Video Game Designer

At the beginning of June, there are still twenty days before the summer vacation.

In the Tianhe network, the promotion of several games has also been put on the agenda.

Los Angeles-based Blacklight Studios has launched God Realm, a hardcore CRPG game that has an American RPG style even though the barrier to entry has been optimized.

Even though GameSpot and IGN have given a score above 9.0, the sales volume of 600,000 copies in the first three days of the first week is barely acceptable for the black light of Tianhe Network.

It is definitely possible to make money, but it is not as awesome as imagined. Of course, this is because it is only released on the PC platform, and the game has not yet been logged on the console platform. Otherwise, the sales of the first three days of the first week will exceed one million Still no problem.

But it is limited to this. After the peak sales in the first three days, the sales volume began to drop sharply on the fourth day. For this kind of fans and compared with the mainstream ARPG and FPS, the game theme of CRPG is really It’s considered a niche game, especially this kind of traditional American RPG.

However, compared to God Realm, which made Black Light Studio somewhat disappointed, another origin module, which was applied by Tianhe Network headquarters and was also a small project applied by employees, has exploded with different potential.

It is also not registered on the host platform, and only sold on the PC platform, but the sales volume reached 900,000 copies in the first seven days, which really shocked people's attention.

Two Chinese employees, one Polish employee and one Swedish employee, are in charge of the main project. The small project with a team of only 15 people has sold 900,000 copies in the first week, and it is still growing.

Especially those who have seen the sales data table of the game Origin Mod know that 900,000 copies is just the beginning, and this game still has potential to be tapped.

Because of the sales in the first three days, this game only sold 300,000 copies. With the release of media ratings and the popularity of live broadcasts on twitch and other live broadcast platforms, the sales of this game suddenly increased. Isn't it like Like God Realm, sales exploded at the beginning, and then began to decline slowly.

The sales volume of the origin module was normal at the beginning, but it gradually increased, and there were even cases where the sales volume was higher than that of the initial release day.

Countless people expressed envy to the project team of the Origin module, not only for having a successful project, but more importantly for the small money.

The employees of Tianhe Network can basically inquire about it a little bit, and they can know that the initial dividend bonus is about 5 million RMB, and then look at the source module. Tang can also get 100,000 to 200,000 yuan, and this is only the initial dividend. If the continuous profit of the later project is better, it will be more than that.

Apart from honors, obviously money is the most stimulating thing. On the day when the results of the Origin module came out, Chuhe received several times more project applications than before, but basically after a glance at Chuhe, all of them were Killed.

There are no outstanding projects, and some people even want to make small butter, you are making trouble!

However, compared with the stimulated employees, Chuhe is still quite at ease. On the one hand, he is building a team for the last survivor. The initial GDD has been completed, including Gabre and others from Black Light Studio, as well as Amy and Gila. There has been a high-level meeting.

Outsourcing and project contract workers must still be recruited. The outsourcing studio in Singapore was quite suitable, although the price was a bit more expensive.

In addition to the formation of the last survivor project team, the promotional schedule for League of Legends has also begun.

The Tianhe network of Internet cafes across the country has been connected. Although the promotion of games in places such as Internet cafes is not as strong as before, it is still somewhat effective.

Of course, the publicity with Internet cafe chains such as Wangyu is just an addition.

The real focus is on the promotion of the e-sports professional league, and the e-sports of the League of Legends, which Chuhe and the marketing department have already decided.

Previously, Tianhe Network’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds project had gone relatively smoothly into e-sports. For example, China’s Tianlu, as well as FPS clubs such as Faze abroad, all have branches of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.

As for the League of Legends, Tianhe Network also intends to promote it. It doesn't want to make money through e-sports, it just wants to spread its fame and promote it the fastest.

Including the major live streaming platforms, as well as domestic DOTA clubs, Tianhe Network has already contacted them, and by then the first-tier domestic DOTA clubs will participate in the League of Legends competition.

As for the reason?

Because the prize money of League of Legends is high enough, it is such a simple matter.

If the total prize pool is 3 million US dollars, the champion team can get 45% of the total prize pool, which is 1.35 million US dollars.

Of course, apart from the fact that the prize money is high enough, the most important thing is that the popularity of DOTA is constantly losing. Domestically, it is sucked by Meng Sanguo and Qifan, while abroad, it is sucked by HON.

In addition, it has recently been rumored that the HON produced by Ice Frog has been represented by big players such as Penguin or Wangyi. Most clubs are even planning to cancel the DOTA project and let the players switch to other games.

After all, they are all the same type of games, so if you can become a professional player in DOTA, you cannot become a rookie even if you switch to other games.

As for playing DOTA, you're a badass, but in other games, such as League of Legends, you can become a master?

You are thinking too much.

In this type of game, what your limit level looks like, even in another game, you are still like that.

You think that you have become so powerful, just because the player pool in one of the games, especially the low-end player pool, is more than your previous game. Based on a large proportion, you think you have become more powerful, almost like a dwarf. It means choosing a general from the heap.

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"You guys have so much confidence in this game."

In the office of Tianhe Network, He Hailong, the president of e-sports media, couldn't help but sigh with emotion after hearing Chuhe's words.

They are also old partners, including PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and DNF's e-sports events, which are all organized by them.

In fact, from the perspective of investment, the investment of League of Legends in e-sports is actually similar to that of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

But the latter only started e-sports after it proved its popularity.

But what about League of Legends?

The promotion has not even started, this is losing money and making money, spending money to hold a league for publicity.

"We are really confident, but the most important thing is that there are already similar games in the market. If you want to promote them as quickly as possible, you have to spend money." Chu He said with a smile.

This is the way to break the law with strength. I believe that the quality of my game can retain players. I just use money to smash the popularity.

what can you do

With the name of Tianhe Network itself, coupled with a large amount of publicity funds, there is no doubt that the starting point of League of Legends will definitely be high enough, and the rest is the quality of the game.

And when Chuhe and He Hailong were discussing the next e-sports competition, some e-sports clubs in China also inquired about the League of Legends through some channels.

(I can’t buy a ticket to go home for the Chinese New Year online~I went to the high-speed rail station and waited in line for an hour to buy it~My God~)