Chapter 323: Crazy, an old game that unexpectedly became popular again
The Honghuang virtual platform is officially open!
When receiving this news, countless game manufacturers were shocked.
Over the past six months, they have been watching the rapid growth of Honghuang's platform, waiting to fully .
now.
Finally this opportunity came.
Naturally, they were unwilling to waste time and all gathered in the production team in a hurry.
"Hurry up, start the final testing and prepare to upload the game. How familiar are you with the Unreal Engine?"
"I'm basically familiar with it now, and we can start working on it once all the equipment arrives!"
Virtual Engine.
It is a game engine developed a long time ago by Chen Lin based on virtual technology.
Like the commonly used Unreal Engine, it is specifically used to make games, but it only makes virtual games.
Chen Lin has applied for a patent for this engine.
And it only charges very low usage fees from those manufacturers.
But there is a contract.
Games made with the Honghuang Virtual Engine can only be released on the Honghuang platform, which also prevents the situation of making wedding dresses for others.
This period of time.
Manufacturers are working on this engine.
Purchase equipment and become familiar with the production process.
Those who have made rapid progress have basically mastered it and can make some smaller games.
Especially those 3D games with modeling basis are much easier to convert into virtual games, which is also their initial attempt goal.
"Boss, Penguin recently said that it will launch new equipment within two years. We use the Honghuang virtual engine. Are you not going to consider that?"
An employee couldn't help but ask.
Games made with the Honghuang Virtual Engine cannot be uploaded to other virtual platforms. This restriction is not a big deal now, but it may be possible in the future.
"You believe Penguin's lies. Who in our industry hasn't skipped a round of work? Can he really finish it in two years if he says it can be done in two years?"
"That's right, put the real thing out first. I can do it just by talking."
"Besides, no other company has made a virtual engine yet, so just use this one first and switch to another one later."
Generally speaking, large-scale game companies will have their own game engines.
But now that the virtual industry has just emerged, the engine that comes with the Honghuang platform naturally becomes their best choice.
Wait until the technology matures.
It’s not too late to develop an engine that suits you.
So very quickly.
A large number of games began to flood onto the Honghuang platform.
The homepage of "Sword Art Online", which originally only had one game, has become more colorful, with many category pages and lists, as well as many new features.
It makes the players who just got online very excited.
"Here it comes, a new game is coming!"
"It just so happens that the Sword and Blade team is taking a break today, so let's take a look at other types of games first."
In the live broadcast room.
Ouyang Xiao went online early and put on his helmet to log into the platform.
What surprised her was that after entering the platform this time, the familiar web-style list disappeared, and instead, her character in "Sword Art Online" was standing in an empty hall.
Digital screens floated in all directions, displaying large cover images of various games.
Just click it.
Some will also play a game video, and there is a string of detailed text introduction, you can tell at a glance what type of game it is
"So many games have been uploaded on the first day. I wonder if there are any casual ones."
Ouyang Xiao looked troubled and murmured in a low voice.
As if in response to her words.
The screen in front of me suddenly switched to a list of casual games, with more than a dozen games already uploaded.
“Oh my god, so smart?”
“It can actually perform voice recognition and automatically filter and classify.”
“This sense of technology comes immediately.”
"Honghuang is far ahead!"
"Can I ask if there is such a game?"
"A friend of mine asked me the same question."
The change in platform operation surprised the audience in the live broadcast room.
It’s like the high-end experience of watching a movie in a private cinema.
"Huh? Bomb Dojo has also been ported to the virtual version?"
Suddenly, Ouyang Xiao's eyes fixed on one of the games, his eyes shining.
She had played this game for a while before. It was definitely a top-notch casual game. She didn't expect it to be ported to the virtual terminal as soon as possible.
Upon closer inspection, many of the games were ported from PC and consoles, and she had played them all, so she was inevitably surprised.
"Platform porting is indeed the fastest way. Let's try this "Bomb Dome" first."
Ouyang Xiao said, and directly purchased the game and clicked to open it.
Swish!
The lists around me receded quickly.
It became a game hall.
Ouyang Xiao lowered his head and found that he was left with only two short legs and chubby hands. The whole character became cute and he immediately burst into laughter.
"Haha, this game is so fun. The movements are weird, just like wearing a rag doll costume."
Familiar scenes, familiar characters, but it has changed from the third perspective to the first perspective. It really feels a bit different.
In loud laughter.
She immediately entered the room and started fighting.
Just as imagined, he appeared on a map full of squares and placed bombs by "farting" to kill other players.
This gameplay has been outdated for many years, but after being ported into a virtual port, it unexpectedly became interesting.
The other players who had just entered the room were also shouting and yelling, competing with each other between the blocks. They laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt and they couldn't stop laughing.
The last person couldn't have enough fun.
He immediately called his friends to join the game.
Even though they are all in their twenties, they are having more fun than each other. It feels like they have regained the happiness of their childhood.
This also caused.
The old, low-budget game, which was originally intended to be a test of the waters, suddenly became popular again, sparking a wave of nostalgia on the Internet.
…
"It's a hit, our game is a hit!"
"Director, come and see!"
At Watson Games.
An excited voice sounded.
The man in charge of the "Bomb Hall" project hurried over from a distance with a puzzled look on his face.
But when he saw the sales of "Bomb Hall" on the first day of its launch on Honghuang Virtual, his eyes couldn't help but widen.
"10... 100,000!? 100,000 copies sold in just one day??"
Not to mention him, even the employees in charge of backend data opened their mouths wide with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.
You have to know their game.
The total sales volume is only a few hundred thousand.
It’s still a result that has been on the shelves for several years.
But now, in just one day, it has doubled. It's outrageous. It's outrageous!
Click on the live broadcast platform to take a look.
There are actually quite a few anchors broadcasting their games.
"Are virtual games so fierce?"
The director stood there in a daze for a long time before he finally uttered a few words.
What followed was endless ecstasy.
"Quick! Tell the production team to update the new content as soon as possible. We are about to take off!"
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
Notify the boss and call all the senior executives over.
Because he found that they still underestimated the potential of the virtual platform.
This is not a new platform at all, it’s simply a cash cow!
The kind that still drops gold!
Not to mention other manufacturers.
Seeing that an old game like "Bomb Dome" which has been around for so many years has become so popular, my eyes suddenly became red.
Why would I care so much about you?
We hurriedly held a meeting to launch the project and moved all the old casual games out and ported them to the Honghuang platform.
The rapidly increasing number of games made Lao Li, who had been observing the background data, stunned.
"Are these guys crazy? Why are they pushing all kinds of games to us?"
Just try your best to stuff it in.
Some are too lazy to even change the game introduction.
"I can actually understand that. Even I didn't expect that these old games would perform so well. This is a good opportunity to promote the platform and attract more manufacturers."
Old Song stood aside with his arms folded, looking a little surprised.
And after statistics, it turns out that the best-received games are those casual games that can be played by many people together.
"How about...we also make a new game?" Lao Li suggested.
More than half a year has passed since the virtual technology was announced, and they have been basically busy with the platform and have no time to spare.
Now that things have finally stabilized, I’m naturally jealous of such a huge amount of traffic and want to make one myself.
"Of course we can, but we have to port Yu-Gi-Oh! and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds first to make them compatible with all platforms ."
"This is easy. We started preparing for it last year and it should be completed soon."
One of these two games has ready-made images, and the other has little content, so both are relatively easy to port to the virtual side.
As for the rest.
Since the content is too large, the difficulty of porting is not much different from making a new game, so we cannot start work for the time being.
We can only wait until more manpower is available.
"Okay, I'll go talk to Mr. Chen when he comes back to see what to do next."
Old Song said this and turned away to do other things.
And at this time.
On the street a few kilometers away.
Chen Lin, who had just finished discussing something with Tang Jun at the Juying branch, was sitting in the car on his way back to the studio, looking thoughtful.
This time he found out four pieces of information in total.
First, Giant Inspur plans to withdraw its investment from the console market within two years. It will continue to operate, but will not invest too many resources in the virtual industry.
Second, Penguin has shares in both Nintendo and Sony. If it really develops virtual equipment, it may share it to expand overseas markets.
Third, the CMA in England has shown signs of loosening its stance and appears to be holding a meeting to discuss the introduction of virtual equipment.
Fourth, countries across the ocean are preparing to restrict the outflow of chips and semiconductors to slow down their expansion.
The four pieces of news can be said to be mixed, good and bad.
But one thing is certain: all parties have not yet made a fatal move, because they still need to rely on the influx of Honghuang's equipment to promote the development of the virtual industry.
certainly.
All of this is based on the fact that they have not yet developed the equipment.
When it comes to the chip semiconductor field, foreign technology is indeed much more advanced than domestic technology. It is only a matter of time before some principles are deconstructed from virtual helmets.
The only difference is how much it is disassembled and the level of realism it can achieve.
To sum it up.
The technical capabilities and cutting-edge equipment are sufficient, what is lacking is only the core information.
That is to say.
He still has at least a few years to develop.
This is good news for him.
"Boss, we're almost at the company building."
Qin Meng, who was driving, suddenly spoke.
"Okay, I understand. Just drive directly into the underground parking lot."
Chen Lin looked through the car window at the streets around him that were gradually becoming familiar.
Then he thought of something and suddenly asked, "Lao Qin, how much do you know about the domestic chip semiconductor industry?"
"Chips and semiconductors are cutting-edge technology industries, which are beyond the understanding of ordinary people like us." Qin Meng said while driving seriously.
"But I heard that since our studio developed virtual equipment, many places have invested in research and development, and some have purchased equipment. The development is indeed much faster than before."
"There is such a thing?" Chen Lin asked in surprise.
"That's right. We ordinary people don't know much, but we know that without money, we can't do anything. In the past, few people invested in chips and semiconductors, so of course the economy was sluggish. Now that there is more investment, isn't it booming?"
The words are very straightforward, yet easy to understand.
As they were talking, the car had already left the street, driven into the underground parking lot, and parked steadily in the parking space.
