Chapter 76 Let the players help us make games
Shen Miaomiao finally felt compassion.
In her eyes, Lao Gu has always been calm, like the midday sun or the early spring breeze.
Gentleness, yet firm strength.
It seems that in the game development industry, nothing can stump him.
No matter what kind of strange requests and opinions, he can easily come up with them.
With his amazing inspiration and ideas, he weaves wonderful game worlds and dedicates them to the world.
However.
He is such a supernova who was born to belong to the gaming world.
At this moment, I am secretly feeling sad because my publicity and promotion are not as good as others.
He looked as if he was lost, thinking "nothing can be done by human beings, success or failure is all determined by fate".
And the 'culprit' who caused all this was Shen Miaomiao!
It was she who had been suppressing the promotion of the game!
It’s her who has always avoided publicity!
It was she who caused the once ambitious Supernova to be now here, filled with sorrow and using cigarettes to relieve his worries because he was unable to do anything!
I am guilty!
The more Shen Miaomiao thought about it, the more guilty she felt, the more she couldn't bear it, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that she had gone too far!
What am I doing?
I was literally strangling a seedling that could have grown into a towering tree!
Damn it!!!
Think of this!
Shen Miaomiao made up her mind, gritted her teeth, stomped her feet, and threw the system and the 100x card behind her!
Even if I don't want the rebate, I would rather spend the 1 billion than see you so depressed!
Speak up!
Do we still have a chance to make up for our mistakes?
Next second!
Gu Sheng didn't seem to think at all. He flicked the ash off his cigarette and said:
"Yes, I have prepared it a long time ago."
Oh my god???
The sudden sincerity almost sprained Shen Miaomiao's waist.
Not...ah...?
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
Why the fuck do I feel like something's wrong?
Shen Miaomiao scratched her head, feeling like her brain was overloaded.
He looked at Gu Sheng and saw that at this moment, there was no trace of melancholy on this grandson's face.
Something is wrong! Nine out of ten things are wrong!
"Well……?"
Shen Miaomiao's expression changed, and with a little uncertainty, she asked hesitantly:
"What do you mean... you were prepared?"
"Fearless sniping will affect our sales,"
Gu Sheng pointed to the game still in progress on the screen and shrugged.
"Two months ago, right after the China Entertainment Electronics Show, Fearless announced a delay in its release date. Isn't that obvious? It must be because of our second-generation FPS setting. You didn't expect that, did you?"
After saying that.
Gu Sheng patted his forehead again, looking as if he understood:
"Oh, that's right. You probably wouldn't have thought of that. After all, you were busy hanging out with Secretary Chu at the time."
Eh? I...
Shen Miaomiao frowned.
Is he scolding me for not doing my job properly? Is he attacking me in a veiled way? Right? !
Shen Miaomiao felt her blood pressure rising a little.
Then!
She found that she was still young after all and her blood pressure rose early.
Because then, in order to let Shen Miaomiao understand the whole story, Gu Sheng told her everything about what happened at the Huayu Electronics Exhibition that day -
Including the fact that as soon as she left, her competitors surrounded her... the visit of the Shark anchor... her own MFGA slogan... the cheers from the audience and all the media rushing to interview her, etc.
"...Oh, by the way, speaking of this, I have always wanted to ask you a question, "
Gu Sheng put out his cigarette and looked at Shen Miaomiao with doubt:
"Why did you comfort me in the exhibition hall that day? Did you hear what others said? I was too tired that day and really didn't have the energy to ask you..."
Shen Miaomiao: ...
"...Wait for me, I need to take my medicine."
After saying that, Shen Miaomiao stood up tremblingly, held on to the wall and walked out of Gu Sheng's office.
Seeing this, Gu Sheng stood up with concern: "What's wrong with you?"
Clang.
Shen Miaomiao staggered and almost fell to the ground.
He waved his hand tremblingly: "...I'm mentally retarded."
Get out of the office!
Looking at Shen Miaomiao again, her face turned green!
She only felt her temples throbbing, veins popping out on her forehead, and her blood pressure soaring rapidly!
So that day... Gu Sheng wasn't disappointed at all!
It’s not like becoming a salted fish that has lost its dreams!
He was simply tired, so he lay on the ground like a dead dog and refused to get up!
That's exactly why!
That day, the three of them ate like they hadn't eaten a full meal for 80 years!
It’s not about “turning grief and anger into appetite” at all!
Gu Sheng, ah, Gu Sheng——!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but sigh in grief and anger in her heart!
You deserve to die!
I stayed in my office for ten minutes!
Shen Miaomiao returned to Gu Sheng's office carrying a cup of steaming medicine soup.
"What is this?" Gu Sheng took a look at the medicine in Shen Miaomiao's hand.
"Motherwort granules," Shen Miaomiao rolled her eyes and raised her glass towards Gu Sheng: "Want a sip?"
“No thanks…”
Gu Sheng waved his hands repeatedly:
“I don’t have that ability.”
Puff——
Gu Sheng's dry humor finally made Shen Miaomiao burst out laughing.
Then he blew the liquid and asked:
"So, you already knew that the Fearless Sniper would be online after us, and you were mentally prepared?!"
"Ah, yes," Gu Sheng nodded as a matter of course, "If I can't even predict this, I'm such a failure as a director."
"Then why did you make such a sad expression when you were watching the live broadcast just now?"
Shen Miaomiao was shocked and even suspected that Gu Sheng was playing her.
"Oh hi, you're talking about this, haha,"
Gu Sheng laughed:
"I just think that they copied the second-generation FPS into this kind of mess, which is an insult to our game's creativity, and it's also not doing justice to the industry level of this game, just like-"
"A shit pot with a gilded rim."
Shen Miaomiao: ...
Well, I am really stupid. I actually believed your nonsense.
Drink up the motherwort in your hand!
A warm current flowed from top to bottom, penetrating the chest and abdomen, finally making Shen Miaomiao feel a little more comfortable.
Then he asked, "So, what is your countermeasure?"
Seeing that Gu Sheng had regained his usual self-confidence, Shen Miaomiao knew that this investment might be disastrous again.
However, she still wanted to die with a clear conscience.
Gu Sheng hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let the players help us make games."
"Ah? Players... make games?"
Shen Miaomiao didn't understand:
"What's the meaning?"
"Literally," Gu Sheng said, "we hire players to make contributions to the game Left 4 Dead and enrich its content."
Shen Miaomiao seemed to understand a little: "Just like you hired the outsourcing team of the game factory?"
"About the same,"
Gu Sheng nodded:
"The only difference is that when we hire an outsourced team, we have to pay them, but when we hire players..."
“We don’t give money.”
Me! Chao!
What a dangerous statement!
Shen Miaomiao felt her scalp tingling. She pushed off the ground with her feet and slid out with the chair, keeping a safe distance from Gu Sheng.
They appeared! The capitalist! Holy crap!
Shen Miaomiao felt that Gu Sheng deserved to die even more.
Then he stood up and looked out the floor-to-ceiling window.
Seeing Shen Miaomiao like this, Gu Sheng couldn't help but wonder: "What are you doing?"
"I'm looking for a light pole,"
Shen Miaomiao turned around, her eyes full of the righteousness of the working class:
"Are you Zhou Ba Pi? You let the players work for you for free?"
"Ah, yes."
Unexpectedly, Gu Sheng not only did not feel the slightest bit of shame, but also admitted that geography should:
"In fact, in the game Left 4 Dead, we could have introduced more omni-sensory technologies, such as adding smell or improving tactile perception,"
"But we didn't,"
"We saved this money and worked with the Yiyou Technology Department to create a separate module in the game,"
"Thanks to the support of the data encryption technology of the somatosensory cabin and the strong cooperation of the Yiyou Technology Department,"
“We can allow everyone to participate in the secondary creation of the game and write mods without opening it to the public,”
"This includes the replacement of gun models, character models, item models , music effects, new player-made maps, and even the addition of game modes, etc."
“On the premise of ensuring the security of our exclusive feel adjustment data, we allow players to use their imagination as much as possible and customize everything they want in this game,”
"You can understand it as customization, but usually, we call this module--"
"【Creative Workshop】"
Oh no——
Although Gu Sheng’s description sounds very exciting, his wild imagination and creativity make “customization” sound very cool!
Even if it is true as he said, the creative workshop model will take shape one day.
The entire game may become more popular.
but!
In those words that were covered with sugar, Shen Miaomiao could still easily see two words——
Free of charge!
As for letting players generate electricity for love... Shen Miaomiao really didn't have any hope.
You know, making games is not just playing games!
Writing code, building models, and fixing bugs.
Every item is boring!
How could there be any player who would have nothing better to do than work for you for free!
There has never been such a capitalist add-on to the game in this world.
Therefore, Shen Miaomiao simply couldn't imagine how there could be someone in the world who was so idle that he was willing to enrich the resources for a game without any compensation.
but!
Isn’t this good news for me!
The corners of Shen Miaomiao's mouth couldn't help but curl up again.
Originally, she thought that Lao Gu could come up with some amazing high-end operation to turn the tide, and without sufficient budget, he could go against the will of heaven and defeat the fearless sniper with such a huge publicity.
The end result!
It's nothing more than a wishful thinking plan!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao felt much more relieved.
"Um--"
Shen Miaomiao nodded, affirming Gu Sheng's self-absorbed attitude:
"Hearing what you said, it seems that this model is quite promising. When will it be officially launched?"
"According to the current progress..."
Gu Sheng smacked his lips:
"Maybe tomorrow night."
In fact, the creative workshop module of Left 4 Dead has already passed the test and can theoretically be put online.
But before going online, as the official, Gu Sheng and his team must first put some mods in as a demonstration guide.
For example, making some skins for the weapons, changing the explosion effect of the homemade grenades, and changing the clothes of the four main characters.
Overall, the changes are not big, and they mainly serve a display purpose.
As for what players will use this thing for...
Gu Sheng, who once had a Miku model holding a fire unicorn and using a gilded Wakaiyaku to pierce through the zombies and kill Thomas the Tank Engine, said:
I don't know, it all depends on the mental state of the players.
…
"Forty thousand copies sold on the first day! Fearless Sniper is worthy of being the pride of domestic production!"
"The real king has arrived! Guangyao Games leads the single-day game sales rankings!"
《Perfect shooting mode! Fearless sniping innovative gameplay redefines FPS! 》
"MFGA is coming true, but it's not the golden wind"
"Fearless snipers crush the opponent, and the road to survival is in decline"
《……》
Shenzhou, the headquarters of Guangyao Game Studio.
Ding Kai couldn't help but smile when he saw the media reports!
Just as he said before, as long as the money for publicity and promotion is in place, no one can resist Xun Teng's offensive.
It doesn’t matter if you are a supernova or a genius designer.
In the face of real capital flow, you are just a stepping stone, a stone stepped on by Guangyao Games.
Sales of 40,000 copies on the first day!
It crushed the game Left 4 Dead by nearly 10,000!
Such impressive sales are worthy of the size and investment of this large-scale game!
Seeing his boss laughing with satisfaction, Fang Hongwei was overjoyed. He made tea for Ding Kai and said:
"Next, we will further deepen our publicity and promotion, continue to erode the market share of Golden Wind, and at the same time increase publicity to consolidate the market penetration of our 1+2 shooting mode, gradually replace the so-called second-generation FPS definition, and rename it as RFPS games (Reality First-person shooting game)."
This is a classic tactic of Xun Teng Game.
First, borrow the core of a game, adapt it for your own use, and localize it.
Afterwards, they infiltrated through layers of publicity and promotion, suppressing the original work while gradually tampering with and distorting the name of the original game's gameplay, and creating a new vocabulary to name the core gameplay they copied.
And so it goes, day after day, year after year.
Gradually, the original game will lose all its living space to them and will gradually be forgotten by most players.
Then, they can legitimately bring this "Xun Teng self-developed original game type" with a new name to the table, whitewash it and replace it.
"good,"
After listening to Fang Hongwei 's skilled arrangement, Ding Kai nodded with satisfaction:
"Let's do this. Also keep an eye on the poaching issue. The sooner it's done, the more settled it will be."
"Don't worry,"
As Fang Hongwei spoke, he picked up his teacup and drank with Ding Kai:
"The overall situation has been decided, and other things will surely fall into place naturally, haha..."
Yes.
Although it is only the second day after the release of Fearless Sniper, the weekly sales of the two games have not yet been released.
However, the two dared to open champagne at halftime.
Because always!
As long as they dominate the game in this way, there will be no chance for them to raise their heads again!
And this time is no exception!
The crushing sales on the first day will definitely mean that the gap between the two sides will become wider and wider. What awaits the golden wind is only the obliterated market!
This is the confidence of Guangyao Studio, and even more so the confidence of the entire Xun Teng Game!
Next up…
They drank the tea in their cups and raised their glasses in greeting.
Just wait and see the slow death of The Walking Dead...
