Chapter 267: Even taking drugs is not this strong
A fantasy MMORPG?
Hearing Chen Lin's words, Old Song and Old Li were shocked.
It's not because of the game style, but because of the game type!
Who in the entire industry doesn't know that Penguin and several other large capital companies are trying to get involved in the role-playing game category?
It’s like the penguin taking the lead and occupying the territory of the shooting game category.
Role-playing is also the category with the largest player base today, and many manufacturers are keeping an eye on it.
You can even say that.
Being able to occupy a place in this category is equivalent to having the capital to gain a foothold in the gaming industry!
And it seems that the production cycle of this game is not short.
No wonder Chen Lin is so cautious.
Or say.
Manufacturers who make this type of game are very cautious.
"Huh? You're here."
At this time, Chen Lin, who was chatting, noticed Lao Song and Lao Li and looked towards them.
Liu Heng turned around, looking puzzled: "Who are these two?"
"Operation Director Lao Song and Production Director Lao Li are the ones who are responsible for project development and operations."
After Chen Lin finished explaining, he introduced him to Old Song and Old Li: "He is my former art design instructor Liu Heng, and he is also a professor at Binhai University. I specially invited him to be the art director."
"We understand, we understand. Xiaoli has just said that it is a great honor for us to have Professor Liu come to our studio."
The two men hurriedly walked up, shook Liu Heng's hand, and greeted him warmly.
Because they all know that having such a person in charge will definitely be beneficial to Honghuang.
If others come up with some research results in the future and become academic leaders, they can also benefit from it.
After all, this professor looks to be only in his fifties, much younger than other professors who are probably in their seventies or eighties.
"You're too polite, I just came here to help my students." Liu Heng responded with a smile.
After some pleasantries, he looked at Chen Lin beside him and said, "By the way, what game were you talking about just now?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the attention of Old Song and Old Li was instantly diverted.
Everyone in the art team also focused their attention on Chen Lin.
Chen Lin did not answer immediately, but asked: "Have you heard of orcs?"
"Orc? The kind like Fury?" Lao Li said subconsciously.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, everyone looked at him strangely.
"Uh... don't get me wrong, it's just that a lot of people have been talking about it online recently and I just happened to see it."
Old Li finally reacted and hurried to explain.
Ever since they logged the AI program into the Honghuang Kaitian platform, many such pictures have appeared in the background database, making it difficult not to see them.
Chen Lin smiled and said, "It's not the kind you mentioned, but another kind of orc, more brutal and wild."
"Are you talking about orcs from a Western fantasy setting?" Liu Heng's eyes lit up. "I did research similar art style designs and disassembled skeletons for a while. If it's this kind, it shouldn't be that difficult."
"What about the architectural style and living environment?" Chen Lin asked hurriedly.
The content of that game was so vast that even he couldn't remember it clearly, so it was not easy to restore it completely.
"That's no problem. I have a few assistants who are researching this subject recently and have collected a lot of information."
"Okay! That's no problem."
Chen Lin breathed a sigh of relief. Without the other party's technical support, his project would have been shelved.
By that time, other manufacturers will probably have already released new MMO games and seized the market in advance.
Now everything is ready.
He should be able to launch this game within a year.
"By the way, what is the name of your game?" Liu Heng asked.
Chen Lin took a deep breath: "World of Warcraft, this game is called World of Warcraft!"
…
New project finalized.
The entire Honghuang studio also became busy.
Under the coordination of Lao Song and Lao Li, a new game-specific team was established to develop this epic masterpiece and began preliminary preparations.
This game is mainly developed to cope with the upcoming MMO market.
certainly.
Chen Lin also knew that the production cycle was not short, so he was not in a hurry to achieve success and let the new project team polish it slowly.
Their main focus.
Or in other games.
It won’t be too late to officially release it when the production is completed and the time is right. This way there will always be a hidden means.
After all, which big company doesn’t have several projects underway?
Once the opportunity arises, you can take it out directly and quickly seize market share.
This is also the reason why small factories are slower than large factories.
Plan ahead.
There is never anything wrong.
But because of this, Chen Lin's small game plan fell through.
There is no extra manpower, so I can’t consider it for the time being. I can only wait for a while.
"By the way, Lao Li."
Soon, he found Lao Li who was busy working on it and asked: "How is the new PUBG map going?"
"It has been tested a few days ago and can be put online at any time. Do you want to go online now?" Lao Li replied after looking through the information.
"Let's go for it. It's a good opportunity to take advantage of the fact that the competition is getting less popular. If we can continue to generate some popularity, the sales volume should be over 10 million."
"OK, got it."
When he heard about the sales volume of tens of millions, Mr. Li immediately became excited and rushed to do the job.
Half an hour later.
An update announcement was issued, instantly attracting the attention of a large number of PUBG players.
[Honghuang Studio: To thank you for your strong support, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: Battle Royale" will be updated online at 8 o'clock tonight, and new content will be launched. 】
【1. Added a new snow country map "Vikendi Snowland". 】
【2. Open custom mode. 】
【3. Added a large number of TP appearances. 】
【4. The types of firearms and supplies have been expanded.】
【5. Added weather system. 】
【6. ……】
A long list of updated content was like a depth charge, suddenly exploding the player circle.
"Updated! It's updated so quickly!"
"I was just about to say that one map is a bit dull."
"The gun supplies have been expanded, awesome!"
"What is this TP appearance?"
"Wow, there's even a weather system!"
Exclamations rang out one after another, and everyone opened the game to check it out.
As soon as 8 o'clock in the evening arrived, there was indeed an update package of dozens of GB, and it was free and not sold as DLC!
"What a loss, what a loss. Honghuang suffered a huge loss this time."
With so much content, if it were any other manufacturer, they would have made it into DLC and sold it long ago. How could they be so conscientious?
Delighted, players who had just finished dinner rushed into the game to experience the new content.
As expected, just as it was written in the announcement, there was a new map, a circular island covered in snow.
After landing on the island, the weather sometimes turns into rain and snow, or even accompanied by blizzards, which raises the level of environmental simulation.
Some people checked out the newly added TP store.
I found that there are many fashion appearances that can be exchanged for game coins.
"Wow! This frying pan is so cool! I want to buy it!"
In the live broadcast room, Ouyang Xiao, who had just entered the game, exclaimed and was attracted by the appearance of the frying pan in the store at first sight.
There are also other appearances such as rabbit headgear, camouflage guns, cowboy hats, etc., which can also be exchanged through TP, which is the game currency.
"Let's go, play a few games first and earn enough TP."
After saying that, Ouyang Xiao directly started matching the single-player mode and entered the new map.
What comes into view is an ice-covered lake.
The matched players stand on the ice.
Just at this moment.
She noticed a dozen people gathered in the center, arranged in rows, as if having a secret meeting.
But when she walked over, she suddenly laughed out loud.
Because as she approached, dynamic music gradually began to sound on the public channel.
And those dozen people suddenly started moving, dancing to the Axe Gang's very familiar dance to the music.
"What the hell is this? They even updated the dance moves?"
Ouyang Xiao couldn't hold it anymore. These guys really knew how to have fun.
It's only been updated for a short while.
Seeing this, other players nearby also ran over to join in the fun.
After a while, the center of the ice surface turned into a scene of chaos and laughter continued to echo in the public channel.
at the same time.
In the live broadcast room on the other side, Lao E was also shouting hard.
" Come on, come on, the custom mode, the H Power Plant bicycle race and the motorcycle long-distance running poison circle competition have begun, hurry up and sign up if you want to come!"
Different from others.
As soon as Lao E came online, he set his sights on the new custom mode and called on fans to organize a competition.
But this game...
It's very unorthodox.
Through the custom mode, a lot of weird rules were created.
Ride a bicycle on the circular platform at the top of the H power station, wait for the poison circle to come and then set off to the safe zone together, and fight in the sky with gliders...
There are all kinds of competitions, which are even more outrageous than prank shows.
But the audience still loves to watch this, and the live broadcast room is very lively.
"I'll do it! Save a spot for me!"
"I'm already on my way home, wait for me!"
“How can a mountain bike competition be held without me?”
"No way, no way? Could it be that someone is really being caught up by the poison circle?"
"This is too lame. There are all kinds of broken rules. Is this custom mode of Honghuang going to make me laugh to death?"
"It's a loss. I lost money selling this game for 98."
I thought PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was already outrageous enough before the update.
Unexpectedly, the result was even more outrageous after the update.
Adding various small gameplays on the original basis makes the game more playable.
final.
It only took two months.
The sales of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds were unstoppable, successfully reaching tens of millions, causing a sensation on the entire Internet.
…
“Another game with tens of millions of sales!”
"Did Hong Huang take drugs?"
"Even if you take drugs, it's not this strong, right?"
All the major manufacturers were shocked. If there was only one such game, they would have been so excited. However, Honghuang released two games in a row.
Including "Monster Hunter" which just broke the thousand mark some time ago, there are a total of three games.
Is this not enough to let people survive?
You have to know that including the additions in the past two years and the exclusives on the console side, there are only just over fifty games with sales of tens of millions.
Honghuang alone occupies three places, which is outrageous!
They had to take it seriously and hold a meeting to discuss the matter.
"In fact, it is not difficult to find out after careful study that basically every game in Honghuang has invested the most money in publicity and promotion. For example, the R&D cost of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is estimated to be 50 million, and the publicity and competition cost hundreds of millions of dollars, which is more than twice the cost!"
"How about we also try to invest heavily in promotion? Start an e-sports business?"
"It's easy to say, but who would dare to increase investment before confirming the game's response? Even if you want to, the shareholders don't want to!"
"Indeed, those guys are not willing to show their support until they see the rabbit. It's better to rely on them than to rely on concept promotional videos to get more investment."
“…”
In the end, the manufacturers were silent.
Being a listed company certainly has its advantages. If you are short of money, you can launch projects to attract (cheat) investment, but it depends on the attitude of the investors and shareholders.
Even if you make money, you still have to be sucked dry by those guys first.
There was not much left for me.
For an independent studio like Honghuang, whatever profit it makes is its own. If it doesn't make any profit, it will simply go out of business and it will be difficult for it to get back on its feet.
In short, each has its own advantages.
Even if they are envious, it is impossible for them to transform.
"For now, we can only bet on the next opportunity."
"Penguin and several other companies have recently sent people to negotiate for agency, focusing on the MMO category. They haven't made any major innovations in so many years, so they're probably waiting for something big!"
