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Chapter 29 Red Hat

Wei Junjie was sitting on a chair, rubbing his forehead, Wei Junjie also knew what Wang Hao and the others were thinking.

In fact, everyone's ideas are basically the same. The idea of ​​Wang Hao and others is very simple. Through the free game model, they can create a name and their own game IP, and then slowly advance.

No matter what happens, you still need to be well-known in the country, so that you can find some well-known companies to cooperate with in the future, which is much faster than starting from scratch step by step.

Of course, their thinking is correct.

After all, domestic free games have become mainstream in recent years, and the local market is not like Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea, where console games are popular.

But having said that, what Ren Xiaotang currently lacks is a game IP, an IP that can make people think of this company when they see this IP.

Just like a certain company, when people first see Penguin, they will think of this company.

Now that IP is mentioned, besides Zelda, Wei Junjie naturally thinks of one thing, a sewer plumber wearing a red hat.

Red hat, red autumn coat, big nose, blue overalls.

White gloves, two playful mustaches!

Mario.

Thinking of this, Wei Junjie suddenly remembered a joke from netizens in his previous life.

Your dad may not know who the character in a popular mobile game is, but your dad must know the plumber who cooks mushrooms to save the princess.

Just if you give your dad other types of games to play, your dad may not be able to play them, or his elderly hand speed may make it difficult to play them.

But if you take that sewer plumber, your dad will definitely have fun playing it.

Video games, as the ninth art in today's society, have always been the focus of attention and discussion among most players.

The most difficult thing about a completely new type of game is that you have to create a sequel and then release a third game, otherwise it won't be able to develop into a separate game type.

It is precisely because of the innovation and change of some game development teams that they have created industry-leading games with a spirit of continuous improvement, allowing players to experience richer game entertainment.

Some of these games played an important role in popularizing the game genre and became a milestone in the history of video games.

It has brought countless inspirations to game developers in the next few years or even more than ten years.And on this basis, it spawned many successful sequels and supplementary games, gradually evolving into a well-known game series.

And this series of explanations are enough to simplify how important a good game IP is.

After all, a good game IP can be used for a lifetime.

At this time, since we want to develop IP, we have to talk about Lao Ren’s Yusanjia. Wei Junjie laughed and said, "I do have a plan!"

Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Wei Junjie.

Because it is planning Dagang, it does not involve too many things, and the project has not been approved. This is a rough introduction, so for now, the confidentiality agreement has not been signed.

Furthermore, if someone else could plagiarize Mario's gameplay and ideas through Nintendo's few pages, they wouldn't be called Nintendo.

At this time, Wei Junjie handed the planning book to everyone. After everyone took it, they put it aside directly, while the rest of the people looked at Wei Junjie with puzzled faces.

Seeing this situation, Wei Junjie smiled and said, "Look, I think this plan is very good!"

Then he opened the cover and continued reading.

The first page is a variety of character cartoon drawings and design concepts about the game.

Wang Hao and others couldn't help but frown.

If the painting style of Breath of the Wild can barely be said to be for all ages, then the painting style of this game is a combination of cartoon, youth-oriented and childlike.

"Boss, is this game too childish and boring?" Wang Hao couldn't help asking at this time.

"What? Childish? Pfft~"

At this moment, Wei Junjie couldn't help but burst into laughter. "ah?"

Everyone raised their heads and looked at Wei Junjie with a smile on his face.

"Sorry, I suddenly remembered something happy!" Wei Junjie stopped smiling and apologized quickly.

childish?

Very naive, very naive, just like a child playing house.

If you first saw someone on the subway or in a coffee shop holding a game console the size of a brick, you might wonder what they were playing.

However, when you see the game screen, you may sneer at how young and childish the game screen is.

But if you can play that game yourself, you will definitely be attracted by the full gameplay, and you will be confused for an afternoon or even a day.

You simply don’t understand how attractive the sewer plumber with the red hat is.

"No, Boss, this game has a lot of cartoon elements, and I feel that this is what it is," Wang Hao couldn't help but said.

At this time, Wei Junjie interrupted Wang Hao and looked at everyone: "What is it? 4399? Do you think so too?"

Everyone seemed speechless. They didn't know how to express their opinions on this game.

No matter how you look at it, this kind of thing can only be played by four or five-year-old children. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't meet the psychological price of these people.

At this time, everyone said that this kind of thing was too childish, had no game atmosphere at all, and was completely played by children.

Everyone was silent for a long time, what a joke, how could such a naive game sell money!
At this time, Wei Junjie suddenly felt a little funny and said with a self-deprecating smile: "I wonder what is childishness in everyone's eyes? What is maturity?

I get up at 6:6 in the morning to go to work and don’t get home until [-]:[-] in the evening to make dinner. Is that mature enough?
I like to take care of people. When I am eating, every Friday at 10 o'clock, I open the 82568 live broadcast room of Xiaopo Station [-] minutes early and watch a certain silver-haired virtual anchor from the Tencent department, just like coaxing a kindergarten child. Live style.

Rather than open a live broadcast room with pink hair and watch her work on a water heater, or open a live broadcast room with white hair and watch her express patriotic ideas, is it childish?
Sometimes I really feel that no one understands games. Some of those who are working in the industry are older than me, and some entered the industry earlier than me, but their understanding of games is far worse than mine. . "

After being tortured by life all day long, perhaps when you turn on this game console, carefreeness is the only escape. You really don't want to be exposed to a little bit of adult intrigue and sharpness.

Wei Junjie looked at everyone in the conference room, shook his head and walked out of the conference room.

"Sometimes, I think everyone is a bit pitiful. If everyone can't distinguish between childishness and maturity, I think we still don't need to make games."

After hearing this, everyone fell silent. When did they have this idea, and they began to think that a game was childish and mature.

Many new players think that the graphics are good, the swords are violent, the meat is sold, and it looks cool. Is this a game for adults?

As everyone knows, this kind of thinking is the thinking of a kid. What kind of people do you think would like to play games with only the above elements? Yes, junior high school students and elementary school students are very yearning for such games.

Because their parents and teachers do not allow them to play such games, it is taboo for them, they have never been exposed to it... so they yearn for it!

Adults have seen and played enough of these things. In games, these things are really dispensable. Do we have to pursue these things in games?childish!

Giving children a spiritual world full of innocence, beauty and depth, story characters and moving music can always evoke the cleanest, most beautiful and moving part.

That's what this gaming company was originally about.

Work to reposition gaming as a family-building activity rather than just a childish pastime.

"Everyone can turn to the back of the planning book and take a look. If everything is okay, everyone can get off work." At this moment, Wei Junjie's voice suddenly sounded from behind.

Everyone took the planning book in front of them and read it carefully. From initial disdain to admiration and then to surprise, everyone was finally shocked by the game concept described in the planning book.

The content of the plan is not too much, only a few thin pages, but it is enough to express the essence of the game plan, including the game design, gameplay, operation methods, and even some details, which are all described in detail.

Later, after Wang Hao and others finished reading, they couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

The plan for this game, he seems to be telling people, this is how the game should be played!
(End of this chapter)