In order to ascend, I had no choice but to play games.

Chapter 472 It’s so easy to make money in the second dimension

Wandering in this new game world, Huang Ping saw countless magnificent scenery.

Behind him, Fang Cheng made a rare narration, pointing to the scenery in the game and saying: "Your description of the scenes in the game is not very clear, but the description of 'different areas and different styles' you said I I’m quite interested in it. So, I created different styles for different scenes. I personally prefer this kind of natural scenery, where players can look at the scenery and play cards with animals..."

"Playing cards with animals?" Huang Ping asked in surprise, "Can the world view be explained? After all, this game seems so huge. It would be troublesome to not be able to explain the world view."

"Don't you have an explanation?" Fang Cheng asked doubtfully, "In your plot, this is a world where everything has spirits, and the god who rules this world is a guy who loves chess and cards. Under his influence Next, the residents of this world all like to play chess and cards, and are proud of their superb card skills."

After hearing the world view they set up, Huang Ping was like a teenager who was discovered in his second grade diary, and his whole body was in bad shape.

Not only him, but also the monkey on the side couldn't help but cover his face and said to Fang Cheng: "Boss, stop the public execution. I am too thin-skinned to listen to this."

"What did we think at the time?" Xiaodouzi wailed, "Why did we feel so cool about such a weird plot at the time?"

"I think it's okay." Fang Cheng frowned and said, "And this setting also explains why the chess and cards here are all two-dimensional, so I feel that this setting can still be used. For your setting, I After looking for a lot of Kaitian cubes, I finally found one that is more suitable.”

"What is the Kaitian Cube? Is it a game material library made by the boss himself?"

"It can be understood that that place includes a large number of small worlds, which is the greatest legacy of the Immortal Society. In short, the world you want just fits there, so I helped them do some things, and then allowed me to inject part of the laws into it and form to create the game world you want.”

Looking at Fang Cheng guiltily, Huang Ping said, "Boss, it's quite troublesome to make these things, isn't it?"

Huang Ping looked at Fang Cheng and felt that it would be enough to understand Demon Lord as the biggest bug or difficulty in the game production process.

But after actually starting to play the game, Huang Ping and others were surprised to find that the game was actually pretty good.

However, judging from Fang Cheng's words, it is not an easy task to implement these weird ideas.

"It's okay, I just made a dozen Demon Lords." Fang Cheng said gently, "They helped me solve the rest of the problems directly. It's not too difficult."

What she struggled with was how to promote this game?

"Isn't that right? If you have this technical ability and can't do anything well, why do you have to compete with the chess and card industry for jobs?"

"Be careful what you say. We are not a chess and card game. We are a card game. We just don't have rechargeable in-app purchases. It's a buyout game."

Turning this guilt into motivation, they began to work harder to perfect this game that had taken countless efforts from the boss.

"Damn it, why were we thinking about chess and cards when we made this thing! If it were something else, this game would definitely be more fun."

“I feel like this is a dimensionality reduction attack on other chess and card platforms.”

After all, the four of them were basically drunk when they were working on the planning project. All they could think of was releasing the game settings that they wanted to do but didn't dare to do. In the end, this was the game.

And when they think about the boss having to do so much to create this game world, Huang Ping and others feel even more guilty.

"That's right, it's a buyout card game."

Their plan is not very good, but this is not good at the execution level, because if they realize all their ideas, the cost is too high, the production cycle is too long, and the various technical difficulties that need to be solved are too great. Basically, it is a An impossible game.

"It's hard to say. The atmosphere of the game is very suitable for chess and card games, and the two-dimensional chess and card style is also quite interesting. There are not many two-dimensional chess and card games out there, and they are not as big as ours."

In order not to disgrace the reputation of their boss, they decided that even if it takes a year to perfect the game, they must polish the game into a high-quality product.

The planners began to play the game with great interest. They had no idea that the game they made after getting drunk would have such an effect.

Unlike the planners who were happy, the operator Wang Xiaoying fell into a tangle.

Even after playing for a while, Huang Ping even felt that such a large frame was really overqualified for holding chess and cards.

Huang Ping looked at Fang Cheng blankly, feeling that his boss was still the same and he couldn't understand a word of what he said.

If you promote it in the way of chess and card games, then you need to promote it locally. If you go to Internet cafes one by one, you can attract a user.

However, the chess and card platform cannot be promoted now, and this game has an obvious two-dimensional style. I don’t understand what it should be like.

Realizing that she didn't have a good idea, Wang Xiaoying simply gave up.

Calculated directly.

After all, there are not too many combinations of chess and card games with two-dimensional games, and the limited number of games are relatively niche. It depends on whether "Mahjong City" can hold up the banner of chess and card games.

However, the name "Mahjong City" is not easy to pass the review, so let's change the name.

After several days of intense preparation at the game studio, the game was finally named "Metropolis" and video promotion began directly.

When the early publicity for the game was released, players looked at Fang Cheng's new game and fell into confusion.

Fangcheng Studio, what are you doing?

The previous games were okay, but at most the game label was wrong, the game's name was a bit problematic, and the content of the game made people feel a bit confused.

But after looking at the title and game screen, they couldn't guess the type of game at all. This was their first time.

The two-dimensional style is very good, even stunning.

The endless sea of ​​cherry blossoms, the quaint but gorgeous Chinese-style town, the handsome men and women with different styles but all very eye-catching, all of these make the game's two-dimensional content exceed the standard, making people who don't understand the two-dimensional feel confused after watching the game's graphics. I will sigh, "These paper figures are really pretty."

But how is the game played?

The game's promotional images are perfect, and players are not worried that this is a PV scam. After all, Fangcheng Studio is a golden brand, and there is no need to worry that the games they make are not good enough.

But, what exactly is the gameplay?

It looks like a card draw, an open world, a bit like love development, and it seems to have a little bit of a Sims feel.

With so many different elements mixed together, the game seems a bit confusing.

As the first two-dimensional game of Fangcheng Studio, "Metropolis" naturally attracted the attention of players.

Some people are eager to play the game as soon as possible, while some people are also silently praying that Fangcheng Studio will overturn as soon as possible so that they can have a chance.

Because there is currently only one PV for the game, analyzing this PV has become the recent traffic password of the game area of ​​Bilibili. As a game area UP owner, he dared to come up and analyze it, and help players guess what type of game this game is.

【Have we all been lied to? Is Fangcheng Studio’s new game a horror game? 】

[Horror, puzzle solving, exploration, simulation, two-dimensional... Is there anything else that Fangcheng Studio is not good at? 】

[Don’t hesitate, buy “Metropolis” as soon as it comes out! 】

[Don’t worry about what kind of game it is, I’m blown away just by looking at the scenery. 】【It’s no brainer to invest within five hundred yuan, it’s that simple. 】

It wasn't until the second PV was released, and players were surprised to find that it was actually a large-scale game platform based on chess and cards, that the discussion about "Metropolis" was different.

[Hmm... I don't despise chess and cards, but is it really good to use such a good picture to make chess and cards? 】

[In my impression, aren’t chess and cards already an old trick of the previous generation? Why is Fangcheng Studio doing chess and card games now? 】

[Fang Cheng, are you guys short of money? If you are short of money, tell us! We'll pay you, don't make such low-end games! 】

[I, Fang Cheng, V50, I want you to join Fang Cheng Studio, and you decide the type of the next game. 】

[It doesn’t matter, anyway, I plan to play this game as a landscape simulator. After all, I can never get tired of seeing the two-dimensional scenery, and there are so many young ladies playing cards together, I feel it’s worth it. 】

【Just pamper them! 】

Just two PVs contributed two hits to Weibo.

One is: [Is Fangcheng Studio going to close down, and money-making games are starting to be made? 】

One is: [Fang Cheng Studio really closed down, and the boss Fang Cheng ran away with his sister-in-law! 】

Although the second topic is obviously a joke, the popularity it brings also makes people realize that Fangcheng Studio is really a star studio that has broken out of the industry.

But fame brings attention and backlash.

The second PV was intentionally produced by Wang Xiaoying to make players aware of what kind of game this is.

There is no shortage of traffic for Fangcheng Studio’s games, but they must filter out those players who don’t like chess and cards to avoid the backlash of traffic.

The traffic that ordinary game studios like has become a burden here in Fangcheng, which made Wang Xiaoying lament that this trouble may be unique to Fangcheng Studio.

In addition, the early investigation of the game made her feel a little less optimistic.

The new generation of young people are more receptive to the two-dimensional style, but they are not very fond of traditional chess and cards such as mahjong.

The older generation likes traditional chess and cards, but they don’t particularly like the second dimension.

Moreover, the chess and cards in this game have undergone some magical modifications, and many innovations have been added to the traditional chess and cards.

Because there are too many innovations, Wang Xiaoying is not optimistic about the prospects of games.

Trying not to notice the online discussions, Wang Xiaoying tried to focus on the game and prayed that the game could really meet the needs of the target users.

Finally, after the game was released, Wang Xiaoying saw that the sales of the game were constantly increasing, and soon it exceeded one million.

This was just a regular statistic, but that wasn't what she cared about.

What she wants to see is the return rate.

"Metropolis" is paid for and downloaded through the Game Inn. Players can get a refund without any reason within one day of purchase and download, thus avoiding some time-cheating games.

But at the same time, this also requires higher quality of the game itself. If it cannot make players want to play after today, then the game has basically failed.

Staring at the number of refunds, Wang Xiaoying felt that every person who refunded money was a bullet hitting her chest.

“Don’t be too much, don’t be too much, just don’t exceed 30%, just don’t exceed 30%.”

Praying silently, Wang Xiaoying looked at the refund figures and felt that her days were like years.

Although she couldn't see much today, and the real data would appear tomorrow, she still couldn't restrain her urge to see it, and kept looking at various data.

The next day, as soon as Wang Xiaoying arrived at the studio, she couldn't wait to turn on the computer and immediately started reading the game data.

After seeing that the refund rate was in the single digits, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, then ecstasy.

Yes!

This number is okay!

Her ideal number was 30%, but she didn't expect "Metropolis" to be better than she thought. It was completely beyond her expectation.

Opening the game's comment section, she found that the game's praise remained high.

[Incredible, I originally came here with the attitude of supporting the City Studio with 128 yuan, but I didn’t expect it...]

【Me too, it’s incredible. 】

[I usually hate mahjong the most, and I don’t even play it during the Chinese New Year. But here, I actually had a lot of fun. 】

[Cards and mahjong, this combination is unexpectedly interesting, it’s hard to imagine. 】

[I don’t care about anything else, I just want to know if the number of card draws every day really can’t be increased! 】

[Upstairs, I can tell you very simply, no! I tried every method, looked for different channels, and carefully read every QR code in the game, but unfortunately, there is really no additional recharge channel in this game. 】

[Isn’t it a good thing that you can’t recharge additional money? I usually hate cash-based games the most. 】

[You will understand if you try it. This game will really make you wish there was a way to make money. 】

【don't know. 】

【Three tubes (my wife) wedding dress.jpg】

【……understood. 】

[I believe that Fangcheng Studio did not make this game because of lack of money, because if they were really short of money, just one character could sell out! A pair of mahjong can have 108 characters, not including the character's skin, clothing, and corresponding skills! 】

【that is! Twenty cigarettes a day is not enough! When we can’t afford it! It’s all over, it’s all over! Each player gets a hundred draws! All filled! 】

Looking at these comments, Wang Xiaoying found that the money in the second dimension is quite easy to make.

It's a pity that the boss doesn't like money.

Otherwise, he would have been the richest man long ago.

(End of this chapter)