Rebirth 2003: Dominate the Tech World

After reading the plan, everyone found that the development difficulty of this game seemed to be a little more difficult than the previous one, and this was a music and dance game. Everyone was not very optimistic about the prospects of this game, so no one spoke after reading it.

Seeing that no one raised their hands, Ye Yunzhou had to call on the name: “Li Xiaoguang, your team will be responsible for this game. Haven’t you participated in the development of stand-alone music games before?”

“Okay, President. But is there really a market for this type of game?” Although Li Xiaoguang accepted the task, he was still a little unsure.

“Don’t worry, this game will make more money than “Hot Blood Jianghu” by Xu Lin and his team.” Ye Yunzhou gave him a shot of adrenaline.

“Okay, President, I will do my best.”

“Okay, then I won’t introduce the next game any more. You guys, Lu Ming, will complete it. I hope that after this game is completed, it can challenge Blizzard’s “World of Warcraft.”

Everyone was shocked when Ye Yunzhou finished speaking, wondering what kind of game would be able to challenge “World of Warcraft”. You know, the most famous online game in this era is “World of Warcraft”.

Ye Yunzhou signaled Shangguan Wan’er to pass on the plan.

1. Game Overview

Game Name: Myth Journey

Game Type: Action Role Playing

Target Platform: PC

Target User Group: Young people who like action games and role-playing games

Core Gameplay: Exploration, Combat, Character Growth and Equipment Collection

2. Background Story

Setting: The game takes place in a world that integrates myths and legends from ancient Greece, ancient China, Northern Europe, Egypt, etc. Players will play the role of a hero to fight against the invading evil forces.

Worldview: Describes the characteristics of each mythological kingdom, such as the Great Wall, Mount Olympus, Valhalla, etc.

3. Game Features

Rich career choices: Warrior, Mage, Hunter and other careers are available.

In-depth plot: Contains multiple chapters of the story line, which gradually unfolds as the player advances.

Diverse enemies: Various mythical creatures as enemies, each with a unique attack method.

In-depth character growth system: skill tree, attribute point allocation and other mechanisms.

Equipment system: Including weapons, armor, accessories, etc., each piece of equipment has different attribute bonuses.

4. Game Mechanics

Combat system: Real-time combat, supporting melee and ranged attacks.

Exploration system: Open map design, players can explore freely.

Quest system: Combination of main quests and side quests.

Trading system: Players can trade items and equipment with NPCs.

Multiplayer: Support LAN or Internet connection.

5. Technical Implementation

Development Engine: Aurora Forge

Development Cycle: It is expected to take 12 months from planning to launch.

Team Configuration: Programmers, art designers, sound designers, level designers, etc.

6. Business model

Free download: Selling point cards and props.

Expanding content sales: Launching new adventure chapters or professions as additional paid items.

7. Marketing strategy

Partners: Cooperate with relevant websites and game magazines for publicity.

Media publicity: Publicize through traditional media such as TV and magazines.

Player community: Establish official forums and player communities to promote communication between players.

8. Operation and maintenance plan

Version update: Release patches to fix known problems and launch new content regularly.

Player feedback: Establish feedback channels to solve problems encountered by players in a timely manner.

Technical support: Ensure the stability and compatibility of the game.

Notes

Copyright issues: Ensure that all materials used are legally authorized.

Player habits: Design appropriate multiplayer game functions to attract players.

After reading this plan, everyone was impressed by Ye Yunzhou’s game planning ability. At the same time, there was a flash of enthusiasm in their eyes, because if this game can be produced, it is really possible to compete with Blizzard’s “World of Warcraft”.

The game plan of “Myth Journey” was adapted by Ye Yunzhou based on the inspiration of the game “Titan Quest”. This game is mainly aimed at global players, especially European and American players. If the game is well made, it will definitely become one of Alphabet’s golden eggs.

“Okay, these three plans are just the basic framework. You team leaders will take your team members to perfect and refine it. You also need to determine the positions of each member of your team. If there are vacancies, give the list to Zhao Man and let her recruit.”

“Su Qing, the budgets of these three game projects must be calculated separately.” Ye Yunzhou said to Su Qing, the financial director.

“Okay, President.””Also, Xu Liuyang is the general consultant of the three games, you have to report to him regularly. Liuyang, if they have any technical problems, your technical department should provide support. If you can’t handle it, come to me.”

Xu Liuyang nodded, which was considered an agreement.

After talking about the game planning case, Zhao Man said to Ye Yunzhou: “President, the 8th floor has been renovated. Which departments do you think should be moved there?”

Ye Yunzhou thought for a while: “Well, move the Hahayou Game Studio there first. At present, there are too few people in the three game production teams, and we need to continue recruiting. It would be better if we can recruit people with game experience. If we can’t recruit experienced people, we can also recruit a large number of fresh graduates with a solid foundation for training.”

Ye Yunzhou estimated that Hahayou Studio had to recruit at least 100 people to cope with the intensity of three game projects at the same time, and the 8th floor was just right.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Ye Yunzhou said: “You three team leaders take the people from Hahayou Studio to work first, and the rest of the people stay.”

The three team leaders nodded and left the meeting room in order with a group of Hahayou employees. At this moment, the conference room immediately became spacious.

“Zhao Man, tomorrow is the National Day. Have you made the relevant duty arrangements?”

“We have made the relevant duty arrangements.”

“Well, very good. We must ensure our service during the National Day. Of course, all students who work overtime will receive a subsidy of 100 yuan per person per day in addition to the three times holiday wages. Their daily taxi fares and meal allowances will also be reimbursed.”

Ye Yunzhou knew that if he wanted his employees to follow him in the front line, he had to give them good treatment and benefits. He had been a worker for more than ten years before his rebirth. He could understand the difficulties of workers for most of the bosses who were just empty promises.

In fact, the salary of Alphabet is already very high. Even interns have a monthly salary of more than 3,000 yuan. The median salary of the entire company is about 8,000 yuan. You must know that this was in 2003. The median salary level of Yanjing was only about 2,400 yuan. The salary of Alphabet is much higher than that of other domestic Internet companies.

“Liuyang, how is the progress of Twitter?”

Twitter is the next social product of Alphabet, and Ye Yunzhou has high expectations for it.

“It is progressing smoothly and is expected to be launched on time at the beginning of next year.” Xu Liuyang said confidently.

“By the way, how are the more than 1,500 patent applications I gave you last time?”

These more than 1,500 patents were copied by Jarvis from various countries. Because Ye Yunzhou’s new company has not yet been established, Ye Yunzhou asked Alphabet and Cambrian to register these patents first.

However, these technologies are all software technologies. For hardware, such as chips, machinery, materials, etc., related patents still need to be applied for under the name of the new company.

“President, our company has too many patents to apply for. The technical department has already assigned some people to cooperate with the legal department, but it is still too busy. In order to apply for these patents as soon as possible, we have hired lawyers in various countries to assist.”

After listening to Xu Liuyang’s words, Ye Yunzhou nodded. There are only a dozen lawyers in the entire Alphabet Company, which is definitely too busy, but it is impossible to support too many lawyers, so they can only hire out according to the actual situation.

“Okay, there is nothing to do for the time being, everyone go and get busy.”

Back in the office, Ye Yunzhou was thinking, is it a bit crazy to start three online games at once?