There is a Problem with This Online Game Planning

Lin Yao's independent office.

garbage can.

The plastic bag containing the takeaway box lay quietly.

And Lin Yao herself was sitting on a chair, explaining to Mu Wanqing the three decisions she made just now.

For the first two, Mandy Qing quickly understood.

On the contrary, it is the last mobile game department.

Lin Yao spent the most time explaining.

"At present, the mobile game department does not invest too much resources, and the games on the planning book are basically very small casual games, which are not difficult to make.

Rather than saying it is an independent department, it is more like a small game that the Switch department took time to make. "

Lin Yao crumpled up the paper towels in her hand, and then continued to explain: "In the future, when the time is ripe, this department will recruit people separately, so that it will not affect the independence of the mainframe department and the PC department, and it will also allow qualified PCs to recruit people." The department and the console department can retain a considerable right to speak in the coming mobile Internet era, and it can also keep the game projects on the PC side and the console side from being affected.

Of course, in order to prevent the three departments from becoming estranged and later turned into confrontation, the real mobile games in the early stage will be developed with the assistance of the mainframe PC department, and the double-terminal login will be the main focus. "

"However, this matter is not urgent. The first is the collecting card game derived from "World of Warcraft", which is a collecting card game. Before the launch of "World of Warcraft", there is no need to establish a project so quickly. On the other hand, there are some technical problems in the mobile version of "Fantasy OL", which can complete tasks such as Shimen, running repairs, etc. on the mobile phone, so it is not in the plan.

I plan to wait until all the games in this carnival are released before starting the project. Now the game in the planning book is considered as practice. "

In fact, the most profitable mobile game in the early stage of the mobile Internet, or the mobile game that makes more money, is actually a card game.

but.

Lin Yao didn't plan to make this kind of game at the beginning, mainly because the impact on the market was too great, and it was too easy to change the skin.

Gameplay is also average.

Although "Hearthstone" can be regarded as drawing cards, it is still a "technical game", isn't it?

"So, the mobile game department established this time...is like a seed?"

Mu Wanqing thought for a while and asked.

"Um."

Lin Yao nodded: "It's similar to seeds, that's why I said that except for those who have been transferred, interested staff can participate. Although it is a mobile online game, some small-scale stand-alone games will eventually become more popular as time goes by. , It doesn’t necessarily mean that you can’t go to the mobile terminal. It’s a good thing that the staff are interested in the new platform, and they won’t be idle.

In addition, in fact, I still have the idea of ​​​​establishing a software department, but this has nothing to do with games. I can only recruit externally. Let's see if there is a suitable company for the subsequent release of mobile phones. It may be faster if we directly acquire . Of course, school recruitment is probably a good way. "

"Um……"

Mu Wanqing looked at the plan in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Lin Yao, are you really confident in the mobile terminal? Currently, there are a lot of good and bad people on the mobile terminal..."

She seemed to be a little worried that Lin Yao would fall too badly in the end because she was too confident.

After all, according to the plan that Lin Yao just said.

The investment is not small.

Lin Yao was slightly taken aback when she heard the words, and then asked with a smile, "Do you believe me?"

"believe."

Mu Wanqing nodded without hesitation.

"That's fine."

Lin Yao threw away the crumpled tissue in her hand, then stood up, stretched out her hand and smoothed her long hair: "I'm not blindly confident, Miss Mu, as long as our mobile phone can release, I think the future I imagined will come. .

Although... I can't say that I like that future very much, but do you still remember what I told you after the MOBA project was released? We are the shipbuilders of the new era! As the captain, I will drive the ship until the hull rots and sinks! Now a new continent has been discovered. Although I don’t know if it can carry us, let’s break into it first! "

Speaking of which.

Lin Yao paused, and briskly came to Mu Wanqing's body, and continued: "If you really want me to give up, I will not be reconciled, first mate!"

Mu Wanqing: "...first mate?"

"I am the captain."

Lin Yao stretched out her slender and fair fingers, pointed at herself, and then patted Mu Wanqing's shoulder: "Then what is it if you are not the chief mate?"

"unless."

Lin Yao suddenly parted her plump and slender thighs, and sat down on Mu Wanqing's thighs, then looked at her bright and fair face, showed a narrow expression, and said, "You want to be a boat."

"...Why not you?" Mu Wanqing was silent for a moment before making a bold suggestion.

Lin Yao pinched Mu Wanqing's soft face with both hands, and said ferociously: "I treat you as a friend, and you want to drive me away... Pooh, you treat me like a boat?"

"Can't you?"

Mu Wanqing hugged Lin Yao's slender waist, and suddenly said vaguely.

"...Well, it depends."

Lin Yao let go of Mu Wanqing's cheeks, leaned forward, rested her snow-white chin on her shoulder, and whispered.

"...

The warm breath lingered in his ears.

Mu Wanqing's delicate body immediately became a little stiff.

ha.

Lin Yao felt something in a position that Mu Wanqing couldn't see, and showed a wicked smile.

...

end of june.

Linmu Studio began to frequently launch actions in fields outside the game.

What wholly acquired the mobile phone factory, set up a dedicated forest research room, merged the original switch hardware department into the research room, and established a full-process hardware team...

There are even more important things... Linmu Studio announced that it will invest 3% of its revenue in research and development, and gradually increase it.

In short.

True and false, a lot of news.

However, not many people pay attention to it.

Or to be more precise, there are not many people in the industry who pay attention.

The game media and players are very concerned.

The gaming press is mostly for gags.

As for the players, they are mainly a little worried that Linmu Studio has been going all the way, forgetting the foundation of their foothold-games, and they are also curious about what Lin Yao wants to do.

But Lin Yao's colleagues can't take care of it for the time being.

Just like what Li Guangsheng said, the biggest trouble now is the games of Linmu Studio, not the illusory future. What do you mean the future can be expected, but it can't be expected!

Linmu Studio wants to burn money, that's their business!

Could it be that they can produce results in a short period of time after burning money?

I'm afraid I'm not dreaming!

This is the general thought of Lin Yao's game colleagues.

And Youmedia was acquired, and several domestic mobile phone leaders are also aware of it.

But it's just a glance and it doesn't matter.

They don't understand the game.

But mobile phones, relying on the foundation of Youmedia, they really didn't pay attention to them, and the amount of investment was just like that.

And even if YouMedia's new financial backer, the Linmu studio behind it really spared no expense to develop mobile phones, and in the end it's not the younger brother of Jiaming Alliance.

It is nothing more than a speculator who smells the future.

This is what they say about Wood Studio.

at last.

On the contrary, many suppliers were frightened by the courage of Linmu Studio, because some suppliers guessed that the acquired Youmedia seems to plan to adapt the next generation of communication technology to the next mobile phone.

Be the first to eat a crab!

have to say.

Really commendable courage.

Even the leaders are still researching on this, so this little unknown character dares to go directly.

certainly.

These... have little to do with the players at the moment.

After discussing it for a few days, it was forgotten.

At present, what players are most interested in is the "Diablo" that left a deep impression on them at the carnival.

The game seems to have ramped up its announcements recently.

Although there is no carnival discount BUFF, this game still attracts a large number of players with its unique temperament and gothic style.

And as a double-logged game.

Both PC and console players can play, which further increases the player base.

In the end, the predicted sales of "Diablo" easily exceeded 4 million without the game being unlocked, approaching 5 million.

This is higher than the three-day sales of the previous two games.

The entire game circle is paying attention to this game.

Including Frank.

Because even if he didn't want to admit it, the facts were in front of him, and Game Player was already on the verge of falling apart.

The tree carnival is the incentive.

Although I don't know if "Diablo" will be the last straw that overwhelms Game players, but if the game is really going to be successful, the impact will definitely not be small.

But Linmu Studio has been unwilling to let go of the game's share...

He really didn't want to go back with his tail between his legs!

What the hell.

Gilber Company is also responsible for Europe and the United States, with countless game IPs under its umbrella. Logically speaking, shouldn't the platform ask for itself?

Why did you ask for the platform in turn?

What's the point?

Frank really couldn't swallow this breath!

The hint is already considered extreme.

Even if you drop 10%!

10%!

A 10% reduction is considered a face-saving thing for everyone! We can still talk slowly! If it fits, Gilber \u0026 Co. will go back!

Reply directly that the commission has nothing to do with Gilber Company.

Can't understand the hint?

Really confident enough! That's crazy enough!

But actually.

What annoyed him the most.

Not yet.

But Linmu Studio really has this capital arrogance.

Because even without Gilbert and Dreamland, players still tend to choose the Vaporwave game platform to play PC-side games.

Because of the community, because of the network, because the game is more palatable, because there are more players...

The reasons given by the players are all kinds of strange.

But no matter how the game player changes, how to change according to the players' opinions, the players will still go to the Vaporwave game platform.

In the recent period of time, Frank finally figured it out.

The reason given by the player is simply wrong!

The biggest reason they choose the Vaporwave game platform is because of inertia! Because of the game library! As well as the continuous release of first-party games by Forest Studio!

As long as their account games don't disappear, the Vaporwave game platform that has formed a unique community culture first will be very attractive to them.

And Linmu Studio continues to launch high-quality first-party games, which will further fill the game library of players, making it more and more difficult for them to give up the Vaporwave platform.

Just last year, how many games did Linmu Studio launch?

They are just like sows!

Even if some players are not interested in these games, what about other players? There will always be someone interested, right?

How many games has Linmu Studio launched in the past few years?

Which player's game library does not have several first-party games from Forest Studio?

And how much memory does the Vaporwave platform's constantly improving and mature game evaluation mechanism leave for players?

This is why players choose the Vaporwave platform!

Although Vaporwave has not formed a monopoly, just like game players, anyone can challenge a wave decently, but as long as they don't kill themselves, they will never lose!

After reaching this conclusion.

Frank was really desperate.

So he very much hoped that the game "Diablo" would fail.

really hope!

Although he knew that his wish would never come true...

He is also very clear that the failure of a game cannot affect the foundation of the Vaporwave platform.

But if this goes on like this, if Linmu Studio succeeds one game after another, he really doesn't have the confidence to make a game player platform...

Even if one fails!

One!

Then he can also have the confidence to negotiate with Linmu Studio, and he can also have the confidence to continue to operate Game Player!

And this time.

He really felt like he had a chance!

real.

Because the style of "Diablo" this time is too unique, and the gameplay disclosed is also too special, and there are no previous successful works.

Unlike FPS, there are similar games.

"Call of Duty" just made the FPS script plot to the extreme.

But except for the players who have tried Diablo, no one knows what it is like, and no one knows whether it is suitable for them.

Now the enthusiasm of the players is high, and under the largest announcement of Linmu Studio, all players are full of expectations for this game.

What if the most daring game from Forest Wood Studios isn't for everyone?

That would really roll over.

Hmm... that's all he could think about.

Other than that, there is no other way.

And this time, Frank didn't intend to listen to others bragging about the game, but to see how others commented on the game.

He wants to play by himself.

...

The time will soon come to July 2.

"It's nothing to bother me."

Frank explained to the secretary, and after the secretary left, he turned his attention to the screen again.

On the screen is a game forum.

The various anticipation posts sent by the players are a bit eye-catching.

But he can't help it.

today.

It was the day when Linmu Studio's "Diablo" was released.

Many players predict that the pre-sale sales of this game may exceed 5 million copies.

So it's not surprising that there will be such a grand occasion.

After all, players have been looking forward to it for so long.

Frank looked at the forum for a while, and found that none of the players were worried about the quality of the game, and they became more and more irritable.

In the end, he cursed and closed the page directly, waiting patiently for the game to be unlocked.

The game has already been preloaded.

He wants to test this game himself!

North American Eastern time zone, six o'clock in the evening.

The game is officially unlocked.

Frank took a deep breath, then clicked on the game directly.

Loading, logo appears, black screen, game screen jumps out.

subsequently.

The name of the game appeared in the center of the screen——

Diablo!

Press any key as prompted.

A figure appeared in the center of the screen. It was a strong man holding a heavy ax and wearing heavy armor.

He stood in a lonely place filled with mist.

Occupation is barbarian.

This is the Choose a Career page.

On the left is the menu for selecting an occupation and gender, and on the right is an introduction to the selected occupation.

at the same time.

The cool and deep background music rang as the selection page popped up.

Immediately, the sense of substitution was raised.

Frank looked at the screen, glanced at the introductions of several professions, then chose a magician, entered the name, and clicked start.

He doesn't care how many professions there are.

He doesn't care what his occupation is.

He didn't come to play the game, he came to criticize, or to make sure that this game is not suitable for everyone.

So he didn't spend much thought on creating the page, and started the game directly.

And the game starts.

It's just two sections of CG.

A CG of the first act.

A personal CG of a magician.

But in the first part of the CG, Frank saw half of it, saw the army of hell coming, and Leah and his uncle Kane were hit by a meteorite in the church, so he didn't continue watching.

He skipped the CG impatiently.

He's not here to play games!

Frank frantically pressed the ESC key.

soon.

He entered the game directly.

As for the official game screen, the most conspicuous one is of course the UI below the game.

Two circular containers, one filled with red liquid, the other filled with energy similar to starlight.

Respectively represent the life value and the Olympic value.

In the middle, there are options such as the skill bar and equipment items.

Left mouse button to move, right mouse button to shoot.

The centered picture, although it is 3D, cannot adjust the viewing angle at will.

It is indeed different from ordinary 3A games.

On the contrary, it is a bit like online games.

Frank evaluated the game while manipulating the character to move forward.

soon.

The enemy appears.

It was a ragged, zombie-like humanoid creature.

Click and die.

Frank moved forward all the way, using the right mouse button to easily eliminate the enemies.

Then, an idea popped up.

--That's it?

The environment atmosphere is created well.

Broken limbs, piles of burning corpses, frightened crows, diffuse mist...

But atmosphere is one aspect, and play is another aspect.

Frank really didn't feel any gameplay...

Go to the gate of the town, according to the information of the captain of the gatekeeper, help them overthrow the undead crawling out of the ground, and then look for Leah who appeared in the CG.

The whole process is very smooth.

There is no difficulty.

Frank was even directly promoted to a level at the gate of the town.

That's it?

What kind of game is this? Invincible flow?

Are players tired of playing for a while?

The idea just now came to Frank's mind again, frowning, he walked into the town named New Tristram.

Although he feels that he has almost no combat experience, he has to admire the art of Linmu Studio...

It's so emotional.

While observing the town created by the forest workshop, Frank found Leah, the survivor after the meteorite fell, according to the task reminder, and learned more and more news about the undead from him.

Then.

The magician played by Frank makes a promise to protect the town.

He returned to the exit of the town, and under the guidance of the captain of the guard, went to the ruins to eliminate the corpse mother.

The plot does not have the ultimate script performance effect like "Call of Duty".

very common.

Basically, once a task is completed, the next task will come out.

No difficulty.

Neither is the gameplay.

The plot is not the type of "Call of Duty".

This made Frank breathe a sigh of relief.

However, he intends to take another look.

He manipulated the characters and embarked on a journey to eliminate the corpse mother.

And the subsequent battles of the game, as he expected...

While moving the character with the mouse, avoid enemy attacks.

The player presses the left and right mouse buttons to attack the enemy.

the whole process.

It's so easy that even his grandma can play...

Especially after reaching level 2, the magician unlocks a new skill - Frost Ray.

This skill is as described.

Hold down the right button.

The magician will launch a pure frost ray, during which he can move the mouse to attack at 360 degrees...

Shoot whoever dies.

It also comes with a deceleration!

Oh My God!

See this scene.

Frank was truly ecstatic.

He thinks this way of playing is too outrageous! Although he saw that the game had difficulty options at the beginning, would ordinary players really choose the difficulty at the beginning?

When you enter the game for the first time, you usually choose the most normal difficulty at the beginning, right?

On normal difficulty, it's basically a one-hit kill. What's the playability of this?

Frost ray directly all the way, just push horizontally.

Is this game-like?

Doesn't this player kill the game?

So far, Frank's biggest feeling is that this is not so much a 3A masterpiece as it is more like a small game made by a small company!

Except fine art.

Because whether it is the atmosphere, the gothic art style, or the special effects of the attack, the scattered limbs of the enemy when it is hit and the large-scale bloody picture are very substituting.

Frank admits this.

But the combat aspect of this game is too childish.

Players will get bored quickly.

Frank was sure of it!

He suddenly looked forward to it.

Looking forward to the performance of the players in the future.

I guess it will be exciting, right?

"Huh? Lost equipment?"

At this time.

Frank was in Old Tristram, thinking wildly, while pushing the monsters on the map with the frost ray according to the task.

One of the monsters.

Suddenly, there was a ding-dong sound, and gold coins and a piece of equipment fell.

Frank picked up the dropped equipment, and then opened the inventory. Looking at the character who had nothing equipped, he subconsciously dragged the dropped equipment to the equipment column.

Then subconsciously glanced at the attributes of the equipment and his character attributes.

But soon.

He just shook his head.

I didn't come to play games.

What do you care about these.

I guess it will get boring after a while.

With that thought in mind, Frank smiled and moved on.

Soon, he found the game's first boss.

As expected.

It's still that simple.

Press and hold the Frost Ray of the right mouse button directly, and the opponent's blood bar will return to zero.

Hahaha.

Smash it!

Forest Studios screwed up!

Seeing that the boss died a few times, Frank was stunned, and then became more and more excited.

He followed the mission back to town.

At the same time, the premonition that this game will be sprayed is getting stronger and stronger.

But soon.

He was attracted by the game reminder.

New magician skills unlocked.

The mission of the corpse mother was completed, and he was rewarded with a piece of equipment.

"Magic Bow, +110% damage, +19.6% healing. New skill...Shock Wave. No, I'll get tired of doing it so carefully."

Subconsciously, Frank carefully read the descriptions of the attributes and skills of the equipment.

Diablo's skill slots are six in total, 1234 four buttons, and then there are two buttons on the left and right of the mouse.

But one skill slot can switch four skills.

The game seems to require players to make their own choices and choose what skills to match.

The unlocking of skills will be opened one by one according to the player's level.

After reaching level six, each skill has a corresponding bonus rune.

at this time.

Frank still doesn't think this horizontal pushing combat system is interesting.

only.

He was playing around, and suddenly wanted to unlock those unlocked skills.

At the same time, I want to see what equipment will be dropped by the monsters in the game later...

The idea came out of nowhere.

And soon.

Frank realized what was going on, and shook off the extra thoughts.

The combat system is definitely boring.

There is no doubt about this.

As long as you can still push horizontally, you will soon get tired of it.

Absolutely, what kind of equipment, skill matching is just icing on the cake.

Depends on when you get bored.

Um……

With such thoughts in mind, Frank continued to play.

blah blah.

The dense sound of mouse buttons began to echo in Frank's office...

And outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office.

The scenery is constantly changing.

The sun goes down.

The sky is full of colorful clouds.

then.

The last gleam of light in the sky disappeared.

night falls...

blah blah.

But the rattling sound of mouse buttons in Frank's office still didn't stop.

Occasionally.

The mouse button sound will stop.

But it's not that Frank stops the game, it's because the CG plays.

After the CG broadcast.

soon.

The clicking sound of the button will sound again.

Outside the office.

Frank's secretary was quietly handling her own affairs, not curious about what her boss was doing at the moment.

It wasn't until she finished dealing with her own affairs that she felt a little strange that Frank hadn't come out yet.

But she didn't know what happened, and she didn't dare to disturb Frank rashly, so she could only wait quietly.

Soon.

Frank should be leaving get off work soon.

Then I can go back by myself...

Thinking so, the secretary touched the fish quietly.

Then.

Time goes on.

Slap.

In the office area outside the independent office, there was the sound of closing the shutters.

The staff have all left.

The lights were turned off.

This made the secretary wake up suddenly, looked outside, and then looked at the time.

It's almost ten o'clock.

Frank usually left at this time, why hasn't he come out yet?

Did I miss it?

The secretary suspected that he missed it when he was touching the fish, but he took a look inside through the frosted glass.

The lights in Frank's office were still on.

What's going on today?

The secretary was even more puzzled.

She sat where she was, unable to touch the fish anymore, fidgeting, and wanted to go back.

But Frank was still there.

She can only wait patiently.

After fidgeting for a while, seeing the passage of time, the secretary saw that there was still no movement in Frank's office.

Finally couldn't sit still.

She stood up, hesitated for a moment, and knocked lightly on the door.

Boom.

Then, she pushed open the door directly.

"Boss, are you still there—"

The secretary poked his head in and was about to ask a question.

But that's not all.

She saw Frank.

now.

Frank was sitting in front of the computer, leaning forward slightly, the colorful lights on the screen reflected on his face, making his face also colorful...

And in the ashtray next to him, there is still half a burning cigar.

But it seems that Frank hasn't touched it for a long time.

On the ashtray, a long piece of ashes.

And as the secretary spoke.

Frank suddenly came back to his senses. He looked up at the door, with a surprised expression on his face and a hint of doubt at the same time: "Didn't you say don't bother me?"

"Sorry, boss... It's a bit late, the staff have all left, I thought you were not here, so I came in to have a look."

Seeing that Frank was still there, the secretary didn't know what he was doing, so he could only remind him gently.

Frank was stunned when he heard the secretary's words, then he glanced at the level 30 magician on his screen, at the legendary helmet Leoric's crown he had just created, and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he raised his head again and asked, "... What time is it?"

"Ten thirty." The secretary replied.

"..."

Frank heard this, opened his mouth slightly, and stayed for a long time.

Finally, he glanced at the screen again, then silently picked up the cigar on the ashtray, took a deep breath, let the smoke fill his mouth, and exhaled slowly.

Then, the whole person slumped back on the chair.

a little lonely...

"Boss..." the secretary spoke at the right time.

"You go back."

Frank waved his hand directly, and said with a look of lovelessness: "You leave me alone..."