Game Design: Is that okay, CaiGou?

Chapter 14 Yellow Turban Army: Old thief, my sword is not bad at all! [Seeking for further reading]

Ever since Huang Tian Studio released the scarf and made bold remarks, there has been no news.

But Cai Gouren is no longer in Jianghu, which does not mean that there is no legend about him in Jianghu.

The game production and development cycle is often measured in months and years.

Logically speaking, no matter how fun a game is, players cannot resist playing it for many years.

But "I Want to Be a Man" is an exception!
  Because of the opening of the creative workshop, this game actually has the magical charm of creating two, two, three, and three.

After these three months of development, various derivative works of "I Want to Be a Man" have emerged one after another.

And based on the original version, it has differentiated into many gameplay methods-adventure, jump stab, durability, pit, puzzle solving, etc.

Wonderfully designed mechanisms, hearty jumps, cheerful and interesting traps, dazzling barrages, passionate BOSS battles, and obscure and brain-burning puzzles.

Some players are keen on creating difficult levels to challenge the limits of other players.

Another group of players are also keen to try a variety of complex levels.

Even as the influence of the game further expands.

The game community of "I Want to Be a Man" has a group of players who have been active in it for a long time. They have begun to systematically develop new levels and teach newcomers how to design levels.

As the number of levels increases, classification gameplay increases.

"I Want to Be a Man" is not so much a game as it is a series called "I wanna".

How can die-hard fans get tired of playing this kind of game that is fresh every day?

In addition, "I Want to Be a Man" is really effective as a live broadcast.

Whether it is Douyu, Douyin, or even Pili Pili, a group of game anchors have begun to broadcast the "I wanna" series live.

Among them, anchors such as [Laohao Game], [Lyon] and [Xiaoyao Sanren] are well-known on various major platforms.

Therefore, even if the College Student Game Festival ends, even if "I Want to Be a Man" sells for only three yuan.

In these three months, it still brought a lot of profits to Cai Gou!

And even though the game's subject matter is too hard-core and niche, Cai Gou still has 200,000 die-hard fans.

Because when Cai Gou released "I Want to Be a Man", the developer's name was General Tiangong, and Huangtian Game Studio was subsequently established.

Players who have a little knowledge of the history of the Three Kingdoms will know the meaning of these two names.

So after a spontaneous discussion, fans gave themselves a fan name——

Yellow Turban Army!
  And one of the only two scarves released by Huangtian Game Studio, the illustration [Green Bamboo Badge] has a sentence in the accompanying text——

I want to test whether my sword is sharp!

The most favorable comment in the comment section of this scarf was replied by the fan leader of the Yellow Turban Army [Four Generations and Three Young Masters]——

Old thief, my sword is not bad at all!

These two simple conversations may be the purest romance between game players and game designers.

Entrepreneurship Center, Huangtian Game Studio.

It took three months from early autumn to the cold winter, but Terraria was finally completed.

Cai Gou's overall leadership is indispensable in this.

But the contributions of Zhu Ping'an, Fei Yangyang, and Wu Xiu are indispensable.

On the eve of the competition, the three of them sat around the computer. Cai Gou let out a long breath and said:

"Brothers, have you been having fun these past few months?"

"You need to say that? It's so exciting!"

Fei Yangyang touched his bald head and said:

"Fortunately, I'm bald, so I don't have to worry about hair loss!"

Zhu Pingan smiled and said: "Hey! I'm born with a lot of hair, so I don't have to worry!"

The three of them burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Fei Yangyang urged: "Brother Dog, upload the game! I can't wait any longer!" "No hurry!" Cai Gou turned his office chair and looked at the two brothers:

"This is the first game that we brothers have jointly produced. When we enter Huangtian Studio, we are trembling to the last minute. Should we come up with a fancy name?"

"Hehe! Of course." Fei Yangyang said with a smile:

"I originally wanted to take Monk Hua, but Ping An said that he has already landed, and it would be inappropriate to call him Uncle Liu Huang again."

"So we were thinking, how about following Brother Dog's footsteps?"

Zhu Pingan answered: "That's right. Besides, our fans have spontaneously named themselves Yellow Turban Army, so our painting styles must match!"

"The third monk is a famous general, and I, the youngest, am a famous general!"

Cai Gou laughed immediately when he heard this:
  "Then the relationship is good. Now the time, place and people are all on our side. How do you describe peace in terms of your online articles?"

I wish you peace and say four words sonorously and powerfully:
  "The trend is mine!"

Upon hearing this, Cai Gou decisively entered the competition area of ​​the Independent Games Festival and released the game under the name of [Huangtian Studio].

Facing the developer message interface that popped up later, Cai Gou still typed resolutely——

【Okay ah? Vegetable dog? ! 】

……

Douyu live broadcast platform, Da Sima live broadcast room.

As a middle-aged man, Da Sima, who was soaking wolfberry in a thermos cup, was holding a porcelain vat and chatting with water friends in the live broadcast room.

"It's already past five o'clock. The Independent Game Festival officially starts at six o'clock. Let's chat about the transition at this time, right?"

"Speaking of which, Huangtian Game Studio, founded by Tiangong General Cai Gou, released the scarf for the competition, but there has been no movement until now. I am really looking forward to the new games produced by Cai Gou!"

Friends in the live broadcast room posted barrages one after another——

"E-sports Kong Yiji is starting to miss the days when he was a strong player again?"

"Have you forgotten the time when you were ruled by [Can you do that, you bastard?!]?"

"Han Ting, I'm just a bad game player. I don't know anything about these games. How about you educate me on science?"

Da Sima saw the barrage and replied:
  "No problem, then I will take advantage of this time to give you some popular science!"

“The Independent Games Festival requires participating teams to have at least one game with sales of 100,000+ to be eligible to participate in the competition.”

"Because this competition is jointly organized by multiple game platforms, once it obtains the Green Bamboo Badge, the highest honor of the Independent Games Festival, the game will be recommended on the homepage of each major platform within the next month."

"Can you imagine what a huge amount of exposure and traffic that is? Therefore, games that obtain the Qingzhu badge have a half chance of selling over one million copies within three months, and most of the rest can break through within half a year to a year. million!"

"It is precisely because of this that the Green Bamboo Badge is called a million-dollar club ticket within the gaming industry. Its gold content cannot be compared to the hundreds of thousands of prizes from the College Student Game Festival."

After learning about the value of the Independent Games Festival, some water friends asked -

"Then Han Ting, do you think there is hope for Cai Gou?"

Da Sima shook his head slightly: "I see... Xuan!"

"The number of participating teams this time has reached a terrifying 1,200, and the strength of the participating teams can be said to be among the top three in all previous competitions!"

"After all, Huangtian Studio founded by Cai Gou is a grass-roots team. If you want to win...it will be difficult!"

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of fans of the Yellow Turban Army suddenly became tense.

【Ding! 】

[Independent Games Festival competition officially begins! 】

After hearing the prompt, Da Sima said:

"Since you are so looking forward to Cai Gou's entry, I will risk my life to accompany you and give it a try today!"

Da Sima entered the competition area of ​​the Independent Games Festival, searched for the keyword [Huangtian Studio], and the game popped up——

Terraria!

A miracle is about to happen!

(End of this chapter)