Chapter 166: Asian Animation and Game Expo
"???"
"Wait, what is this?"
"This feeling of déjà vu, could it be CG animation?"
"Fuck! It's really a CG animation, even the game characters are there!"
“Hahaha…this is too sexy!”
"It is indeed the style of the ancient times. The promotional CG is still elegant and unique."
"I was wondering why this game didn't have any CGs before, but it turns out they're hidden in places like this."
"It tastes just right. It tastes just right now."
The audience who reacted suddenly burst into laughter.
They never expected that instead of waiting for the competition to start, they would wait for the game promotional CG.
It’s a character animation!
When other companies release CG for their games, they would like to release it several months or half a year in advance.
What a shame! The game has been out for more than a month and you only just remembered to release the CG. This is simply outrageous. It's outrageous to the extreme.
Even the players and contestants at the scene were grinning from ear to ear, and they all took their seats to watch this sudden performance.
The atmosphere, which was originally extremely depressing due to the waiting, suddenly became cheerful, which relieved a lot of the nervousness of the contestants.
As the rock band finished singing, the big screen switched to full screen and the animation officially started.
To put it simply.
The animation "Arad War" tells the story of the outbreak of the Kazan curse and sweeping across the entire continent of Arad.
Because of a curse, the protagonist's left hand mutated and gained the power of ghosts and gods, becoming a ghost swordsman feared by everyone.
In order to find a way to lift the curse, he traveled along the way and met four people: a sharpshooter, a fighter, a magician, and a paladin.
A thrilling adventure also began.
The story is simple.
But the funny and humorous style immediately attracted the audience's attention.
The hand that was originally about to close the interface because of impatient waiting, at this moment stopped on the mouse, watching with great interest.
Especially when seeing the character you play appear, there will be a tide of barrage of comments.
"Fuck! Why does the sharpshooter look so mean?"
"Is this the image of a fighter? Love it."
"Loli is so small, so cute!"
"As expected, the most handsome guy is still the uncle. With his physique, can't he kill a goblin with one punch?"
"A bunch of scum. After all this talk, isn't the protagonist still a ghost swordsman?"
Since the game was launched, which of the five major professional systems is the strongest has always been a controversial topic.
From a player's perspective, of course they hope that the character they play is the strongest, and they would not tolerate others slandering this profession.
So when seeing these animated characters appear, the entire live broadcast room instantly became lively, and the audience retention rate reached an extremely exaggerated level.
This phenomenon shocked the platform executives who were watching the background data.
"What's going on? Why is this game so popular?"
“The retention rate has reached over 92% before the game even started!”
“Change strategy! Increase the live streaming volume immediately and try to retain all these viewers!”
In fact, they didn't have much hope for the popularity of the game "Dungeon & Fighter" at the beginning.
It’s simply because Honghuang spent a lot of money that they were able to cooperate with the publicity in such a grand manner.
But the background data in front of them was completely beyond their expectations, and was almost as good as those large-scale competitions held every year.
These people are not fools. They immediately asked people to increase publicity efforts and increase the number of server groups in the live broadcast room.
Some companies saw such a large amount of traffic and smelled business opportunities, so they contacted Honghuang to discuss advertising cooperation.
Of course, these are all off-field matters.
Just when I was running around on various platforms.
At seven o'clock in the evening, with a burst of cheerful interlude music, the first Fighting King Tournament finally officially began.
"Why did it start so soon?"
"Finish this episode of animation first!"
"It's the critical moment!"
"Ahhh! My fighter is just about to appear!"
"Can't you just finish and then start again?"
"I'm here to watch CG, what's the point of this game?"
When the animation stopped and the screen switched to the competition venue, the audience who were watching the CG animation with great interest were instantly excited.
There was also a huge roar of condemnation at the scene, which made Lao Li and others confused.
"What's wrong? Didn't you just yell for them to open it quickly? Why is it making even more noise now?"
Old Li looked outside through the backstage with confusion .
They had been backstage doing the preparations, so they had no idea what was going on.
"Is it because we've been waiting too long? Never mind, let's get started right away."
As he said this, he looked at the contestants who had been waiting for a long time, as well as Lao Song and Ouyang Xiao who were dressed in their best.
As the organizer and image ambassador of this competition.
Naturally, they were prepared early and waiting here.
As the countdown was about to end, the two nodded to each other, and under the spotlight and the cheers of the audience, they walked onto the stage together to officially start the opening ceremony of the event.
…
Not far away.
Chen Lin and Su Peng stood together, watching the competition that had already begun, and finally a smile appeared on their lips.
"Thank you. We at Honghuang will remember your favor this time. You can come to me if you have any problems in the future."
"Mr. Chen, you are too polite. Since we are allies, we should help each other."
Su Peng was overjoyed, as he was waiting for Chen Lin to say this.
As long as he has these words, all his efforts during this period will be worth it.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but change the subject: "By the way, Mr. Chen, are you planning to focus on developing the online game market next?"
Since they want to cooperate, he naturally needs to understand Honghuang's next move so that he can make preparations for both situations.
"It's not even my full strength yet." Chen Lin said after pondering for a moment.
"Our Honghuang's core market is still in the stand-alone field. We are only developing online games to expand the market. After all, operations require too much manpower."
After all, the goal is to open up the market, so huge expenses are inevitable.
If I make online games again in the future, I probably won’t make such a big move again.
No matter how rich they are, they can't afford such a ordeal.
"I see."
Su Peng lowered his head after hearing this and silently memorized this passage.
Then he raised his head again: "There is one more thing. Our headquarters in Qizhou will hold an Asian animation and game exhibition next month with several major domestic and foreign film and television game companies. It will mainly focus on PC and consoles. Is Mr. Chen interested in participating?"
"Anime and game exhibition?"
Chen Lin raised his eyebrows. This was the first time he heard this news.
I suddenly remembered that Bilibili started out with anime and games, and has a very strong two-dimensional culture, which is one of the best both at home and abroad.
Could it be.
Are two-dimensional games going to become popular so soon?
If that is the case, then there will probably be many large companies participating, and the market trend will also change accordingly.
"It just so happens that we are also working on a game of this type. Remember to reserve a good venue for me. It should be a big one. The bigger the better."
"Really?!"
Su Peng's face lit up with joy, but he immediately became confused: "The bigger the better. Does Mr. Chen want to add more promotional ads?"
"No, I just want to put some little gadgets in there. You'll know when the time comes." Chen Lin smiled mysteriously but didn't say anything else.
Su Peng naturally did not ask any more questions after hearing what had happened. He said, "Okay, I may not be able to apply for the central venue with my status, but there are still a few quotas for the large venue next to it."
"That's enough. Our game is quite special. It can be seen without the center venue." Chen Lin said thoughtfully.
Since it is an exhibition targeting the whole of Asia and is mainly about animation and games, there will probably be manufacturers from Japan and South Korea coming to promote their products.
Although the domestic gaming industry is much better than last year.
But there is still a gap compared to the manufacturers in those two places.
In addition, with the recent rise of the agency trend, a large number of foreign games have entered the domestic market, so we have to plan ahead.
Thinking of this, he called Lao Li who was staying behind the scenes: "Lao Li, how is the preparation of the game I asked you to prepare going?"
"The test version is almost done, but AR and holographic projection imaging will take a lot of time, and we don't have enough manpower in this area," Lao Li replied.
"Okay, try to finish the game before next month. I'll find a way to solve the AR and holographic projection."
"No problem, I'll make sure it's done before next month!"
Su Peng was present, and Lao Li didn't say much. He left to continue his backstage work at the competition venue.
The competition on the stage was proceeding at full speed amid the thunderous cheers of the audience.
…
In a blink of an eye, three days passed.
After three days of intense competition, top contestants from all over the world finally decided the final champion.
Beyond everyone's expectations.
The champion of this competition was not the popular Ghost Swordsman class, but a battle mage player who broke through the siege and won the championship in one fell swoop!
The moment Ouyang Xiao came on stage to announce the result of the competition, the entire venue and the live broadcast room were in an uproar.
"Battle Method! The champion is actually a battle method !"
"Haha, I knew it. The strongest one is indeed me, the Great Magician!"
"Too strong! A mage is chasing a bunch of melee fighters."
"That attack on the straw man just now was a stroke of genius!"
"He was able to handle it under such extreme conditions. This reaction is unparalleled."
"It's mainly because this game is well optimized. The movements and attack feedback are really awesome."
"Indeed, it's amazing that a 2D game's combat can be so detailed. I've seen people online say that its controls are rubbish before."
Even though they were separated by a screen, the players felt very excited and were frantically posting comments about the finals.
Whether it was the players who were playing the game or the spectators who came to watch the fun, they were all shocked by the match.
It's obviously just a 2D horizontal fighting game.
But it allowed them to see exciting professional battles and fierce competition between players.
It has nothing to do with the negative information circulating online recently, and many of them are even intended to deliberately stigmatize this game.
This three-day competition proved to them the great advantages of this game, and it is not as worthless as people say on the Internet!
All of a sudden, a large number of players flocked into the game.
The number of online users, which had been low, began to soar, exceeding one million in less than a day.
The momentum was so rapid that even if several major companies wanted to stop it, it was too late.
I guess they would never think of it even if they were beaten to death.
The live broadcast of Honghuang's competition was so successful. In addition to the strong publicity and high quality, there is another important reason.
That is the CG animation interspersed between games.
Yes.
A large part of the audience actually goes there to watch the animation!
