Game Design: How did I become the richest man?

Chapter 10 decides it's you
Regardless of Sun Lin, who had already started working hard, Liu Wei turned on the computer and logged into the steam platform.

Several red dot messages flashed.

[Dear author, hello, your company's product "Simulator Mountain" has been on the best-selling list of new games for one week. If there are no special circumstances, please do not modify the data package at will to avoid bugs. In special cases, please contact the dedicated customer service... 】

Liu Wei sighed quietly, checked 'all read' out of sight and out of mind, and then threw all these emails into the recycling box.

If it were any other game designer, after seeing this news, he would have wanted to just kneel down in the living room and scream to the sky.

But in Liu Wei's case, there was nothing but lamentations and sighs.

Fortunately, these messages were all from a few weeks ago. When Liu Wei saw them, he immediately broke through and closed the computer without deleting them.

But seeing it now, Liu Wei still felt a dull pain in his heart.

"What do you mean! This group of players who have no aesthetic point of view and entertainment spirit can still make such a garbage game on the best-seller list?"

In fact, although the game industry in Blue Star World is different from previous generations, it is still very advanced.

The top games are all well-made AAA masterpieces.

It is precisely because the top games are 3A masterpieces that Liu Wei decided to devote himself to the game industry, otherwise he would have made micro-films long ago.

You might even get some unexpected surprises.

But now, Liu Wei decided to fight against the game.

Do it again!
This time it failed, so I immediately changed industries.

A living person can still be choked to death by urine!

First, Liu Wei turned on the computer with a serious expression.

Find out why this game is successful!
Liu Wei knew that many past life mini-games would become popular overnight.

But those are not garbage games, they just cannot be done well due to various reasons, such as funding, technology and other force majeure factors.

From a core perspective, every popular mini-game has its own advantages and a certain degree of appeal.

But "Simulating Mountain" doesn't have it!
This is a pure garbage game to the extreme, with no beginning, no end, no point rewards, and not even gameplay.

But such a "three-no product" actually made it onto the best-selling list of the steam platform, despite the negative reviews.

But it also greatly shook Liu Wei's firm heart.

After thinking for 10 minutes, Liu Wei can only attribute the success of this game to the 'bad movie effect'.

That is, when everyone starts talking about a movie that is terrible, you also take a look at it out of herd mentality.

Real-name praise for "Dwelling in a Spring Mountain".

Liu Wei's thoughts wandered quickly, but he came back just as quickly.

Games like "Mountain Simulator" that are purely devoid of gameplay cannot be made.

The consequences of the 'bad movie effect' are extremely bad, but at the same time, it lasts for a relatively long time, and it can even be the same as some famous movies, celebrity movie history.

If you make another rubbish game, there is basically a 90% chance that it will become popular again.

Similarly, Liu Wei himself cannot make some high-quality games.

Although 20 yuan is not much, it is also a lot.

He has no way to judge the aesthetics of players in this world in a short period of time.

Moreover, all 20 yuan was used to purchase templates and materials, which may cause 'aesthetic impact'.

For the same game content, the more refined the quality of the game, the easier it is to be purchased by players.

"So, change your thinking!"

Liu Wei searched the steam platform and clenched his hands.Abandon the 'buyout games' and return to the wave of the 'free games' era.

Free games are the most popular gaming trend in the country.

It is also the most profitable way, bar none!

Purely in terms of the speed and ability to make money, none of the ten 'buyout games' across the ages can compare with one 'free game' across the ages.

But they are all free games, and the speed at which different game types make money is also very different.

If free online games occupy the top of the pyramid, then free stand-alone games are at the bottom.

And what Liu Wei wants to do is to play free online games!
But don’t think that free games will definitely make money.

Liu Wei has already done market research. On the steam platform, only more than 100 new paid games appear every day, but for free games, it costs thousands.

This still locks the national region, otherwise it could be more.

Standing out from the crowd of free games is simply impossible without enough publicity and quality.

And coincidentally, Ultimate Network Technology Co., Ltd. does neither of these two things!

If you want publicity but no publicity, you want quality but no quality, is this inappropriate?
What's more, free online games rely on "numerical stimulation" to cheat people.

The numerical stimulation is too light, and players don’t spend money.

If the numerical stimulation becomes too severe, players will immediately quit the game.

And Liu Wei now, let alone numerical planning, apart from himself, the only one left is Sun Lin, the product manager.

Liu Wei glanced at Sun Lin silently.

At this time, Sun Lin was already lying on her back on the bed, sleeping soundly, snoring loudly, and occasionally making a horrifying sound of grinding her teeth.

The computer on the table was still on, and the picture displayed on the screen was "Simulating Mountain".

Ten minutes ago, Sun Lin patted her chest and said shamelessly that she wanted to play with the company's masterpieces, summarize the pros and cons of the products, and accumulate experience for the future development direction of the company.

As a result, within a few minutes, a familiar snoring sound was heard.

Liu Wei was extremely satisfied with this!

This is the Linlin I am familiar with!

After determining the general direction of 'online free games', Liu Wei began to gradually narrow the scope.

First, although this game is online, it supports up to four players online. No matter how many people are online, with their own funds, there is no way to make a qualified game.

Second, this game must have a certain degree of gameplay and competitiveness to avoid the tragedy of "Simulator Mountain".

Third, this game must have a certain upper limit of krypton gold, to avoid the scene where local tyrants have no brains to krypton gold, and at the same time, further reduce the ability to increase krypton gold.

In the end, Liu Wei locked on a game type.

Board games!
Chess and card games not only perfectly meet Liu Wei’s three requirements.

More importantly, the audience for chess and card games is very special. The audience for chess and card games jumps repeatedly between infinity and zero.

Like in the previous life, the ceiling of domestic chess and card games was the 'goose factory'.

Except for Goose Factory, the total profits of all other chess and card games are less than half of Goose Factory’s chess and card games. The reason is that Goose Factory occupies the user channel.

Now, although China is dominated by the Steam platform, everyone who wants to play board and card games can log in directly with a Steam account.

However, with the development of chess and card games, the monopoly position has long been seized by established manufacturers.

If a new chess and card game enters the market rashly, it will definitely be wiped out.

What's more, Liu Wei has also prepared many backup plans to ensure that he loses all his money on this chess and card game!
(End of this chapter)