The Era of the Second Element of the Literary Girl

Late August.

After completing the acquisition of Bilibili...

In addition to the original team moving their work location to Moying Entertainment headquarters, it is also necessary to recruit new personnel for the Bilibili operation team, such as website editors, artists, programmers, publicity team, etc. However, these are things that her sister will arrange, and Li Xiaoci doesn't need to worry about them.

What Li Xiaoci needs to do now is to quickly write the extra chapters for other characters before the finale of the "My Sister" animation comes.

At that time, these extra contents will be released electronically on the official website of Light Literature on the day of the Black Cat Line finale, while the physical book version of the library version will be released a few days later.

In this way, it is guaranteed that every reader can enjoy double happiness on the day of the animation finale!

Then, Li Xiaoci couldn't help but sigh...

have a look!

have a look!

Where else in the world can I find an author as conscientious as myself? !

It was a pleasure to scold me on Weibo. When I saw my good intentions, I turned around and apologized to me!

…

Then, in the days of alternating between coding and fishing, Moyu's side is getting closer and closer to the day when Plants vs. Zombies will be launched on the official website.

There is no Steam in this world. Therefore, when players buy games, they only buy activation codes and download them from the official website of the game company. Of course, piracy also exists, but it will not be very rampant. After all, people nowadays have a good awareness of piracy. After college, basically They all have the ability to support genuine products, but there are still relatively few pirates.

As for game promotion, there are generally two forms.

The first is information and reviews from major gaming media, such as information videos from some self-media in the gaming circle, and review articles from YouX.com and Mob Star Sky.

Secondly, game companies find other promotion channels themselves. For example, large-scale games usually release promotional PVs and find people to advertise.

Basically, these two methods will determine the level of expectations of game geeks for a game before its release.

After the release, you can only rely on word of mouth and tap water. However, for small independent games, word of mouth is often more important than publicity. After all, game geeks have sharp eyes, and only high-quality masterpieces are worth recommending to others. .

The predecessor of Moying Company, "Shenying Games", has also produced several good small independent games, all of which have a decent reputation and still have some status in the gaming circle. In addition, Shenying Games inexplicably became Moying Entertainment, and also made a move to acquire Bilibili. Therefore, the gaming circle is also very curious about the new games that Moying Company will launch soon.

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"Senliu" is a game editor of the game media "Mob Star Sky". He is generally responsible for reviewing some upcoming games, and then writes the scores and feelings and sends them to the website information, so that players can reasonably filter and purchase their own Favorite game.

When "Plants vs. Zombies" was about to be released, Senliu quickly obtained the game itself from Moyin.

The evaluation scores of the game media do not necessarily represent the quality of the game itself, but they can easily guide the direction of comments. Therefore, Moriyu will generally maintain an objective attitude towards any game.

However, after opening Plants vs. Zombies, he still couldn't help but think... Is this the 4399 mini-game? !

Why do you look so stupid?

When he was still at "Kanazakura Games", Moriyu also played a lot of independent games developed by this company. Generally, the painting style was very beautiful, and it gave people a very cool feeling at first glance, just like It's like Monument Valley in Li Xiaoci's previous life.

Why did it develop such an eye-catching thing after becoming "Moying Entertainment"?

Is Moying preparing to enter 4399, or 7K7K?

I think so,

However, after actually starting the game, Moriu restrained his disdainful thoughts and prepared to experience the game seriously.

The game operation method is very simple. Plant sunflowers to collect sunlight, and then exchange plant cards to defend against zombies.

In essence, this is actually a 2D tower defense game.

After playing for a while, Senliu suddenly felt...

Although the style of painting looks very childish, no different from a web game, but the unexpected feeling is okay?

Well, let's play for another ten minutes.

Then……

Before I knew it, the afternoon passed by.

Even he didn't notice it.

At first, Moriu thought this was a children's game that didn't require much IQ, but after his brains were eaten several times by zombies... he suddenly realized that this game didn't seem that simple.

Then, in addition to feeling the game, he also carefully analyzed many places.

First of all, Plants vs. Zombies is definitely a game that requires IQ to play. Whether it is the allocation of resources, the combination of plants, or the battle formation, this requires players to think carefully before deciding. Secondly, a large number of zombie types, plant types and map types also increase the playability of the game. What's more, in addition to the adventure mode, there are also spices such as decryption, mini-games, survival and garden modes, which are enough for people to play for a long time without getting bored.

Think about it this way...

Could it be that Plants vs. Zombies is actually a very awesome game? !

At this moment, Moriu also felt very confused.

In fact, based on his first impression, he would never give Plants vs. Zombies a passing score of more than 6 points, because the appearance alone would be very dissuasive. However, after playing it, he suddenly felt that in terms of playability, even if it is rated 9 points for a masterpiece, it seems that it is not too much? At least in his opinion, when it comes to tower defense games, Plants vs. Zombies should be the most fun one he has ever played.

However, to be honest, the art style of this game is not very in line with the current industry aesthetics. It is too cool but not too cool, and it is too cute but not cute. Even the name of the game is stupid, like some mentally retarded game downloaded from a small game website. , it is estimated that many gamers are not interested after taking one look at the screenshots of the game.

Therefore, scoring high in this situation actually requires courage. What if the sales of the game still die? What if your score is too high and you stand out among a bunch of game media reviews? Wouldn't it make you look incompetent if you were slapped in the face afterwards?

but……

never mind!

Just give it 9 points. It doesn’t cost any money, just treat it as a big gamble!

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A few days later, the evaluation scores of the major game media for the upcoming independent game "Plants vs. Zombies" were quickly released.

YouX.com: 6.5 points, DonkeyNet: 7 points, 4DM: 7.2 points, Mob Star Sky: 9 points...

Basically, all game media websites gave a conservative score of above average, except for Mob Star, which was uncharacteristically given a score of 9, which is a masterpiece-level evaluation.

"Holy shit, this game has such a high rating?! It's even a 9-point masterpiece? Is it so awesome?"

"Looking at the screenshots of the game, I don't think it's that good. I'm afraid Mob Xingkong doesn't collect money."

"I also feel like I'm being paid. How can a tower defense game be like this?"

"Look at their scores, which are just below the passing mark. Mob Star Sky's score is 9 points. This charge is too obvious!"

"With this style of painting, I don't even want to play."

"Honestly, at first glance, I thought I saw 4399."

"Look at the screenshots of the game, oh my god! If the sales volume of such a small game exceeds 100,000, then I lose, okay! A nine-point masterpiece? Grandma Jiuli!"

After all, from the name to the art style, Plants vs. Zombies can only be said to be very average. In this case, if all media unanimously give high scores, then players will still be skeptical. However, most of the media gave it a mid-to-high score, and only Mob Star Sky gave it a nine. This made Mob Star Sky look like it was paid.

This has caused Plants vs. Zombies to cause quite a bit of controversy among the gaming community even though it has not yet been released.

As for Li Xiaoci, when he was fishing, he also saw these comments from the gaming circle.

Xiao Daimao was immediately unhappy.

Oh my god, there are so many media, but only one of them has some discernment!

What about other media? Each review article only contains a few lines, and none of the advantages of Plants vs. Zombies are mentioned, and the content introduction is limited to a novice tutorial... Could it be that they are all just perfunctory play for a few minutes and just write some content?

Humph, a bunch of hot chick websites!

I'll buy you all back later.