There is a Problem with This Online Game Planning

In the following days.

Zhong Xiu can be said to be researching the blue star engine without sleep and food.

At one point it reached the point of insanity.

In the first two days, he even lived in the studio and didn't even return home.

Mu Wanqing told Lin Yao about it.

Lin Yao was dumbfounded, and then ran to persuade Zhong Xiu.

Zhong Xiu was still not happy, with an expression of 'I'm still alive, don't stop me'.

In the end, Lin Yao had no choice but to say such cruel words as "don't come if you don't go back", and then reluctantly drove him back home.

So, this kind of technical house axis is sometimes really terrible.

You must know that Zhong Xiu usually does not like to work overtime, and he also pursues the principle of completing the work within the planned schedule.

Fortunately.

Zhong Xiu's state did not last long.

As he continued to understand the game engine, he gradually became calm.

Of course, occasionally in his position, he would still yell a magical voice, frequently attracting the attention of other staff in the studio...

at the same time.

During this period of time, the engine team has also recruited a lot of people.

Of course, you said that it is impossible to recruit talents who specialize in game engine development in China, so the final recruits are all members with experience in 3D game production.

Lin Yao's plan is to make them familiar with the use of the engine first, and then, on this basis, research, develop and maintain the engine.

When these people first came, they were also a little confused when they heard that they were going to the engine group, but when they went to Zhong Xiu's side, they were just like Zhong Xiu, shouting amazing...

The engine crew yelled about mobs every day, which has become a regular program and a scene in the studio.

Because of this matter, Zhu Nianqiao even pretended to suggest to Lin Yao that Zhong Xiu should be sent to a mental hospital, because she suspected that Zhong Xiu was crazy and would be contagious... Lin Yao was angry and laughed, and finally gave her a chestnut .

And what was Lin Yao doing during this time?

She is fishing and playing games...

right.

The boss plays games during working hours, not to mention being aboveboard, and occasionally she can be heard complaining in a soft voice, which has become another scene in the studio...

certainly.

Touch fish to play games.

It's just that Mu Wanqing thinks so.

Lin Yao felt that she was collecting materials.

During this period of time, she played a lot of domestic shooting online games, and also played a little domestic and foreign stand-alone games.

After nearly two weeks of playing, she basically has a thorough understanding of the current situation of online shooting games in China, and has a general understanding of the quality of foreign stand-alone games.

The development of online shooting games in China is relatively slow, and the battle mode is relatively simple. It is basically the level of a transport ship battle, that is, two teams are divided into two camps to fight, and whoever kills the specified number of people first will win.

Because the gameplay is relatively simple, this has led to the existence of domestic shooting online games like racing games. If you like it, you will play two games if you have nothing to do, and you will turn it off when you are satisfied or tired. There are not many audiences. You said there are turn-based online games. User stickiness, then forget it.

certainly.

Because there are not many people playing it, and the negative feedback caused by direct enhancement of krypton gold firearms value in shooting online games is too strong, but this type of online game has not been reduced to the hardest hit area of ​​krypton gold, which is a blessing in disguise. Now the operation is better Online shooting games are generally very restrained, and there is no such thing as Fire Unicorn.

As for single player games...

How to say.

China is very similar to Lin Yao's previous life, but not very similar.

Although the strict management of copyright here makes stand-alone machines free from piracy, but because of the game ban, the sudden emergence of online games, and the habits of players, the soil for stand-alone machines here is quite scarce, and there is a considerable gap between technical strength and foreign countries. gap.

Of course, foreign stand-alone games are not so good. After all, decades ago, the situation was quite tense, and the entertainment industry stagnated for a long time.

Lin Yao judged that the stand-alone level here and the graphics are only at the level of the first and second generations of Assassin's Creed, that is, the level of the previous life around 2007.

But the problem is.

The level of hardware here is outrageous. If the game screen is still in 2007, then the level of hardware here is 2020...

According to the promotion, the performance of the graphics card is close to that of Huang’s Air 30 series graphics card, but the graphics card here is not designed for games at all, but a professional graphics card. The main purpose is for mechanical and electrical engineering design and architectural design.

Although the rapid development of foreign stand-alone computers in recent years has in turn led to the emergence of graphics cards specially designed for games, overall, the development of software and hardware is still unbalanced.

...

"Ah... Where did these people come from?"

Lin Yao put down the mouse, raised her pink fist and lightly hammered the desktop, looking at the death interface on the screen, a little helpless and a little angry.

never mind!

Stop playing!

trash game!

She turned off the game directly, then took a deep breath, leaned back in the chair, calmed down, and began to think.

Why is she desperately playing shooting games during this time?

very simple.

Lin Yao just wanted to make a shooting online game. As for why she made a shooting online game, the reasons were not complicated. She wanted Zhong Xiu and the others to practice with the new engine, and there were also factors in her own cooking and hobbies...

After all, which girl... No, a hunk can resist a shooter.

But after actually playing so many shooting online games.

She found that making a shooting online game is quite difficult.

First point first.

It's a matter of revenue.

no way.

No matter what your game company wants to make money, especially online games, she wants to use love to generate electricity, but other people in the studio need to eat.

"Revenue..."

Lin Yao took out a piece of A4 paper, thought for a while, and slowly wrote a few words on the paper.

Fire Unicorn, buyout system, micro-transactions.

These are the three revenue directions she is currently thinking of, but after thinking about it, she added an 'appearance'.

"Forget about Fire Qilin, you can't do CF here...Although it feels quite profitable."

Lin Yao looked at the words on the paper and crossed out the first fire unicorn first.

She still has to face. She doesn't want to be stared at and scolded when the game industry matures.

Of course, there are also factors that she can't learn. Although CF has a very bad reputation for a long time, you can't deny that the project team has put a lot of effort into the game, and it is also a childhood memory of many people. The right time and place In the end, this extremely controversial phenomenon-level online game was created.

Mere imitation may not be successful.

So she crossed out the fire unicorn first.

As for the last three.

Lin Yao didn't make up her mind which one to choose.

Mainly the prospect of buying out this model.

This mode is not available in the market yet, and she really can't say whether players will accept it. Although she remembers that there was a very successful buyout online game like Overwatch in her previous life, that kind of success may not be replicated. Besides, Overwatch is cold...

As for the stand-alone game... Lin Yao doesn't think her studio is capable of making a mature stand-alone game. The accumulation of technical skills is long-term and continuous. Even with the Bluestar engine, it can't be done overnight. At least Lin Yao has no relevant ideas now. .

"never mind."

Lin Yao looked at the content on the paper, hesitated for a long time, and put it aside temporarily, and wrote the other two words below.

graphics and hardware.

This is also a problem.

After her understanding during this period of time, the blue star engine is now on the screen, which is a dimensionality reduction blow for 99% of the games on the market.

So this brings up another question, whether to adapt the game's graphics to the current hardware of most mainstream players, or to completely let go and make a game that is enough to shock the peers...

If it is an ordinary situation, Lin Yao doesn't even have to think about it, just choose the first one.

But what Zhong Xiu said that day made her realize that selling the engine...is also the way.

Moreover, with such a good engine, it is a pity that the problem is not that the hardware is not good enough to actively reduce the picture effect at its own expense. But you sell online games... This doesn't cater to the current hardware of most mainstream players, it's not suitable.

Lin Yao looked at the words on the paper.

Even more tangled.

"Revenue, graphics, gameplay..."

Lin Yao put down the pen, leaned back on the back of the chair, raised her white chin slightly, looked at the incandescent lamp above her head, and began to think.

All kinds of thoughts arose.

Lin Yao thought of Battlefield, Call of Duty, CSGO and so on.

some moment.

She suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

I have an idea.

How about... Make a demo with a unique gameplay and try it out first?