.
Next second.
A black frame appeared, and tinkling percussion music sounded in my ears.
Lao Guo's eyes lit up: "The music is pretty good, it has a retro feel."
