Game Design: Players are moved to tears

Chapter 38
into the night.

Liu Wei sat in front of the computer, refreshing the interface unconsciously with his right hand.

Various promotional content about "Magic Tower" on the screen.

"On the first day sales exceeded [-], will PC games usher in spring"

"The way out for PC games—puzzle games?" 》

"The former 'shady overlord' to the current king of the magic tower"

"The story that the designer of the magic tower and I have to tell"

With the popularity of "Magic Tower", major game media have also posted promotions.

But unlike the previous evaluations, which had both fans and critics, the media this time are basically making headless claims.

I am afraid that I will fall into the trap of Chunsil Media.

There was even an A-level designer who publicly expressed that he saw a way out for PC games from "Magic Tower".

"As VR and AR games continue to survive, PC and mobile games are gradually falling out of favor."

“As a designer who once started his career in PC games and has always insisted on PC games, I feel very sad.”

"The emergence of "Magic Tower" gave me an inspiration, which is the transformation of PC games."

"Before, I was determined to make the client game restore the VR game as much as possible to give players a higher sense of immersion."

"But now, can we change our thinking and no longer design PC games with larger memory and more cost, but mainly focus on casual games to allow players to relax on the PC side..."

Liu Wei closed the post expressionlessly.

There is no way out for PC games, it needs to be transformed... It's just that you are developing too fast.

The essence of science is water vapor, no matter how fast the progress is, it must return to the underlying logic of water vapor.

The same goes for games.

Although VR games and AR games are real, they also have their limitations - insufficient viewing angles.

Liu Wei has observed that the popular VR games currently on the market are basically the No. 1 perspective.

There are very few third-person perspective games, and there are even fewer God-eye-view games.

This is because the core essence of VR games is for 'real immersion'. Once other perspectives are enabled, it will greatly destroy the player's immersion.

For example, the popular "ioi" in China, a classic moba game, cannot be made into a VR game at all.

Without God's perspective, the player's reaction ability will be greatly reduced.

"Even if you are making a VR game, you should probably be making CF, counter-war, or watching your ass."

"Wait a minute, horror and suspense themes like paper wedding dresses, paper figures, and escapes seem to be good too, and the realism should be high."

Liu Wei shook his head and shook this thought out of his mind.

"Forget it, I might get beaten to death by the players. Let's wait until I can hire bodyguards."

For a D-level designer, these are still too far away for him.

He thought again about the news that Zeng Jianye came to deliver in the afternoon.

"...the policy has changed." Liu Wei tapped the keyboard unconsciously with his fingers, "Only profitable games can be selected as works."

"Huh, it's really..."

Liu Wei sighed helplessly.

Ever since he was a child, he seemed to be the most unlucky one.

I just graduated from elementary school, and the school was renovated.

After graduating from junior high school, the school immediately bought a school bus.

Liu Wei thought of the days when he rode his bicycle to school in the cold winter.

I couldn't help but shed tears.

In high school, after graduation, the school immediately installed air conditioners in the classrooms...

As for college...

Liu Wei thought about it. During his sophomore year in his previous life, the school renovated the dormitory building. The new dormitory building had independent bathrooms, air conditioning, and balconies.

I originally thought that good times were finally my turn, but in order to welcome new students, the new dormitory building was directly given to freshmen.

In this life, because the number of people applying for the 'game designer' exam is increasing year by year, in order to raise the threshold for designers and increase the gold content of each level.

So starting from May this year, a new policy was issued - non-profit games are not eligible for designer promotion.

As for "Brave Dungeon", it happened to be launched in May, so it completely missed the policy.

Liu Wei smiled bitterly: "Looking at my life, I am just like a coffee table. Either the gap is a tragedy."

Liu Wei looked at the system and saw that the emotion value was only over 5 points, which was not enough for one hundred consecutive rounds.

This is normal.

"Magic Tower" is not the kind of game that players love to hate and curse while playing.Just like a turn-based game, those who like it can play from dusk to dusk in one game.

(I’m talking about you, Civilization series!)

People who don't like it may not even have the idea of ​​​​taking a look.

"Magic Tower" can achieve its current results, firstly, because Liu Wei caught the traffic password in the early stage and took advantage of it.

Another reason is that PC games are relatively lonely, and they choose generals from the shortest.

Of course, it may also be because the price of "Magic Tower" is affordable.

In this game world where there are hundreds of games at every turn, the price of eight yuan is really conscientious.

But no matter what, "Magic Tower" has come to an end.

Money has been made.

Liu Wei doesn't plan to continue working on this game. He plans to develop a new game.

As for new games, Liu Wei also has certain needs.

First of all, we must ensure word of mouth.

Although "Magic Tower" has good sales, its reputation has declined, which is extremely detrimental to Liu Wei's future development.

If you reap the dividends of traffic, you will naturally have to bear some risks.

Secondly, the new game should be something that players can love and hate, criticize and play at the same time. It is best if it can be circulated for many years.

Can provide yourself with a steady stream of emotional value.

Although games such as "Summon the Dragon", "Dungeon Rush" and "Magic Tower" are good.

But either the follow-up is weak, or the audience is too small to provide sufficient emotional value.

These are all points that Liu Wei urgently needs to change.

Finally, the difficulty of getting started with this game should not be too high...

This is Liu Wei's feedback based on "Magic Tower". If it is too difficult to get started, it will easily eliminate a large number of grassroots players.

"In this case, we need to recruit a group of people."

Liu Wei glanced at the empty front desk, even if she is as lively and cheerful as Senior Ling, it is impossible to stand by 24 hours a day.

It also needs to be recharged.

"The front desk girl, the designer team, oh, and the cleaning lady... After all, the money is still not enough."

Liu Wei was lying on the seat, looking haggard.

"One more condition is that the new game must be particularly profitable."

"Forget it, let's have some fun and be happy."

Liu Wei opened the platform and found Chunshi Media as usual, @past.

"From now on, "Magic Tower" has developer rights, and all players can independently develop and add new content based on this game. @春Shi Media."

Not long after this news was sent out, the entire platform exploded in an instant.

All game media and famous celebrities were like sharks that smelled fishy, ​​and they reprinted it like crazy.

In just half an hour, the number of reprints exceeded [-].

You must know that "Magic Tower" has just set a record of 24-hour sales exceeding [-].

Immediately announcing the release of developer permissions, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a revenge against Chunshi Media.

Yao Liyong was so angry that he couldn't sleep and smashed things at home like crazy.

Liu Wei, on the other hand, started searching for movies out of boredom.

For Liu Wei, "Magic Tower" is a thing of the past.

As for the development of developer rights, this is a plan that Liu Wei has long thought of.

The reason why "Magic Tower" became popular in the world in its previous life was not only its excellent quality, but also various magically modified versions.

If it weren't for various magically modified versions, "Magic Tower" would not have such a high rating.

Therefore, instead of letting everyone make second magic changes for various reasons.

It is better to disclose the permissions in advance, so that the reputation of "Magic Tower" and yourself can be further improved.

As for Chunsil Media... I can only say sorry.

Now Liu Wei, it is impossible to become popular without some traffic.

……

No more, really no chapter, I feel so tired.

I knew that it was easy to get into the palace by playing with words.

(End of this chapter)