Rebirth of the big era of online games

Chapter 338 "Super Girl" Online Game of the Same Name

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I heard that the boss is going to make a music online game of the same name as "Super Girl". Boiling Games finally knows why the boss has been so focused on doing variety shows recently, so he was waiting here.

But when everyone got the game plan and looked through it, they all looked confused.

This game...

It seems that apart from the name being related to "Super Girl", nothing else has anything to do with the variety show. It's purely a trick to sell an unrelated game under the banner of "Super Girl".

"What's wrong with that?"

At the game planning meeting, Fang Jie said without blushing and heartbeat: "We invested in the variety show, so why not use it as a name to gain popularity? Besides, this is just a planning proposal. After the variety show comes out, we can see the effect. Decide whether to use this name."

"Even if the show is good, it's still not right..."

The planning director, Xiaodao, couldn't help but said: "When the time comes, most of the people who come to play the game will come for the "Supergirl" show, but when they enter the game of the same name, they find that it's just a music rhythm game, which has nothing to do with "Supergirl". Any connection, I'm afraid you will scold your mother?"

Fang Jie said indifferently: "If you scold, you can scold, and you won't lose a piece of meat. You have to understand that "Supergirl" is just an advertising gimmick, and the gameplay of the game itself is fundamental. If the game is not fun, even if it is related to "Supergirl" No matter how big it is, it’s useless. But conversely, even if there is no correlation, as long as the game is done well, players will stay and continue the game after scolding.”

Upon hearing this, all the participants were enlightened and nodded. They felt that what they said made sense and grasped the core of the matter. The name and the like were indeed not issues that should be entangled.

In fact, it's not that Fang Jie never thought about choosing an irrelevant name, such as preempting the name "Jin Le Group".

But after thinking about it, why did you choose such a name?

Isn't the name "Super Girl" delicious?

If this variety show becomes popular, wouldn't it be silly to have such a free traffic IP to use?
It’s really not possible, after using the gimmick of the name, it’s okay to change the name of the game. At that time, you can use the donkey to go downhill. The euphemistic name is: Rename the players’ voices.

Therefore, Fang Jie had already thought about the way out, and the question raised by Xiaodao was not a problem at all.

The real problem is the objection raised by Tiger: "The current environment is not good, and the audience of this game may be more inclined to young people and minors. Even with the publicity bonus of the "Supergirl" program, the game may not be big. Sell."

Fang Jie nodded towards Tiger, approved his question, and then explained: "First of all, the variety show "Super Girl" has an audition in April, a pre-selection in May, and a final in June, so the end of June or July at the latest At the beginning of the month, the influence reached its peak. In July, the summer vacation begins, and the environment will pick up."

Speaking of this, Fang Jie shook his head and smiled: "After all, there are policies and countermeasures. Internet cafes all over the country cannot be strictly controlled like our boiling Internet cafes. The real-name system for online games is not without loopholes. Besides, in fact, Internet users are not The latest data is that it has exceeded 4000 million, and the market inside has yet to be further explored.”

""Super Girl" is a music casual online game. It does not overlap with the current online game players and users. It is a new category of online games. Especially for most girls who hardly play online games, after watching variety shows, come again. Playing the online game with the same name should be a natural choice."

"One more thing: let's not keep staring at the cake in front of us. The domestic market environment is not good, so why can't we go abroad? Online games from South Korea can be exported to our country, and we can also export them abroad!"

The last sentence immediately made everyone's eyes brighten, and they thought that it was true. They almost forgot that the boss was in Korea and had established an online game agency company with SK Group!
That company has already represented "Legend" and is currently translating it into Korean... well, it's a bit dramatic. Anyway, it is expected to be released during May Day to meet Korean players.

Since "Legend" can beat "Legend", if nothing else happens, "Legend of Mir 2" will definitely be beaten by then.

Let's not mention "Legend" or anything else. If "Super Girl" can be represented in the past, the results will definitely be better than in China.

After all, the entertainment industry and entertainment environment there are far more mature than those in China, and the acceptance of music games is also high. As long as the games are really well done, they will definitely have a place in the market.

Thinking of this, everyone in the meeting couldn't help but cast their admiring eyes on Fang Jie, thinking that the Lord God is still so far-sighted, we people should stop making a fool of ourselves, the boss has already thought carefully about the problems that can be thought of.

That being the case, the focus of the next discussion will be on the playability of the game.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss.

This is the first music game in China. I don’t know if there are any abroad, maybe there are, but no one has heard of it.

Such an online game is equivalent to creating a new category. There are no mature cases to learn from. If everyone doesn't understand it, how can we discuss it?
Fang Jie knew something about it, but there was no way to talk about it.

"Jin Le Group" is a game developed by South Korea. In the previous life, it was released in 2003. I don't know the exact month. In the previous life, Fang Jie didn't know about it carefully, or even played it.

Because this game did not enter the country, but was operated in South Korea. Many domestic players went to the Korean server to play through agents, but the network delay was very serious, and the experience was not very good. Many people in their previous lives did not even listen to it. Speaking of this online game, I only know "Audition".

"Audition" was also developed in South Korea, but it was represented by Jiuyou in China, so it is well-known.

Well, in short, before 2005 in the previous life, most of the online games in China were distributed from South Korea.

But in this world, under the flapping of Fang Jie's butterfly wings, the situation has improved a little. At least those Korean online games that have been agented have basically gone to the street, but the island country's "Stone Age" and "Magic Baby" have stolen a chicken.

Let's just talk about the game "Jin Le Group". Since it will be developed and launched in South Korea next year, Fang Jie certainly can't just sit idly by.

A lot of history has changed in this world, especially in the online game industry. No one can guarantee whether there will be a domestic company that will suddenly rush to represent "Jin Le Group".

"Legend" almost had a big oolong before, Fang Jie will not make the same mistake a second time.

We must know that music variety shows such as "Super Girl" have also come out ahead of schedule, and it is very likely to become a phenomenon-level show. It is not ruled out that some smart people will follow the music-themed online games to get a ride. We must take precautions. .

Therefore, the launch of the music online game with the same name is also to seize and prevent other companies from picking peaches. This is a deeper consideration, but it cannot be explained to everyone.

In terms of the core gameplay of the game, this music online game is the same as those similar games in the previous life. One is to use the keyboard to play the rhythm with the music, and the other is strong interactivity.

But in terms of other gameplay, Fang Jie added a lot of his own whimsy and unique creativity, and changed the original casual online game into a half-casual, half-MMORPG online game, that is, he added it to the traditional online game. Some unique game systems.

The first is the career system.

According to his planning, this music online game is divided into four major occupations, namely: singer, keyboard, guitar, and drummer.

After the player enters the game, he can play the game with one or more professions.

Of course, the principle of greed for more than bad is established in this game. The best choice is to only specialize in one profession, but if you have a wide range of interests and want to experience it, there will be no restrictions.

Each profession has its own professional skills, equipment and clothing, with corresponding bonus effects.

For example, in the profession of singer, the skills include the passive skill "Sing as you want", the active skill "One Sing and One Harmony", the nirvana "Eternal Singing Song"... and so on.

The passive skill "Sing as You Want" refers to the fact that players who choose the singer profession can choose songs from the music library for rhythm practice without restrictions, while other professions at the same level have different song selection ranges. limit.

This mechanism will allow the singer profession to have the dominance in the game room, can bring other small partners to play various repertoires together, and is eligible to stand in the central C position.

The active skill "One Sing and One Harmony" can lead a bandmate to lie down and win in the ensemble gameplay. Of course, the premise is that the player who plays the singer profession has excellent skills, otherwise it will lead people into a pit.

In the competitive battle mode, using this skill can allow the opponent to step on the spot according to their own rhythm within a certain period of time. During the rhythm change, the opponent's rhythm will definitely be disrupted, and then the battle will be won. .

As for "Eternal Song", it can be played automatically and perfectly within a certain period of time, and the duration is related to the skill level and the effect bonus of equipment and props.

The singer profession can carry game equipment in the form of microphones, ear monitors, MPS, etc., which can extend the skill time and provide basic attribute bonuses.

These equipment, including clothing, will design a variety of different skins, need to reach a certain level, and be purchased with game coins obtained in the game, and some limited-edition props need to be purchased through events or prop stores.

That's right, Fang Jie plans to operate this game as a free online game, and earn money by selling skins for game equipment and props.

This is mainly to consider expanding the audience, and most of the game users are young players and budget-minded female players. If fees are charged, at least 90% of these players can be persuaded to quit. Of course, they cannot dig their own graves.

In the career system, all characters have four basic attributes: skill, rhythm, charm, and luck.

The "skill" attribute determines the speed of music playback, that is, the higher the skill attribute, the slower the speed of music and stepping points, which reduces the difficulty of the game to a certain extent.

This attribute is generally the first choice for guitarist or keyboardist professions, because guitarists and keyboardists drop more music card points than other professions during the game, and slowing down can reduce the difficulty of the game to a certain extent.

Of course, correspondingly, the rate of return of games is also higher than that of other professions. In a sense, it requires high skills and is the first choice of high-end players.

"Rhythm" determines the fault tolerance rate.

The game designed by Fang Jie, when stuck with the music, is not a "perfect", "excellent" or "BAD" or "MISS" mechanism, but a percentage mechanism.

That is, the accuracy rate of stuck points is represented by a percentage. The more accurate the card is, the higher the percentage is, and the highest is 100%. The "rhythm" attribute will correct the accuracy rate of stuck points.

For example, if this attribute is 10 points, the accuracy rate can be corrected by 1%, then the player who is normally stuck at 99% accuracy rate will get a final accuracy rate of 100%.

Therefore, the "rhythm" attribute is suitable for those handicapped players to add points, and the chosen profession is suitable for singers or drummers.

The "charm" attribute, in short, determines the rate of return of game resources.

The higher the charisma value, the higher the game coin bonus you get every time you hit the right rhythm during the game. You can get relatively high income with a relatively small amount of rhythm stuck points, which reduces the difficulty of obtaining game resources.

This attribute is also a choice for singers or drummers, and it is also the choice of handicapped players. Expert players can get 2 points, and handicapped players can get similar benefits with just one card if their charm value is high enough.

In this way, the handicapped party and the technical party will not widen the gap too much during the upgrade process, which will increase the enthusiasm of the novice players in the game, otherwise the game will be full of technical experts, and it will be meaningless to play.

As for the "lucky" attribute, in layman's terms, it is the violent rate in traditional online games.

During the card point process, there will be 2-5 times the lucky crit reward at random, which is naturally a boon for the technical party, because their hit rate and accuracy rate are high enough, so the chance of getting a lucky crit will be even higher. Large, professional bonus program for guitarists and keyboard players.

At the same time, professional equipment, clothing, and fashion can all add bonuses to these four attributes, just like in traditional online games, the better the equipment, the faster the spawning speed, the higher the violence rate, and the more monsters spawned. The higher the rate.

On the other hand, most of the equipment and props in the game must be obtained through music rhythm games, except through the novice missions of the game, official game activities and the game store.

And it's not directly obtained, but only materials, parts, fragments and so on.

In other words, a game that was originally a casual game was designed by Fang Jie as a traditional online game with an equipment manufacturing system.

This is very interesting.

At least it is unprecedented.

Of course, "no one to come after" refers to the previous life.

In this life, with Fang Jie making such a fuss, game developers at home and abroad will definitely imitate his ideas.

For these things that will inevitably happen, he can only strive to be "always imitated, never surpassed", and he is quite confident in this regard.

The equipment manufacturing system of this game is actually something that has been changed without changing the medicine. It is nothing more than changing the name and skin.

For example, the manufacture of weapons in traditional online games may require ore, wood, and special materials dropped by certain bosses.

Correspondingly, in this music online game, the singer’s weapon is the microphone, the guitarist’s weapon is the guitar, and the manufacturing materials are plastic, wood, strings, wires, etc. For some special materials, it is necessary to form an ensemble to complete some specified tasks. Difficult ensemble repertoire is equivalent to teaming up to fight BOSS.

And to complete these difficult ensemble surfaces, it involves unlocking many prerequisites, such as how many game levels must be reached, and how much game coins must be earned to be able to purchase tracks in the music library.

Yes, the tracks in the game, except the main quest tracks, other special tracks need to be purchased and unlocked with in-game currency, and these tracks also have certain bonus effects. Leveling in these tracks will increase the efficiency and rate of violence.

So this involves issues such as the game recycling system, the internal economy of the game, and the cumulative pleasure brought by the entire game.

The so-called one trigger affects the whole body. In this online game designed by Fang Jie, every system and even the details are closely related to other systems and gameplays, rather than existing in isolation. This not only improves the playability and attractiveness of the game, but also greatly Greatly enhance the stickiness of users.

Of course, whether the actual situation will be like this can only be determined after the game is made and tested by the players.

Before developing this game, there is still an important problem to be solved-song selection and arrangement.

Music rhythm game, it seems simple, but it is very professional.

Those songs are suitable for use as game songs, how to arrange the rhythm and sound effects in the songs, in what form, how to set the frequency, number, and keyboard keys properly, all of which need to be evaluated and consulted by professionals. , there are no professionals in this area, so we have to hire another one.

Zhang Ya is of course qualified for the job, but he may not be able to hire him, and he is overqualified. If Fang Jie finds him, he will have to pretend to be literary or something, which is troublesome.

So Boiling Games found Jiangcheng Conservatory of Music and directly cooperated with the college.

Speaking of Jiangcheng Conservatory of Music, Fang Jie's younger sisters Zhang Ru, Huang Tingting and others are all studying in the school.

In the first semester of freshman year, they even came to the school to play with Fang Jie a few times on weekends, joking that they came to beat the landlord to improve their lives.

But from the first semester to the sophomore year, they never looked for Fang Jie again. They only called Fang Jie on his birthday, and met him on the road a few times during the Chinese New Year to say hello, that's all.

Everyone has their own lives and circles. Once separated for too long, the relationship may not necessarily be estranged, but the relationship will gradually fade away. These younger sisters who once liked Fang Jie, in their sophomore year, except Zhang Ru, all talked about boyfriends. friend.

This time, Boiling Games cooperated with Jiangcheng Conservatory of Music, and Boiling Group gradually began to deploy in the direction of the music circle. Fang Jie had to find trustworthy people to support him, so he invited them to come to Boiling to help him.

Maybe these two younger sisters are not up to standard professionally, and they don't know anything about administration and personnel management. It's definitely not enough for them to preside over boiling entertainment-related affairs, but it doesn't matter. What Fang Jie wants is trust and loyalty, and he can handle professionally That's fine, even if you don't know the profession.

Just like Xia Hao, Zhang Yan, Shang Xiaoqiong, Liu Ziyu, etc., it is not enough to say how capable they are, but because they know them better, they are more trustworthy.

Moreover, Fang Jie has never believed that academic qualifications and diplomas can represent everything, majors and so on. It doesn't mean that no one can be alone after studying in a university. The society is the best university, and he won't just learn by doing.

People study in university for four years. If you can learn by doing in the same field in the society for four years, you may not be as good at theoretical knowledge as college students with a professional background, but your practical ability, ability to deal with people, and ability to withstand pressure are definitely better than college students. .

For example, Xia Hao, who graduated from a police academy technical secondary school, is only 20 years old this year, but his ability has far surpassed those college students in colleges and universities, and his comprehensive ability is very strong.

Now let Xia Hao go to the various higher-level departments of the Internet cafe to go through the formalities. He is very clear, and he can even call the relevant personnel brothers and sisters. He can deal with people below, manage the company's personnel, and he can already read the financial statements. You can write standard templates for contracts and lease contracts at your fingertips.

In addition, he also knows a little bit about computer software and hardware. It is no problem for him to install a hard disk motherboard or operating system, connect a router, and deal with some simple network failures. Looking for copybooks to practice calligraphy, I can be regarded as half an expert now.

They all say that their writing is like a person, but this is not applicable to Xia Hao. After reading his writing, no one would believe that it was written by an ignorant police school student.

Not only Xia Hao, but the other Fa Xiao who used to be network administrators in Internet cafes are also constantly learning and growing. Some have been promoted to managers of other branches of Boiling Internet cafes, and some are even running around the country, taking charge of Boiling Internet cafes. The Internet cafe merged and consolidated its affairs and became the regional manager.

Not to mention Shang Xiaoqiong, who was originally the veteran hero of Boiling Logistics. Although the Boiling takeaway in charge is only doing it step by step, the details are done very well and the foundation is very solid. It only depends on when Fang Jie will be in this regard. It's working hard.

Let’s just say that Zhang Yan, the former little concubine and the big sister of the art school, is now in good health, and she is also taking Liu Ziyu along to run their business in a serious manner. , is also expanding rapidly, and now has its own branches all over the country, gradually playing its own brand.

In short, there is no waste in the world. Everyone is a talent. It only depends on whether you are given a chance or not, whether you have found a field that suits you, and a mere university degree does not represent everything.

Of course, then again, it would be better to be more professional, but Fang Jie didn't think much of it. Professionals can be hired with money, and if it doesn't work, they can be cultivated by themselves.

But trust is priceless, and Zhang Ru and Huang Tingting are the two younger sisters he trusts most in the field of music.

For Fang Jie's invitation, the two sisters naturally agreed without hesitation, or it could be said that they were overjoyed.

Zhang Ru, in particular, felt that her life had begun a second spring, not only a career spring, but also an emotional spring. Finally, she had the opportunity to silently be by Fang Jie's side like she did in middle school. This feeling is so good...

(End of this chapter)