Developing A 3A Game With A Buyout System, Goose Factory Exploded

Resident Evil 4 is a hit!

This kind of fire

It's a little different from the popularity of previous games.

Because his fire was a bit excessive, and it was beyond everyone's expectations.

Whether it’s from the sales performance of the game itself, to the game’s gameplay settings, level design, horror atmosphere,

Game puzzle solving and narrative structure.

Resident Evil 4 can be said to have told the world and everyone from all aspects.

What a truly excellent game should be like.

It's completely a textbook answer, placed in front of everyone.

In terms of level design, in addition to the previous games, defensive battles, chase battles, annihilation battles and BOSS battles are designed in some small and complex closed scenes.

In these scenes, not only are there many enemies, but our bullets are also very limited. How to use the limited conditions to deal with the enemies has become both exciting and a test of the player's technical level.

the most classic,

It was the wooden house attack and defense battle where Leon and Louis cooperated.

The villagers will use every possible means to break into the wooden house.

Players can use cabinets to hold doors and windows, knock down ladders, and other means to slow down the enemy's attack.

As for the weapon system, the system that can be upgraded using accessories continues to be used in the previous game.

at the same time,

You can also consume gold coins at merchants,

Upgrade some weapon attributes.

Such as: bullet power, rate of fire, amount of ammunition, loading time.

Some can even turn on hidden attributes after reaching full level.

The main source of money comes from monster drops and selling treasures, as well as looting villagers' houses.

Fighting monsters, collecting resources, and upgrading weapons, these three things achieve a perfect closed loop and become the source of motivation for players to play.

Horror atmosphere, scene structure, game puzzle solving and narrative techniques,

Each one can impress players.

Dirty and chaotic villages, mysterious and strange castles, quiet and dangerous lakes, and dangerous laboratories are all famous scenes in the history of games.

In particular, there are many famous scenes,

It was directly on the top of the hot search list.

For example, the famous showdown between Leon and Ada, including the classic knife fight between Leon and Krausa later on.

The deep-rooted atmosphere and exciting gameplay make players simply unforgettable.

And at the end of the game,

Leon and Ada teamed up to take down Sadler.

According to the order,

Ada blew up the entire island and left in a helicopter.

Before leaving, he handed Leon a key to the speedboat.

Before the island explodes,

Leon escaped with Ashley.

In the ending animation after the game ends, the game will use a fairy tale-like style to reveal the causes and consequences of the changes in the village.

At first, the background music was quiet and peaceful, and the villagers lived happily, like a paradise, until one day Sadler's power appeared and the tranquility was finally broken.

They injected parasitic viruses into the villagers, and the villagers began to mutate slowly, and everything changed...

This kind of narrative technique,

It perfectly reflects the huge disaster that the biohazard has brought to kind and ordinary people.

One day after the game is released,

Fifteen million sales.

Although compared with the speed of "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City", there is still some gap.

But this result,

It is already the second fastest selling product in 24 hours.

Enough to crush all works except Han An's own games.

Two days, 27 million sales.

In three days, 45 million were sold.

One week, over 100 million!

The second game to sell over 100 million copies.

and,

The sales of Resident Evil 4 have exceeded the combined sales of the previous three games.

without him,

This one is really the pinnacle masterpiece!

No matter from any aspect, it surpasses the previous three games.

Such achievements,

Not only people related to the gaming industry,

Almost everyone who knew the meaning of this achievement went crazy.

Even those parents who regard games as a scourge and electronic opium.

When you tell him the sales volume,

They will all be shocked beyond measure.

they don't understand,

Why,

How can it create such sales for just a game?

What is the concept of 100 million sales?

Even selling 100 million bottles of water is a huge sum of money.

not to mention,

The main game of Resident Evil 4 is priced at 414 yuan.

in short,

From this one game alone, Han An collected nearly 40 billion in cash in one week!

Why less than 40 billion?

Because you still have to pay taxes.

Han An is a good young man who abides by the law.

nowadays,

Han An can't even remember how much money he has.

Anyway, the points balance in the system is more than 30,000.

This does not include points that have been spent.

This also means,

Han An's total game sales are close to 400 million.

in,

"Resident Evil 4" and "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" two games,

It contributed more than 200 million sales.

These two games,

It is no longer just a subversive miracle.

But it is a lesson for all people in the gaming industry.

What is a game?

The game is not about cheating for krypton, money, or time. It only involves unlimited grinding, strengthening, enchanting, and various skin changes.

At level 1, use a broken wooden stick to hit the crayfish.

At level 20, use the exquisite staff to kill the mutated crayfish.

At level 40, use the Demonic Liuhe Staff to kill Thunderbolt Crayfish.

When the level is maxed out, use the +12 weak Thunder Rod to hit the True Overlord Sunset Shrimp.

The same thing!

From the novice village to the full level of the character,

Just keep brushing and brushing.

Here are the strengthening, enchanting, inlaying of gems, pets, mounts, magic weapons...

The entire game is featureless.

What planners rack their brains every day is not to make the game better.

Instead, they are thinking of some kind of activity or some unique treasure that will allow you to earn krypton gold.

In such an environment,

How can an excellent game be born?

Rich people directly make money by making mobile games.

What AAA games require large investments, slow return on investment, and long development cycles?

If the whole thing goes wrong, the game will crash and all the money will be lost.

so,

All I can say is,

It’s not just that there is no corresponding soil environment.

There are various reasons for not being able to do it.

And at this time,

Faced with the results of "Resident Evil 4".

Goose Factory was jealous.

It's really a bit red-eyed and anxious.

Fourty billion!

What is this concept?

If Wang Duoyu wants to spend one billion in a month, he has to rack his brains to spend extravagantly.

The money,

If you want to make money, Star Game Studio only needs one week.

Especially for Goose Factory, it is more uncomfortable to watch others make money than to lose money yourself.

Their hearts are bleeding!

The eighth day of the release of the game "Resident Evil 4".

Monday.

In the conference room of Goose Factory headquarters,

On the big screen in front, there are two data graphs.

On the data chart on the left, a horizontal line represents a continuous decline.

There is also a text mark on it, which is the number of people online at the same time and the number of daily active people in "Divine Release".

It's really been a downward spiral.

Only on the day of service opening,

After the peak number reached more than 7 million, it continued to decline.

Now the number of daily active players can only be maintained at around one million.

Put it in other games,

This is certainly a very good result.

Even in the kimchi country next door, let alone millions.

If a game has hundreds of thousands of online users, it is already a phenomenon.

But,

People in the conference room,

I can't be happy at all.

The game has only been in public beta for a week, and it should have been a time when the results were getting better and continued to grow.

But now,

The highest number of online users yesterday was 1.2 million.

There are only one million left today.

If this continues, everyone knows what will happen next.

As for the other data chart,

They saw it in their eyes, and their hearts were bleeding.

11.7 billion sales!

When will the sales unit of a game with a buyout system be?

From ten thousand to one hundred million?

Look at other gaming companies.

It would be great to have a product with millions of sales.

If there could be tens of millions...ahem, I can't even think about it.

Totally impossible.

But here we are at Star Game Studio.

The units are all valued at 100 million!!!

Is there any heavenly principle?

"Hu Lin, you are in charge of Photon Studio now. How are the preparations for our 3A game going?"

Wang Yexing, who was sitting on the main seat, said feebly.

Facing the attitude of Starry Sky Studio,

From the earliest disdain to the current despair.

It was less than half a year.

Half a year!

What can you do in half a year?

How many games has Starry Sky Studio released in the past six months?

[Resident Evil 1, 2, 3, 4], [Legend of Sword and Fairy 1], [Grand Theft Auto: Vice City], [Overcoming Difficulties with Bennett Foddy].

Except for the second one, which is just a torturing game,

The previous ones,

All of them can be considered masterpieces.

every game,

All in different types and fields, told them.

What is the ninth art?

Why has such a studio been unknown before???

Is it possible,

Have you been practicing in seclusion all these years?

If before,

Wang Yexing thought that with Goose Factory's huge user base, he could easily crush this ant.

but then,

He found out he was wrong.

This is an ant with a hammer,

He is simply a demon king who has been dormant for thousands of years.

If,

Goose Factory, like the 390 back then, allows users to choose one of the two software.

he thinks,

Those players will uninstall Penguin without hesitation and leave the Star Game Platform behind.

As for not uninstalling,

That's generally not a gamer.

He feels bitter in his heart,

Because of this,

I don’t know how many times I have been called by Mr. Ma.

If this continues,

I really want to pack up and get out!

On the right hand side of Wang Yexing,

Facing the question, Hu Lin's face looked a bit unnatural.

After hesitating for a while, he decided to tell the truth: "Mr. Wang, you know how difficult it is to develop AAA games. This is definitely not the case."

It can be done in one day.

"Even the specific type of game has not been determined yet, everything is still in the initial stage."

"So...how long do you think it will take to make it? And can it reach the level of Resident Evil and Vice City?"

Wang Yexing did not blame him.

He also knew how difficult the matter was.

Hu Lin thought for a while and replied: "In terms of time, I think it will take at least one to two years, and it is still the minimum. I can't predict any difficulties in the development process later.

Disaster. "

"As for wanting to achieve the level of Starry Sky Studio, let me put it bluntly. Looking around the world, there is no company that can compete with it. Their technology is far ahead of ours.

Wang Yexing took a deep breath.

He closed his eyes slightly and thought for a long time.

After a long while, he slowly said: "..." It doesn't matter if it takes a little longer, but this time we must succeed. Mr. Ma has already nodded and will use all resources to build

Release our AAA masterpiece!"

"Another thing, KPL's game changes have been approved."

“Next, our studio will be divided into two groups, among which the more capable people will be assigned to one group, mainly responsible for the research and development of 3A games.

"The remaining people, in another group, mainly change it into a game based on our current glory. You, Xu Bin, will be responsible for this. Submit your plan to me as soon as possible.

"That's it for today's meeting, you all go and get busy."

After saying that,

He sat limply in his chair.

Looking at the data on the big screen with dull eyes,

Sales of Resident Evil 4 have increased by several million.

ODJIDJ.....

How should we pursue such a gap?

At this time, he felt deeply powerless and desperate.

Compared to the Goose Factory side, everyone feels powerless.

Not to mention other game companies.

Directly suffocated!

Even the right to breathe is almost gone.

turn out to be,

Although the gaming industry is basically judged by Goose Factory.

But other game manufacturers can still drink some soup in the cracks.

but,

Now with the emergence of Starry Sky Studio.

I couldn't even take a sip of soup.

The key thing is,

There is nothing they can do about it.

Even the goose factory is in dire straits and cannot protect itself.

What else can these second- and third-tier game manufacturers do?

Is it possible to change careers directly?

Not only them,

At this moment.

With the popularity and sales of Resident Evil 4.

There is an organization that is related to games but does not develop games, and I feel like my brain is buzzing.

They are the annual TGA game selection project team.

The game awards here are a little different from the world Han An originally sat in.

The time to hold it is no longer the end of the year.

But in early October,

The game selection range is from September last year to September this year, games released during this period.

And (the good) Resident Evil 4, was released in early August.

Naturally, it is also within the scope of this year's game selection.

The issue is,

They have changed this year's Best Game Awards several times before.

"Game of the Year" award,

It can be said to be one of the most important honors in the gaming industry.

therefore,

The shortlisting and selection of this award are top priorities.

Not only the performance of the game must be taken into consideration, but also various other aspects.

at first,

With the emergence of "Resident Evil 1".

They were naturally in high spirits at the time and felt that this year's "Game of the Year" had been determined.

.......

It didn't take long.

"Resident Evil 2" appeared.

Whether it is the performance or every aspect of the game, it has been greatly improved compared to the previous game.

1508......

The "Best Game of the Year" was changed to Resident Evil 2.

But this is not the end,

Later, Resident Evil 3, Legend of Sword and Fairy Tale, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City were released.

every time,

These games appear as if they are joking.

All previously confirmed shortlisted games and award-winning games have to be re-selected.

Because of this,

Can't they do something shady?

The performance of the game is here. Do you dare to award this award to another game?

If you really want to do this,

The credibility is simply gone, not to mention the gold content.

so,

They can only plan again.

Then when you finish it again, you feel like all the dust has fallen to the ground.

Another masterpiece has appeared.

If the previous games were to be selected as the "Best Game of the Year".

They will vote for "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" without hesitation.

Nothing else, this game is really too subversive.

Open game maps, extremely free game modes, and countless ways to play.

Everything proves its gold content.

But at the last moment,

This Starry Sky Studio has created another three. .