Game Design: Players are moved to tears

Chapter 139 News comes from fist
After seeing the plagiarized game, everyone felt unhappy.

"It's so abominable." Ling Jingwen was filled with indignation, "Junior, what are you going to do to them?"

"Should I post a tough attack on Weibo or file a lawsuit?"

Liu Wei blinked and asked, "Why did I do this?"

Everyone said in unison: "Because you did this before."

Liu Wei: "..."

It's done, it looks like my character has been established.

"No." Liu Wei said very grandly: "I am no longer what I used to be. We are now a big company."

“So, I decided to open up the source code and developer rights of Plants vs. Zombies.”

"As long as players purchase this game, they can make any modifications based on the original work."

hiss……

After hearing Liu Wei's words, everyone took a breath of air.

Looking at him was like looking at the devil.

Everyone thought that Liu Wei would be like before, quarreling online or filing a lawsuit.

But I didn't expect that this time it would be a killer move.

The source code is the core of a game and the biggest basis for determining whether there is plagiarism.

General game plagiarism means plagiarism in terms of gameplay, but the source code will still be figured out by itself.

But Liu Wei's current development of the source code means that the efforts of the plagiarists are all in vain.

Because there are better codes that can be directly used for reference, who would bother to think about it themselves?

But this is not the most critical thing. The most critical thing is developer permissions.

This is equivalent to completely blocking the way for pirated game manufacturers.

Pirated game manufacturers will only add some krypton gold points based on the original work, but there is basically no innovation in gameplay.

But the openness of developer rights means that ordinary players can also give full play to their imagination.

In this way, while the original version maintains the original flavor, it also adds various ideas. Who would play pirated games?

This method is a sure kill, but besides Liu Wei, who would dare to do this?
"Mr. Liu, congratulations."

At this time, as soon as the sound rang, Liu Wei turned around and saw that it was Zhu Xiaoyu.

This time Zhu Xiaoyu brought a few boxes of fried chicken and milk tea, distributed the food to the staff with a smile and said:
"Congratulations to Mr. Liu, the overseas sales of "Plants vs. Zombies" have reached 300 million copies."

Hearing this, Ling Jingwen and the others widened their small eyes:

"How much? 300 million copies!"

"Why are there so many, but we haven't sold 100 million copies in China yet."

"Not only that." Zhu Xiaoyu said with a smile: "This time Fumei Technology's reputation has also been established. It is said that it has been nominated for the Xinghai Award."

After hearing this, everyone lost their composure.

The Xinghai Award is the most valuable award overseas. All the winners are highly anticipated 3A-level masterpieces.

Even being nominated is a great honor.

Liu Wei was secretly speechless.

He expected that "pvz" would become popular, but he didn't expect it to become so popular, and the overseas sales exceeded domestic sales.

It can only be said that "pvz" is more in line with overseas aesthetics.

As for the nomination for the Xinghai Award...it can only be said to be an unexpected surprise.

"We plan to use "pvz" as the company's main promotional project." Zhu Xiaoyu picked up a piece of chicken wing and took a bite.
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu, you don't have to pay a penny for the publicity fee. Our company will bear everything."

Liu Wei nodded unceremoniously.If there is no profit, you can't afford it early. Since Starfield Company is willing to spend a lot of money to actively promote it, it means that there must be a lot of profit in it.

There's no need to say nice things about it.

"Oh, by the way, there is another news that you won't expect." Zhu Xiaoyu finished chewing the chicken wings, threw the bones into the trash can, clapped his hands and said mysteriously.

"What news?" Liu Wei asked curiously.

There is mysterious news, which is more important than the nomination for the Xinghai Award... Could it be that his "pvz" won the award?
No, it's only June now, and the Xinghai Awards won't be announced until November, no matter what the inside story is, it's impossible to be so early.

Liu Wei was completely confused, what kind of news could it be?

"The boss of Riot Games asked me to give you a message."

Zhu Xiaoyu smiled, quite like a supporting character in a Spring Festival Gala sketch.

"what did he say?"

Liu Wei frowned, Riot is the legendary company that developed "ioi".

The experience in this life is similar to that in the previous life, it is still a moba game.

The only difference is that because Riot did not receive investment from Tencent, the development and promotion of the game were in trouble.

This has led to the fact that although there is only one MOBA game on the market, "ioi", the number of players is less than one million.

"They want you to be the general planner of "ioi", responsible for the development of new heroes and operations in Asia."

"what!"

Liu Wei was dumbfounded, and everyone was also dumbfounded.

Who would have thought that the so-called news turned out to be such a news.

You must know that in the "ioi" project, overseas designers have always been responsible for developing heroes.

They feel that domestic designers lack inspiration and innovative ideas and dare not innovate boldly.

But now, Liu Wei was actively invited to become the hero's development designer.

"And if you need it, they can sell you 30% of the shares."

"Wait, am I the chief planner?" Liu Wei suddenly interrupted, "Where's the one named Bill Khan before?"

Bill Khan was the former chief designer of Riot Games, and he was also a figure who once publicly stated, "Unless I leave my job, no Chinese will ever step into the design department."

Zhu Xiaoyu said: "He resigned. In the past few years, the hero development of "ioi" has hit a bottleneck, and the funds cannot make ends meet. In addition, another company poached him, so he left the original "ioi"."

hiss……

Liu Wei didn't know what to say. He could only say that Bill Khan was quite honest and could compete with the imaginative Lao Kenyou.

"But I don't recommend you to go." At this time, Zhu Xiaoyu gave another suggestion in a low voice.

"why?"

"Two aspects." Zhu Xiaoyu held up two fingers, sincerely: "On the one hand, the terminal game is lonely, and a designer of your level doing "ioi" is a waste of life, so why not do more during this time? Click on the game.”

Then let you publish it overseas, right... Liu Wei glanced at it and said nothing.

But Liu Wei also knew that although Zhu Xiaoyu had some selfish motives, what he said was very practical.

Endgame... no more.

"Secondly, Bill Khan was poached by Storm Company, and I heard that he was going to make a brand new MOBA game."

Speaking of this, Zhu Xiaoyu looked around, bowed his head and leaned into Liu Wei's ear and said, "Bill Khan's resignation has taken away a large number of core members."

"Then it's over." Chen Yaohui spread his hands, "The main creator is gone, and so are the core members. Isn't this the same as sending it away?"

Zhu Xiaoyu nodded in agreement: "So I don't recommend Mr. Liu to go. There is no need to waste your youth for a false reputation. Are you right, Mr. Liu?"

Liu Wei responded with an ambiguous smile: "That's not necessarily the case."

(End of this chapter)