Chapter 8: It turns out I’m so awesome!
Slay the Spire is a hit.
Thanks to word of mouth among players, more than 6,000 copies were sold in just one day, with a momentum even faster than that of "Brave Heart".
This increased Chen Lin's wealth by more than 100,000 yuan.
Moreover, due to its novel gameplay, easy and casual style, diverse genres and non-repetitive features, it has attracted a large number of players to join in, and various strategy discussion posts have emerged in an endless stream.
Even on major short video websites, various cool sharing routines (showing off) have appeared, quickly setting off a wave of comparison.
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"Boss, something big has happened! Come and see!"
Inside the Dawn studio.
As soon as Lao Song entered the door early in the morning, a bald programmer came up to him with a tablet computer, his eyes wide open.
"What happened? Why are you screaming? Did the code you wrote yesterday break again?"
Old Song frowned. This guy usually looked quite quiet, why did he suddenly become so irritable today?
"No, it's the game. The game we made before became popular!"
The programmer panted and spoke intermittently, with a flush of excitement on his face.
Is their game popular?
Hearing this, Old Song didn't react for a moment.
If he remembered , they had only released a few music and racing games before.
Although I made some money, it was still far from becoming a big hit.
Could it be that I was just lucky enough to get some mainstream popularity?
Thinking of this, he couldn't remain calm anymore and asked quickly, "Which one is it? Is the game we released before popular?"
"No, it's Slay the Spire that we outsourced a while ago! The sales exploded on the first day of its release! It even made it onto the daily sales charts!"
"What did you say?!"
Old Song's heart was shocked.
Slay the Spire, isn’t that the game that Chen Lin outsourced to them before?
When I sent the game files to him, he also said that no one had ever made a game of this type before, and that I should be prepared for the response to be bad.
But now tell him.
That game is a blast!
"Where is it? Let me see!"
After entering the studio, Lao Song immediately rushed to the computer and opened the Steam platform under the operation of the programmer. After a while, the game homepage of "Slay the Spire" came into view.
[Game: Slay the Spire]
[Type: Card Construction, Turn-based Combat, Strategy, Rogue]
[Introduction: Inside and outside the tower, there are cursed people, their souls are imprisoned in the tower. Only by climbing the Tower of Babel leading to heaven can they find themselves.]
[Price: 50 yuan]
【Evaluation: rave reviews】
Below the homepage, there are all positive reviews.
What shocked Lao Song even more was that this game was actually on the daily sales list.
Break into the top ten with an extremely strong attitude!
As the owner of a game studio, he is very clear about the value of this list, which is calculated based on real-time sales.
Never mind the top ten.
Even in the top 100, the games they released never even touched the top once!
"Is this...really the game we made?"
Old Song swallowed and felt his mouth dry.
Other employees who received the news also left their seats and quickly gathered around.
"It must be the game we made before! I'm very familiar with this cover!"
“And those character silhouettes were all synthesized by me using graphics tools!”
"Oh my god, I'm so awesome!"
Everyone was talking at once, and no one could believe that this was a game they had made.
It’s like one day, someone suddenly says that the clay figures you made are works of art.
They don't think this is their own credit.
After all, if it were so easy to become popular by making games, they would have switched to those big companies long ago.
Will you still stay in this small studio and write code?
That is to say.
What is popular is the game itself.
It’s this gameplay and design!
Dawn was just lucky.
But even so, they were still extremely excited.
Because this is an affirmation of their abilities!
Especially in the industry, other manufacturers can easily find out which company took over the production of this game.
The popularity of "Slay the Spire" is undoubtedly a good advertisement for Dawn Studios. Will they still worry about not getting big orders in the future?
You no longer even have to swallow your anger and take over the junk left over by the big companies!
"Just because you are so beautiful~"
At this moment, a cell phone rang suddenly, waking up the shocked Old Song.
Pick it up and take a look.
They are the studio that helped him make this game before, and they are also one of his few friends in the industry.
"Old Song, this is a bit unfair of you. You told me that this potential game outsourcing is a private order. Are you looking down on me, my brother?"
There was a blaming voice on the other end of the line.
"I'm not kidding you, this really is a private order."
Old Song has not recovered from the shock yet and is in a daze.
"You said you didn't lie to me. How can a private person produce such high-quality CG? And you produced so much at once. To be honest, is this an order you received from those big companies?"
"Well……"
Old Song opened his mouth and looked at the promotional page of "Slay the Spire", but for a moment he didn't know how to explain it.
After a long silence, he finally told the whole story.
After hearing this, there was a sound of inhalation from the other side.
"It's not easy to get this level of success for a private order. Please remember to introduce me to someone else next time. If there are any other similar outsourcing services, please don't hesitate to ask me. I'll call more people to help."
"Okay, I'll hang up first. I still have a lot of things to deal with here."
After hanging up the phone, Lao Song breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that his old friend would receive the news so quickly.
After thinking for a while, he picked up his phone again and called Chen Lin.
But the response I got was that the line was busy and I couldn't get through.
After trying several times without success, I had to give up for the time being.
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The other side.
Star Travel Company Headquarters.
"Director, this week's game rankings are out."
An employee came into the office with documents in hand.
He is the person who specializes in market research, so as soon as the list is updated, he immediately prepares a document and submits it.
"Yeah, well done."
Yang Liang took the information and asked as he flipped through it, "How are the sales of the game we released before?"
"This... the response doesn't seem to be very good, it just barely made it into the top 100 of the daily sales list." The employee said cautiously.
"Top 100?"
Yang Liang paused, frowned and looked up: "This game is our flagship product. Not only did we invest a lot of manpower and material resources, but we also spent nearly a year on it. And this is the only result? What is the publicity department doing?"
Bang!
The documents were slammed down on the table.
The sound spread through the walls throughout the office area, scaring all the employees, who kept their heads down and dared not show their heads.
You know.
That game is their company 's top project this year.
In addition to the large-scale production and investment of over 100 million yuan as advertised, they also invited a popular young actor to do the advertising endorsement, which can be said to be full of confidence.
Although being at the bottom of the daily sales list is good for small companies, it is far from what they expected and they may not even be able to make back their investment.
No wonder Yang Liang was so angry.
To this.
People in the publicity and promotion department could only sneer.
Because they know very well that most of the so-called hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on hiring popular stars.
It would be a blessing if I could use the remaining money to make a game that can make it into the daily sales list.
They even pushed the responsibility onto their publicity and promotion department. They have no shame at all.
And at this time.
In the office.
Yang Liang suppressed his anger and continued to look through the information, checking other games on the daily sales list, hoping to find a solution.
After all, it would be difficult to explain such results to the board of directors.
He had to find a way to exonerate himself.
"Hmm? This is..."
Suddenly, his eyes fell to the top of the daily sales list.
No. 10: Slay the Spire
Slay the Spire?
Isn't this the game that Dawn Studios called and asked them to help make?!
